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themfelves, generally twift about 

 whatever Plants are near them. 



In Europe this Plant is preferved 

 in the Gardens of fome curious Per- 

 fons for Variety : it is propagated by 

 Seeds, which mould be fown in Pots 

 filled with light rich Earth, and 

 plunged into an Hot-bed of Tanners 

 Bark ; and when the Plants come 

 up, they mould be tranfplanted into 

 ieparate Pots, and plunged into the 

 Hot-bed again ; where they may 

 remain till Michaelmas, when they 

 mould be removed into the Stove, 

 and plunged into the Bark-bed, and 

 treated in the fame manner as hath 

 been directed for feveral tender 

 Plants of the fame Country ; observ- 

 ing in hot Weather to give them 

 plenty of Water; but in Winter they 

 mould have it more fpairingly. 

 They are too tender to thrive in the 

 open Air of this Country at any Sea- 

 fon of the Year ; wherefore they 

 fhould be conftantly kept in the 

 Stove. 



PISTACHIA. Tide Terebin- 

 th us. 



PISUM, Pea. 



The Characters are ; 



It is a Plant with a papilionaceous 

 Flower, out of <whofe Empalement 

 rifes the Pointal, which afterward 

 becomes a long Pod, full of rcundijh 

 Seeds : to which muji he added, Fifiu- 

 lous Stalks, fc:- the mojl part weak, 

 which the Leaves embrace in fuch a 

 manner, that they feem to he perfo- 

 rated by them ; but the other Leaves 

 grow by Pairs along the Mid-rib, end- 

 ing in a Tendril. 



The Species are ; 



1. Pi sum hortenfe majus, flore 

 fruclu que albo. C. B. P. The greater 

 Garden Pea, with white Flowers and 

 Fruit. 



2. Pisum pro? cox Anglicum. Boerh. 

 Ind. Hotipur Pea, vulgo. 



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3. Pi sum humile, caule firms* 

 Tourn. The Dwarf Pea. 



4. Pi sum humile Gall: cum. Boerh, 

 Ind. French Dwarf Pea. 



Pi sum cortice eduli. Tourn. Pea 

 with an efculent Hufk. 



6. Pi sum filiqua carnofa incurva, 

 feu falcata eduli. Raii Hifi. The 

 Sickle Pea. 



7. Pi sum arvenfe, fruclu albo, 

 C. B. P. Common White Pea. 



8. Pi sum arvcnfe, fruclu I'iridi. 

 C. B. P. Green Rouncival Pea. 



9. Pi sum arnjenfe, fruclu cinereo, 

 C.B.P. The Grey Pea. 



10". Pi sum ari-crfe, fore rofeo, 

 fruclu wariegato. Raii Hif. Marble 

 Rouncival Pea. 



11. Pi sum umbcllatum. C.B.P, 

 The Rofe Pea, or Crown Pea. 



12. Pi sum maximum, fruclu ni- 

 gra linea maculato. H. R. Par. The 

 Spanijh Morotto Pen. 



13. PlSUM hortenfe, fliqua maxi- 

 ma. H. R. Par. The Marrow-fat 

 or Dutch Admiral Pea. 



14. Pi sum fruclu maximo ex vi- 

 ridi obfoleto. Boerh. Ind. The Union 

 Pea. 



15. Pi sum fpontaneum maritlmum 

 Anglicum. Park. Thcar. Englijh Sea 

 Pea. 



16. Pi sum ar<venfc 9 fruclu e lutto 

 mreftenti. C. B.P. ' Pig Peas. 



There are feveral other Varieties 

 of the Garden Peas, which differ in 

 the Colour of their Flowers and 

 Fruit, and are by fome Perfons di- 

 ftinguim'd by Names as diftinct 

 Sorts ; but as they are very fubjecl: 

 to vary when fown two or three 

 Years in the fame Place, there can 

 be no Doubt of their being feminaj; 

 Variations, which are not worth 

 enumerating in this Place. 



The Englif j Sea Pea is found wild 

 upon the Shore in Sujfex, and feve- 

 ral other Counties in England. This 



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