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ner they will take up much !efs room 

 in a Garden, and their Fruit will be 

 much fairer. 



The Diftance they Ihould be plac'd 

 for an Efpalier, ought not to be lefs 

 than ten or twelve Feet, that their 

 Branches may be trained horizon- 

 tally ; which is of great Importance 

 to their Bearing. 



Thofe that are planted againft: 

 Pales or Walls, mould alfo be allow- 

 ed the fame Diftance ; if they are 

 planted againft a South -eaft Wall or 

 Pale, it will caufe their Fruit to ripen 

 at leaft a Fortnight or three Weeks 

 {boner than thole in the open Air; 

 and thofe which are planted againft. 

 a North Wall or Pale, will be pro- 

 portionably later ; fo that by this 

 Method the Fruit may be continued 

 a long time in Perfection, efpecially 

 if thofe againft the North Pales are 

 matted in the Heat of the Day. 



Thefe Plants produce their Fruit 

 upon the former Year's Wood, and 

 alfo upon fmall Snags which come 

 out of the old Wood ; fo that, in 

 pruning them, thefe Snags (hould be 

 preferved, and the young Shoots 

 ihorten'd in proportion to their 

 Strength. The only Method, very 

 neceflary to be obferv'd in pruning 

 of them, is, not to lay their Shoots 

 too clofe, and never to prune their 

 Snags to make them fmooth : this, 

 with a fmall Care in obferving the 

 manner of their Growth, will be 

 fufricient to inftrucl: any Perfon 

 how to manage this Plant, fo as to 

 produce great Quantities of Fruit. 



Thefe Plants will thrive, and pro- 

 duce Fruit, in almoft any Soil or 

 Situation, and are often planted un- 

 der the Shade of Trees ; but the 

 Fruit is always beft when they are 

 planted to the open Air, and upon a 

 drv Soil. 



'RICINOIDES, Phyfic-nut, 



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The Characters are ; 

 The Male Flowers co??JiJl of fever al 

 Leaves, which are placed in a circu- 

 lar Order, and expand in form of a 

 Rofe : thefe are barren : and grout 

 at remote Diftances from the female 

 Flowers, upon thefamePlant ; in which 

 are produced the Embryocs, which are 

 wrapt up in the Flower-cup, and af- 

 terward become tricapfular Fruits, 

 containing one oblong Seed in each CelL 

 The Species arc ; 



1. Ricinoides Americana, goffy- 

 pii folio. 7 cum. American Phyfic-nut, 



. with a Cotton- leaf. 



2. Ricinoides arbor Americana, 

 folio multif do. Tourn. Tret American 

 Phyfic nut, with a multifid Leaf, 

 commonly called in the Weft-Indies, 

 French Phyfic- nut. 



3 Ricinoides Americana, ft aphyf 

 agrite folio. Tourn. American Phy- 

 fic-nut, with a Staves-acre- leaf, call- 

 ed in the Weft -Indies, Belly -ach- weed, 

 and wild CaiTada. 



4. Ricinoides Americana, elseog- 

 ni folio. Plum. American Phyfic-nut, 

 with a Wild-olive-leaf. 



5. Ricinoides frutefcens , alth<r& 

 folio. Plum. Cor. Shrubby Phyfic- 

 nut, with a Marih-mallow-leaf. 



6. Riciniodes foli is populi hir~ 

 futis. Plum. Cat. Phyfic-nut with 

 hairy Poplar-leaves. 



7. Ricinoides frutefcens, linarits 

 fliis obtufis. Plum. Cat. Shrubby 

 Phyfic-nut, with blunt Toad-flax- 

 leaves. 



8. Ricinoides/^//.? citrii, argen- 

 teo polline conjperfa. Plum. Cat. Phy- 

 fic nut, with a Citrcn-leaf, powder'd 

 over with Silver. 



9. Ricinoides wcrbafi folio. 

 Plum. Cat. Phyfic-nut with a Mul- 

 lein-leaf. 



10. Ricinoides caftanea folio. 

 Plum. Cat. Phyfic-nut with a Cheft- 

 nut-leaf. • 



11. Ricinoides herbaccum, fotiu 



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