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The third Sort isprefervM in Bo- 

 tanic Gardens, amongft fome other 

 Sorts of thefe Plants, for Variety ; 

 bat is feldom propagated for Ufe. 

 This is by many fuppofed to be the 

 the Panaces Syriacum of the Antients, 

 from whence the Opopanax is taken, 

 which is fuppofed to be the concrete 

 Juice of this Plant ; as is the Affa 

 fcetida fuppofed to be the concrete 

 Juice of one Species of this Genus. 



All thefe Sorts may be cultivated 

 by fowing their Seeds early in the 

 Spring, or in Autumn, foon after 

 they are ripe ; and fhould be ma- 

 naged as the Garden - kind, with 

 this Difference ; vi$s. the Plants 

 fhould not Hand nearer than two 

 Feet and an half Diftance ; but then 

 they need not be reduced to this 

 until the fucceeding Spring. Thefe 

 Roots arc perennial, and may be re- 

 moved with Safety at any time after 

 their Leaves are decay'd : they fel- 

 dom produce Seeds until the third 

 Year after they are fown. 



PA VI A, The Scarlet Flowering 

 Horfe-cheftnut, vulgo. 



The Charaders are ; 



The Leaves are like thofe of the 

 Horfe-c heft nut : the Flower is of an 

 anomalous Figure, and confijls of five 

 Leaves, vohich are fo dfpofed as to 

 refemble a Lip-fower : the tvjo upper- 

 mod are united, and form a fort of 

 Helmet : the three undermoft appear 

 fomenuhat like a Mouth gaping : thefe 

 Flowers are difpofed into a Spike, and 

 are of a beautiful fear let Colour : the 

 Ovary, which rifes in the Centre of 

 the Flower-cup, afterward becomes an 

 oblong pyramidal Fruit, divided into 

 three Cell:, in each of which is Udgd 

 one globular Seed. 



There is but one Species of this 

 Tree ; viz. 



Pavia. Beerh. Lid. The Scar- 

 let Flowering Horfe-cheftnut, vul- 

 go. . 



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This Tree is a Native of Ameri- 

 ca, from whence the Seeds were 

 nrft brought into Europe : it grows 

 in great Plenty in the Woods of 

 South-Carolina, but is very hardy, 

 enduring the fevereft Cold of our 

 Climate in the open Air. 



It may be propagated by fowing 

 the Seeds in the Spring, upon a warm 

 Border of light fandy Earth ; and 

 when the Plants come up, they 

 mould be carefully clear'd from 

 Weeds : but they mull not be tranf- 

 planted until the Year following. 

 Butas thefeSeedling-plants are tender 

 while they are young, fo they fhould 

 be cover'd with Mats the next Win- 

 ter; and this mould be carefully 

 perform'd in Autumn, when the 

 early Fro lis begin : for as the Top 

 of thefe young Plants will be very 

 tender, fo a fmall Froft will pinch 

 them ; and when theTops are kill'd, 

 they generally decay to the Ground; 

 and when this happens, they feldom 

 make good Plants after. Therefore 

 this mould be conilantly obferv'd 

 for two Years, or three at moft, by 

 which time the Plants will have got- 

 ten Strength enough to refill the 

 Froft ; when they mould be remov'd 

 juft before they begin to moot, and 

 placed either in a Nurfery to be 

 tram'd up, or elfe where they are to 

 remain ; cbferving, if the Seafon be 

 dry, to water them until they have 

 taken Root, as alfo to lav fome 

 Mulch upon the Surface of the 

 Ground, to prevent the Sun and 

 Wind from drying it too fall : and 

 as the Plants advance, the lateral 

 Branches mould be pruned off, in 

 order to reduce them to regular 

 Stems. 



You mud alfo obferve to dig the 

 Ground about their Roots every 

 Spring, that they may be loofe, ro 

 admit the Fibres of the R; ots, 

 which, while young, are too tender 



