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The twenty-fecond and twenty- 

 >third Sorts grow to the Height of 

 five or fix Feet, and will abide feve- 

 ral Years, if carefully preferv'd in 

 Winter from extreme Cold : thefe 

 are commonly preferv'd in the Green- 

 houfe among other Exotic Plants, 

 for tdeir Variety. 



All thefe Sorts may be propagated 

 by Seeds, or Cuttings : but if you 

 propagate them by Seeds, you mould 

 fow them in March upon a Bed of 

 light Earth ; obferving to water the 

 Bed frequently in dry Weather, 

 otherwife the Plants will not come 

 up. About the Middle of May, if 

 your Seeds mould fucceed well, the 

 Plants will be fit to tranfplant out ; 

 at which time you mould put fome 

 of the two laft Sorts into Pots fill'd 

 with frelh light Earth, fetting them 

 in the Shade until they have taken 

 Root ; after which they may be ex- 

 pofed in an open Situation until the 

 latter End of October, when they 

 muft be removed into Shelter. Du- 

 ring the Winter- feafon they muft be 

 frequently water'd, without which 

 they will foon decay ; and in Sum- 

 mer they mull be often prune;!, 

 efpecially the twenty-flrft and tvventy- 

 fecond Sorts, to make them regular ; 

 otherwife they are apt to be very 

 rude and unfightly ; tor they grow 

 very vigoroufly. 



The twenty-firft Sort will produce 

 Flowers and Seeds the iirft Year, 

 and is often treated as an annnal 

 Plant : but if it be houfed in the 

 Winter, it will live very well for 

 two Years ; but they ihould be re- 

 newed every Year, otherwife they 

 are fubject to decay. The Cuttings 

 of the twenty-fecond Sort may be 

 planted in a fhady Border in any of 

 the Summer- months ; which, if 

 carefully watered, will take Root 

 in a Month's time, whereby they 

 may be greatly iacreafed. 



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The Sea Ragwort may be alfd 

 propagated by Cuttings or Slips, 

 which muft be planted and managed 

 as the others; and, when they are 

 rooted, may be tranfplanted into a 

 warm Situation, where they may 

 continue to flower and feed. It is 

 very fubjecl to degenerate When 

 rais'd from Seeds, Whereby the 

 Whitenefs, which is the greateft 

 Beauty of this Plant, is greatly di- 

 minifiied, efpecially upon the upper 

 Parts of their Leaves ; fo that the 

 fureft Method is, to propagate it by 

 Cuttings. 



JALAPA, Marvel of Peru. 

 The Characters are ; 



// hath a long thick flejhy fucculent 

 Root : the Leaves, 'which refemble 

 thofe of ~NightJho.de, grow by Pairs 

 oppojite upon the Branches : the Stalks 

 and Branches are very full of Knots : 

 the Flower confjls of one Leaf, and 

 is Jhaped like a Tunnel: in the Centre 

 of the Flower is placed the Ovary, 

 inwrapp\i in the Flower^cup, which 

 becomes an oblong five-corner' 'd umbili- 

 cated Fruit, confijUng of a mealy 

 Nut. ' 



This Title was given to this Ge- 

 nus of Plants by Dr. Toumcfort, 

 upon the Information which he had 

 received from Father Plumier, that 

 the Jalap which was ufed in Medi- 

 cine was one Species of this Genus ; 

 and accordingly he fuppcfed it to be 

 the feventh Species ; but from bet- 

 ter Authority we are now well af- 

 fured, that the Jalap is a Species of 

 Con-volvulus: however, as thefePlants 

 have, for near half a Century, been 

 known by this Title, I ftiall conti- 

 nue it ; tho' Dr. Linna;us has altered 

 ic to Mirabilis: as by the old Wri- 

 ters in Botany it had been titled 

 Mirabilis Peruviana, from whence 

 the Englijh Name of Marvel of Pe- 

 ru: but fince tne Title of Mirabilis 

 was giv en to this Genus by Dr. lan- 



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