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6oil,theywill endure the Cold better, 

 and make much more beautiful 

 Plants : this Sort feldom perfects 

 Seeds in England, 



The other Sorts are all (except the 

 fixteenth) propagated by Cuttings 

 in the Summer - months ; which 

 ihould be planted in a fhady Border 

 of frefti Earth, and mutt be conftant- 

 !y watered, until they have taken 

 Root ; aftef which time they will re- 

 quire no farther Care but to keep 

 them clear from Weeds, until Mi- 

 chaelmas, when they fhould be care- 

 fully taken up, and tranlplanted 

 where they are defign'd to remain ; 

 which mull be done fo early in the 

 Autumn, that they may have time 

 to get good Roots before the Froft 

 comes on, othervvife they will be in 

 Danger of fuffering. The fixteenth 

 Sort propagates greatly by its creep- 

 ing Roots, therefore requires to be 

 confin'd ; otherwife it will fpread, 

 and intermix with whatever Plants 

 grow near it. This is alfo a very 

 hardy Plant ; but being of humble 

 Growth, makes no very good Figure 

 in a Garden ; fo is feldom preferv'd, 

 but by thofe Perfons who are curi- 

 ous in Botany, for the fake of Va- 

 riety. 



Although thefe Plants do not pro- 

 duce very beautiful Flowers, yet 

 they may be difpofed in large Gar- 

 dens, fo as to make a very agreeable 

 Diverfity; for their hoary Leaves 

 of different Shapes, when intermixed 

 with other hardy Plants of the fame 

 Growth, on fmall Hillocks, will 

 have a pretty Effect ; and as they 

 retain their Leaves all the Winter, 

 at that Seaion they add to the Varie- 

 ty : and in Summer, when their 

 Flowers are produced, they alter the 

 Profpeft fo as to be very agreeable. 



They are all of them low Plants ; 

 the talleftand moft fnrubby of them 

 (cldoLU vifes above two Feet high, 



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and the others not half fo high ; f« 

 that they fhould not be mixed with 

 larger Plants, becaufe thofe would 

 overbear and deftroy them. When 

 thefe Plants are well rooted, they re- 

 quire no other Culture, but to keep 

 them clear from Weeds ; for their 

 Roots will abide many Years, pro- 

 vided they are not deftroyed by very 

 fevere Frofts, which feldom happen 

 in England. 



PTELEA, Carolina Shrub-tre- 

 foil. 



The Characters are ; 



The Empalement of the Flower is 

 one Leaf cut into four acute Segments : 

 the Flower is compofed of four Petals, 

 which fpread open : in the Cen- 

 tre is placed the Point W, which is flat 

 and round, and is attended by four 

 Stamina, each crown d with roundijb 

 Summits : the Point al afterward 

 changes to a roundijh membranaceous 

 Fruit, like that of the Elm, in which 

 is contained one taper Seed. 



We have but one Species of this 

 Genus; *vm. 



Ptelea. Hort. Cliff. Carolina 

 Shrub- trefoil. 



This Shrub was firfl: taken notice 

 of by Mr. Banijler, who found it 

 growing in Virginia, and mentions it 

 in his Catalogue of Plants, by the 

 Name of FrutexVirginianus trifolius, 

 ulmi famarris. It hath fince been 

 found in plenty on the upper Part of 

 the Savannah River, in Carolina, 

 where the Shrubs grow to theHeight 

 of twelve or fourteen Feet. Jn 

 England there are many of thefe 

 Shrubs, which are upward of ten 

 Feet high, and produce plenty of 

 Flowers every Year. The Flowers 

 are white, and grow in large Bunches 

 at the Ends of the Shoots ; thefe are 

 fucceeded by the membranaceous 

 Seeds, which fall away, and never 

 ripen here. There were fome pret- 

 ty large Shrubs of this Kind in fome 



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