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inf. R. H. The loweft Bindweed or 

 One-blade. 



Thefe Plants are preferred in the 

 Gardens of fuch as are curious in Bo- 

 tany, for their Variety ; but there is 

 no great Beauty or Ufe in them ; fo 

 that they are not very commonly 

 cultivated in other Gardens. 



The fourth Sort here mentioned 

 was difcovered by Dr. Tournefort in 

 the Levant. This is a very rambling 

 Plant, which climbs up Trees, and 

 rifes to a great Height in the Places 

 of its natural Growth ; but is an 

 humbler Plant in this Country. This 

 may be propagated by Seeds, or from 

 Off-fets taken from the old Roots; 

 and is hardy enough to live in the 

 open Air in this Country, provided 

 it is planted under Trees, where it 

 may be a little protected in Win- 

 ter. 



The firft, fecond, third, fifth, 

 fixth, feventh, eighth, ninth, ele- 

 venth, twelfth, and thirteenth Sorts 

 are Natives of Carolina, Virginia, 

 and the other Northern Parts of 

 America, where they grow in the 

 Woods in the greateft Snade. Thefe 

 may alfo be propagated by Seeds, or 

 Off-fets from the old Roots, as the 

 former. Moft of thefe Plants are 

 preferved in Pots in the Gardens of 

 the Curious ; but they will endure 

 the Cold of our Winters in the open 

 Air very well, and may be rendered 

 ornamental by planting them under 

 Trees in Wildernefs-quarters, where 

 they will fill up and cover the 

 Ground ; and may be difpofed fo as 

 to make an agreeable Variety. Thefe 

 Plants require a Soil rather moi/l 

 than dry j and if it be tolerably 

 light, they will thrive much better 

 than in a very itrong one. 



The tenth, fourteenth, fifteenth, 

 fixteenth, and feventeenth Sorts are 

 Natives of the warmer Parts of Ame- 

 rica j lb are mote tender than either 



of the former. Thefe Sorts were 

 difcovered at Campecby by Mr. Rcbtrt 

 Millar, Surgeon, who fent Samples 

 of them to England ; the Root of the 

 fifteenth Sort is the Zarzaparilla, 

 which is directed by the College of 

 Phyficians to be ufed in Medicine 



Thefe Sorts are propagated by 

 Seeds or Off-fets, in the fame man- 

 near as thofe before-mentioned ; but 

 thefe mull be preferved in Pots, and 

 fheltered in Winter, otherwife they 

 will not live in this Country. As 

 thefe Plants rarely produce Seeds in 

 England, they are commonly in- 

 creafed by parting their Roots ; the 

 bed time for doing of this is in 

 March, juft before they fend forth 

 new Shoots from their Roots ; for al- 

 though the old Shoots abide, and re- 

 tain their Leaves throughout the 

 Year, yet there are every Spring new 

 Shoots fent forth from their Roots, 

 which come up like the fmall Shoots . 

 of Afparagus, with a naked Stem ; 

 but afterward they fend forth Side- 

 branches, which are befet with 

 Leaves. Some of thefe Sorts great- 

 ly multiply by their creeping Roots, 

 which will extend to a great Dillance, 

 provided they are not cenfin'd ; but 

 when they extend their Roots very 

 far, they feldom produce very ftrong 

 Shoots ; nor do they make fo good 

 an Appearance as when they grow 

 clofe and thick. 



When the Seeds of thefe Plants 

 are obtained from abroad, they fhould 

 be fown in Pots filled with frefh light 

 Earth, and plunged into a moderate 

 Hot - bed, obferving to water the 

 Earth frequency to keep it moiir; 

 becaufe the Seeds, being hard, will 

 not vegetate without a confiderable 

 Share of Moifture; and many times 

 remain in the Ground a whole Year, 

 before they grow ; fo that if the 

 Plants do not come up the firft Sea- 

 Ion, the Pots fhould be kept clean 

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