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l£. Apocynum Americanum f can- 

 dens, foliis citri, ftliquis maculatis. 

 Plum. Climbing American Dogs- 

 bane, with Citron-leaves, and Spot- 

 ted Pods. 



1 6. Apocynum Americanum ft an- 

 iens, njincte pcr<vinc& foliis, Jtliquis 

 angufiffimis. Climbing American 

 Dogs bane, with Leaves like Peri- 

 winkle, and narrow Pods. 



17. Apocynum Africanum fcan- 

 dcns, afphodtli radice, angufijftmo fo- 

 lio. Olden. Climbing African Dogs- 

 bane, with an Afphodtl-root, and a 

 very narrow Leaf. 



I 8. Apocy num Americanum fcan- 

 dens, foliis lauri, fore albo umbellato. 

 Plum. Climbing American Dogs 

 bane, with a Bay-leaf, and white 

 Flowers growing in Umbels. 



19. Apocynum Americanum fcan- 

 dens, folio falicis anguftc, fruclu ma- 

 ximo. Climbing American Dogs bane, 

 with a narrow Willow leaf, and a 

 very large Fruit. 



2C. Apocynum maritimum Vene- 

 tum, falicis flio, fljre purpurco. C. 

 B. P. Maritime Venice Dogs-bane, 

 with a Willow-leaf, and a purple 

 Flower. 



The firft of thefe Dogs-banes is 

 a prodigious Creeper at the Root, 

 and will in a Ihort time overfpread 

 a large Compafs of Ground, and 

 muft never be planted too near other 

 Plants or Flowers, which would be 

 over- run by this Plant, and deftroy- 

 edj but it may have a Place in feme 

 obfeure Part of the Garden ; for it 

 is extremely hardy, and will thrive 

 in almoft any Soil or Situation : it 

 grows to be fix or feven Feet high, 

 and produces large Umbels of Flow- 

 ers, which have a itrong fweet Smell, 

 but are of apoifonous Nature, as are 

 all the true Apocynums ; and there- 

 fore mould not be planted in the 

 Way of Children, who may receive 

 Damage by breaking any Fart of 



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the Plant,and letting the milky Juice, 

 with which they abound, run upon 

 the tender Part of their Flefh, which 

 will be apt to blilter it : thefe Flow- 

 ers are fometimes fucceeded by large 

 oblong Pods, which contain a great 

 Quantity of a foft cottony Subftance, 

 that adheres to the Seeds, and are of 

 Service to tranfport them to a Di- 

 ftance when ripe. This Plant dies 

 to the Root in Winter, and rifes again 

 the fucceeding c pring. The do.- ny 

 Subftance which adheres to the oeed3 

 of this Plant, is much ufed in France 

 for fluffing the Seats of Chairs, as 

 al o to fluff Quilts, it being extreme- 

 ly light and warm. This Down, 

 having a great Elafticity, rifes again 

 to its ufual Height, after being preiVd 

 down clofe : it is called in France, 

 De la Wade. 



The fecond, third, fourth, and 

 tenth Sorts are all of them very hardy, 

 and may be planted in the open 

 Ground, but muft have a dry Soil : 

 thefe, all of them, produce large 

 fine Flowers, and are propagated by- 

 parting their Roots in Murch, after 

 the cold Weather is pair ; for they 

 feldom produce ripe Seeds with us. 



The fifth,fixth, feventh, and eighth 

 Sorts are tender, and muft be pre- 

 ferved in Pots, and houfed in Win- 

 ter. 



The fifth and fixth Sorts will grow 

 very fhrubby, and fometimes to the 

 Height of eight or nine Feet, and 

 produce Bunches of Flowers, which 

 in the fixth Sort are of a whicifh- 

 green, and the fifth of a worn-out 

 purple Colour, but are of no great 

 Beauty or Smell. Thefe are in- 

 creafed by planting Cuttings in any 

 of the Summer- months, in Pots of t 

 light fandy Earth, plunging them 

 into a moderate Hot-bed, and (hade- 

 ing them from the greac Heat of the 

 Sun, giving them gentle Refrefhingt 

 of Water Thefe niuit have a gocd 

 K a Green* 



