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2. Fab AGO Afrl carta arborefcens, 

 fore fulphureo, frudu rotundo. Com. 



Rar. African Tree Bean-caper, with 

 a fulphur -colour'd Flower, and a 

 round Fruit. 



3. Fab a GO Afticana fiutefcem, 

 fclio latioriy frudu tetrag:no. Afri- 

 can fhrubby Bean-caper,uith broader 

 Leaves, and a four cornered Fruit. 



The firft of thefe Plants is pretty 

 hardy, and will endure the Cold of 

 our Winters in the open Air, pro- . 

 vided it be planted in a dry Soil, and 

 a warm Situation : this is propagated 

 by fowing the Seeds in the Spring, 

 cither on a warm Border, or a mo- 

 derate Hot-bed; and when the Plants 

 are come up, they may be planted 

 into Pots filled wirh light fandy 

 Earth, or in warm Borders under 

 Walls or Hedges of the like Soil ; 

 for they do not care for a rich- 

 dung'd Soil, nor a ftrong or moift 

 Earth. The Diftance thefe Plants 

 fnould be planted at, mull not be 

 lefs than two Feet each Way ; for 

 they grow to be very large, and 

 form a ftrong Head : the Branches 

 die away every Winter to the Head, 

 and moot again the fucceeding 

 Spring,and will produce great Plenty 

 of Flowers and Seeds annually, and 

 their Roots will abide many Years ; 

 but are very apt to die, if removed 

 after they are grown large. 



This Plant is of no Ule at prefent 

 in England ; but for the Variety of 

 its Flowers deferves a Place in good 

 Gardens, where there is room. 



The other two Sorts, being Na- 

 tives of a warm Country, will not 

 endure the Cold of our Climate 

 abroad, but muft be preferved in a 

 Green-houfe : they may be propa- 

 gated by fowing their Seeds upon an 

 Hot-bed in the Spring; and when 

 the Plants come up, they fhould be 

 planted into Pots filled with frefti 

 fandy Earth, and may be expofed, 



during the Summer, with other 

 Green-houfe Plants ; but in Winter 

 fhould be placed in an airy Part of 

 the Houfe, and muft not be crouded 

 with other Plants ; which wiil caufe 

 them to mould, and mcd theirLeaves, 

 and many times deftroy the whole 

 Plant : they fhould alfo have fre- 

 quent Refrt lhings with Water ; but 

 mould net have too much at a time ; 

 for that very often deltroys thefe 

 Plants. 



They may alfo be increafed by 

 planting Cuttings in any of the Sum- 

 mer-months into Pots of light Earth, 

 which fhould be plunged into a mo- 

 derate Hot-bed, to facilitate their 

 Rooting, obftrving to fhade them 

 from the Violence of the Sun, as 

 alfo to give them Water frequently. 

 When they are rooted, which will 

 be in about two Months after plant- 

 ing, they may then be tranfplanted 

 into feparate Pots filled with the 

 fame light Earth ; and fhould be ex- 

 pofed to the open Air by degree?, 

 and afterwards may be treated as 

 was before directed for thofe raifed J 

 from Seeds. 



Thefe Plants were originally * 

 brought from the C<pe of Good Hope ; 

 but have been many Years preferved j 

 in the Gardens of the Curious. They 1 

 grow to the Height of five or fix 

 Feet, and fend forth many Side- $ 

 branches ; fo that they become large J 

 Shrubs, and make a pretty Variety J 

 among other Exotic Plants. H ihei'e 

 are placed in an airy Glafs-cafe in I 

 Winter, where they may have free . j 

 Air in mild Weather, and protected 

 from the Froft, they will thrive bet- 

 ter than in a common Green-houfe. 



FAG ONI A. This Plan: was fo 

 named by" Dr. Tourn"fort y in Honour • 

 to Dr. Fagon, who was Superinten- 

 dant of the Royal Garden at Paris. 

 The Charadcrs are; 



The Flmucr confjls of many Leaves, 



