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will not produce them in Europe. 

 Thefe Seeds fhould be Town in Pots 

 filled with light fandy Earth, and 

 then plunged into an Hot- bed of 

 Tanners Bark, where the Plants will 

 come up in about three Weeks, pro- 

 vided the Bed is kept warm, and the 

 Earth often watered. When the 

 Plants are up, they fhould be kept 

 in a temperate Hot- bed, and fre- 

 quently refreshed with Water j but 

 it muft not be given them in large 

 Quantities ; for they are very fuccu- 

 lent, and fubject to penfh with 

 a greatDegree of Moifture, efpecially 

 while they are young. When the 

 Plants are about two Inches high, 

 they fhould, be carefully taken out 

 of the Pots, in. which they were fown, 

 and each planted in a feparate final 1 

 Pot, filled with frefh 'light fandy 

 Earth, and then plunged into the 

 Hot-bed again ; obferving to made 

 them in the Heat of the Day until 

 they have taken new Root. In this 

 Hot- bed the Plants may remain un- 

 til the Middle or Latter-end or Sep- 

 tember, when they mull: be removed 

 into the Stove, and plung'd into the 

 Tan- bed, in the warmeit Part of 

 the Stove ; for they are very tender 

 Plants while young; therefore muft 

 be kept very warm, otherwife they 

 will not live through the Winter in 

 this Country. In the Spring follow- 

 jing the Plants may be United into 

 fomewhat larger Pots, and then 

 plunged into a frefh Plot bed to 

 [forward their Growth ; for if they 

 are not pufhed on while they are 

 young, they feldom grow to any 

 Size, nor will they ever flowe; ; fo 

 that in order to have them in any 

 Beauty, they muft be carefully ma- 

 naged. The Height to which thefe 

 plants ufually grow, is five or fix 

 Feet ; and they divide into feveral 

 Branches, which are iucculent ; as 

 are alio the Leaves, which are as 

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thick, and full of Moifture, as Pur- 

 flain; and being ever-green, they 

 make an agreeable Diverfity among 

 o.her tender Exotic Plants in the 

 Stove ; for they are too tender fo 

 be removed into the open Air in 

 this Country, even in the warmed 

 Seafon of the Year. The Leaves of 

 this Plant are very fubject to con- 

 tract Filth, by being conftantly 

 kept in the Stove ; therefore they 

 fhould be warned with a Sponge 

 frequently, to keep them clean, 

 otherwife they will appear unfightly. 



LOBUS ECH1NATUS. Vide 

 Bonduc. 



LONCHITIS, Rough Spleen- 

 wort. 



The Characters are ; 

 The Leaves are like tkofe of the 

 Fern; but the Pinnule are eaSd 

 at their Bafe : the Fruit alfo is like 

 that of the Fern. 



The Species are ; 



1. Loncmitis afpzra. Ger. 

 Rough Spieenwort. 



2. Lonchitis afpera major. Ger, 

 Smke. Greater rough Spieenwort. 



The fir ft of thefe Plants is very 

 common in fhady Woods, by the 

 Sides of fmall Rivulets in divers 

 Parts of England: but the fecond 

 Sort is not quite fo common, and 

 has been brought into feveral cu- 

 rious Botanic Gardens from the 

 Mountains in Wales. There are alfo 

 great Variety of thefe Plants in 

 America, which at prcfent are 

 Strangers in the European Gardens. 

 They are feldom cultivated but in 

 Botanic Gardens, for the fake of 

 Variety ; where they muft have a 

 moift Soil, and fhady Situation. 



LONICERA, Upright Honey- 

 fuckle, <vulgo. 



The Characters of this Gen sis 

 are ; 



The Flonucr is tuhulous, and of cue 

 Lccf which is deeply cut into fever 

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