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great Rains ; which would deftroy 

 them, if they were expofed thereto. 

 During the Winter - feafon they 

 mould have very little Water given 

 them; but in Summer, when they 

 are expofed to the open Air, they 

 mull be frequently refreftied with 

 Water in dry Weather. Thefe 

 Plants will flower in July, and in 

 warm Summers will perfect their 

 Seeds. 



The third and fourth Sorts are 

 annual Plants : thefe muft be railed 

 on an Hot-bed early in the Spring, 

 and when the Plants are about three 

 Inches high, they mould be each 

 tranfplanted into a fmall Pot filled 

 with frefh light Earth, and plunged 

 into an Hot bed of Tanners Bark; 

 obferving to water and (hade them 

 until they have taken Root. When 

 the Plants are grown fo large, as to 

 ramble on the Surface of the Bed, 

 and begin to entangle with other 

 Plants, they mould be fnifted into 

 larger Pot?, and placed in the Bark- 

 ftove ; where their Branches may 

 be trailed to the Wall, or aga'nll an 

 Efpalier, that they may have Sun 

 and Air; which is abfolutejy necef- 

 fary for their producing Fruit. When 

 thefe Plants are full of Fruit, they 

 make a very pretty Variety in the 

 Stove amongft other Exotic Plants. 



The fecond and fifth Sorts are 

 alfo propagated from Seeds, which 

 mould be fown on an Hot bed ; 

 and when the Plants are fit to tranf- 

 plant, they fnould be put into Pots ; 

 and after they have taken Root, 

 ihould be inured to bear the open 

 Air by degrees ; where they may 

 remain during the Summer feafon ; 

 but in Winter they muft be fhel- 

 tered. 



The Bryony being Male and Fe- 

 male in different Plants, induced me 

 to make fome Experiments with it, 

 to confirm my Opinion of the Ne- 



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ceffity of the Female Plant being 

 impregnated by the Farina of the 

 Male Plant, in order to render it 

 fruitful. Accordingly I planted a 

 Female Bryony in a Garden, wherein 

 there was no Male Plant of that 

 Kind, nor in any of the neighbour- 

 ing Parts, as I could difcover ; but, 

 contrary to my Expectation, this 

 Plant produced ripe Fruit which 

 I fowed foon after it was ripe, and 

 the Spring following I had a great 

 Number of young Plants come up. 

 The following Year I was more 

 curious to try the Experiment, and 

 examined all the neighbouring Parts 

 again, to fee if 1 could ducover 

 any Male Plants, but could not : 

 yet the Succefs was the fame as the 

 former Year, and the Plants which 

 arofe from the Seeds grew very 

 ftrong and vigorous. So that this, 

 and many other Experiment*, mould 

 be frequently repeated, and carefully 

 examined, before we can pronounce 

 any thing for Certainty concerning 

 the Generation of Plants : but it 

 frequently happens, that fome of 

 the Flowers upon the Female Plants 

 are Hermaphrodite, which may ac- 

 count for their producing good 

 Seeds : and this might have been 

 the Cafe with my Plant; for I did 

 not examine each Flower upon the 

 Plant; therefore cannot affirm any 

 thing for certain, more than is here 

 related. 



BRYONIA NIGRA. VideTzm- 

 nus. 



BUCKSHORN, or HARTS- 

 HORN. Vide Coronopus. 



BUDDING. Vide Inoculating. 



BUGLOSSUM, Buglufs. 

 The Ckaraclcrs are ; 



It hath a multifid funnel fhaped 

 Flower, conf fling of one Lenf\ from 

 *whofe Empa cment, <zuhr\h is cut to 

 the Bottom, rifes the Puintal, ac- 

 companied by four Embryces ; which 

 P afte.-ru.ard 



