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The Species are ; 

 t. Diosma foliis linearibus hir- 

 futis. Lin. Hort. Cliff. African Spi- 

 r*ea, with narrow hairy Leaves. 



2. Diosma foliis fubulatis acutis. 

 Lin. Hart. Cliff. African Spirxa.with 

 taper- pointed Leaves, placed in form 

 of a Crofs. 



3. Diosma foliis fetaccis acutis. 

 Lin. Hort. Cliff. Low African Spi- 

 raea, with Leaves like Heath. 



Thefe Plants are Natives of the 

 Country near the Cape of Good Hope, 

 where they grow on hilly moun- 

 tainous Places i and have been tranf- 

 ported from thence into the curious 

 Gardens in Holland ; and from thence 

 have been communicated to the fe- 

 veral Gardens in Europe, where they 

 are preserved by thofe Perfons who 

 are curious in Exotic Plants. 



The firft Sort has been long 

 known under the Title of Spiraea 

 Africana odorata, foliis pilojis, or 

 Sweet-fcented African Spiraea, with 

 hairy Leaves. This Sort makes a 

 very handfome Shrub, growing to 

 the Height of five or fix Feet : the 

 Stalks are of a fine coral Colour ; 

 the Leaves come out alternately on 

 every Side of the Branches, which 

 are narrow pointed and hairy: the 

 Flowers are produced in fmaJl Clu- 

 tters at the Fnds of the Shoots, which 

 are fmall and white ; thefe are fuc- 

 ceeded by ftarry Seed-vefTels, hav- v 

 ing five Corners, like thofe of the 

 ftarry Anife : each of thefe Corners 

 is a Cell, having one fmooth lhine- 

 ing oblong black Seed : thefe Seed- 

 vefTels abound with a Refin, which 

 affords . a grateful Scent, as doth alfo 

 the whole Plant. 



The fecond Sort feldom rifes fo 

 high as the former ; and the Branches 

 are very long and flender, and are 

 produced from the Stem very irre- 

 gularly : the Leaves are placed crofT- 



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wife, and are pointed ; thefe are 

 every Evening clofed up to the 

 Branches : the Flowers are produced 

 along the Branches from between 

 the Leaves; and in the Evening, 

 when thefe Flowers are expanded, 

 and the Leaves are clofely embracing 

 the Stalks, the whole Plant appears, 

 as if covered with Spikes of white 

 Flowers ; and as thefe Plants conti- 

 nue a long time in Flower, they 

 make a fine Appearance when they 

 are intermixed with other Exotics. 



The third Sort is yet of humbler 

 Growth than either of the former 

 Sorts, feldom rifing above two Feet 

 high, and fpreads out into many 

 Branches : the Leaves of this Sort 

 are fmooth, and refemble thofe of 

 the Heath ; and the Plant from 

 thence had the Name of Ericaformis 

 coridis folio, Sec. given to it by Dr. 

 Plukcnet : the Flowers of this Kind 

 are produced in Clutters, at the End 

 of the* Branches, like thofe of the 

 firft Sort; but are fmaller, and the 

 Bunches not fo large. 



All thefe Plants 'are propagated 

 by Cuttings, which may be planted 

 during any of the Summer-months, 

 in Pots filled with frefh light Earth, 

 and plunged into a moderate Hot- 

 bed, where they mould be fhaded in, 

 the Day-time from the Sun, and fre- 

 quently refrefhed with Water : in 

 about two Months the Cuttings will 

 have taken Root, when they mould 

 be each tranfplanted into a fmall Pot; 

 and placed in a fhady Situation until 

 the Plants have taken frefh Root, 

 when they may be put among other 

 Exotic Plants, in a fheltered Place* 

 thefe Plants may remain abroad un- 

 til the Beginning of Oclober, or later, 

 if the Seafon continues favourable*, 

 for they only require to be fhelter'd 

 from Froft ; fo that in a dry airy 

 Green-houfe tfiey may be preferved 



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