A L 



A L 



and require no other Culture, bat 

 to keep them clear from Weeds. 



ALDER -TREE. Vide Alnus. 



ALES \NDER, or ALEXAN- 

 DER. Vide Smyrnium. 



ALKEKENGT, Winter-cherry. 

 The Charaelers are ; 



It hath a Flower, which ccnftf.s 

 of one Leaf, and. is expanded at the 

 Top, but of a pentagonal Figure : 

 the Fruit ( which is about the Big- 

 mfs of a Cherry J is inclofed in the 

 Cup cf the Flower, which fwclh over 

 if in form cf a Bladder. 

 The Species are ; 



1. Alkekengi rficinarum. Town. 

 Common Winter Cherry of the 

 Shops. 



2. Alkekengi oficinarum, foliis 

 tvan'egatis. Town. Common Winter 

 Cherry, w ; th variegated Leaves. 



3. Alkekengi fuclu ptifrvo <ver- 

 ticillato. Town. Winter Cherry 

 with fmall Fruit growing in Whorles 

 round the Stalks. 



4. Alkekengi Virginiamun, 

 frudu lutco. Tour n . Virginian Win- 

 ter Cherry, with yellow Fruit. 



5. Alkekengi Iudicum ?nrjus. 

 Town. Greater Indian Winter 

 Cherry. 



6. Alkekengi Amcricanum an- 

 r.uum ranwfijfi7num, fruclu ex luteo 

 *virefcenti. Hcufl. American an- 

 nual branching Winter Cherry, 

 with a yellowifh-green Fruit. 



7. Alkekengi A?nericanum an- 

 nitum maximum ^vifcofum. Houfi. 

 The large!! annual American Winter 

 Cherry. 



8. Alkekengi Barbadenfe patu- 

 lum? par<vo fore, fruclu amplo, mu- 

 crone prjducJtori. \d£i. Phil. N° 309. 

 Dwarf Barbados Winter Cherry, 

 with a fmall Flower, and an ample 

 pointed Fruit. 



9. A.LKEKENGI Cur cjfa<vi cum , fo- 

 liis origani incanis, fore inete Jul- 

 1 hurt 9, fwido purpurea, Boerh. Lid. 



Alt. 11. 66. Hoary Winter Cherry 

 from Curaffo, with Origany leave.*, 

 and fu!phur-colour\l Flowers with 

 purple Lottoms. 



10. Alkekengi Americanum fru- 

 tefcens, fruclu globofo rubr , njefca 

 atro-purpurea. Hcrijl. Shrubby Ame- 

 rican Winter Cherry, with a round 

 red Fruit, having a dark-purple 

 Bladder. 



11. Alkekengi Bonarienfe re- 

 pens, bacca turbinata <vifcofa. Hor. 

 Elth. Creeping Alkekengi of Bue- 

 nos Aires, with a clammy top-fhap'd 

 J3erry. 



The frft Sort is very common in 

 the Englijh Gardens, where it is pre- 

 ferved for the Appearance of its 

 Fruit, which is ripe in October, and 

 continues often till the Middle of 

 December : it is about the Size of 

 a common Cherry, and of a fine 

 red Colour. This Fruit is inclofed 

 in a Bladder of a deep-red Colour, 

 which, when ripe, burfts, and ex- 

 pofes the Fruit to Sight. It m^y be 

 propagated by fowing the Seeds in 

 the Spring, or by the Roots, which 

 creep very much ; fo that if they 

 are not confined, they ' will foon 

 overfpread a large Tract of Ground: 

 therefore, to have them more beau- 

 tiful, they mould be confined in 

 Pots, which mould be placed in the 

 Shade in Summer, and, if conftantly 

 watered in dry Weather, will pro- 

 duce great Numbers of Fruit. This 

 Sort is ordered for medicinal Ufe 

 by the College of Phyficiam. The 

 fecond Sort is a Variety of the firlr, 

 differing only in having variegated 

 Leaves. This may be managed as 

 the former. 



The third, ninth, and tenth Sorts 

 are abiding Plants, which require to 

 be fhelter'd from the Cold in Win- 

 ter. The third Sort grows to a 

 Shrub of about three Feet high, and 

 produces great Numbers of Fruit 

 annually : 



