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tuation ; and, when the Plants are 

 come up, they may be tranfplanted 

 into an abjett Part of the Garden, 

 ■where, if they are fuffered to re- 

 main, and drop their Fruit, they will 

 fill the Ground with young Plants, 

 and the old Roots will continue fe- 

 veral Years. I have frequently feen 

 thefe Plants growing out of the Joints 

 of Walls, where they have endured 

 the fevereft Froft, and the greateft 

 Drought, for feveral Years : they 

 alfo grow equally well in low moift 

 Soils ; fo that there is no Danger of 

 their fucceeding in any Place. The 

 green Herb of thefe Plants is fome- 

 times ufed in cooling Ointments, as 

 a SuMitute for the Garden Night- 

 Ihade, which, being an annual Plant, 

 is not to be had fo early in the Sea- 

 fon as the other Herbs ufed in thefe 

 Ointments, when the Belladona, 

 being in Perfection, is by many 

 ufed. 



The fhrubby Spanifh Kind is pre- 

 ferved by the Curious in Botany, for 

 the fake of Variety ; but there is 

 very little Beauty in it. This will 

 grow to the Height of 8 or 10 Feet, 

 andhaveaftrong vvoodyStem. It may 

 be propagated by planting the Cut- 

 tings in the Spring, upon a mode- 

 rate Hot-bed, obferving to water and 

 lhade them until they have taken 

 Root ; after which time they mud 

 be inured to the open Air by de- 

 grees, and then they muft be care- 

 fully potted, and placed in the Shade 

 until they have taken new Root, 

 when they may be fet abroad with 

 Myrtles, Oleanders, &c . and in Win- 

 ter it muft be removed into the 

 Green-houfe, and placed among the 

 hardier Kinds of Exotics. This Plant 

 produces Flowers every Year ; but 

 I have not obferved auy Fruit pro- 

 duced in England. 



The fourth So:: was discovered 



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by Father Plumier in the French Set- 

 tlements in America ; it hath alfo 

 been found by Mr. R. Miliar, Sur- 

 geon,in t\itSpaniJhM r ef -Indies; from 

 whom I received the Seeds of this 

 Plant. It is propagated by Seeds, 

 which mould be fown in Pots filled 

 with light rich Earth, and plunged 

 into an Hot-bed of Tanners Bark : 

 when the Plants are come up an Inch 

 high, they mould be carefully tranf- 

 planted, each into a feparate fmall 

 Pot, and plunged into the Hot-bed 

 again, obferving to water and made 

 them until they have taken Root. 

 During the Summer-feafon they may 

 remain in thefe Hot-beds; but in 

 Winter they muft be removed into 

 the Bark-ftove, where, if they are 

 kept in a temperate Degree of Heat, 

 they will thrive extremely well, and 

 produce their Flowers. 



The Seeds of the fifth Sort were 

 fent from Carthagena, by Mr. Ro» 

 bert Millar, Surgeon, which havefuc- 

 ceeded in feveral Gardens where they 

 were fown. This Plant is tender ; 

 fo muft* be conftantly kept in the 

 Stove, and muft be frequently wa- 

 tered, being a very thirfty Plant : it 

 ufually grows to the Height of two 

 Feet or more, and produces plenty 

 of Flowers every Summer ; but has 

 not produced any Fruit in this Coun- 

 try, to my Knowlege : it may be 

 eafily propagated by parting of the 

 Roots in April ; but as it ia a Plant 

 of no Beauty or Ufe, it is only pre- 

 ferved in a few Gardens, for Variety- 

 fake. 



BEL LIS, The Daify. 



The Characters are ; 

 It hath a perennial Root : the Stalks 

 are naked, and never branch out : the 

 Calyx ( or Cap ) of the Flower is fcaly 

 and Jirnple, divided into many Seg- 

 ments, almofi to the Footjialk : the 

 FlfFwerf are radiated: and the Heads , 



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