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but they are Plants of no great 

 Beauty. 



The other Sorts are hardy enough 

 to live in the open Air ; and molt of 

 them, having creeping Roots, in- 

 creafe fo fafl: as to become very trou- 

 blefome Weeds ; fo that they are 

 rarely admitted any-where but in 

 Phyfic-gardens. 



The fourteenth Sort is a biennial 

 Plant, which propagates itfelf in 

 Plenty, if the Seeds are permitted to 

 fcattcr : this will grow three Feet 

 high, with an upright Stem; the 

 Leaves are large, and placed oppo- 

 fite : it is fometimes ufed in Medi- 

 cine, under the Title of Cataputia 

 minor. 



The fifteenth Sort has trailing 

 Branches,which lie upon the Ground, 

 and fpread about eight or ten Inches 

 each Way from the Stem : thefe are 

 clofely befet with glaucous Leave;, 

 which have a fingular Appearance ; 

 fo it is often allowed to have a Place 

 in Gardens for the fake of Variety : 

 it is an hardy Plant ; but mould be 

 planted in a dry gravelly Soil, where 

 the Seeds will icatter, and the Plants 

 come up without any Care : thefe 

 Plants feidom continue above two 

 Years ; but as the young Plants will 

 fupply their room, there will require 

 no Trouble to propagate this Sort. 



The feventeemh Sort grows plen- 

 tifully in the Woods, in divers Parts 

 of England ; where, in the Spring of 

 the Year, it makes a good Appear- 

 ance, the Flowers appearing before 

 any of the Leaves are out upon the 

 Woods : this Sort grows about two 

 Feet high, and branches out with 

 many purple Stems. A few Plants 

 of this Sort may be planted in Wil- 

 dernefs -quarters under Trees, where 

 they will add to the Variety. 



The eighteenth Sort is only pre- 

 ferred in Phytic gardens, as it has 

 been formerly ufed in Medicine, un- 



der the Title of Efula major ; but? 

 being at prefent left out of the Col- 

 lege Difpenfatory, is rarely to be 

 found in England. 



The twenty-fourth Sort was alfo 

 ufed in Medicine by the Title of 

 Efula minor ; but this is alfo out of 

 Ufe ; and being a great Creeper at 

 the Root, it is rarely permitted to 

 have a Place in Gardens ; and when- 

 ever it is, the Plants fhou!d be con- 

 fined in Pots to keep them within 

 Compafs. 



There are many other Sorts of 

 Spurge than are here enumerated ; 

 but as many of them are Weeds in 

 the Gardens, and arable Fields, and 

 the others are Plants of no Beauty or 

 Ufe, therefore I have omitted them, 

 as few People choofe to plant them 

 in Gardens. 



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FAB A, The Bean. 

 The Characlers are ; 

 // hath a papilionaceous Flower, 

 which is fucceeded by a long Pod, 

 which is fiWd with large fiat kidney- 

 Jhapcd Seeds : the Stalks are firm and 

 hollow : the Leaves grow by Fairs, 

 and are fafened to a Mid-rib. 

 The Species are ; 



1. Fab a major recentiorum. Lob. 

 Icon. The common Garden-bean. 



2. Faea minor, feu equina. C. B. 

 The Horfe-bean. 



There are a great Variety of the 

 Garden-beans, now cultivated in the 

 Kitchen gardens in England, which 

 differ in Size and Shape ; fome of 

 them ' producing their Pods much 

 earlier than others; for which they 

 are greatly efteemed by the Garden- 

 ers ; but as all thefe Sorts are only 

 feminal Variations, and are very fub- 



