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which, being Natives of a warm 

 Country, will require to be houfed 

 in Winter. They are all propa- 

 gated by lowing their Seeds, which 

 lhould be done foon after they are 

 ripe ; for if they are kept until Spring, 

 they feldom grow until the follow- 

 ing Spring : they muft be fown very 

 early, and in a (hady Situation, 

 otherwife the Seeds are fubjecl to 

 mifcarry. They delight in a light 

 moift Soil, and mult be planted at 

 lealt two Feet and an half aiunder ; 

 for they fpread very far. The Roots 

 will abide many Years, if fuffered 

 to remain undiilurbed : but if they 

 are tranfplanted when old, they 

 feldom thrive well afterwards. Thefe 

 being Plants only for Curiofity, one 

 of each Sort is iufficient for a Gar- 

 den ; fince they are of no great 

 Beauty, and require much room. 



The fixth and feventh Sorts mould 

 be fown foon after the Seeds are ripe, 

 in a Pot of good Earth ; which mould 

 be placed under an Hot-bed-frame 

 during the Winter-feafon, to preferve 

 it from the Froils : and when the 

 Plants are come up in the Spring, 

 they mould be tranfplanted each into 

 a feparate Pot, and may be expofed 

 in Summer ; but in Winter mould 

 be defended from Frofts. They 

 muft be fhifted into larger Pots, as 

 they increafe in Bulk. The belt 

 Seafon for removing them is in Sep- 

 tember, before they are houfed. They 

 require frequent Waterings, and to 

 have as much Air as poffible in mild 

 Weather. 



FICOIDES, Fig-marigold. 

 The Name of this Genus has been 

 altered to that of Mefembriantbemum, 

 which has been given to it by lome 

 of the German Botanifts ; and of late 

 has been more generally ufed, fince 

 the Difufe of compound Names; 

 but as this Name has not, nor is 

 likely to prevail among the Garden- 



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ers, T choofe to continue the old Title 

 fides, by which thefe Plants are 

 well known in the Englijb Gardens ; 

 efpecially as the other is not a very- 

 proper one for including all the 

 Species; for the Name fignifies a 

 Flower expanding at Noon ; and as 

 many Species of this Genus are 

 night-flowering, this is an improper 

 Title for thofe. 



The Characlers are ; 

 The whole Plant is fucculent, and 

 has the Appearance of Houjleek : the 

 Leaves grow oppojitc by Pairs : the 

 Cup of the Flower is fiefiy, and di- 

 vided into five Parts ahiojl to the 

 Bottom : the Flower confijis of many 

 Leaves, which are divided into fmall 

 Parts, and expand in form of a Mari- 

 gold : the Flovjer is fucceeded by a 

 fuccul nt Fruit, which is divided into 

 fve or more Cells, which are full of 

 fmall Seeds. 



The Species are; 

 T. Ficoides feu Ficus aizoides 

 Africana major procumbcns, ti iangu- 

 lari folio crfiformi. H. L. Boerh. Ind. 

 Great trailing African Ficoides, with 

 a triangular iword-fhaped Leaf. 



2 . F i c o i D E s feu Ficus aizoides Afri- 

 cana major procumbens, triangulari 

 folio, fruclu maximo eduli. Ficus 

 Hottentottorum, vulgo, H. L. Great 

 trailing African Ficoides, with a tri- 

 angular fword-fnap'd Leaf, and a 

 large eatable Fruit ; commonly call'd, 

 the Hottentot Fig. 



3. Ficoides Afra, caule lignofo, 

 ereda, folio triangulari enfiformi fca- 

 bro, fore luteo mag-no. Boerh. Ind, 

 Upright African Ficoides, with a 

 woody Stalk, and a triangular rough 

 fword-fhap'd Leaf, and a large yel- 

 low Flower. 



4. Ficoides Afra arbor efcens 

 erecla, folio triangulari longifjifno 

 confer tim nato purpurafcentc, fore 

 lutco magna. Boerh. Ind. Upright 

 tree-like African Ficoides, wJth a 



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