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The two Sorts with ftriped Leaves 

 are alfo preferved by thofe who are 

 curious in colle&ing a Variety of 

 Plants. Thefe may be propagated 

 as the other Kinds of Grapes ; but 

 are tender, and muft have a warm 

 Situation, otherwife they will not 

 thrive ; nor do the Cuttings of thcfe 

 take Root fo readily as thole whofe 

 Leaves are plain ; but as there is no 

 very great Beauty in thefe Plants, 

 they are fcarcely worth cultivating, 

 unlefs for Variety. 



The fifth Sort was originally 

 brought from America ; but from its 

 Hardinefs, and being eafy to pro- 

 pagate, is become as common as if 

 it were a Native of this Country. 



This Plant is chiefly planted in 

 fmall Gardens near London, where it 

 endures the Smoke better than moft 

 other Plants ; and, being a rampant 

 Grower, is planted againft high 

 Walls and Buildings, which it will 

 cover fooner than any other Sort of 

 Plant ; and in Summer will look 

 green, which is what the Inhabit- 

 ants of London are greatly pleas'd 

 with. The Branches of this Plant 

 will fometimes {hoot twenty or thirty 

 Feet long in one Summer, and fend 

 forth Roots from their Joints, where- 

 by they fallen themielves to the 

 Building where they are plac'd : fo 

 that they do not require much Trou- 

 ble to fupport them. 



The only Culture they require, is 

 to cut out all the fmall weak Shoots 

 in March, and fhorten the ftrong ones 

 to about ten Feet long ; which will 

 firengthen them againft the fucceed- 

 ing Summer, and caufe them to moot 

 vigoroufly. 



This Plant mav be propagated by 

 Cutting?, which mould be planted in 

 the Spring, upon a ftiady Border, 

 where they will take Root freely; 

 and, if water'd in dry Weather, will 

 make a great Progrefs the fucceed- 



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ing Summer, and the Spring after 

 may be tranfplanted where they are 

 to remain, which may be in almoft 

 any Soil or Situation ; for they are 

 very hardy Plants. 



VITIS ID^A. Vide Vaccini- 

 um. 



VITIS SYLVESTRIS. Vide 

 Clematis. 



ULEX, Furze, Gorz, or Whins. " 



The CbaraSiers are ; 

 // hath a butterfly ( or pea-bloo?n ) 

 Flower, confifttng of the Standard, 

 the Keel, and the Wings, included in 

 a permanent Empulement, which bas 

 t-jjo oval concave Leaves : tbe Stand- 

 ard is large, ered, and vertically 

 heart-Jhaped : tbe Wings are oblong, 

 blunt, and Jhorter than tbe Standard: 

 tbe Keel is divided into two Parts, 

 which are obtufe, and inclofe the ten 

 Stamina with tbe Pointal; nine of the 

 Stamina being joined in one Body, tbe 

 other Jlanding Jingle : the Pointed af- 

 terward becomes an oblong fw ell ing 

 Pod, inclofing feveral kidney-foafd 

 Seeds. 



The Species are ; 

 t. Ulex folio fub Jingulis [pints 

 fubulato piano acuto. Hort. Cliff. 

 The common Furze, Whins, or 

 Gorz. 



2. Ulex foliis obtufis fo lit ariis, 

 fpinis fimplicibus. Flor. Leyd. African 

 Furze, or Whins, with fimple blunt 

 Leaves. 



This Genus of Plants has been 

 titled, by the antient Botanifts, Ge- 

 nifla fpiuofa, and Genijla fpartium- 

 but thefe being, compound Name?, 

 have been rejected ; and as 1 there is 

 another Genus of Plants under the 

 Title of Genifla, Dr. Linn/sus has 

 applied this Title of Ulex, which is 

 a Name ufed by Pliny, to this Ge- 

 nus. 



There are two or three Varieties 

 of the common Furze or Gorz, 

 which are frequently met with in the 



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