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This Plant, will grow to the 

 Height of twelve or fourteen Feet, 

 with a ftrong woody Stem, and may 

 be train'd to have a regular Head. 

 The Branches are garnifli'd with 

 Leaves,which are in Shape like thofe 

 of the broad-leav'd Sallow ; having 

 a downy Surface, like thofe of Sage, 

 and their Under-fides are white : 

 thefe refemble in Smell the Rofma- 

 ry-leaves when bruis'd. The Flow- 

 ers are produc'd in Spikes at the 

 Extremity of the Shoot?, which are 

 of a dull purple Colour ; fo do not 

 make any great Appearance ; but 

 as the Leaves remain all the Year, 

 thefe Plants are preferv'd to make a 

 Variety in the Green-houfe, during 

 the Winter-feafon, by thofe who are 

 curious in collecting of foreign 

 Plants. 



This Plant is a Native of Africa; 

 fo is too tender to live through 

 the Winter in the open Air in Eng- 

 land ; but it requires no artificial 

 Heat ; therefore mayjbe plac'd in a 

 common Green-houfe with Myrtles, 

 Oleanders, and other hardy Exotic 

 Plants, in Winter; and in the Sum- 

 mer may be expos'd with them in 

 the open Air, and treated in the fame 

 manner as they are. 



It may be propagated by Cut- 

 tings, which mould be planted in 

 May, in Pots fill'd with light Earth ; 

 and if they are plung'd into a mode- 

 rate Hot-bed, it will promote their 

 putting out Roots. Thefe mould be 

 ihaded with Mats, or cover'd with 

 oiled Paper, to fcreen them from the 

 Sun until they are rooted ; and they 

 mull be duly water'd. By Au- 

 guji thefe Cuttings will have taken 

 Root, when they mould be each 

 tranfplanted into a feparate Pot, and 

 plac'd in the Shade until they have 

 taken new Root ; after which time 

 they may be plac'd with other hardy 

 Exotic Plants in a Ihelter'd Situation, 



where they may remain till the Mid- 

 dle orEnd ofOc7obcr,whex\ they mould 

 be remov'd into the Green-houfe, 

 placing them where they may have a 

 large Share of Air in mild Weather. 

 This Plant is very thirfty, fo muft be 

 often water'd; and every Year the 

 Plants muft be (hifted, and, as they 

 increafe in Size, mould be put into 

 larger Pots. 



TARRAGON. Vide Abrota- 

 num. 



TAXUS, The Yew-tree. 



The Characlers are ; 

 It hath amentaceous Flowers, 

 which conftf^of many A pices, for the 

 moft part Jhaped like aMufbroom, and 

 are barren ; but the Embryoes (which 

 are produced at remote Dijiances on the 

 fame Tree) do afterward become hol- 

 low : it hath bell -Jhaped Berries , 

 which are full of Juice, and include 

 Seeds fomewhat like Acorns, having, as 

 it were, a little Cup to each. 

 The Species are ; 



1. Taxus. J. B. The common 

 Yew-tree. 



2. Taxus folio latiori , magi f que 

 fplendente. Boerh. hid. Yew-tree 

 with a broader and more mining: 

 Leaf. * 



3. Taxus foliis ruariegatis. H. 

 R. Par. The Yew-tree with ftri- 

 ped Leaves. 



The two firft Sorts are often pro- 

 mifcuoufly cultivated in Gardens, 

 without Diftinclion ; but the third 

 is preferv'd by fome for the fake of 

 its variegated Leaves, tho' there is 

 very little Beauty in them ; for du- 

 ring the Summer-feafon, when the 

 Plants are in Vigour, the Stripes in 

 the Leaves are hardly to be perceiv- 

 ed; but in Winter they are more 

 obvious : however, the Stripe be- 

 ing rather a Bleniim, than any real 

 Beauty, it is hardly worth prefer v- 

 ing. 



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