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fotit. Flor. Leyd. African Bladder- 

 nut, with hairy fpear-ftiap'd Leaves. 



The fir ft Sort has been long an 

 Inhabitant of fome carious Gardens 

 in England : but it is not very com- 

 mon here ; for it is very difficult to 

 propagate. The fureft Method of do- 

 ing it, is by laying down the young 

 Branches, and theie will feldom take 

 Root under two Years. I have alfo 

 raifcd a few by Cuttings, but it was 

 two Years before they put out 

 Roots : and it was three Years be- 

 fore they began to grow upward; 

 and then they made but little Pro- 

 gress. 



This Plant will grow eight or ten 

 Feet high, and puts out its Branches 

 on eve. y Side fo may be trained 

 up t ; a regular Head: thefe Branches 

 are doatned with oval mining 

 Leaves, which are placed alternate- 

 ly, and continue all the Year ; fo 

 that it makes an agreeable Variety 

 among other Exotic Plants in the 

 Green houfe, during the Winter- 

 feafon : the Flowers are produced 

 from the Wings of the Leaves, along 

 the Branches; but as they have lit- 

 tle Beauty, few Perfons regard them. 

 I have not obferved any Fruit pro- 

 duced by thefe Plants in England. 

 This was defcribed and figured by 

 Dr. Herman, who was Profefibr of 

 Botmy at Lfydtn, under the Title of 

 Stapbylvdendrcn Africanum, folio f.n- 

 gulari lurido. 



The otner two Sorts are at pre- 

 fent rare in the Englijh Gardens ; 

 but in the curious Gardens in Hol- 

 land they are in greater Plenty. They 

 are all of them Natives of the Cape 

 of G cod Hope \ fo are hardy enough 

 to live in a common Green -h©ufe, 

 with Myrttes and Orange - trees : 

 theie Plants may be treated in the 

 fame way 



Thefe two Sort? are as difhcuit to 

 propagate as the iirlfc which is the 



Caufe of their Scarcity : the beft 

 time to lay down the Branches of 

 thefe Plants is in Avgufl ; but the 

 Cuttings mould be planted in July : 

 they muft be planted in Pots, and 

 fhaded from the Sun in Summer, and 

 flickered under a Frame in Winter. 



RUBIA, Madder. 

 The Characters are; 



The Flower confifts cf one fingle 

 Leaf, wbi:b is cut into four or five 

 Segments, and expanded at the Top: the 

 Flower -cup afterward becomes a Fruit 

 compofed oj two juicy Berries, clofely 

 joined toge'ber, containing Seed, for 

 the mo ft p rt bellow' 'd like a Navel : 

 to which may be added, The Leaves 

 being rcugb, and fur rounding the 

 Stulhs in Wborles. 



The Speci s are ; 



1. Kubia iindcrum frdiva. C. B. 

 P. Cultivated Dyers Madder. 



2. Ri B I A five (Iris afp?ra, qutf 

 fylvejlris Diojcondis. C. B. P. Wild 

 ivi adder. 



3. RuFIA fylvrftris Monfpffular.a 

 mrjor. J. B. Great wild Madder of 

 Montpelier. 



The firft of thefe Sorts was for- 

 merly cultivated in divers Parts of 

 England, for the Dyers Life; but of 

 late Years it has been wholly neglect- 

 ed; fo that at prtfent \ believe there 

 is fcarce anv of it cultivated, except 

 :n fmall Quantities for medicinal 

 Ufe : how this Plant came to be fo 

 much negiecled in England, I can- 

 not imagine, fmce it will thrive as 

 w : ell here as in any Country in Eu- 

 rope ; and the Consumption of it in 

 England is pretty large ; for I have 

 been informed, that we pay up- 

 wards of 30,000 /. annually for this 

 Commodity, .which might be eafdy 

 fav'd to the Nation, were it culti- 

 vated h e re . At p ; e fe n 1 1 he g rea te ft 

 Quantity of is is cultivated in Flan- 

 ders and Holland ; from whence we 

 are annually fumjfiiM with it, in 



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