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even in the warmeft Seafon ; fo that 

 they mult, be conftantly kept in the 

 Bark-ftove both Winter and Sum- 

 mer, treating them as hath been di- 

 rected for the Coffee-tree, with 

 whofe Culture they will thrive ex- 

 ceedingly. 



Thefe Plants, if rightly managed, 

 will grow very faft ; for I have had 

 them upward of three Feet high 

 in one Summer from Seed, and had 

 one Plant which produced Flowers 

 the fame Seafon it was fown : but 

 this was accidental ; for I have never 

 fmce had any of them flower, altho' 

 I have feveral Plants of different 

 Ages ; one of which is ten Years 

 old, and about eleven Feet high, 

 with a large fpreading Head. 



TAMARISCUS, TheTamarifk- 

 tree. 



The Characters are ; 

 T he F lowers are rofaceous, confin- 

 ing of federal Leaves, which art 

 "placed orbicularly ; from whofe Flow- 

 er-cup rifes the Pointal, which after- 

 ward becomes a Pod (fomewhat like 

 thofe of the Sallow ), which opens in- 

 to two Parts, and contains feveral 

 downy Seeds. 



The Species are ; 



1. Tamariscus Narbonenjis. Lob. 

 Icon. The French or narrow-leav'd 

 Tamarifk-tree. 



2. Tamariscus Germanica. Lob. 

 Icon. The German Tamarifk. 



Thefe Trees are preferv'd in the 

 Gardens of thofe who are curious in 

 collecting the various Kinds of Trees 

 and Shrubs ; but they have not much 

 Beauty to recommend them ; for 

 their Branches are produc'd in fo 

 flraggling a manner, as not, by any 

 Art, to be train'd up regularly : and 

 their Leaves are commonly thin up- 

 on the Branches, and fall away in 

 Winter ; fo that there is nothing to 

 recommend them but their Oddnefs. 



They may be eafily propagated, 

 by laying down their tender Shoots 

 in the Spring, or by planting Cut- 

 tings in an Eaft Border in moift Wea- 

 ther ; which, if fupplied with Water, 

 will take Root in a fhort time ; but 

 they mould not be removed until the 

 following Spring ; at which time 

 they may be either placed in a Nur- 

 fery, to be trained up two or three 

 Years, or elfe into the Quarters 

 where they are defignM to remain ; 

 after which, the only Culture they 

 will require, is, to prune off the 

 ftraggling ShooCs, and keep the 

 Ground clean about them. 



Thefe Plants delight in a fandy 

 Soil, not over-rich; and mould be 

 plac'd amongft Shrubs of a middling 

 Growth ; for they rarely grow above 

 fifteen or fixteen Feet high in Eng- 

 land ; but are very hardy as to Cold. 



TAMNUS, The Black Bryony. 

 The Characters are ; 



It is Male and Female in different 

 Plants : the Flowers of the Male 

 Plant confijl of one Leaf and are bell- 

 fhaped ; but thefe are barren : the 

 Embryoes are produced on the Female 

 Plants, which afterward become an 

 oval Berry, including roundifh Seeds : 

 to thefe Notes fhould be added, That 

 thefe Plants have no Clafpers, as the 

 White Bryony hath. 

 The Species are ; 



1 . T a m nu s racemofa, fore minor e 

 luteo pallefcente. Tourn. The com- 

 mon Black Bryony. 



2. Tamnus Cretica, trifido folio. 

 Tourn. Cor. Black Bryony of Crete, 

 with a trifid Leaf. 



3. Tamnus Americana tubifera, 

 radice fungifcrmi. Plum. American 

 Black Bryony, with a Root refem- 

 bling Muftiroom. 



4. Tamnus Americana racemofa 

 minor. Plum. • Smaller branching 

 American Black Bryony. 



5. Tamnus 



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