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out fpoiling them ; and where there 

 are two Plants produced from the 

 fame Nut, they are eafily feparated, 

 when they are tranfplanted. Thele 

 Seeds will continue good for fome 

 Years ; for I had faved a pretty 

 large Quantity of them in the Year 

 1734. Part of which I fowed the 

 following Year, but had not one 

 Plant produced ; the Remainder of 

 the Seeds I divided, and fowed fome 

 of them every iucceeding Year, 

 without any Succefs, until the Year 

 1738. when I fowed all the Seeds 

 I had left, from which I had one 

 Plant produced : fo that if the 

 Seeds are good, it is evident they 

 will grow w hen they are four Years 

 old. Therefore, whenever we re- 

 ceive good Seeds from abroad, or 

 fave any in this Country which are 

 perfectly ripened, it will be proper 

 to preferve fome of them for a 

 Yearor two, left a bad Seafon mould 

 happen, when the Plants may not 

 perfect their Seeds ; fo that if this 

 Precaution be not taken, the Species 

 may be loft in Europe. 



The third Sort dies to the Root 

 every Winter, and rifes again the 

 fucceeding Sprii.g : this mult be con- 

 ftantly preferved in the Stove, and 

 plunged into the Bark-bed, other- 

 wife it will not thrive in this Coun- 

 try. During theWinter-feafon, when 

 the Plants are decayed, they mould 

 have but little Water given to them ; 

 for Moifture at that time will rot 

 the Roots. In the Beginning of 

 March, juft before the Plants begin 

 to moot, is the proper Seafon to 

 tranfplant and part the Roots ; when 

 they (hould be planted into Pots of 

 a middle Size, filled with light rich 

 Earth, and then plunged into the 

 Bark-bed, which Ihould at this 

 time be renewed with frefh Tan. 

 When the Plants come up, they 

 mult be frequently refrelhed with 



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Water ; but it mud not be given to 

 them in largeQuantities,left itrot their 

 tender Roots ; and as the Warmth 

 of the Seafon increafes, it will be 

 proper to admit a large Share of 

 fremAir, which will greatly Itrength- 

 en the Plants ; but they muft con- 

 llantly remain in the Stove, other- 

 wife they will not produce Flowers 

 in this Country, The time of their 

 Flowering is in the End of July, and 

 in Augujl ; but in Oclober the Plants 

 die to their Roots. 



MARVEL OF PERU. Fide 

 Jalapa. 



MA RUM, Maftich.^ 

 The Characters are ; 



// is a Plant with a Lip- fewer \ 

 confifing of one Leaf ; but has no 

 Galea (orCreft), the Stamina/^- 

 plying the Place of it ; hut the Under- 

 lip is divided into five large Segments, 

 the middlemojl of which is hollow like 

 a Spoon : thefe Flowers are produced 

 Jingle from the Wings of the Leaves : 

 to which may be added, It has the Ap- 

 pearance of a Shrub, and an hot vo- 

 latile Smell. 



We have but one Species of this 

 Plant at prefent in England-, which 

 is, 



Ma rum Syria cum vel Creticuml 

 H. L. Syrian Maftich, vulgo. 



This Plant is propagated by plant- 

 ing Cuttings, in any of the Summer- 

 months, upon a Bed of frem light 

 Earth, obferving to water and made 

 them, until they have taken Root ; 

 after which they may be tranfplant- 

 ed either into Pots or Borders of the 

 fame frem light rich Earth : but the 

 greateft Difficulty is, to preferve it 

 from the Cats ; which will come 

 from a great Diftance to tear this 

 Plant in Pieces, and from which 

 there is fcarcely any guarding it, es- 

 pecially near Towns and Cities, 

 where there are many of thefe Ani- 

 mals , unlefsby planting large Quan- 

 tities 



