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the Plants from ftriking their Roots 

 thro' the Holes of the Pots into the 

 Ground, which they are very apt to 

 do, and then they will Ihoot very 

 vigoroufly ; but when thefe Roots 

 are torn off, by removing the Pots, 

 the Plants are often killed. 



All thefe Plants mould be fre- 

 quently renewed by Cuttings, becaufe 

 the old Plants are fubjedl to decay 

 in Winter; therefore, if young Plants 

 are not annually raifed, the Species 

 may foon be loft. 



If the Green -houfe, in which thefe 

 Plants are placed in Winter, is fub- 

 jecl to Damps, it will be very dif- 

 ficult to prelerve them ; for when 

 the Windows are kept clofe, the 

 tender Parts of their Shoots 2re very 

 fubjedl to a Mouldinefs, which will 

 foon caufe the Plants to decay, if it 

 is not conftantly cleaned off, and free 

 Air admitted to dry off the Damps. 



ARGEMONE, Prickly Poppy. 

 The Characters are j 



It hath an annual Root: the Leaves 

 tire laciniated, or jagged ; which are 

 terminated with Spines : the Flovjer 

 confefts of many Leaves, which expand 

 in form of a Rofe : the Point al of the 

 Flower becomes a large trtgonical 

 Veffel, which is divided into three 

 Cells, wherein are contained many glo- 

 bular black Seeds. 



There is but one Species of this 

 Plant known ; which is, 



Argemcne Mtxicana. Tcurn. 

 The Prickly Poppy. 



This is an annual Plant, which is 

 very common in molt Parts of the 

 Weft- Indies ; and is, by the Spaniards, 

 cail'd Pico dtl Infer/to, or the Devil's 

 Fig: there is no great Beauty nor 

 Ufe of this Plant amongft us, that 

 I know of: bur whoever hath a 

 mind to cultivate it, mould fow it on 

 a Bed of light Eartn, in the Spring, 

 where it is to remain and if it comes 

 tip too thick, the Plants niuft be 



thinned out to four Inches Diftance; 

 where, when once it has fhed its 

 Seeds, there will not want a Supply 

 of Plants for feveral Years after. I 

 am informed, that Gumbouge is 

 made from the Juice of this Plant. 



ARIA THEOPHRASTI. Vidt 

 Crataegus 



ARISARUM, The Herb Friers- 

 cowl. 



The Characters are ; 

 It agrees with the Dragon and 

 Arum ; from both which this Plant 

 differs, in having a flower refembling 

 a Cowl. 



The Species are ; 



1. Arisarum lati folium majtu. 

 C.B. P. 169. Broad-leav'd Friers- 

 cowl. 



2. Arisarum anguftifolium Diof- 

 coridis, forte. C. B. P. Narrow- 

 leav'd Friers-cowl. 



3. Arisarum fore in tentcem 

 caudam abeunte. Inft. R. H. Friers- 

 cowl wi:h a Flower ending in a fmall 

 Tail. 



4. Arisarum tripbjllum Ameri- 

 canum, amplioribus foliis. Inft. R. H. 

 Three-leavM American Friers-cowl, 

 with large Leaves. 



5. Arisarum triphyllum minus \ 

 pene atro-rubc?ite. Ba>;ift. Small 

 three-leav'd Friers-cowl, with a dark- 

 red Pointal. 



The three firft Sorts are found 

 wild in Spain, Portugal, and the South 

 of France, from whence their Seeds 

 have been procured byfome curious 

 Perfons, wno preferve them in their 

 GardenF, for the fake of Variety, 

 They are propagated by OfF-fets, 

 which they fend forth in Plenty: 

 thefe fliould be taken off from the 

 old Roots, about the Middle of Sep- 

 timber, which is the proper Seafon 

 for tranfplanting them, their Leaves 

 being, at that time, almoft decayed. 

 Thefe Plants never rife very high, 

 fo ftiould be placed amongft others 



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