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Kind: the Standard is large, roundijh, 

 and fpreads open : the two W ings are 

 aval and obtufe : the Keel is roundijh, 

 comprefs'd y obtufe, and is extended the 

 Length of the W ings : in the Centre 

 of the Keel is Jit totted the Pointal, at- 

 tended by ten Stamina, nine of them 

 being joined together, and the other 

 funding Jingle : theje are inclojed by 

 the Keel : the Pointal afterward be- 

 comes an oblong comprefs'd Pod, inclofe • 

 ing kidney-Jhaf d Seeds. 

 The Species are ; 



1 . Rob in i a pedunculis raeemofis. 

 foliis pinnatis. Hort. Upjal. Com- 

 mon Virginia Acacia, with fmooth 

 Pods. 



2. Rob in I a foliis pinnatis, legu- 

 minibus echinatis. Virginia Acacia, 

 with fhort prickly Pods. 



3. PvOBiNiA pedunculis fmplicijji- 

 tnis, foliis pinnatis. Hort. Upjal. 

 The Caragana. 



4. Robin 1 a pedunculis JimpliciJ]i~ 

 mis, foliis quaternatis petiolatis. Hort. 

 Upfal. Falle Acacia, with a Tingle 

 Footilalk, having four Lobes. 



5. Robin 1 a pedunculis jimplicijf- 

 nsisy pinnis fubrotundis, leguminibus 

 alaiis. Falie Acacia, with fingle 

 footilalks, round Lobes, and wing'd 

 Pods ; commonly calPd Dog-wood 

 in the Weft - ladies. 



The firft Sort has been long an In- 

 habitant of many EngHJb Gardens, 

 where it was commonly known by 

 the fimple Title of Acacia : but as 

 this is of a very different Genus 

 from the true Acacia, Dr. Fourncfort 

 has given the Tile of Pfeudoacacia 

 to this Genus of Plants: but Dr. 

 Linn<cus has rejected this Name, as 

 it is a Compound ; and has cail'd it 

 Rjbinia, in Honour to Moniieur 

 Robine, who introduced this Tree 

 into the Gardens of France from 

 tiorth-America. 



The fecond Sort is lefs common 

 than the fitft. There was a large 



Tree of this kind, fome Years ago, 

 growing in the Bifhop of London's 

 Garden at Fulham, which produced 

 plenty of Seeds. The Pods of this 

 Sort are much fhorter, and clofely 

 befet with ftiort Prickles ; but in 

 other refpeclsit agrees with the firft 

 Sort. There is alio anotherVariety 

 of thisTree, which has rofe-colour'd 

 Flowers ; but this is not common in 

 England, nor do I believe it is plenty 

 in America ; though I have been in- 

 form'd, that in fome of the Woods 

 in New- England, they are in as 

 great Plenty as the common Sort ; 

 which if true, in time this Sort may 

 become common in England. 



The third Sort is a Native of Si- 

 beria, from whence the Seeds have 

 been brought, and diftributed to 

 many Gardens in England and Hol- 

 land. This Sort grows to the 

 Height of twenty or thirty Feet in 

 its native Country, and produces 

 long Clutters of fweet yellow Flow- 

 ers : but in England there are few 

 of thefe Plants which thrive well; 

 for they generally begin to moot 

 with the firft warm Weather in Fe- 

 bruary, and if Froft happens after 

 (which is generally the Cafe in this 

 Country), the Shoots are kilPd; and 

 this flints the Plants fo much, as that 

 they do not recover it the following 

 Summer. This is propagated by 

 Seeds, which mould be fown on a 

 Bed of light Earth, in the Spring of 

 the Year, covering them about half 

 an Inch deep with the fame light 

 Earth. The Plants will come up in 

 abouc five or fix Weeks, and will re- 

 quire no other Care but to keep 

 them clean from Weeds ; and in 

 the Autumn they mult be tranfplant- 

 ed where they are defign'd to re- 

 main, becaufe they do not bear 

 tranfplanting well. Thefe Plants 

 Ihould have a cool Situation, and a 

 moiii Soil, in which I find they thrive 



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