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The fourth Sort is equally hardy 

 with our common Sort, and will en- 

 dure the Cold of our Winters very 

 well. This is preferved in Botanic 

 Gardens for Variety ; but is feldom 

 planted in Gardens of Pleafure. All 

 thefe Plants mould have a light dry 

 Soil, and require no other Culture, 

 but to keep them clear from Weeds. 



The fifth Sort produces, in the 

 Spring, large white Flowers, upon 

 a Pedicle four or five Feet long, 

 making an handfome Shew in the 

 Green-houfe in aColle&ion of Plants. 

 The Flowers have a faint fweet Scent, 

 but continue a long time blowing. 



This is propagated by parting the 

 Roots (which are knobbed) in Au- 

 gufty when the Leaves are decayed, 

 and muft be planted in Pots filled 

 with good rich Earth, and houfed in 

 Winter with Oranges, cifr. 



The fixth, feventh, and eighth 

 Sorts are tenderer, and will not live 

 through the Winter without a Stove ; 

 thefe have large fair Leaves, but 

 rarely produce any Flowers in Eng^ 

 land. The Roots of thefe three Sorts 

 are quite of a different Nature from 

 the other Arums, having a foft fweet 

 Tafte, fomewhat refembling that of 

 an Hazel-nut, and are very much 

 eaten in America , where they are 

 called Edders ; as is alfo the laft in 

 Egypt. 



Thefe are propagated in the fame 

 manner as the fifth ; but muft be ne- 

 ver expos'd to the open Air with us, 

 which will foon deface their Leaves. 

 ARUNDO, The Reed. 



The Cbaraclers are ; 

 It is of the Grafs- kind, from tvbicb 

 it differs only in Magnitude. 

 The Species are ; 



1. Arundo vulgaris paluftris. J % 

 B. 2. 485. The common Reed. 



2. Arundo fati-va, qua Don ax 

 Diofcoridis Tbeopbrajii. C. B. The 

 large manur'd Cane or Reed. 



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3. Arundo lndica variegata, feu 

 Laconica Tbeopbrafti. Cor nut* 5 5 . The 

 variegated Reed. 



4. Arundo lndica arborea % Mam- 

 bu w/Bambu dicla. The Bambu- 

 cane. 



5. Arundo lndica arbor ea, am~ 

 plo pediculato folio. Bambu fpecies al- 

 tera. Raii Hiji. 1 3 16. The other 

 Bambu-cane. 



6. Arundo fcriptoria atro-rubens. 

 C. B. P. Dark-red Reed, which is 

 ufed as a Pen for writing. 



7. Arundo repens, <vel cham&ca- 

 lawus. C.B.P. Dwarf creeping Reed. 



8. Arundo faccbarifera. C. B t 

 The Sugar-cane. This Species is, 

 by Dr. Linnaeus, made a new Genus, 

 by the Title of Saccbarum. 



The firft Sort is fo very common 

 by the Sides of Rivers, and large 

 ftanding Waters, in divers Parts of 

 England, that it is needlefs for me 

 to fay any thing of its Culture. This 

 is cut in Autumn, when the Leaves 

 begin to fall, and the Stems are 

 changed brown, for making Hedges 

 in Kitchen-gardens, and for many 

 Other Ufes. 



The fecond Sort, although a Na- 

 tive of a warm Country, yet will 

 bear the Cold of our fevereft Win- 

 ters in the open Ground : it dies to 

 the Surface in Autumn, and rifes 

 again the fucceeding Spring ; and, 

 if kept fupplied with Water in dry 

 Weather, will grow ten or twelve 

 Feet high the fame Summer ; and is 

 very proper to intermix with fmall 

 Trees and Shrubs, or tall Plants and 

 Flowers, in Bofquets ; where, by the 

 Oddnefs of its Appearance, it will 

 have a good Effect, in adding to the 

 Variety. This is propagated by part- 

 ing the Roots early in the Spring, 

 before they begin to ihoot, and will, 

 in a Year or two, if your Ground 

 be good, make very large Stools ; 

 fo that from each Clump you may 



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