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themfelves fo plentifully in thofe 

 Gardens where they have been ad- 

 mitted, as to become the moft com- 

 mon of all the Sorts. 



If the Seeds of either of the Sorts 

 are fown in March or April, upon 

 a Bed of common Earth, in an open 

 Situation, the Plants will come up 

 in a Month or five Weeks after; 

 and, if they are to remain in the 

 Place where they are fown, will re- 

 quire no other Care but to keep 

 them clear from Weeds, and to thin 

 them out, fo as, to leave them fix 

 or eight Inches apart : and in July 

 the Plants will begin to (hew their 

 Berries, when they will make a pretty 

 Appearance : but many People tranf- 

 plant thefe Plants into the Borders 

 of their Flower-gardens ; and others 

 plant them in Pots, to have them 

 ready for removing to Court-yards, 

 or to place upon low Walls, amongft 

 other annual Flowers, to adorn thole 

 Places. 



When thefe Plants are defigned to 

 be removed, they fhould be tranf- 

 planted before they fhoot up their 

 Flower-ftems; for they will not bear 

 tranfplanting well afterward: and if 

 they are planted in Pots, they will 

 require to be duly watered in dry 

 Weather, otherwife the Plants will 

 flint, and nci grow to any Size : 

 and, as the Flower-ftems advance, 

 they fhould be fupported by Sticks; 

 for if they are not, the Branches 

 will fall to the Ground, when the 

 Berries are grown pretty large and 

 weighty. 



The Leaves of thefe Plants re- 

 iemble the pointed leav'd Spinach; 

 and the Berries are of a fcarlet Co- 

 lour, turning to a Purple as they 

 decays and are, in Shape, very like 

 the Wood-ft raw berry ; from whence 

 it had the Name of Strawberry- 

 fpinach. 



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The fecond Sort will grow two 

 Feet and an half, or, in good Ground, 

 often three Feet high; and is fur- 

 nifh'd with Berries, at every Joint, 

 from the Bottom to the Top : fo 

 that when the Branches are regularly 

 fupported, they make a pretty Ap- 

 pearance. The third Sort feldom 

 grows fo tall as the fecond ; but the 

 Berries are rather larger, and the 

 Upper-part of the Stalk is not fur- 

 nifhed with Leaves fo high ; nor are 

 the Indentures of the Leaves fo fharp- 

 pointed. They are all annual Plants, 

 which will fow themfelves in a Gar- 

 den, and come up without any 

 Trouble. 



BLOODWORT. Vide Lapa- 

 thum. 



BOCCONIA. 



The Characters are ; 



It hath a Flower con fifing of ont 

 Leaf: from the Middle arifes the 

 Pcintal, which afterward becomes 

 an o<val-Jhapcd pointed Fruit ; which 

 is full of Juice, each containing one 

 round Seed. 



We have but one Species of this 

 Plant ; was. 



B o c c o N I a raccmofa, fphGndylii 

 folio tomcntofo. Plum. Nov. Qen. 

 Branching Bocconia, with a woolly 

 Cow-parfnep-leaf. 



This Plant is called by Sir Ham 

 Sloane, in his Natural Hiflory of 

 Jamaica, Chclidonium majus aybo- 

 reum, foliis quercinis ; or Greater 

 Tree-celandine, with Oak-leaves. 



It is very common in Jamaica^ 

 and feveral other Parts of Jmerica, 

 where it grows to the Height of 

 ten or twelve Feet ; having a ftrait 

 Trunk, as large as a Man's Arm, 

 which is covered with a white fmooth 

 Bark. At the Top it divides into 

 feveral Branches, on which the Leaves 

 are placed alternately. Thefe Leaves 

 are eight or nine Inches long, and 



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