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#0 mould be fupported by Stages ; 

 and will grow to the Height of feven 

 or eight Feet. 



The twelfth Sort grows to be a 

 Ja-ge Shrub : the Leaves of this are 

 as large as thofe of the Mulberry- 

 tree; and the Tufts of Flowers be- 

 ing large, and produced ae the Ends 

 of the Shoots, make a fine Appear- 

 ance when they are in Flower; but 

 unleis this is placed in a moderate 

 Stove, it will not thrive. 



The feven firil Sorts are Plants of 

 no great Beauty ; fo are rarely pre- 

 served but in Botanic Gardens. 



The ninth, twelfth, and thirteenth 

 Sorts may be propagated by Cuttings 

 during the Summer-feafon ; which 

 fhould be planted in Pots filled with 

 frefh light Earth, and plunged into 

 a moderate Hot-bed ; where they 

 fhould be (haded and watered until 

 they have taken Root, when they 

 may be expofed to the open Air by 

 degrees. Theie Plants may be placed 

 in the open Air in Summer, amongft 

 other hardy Exotic Plants ; but in 

 Winter they fhould be placed in a 

 good Green-houfe, obferving to let 

 them have the free Air in mild Wea- 

 ther ; and they muft be frequently 

 refrethed with Water. With this 

 Management thefe Plants will flower 

 every Year ; and may be allowed a 

 Place in fuch Gardens where ctjier 

 Exotic Plants are preferved. 



EUPHORBIA, The Burning 

 Thorny-plant. 



The Characters are ; 



The Empalement of the Floiver is 

 of cne Leaf and is divided at the 

 Brim into four or five Parts : the 

 Flciver bas> for the moft part± fair 

 thick truncated Petals, ivbich are 

 dec-ply indented : in the Centre of the 

 flower is filiated the Pointal, <wbieh 

 h attended by many Stamina : the 

 Point al afterward 'changes to a round- 



ijh Fruit having three Cellj, each 

 containing one raundifb Seed. 



This Genus of Plants has been 

 titled Euphorbium, which is the 

 Name of the Gum ufed in Medi- 

 cine; but as Pliny has given the 

 Plant the Title of Euphorbia, to 

 difHnguifli it from the Drug, Dr. Lin- 

 naeus has adopted the fame Name ; 

 and added, to this Genus, all the 

 Species of Spurge, from the Agree- 

 ment there is in the efTtntial Cha- 

 racters of thofe two Genera. We 

 have no good Englijh Name for this 

 Genus; that of the Burning Thorny- 

 plant having been ufed by Parkinfon, 

 I have placed here : but as the Latin 

 Name is now more commonly ufed 

 by the Gardeners, I ihall continue it. 

 The Species are ; 



1. Euphorbia aculeata triangu- 

 laris fubnuda articulata, ramis pa- 

 tent ibus. Lin. Hort. Cliff. Prickly 

 triangular jointed Euphorbia, with 

 fpreading Branches, commonly call'd 

 the true Euphorbium of the Anti- 

 ents. 



2. Euphorbia aculeata quadrant 

 gularis nuda. Lin. Hort. Cliff. Naked 

 quadrangular prickly Euphorba, 

 commonly called- the Canary Eu- 

 phorbium. 



3. Euphorbia aculeata nuda tri- 

 angularis articulata, ramis ereflis. 

 Thorny jointed triangular Euphor- 

 bia, with upright naked Branches, 



4. Euphorbia aculeata nuda 7nul- 

 tangularis, aculeis gtminatis. Lin. 

 Hort. Cliff. Thorny Euphorbia, 

 with many Angles, and the Spines 

 growing by Pairs, commonly called 

 the torch lhap'd Euphorbium. 



5. Euphorbia aculeata fe mi nuda 

 multangularis, aculeis giminatis. Lin. 

 Hort. Cliff. Thorny half- naked Eu- 

 phorbia, with Angles oblique to the 

 Knobs, commonly called the olean* 

 Jer-leav'd Euphorbium. 



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