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they are defign'd to remain, or into 

 a Nurfery for two or three Years to 

 get Strength j where they rauft be 

 prun'd up, in order to form them 

 into regular Plants, othervvife they 

 are very fubjecl to (hoot out their 

 Branches in a dragg ing manner. 



If thefe Plants are plac'd in a 

 warm Situation, and have a kindly 

 light Soil, they will grow to be eight 

 or ten Feet high, and produce their 

 Spikes of Flowers at the Extremity 

 of every ftrong Shoot in Autumn ; 

 which, akho' of no great Beauty, 

 yet coming late in the Year, and 

 having an odd Appearance, together 

 with the Variety of their Leaves, 

 renders them worthy of a Place in 

 fmall Wildernefs- quarters, amongft 

 other Shrubs of the fame Growth. 



They may alfo be propagated by 

 laying down' their Branches in the 

 Spring of the Year ; in doing of 

 which you muft be very careful not 

 to break them; for their Shoots 

 are extremely brittle, and very fub- 

 jett to fplit off with the leaft Vio- 

 lence : thefe will take Root in one 

 Year, provided they are water'd in 

 very dry Weather; and may then 

 be tranfplanted out, and manag'd, 

 jas was directed for thofe Plants rais'd 

 Ifrom Cuttings. 



VITIS, The Vine. 

 The Charahers are ; 



The Flower confijh of many Leaves, 

 \whicb are plac'd in a circular Order, 

 find expand in form of a Rofe : the 

 Ovary, which is fetuated in the Bot- 

 tom of the Flo-iver, afterward becomes 



oval or round Fruit, 'which is very 

 full of Juice, and contains many fmall 

 \ltones in each : to which jlould be 

 iddcd, That the Tree is climbing, 

 'ending forth Clafpers at the Joints ; 

 7 which it fa ft ens it/elf to whatever 

 flant frands near it ; and the Fruit 

 ; s produced in Bunches. 

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The Species are ; 



1. Vitis fylveftris Labrufca. C. 

 B. P. The wild Vine, commonly 

 call'd the Claret Grape. This Sort 

 of Grape is pretty well known in 

 England : it has a Berry of arniddl.ng 

 Size, of a deep black Colour, co- 

 ver'd over with a Bloom like a Plum, 

 which may be wiped off; the Juice 

 ltains of a deep-red Colour ; and 

 before it is quite de^o . ; ne, is of an 

 auftere Tafte: the Bunci . are pret- 

 ty iarge, but fnert, having com- 

 monl) avo Side-bunches o, Shoul- 

 dt:-- on the Upper-part of the Bunch: 

 the Leaves of this Vine an. jagged, 

 and change to a deep-red C -.our be- 

 fore they fall off. 



2. Vitis prarcox CoIume'Lr. H. 

 P. Par. This is called in England 

 the July Grape ; but in Franc? , Mo r 

 rilior., and Vigne hdtive. To is is 

 the eariiell Grape at prefent known 

 in England, for which it is chicfty 

 preiervM, for it is not much elleem'd 

 for its Goodncfs : the Skin is thick, 

 the Juice but very indifferent ; and 

 the Berries commonly grow very 

 thin upon the Bunches. Thefe are 

 of a middle Size, and of a dark mud- 

 dy-red Colour. 



3. V lTisCorinthiaca five Apyria^ 

 J. B. The Corinth Grape, vulgar- 

 ly call'd the Curran Grape, is an 

 early Ripener; the Berry is fmall 

 and flenGer, the Juice very fweet, 

 and hath very little Stone. Of this 

 Kind there are two or three different 

 Colours, as red, black, and tawny. 

 This is the Sort which is brought 

 from the lilands of Z ant, Cephalcnia, 

 Sec. by the Name of Currans, and 

 fold by V.ic Grocers of London, to put 

 into Pudciens, iifc. ' 



4. Vitis Iciciniatis foliii. Cornuf. 

 The Parlley - leav'd Grape, vu/go. 

 This -Sort was originally brought 

 from Canada, where it grows wild 



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