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Millar. This is a climbing Plant, 

 which will twift round whatever 

 Trees grow near it, and will rife to 

 a great Height. The Leaves of this 

 Plant are thick and ftrong, fome- 

 what refembling thofe of the Citron- 

 tree; and continuing green the whole 

 Year, they make an agreeable Va- 

 riety in the Stove, amongft other 

 tender Exotic Plants. 



Thefe Plants are propagated by 

 Seeds, which muft be procured from 

 the Countries of their natural 

 Growth ; for they do not produce 

 Seeds in this Climate. Thefe Seeds 

 fhould be fown in Pots filPd with 

 frefh light Earth, early in the 

 Spring, and plungM into a good 

 Hot-bed of Tanners Bark. In about 

 a Month after the Seeds are fown, 

 the Plants will appear, when they 

 muft be carefully treated (being very 

 tender while young) : they muft have 

 frefh Air admitted to them every 

 Day, when the Weather is warm ; 

 and mould be frequently refrefh'd 

 with Water, when the Earth in the 

 Pots appears dry. In about five or 

 fix Weeks after the Plants appear, 

 they will be fit to tranfplant ; when 

 they mould be carefully fhaken out 

 of the Pots, and feparated, planting 

 each into a fmall Pot fill'd with light 

 rich Earth, and then plunge them 

 into the Hot-bed again \ being care- 

 ful to fhade them from the Sun every 

 Day, until they have taken Root ; 

 after which time they muft be treated 

 in the fame manner as other very 

 tender Exotic Plants, by giving them 

 Air every Day in warm Weather, and 

 watering them every other Day 

 gently ; and, when the Nights are 

 cold, to cover the Glafies. In this 

 Hot-bed the Plants may remain till 

 Autumn, when they muft be remov'd 

 into the Stove, and plung'd into the 

 Bark-bed. Thofe of them, whofe 

 Hoots have filled the Pots, mould 



be carefully fhifted into Pots one 

 Size larger, before they are plun- 

 ged ; but as thefe Plants are not of 

 quick Growth while young, they do 

 not require to be often {hifted out of 

 the Pots. During the Winter-fea- 

 fon thefe Plants muft be kept very 

 warm (efpecially the firft Year), and 

 muft be frequently refrefh'd with 

 Water; but in cold Weather it muft 

 be given to them in fmall Quanti- 

 ties; and if their Leaves fhculd con- 

 tract Filth, they muft be wafhed with 

 a Sponge to clean them, otherwife 

 the Plants will not thrive. As thefe 

 Plants are very tender, they will 

 not live in the open A r in this Coun- 

 try, even in the warmeft Part of the 

 Year ; therefore they muft be con- 

 ftantly kept in the Stove, and mould 

 be plung'd in the Bark-bed ; obferv- 

 ing in the Summer-feafon, wht n the 

 Weather is warm, to admit a large 

 Share of frefh Air to the Plants; 

 but in Winter they muft be kept 

 very warm. With this Management 

 the Plants will thrive very well, and 

 in a few Years will produce their 

 Flowers ; when they will make 3 

 pretty Appearance in the Stove. 

 SPERGULA, Spurrey. 



The CbaraSiers are ; 



hatb a rofe-Jhafd Flower, con- 

 ffiing of finje Leaves, which are in* 

 eluded in a five lea<vd Empalement : 

 in the Centre of the Flower arifes the 

 Point a!, which afterward becomes a 

 roundijh membranaceous Fruit, which 

 opens in three Parts, and is filled with 

 fmall Seeds, which in fome Species 

 bwve a Border round them. 



The Species are ; 



1. Spercula. J. B. The com- 

 mon Spurrey. 



2. Spergula marina nofras. J, 

 B. The Sea Spurrey. 



3. Spergula purpurea. J. B. 

 Purple Spur-ey. 



4. Spergula minima, fmimlm 



