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Strength, To will not be capable of 

 producing Fruit. 



The two Sorts with ftrip'd 

 Leaves are alio preferv'd by thofe 

 who arc curious in collecting a Va- 

 riety of Plants. Theie may be pro- 

 pagated as the other Kinds of 

 Grapes, but are tender, and fo muft 

 have a warm Situation, othcrwife 

 they will not thrive j nor do the 

 Cuttintrs of thefe take Root fo rea- 

 dily as thofe v/hofe Leaves are 

 plain : But as there is no very great 

 Beauty in thcle Plants, ib they are 

 fcarcely worth cultivating, unlefs 

 for Variety, 



The fifth Sort was originally 

 brought troni Aineriai, but from 

 its Hardinefs, and being cafy to 

 propagate, is become as Common 

 as if it were a Native of this 

 Country. 



This Plant is chiefly planted in 

 fmall Gardens near London^ where 

 it endures the Smoak better than 

 mod other Plants ; and being a 

 rampant Gi^-owef, is planted againfl: 

 high Walls and Buildings, which 

 it will cover fooner than any other 

 S'ort of Plant, and in Summer will 

 look green, which is what the In- 

 habitants of London are greatly 

 pleas'd with. The Branches of 

 this Plant will fbmetimcs fhoot 

 twenty or thirty Feet long in one 

 Slimmer, and do fend forth Roots 

 from their Joints whereby they 

 faften themfclves to the Building 

 where they are placed, fo that 

 they do not require much Trouble 

 to iiipport them. 



The only Culture they require, 

 is to cut out all the fmall weak 

 Shoots in March, and fnorten the 

 ftrong ones to about ten Feet long, 

 which will flrengthen them againit 

 the fucceeding Summer, and caufe 

 them to ftioot vigoroufly. 



This Pknt may l>e propagated 



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bv Cuttings, which fliould be plant- 

 ed in the Spring upon a fhady Bor- 

 der, where they will take P>.oot 

 freelv, and if water 'd in dry Wea- 

 ther, will make a great Progrefs 

 the fucceeding Summacr, and the' 

 Spring after may be tranfplanted 

 where they are to remain, v/hich 

 may be in almofl: any Soil or Situ- 

 ation, for they are very hardy 

 Plants. 



VrnS.IDi£A-. The Bilberry or 

 Whortle-berry-bufli, 



The CharaBen are j 



The Flower conjifls of on* Leiif) 

 •ivhich is Jlmfd like a Vitcher\ from 

 whofe Empalement arifes the Pointal, 

 fix'd like a, Nail, in the tipper Part 

 of the Flower, vphich afterwards be* 

 comes a foft umhilicated Fruit, of 

 Berry, full of fuice, in which are 

 encios'd Sehis, for the mofi pari 

 fmall. 



The Species are; 



1. ViTis Id^a 5 magna quibuf^ 

 dam, five Myrtillis ^randis. f. B^ 

 The great Bilberry-bufli. 



2. ViTis Id^ea ; foliis oblongis cre^ 

 natis, fruciu nlgricante. C. B. P. 

 Black Wharts, Whortle-berries, cr 

 Bilberry. 



;. ViTis Td.ea ; fempervirens, 

 fruciu rubro. J. B. Ked Whorts 

 oi- Whortle-berries. 



4.. ViTis Id^a j JEthiopica, Buxi 

 mi/wris folio, floribks aibicantibus^ 

 H. A. ^Ethiopian V7hortie-berry 

 with a Leller Box-leaf and white 

 Flowers 



5*. ViTis Id/EA,* Americana, fo- 

 liis fubrottmdis, hirfutis, ex adverf& 

 nafcentibiis, floribus minijnis herba- 

 ceis, frucfti pafvo ruhro. American 

 Whortlc-berry, with round iili hairy 

 Leaves growing by Pairs, fmall 

 grcenifh Flowers, and a fmall red 

 Ffuit, 'vulgarly call'd, St. FeterV 

 wort. 



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