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6. ViciA ; muhjjiora. C. B. P. 

 Many fiower'd Vetch. 



There is a great Variety of 

 thcfe Plants, many of which are 

 prelerv'd in curious Botanick Gar- 

 dens j but as they have little Beau- 

 ty in their Flowers, nor are of 

 much Ufe, ib it would i>e to little 

 Purpolc to enumerate 'em in this 

 Place. 



The firft of thofe here mention'd 

 is cultivatea :n the Fields in divers 

 Parts ql England for the '3zeA, which 

 is the common Food of Pigeons: 

 The Method of cultivating it be- 

 ing much the fame as is pradtis'd 

 for Teasy I ihall not repeat it in 

 this Place, but refer the Pleader to 

 that Article. 



Thj fecond Sort is a Variety of 

 the firft, from which it only dif- 

 fers in the Colour of the Flowers 

 and Seeds, which in this kind are 

 both white; but the Flowers of 

 the other kind are purple, and the 

 Seeds are black. This may be cul- 

 tivated as the former. 



The third and fourth Sorts are, 

 at prefenc, only preierv'd in Bota- 

 nick Gardens in England, tho' I be- 

 lieve they might be cultivated in 

 the Fielas, as the common Sort, 

 with good Succefs. 



Thefe muft be fbwn in the 

 Spring, as Feas, but fhould have a 

 light, dry Soil, and do require more 

 Room than the common Sort, for 

 the Plants are apt to fpread pretty 

 far, provided they like their Situa- 

 tion. They are both annual Plants, 

 which decay foon after their Seeds 

 are ripe. Thele are fuppos'd to be 

 i[\Q-Lean of the ancient Egyptians. 



The fiFch Sort was carry'd from 

 Africa into the Wejl-Imiies (by the 

 Negroes, who are very fond of its 

 Fruit) where it thrives prodigi- 

 ouily •■, and when once well hx'd in 

 the Giouaj, will propagate itfelf 



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very faft : for ibon after the Flow- 

 ers fade, the Pedicle thrufts itfelf 

 under the Surface of the Earth, 

 where the Fruit is perfected j which 

 if not fought for, and taken up 

 when ripe, will foon iTioot out, 

 and make frefli Plants: So that the 

 Perfons who have not been acquain- 

 ted With this Plant, fcidora knov/ 

 how and when to look for their 

 Pods, by which Means the Negroes 

 generally gather them for their 

 own Uie. This Plant is alfo an 

 Inhabitant of the Eafi-Indies, and 

 in divers Parts of u^Jia> hath been 

 long cultivated ; though there feems; 

 to be no extraordinary Quality in 

 it to recommend it. In England it 

 is only preferv'd as aCuriofity, and 

 muft have the AlViflance or a Hot- 

 bed, other wife the Fruit will not; 

 ripen. 



The iixth Sort grows wild in 

 divers Parts of England, under 

 Hedges, and by the Sides of Woods, 

 where it climbs upon whatever 

 Buflies are near it; and during the 

 Time of flowering (which is com- 

 monly in June and July) it affords 

 an agreeable Proipedt. This Plant 

 may be cultivated by the Sides of 

 Wiidcrnefs Quarters, where it may- 

 be ailow'd to climb upon fome 

 low Bufhes, witiiout which Sup- 

 port it feldom thrives well; and 

 in fuch fhady Situations it will 

 flower extremely, and continue for 

 feveral Years. T\\e. bell Way to 

 propagate it, is by lowing the 

 Seeds cither in Spring or Autumn, 

 in the Places where they are to re- 

 main ; tor theic Plants commonly 

 llioot their Roots downrii^^ht into 

 the Ground, fo that they feldom 

 thrive well if tranfplanted. 



VlNCETOXlCUMi 'lide Aflle- 

 pias. 



VlNFi i}de Viti:i. 



ViOLAi Violet. 



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