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are of a dark Copper-colour, ap- 

 proaching t6 black : thefe are con- 

 tinued in Succeffion upward of nine 

 Months ; fo that the Plants are never 

 deftuute of Flowers, but in the mid- 

 dle of Winter, which renders them 

 more valuable. 



This may be propagated by 

 Seeds, which fnould be fown upon 

 a moderate Hot-bed early in the 

 Spring : and when the Plants are 

 fit to remove, they mould be each 

 planted ir.to a fcparare fmall Pot 

 filled with light Earth, and plunged 

 into a frelh Hot-bed, to bring them 

 forward : but they muft not be kept 

 too clofe ; for that will caufe them 

 to draw up weak: they muft alfo 

 be hardened to bear the open Air, 

 into which they ihould be removed 

 in June ; and in July they will be- 

 gin to flower : during the Summer- 

 jieafon thefe Plants Ihould remain 

 abroad in a flickered Situation ; but 

 in Autumn they muft be removed 

 into the Confervatory ; for the early 

 Frofts in Autumn will foon deftroy 

 them, if they are expofed to the 

 open Air. Thefe Plants Ihould be 

 placed in a very dry Glafs-cafe in 

 Winter, where they may be pre- 

 ferved from Damps ; for they are 

 very fubjedl to grow mouldy in 

 damp Weather, and this often de- 

 itroys them j fo that they can fel- 

 dom be preferved in a common 

 Green-houfe : and if they are pla- 

 ced in a Stove, they are apt to draw- 

 Bp weak, and rendered fhort-liv'd. 

 The Seeds of this Pla, t commonly 

 ripen well in England, when the 

 .Summers are warm : but when they 

 fail, the Plants may be propagated 

 by Cuttings, which muft be planted 

 in Pois, and plunged into an Hoi- 

 bed ; where, if they are fhaded 

 from the Sun in the Heat of the' 

 Day, and duly watered, they will 

 foon :?.kc Root i and afterward muft 



be treated as hath been directed fo? 



the Seedling-plants. 



The fixth Sort is an annual Plant^ 

 which by many People is fown here- 

 and there, in fmall Patches, upon 

 the Borders of the Flower-garden, 

 with other fmall Annuals, amongft 

 which it makes a pretty Variety. 



The Flowers of this Plant (which 

 are in form of a Pea-bloftbm ) 

 are of a deep- red Colour, and are 

 fucceeded by Pods with four Angles 

 or Wings (which occafioned their 

 being called Winged Peas) contain- 

 ing feveral hard round Seeds. The 

 Pods of this Sort are by fome Per- 

 fons eaten as Peas when young ; and 

 are cultivated in fome Gardens as 

 an efculcnt Plant. 



It is eafily propagated by fowing 

 the Seeds in March or Aprils upon 

 the Borders where they are to re- 

 main ; for they do not thrive fo 

 well when tranfplanted : and they 

 will require no farther . Care than 

 only to keep them clear from Weeds. 

 In June they will begin to flower, 

 and continue till Augtlft, foon after 

 whicn their Seeds will ripen. 



The feventh Sort is only a Varie- 

 ty of the fixth, from which it differs 

 in having a variegated Leaf: this. 

 Difference it commonly retains from 

 Seeds, which is what few other 

 Plants will do. This may be pro- 

 pagated as the former. 



The eighth Sort is only preferved 

 in fome Gardens, more for the Odd- 

 nefs of its Pods, which very much 

 refemble aBird*s Foot, than for any 

 particular Beauty of the Plant : but 

 in a large Garden it may be admitted, 

 for the fake of Variety. This may 

 be propagated in the fame manner 

 as the two former ; and is alio an- 

 nual, as they. 



The ninth Sort is a biennial 

 Plant : this is. found wild in Portu- 

 gal and Spaih t growing upon the 



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