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give it them in great Quantities, left 

 it rot their tender Roots. When 

 the Plants have taken good Root, 

 and recover'd the Injuries they re- 

 ceiv'd in their Paflage, they may be 

 treated in the fame manner as is pra- 

 ctisd for other tender Exotic Plants, 

 keeping them conllantlyin the Bark- 

 ftove ; for they are too tender to live 

 in the open Air in this Country. 

 During the Winter - feafon, when 

 they are deftitute of Leaves, they 

 fhould have but little Water ; but in 

 the Summer, when the Weather is 

 warm, they may have frequent Re- 

 freshings, and a good Share of Air 

 fhould be admitted to them at that 

 Seafon. With this Management 

 the Plants will thrive, and afford an 

 agreeable Variety in the Stove, 

 amongft other Plants of the fame 

 Country. 



TERNATEA. 



The Characters are ; 



It hath a papilionaceous ( or fea~ 

 bloom ) Flower, whofe Standard al- 

 tnoji hides the Keel, and the Wings : 

 the Pointed afterward becomes a Pod, 

 which opens two Ways, and is filled 

 nuith kidney - fiap'd Seeds : to thefe 

 Notes Jhould be added, 'That the 

 Leaves are winged, and are termi- 

 nated by an odd Lobe. 

 The Species are ; 



1 . Te rn at E a flare femplici cceru- 

 leo. Acad, Reg. Scien. Ternatea 

 with a fingle blue Flower. 



2. Ternatea florc pleno cceruleo. 

 Acad. Reg. Scien. Ternatea with a 

 double blue Flower. 



3. Ternatea flore fimplici alhi- 

 do. Acad. Reg. Scien. Ternatea with 

 a fingle white flower. 



4. Te rn ate a Americana perennis . 

 flore cceruleo. Houft. American per- 

 ennial Ternatea, with a blue Flow- 

 er. 



The Name which Dr. Tournefort 

 has given to this Genus of Plants is, 



from the Place whence thefe Plants 

 were firft brought ; which is one of 

 the Molucca Iflands, call'd Ternate. 



The three firft -mention'd Sorts 

 are annual Plants, which perifh foon 

 after they have perfected their Seeds : 

 but the fourth Sort will abide feve- 

 ral Years, provided the Plants are 

 placed in a warm Stove. They are 

 all of them tender Plants ; fo their 

 Seeds fhould be fown on an Hot-bed 

 early in the Spring ; and when the 

 Plants are come up, they mould be 

 each tranfplanted into a feparate 

 fmall Potfill'd with frefh light Earth, 

 and then plunged into a moderate 

 Hot-bed of Tanners Bark ; obferv- 

 ing to made them from the Sun un- 

 til they have taken new Root, and 

 often refrefh them with Water. As 

 thefe Plants have very (lender Bran- 

 ches, fo they twift round whatever 

 Plants grow near them ; therefore 

 they fhould have Sticks thruft into 

 the Pots, for them to twine round, 

 that they may be fupported from 

 trailing on the Ground. In warm 

 Weather thefe Plants fhould have a 

 large Share of free Air admitted to 

 them, othervvife they will draw up 

 too weak ; and when they are grown 

 fo tall as to reach the Glafies of the 

 Hot-bed, they fhould be taken out, 

 and (after having fhifted them into 

 larger Pots) they fhould be plung'd 

 into the Bark -bed in the Stove, 

 where they fhould remain to flower, 

 and perfect their Seeds. 



The Flowers of the firft and fecond 

 Sorts are of a very deep blue Co- 

 lour ; and, if put in Water, and 

 macerated, will dye the Water al- 

 moft as blue as Indigo. The fecond 

 Sort, having very double Flowers, 

 makes a fine Appearance when it is 

 in Flower ; fo is worthy of a Place 

 in every good Garden, where there 

 isConveniency for bringing them to 

 Perfection. For as they are very 



tender, 



