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The Species are ; 



1. Protea foliis lineari-lanecola- 

 tis integcrrimis, fupcrioribus hirfutis 

 nitidis. Flor. Leyd. The narrow or 

 willow-leav'd Silver-tree. 



2. Protea foliis lanceolatis inte- 

 gerrimis acutis hirfutis nitidis. Lin. 

 Hort. Cliff. The broad - leavM Sil- 

 ver-tree. 



3. Protea foliis lanceolatis acu- 

 minatis fexuofs, capitulis corona fo- 

 liacea fuccinfiis, Flor. Ltyd. Silver- 

 tree with flexible pointed fpear- 

 Ihap'd Seeds, and the Heads crown" d 

 with Leaves. 



Thefe Plants are Natives of the 

 Country near the Cape of Good Hope 

 in Africa, where there are a great 

 Number of Species : in the Cata- 

 logue of the Lyden Garden there are 

 upward of twenty Sorts enumerated : 

 not that they have them growing 

 there, but they have gcod Drawings 

 of them, which were made in the 

 Country where they are Natives. 

 The three Sorts here mention'd are 

 what I have feen growing ; but at 

 piefent we have but two of them in 

 the Englijb Gardens, which are the 

 firft and fecond Species, and thefe 

 are but in few Gardens here. 



Thefe Plants are many of them 

 well figured in the Index of the 

 Plants of the Ley den Garden, which 

 was publiuVd by Dr. Boerbaawe in 

 the Year 171 9. by the Titles of Le- 

 pidocarpodcndrcn, Conocnrpodenaron, 

 and H)pcphyllocarpodcndron ; and by 

 fome former Writers on Botany, this 

 Genus was intituled Scolymo-ccphalus, 

 from the Refembiance which the 

 Cones of thefe Trees have to the 

 Head of an Artichoke. 



As thef? Plants are Natives of the 

 Cape of -Gout Hope, they are too ten- 

 der to live abroad through the Win- 

 ter in England; but the lirft Sort is 

 hardy .enough to live in a good 

 Green-houle : this Sort will grow to 



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The Height of ten or twelve Feet, 

 and may be train'd up with a regu- 

 lar ftrait Stein, and the Branches 

 will naturally form a regular large 

 Head : the Leaves are long and nar- 

 row, and of a mining filver Colour ; 

 and as they remain the whole Year, 

 lb the Plants make a fine Appear- 

 ance, when they are intermix'd with 

 others in the Green-houfe. In the 

 Summer thefe may be plac'd in the 

 open Air, in a fhady Situation ; for 

 if they are expos'd to Winds, the 

 Plants will be torn, and render'd un- 

 sightly, nor will they make any Pro- 

 grefs in their Growth : in warm 

 Weather "they mull be frequently 

 water'd ; but in cold Weather this 

 mull not be done in large Quanti- 

 ties, nor too often repeated, left it 

 fhould rot their Fibres. 



The other Sorts are not fo hardy 

 as this; therefore they muft be plac'd 

 in a moderate Stove in the Winter, 

 otherwife they cannot be preferv'd 

 here. Thefe do not form fo large 

 Heads as thefirlr.; but, however, for 

 the fme'filver Leaves with which 

 their Branches are clofely garnihYd, 

 they merit a Place in every good 

 Collection of Exotic Plants. 



I have not as yet feen either of 

 thefe Sorts in Flower; though as 

 the Plants grow older, we may hope 

 to have them produce their Flowers 

 in England: but if they Ihould not 

 produce any, yet the fine Appear- 

 ance which the Leaves of thefe 

 Plants make, renders ^them worthy 

 of being preferv'd. 



The firft Sort may be propagated 

 by Cuttings, which fhould be plant- 

 ed in JpriL in Pots of rich Earth, 

 arid plunged into a moderate Hot- 

 bed, and mult be (haded from the 

 Sun in the Heat of the Day, and 

 duly water'd. Thefe Cuttings wiil 

 have good Roots by the Month of 

 Amupy when they Ihould be care- 

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