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fpread: but from Experiments which 

 I made on thefe Plants, I find,where- 

 ever the Male Plants are intirely re- 

 mov'd before the Farina is fhed over 

 the Female Plants, the Seed will not 

 grow which they produce ; fo that it 

 is abfolutely neceflary to leave a few 

 of them in every Part of the Spot, 

 tho* there may be a great many 

 drawn out where they are too thick; 

 for a fmall Quantity of Male Plants 

 (if rightly fituated) will be fufficient 

 to impregnate a great Number of 

 Female; becaufe they greatly abound 

 with the Farina, which, when ripe, 

 will fpread to a confiderable Di- 

 ftance,when thePlants arefhaken by 

 the Wind. 



When the Seeds are ripe (which 

 may be known by their changing 

 their Colour, and beginning to mat- 

 ter), the Plants fhould be drawn up, 

 and fpread abroad for a few Days to 

 dry; obferving to turn the Plants 

 every other Day, that the Seeds on 

 both Sides may dry equally : you 

 mult alfo guard the Seeds fromBirds, 

 ©therwife they will devour them. 

 When it is dry, the Seeds mould be 

 threfh'd out, and clean'd from the 

 Dirt, and laid where Mice cannot 

 come to them ; for they are extreme- 

 ly fond of this Seed. 



SPIRiEA FRUTEX, Spiral Fru- 

 tex, vulgo. 



The Characlres are ; 



The Flower is composed of many 

 Leaves, which are placd in a circu- 

 lar Order, and expand in form of a 

 Rofe : out of whofe Flower-cup rifes 

 the Point al, which afterward becomes 

 a Fruit composed of federal Pods, in 

 which are contained federal oblong 

 Seeds. 



The Species are ; 



1. Spiraea falicis folio. Tourn. 

 Spiraea Frutex, vulgo.' 



2. Spi r^a opuli folio. Tourn. Spi- 

 raea with a Marfli -elder-leaf, coin- 



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monly calPd Virginian Gelder-ro^ 

 with a Curran-leaf. 



3- Spiraea hyperici folio non cre- 

 nato. Tourn, Hypericum Frutex, 

 vulgo. 



4 . S P 1 r je a Hifpanica, hyperici fo- 

 lio crenato. Inf. R. H. Spanijh Spi- 

 raea, with a notched Leaf. 



5. Spiraea Americana, foliis ob- 

 hngis crcnatis, foribus albis. Ame- 

 rican Spiraea, with oblong crenated 

 Leaves, and white Flowers. 



6. Spir^a Americana, foliis ro- 

 fundi s glabris minime ferratis, foribus 

 rubris. American Spiraea, with 

 round fmooth Leaves, a little fawed 

 on the Edges, and a red Flower. 



The firlt of thefe Shrubs is very 

 common in the Nurferies near Lon- 

 don, where it is fold with other flow- 

 ering Shrubs at a certain Price by the 

 Hundred. This Shrub feldom rifes 

 above five Feet high ; fo is proper 

 to intermix with other Shrubs of the 

 fame Growth, in fmall Wildernefs- 

 quarters, and other Plantations of 

 flowering Trees. 



This Plant may be propagated 

 from Suckers, which are fent forth 

 in plenty from the Stems of the old 

 Plants, or by laying down the tender 

 Branches,which, when rooted, mould 

 be tranfplanted out in Rows at 

 three Feet Diftance, and the Plants a 

 Foot afunder in the Rows. In this 

 Nurfery they may remain twoYears, 

 obferving to keep the Ground clear 

 from Weeds, and in the Spring to 

 dig up the Ground between the 

 Rows, fo that the Roots may the 

 more eafily extend themfelves ; and 

 if theylhoot out rnanySide-branches, 

 they mould-be pruned off, fo as to 

 reduce the Shrubs to a regular Fi- 

 gure ; and afterward they may be 

 tranfplanted where they are to re- 

 main, either in fmall Wildernefs- 

 quarters, or in Clumps of flowering 

 Shrubs, obferving to place them, 

 among ft 



