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Tanners Bark ; being careful to 

 fcreen them from the Sun, until they 

 have taken new Root ; after which 

 the Glafies of the Hot-bed mould be 

 raifed every Day in proportion to the 

 Heat of the Weather, to admit fre{h 

 Air to the Plants : they muft alfo be 

 frequently watered, for they natu- 

 rally grow in moid Places. When 

 the Plants have grown fo large as 

 to fill thefe Pots with their Roots, 

 they mould be removed into larger 

 Pots, and placed in the Bark-bed 

 in the Stove ; where they mu-ft be 

 fupported ei:her with Stake?, or a 

 Trellace, round which they will 

 twine, and rife to the Height of 

 eight or ten Feet. 



Thefe Plants muft be kept con- 

 ftantly in the Stove ; for they are 

 too tender to bear the open Air in 

 this Country, even in the Summer- 

 feafon : therefore they mould be 

 placed with Convolvulus's, and other 

 twining Piants, near the Back of the 

 Stove, where Ihould be made an 

 Efpalier to fupport them ; in which 

 Situation they will thrive, and pro- 

 duce their Flowers, and fometimcs 

 wiil perfect their Seeds in this Coun- 

 try : but, in order to this, they 

 ihould have a large Share of frem 

 Air in warm Weather, by drawing 

 down the upper Glafies of the Stove ; 

 but in Winter the Stove mould be 

 kept to a temperate Heat, or rather 

 higher. In Summer they will re- 

 quire a large Share of Water ; but 

 inWinter it mould be given to them 

 in lefs Quantities, but muft be fre- 

 quently repeated. Thefe Plants do 

 not continue above two or three 

 Years; fo that young Plants mould 

 be raifed in order to preferve the 

 Kind. 



DAMASONIUM, Star -headed 

 "Water-plantain. 



The Characters are ; 

 // hath a Flower ccmpofed of three 



Leaves, which are placed orbicularly^ 

 and expand in form of a Rofe : out 

 of the Flower-cup rifes the Pointal, 

 which afterward bt comes a far- 

 Jhaptd Fruit, with many Cells, which 

 are full of oblong Seeds. 

 The Species are ; 



1. Damasonium fe datum. L'igd* 

 Star-headed Water-plantain. 



2. Damasonium Amcricanum ma- 

 ximum, plantaginis folio, fore fa- 

 vefcente,fruclu globofo. Plwn. Great- 

 eft American Water- plantain, with a 

 Plantain -leaf, a yellowiih Flower, 

 and a globular Fruit. 



The hrft of thefe Plants is a Na- 

 tive of England : it grow s commonly 

 in Handing Waters, which are not 

 very deep. It is fometimes ufed in 

 Medicine, but never cultivated in 

 Gardens ; fo muft be gathered for 

 Ufe in the Places of its Growth. 



The fecond Sort grow s in Jamai- 

 ca, Barbados, and feveral other 

 Places in the warm Parts of America, 

 where it is generally found in ftag- 

 nating Waters, and other fwampy 

 Places : fo that it would be difficult 

 to preferve this Plant in England ; 

 for it will not live in the open Air, 

 and requires a Bog to make it thrive: 

 but as it is a Plant of no great 

 Beauty or Ufe, it is not worth the 

 Trouble of cultivating in this Coun- 

 try. 



DANDELION. Vide Dens Leo- 

 nis. 



DATE-TREE. Vide Palma. 



DAUCUS, The Carrot. 

 The Characters are ; 



It hath, for the mf part, a fefy 

 Root : the Leaves are divided into 

 narrow Segments : the Petals of the 

 Flower are umqual, avd fliaped like 

 an Heart : the Lmbel, when ripe, is 

 hollowed and cotitracled, appearing 

 Jomewhat like a Bird's Nejl : the 

 Seeds are hairy, and in Shape of 

 Lice, 



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