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Air; and may afterward be removed 

 into it, and treated in the fame 

 manner as the old Plants. 



If they are propagated by Cut- 

 tings, the beft time for planting 

 them is in July, after the Plants have 

 been expofed to the open Air for 

 about a Month ; by which time the 

 Shoots will be hardened fo as to be 

 out of Danger of rotting with a little 

 Moiiture. Thefe Cuttings mould 

 be planted in fmall Pots filled with 

 light Earth, and plunged into a mo- 

 derate Hot-bed : and if they are 

 fcreened from the Violence of the 

 Sun in the Middle of the Day, they 

 will be rooted in about fix Weeks 

 time; when they muft be hardened 

 gradually to bear the open Air, and 

 afterward treated as the»o!d Plants. 

 The laft Sort has been long in the 

 . Englijb Gardens, and is commonly 

 called the Ilex-leav'cl Jafmine. This 

 Plant was brought from the Cape cf 

 Good Hope \ fo is not very tender; 

 therefore maybe preferved in a good 

 Green-houfe in Winter : but during 

 that Seafon it muft have a large 

 Share of Air in mild Weather, other- 

 wife it is apt to grow mouldy ; and 

 this will caufe the tender Branches 

 to decay. I/, the Summer-feafon it 

 may be expofed in the open Air, 

 with other Green-houfe Plants, in a 

 metered Situation, where it will add 

 to the Variety : and altho' the 

 Flowers are fmall, and are produced 

 fingly from between the Leaves, fo 

 do not make any great Appearance; 

 yet as there is a Succeffion of thefe 

 Flowers moll Part of the Year, and 

 the Leaves continuinggreen through- 

 out the Year, it is worthy of a Place 

 in every Collection of Plants. 

 LAPATHUM, The Dock. 



The Characters are ; 

 The TLmpahment of the Flower is 

 compofed of three fmall Leaves, mhich 

 are refit xid : the Flower hath tb es 



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Leaves, which are larger than tbcftr 

 of the Empalement, and are coloured: 

 in the Centre cf the Flower is filiated 

 the three-cornered Pcintal, fupporting 

 three fmall Styles, and is attended by 

 fix Stamina : the Pointal afterward 

 beromes a triangular Sted, inclofd bj 

 the Petals cf the Flower. 

 The Species are ; 



1. Lapathum prsefantiffimum, 

 Rhaba rbarum off cinaru m di 3 u m .i\Ior. 

 Hif. The Pontic Rhubarb. 



2. Lapathum Alpinmn, folio fub- 

 rotundo. Mar. Hif. Round-leav'd 

 Alpine Dock, by fome called Monks 

 Rhubarb. 



3. Lapathum kcrtenf, folio ob- 

 Jof/go, fve fecundum Diofcoridis. C. 



B. P. Long-leav'd Garden-dock, 

 or Patience. 



4. Lapathum folio acuta piano. 



C. B. P. Sharp pointed Dock. 



5. Lapathum folio acuta crifpo. 

 C. B. P. Curled iliarp -pointed 

 Dock. 



6 Lapathum folio a cut rubente. 

 C.B.P. Blood wort or lharp-pointed 

 Dock, with red Veins, and Foot* 

 ilalks to the Leaves. 



7. Lapathum folio acuta, fiarg 

 aureo. C B. P. Sharp-pointed Dock, 

 with golden Flowers. 



8 . Lapathum acutum minimum. 

 J. B. The lead (harp - pointed 

 Dock. 



9 . Lapathum w ^gire, folio *b - 

 tufo. J. B. Common broad- leav'd 

 Dock, vulgarly calPd the Butter- 

 dock. 



10. Lapathum fylveflre, folio 

 fubrolundo, feminis in^colucris jdenta- 

 tis nobis. Mor. Hif. Common broad* 

 leav'd Dock, with indented Covers 

 to the Seeds. 



11. Lapathum aquaticum, folio 

 cubitali. C.B. P. Great Water-dock. 



12. Lapathum aquaticum minus. 

 C. B. P. LelTer Water-dock. 



13. Lapathum pukhrum Bo?o~ 

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