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tranfplanted into Pots, and may be 

 managed as is directed for the Pitto- 

 nia. 



PLUMBAGO, Lead wort. 

 The Cbaraclers are ; 



The Flower c on ft ft s of one Leaf, 

 which is Jhafd like a Funnel, and cut 

 into federal Segments at the Top ; out 

 of wbofe ftftulous Flower-cup rifes the 

 Pointed, wbicb afterward becomes one 

 vblovg Seed, for the moft part Jharp- 

 pointed, which ripens in the Flower- 

 ■cup. 



The Species are ; 



1 . Plumbago quorundam. Cluft 

 Hift. Leadwort, or Toothwort. 



2. Plumbago fore albo. Inft. R. 

 H. Leadwort with a white Flow- 

 er. 



j.Plumbaco Or ten talis, lapathi 

 folio, fore ?ninori albido. Tourn. Cor. 

 Eaftern Leadwort, with a Dock- 

 leaf, and a fmaller vvhitifh Flower. 



4. Plumbago Americana fcandens 

 aculeata r bet re folio minor 7. Plum. 

 ■Cat. Prickly climbing American 

 Leadwort, with a letter Beet-leaf. 



5. Plumbago Americana, be tee 

 folio ampliori. Plum. American Lead- 

 wort, with a broad Beet-leaf. 



The firft of thefe Sorts grows 

 about Naples, in Sicily, and the 

 Southern Parts of France ; but is 

 hardy enough to endure the Cold of 

 our Climate in the open Ground, 

 provided it be planted in a warm dry 

 Soil. This is propagated by parting 

 of the Roo r s in the Spring before 

 they lhoot : in doing of which, you 

 Ihould be very careful to preferve 

 an Head to each Slip, otherwife they 

 will not grow. They fiiould be 

 planted in a warm Situation, and a 

 dry Soil, about two Feet afunder, 

 and water' d until they lake Root ; 

 after which they will require no far- 

 ther Care, but to clear them from 

 Weeds, and fupport their Branches 

 from being broken by the Wind. 



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They commonly rife about three 

 Feet high ; but, unlefs the Autumn 

 be very favourable, they feldom 

 flower in this Country. The Flow- 

 ers of this Sort are blue, and the 

 Root of it is fometimes us'd in Me- 

 dicine. 



The fecond Sort differs little from 

 the firft, except in the Colour of the 

 Floweps, thofe of this being white ; 

 and the Plants grow taller, and flow- 

 er later in the Year. This is as hardy 

 as the firlt, and may be treated in the 

 fame way. 



The third Sort was difcover'd by 

 Dr. Tournefort in the Levant, from 

 whence he fent the Seeds into Eu- 

 rope. This Sort hath much broader 

 Leaves than either of the former, and 

 the Plant is of humbler Growth. It 

 may be treated in the fame manner 

 as the two former Sorts, and will live 

 in the full Ground, provided it is 

 planted in a dry Soil, and a IhelterM 

 Situation. 



The fourth and fifth Sorts are ten- 

 der ; therefore will not live in Eng- 

 land in the open Air. Thefe grow 

 in plenty in the Britijh Iflands of 

 America, from whence the Seeds 

 were fent me by the late Dr. Wil- 

 liam Houftoun. The fifth Sort was 

 brought from Ceylon to fome curious 

 Gardens in Holland, fo that it is 

 probably an Inhabitant of mcii of 

 the hot Countries. 



Thefe Plants may be propagated 

 by Seeds, which mould be fovvn on 

 an Hot- bed in the Spring ; and when 

 the Plants are fit to remove, they 

 mould be each planted into a fe- 

 parate Pot, and plunged into a frefh 

 Hot-bed, to bring them forward ; 

 and afterward ihould be treated in 

 the fame manner as other tender 

 Exotic Plants. For although thefe 

 Plants will- live in the open Air in 

 the Summer-feafon ; yet they will 

 not thrive well, nor produce their 



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