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September ; in doing which, you 

 mull obferve to preferve a good 

 Head to each Off-fet, and not to 

 divide them too fmal), which will 

 caufe them to flower weak the fol- 

 lowing Summer : they delight in a 

 frefh light Earth, and an open Situa- 

 tion. 



The third Sort is an annual Plant, 

 which mould be fown on a Bed of 

 light Earth, in March ; and when 

 the Plants are come up, they mull 

 be tranfplanted where they are to 

 remain ; in which Place they muft 

 be kept clear from Weeds, which 

 is all the Culture they require: they 

 produce their Flowers in July, and 

 their Seeds are perfected in AuguJ}. 



The fourth and fifth Sorts are 

 preferv'd in Green - houfes, with 

 other fucculent Plants, amongft 

 which they make a pretty Variety, 

 there being fcarcely a Month in the 

 Year when there are not fome of the 

 Spikes of Flowers of the fifth Sort 

 in Beauty. This was formerly calTd 

 an Aloe, which Name is II ill retain'd 

 by unlkiiful Perfons, though it is 

 vaftly different therefrom in its 

 whole Appearance. This Plant mul- 

 tiplies very fall by OfF-fets, which, 

 tho' produe'd at fome Diftance from 

 the Earth, yet emit Roots of a con- 

 siderable Length; ar.d,when planted, 

 immediately fallen in the Earth : 

 they mould be planted in Pots of 

 light fandy Earth, and houfed in 

 V/inter, with Ficoides's, and other 

 hardy fucculent Plant?, where they 

 may have free open Air ; for they 

 are hardy, and require only to be 

 protected from Froft. The fourth 

 Sort grows very low, theLeaves rett- 

 ing upon the Surface of the Ground: 

 this flowers in April and May, and 

 perfects its Seeds every Year ; where- 

 by it may be propagated in plenty. 



The fixth Sort is alio preferv'd in 

 fbme carious Gardens, with other 



Exotic Plants, in the Green-houfe : 

 this is multiplied by parting the 

 Roots : the belt Seafon for doing 

 this is in AuguJ}, when moft of the 

 Leaves are decay 'd : they fhould be 

 planted in Pots filPd with light 

 fandy Earth, and houfed in Winter 

 with the laft : this produces large- 

 branching Stems, which are thinly 

 befet with Flowers, that have their 

 Petals reflex'd, and are of a whitifh. 

 Colour i but continue a long time in. 

 Beauty. 



PHASEOLOIDES.^Glycine. 



PHASEOI.US, Kidney bean. 

 The Characters are ; 



It is a Plant ivith a papilionaceous 

 Flozver, out of whofe Empalement 

 rifes the Pointal, which afterward 

 becomes a long Pod, pregnant with 

 Seeds, for the moft part Jkaped like a 

 Kidney, or o<val ; to thefe Notes are 

 to he added, Leaves growing by Threes 

 on each Pedicle, and the Plant for the 

 moft part climbing. 



It would be to little Purpofe to 

 enumerate all the Varieties of this 

 Plant which have come to Know- 

 lege, in this Place ; fince America 

 annually furnifhes us with new 

 Sorts, fo that there is no knowing 

 what Varieties there may be pro- 

 due'd in England : befides, as they 

 are not likely to be much cultivated 

 here, fince the old Sorts are prefera- 

 ble to any of the new ones, for the 

 Kitchen ; therefore I fhall only firft 

 fet down a few Sorts which are cul- 

 tivated for their Flowers, or as 

 Curiofities, and then mention thofe 

 which are moft efteem'd for theTable 



1. Phaseolus Indicusiflore coc- 

 cineo, feu puniceo. Mor. Hi/I. Th< I 

 Scarlet Bean. 



2. Phaseolus Am eric an us peren\\ 

 nis, flare cochleato odorato, ftminibun 

 fufcis erbiculatis, Caracalla diclu. 'i 

 H. L. ' Perennial American Kidnej 

 bean, with Aveet-fmelling cochlear 



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