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ing called Hercules^ Club, by fome 

 of the Inhabitants of America. The 

 young Stems, as alio the Branches, 

 are armed with fharp Thorns. To- 

 ward the Top of the Stem, the 

 Leaves are produced without Or- 

 der. Thefe have long Footftalks, 

 garnifhed with three, four, or five 

 Pair of Pinner, terminated by an odd 

 Lobe : thefe are oblong, and end in 

 a (harp Point. Between the Leaves, 

 the Flowers are produc'd in loofe 

 Panicles, which are white, having 

 red Summits in the Middle. Thefe 

 Flowers are fucceeded by round 

 Capfules, each being divided into 

 four Cell?, containing fo many fhine- 

 ing black Seeds. The Leaves, when 

 bruifed, fmell like thofe of the 

 Orange-tree ; the Bark and Seeds 

 have a ftrong aromatic Scent, and 

 are very pungent to the Tafte. Thefe 

 are frequently ufed by the Inhabit- 

 ants of the Country to cure the 

 To«th ach ; from whence the Plant 

 had the Name applied to it. 



This Plant is propagated bySeeds, 

 which muft be procured from the 

 Place- of its natural Growth ; for it 

 doth not produce Seeds in England. 

 Thefe Seeds mult be fown in Pots 

 filled wiih light Earth, and plunged 

 into a moderate Hot-bed ; where, 

 fometimes, the Seeds will come up 

 in fix or eight Weeks time ; but it 

 often remains in the Ground a whole 

 Year : fo that if the Plants mould 

 no: appear the firit Seafon, the Pots 

 mould be (helter'd in the Winter, 

 and, early the following Spring, 

 plunged into a frefh Hot bed; which 

 will bring up the Plants, if the Seeds 

 are good. When the Plants are 

 fjur or five Inches high, they fhould 

 be enured to the open Air by de- 

 grees ; and they may be removed 

 abroad in "June, where they may re- 

 main till October ; at which time the 



Pots mould be placed under a 

 Frame, to be fcreened from hard 

 Froft ; but they muft have free Air 

 in mild Weather. 



Thefe Plants mould remain in the 

 Seed -pots until the following Spring, 

 when they mould be tranfplanted 

 each into a feparate fmall Pot ; and 

 if they are then plunged into a mo- 

 derate Hot-bed, it will greatly pro- 

 mote their Growth ; but they fhould 

 be harden'd again to the open Air, 

 and placed abroad in Summer, in a 

 (helter'd Situation ; and in Winter 

 they muft be again placed under a 

 Frame, and fo treated for two or 

 three Years, till the Plants have ob- 

 tain'd Strength ; then, in the Spring 

 of the Year, fome of the Plants may 

 be fhaken out of the Pots, preferving 

 a Ball of Earth to their Roots, and 

 planted in the full Ground, on a 

 fhelter'd Situation, where they will 

 live through the ordinary Winters 

 without Shelter ; but as they are 

 fometimes deftroyed by hard Froft, 

 it will be proper to keep fomePlants 

 in Pots, to be melter'd in the Win- 

 ter, to preferve the Kind. 



Thefe Plants Ihed their Leaves in 

 Winter, and theLeaves feldom come 

 out April following. They de- 

 light in a loofe rich Soil, not too 

 wet, nor very dry : in the one, they 

 are often kill'd by Moifture in 

 Winter ; and in the other, they 

 frequently die in Summer, unlefs 

 they are duly watered. 



ZINZIBER, Ginger. 

 The Characters are ; 



The Flower (for the m~fi part) 

 confijls of five Leaves, 'which me 

 fiiaped fomevjbat like tbofe ef thelris : 

 thefe are produadin axHrad or Clisb % 

 each coming out of a f pirate ie^fy 

 Scale : the Ovary afterward bcco»i?t 

 a triangular Fruit having three Cc lh % 

 which contain the Siais. 



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