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atltit cltrl fill is, fortius alhis, ad 

 nodos confertim nafcentibus. Plum. 

 Climbing American Broom with Ci- 

 tron-leaves, and white Flowers, 

 which are produe'd in Bunches at 

 the Joints. 



The hrft and fecond Sorts grow 

 plentifully in Spain and Portugal ; 

 from both which Countries the Seeds 

 may be eafily procur'd. Thefe Seeds 

 fhould be iovvn in the Middle of 

 April, upon a Bed of frelh light 

 Earth : the beft way will be to fow 

 them in Drills about an Inch deep : 

 the Drills mould not be lefs than one 

 For t afunder, and the Seeds may be 

 laid in the Drills at about three 

 Inches Dillance; which will allow 

 room for the Plants to grow till 

 Michaelmas following ; before which 

 time it will not be fafe to remove 

 them. Nor mould they be fuffer'd 

 to Hand longer ; becaufe they moot 

 downright Roots very deep into the 

 Ground ; and if thefe are cut or 

 broken, when they are grown large, 

 the Plants frequently mifcarry. Al- 

 though I have here directed the fow- 

 ing of thefe Seeds in Aprils yet it 

 muft be understood, if the Seafon 

 proves favourable; otherwife it will 

 be better to defer it longer : for thefe 

 Seeds are as fubject to perim in the 

 Ground, by Cold or Wet, as are the 

 Kidney-beans ; therefore when the 

 Seafon is favourable to thefe, the 

 Seeds of the Brooms may be fafeJy 

 fovvn. 



At Michaelmas fome of the Plants 

 of each Kind may be taken up,v and 

 potted, to be fhelter'd in Winter ; 

 and others may be planted in a warm 

 Situation, and on a dry Soil ; where, 

 if the Winter mould not prove fe- 

 vere, they wnll ftand very well. It 

 will alfo be proper to leave fome of 

 the Plants in the Seed-bed, where, if 

 the Winter mould prove fevere, they 

 may be fhelter'd with Matt, and 



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fome Mulch laid about their Rootf, 

 to prevent the Froft penetrating the 

 Ground ; for thefe Plants are fo ten- 

 der, as not to live abroad in hard 

 Froft ; though, in moderate Win- 

 ters, they will do very well : but it 

 is always neceflary to have a Plant 

 or two of each Sort in Pots, that they 

 may be fhelter'd in Winter to pre- 

 ferve the Sorts. 



The third and fourth Sorts were 

 diTcover'd by Dr. Tournefort in the 

 Levant, from whence he fent their 

 Seeds into France ; but thefe are at 

 prefent pretty rare in England. Thefe 

 are as hardy as the other Sorts ; fo v 

 may be treated in the fame way. All 

 thefe Sorts grow to the Height of fix 

 or eight Feet, and have the Appear- 

 ance of the Spanijh Broom ; but their 

 Branches are much flenderer, and 

 the Leaves are very fmall, as are al- 

 fo their Flowers : but the two firft 

 Sorts have been of late Years intro- 

 due'd in plenty into the Englijh Gar- 

 dens, where, being intermix'd with 

 other Shrubs of the fame Growth, 

 they add to the Variety. 



Thefe flower in July ; and, in 

 very warm Seafons, they fometimes 

 perfedl their Seeds in England. 



The third Sort is very common in 

 Jamaica, and feveral other Places in 

 the Weft- Indies ; where the Wood is 

 cut, and fent to England, under the 

 Title of Ebony ; though it is not the 

 true Ebony, which is a Native of 

 the Eaftem Country, and is a Plant 

 of a very different Genus. The 

 Wood of this American Ebony is of 

 a fine greenifh brown Colour, and 

 polifhes very well ; fo is much co- 

 veted by the Inftrument - makers j 

 and is ufed for feveral Purpofes, be- 

 ing of a very Lfrd, durable Nature. 



The fourth Sort is pretty common 

 in the Spani/b Weft-Indies, from 

 whence I have receiv'd the Seed-, 

 which were collected by Mr. Robert 



