C A 



C A 



2. Castorea racemoja, fiore cce- 

 ruleo y frudu croceo. Plum. Branching 

 Caftorea, with a blue Flower, and 

 a faffron colour' d Fruit. 



The firlt Sort hath trailing 

 Branches, which will creep on the 

 Ground, if they are not fupported ; 

 for in the Places where ic grows wild, 

 it rambles over -whatever Plants 

 grow near it. The Branches are 

 clofely befet with Spines, lomewhat 

 like the common Bramble ; fo that 

 it renders the Place of its Growth 

 ' very difficult to pafs. 



The fecond Sort grows to the 

 Height of ten or twelve Feet, and 

 becomes woody. This fends forth 

 many Branches, at the Extremity of 

 which there are Bunches of blue 

 Flowers of an agreeable Scent ; 

 which are fucceeded by fafiron-co- 

 loured Berries, growing in Clutters 

 like Bundles of Currans. 



Thefe Plants are Natives of the 

 warmelt Parts of America, and were 

 firit difcovered by Father Flumte> , 

 in the French Settlements : but my 

 late learned Friend, Dr. William 

 Houfoun, found them in Jam ica ; 

 from whence he fent Samples of both 

 Kinds, with their Seeds, into Eng- 

 land, from which fome of thefe 

 Plants were raifed. 



They are both propagated by 

 Seeds, which mull be procured from 

 the Places where they grow natu- 

 rally; for they feldom perfect, their 

 Seeds in this Country. Thefe muft 

 be fown in fmall Pots filled with 

 frefh light Earth, and plunged into a 

 moderate Hot-bed of Tanners Bark, 

 obferving to water them as often as 

 you find the Earth dry. In about 

 iix Weeks the Plants will begin to 

 appear, when you fhould carefully 

 clean them from Weeds, and fre- 

 quently refrefh them with Water ; 

 and in warm Weather they lhould 



have frefti Air admitted to them, 

 that they may get Strength, and not 

 draw up too weak. When the Plants 

 are about two Inches high, they 

 fhould be carefully taken up, and 

 tranfplanted each into a feparate 

 fmall Pot filled with frefh Pght 

 Earth, and plunged into the Plot- 

 bed again ; then water them, to fet- 

 tle the Earth to their Roots ; and in 

 "the Day-time the Glafles mould be 

 (haded with Mats, until the Plants 

 have taken Root; after which time 

 they fhould be conltantly watered 

 three or four times a W eek, or fome- 

 times oftener in very hot Weather ; 

 a d they muft have Plenty of Air 

 admitted to them in the Summer, 

 other wife they will draw up weak ; 

 but in Winter they mult be placed 

 in the Bark-move, and treated as the 

 Coffee-tree, and fuch other tender 

 Exotic F1anrs. With this Manage- 

 ment they will produce Flowers the 

 fecond or third Year, and may be 

 continued for feveral Years ; and as 

 they retain their Leaves through the 

 Year, they will add to the Variety 

 in the Stove. 



CATANANCE, Candy Lions- 

 foot. 



The Characters arc ; 

 The Cup of the Flower is fquamofe : 

 the Florets, which are round the Mar- 

 gin, are much longer than thofe in the 

 Middle of the Flower : the Seeds are 

 wrapt up in a leafy or downy Sub- 

 fame, within the Cup, or outer Co- 

 vering. 



The Species are ; 



1. Catanance quo run dam . L ugd. 

 True Lions-foot, with Buck-thorn- 

 leaves. 



2 . Catanance fore lutco, latiore 

 folio. Tourn. Broad-leav'd Candy 

 Lions-foot, with a yellow Flower. 



3. Catanance fore lutto, angu- 

 fiore folio. Tourn. Narrow-leaved 



Candy 



