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bin the Tar'ma, and are abrolutely 

 neceffary to impregnate the Em- 

 bryo's of the Fefnale Plants, in or- 

 der to render the Seeds prolifick. 

 Thefe Male Plants are by the Gar- 

 deners commonly called She Spi- 

 nach, and are often by the Igno- 

 rant pulled up 2S foon as they can 

 be diftinguifhed from the Temale^ 

 in order, as they pretend, to give 

 Room for the Seed-bearing to 

 fpreadj but from feveral Experi- 

 ments which I m.ade on thefe 

 Plants, I find, where-ever the Male 

 Plants are ^tirely removed before 

 the Far'ma is flied over the Female 

 Plants, the Seed will not grow 

 which they produce, fo that it is 

 abfolutely ncceifary to leave a few 

 ot them in every Part of the Spot j 

 though there may be a great many 

 drawn out where they are too 

 thick 5 for a fmall Quantity of Male 

 Plants (if rightly fituatcd) will be 

 iufficient to impregnate a^ great 

 Number of Female, becaufc they 

 greatly abound with the Farina, 

 which, when ripe, will fpread to 

 a confiderable Diftance, when the 

 Plants are fhaken by the Wind. 



SPIR/EA FRUTEXi SpirxaFru- 

 texj 'vulgo 



The Characters arej 

 The Flower is compofed of many 

 Zeaves, t^hich are plac'd in a circu- 

 lar Order, and expand in Form cf a 

 Hofe j cut of whofe Flower-cup rifes 

 the Pointal, -which afterwards be- 

 comes a Fruit compofed of feveral 

 Tods, in which are contained feveral 

 §blong Seeds. 



The Species are i 

 1. Spir^a; falicls folio, Tourn, 

 Spiraea Frutcx j vulga. 



1. Spir-iEa i opuli folio. Tourn. 

 Spiraea with a Marfh-Elder Leaf, 

 commonly called, Virginian Gelder- 

 Kofe with a Currant Leaf. 



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3. SpiR^Ai Hy per ici folio nbn cre^ 

 nato. Tourn. Hypericum Frutexj 

 vulgo. 



4. Spiraea; Africana, odorata,fn~ 

 His pilofs. Com. Rar. Sweet- fcen- 

 ted African Spirsea with hairy 

 Leaves. 



The firfl of thefe Shrubs is very- 

 common in the Nurfcries near Lon- 

 don, where it is Ibid with other 

 flowering Shrubs at a certain Price 

 by the Hundred. This Shrub fel- 

 dom riies above five Feet high, fb 

 is proper to intermix with other 

 Shrubs of the fame Growth, in 

 fmall V/ildernefs Quarters, and o- 

 thcr Plantations of flowering Trees. 

 This Plant may be propagated 

 from Suckers, which are fent forth 

 in Plenty from the Stems of the 

 old Plants, or by laying down the 

 tender Branches, which, when 

 rooted, fhould be tranfplanted out 

 in Rov/s at three Feet dillance, 

 and the Plants a Foot afunder in 

 the Rows : In this Nurfery they 

 may remain two Years, obierving 

 to keep the Ground clear from 

 Weeds, and in the Spring to dig 

 up the Ground between the Rows, 

 fb that their Roots may the more 

 eaiily extend themfelves ; and il' 

 they fhoot out many Side-branches, 

 they fhould be prun'd off, fo as to 

 reduce the Shrubs to a regular Fi- 

 gure, and afterwards they may be 

 tranfplanted where they are to re- 

 main, either in fmall Wildernefs 

 Quarters, or in Clumps of flower- 

 ing Shrubs, . obferving to place 

 them amongfi: other Sorts of equal 

 Growth. 



The iccond Sort is not quite fb 

 comm.on in England as the former. 

 This was originally brought from 

 America, but it bemg full as hardy 

 as the former, and increaling as 

 fall by Suckers, it may Ibon be ob- 

 tain'd in Plenty. Tins is nearly of 



