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American Thorn-apple, with a Win- 

 ter-cherry-leaf. 



5. Stramonium Malabaricum, 

 fruclu glabra, flore fimplici inolaceo. 

 Toum. Malabar Thorn-apple, with 

 a fmoorh Fruit, and a iingie violet - 

 colour'd Flower. 



6. Stramonium fruclu [pinofo 

 rotunda, fiore violaceo duplici uel tri- 

 plici. Tourn. Thorn-apple with a 

 round prickly Fruit, and violet-co- 

 loufd flowers, which are two or 

 three times double. 



7. Stramonium fruclu fpinofo 

 rotunda, fiore alba plena. Inji. R. H. 

 Thorn apple with a round prickly 

 Fruit, and a double white Fiower. 



8. Stramonium Malabaricum, 

 fruclu gJabro, fare fimplici albo. 

 Malabar Thorn - apple, with a 

 fmooth Fruit, and a iingie white 

 Flower. 



The firft Sort is us 1 d to make a 

 cooling Ointment, which is greatly 

 -eiteem'd by many Periuns. This, 

 though not a Native of this Coun- 

 try, yet is now become To common 

 upon Dunghils, and other rich 

 Grounds, as not to be eafily eradi- 

 cated. The Seeds falling, continue 

 all the Winter in the Ground; and 

 in the Spring, the Plants will come 

 up, and, if iuffer'd to Hand, will 

 fpread over the whole Spot of 

 Ground, and produce fuch Quanti- 

 ties of Seeds, as to leave a Stock to 

 furnifti the Ground for fome Years. 



The fecond Sort is not as yet 

 quite fo common as the former, tho' 

 it is equally as hardy ; and where 

 the Seeds are permitted to fall, the 

 Plants will come up in great Plenty 

 the following"Summer. This Sort 

 will grow much larger than the for- 

 mer. I have meafur'd one of thele 

 FJants, which grew upon a rich 

 Soil, upward of fix Feet high, and 

 divided into many ftrong Branches, 

 which fpread almoft eight Feet Dia- 



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meter ; fo that it is unfit to fond at 



fmall Pleafure gardens, and fit onljr 

 to have a Place in fome outward Pars 

 of the Garden or Yard ; becaufe it 

 takes up too much room. 



The third Sort is fomevvhat like 

 the former in the Appearance of the 

 Plant ; but the Fruit is l rger, and 

 befet with very long (harp Thorns ; 

 for which Variety, it is preferv'd in 

 the Gardens of thofe who are curi- 

 ous in Botany. 



This Sort is not quite fo hardy as 

 the two former ; fo muft be fown on 

 a moderate Hot-bed jn the Spring; 

 and when the Plants are come up, 

 they mould be transplanted on a 

 new Hot bed to bring the Plants 

 forward ; but you mult be careful 

 not to draw chem too much by keep- 

 ing the Gaffes ciofe; which vviil 

 render them very weak, and unfit to 

 Hand abroad : therefore after they 

 have taken Roor, liu-y mould have 

 plenty of frefh Air when the Wea- 

 ther is warm i and in May they mould 

 be enur'd to the open Air by de- 

 grees, into which they may be tranf- 

 planted in June ; oblerving to raife 

 the Plants with a large Ball of Earth, 

 and plant them in a rich Soil, giving 

 them Water until they have taken 

 Root. Jn July thefe Plants will 

 flower, and their Seeds will ripen in 

 Augufl. 



The fourth Sort will grow larger 

 than the laft - mention'd. This is 

 preferv'd more for the fake of its 

 long tubulous white Flowers, than 

 any other Beauty in the Plant. It 

 is fomevvhat tender, and fhould be 

 fown on an Hot - bed in the Spring, 

 and managed as the former ; other- 

 wife, if the Seafon proves cold, the 

 Seeds will not ripen ; tho' I have 

 fometimes had Plants of this Kind, 

 which came up from Seeds that fcat- 

 ter'd in Autumn, and ripen'd their 

 Seeds very well j fo that I believe, «\ 



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