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till they are about a Foot high, when 

 they may be (hipp'd for England: 

 but they fhould be brought over in 

 the Summer-feafon, and, if pomble, 

 time enough for the Plants to make 

 good Roots after they arrive. Du- 

 ring their Paflage, they muft have 

 Come Water, while they continue 

 in a warm Climate ; but as they 

 come into colder Weather, they 

 fliould have little Moilture ; and 

 they muft be fecured from fait Wa- 

 ter, which will foon deftroy the 

 Plants, if it gets at them 



When thefe Plants arrive in Eng- 

 land, they mould be carefully taken 

 out of the Tubs, prefer ving fome 

 Earth to their Roots, and planted 

 into Pots tilled with frefli Earth, and 

 then plunged into a moderate Hot- 

 bed of Tanners Bark ; obferving, if 

 the Weather is hot, to (hade the 

 Glades with Mats every Day, to 

 fcreen the Plants from the Sun, un- 

 til they have taken new Root ; ob- 

 ferving alfo, not to water them too 

 much at firft, efpecially if the Earth 

 in which they come over is moift; 

 becaufe too much Water is very in- 

 jurious to the Plants before they are 

 well rooted ; but afterward they 

 muft have plenty of Water in warm 

 W r eather: and they muft have a large 

 Share of Air admitted to them, other- 

 wife their Leaves will be infefted 

 with Infefts, and become foul ; in 

 which cafe they muft be warned 

 with a Sponge, to clean them; without 

 which the Plants will not thrive. 



In the Winter thefe Plants muft 

 be plac'd in the warmeft Stove; a?d 

 in cold Weather they fliould have 

 but little Water given to them, tho' 

 they muft be frequently refrefhed 

 when the Earth is dry ; efpecially, 

 if they retain their Leaves all the 

 Winter, they will require a greater 

 Share of Water, than when they drop 

 their Leaves : fo that this mull be 



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done with Difcredon, according fo 

 the State in which the Plants are. 

 As thefe Plants grow in Magnitude, 

 they mould be fhifted into Pots of a 

 larger Size; but they muft not be 

 over-potted ; for that will infallibly 

 dertroy them. 



SARRACENA, The Side-faddle 

 Flower. 



The Charaders are ; 



It hath a Flower confjiing of fe- 

 *veral Leaves, which are placed cir- 

 cularly , and expand in form of a Rofc 9 

 and refing in a many Icavd Empale- 

 mint : from the Middle arifes the 

 Pointal, which is membra?iacecus t 

 and faped like an Hood, and after- 

 ward becomes a roundifb Emit divi- 

 ded into five Cells, which contain ob- 

 long Seeds. 



The Species are ; 



1. Sarracena CanadenfiSy foliij 

 cavis iff auritis. Inft. R. H. Canady 

 Sarrac&na, withhoilow eared Leaves. 



2. Sarracena foliis longioriLus iff 

 angufioribus. Catefb. Hijl, Carol* 

 Long narrovv-leav'd Sarracena. 



Thefe ftrange Plants are Native3 

 of New-England, Virginia, and fe- 

 veral Places in North- America^ where 

 they grow on Bogs, and in fuch Pla- 

 ces where the W aters ufually ftand in 

 Winter. The Leaves of the firft Sort 

 arife from the Root every Spring, 

 being eight or nine in Number ; 

 which are fmall at. the Bottom, but 

 fwell larger toward the Top, and 

 are hollow like a Pitcher ; having a 

 fort of an Appendage at the Top, 

 fomewhat reiemblmg a Flap : fo 

 that in thefe Leaves there is com- 

 monly a large Quantity of Wacer 

 contain'd. Thefe are feven or eight 

 Inches in Length :■ between the 

 Leaves arifes the Flower- ftem, which 

 is naked ; and each of thefe fuftains 

 one purple Flower, growing on the 

 Top, which is fucceeded by a round- 

 ilh Fruit. 



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