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Kind, unlefs the Seeds be procur'd 

 from abroad ; for the Fruit does not 

 always ripen in this Country. 



The fifth and fixth Sorts weredif- 

 cover'd by Dr. Tourncfort in the Le- 

 vant ; but at prefent they are not in 

 the EngUJh Gardens. Thefe Sorts 

 may be all propagated by Seeds, af- 

 ter the manner dire&ed for the for- 

 mer Sorts. The beft way to pro- 

 cure good Seeds of thefe Plants is, to 

 have the Fruit, when duly ripen'd 

 abroad, put up in Boxes of Sand, 

 and fent over, in which Method they 

 may be brought over very well ; for 

 if the Fruit mould rot, the Seeds 

 will remain good by being preferv'd 

 in Sand. 



The wild Service or Quick-beam 

 grows wild in divers Parts of Eng- 

 land ; but it is often cultivated in 

 Gardens, for Variety. This pro- 

 duces large Bunches of Flowers at 

 the Extremity of its Branches in May, 

 which are fucceeded by large round- 

 ifh Fruit, which change to a beauti- 

 ful fcarlet Colour in Autumn, when 

 they afford an agreeable Variety in 

 Wildernefs-quarters. 



There are few of thefe Trees in 

 any of the Counties near London, 

 which are more than twenty Feet 

 high; but in the Northern Coun- 

 ties, as alfo in Shrofjhire and Wales, 

 I have feen many of thefe Trees of 

 a very large Size ; fome of them near 

 two Feet Diameter in their Stems, 

 and upward of forty Feet high. It 

 is called the Roane-tree in the North ; 

 and in fome Places the Wicken-tree; 

 which is probably a Corruption of 

 Quick-beam. 



The Wood of this Tree is much 

 commended by the Wheelwright for 

 being all Heart ; and it is of great 

 Ufe for Hufbandmens Tools, Goads, 

 &c. The Flowers of this Tree fmell 

 very fweet, and the Fruit is extraor- 

 dinary Food for Thrume> ; fo that 



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where thefe Trees are planted, they 

 will greatly frequent. 



The Sort with variegated Leaves 

 is preferv'd by fuch as are curious in 

 collecting the feveral Sorts of flriped 

 Plants; but there is no great Beauty 

 in it. This may be propagated by 

 Layers, or by being budded on the 

 plain Sort ; but they become plain 

 again, if planted on a very rich Soil. 



Thefe Trees fnould have a moift 

 ftrong Soil ; but will grow in the 

 molt expofed Places, being extreme- 

 ly hardy ; which renders them worthy 

 of Care, fince they will thrive where 

 few other Trees will fucceed. 



SORREL. Vide Acetofa. 



SOUTHERNWOOD. Vide A- 

 brotanum. 



SOWBREAD. Vide Cyclamen. 



SPARTIUM, The Broom-tree. 

 The Characlers are ; 



It hath a papilionaceous Floiver 9 

 ivhofe Point al, which rifes from the 

 Flower - cup, afterward becomes a 

 Jbort, roundijb, fw el ling Pod, con- 

 taining, for the mof part, one kidney- 

 Jhafd Seed in each. 



The Species are ; 



1. Spartium alterum monofper- 

 mum, femine rem Jimile. C. B. P. 

 Another Spanifb Broom, with Pods 

 containing one kidney-fhap'd Seed. 



2. Spartium tertium, fore alba. 

 C. B. P. The white Spanijh Broom. 



3. Spartium Orient ale hum He, 

 fruclu <vil!ofo 13 rojlrato. Tourn. Cor. 

 Dwarf Eaftern Broom, with an hairy 

 beaked Fruit. 



4. Spartium Orient ale, filiqua 

 comprefa, glabra & annulata. To.tra. 

 Cor. Eaftern Broom, with a fiat 

 fmooth, circular Pod. 



5. Spartium Americantm* por- 

 tulacte foliis, aculeatum, ebeni ma- 

 trrie. Plum. Prickly America*. Broom, 

 with Purfiairi-leaves, whofe Woodis 

 taken for Ebony. 



6. Spartjvli Am.xkanunt i'can- 

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