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great Beauty in it : becaufe when 

 the Plants are vigorous, the Stripes 

 in the Leaves fcarcely appear. 



All theie Plants may be eafily 

 propagated, by taking off their 

 Suckers in Autumn (which they pro- 

 duce very plentifully), and planting 

 them out in a Nurfery at tnrec Feet 

 Diitance Row from Row, and a Foot 

 afunder in the Rows ; obferving to 

 keep the Ground between them con- 

 ftantly clear from Weeds, as alfo to 

 dig it up every Spring to loofen it, 

 that the Roots of the Plant may m< re 

 readily extend themfelves. In this 

 Nurfery they may remain two Years, 

 by which time they will be fit to 

 tranfplant out, where they are to re- 

 main; which may be into fmail Wil- 

 dernefs-quarters, or amongft flow- 

 ering Shrubs in Clumps, Gbferving 

 to place them with other Sorts of 

 Shrubs of the fame Growth ; for 

 thelc feldom grow above fix or fe\ en 

 Feet high in Englajid, and the double 

 Sort not more than three or four. 



They are extreme hardy, fo may 

 be planted in almoit any Soil or Si- 

 tuation ; and will require no farther 

 Culture but to take off the Suckers 

 every Year, and cut out the dead 

 Wood ; as alfo to keep them clear 

 from Weeds in Summer, and dig 

 the Ground about their Roots every 

 Winter, wiiuii will make them 

 thrive and flo-ver very plentifully. 

 The Seafon of their flowering is in 

 May, and in cool Seafons they con- 

 tinue in Beau;y tne firft Fart of 

 June. Their Flowers have a Scent 

 ibmewhat like thofe of trie Orange- 

 tree, from whence it had the Name 

 of Mock -orange : but if thefe are 

 plac'd in a cloie Room, or are fmelt 

 to too clo.elv, they have a ftrong 

 difagreeable Scene, and too power- 

 ful for the Ladies ; but when they 

 are in the open Air, the Scent is not 

 io affecting. 



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TABERN^EMONTANA. 

 The Characters are ; 

 It hath a tububut Viewer, confin- 

 ing of one Lenf, which is fprtad open 

 toward the Top, and divided into fede- 

 ral Parts : from the Bottom of the 

 Flower arijes the Point ul, wb>cb af- 

 terward he comes the. Fruit, compofed 

 of two C pfulcs which open length- 

 ways ; and are filld with oblong 

 Seeds, fun oundtd with a thin Pulp. 

 The Species are j 



I .T A B E R N JE MO N T A N A laSlefcens 9 

 citrii foliis undulatis. Plu?u. No-n. 

 Gen. Milky Tabern;emontaaa, with 

 a waved Citron-leaf. 



2. Tadern^emontan a lnc7cfcns 9 

 lauri folio, fore aibo, fniquis rot n- 

 diorihus. Ho, (I. Milky 1 ab^rnae- 

 montana, with a Bay-leaf, a white 

 Flower, and rounder Pods. 



The firft of thefe Sort is common 

 in the Maud of Jamaica, and in fe- 

 veral other Places in the warm Parts 

 of America ; where it rifes to the 

 Height of fifteen or fixteen Feet, 

 having a fmoo'h ftrait Trunk, co- 

 vered with a whitifh Bark ; at the 

 Top ot tne Trunk come out the 

 Branches, which are irregular, and 

 befet with (hilling.- green Leaves 4 

 from the Foot ftatks ot thefe Leaves 

 are produe'dthe Flowers. wh;cn are 

 \ fiiow, and extremely fweet lccnt- 

 eJ: rhefe Flowers are fucceeded by- 

 two forked Pods, in which the Se<?ds 

 are contained. This Genus of P ants 

 is very near of kin to the Nerium or 

 Oleander ; and has been by foine 

 Botanical Writer: rang"d under that 

 Head ; but the Seedi of tnis Genus 

 having no Down a, hering to rhem, 

 as have thofe of the Oieanuer, and 

 4 0^2 being 



