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ftrve, if the Seafon mould prove dry, 

 to water them, and lay a littleMulch 

 upon the Surface of the Ground 

 near their Stems, to prevent the 

 Ground from drying too faft. It 

 mould have a flrongmc irt Soil, and 

 be expofed to the >outh-eart Sun ; 

 but mull have the Afhitanct of a 

 Wall or Pale to fupport the tranch- 

 es, otherwile they will trail upon 

 the Ground. 



This Plant, although a Native of 

 Virginia, yet, if planted in a clear 

 Air, will endure the fevereft Cold 

 of our Climate very well ; but it 

 will not thrive in cloie Places, or too 

 near the City, the Smoke arifing 

 from the Sea-coal Fires being very 

 pernicious to it. 



The fecond Sort is pretty com- 

 mon in Barbados and Jamaica, where 

 the Inhabitants give it the Name of 

 Snowberry-bufn, from the extreme 

 Whitenefs of the Fruit. The third 

 and fourth Sorts were difcover'd by 

 Father Plurr.it> in fome of the Fr neh 

 Settlements in America \ and fince 

 by the late Dr. Houfloum at La Vera 



Cruz. 



Thefe are all of them very tender 

 Plants; fo mull conftantly remain in 

 the Bark-ftove, otherwife they will 

 not thrive in this Country. They 

 may be propagated by Seed?, which 

 fhould be brought over either in 

 Sand or Earth, otherewife they fel- 

 dom fucceed : when they arrive, the 

 Tubs of Earth, in which the Seeds 

 \verefcwn,lh9uld be plunged into an 

 Hot-bed of Tanners Bark, obferving 

 frequently to water them : and when 

 the Plants are come up, they mould 

 be carefully tranfplanted into fepa- 

 rate fmall Pots filled with frelh rich 

 Earth, and plunged into the Hot-bed 

 again ; where they may remain till 

 about Michaelmas, when they mould 

 be plunged into the Bark-bed in 

 the Stove, and treated as other ten- 



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der Exotic Plants from the fame 

 Countries ; and in two or three 

 Years the Plants will flower, when 

 they will make an agreeable Varie- 

 ty- 



PERIPLOCA, Virginian Silk, 



a 



The Characters are ; 

 The Flower covjifls of one Leaf, 

 which is more expanded at the Brim 

 than thofc of the Apocynum ; the 

 Point al> which rifes jn the Centre cf 

 the Flower - cup, becomes a Fruit fo 

 nearly refmbling that of the Apocy- 

 num, as rot to be diftinguifh 'd there- 

 from, hut by <very curious Obfervers :■ 

 to which Jhould be added, It hath 

 climbing Stalks. 



The Species are ; 

 I Pe r i p to c h foliis oblongis. Tourn. 

 Periploca with oblong Leaves. 



2. Plriploca Monfpeliaca, foliit 

 rotundioribus. Tourn. Periploca of 

 Monfpelier, with rounder Leaves. 



3. Periploca foliis iblongis an* 

 gvjlioribus. lnjl . R H. Longer and 

 narrow er-leav'd Virginian Silk, or 

 Climbing Dogs-bane. 



4. Periploca MonfpK'liaca, fcl'is 

 acutioribus. In ft. R. H. . Climbing 

 Dogs-bane of MontpeLer, with fharp- 

 pointed Leaves. 



5. Periploca Americana, fruBu 

 mo I liter echinato. heft. R. H. Ameri- 

 can Climbing Dogs -bane, with a 

 prickly Fruit. 



6. Periploca Americana latifo- 

 Ha, fllqv.n dura oblovga, tumida & 

 glabra. Inf. R. H. Broad - leav'd 

 American Climbing Dogs bane, with 

 a long hard fmooth fweiling Pod. 



7. Perii-loca Americana fcan- 

 dens y falicis, angufif ?no folio, fore 

 aibo. Plum. Climbing American 

 Dogs-bane, with a narrow Willow- 

 leaf, and a white Flower. 



8. Periploca Americana repent 

 umbeUata, foliis citri, fore coccineo. 

 Plan. Creeping American Dogs- 



bane, 



