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and they mull be frequently water d. 

 In this Bed the Plants may remain 

 during the Summer-feafon, provided 

 the Glares will admit of them to 

 Hand under them without preifing 

 their Tops : at Michaelmas the Plants 

 ihould be placed in the Stove, where 

 they mould be frequently watered 

 during the Winter ; but the Water 

 Ihould be given moderately at this 

 Seafon : the Stove in which thefe 

 Plants are placed mould be kept to 

 temperate Heat,which is more agree- 

 able to thefe Plants than a greater 

 Warmth at that Seafon : the fecond 

 Year thefe Plants will fometimes 

 flower ; but they rarely produce 

 <good Seeds in this Climate ; how- 

 ever, they may be propagated by 

 Cuttings in the Summer-months, 

 provided they are planted in light 

 Earth on a moderate Hot- bed, and 

 carefully watered and fhaded until 

 they have taken Root. Thefe Plants 

 muft be conftantly kept in the Stove, 

 and Ihould have a large Share of free 

 Air in warm Weather ; but if they 

 are fet abroad, they will not thrive 

 in this Climate. 



BELVEDERE. Vide Chenopo- 

 dium. 



BENZOIN, The Benjamin-tree. 

 Vide Laurus. 



BERBERIS,The Barberry or Pip- 

 peridge-bufh. 



The Characters are ; 



// is fet <w:th Jbarp Prickles : the 

 Leaves are oblong , and ferrated on 

 the Edges : the Flow ers conjifl cf fx 

 Leaves, nxhich expand in form of a 

 Rofe, and are ofayello-w Colour : the 

 Fruit is long, cf an acid Tafle, and, 

 for the mo ft part, of a red dlour, and 

 grows in Clujltrs hanging do-wn : the 

 Bark of the Tree is yetfaw. 

 The Species are ; 



i. Berber is dumetorum.C.3. The 

 common Barberry. 



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2. Berberis fine nucleo. C.B. Bar- 

 berry without Stone. 



3. Berberis latijfimo folio, Ca- 

 nadenfu. H. R. P. The brcad-leav'd 

 Cane da Barberry. 



4. Barberis fruclu alho. The 

 white Barberry. 



The firft of thefe Sorts is very 

 common in England, being often 

 planted for Hedges ; but the bell 

 Method to have large good Fruit is, 

 to plant them eight or ten Feetafun- 

 der, keeping their Middles thin, and 

 - free from dead Wood ; but their 

 Fruit being for the molt part pro- 

 duced toward the Extremity of their 

 Branches, you mould be fparing in 

 fhortening them ; and when this is 

 done, it mould be at Michaelmas, 

 when their Leaves begin to decay. 



The fecond Sort 1 believe to be 

 only an accidental Variety of the 

 firft ; for young Plants taken from 

 old Trees, which produce Fruits 

 without Stones, are rarely found to 

 prove right ; and it hath been ob- 

 ferved, that none but old Trees pro- 

 duce their Fruits fo ; nor are all the 

 Fruits upon the fame Tree without 

 Stones. That Sort with white Fruit 

 feems not to differ from the com- 

 mon, except in the Colour of the 

 Fruit. 



The Canada Barberry hath been 

 of late Years introdue'd amongft us. 

 The Leaves of this Tree are larger 

 than thofe of the common Sort ; and 

 the Fruit of this Sort is black when 

 ripe ; but I have not feen any pro- 

 due'd in England, although the Tree 

 is equally as hardy as the common 

 Sort. 



Thefe are all propagated from 

 Suckers taken from Roots of the old 

 Plants, which generally furnifh them 

 in abundance ; or they may be raifed 

 from Seeds, or by laying down their 

 Branches, which will in one Year 



