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Borders clofe to Walls expofed to 

 the South ; and, by training their 

 Branches againft the Walls, they 

 will more certainly flower than in 

 Pots. 



If the Seeds of thefe Plants are 

 procured from America, they mould 

 be gathered in the Pods, and put 

 pp in dry Sand, which is the fureft 

 Method of preferving them ; and 

 they mould be fov/n in Pots filled 

 with light Earth, foon after they 

 arrive ; and the Pots may be placed 

 under a common Hot - bed - frame, 

 to guard them from Froft, and great 

 Rams ; and in March thefe Pots 

 jnay be plunged into a moderate 

 Hot-bed, where, if they are gently 

 watered, and fcreened from the Sun 

 in the Heat of the Day, the Plants 

 will come up in May, and mould 

 be inured to bear the open Air by 

 degrees. 



This Sort may alfo be propagated 

 fcy Layers. 

 3IHAI. 



The Characters are ; 



It hath a tubulous Flower, con- 

 fifing of one Leaf, Jhaped almof like 

 & Lily, and cut into two Parts : the 

 Point a I and Stamina are included in 

 two Leaves ; the Pointal afterward 

 becomes a flejhy three-corner d Fruit, 

 containing three hard rough Seeds: 

 io thefe Notes Jhould be added, Many 

 Flowers contained in a common Co- 

 wiring. 



The Species are ; 



\. Bin A I ' amplijjimis foliis, forum 

 wafculis coccineis. Plum. Nov. Gen. 

 Bihai with large Leaves, and a fear.- 

 let Covering to the Flowers. 



3. Bihai dmbtijjiviis foliis, forum 

 tpafculis fubnigri:. Plum. Nov. Gen. 

 jBifrai with large Leaves, and a black 

 £overing«to the Flowers. 



Thefe Plants are at prefent very 

 FSrp in 



B I 



I received Seeds of the firft Sort 

 from Panama, which came up in 

 the Phyfic - garden at Chelfea ; but 

 the Plants have not produced any 

 Flowers as yet. 



They may be propagated by Seeds, 

 which mould be fown on an Hot- 

 bed early in the Spring; and, when 

 the Plants are come up, they fhonld 

 be each tranfplanted into a feparate 

 Pot filled with light rich Earth, and 

 plunged into an Plot- bed of Tan- 

 ners Bark, obferving to water and 

 fliade them until they have taken 

 Pvoot ; after which time, in warm 

 Weather, they mould have a large 

 Share of frefh Air, and muft be fre- 

 quently watered : during the Sum* 

 mer-feafon the Plants may remain 

 in the Hot-bed; but in Winter they 

 mull be removed into the Stove, and 

 placed near the Fire-place, that they 

 may have a great Share of Heat, 

 without which they will not live 

 thro 1 the -Winter in this Climate: 

 they mull alfo be frequently waterd ; 

 but Water mould not be given them 

 in too great Plenty in the Winter- 

 feafon, tho' in the Summer they will 

 require a large Share of Moifture : 

 with this Management thefe Plants 

 will produce their Flowers very well 

 in this Climate. 



BINDWEED. Vide Convol- 

 vulus. 



BIRCH-TREE. Vide Betula. 



BISCUTELLA. Vide Thla- 

 fpidium. 



BISERRULA. Vide Pele- 

 cinus. 



BI3LTNGUA. Vide Rufcus. 

 BISTORT A, Bifcort, or Snake- 

 weed. 



There are three or four Varieties 

 of this Plant, which are found wild 

 in England-, but as they are feldom 

 planted in Gardens, I (hall pafs them 

 ever with only mentioning the com*- 



mon 



