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leaves, for many years, as in the aloe 

 tribe, &c. 



In the tree and fhrub kinds, the former 

 generally afFeft a taller growth than the fhi ub- 

 by tribe, rifing commonly with a fingle ftrait 

 ftem feveral feet high, branching out above 

 into a full head, as in orange and lemon trees, 

 &c. And ihrubs generally branch out low, 

 or fome forts rife with feveral ftems or branches 

 near the bottom, and afTume a bulhy growth ; 

 and in the whole, they are of various different 

 growths, both upright, as in the greater part, 

 and trailing and climbing kinds ; and in fizes 

 are from five or fix inches, to fix, eight, or 

 ten feet, or more, in the different forts; 

 mollly evergreens, fome of a fine aromatic odo- 

 rous quality, many alfo flowering ornamen- 

 tally, and fome produce beautiful fruit. 



The herbaceous plants confill of fiorous- 

 rooted, flelhy-rooted, tuberous and bulbous- 

 rooted kinds, moftly renewing their ftalks an- 

 nually, and fome are of longer duration, as 

 before obferved, growing from a few inches to 

 feveral feet high in the different fpecies and 

 varieties ; cfteemed, fome for the curiofity cr 

 variety of their growth, others for producing 

 moil beautiful flowers. 



And the fucculent tribe are of various An- 

 gular growths, many of them fomewhat be- 

 tween an herbaceous and (hrubby nature, 

 have moftly foft flefliy Italks, branches and 

 leaves, full of moifture, often of great fuc- 

 culency; fome confining principally of many 

 flefliy leaves riftng immediately from the root, 

 a& feveral of the aloe tribe, &c and the fame 

 1^ t leaves 



