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Houfe at Ker.fington, which hath en- 

 dared feveral Winters without any 

 Shelter or Covering, and annually 

 produces many beautiful Flowers, 

 and fometimes, in good Seafons, will 

 produce Seeds ; though I do not re- 

 member ever to have Jeen them per- 

 fectly ripe. 



The fourth, fifth, and fixth Sorts 

 are Natives of America: the fourth 

 and fifth were difcovcred by Father 

 Plumier in the French Illands ; but 

 the fixth wis found by Air. Robert 

 Millar near Carthagena, in the Spa- 

 nifh H^ef -Indies, from whence he alfo 

 fent me the other two Kinds. Thefe 

 three Sorts may be propagated by 

 Seeds, which mould be iown in Pots 

 filled with light fandy Earth, and 

 plunged into an Hot-bed of Tanners 

 Bark, obferving to water the Earth 

 frequently, to forward the Vegeta- 

 tion of the Seed. When the Plants 

 are come up, they ihould be each 

 tranfplanted into a fmall Pot filled 

 with light fandy Earth, and plunged 

 I into the Hot bed again, obferving 

 | to fcreen them from the Sun, until 

 they have taken Root ; after which 

 ! time they muft have Air and Water, 

 ! in proportion to the Warmth of the 

 Seafon. When the Plants have filled 

 i thefe fmall Pots with their Roots, 

 they fhould be carefully taken our, 

 and their Roots trimmed* and put 

 into larger Pots, and plunged into 

 the Hot-bed aga*n. In Winter thefe 

 Plants mult be removed into the 

 Stove, and placed in the Bark-bed, 

 where they Ihould be treated after 

 the manner directed for the Guajava ; 

 with which Management thefe Plants 

 will fucceed. 



CAPER-BEAN. Vide Fabago. 



CAPRARIA, Wild-liquorice, or 

 Sweet- weed. 



The Characters are ; 



The Empalement of the Flonver is 

 if one Leaf, divided into four Parts, 



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each cf-i'jhich is hollovj like a Spoon : 

 the Flovu.r is alfo of one Ltaf which 

 is divided into four or fve concave 

 Segments, vuhich are reflexed : in the 

 Middle is Ji'uatcd the Ovary , attend- 

 ed by four Stamina, nvhich are fur- 

 rounded by a great Number of fmall 

 hairy Threads : the Ovary becomes a 

 Fruit nxith one Cell, inclofing many 

 fmall Seeds. 



The Species are ; 



I Cafharia foliis alternis, co- 

 rollis quinquefidis. Lin. Wild-liquo- 

 rice, or Sweet-weed, with Leaves 

 placed alternately, and the Flower 

 divided into five Parts. 



2. Capraria foliis tern is, corol- 

 lis quadripartitis . Lin. Wild-liquo- 

 rice, or Sweet- weed, with three 

 Leaves at each Joint, and the Flower 

 divided into four Segments. 



Thefe Plants are Natives of the 

 Iflands in America, where they are 

 troublefome Weeds ; for, as they pro- 

 duce great Quantities o,f Seed, when 

 they have fcattered their Seeds, the 

 Plants will come up in great Plenty : 

 the fecond Sort has a fweet Ta'.re 

 when chewed, fomewhat like Liquo- 

 rice, which occafioned the Name of 

 Sweet- weed. 



Thefe Plants are preferved in Bo- 

 t*aj£ Gardens, in divers Parts of 

 Europe ✓ but, as they have no great 

 Beauty, they are feldom propagated 

 in other Gardens. 



They are propagated by Seeds, 

 which muft be fown upon an Hot- 

 bed in the Spring of the Year, and 

 the Plants muft be brought forward 

 by planting them upon a fecond Hot- 

 bed ; and about the Middle or Lat- 

 ter-end of June they may be tranf- 

 planted either into Pots of rich Earth, 

 or a warm Border, and may then be 

 expo fed to the open Air, where they 

 will perfect their Seeds in Auguft : 

 the fecond Sort may be preferved 

 through the Winter in a good Stove ; 



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