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the eighth ; but the Branches of that 

 are fcaly, and of this are full of Pro- 

 tuberances ; in which, as alfo in not 

 forming fo large and clofe an Head, 

 it differs from that. 



The tenth Sort is a (lender Plant, 

 having many Angles like the fourth ; 

 but it is not half fo large: this pro- 

 duces lateral Branches, which grow 

 irregular : the Angles are not deep, 

 and the Spines on their Edges are 

 fmali: this makes an upright Stem: 

 the Flowers are produced on the 

 Edges of the Angles, toward the 

 Upper-part of the Branches. 



The eleventh Sort will grow to 

 the Height of fixteen or eighteen 

 Feet, having a ftrong Stem ; and 

 produces a great Number of taper 

 Branches, which grow very difFuied 

 toward the Upper -part of their 

 Stems : thefe Shoots are garnifhed 

 with fmall Leaves toward their Ex- 

 tremity, which foon fall off. I do 

 not remember to have ever feen any 

 Flowers on this Plant. 



The twelfth Sort produces many 

 (lender taper Shoots, which twill 

 round each other, or any neighbour- 

 ing Plant ; therefore this muft be 

 fupported with a Stick, otherwife 

 the Branches will fall to the Ground, 

 and twift themfelves round whatever 

 Support is near them: this will grow 

 feven or eight Feet high ; but I 

 do not remember to have feen it 

 flower. 



The thirteenth Sort has long flen- 

 der Branches, which muft be fup- 

 ported, otherwife they will trail upon 

 the Ground : thefe Branches are gar- 

 nished with oblong Leaves upward, 

 which are produced alternately; but 

 all the lower Part of the Branches is 

 naked : this Sort muft be fheltered 

 from the Froft in the Winter j but 

 may be pi^ed in a Green -nodfe 

 .with other hira v Exotic Plants, and 

 fet abroad in Stumer, 



All the other Sorts have been 

 ranged under the Genus of Tithy- 

 maius, or Spurge, by former Bota- 

 nifts ; fome of whom made the di- 

 ftinguifhing Character of the Eupbor- 

 bium to confift in its having naked 

 Branches ; and others have diftin- 

 gusfhed them by the -outward Ap- 

 pearance of the Plants : thefe have 

 ranged the oleander - leav'd under 

 the Title of Euphorbium ; tho' they 

 made the Difference to be in its 

 having no Leaves : indeed, all the 

 Euphorbia have Leaves when they 

 are clofely obferved, tho' many'of 

 them are fmall, and foon fall off ; 

 therefore, as there is no effentiai 

 Difference, they mould be joined 

 under one Genus. 



The fixteenth and twenty-th ; rd 

 Sorts will require to be protected 

 from fever e Froft ; but they will en- 

 dure the Cold of our ordinary Win- 

 ters in the open Air, if they are 

 planted in a dry Soil, and a fheltered 

 Situation : thefe feldom produce 

 good Seeds in England-, but they 

 may be eafily propagated by Cut- 

 tings in the Spring : thefe flower 

 in April-, at which time they al- 

 fo will make a pretty Variety, 

 efpecially the twenty - third Sort, 

 whofe Flowers are large, and have 

 a dark - purple Spot in the Mid- 

 die. 



The twenty -flrft and twenty-fe- 

 venth Sorts are annual Planes, whofe 

 Seeds have been brought from the 

 Weft Indifs jwjiere, as alio in thtErft- 

 IndieSf they are troublfome Weeds ; 

 but in this Country they muft be 

 railed on an Hot bed early in the 

 Spring, and treated as the Amaran- 

 ths ; otherwife they will not per- 

 fect their Seeds in England: the 

 twenty-firft Sort will grow about 

 two Feet high ; but the other fpreads 

 its Branches clofe upon the Ground; 

 thefe are preferred as Curiofuies j 



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