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This Plant is in Shape like the 

 Aloe ; but the Leaves are thinner, 

 and ferrated on the Edges. It grows 

 plentifully in Standing-waters in the 

 JJle of Ely, and many Places in the 

 North of England-, from whence 

 young Plants may be procur'd in 

 the Spring, when they tirft rile on 

 the Surface of the Water ; and thefe, 

 being plac'd in large Ponds or Ca- 

 nals, will ftrike down their Roots, 

 and propagate without any farther 

 Care. In the Autumn the Plants 

 fink down to the Bottom of the Wa- 

 ter, and rife again in tne Spring : 

 about Midfummer they flower, and 

 perfect their Seeds in Augujl\ which, 

 falling into the Water, will take 

 Root, and produce Plants the follow- 

 ing Year. 



STRAWBERRY. Vide Fraga- 



ria. 



STRAW 3ER RY-T REE. Vide 

 Arbutus. 



STYRAX, The Storax-tree. 



The Characters are; 

 'The R bwtf confi/is of one Leaf, 

 Jbafd like a Funnel, and cut into fe- 

 deral Segments ; out of <wbofe VUm* 

 er-cup rifes the Point at, ivbicb is fix'd 

 like a Nail in the Fore-part of the 

 Flcixer : this afterward becomes a 

 roundifl? fifby Fruit y inclining one or 

 t*wo Seeds in bard Shells. 



W«. have bat one Species of this 

 Plant; viz. 



Sty rax folio mali cotonei. C.B.P. 

 Storax-tree with a Quince- tree-leaf. 



This Plant grows plentifully in 

 the Neighbourhood of Rome, and al- 

 fo in Palefiine, and feveral of the 

 Iflands in the Archipelago, from 

 whence the Fruit has been brought 

 to England ; where there have been 

 many Plants raifed of late Years, in 

 fome curious Gardens. 



It may be propagated by fowing 

 the Seeds in Pots filPd with frefli 

 light Earth, and plungd into a mo- 



s u 



derate Hot-bed. This mould be 

 done as foon as poffible, when the 

 Seeds are procur'd ; for if they are 

 fown the Latter-end of Summer, and 

 the Pots kept in a moderate Hot-bed 

 of Tanners Bark all the Winter, the 

 Plants will come up the fucceeding 

 Spring ; whereas thofe fown in the 

 Spring often remain in the Ground 

 a whole Year before the Plants come 

 up. 



When the Plants are up, they 

 fhould each be tranfplanted into a fe- 

 parate fmallPot filPdwith frefli light 

 Earth, and plungM into a moderate 

 Hot-bed; obferving to water and 

 fhade them until they have taken 

 Root : after which they Ihould be 

 enur'd to the open Air by degrees, 

 into which they muft be remev'd in 

 June, placing them in a warm Situa- 

 tion ; in which Place they may re- 

 main till the Beginning of October-, 

 at which time they mould be removed 

 into the Green-houfe, placing them 

 where they may enjoy the Benefit of 

 frem Air when the Weather is mild: 

 thefe Plants are tolerably hardy, and 

 only require to be fhelter'd from fe- 

 vere Fro it ; for in Itzly they grow 

 extremely well in the open Air, and 

 produce Fruit in great Plenty. Thefe 

 Plants muir be placed in a Green- 

 houfe in Winter ; for they are not 

 hardy enough to live in the open 

 Air in England. They caft, tneir 

 Leaves in Autumn ; fo that in the 

 Winter, when the Plants are not in 

 a growing State, they Ihould have 

 but little Water given to them : but 

 as thefe Plants put out their Leaves 

 pretty early in the Spring, they muft 

 then have a great Share of Air, other- 

 Wife they will draw up very weak. 



The Reiin of this Tree is brought 

 over for medicinal Ufe. 



SUBER, The Cork tree. 

 The Charaders are ; 



// in all refpe&t like the llex 9 

 exctft 



