P R 



P R 



left in the Border, but fuch as you 

 would choofe for Seeds. 



The Flowers of thefe fhould not 

 be gacher'J, except fuch as are pro- 

 duced fingly upon Pedicles, leaving 

 all iuch as grow in large Bunches ; 

 and if the Seafon fhould prove dry, 

 you muft now-and-chen refrefh them 

 with Water, which will caufe their 

 Seeds to be larger, and in greater 

 Quantity, than if they were intirely 

 negle&ed. Towards the Latter-end of 

 May the Seed will be ripe, which may 

 be eafily known by the Pods change - 

 ing brown, and opening ; fo that you 

 fhould at that time look over it three 

 times a Week, gathering each time 

 fuch of it as is ripe, which fnould 

 be laid upon a Paper to dry, and 

 may then be put up until the Seafon 

 of fowing. 



PRIMROSE-TREE. Vide Ona- 

 gra. 



■ PRINOS, Winter-berry. 

 The Char a furs are ; 



Ike Empalemenl cf the Floiver is of 

 one Leaf cut at the Brim into fix 

 Parts : the Floiver is cf the Wheel- 

 1 i Jbap'd Kind, cut into fix Parts at the 

 Top, but is of one Leaf : in the Cen- 

 tre of the Flo*wer arifes the Pointal, 

 attended by fix Stamina, fupporting 

 bbtufe Summits : the Pointal after- 

 ward becomes a roundifij Berry , hav- 

 ing fix Cells containing one bird an- 

 gular Seed. 



We have but one Species of this 

 Genus; 



Prinos. Flor. Virg. The Winter- 

 berry. 



This is but a low Shrub with us in 

 England, rarely growing above four 

 Feet high j but in North America, 

 which is the native Place of its 

 Growth, it rifes much higher, and 

 branches out on every Side : the 

 Branches are flender and pliant, and 

 are garnifh'd with oblong blunt 

 Leaves, which are intire. In June 



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the Flowers are produced, which are 

 white, and not very beautiful ; but 

 thefe are fucceeded by round Ber- 

 ries, which are fhap'd like thofe of 

 the Holly, and are of a bright red 

 Colour : thefe remain upon the 

 Shrubs after the Leaves are fallen, 

 and make a pretty Appearance, and 

 from thertce had the Title of Win- 

 ter-berry applied to it, by the Inna- 

 bitants of tnofe Countries. 



It is propagated by Seeds, which 

 fhould be fown foon after thev are 

 ripe, upon a Bed of light Earth, 

 covering them about one Inch with 

 the fame Sort of Earth : the Seeds 

 which are fo foon put into the 

 Ground will many of them come 

 up the following Spring, wheieas 

 thofe which are kept lor.ger out of 

 v the Ground, will remain a whole 

 Year in the Ground before the Plants 

 will appear, in the fame manner as 

 the Holly, Hawthorn, and fume 

 others i therefore the Ground ihould 

 not be difturbed, if the Plants do 

 not come up the firfl Year, The 

 young Plants may be treated in the 

 fame manner as hath been directed 

 for the American Haw thorns, and 

 are full as hardy ; but they delight 

 in a moiit Soil, and a fhady Situa- 

 tion : for in hot dry Land they 

 make but little Progreis, and rarely 

 produce any Fruit. 



PRIVET. /'/V* Liguftrum. 



PROTEA, The Silver-tree, W- 



g°- 



The Characters are ; 



The Floiver is of one Leaf and are 

 many of them collected in an Head, 

 like ihofe of the Artichoke : in each of 

 thefe the Pointal is fituated at the 

 Bottom, attended by four Stamina, 

 ivhich extend beyond the Petal of the 

 Floiver: the Point al afteri'.ard be- 

 comes a fingle roundijh Seed: the Seeds 

 aie colli 8ed together in fuch a manner 

 as to form a Jort cf Cone. 



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