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Fig. 6, 
Its Height is two Foot and a half; and at its 
Top ftands, at the firft Appearance, a great Bud, 
which afterwards burfting difclofes’ fix. or _ 
noble and erect Flowers, 
The Scabbard which had furrounded them as a 
general:Cup in the Bud, divides to give them 
Paffage, and hangs in purplifh Fragments from 
the Top of the main Stalk, where the F lowers 
take their Origin. . 7.) ) : 
Thefe. are fupported o on fo many flender Foot- 
ftalks, and each is large, beautifully form’d’ of 
fix _pointed Petals, and’-of a {nowy white on the 
Infide: their Outfide is of a lefs glittering white, 
and is ftreak’d along with Purple :. fometimes 
there runs only one Line of this wpon the feveral | 
fometimes there are more; but the others the Bulbs; and to have it in the full Perfeétion, 
are io fainter than this in the Centre: and | thefe fhould be brought from Ceylon. 
the Tips of the Segments are, on their under Side, 
often purplith. 
Petals ; 
_ The Seed-veffel. fucceeding each, is: oval,, and 
contains, in three Cells, a Number of large Seeds. 
The Colour of the Leaves, and the bold and | 
noble Afpect of the Bunch of F lowers, give this | 
Plant a magnificent Beauty-to.the Eye; but it de- | 
mands Attention on another Account; the Fra- | 
grance. is very delightful and very fingular : thof | 
who recollect the delicate Perfume of the Lilly of 
the Valley, will be able to form an Idea of the 
Scent of thefe F. lowers : + the Smell is of the fame 
Kind, ut much more- exalted. ee 
‘The Student who examines ies F lower in she 
Refpett of Science, finds it to contain, in the 
Midft of its fix . Petals, as many Filaments, 
crown’d each with its oblong Anthera; and in the 
Centre of them a fingle Style, with .its Top divi- | 
ded into three Parts. 
one of the Sixth Clafs in the Linnaan Syftem, — 
and of the firft Section, the Hexandria Monogynia, 
This fhews the Plant to be 
It bears fome general Refemblance to the Pan- 
cratiums before defcrib’d; but differs, -in that it 
has not the fingular Neétarium of that Flower, 
from the Edges of which the Filaments rife,. and 
into which the Petals are inferted. 
~ 
“hea The 
The Shrub we. here propofe to the Reader’s At- 
tention is well known; and celebrated for many 
ftrange Qualities : of thefe there will be found a 
poor Account upon Authority ; but we recom- 
mend it for its Singularity, the pleafing Difpofi- 
tion of its Leaves, and its eafy Culture. 
‘The common Writers call it the Chajfte Tree, 
and ‘in Latin, Aenus Caftus, Names form’d upon | 
3 fuppos’d Qualities. 
Others call it Vitex, and 
Vitex foliis Cannabis modo difpofitis, 
Linn aus, Vitex foliis digitatis {picis verticillatis 
Vitex, with finger’d Leaves, and verticillate Spikes. 
_ It a Shrub a. five Foot high; and may be rais’d 
to more Height if defir’d. The Bark is brown on 
Ifland of Ceylon, and there, lives in the 
ecm use mmMamensnimmaen 
Exotic Bulbs which require exactly the fame Cul- 
ture, or the fame Soil. This is a Native of the 
lower 
Grounds, where it has a deep and mellow Earth, 
| and fome Degree of Shelter. 
The Compott have found beft agree with it, 
for we have no fimple Earth that is fit, is this : 
Mix two Bufhels of River-Mud, one Buthel of. 
_ Wood-Pile Earth, and- half a Buthel of Cow- 
dung. Let this be put together in Spring, 
will be ready by the Time it is wanted. 
The proper Way of raifing the Plant is from 
and it 
They may be taken up with Care at the Time 
_ of the Leaves fading, and kept out of the Ground _ 
two’ Months : afters which they fhould be planted 
in a Pot of light Earth, and they will thus come 
over in good Condition. 
When they are -receiv’d here, key fhould be 
carefully clean’d, and planted each in a feparate 
Pot of the Compoft thus prepar’d for them ; raif- 
ing the Surface of the Mould one Inch above the 
a of the Root. ) 
When thus planted, “thes ait teed a little 
Water, and be fet in a Bark-Bed of very mode- — 
rate Heat: here they will thoroughly root them- 
felves, and they are thence to be remov’d into the 
Stove, where they will flower, with ‘good Manage- 
nagement, in all the Luitre they have in their 
native Country. 
The principal Care is to. sick away dead Leaves ; 
to ftir the Earth now and then at the Top of the 
Pot; and: to water them frequently, a little at a 
Tithe, with Water which has ftood in the Stove — 
Jong enough to be of the fame Temperature. 
~ Lefs Heat will keep them alive; and a lef 
careful Management fometimes bring them to 
flowering : but with this they will be furprifinely 
better than when they have been treated more 
_ flightly. 
Bod Ror Me 
the Trunk, paler on the Branches, and the Twigs 
are long and flender. 
_ The Leaves grow many together on the fame _ 
Foot-ftalk, and they are ‘difpos’d in the Manner 
of Fingers upon a Hand, rifing from one Point, 
or nearly fo; and they are narrow and of a dufky 
green. 
The Flowers are fmall and inconfiderable, fing- 
ly; but being of a pale Purple, they have a pretty 
Effect as they ftand in the Spikes. Thefe termi- 
nate the Branches ; and are long, flender, and in- 
terrupted at little Diftances ; not uniformly conti- 
nued the whole Courfe. | 
The Fruit which fucceeds, is fmall and 
. roundifh, 
