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ntobich opens botb Ways, and contains 

 in each Partition one roundijb Seed. 

 The Species are ; 



1. Mimosa feu f rut ex fenjthilis. 

 foam. The common Senfitive Plant. 



2. Mimosa humilis Jrutefcens iff 

 fpinofa, Jiliquis conglobatis. Plum. 

 Dwarf fhrubby Humble Plant, having 

 Thorns, and the Pods growing to- 

 gether in Bunches. 



3. Mimosa fpinis borridiufcu/a, 

 iff fenjiti<va magis. H. R. Par. Great- 

 er Senfitive or Humbte Plant, with 

 very fharp Thorns. 



4. Mimosa la t if alia, Jiliculis in 

 orbctn gkmeratis. To-urn. Broad leav'd 

 or common Humble Plant. 



5. Mimosa Jpuria de Pernambucq, 

 diH a Mimofa ltalica. Zan. The 

 flothful Senfitive Plant, vuigs. 



.6. Mimosa herbacea procumlens 

 if/ fpinofa, caule quadrangulc, Jiliquis 

 quadri<val<vibus. Houjt. Trailing her- 

 baceous prickly Senfi ive Plant, with 

 fquare Stalks, and Pods having four 

 Cells. 



7 . M I M ? A fruticofa fpinofa, Jili- 

 quis latis birjutis iff articulatis. 

 Houji. Prickly fhrubby Senfitive 

 Plant, with broad hairy jointed Pods. 



8. Mimosa non fpinoja, paluftris 

 iff herbacea, procumbens, fiore luteo 

 plena. Houji, Smooth marfti herba- 

 ceous trailing Senfitive Plant, with 

 full yellow Flowers. 



9 . Mimosa frutefcens fpinoja iff 

 birjuta, tcnuibus acacia foliis, Jili- 

 quis articulatis. Houf. Shrubby 

 prickly and hairy Senfitive Plant, 

 with narrow Leaves like the Acacia, 

 and jointed Pods. 



10. Mimosa bum His frutefcens 

 & fpinoja, foliis aca:i<e latioribus, 

 fliquis conglobatis. Dwarf fhrubby 

 and prickly Senfitive Plant, widi 

 broad Acacia-leaves, and Pods grow- 

 ing in CI ufters. 



11. Mimosa herbacea non fpino r a 

 minima tenuis. S/san. Cat. fam. The 



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leaft creeping herbaceoug Senfitiw 

 Plant, without Spines, commonly 

 call'd Senfitive Grafs. 



There are fome other Species of 

 this Plant, which grow, in the warm 

 Parts of America ; but thoie here 

 mention'd are what I have obkrved 

 in the Englijh Gardens. 



The firlt Sort is commonly known 

 by the Name of Senfitive Plant, to 

 diftkguifh it from the others, which 

 are generally calPd Humble Plants, 

 beeaufe, upon being touch'd, the 

 Pedicles of their Leaves fall down- 

 ward ; whereas the Leaves of the 

 hril Sort are only contracted upon the 

 Touch. 



Thefe Plants are all propagated 

 from Seeds, which muft befown up- 

 on an Hot- bed early in the Spring f 

 and when the Plants come up, the/ 

 muft be tranfplanted into fmall Pots 

 fili'd with light rich Earth, and 

 plunged into a frefh Hot- bed, ob- 

 ierring to water and made them un- 

 til they have taken Root: after 

 which you mutt often refrefh them 

 with Water,, and let them have Air 

 in proportion to the Warmth of the 

 Seaion, always obferving to keep 

 the Bed in a good Temper for Heat, 

 as alfo to cover the GlaiTes every 

 Night with Mars, which will greatly 

 facilitate their Growth, 



With this Management, in about 

 a Month's time, the Plants will have 

 greatly advanced, and their Roofs 

 will fill the Pots : therefore you muft 

 remove them into larger Pots, filling 

 them up with the like rich Earth ; 

 then plunge them into the Hot-bed, 

 obferving to water them well until 

 they have taken Root ; and if you 

 fee the Plants inclinable to droop r 

 when the Sun fhmes warm upon the 

 GlafTes, you muft made them until 

 they have recover'd, and are able to 

 endure the Heat. 



You muft alfo obferve to giv- 

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