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1 6. Tracacantha Orientalis, 

 fioribus luteis in capitulum longo pedi- 

 culo dona turn congests. ,Toutn. Cor. 

 Eaftern Goats - thorn, with yellow 

 Flowers gathered into an Head on 

 a long Footftalk. 



17. Tracacantha Orientalis 

 <vejicaria, fioribus purpureis in capi- 

 tulum longo pediculo donatum conge/tis. 

 Tourn. Cor. Bladder Eaftern Goats- 

 thorn, with purple Flowers gathered 

 into an Head, and fet on a long 

 Footftalk. 



18. Tracacantha Orientalis 

 latifolia, jlore purpurea magna . Tourn. 

 Cor. Eaftern Goats-thorn, with a 

 large purple Flower. 



19. Tracacantha Orientalis, 

 foliis angufiifiimis, fiure pnrpurafcen- 

 te. Tourn. Cor. Eaftern Goats thorn, 

 with very narrow Leaves, and pur- 

 plifh Flower. 



20. Tracacantha Orientalis, 

 foliis ole<r, bumillima, fioribus in capi- 



tuhan congefiis. Town. Cor. A very 

 low Eaftern Goats-thorn, with ob- 

 long Leaves, and Flowers gather 'd 

 into an Head. 



21. Tracacantha Orientalis, 

 foliis olea, incanis iff tcmentofis, caule 

 abmo ad fuminum fieri do. Tourn. Cor. 

 Eaftern Goats -thorn, with hoary and 

 woolly Olive - leaves, and Flowers 

 growing from the Bottom to the 

 Top of the Stalks . 



22. Tracacaktha Orientalis, 

 foliis incanis, caule {$ ramulis t omen- 

 tofts. Tourn. Cor. Eaftern Goats- 

 thorn, with hoary Leaves, and 

 woolly Stalks and Branches. 



23. Tracacantha fliis incanis 

 ntinorib'as, tnin&fque 'villnjjs. Boerb. 

 bid. alt. Goats-thorn with fmaller 

 hoary Leaves, which are lefs hairy. 



IVloftof the Sorts here mention'd 

 were difcovered by Dr. TourMefort 

 in the Levant ; from whence he fent 

 the Seeds of feveral Kinds to \the 

 Royal Garden at Paris, 



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Ail thefe Sorts may be propaga- 

 ted by Seeds, which lhould be fown 

 on a Bed of frefh Earth in March ; 

 and when the Plants come up, they 

 lhould be carefully kept clean from 

 Weeds; which, if permitted to grow 

 amongft the Plants, would foon 

 overbear and deftroy them, while 

 they are young. If the Seafon lhould 

 prove very dry, it will be of great 

 Service to water the Plants now-and- 

 then ; and when they are large 

 enough to tranfplant, they lhould be 

 carefully taken up, and fomeof them, 

 planted in fmall Pots filPd with 

 frefh Earth, placing them in the 

 Shade until they have taken Root ; 

 after which time they may be re- 

 moved into an open Situation,where 

 they may remain till the Latter-end 

 of Oclober ; when they lhould be 

 placed under a common Frame, 

 where they may be Ihelter'd from fe- 

 vere Froft, but may have free Air in 

 mild Weather ; when the Glafies 

 lhould not be put over them. 



The Remainder of the Plants 

 may be planted on a warm dry Bor- 

 der,where they muft be Ihaded until 

 they take Root ; and if the Seafon 

 lhould continue dry, they muft be 

 rcfrefiYd with Water, otherwife they 

 will be in Danger; becaufe while 

 they are fo young, their Roots will 

 not have eftablifiYd themfelves in the 

 Ground, fufHciently to nourilh them, 

 in great Droughts. 



Thofe Plants which are planted 

 in Pots, may be preferved for a Year 

 or two under Frames in Winter, 

 until they have obtained Strength, 

 when they may be fhaken out of the 

 Pots, and planted in a lean dry Soil, 

 and a warm Situation, where they 

 will endure the Cold of our ordinary 

 Winters very well ; but as they are 

 fometimes deftroyed by hard Win- 

 ters, it will be proper to keep a Plant 

 of each Kind in Pots, which may be 

 Iheitered 



