£T£CT. XIX. LISTS. OF TREES, &C, §17 



4 Capficumiy red, yellow and white podded 



3 CI cme, prickly ftalked, and five leaved 



4 Colutea, cr (cablet African bladder fena 



4 Convolvulus, fcarkt, (ipomaja quamociit) a climber 



3 Eggplant, white, yellow, red, and prickly fruited 



2 Humble, or fpreading branching Jbnfitrpe plant 



I /A??/.", or diamond rkoides, wh. and yei. flowered 



4 Indian Jbot, or flowering reeds fear, red, yei. 

 4 Ptntapatt s pbatmeia, fcarlet flowered 



3 Pbjjhlis, or wintei cherry j angular and downy 



4 Seftfitrvey or Double Memofa ; — fee humble plant. 

 4 Slda, or Indian mallow, heart leaved, pink 



i 2 Spigetia Anttielmm^ or American Worm Grafs, red 

 4 Simmomfi/rty or thorn apple, double purple, <£c. 



%* Some pcrfons cultivate the ferpentine cuatmccr, or 

 fnel-n, as a curiofny of the fummerj the fruit being pro- 

 duced from one to two yards long, under good manage- 

 ment ; but it is to be remembered it will take up much 

 room. 



As to the fpirfivg for wild) cucumber^ though it may be 

 mentioned here, ir is very hardy, fo as to fow itfelf in 

 autumn, come up in fpringj and will abide as a perennial. 

 Sow in March, and allow it two yards fquare. I bis is 

 merely propagated for dkterfew : for if the fruit is touched 

 when ripe, it burrU and throws its fetid contents to fome 

 diiiance, perhaps (wittily) oVer the clothes of the adven- 

 turer, and perfumes him. 



OBSERVATIONS ON PARTICULAR FLOWERS. 



Amcrcnlhus, the tree fort, grows larger than the 

 others, *nd bears purple flowers. The tricolor and bico- 

 lor are io called, 'from the former having the leaves of 

 three colours ; i. e. a bright led, yellow and green : 

 and the latter of two, a deep red and purple ; and it is 

 for thefe, and not the flower, that they are cultivated. 

 The flowers ol the globe forts have the peculiar property 

 of retaining their form and colour a long time (years) 

 when gathered. Clear the feed of this flower from its 



P $ downy 



