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keep fuch Plants as reqdire only lo 

 be preferv'd from Froft, and need 

 no additional Warmth, but, at the 

 fame time, require more Air tb.an 

 can conveniently be given them in 

 a Greenhoufe : In one of tPiefe 

 Houfes may be plac'd all the Sorts 

 ot ficoideSi African Sedums, Cotyle- 

 dons, Senecio's, and other Succulent 

 Plants from the Cape of Good Hope. 

 In the other may be plac'd t'ne fe- 

 veral Kinds of Anemonofpermos^ Ja- 

 cob^a'sj Doria's, Alaternoides'sy and 

 other woody or herbaceous Plants 

 from the fame Country, or any o- 

 ther in the fame Latitude. 



Thus by contriving the Green- 

 houfe in the Middle, and two Stoves 

 and a Glafs-Cafe at each End, there 

 will be Conveniency to keep Plants 

 from all the different Parts of the 

 World, which can be no other- 

 wife maintain'd but by placing 

 them in different Degrees of Heat, 

 according to the Places of their 

 native Growth. 



STRAMONIUM i Thorn-Apple. 

 The Characters are j 



The Flower confifls of one Leaf 

 p}ap''d like a Funnel, and cut into 

 feveral Segments j out of the Florver- 

 cup r'lfes the Fointiil, "which, -when 

 the Flower decays, becomes a roundi/Jj 

 Fruit, armed for the mo ft part with 

 Jharp Thorns, and divided into four 

 Cells form'd by a Partition, dijpos'd 

 in the Figure of a Crofs, furnifJj'd 

 -with four Placenta's or nutritive 

 Membranes, to which feveral Kidney- 

 JJjap'd Seeds do adhere. 

 The Species are; 



1. Stramonium; frucfu fpinofo, 

 ffitumlo, jlore albo fimplici. Tourn. 

 Thorn-Apple, with a round prick- 

 ly Fruit, and a fingle white Flow- 

 er. 



2. Stramonium ; fruciu fpinofo, 

 cblongificaule ^flore violaceo. Boerh. 

 Ind. Thorn-Apple, with a longilh 



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prickly Fruit, and Violet- colour'd 

 Stalks and Flowers. 



3. Stramonium ; ferox. Boccon. 

 Thorn-Apple, with very long, Iharp 

 Prickles. 



4,. Stramonium ; Americanum, 

 minus, Alkekengi folio. Tourn. Lef- 

 fer American Thorn- Apple, with a 

 Winter-Cherry Leaf. 



5-. Stramonium ; Malabaricutn, 

 fruciu glabro, fiore fimplici violaceo, 

 Tourn, Malabar Thorn-Apple, with 

 a fmooth Fruit, and a fingle Vio- 

 let-colour'd Flower. 



6. STRAiMONiuM ; fruciu fpinoforo- 

 tundo, fiore violaceo duplici vel tri- 

 plici. Tourn. Thorn-Apple, with a 

 round, prickly Fruit, and Violet- 

 colour 'd Flowers, which are two 

 or three times double. 



There are ibme other Species of 

 this Plant which are preferv'd in 

 fome curious Botanick Gardens, 

 but as they have little Beauty or 

 Ufe, fo I (hall not enumerate them 

 in this Place. The firft Sort is 

 ufed to make a cooling Ointment, 

 w^hich is by many Perfbns greatly 

 efleem'd. This, tho' not a Native 

 of this Country, yet is now be- 

 come ib common upon Dunghills 

 and other rich Grounds, as not to 

 be ealily eradicated. The Seeds 

 falling, do continue all the Winter 

 in the Ground, and in Spring the 

 Plants will come up, and, if fuf- 

 fer'd to ftand, will fpread over the 

 whole Spot of Ground, and pro- 

 duce fuch Quantities of Seeds as to 

 leave a Stock to furnifh the Ground 

 for fome Years. 



The fecond Sort is not as yet 

 quite fb common as the former, 

 tho' it is equally as hardy; and 

 where the Seeds are permitted to 

 fall, the Plants will come up in 

 great Plenty the following Sum- 

 mer. This Sort will grow much 

 larger than the tbrraer. I have 



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