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increafe fo greatly, as to fill the 

 Pots in a fhort time. 



The fourth, fifth, fixth, feventh, 

 and eighth Sorts grow wild in the 

 Woods in Spain, Portugal, Italy, 

 and the South of France ; and, for 

 Variety, fome of the Sorts have 

 been admitted into the Englifh Gar- 

 dens, though they are Plants of lit- 

 tle Beauty. Thefe grow to the 

 Height of fix or eight Feet, and are 

 hardy enough to live through the 

 Winter in the open Air in England. 



The ninth, tenth, eleventh, and 

 twelfth Sorts grow in the Iflands of 

 the Archipelago, where Dr. bourne- 

 fort collected their Seed?, and fent 

 them to the Royal Garden at Paris. 

 Thefe are alio hardy enough to live 

 in the open Air in England, and are 

 all of them Shrubs growing about 

 the fame Height as the former. 



Thefe may all be propagated by 

 laying down their Branches in the 

 fame manner as hath been before 

 directed for the other Sorts, or from 

 the Seeds : the latter Method is to 

 be preferr'd, where the Seeds can 

 be procured ; becaufe thofe Plants 

 which arife from Seeds, will always 

 be ftronger, and grow erect ; where- 

 as thofe which come from Layers, 

 are very fubject to {hoot out lateral 

 Branches, whereby they are retarded 

 in their upright Growth. 



RHUS, The Sumach-tree. 

 The Characters are ; 



The Flowers confijl of fi<ve Leaves, 

 •which are placed in a circular Order, 

 and expand in form of a Rofe ; from 

 who/e Flower-cup rifes the Point a I, 

 tvhich afterward becomes a roundifh 

 or almoji kidney-Jhap 'd Vejfcl, contain- 

 ing one Seed of the fame Shape : to 

 which Marks may be added, The 

 Flowers growing in Bunches, and the 

 Leaves are 'either winged, or baiiC 

 three Lobes. 



The Species are ; 



1. Rhus folio uimii C. B. P. 

 Elm-leav'd Sumach. 



2. Rhus Virginianum. C. B. P. 

 Virginian Sumach, by fome falfly 

 call'd The Stag's-hom-tree. 



3. Rhus Americanum, panic ul a 

 fparfa herbacea, ramis patulis gla^ 

 bris. Hart. Elth. American Sumach, 

 with loofe herbaceous Panicles, and 

 fmooth Branches, commonly call'd 

 New-England Sumach. 



4. Rhus Canadenfe, folio longiori, 

 utriuque glabro. Inf. R. H. Canady 

 Sumach, with a longer Leaf, fmooth 

 on each Side. 



5. Rhus tcnuifalia Virginiana hu- 

 tnilis : Rhus angufi folium. C. B. P. 

 Pluk. Aim. Dwarf Virginian Su- 

 mach, with narrow Leaves. 



6. Rhus Africanum trifoliatum 

 majus, foliis fubtus argenteis acutis, 

 & margine incifs. Pluk. Phyt. Great 

 African three-leav'd Sumach, with 

 narrow Leaves cut on their Edges, 

 and white underneath. 



7. Rhus Africanum trifolium mi- 

 nus glabrum,fplendente folio jubrotundo 

 integro ; forte Lentifcus Africanus tri- 

 phyllos quorundam. Pluk. Phyt. Lef- 

 fer three - leav'd African Sumach, 

 with a whole roundifh mining 

 fmooth Leaf. 



8. Rhus Aficanum trifoliatum 

 majus, folio Jubrotundo integro, molli 

 Cif incano. Pluk. Phyt. Greater 

 three-leav'd African Sumach, with 

 a whole roundifh woolly Leaf. 



The firil Sort grows plentifully in 

 the warm Parts of Europe, as alfo in 

 Turky, where the Branches are ufed 

 for Tanning of Leather ; and altho' 

 this is a Native of Europe, yet it is 

 more rare in the Englifh Gardens, 

 than any of the American Kinds. 

 This grows to the Height of fix or 

 eight Feet, and will refill the Cold 

 of the ordinary Winters in England ; 



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