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. 2 . Ml tell a Americana, fo mm 

 fetalis fimbriates, T. American Mi- 

 ; tella, with fringed Flower-leaves. 



3. Mi tell a Americana, fore 



• Jguallide purpurea rui/lofo. Boerb. hid. 

 American Mitella, with hair/ Flow- 



■ ers, of a dirty purple Colour. 



4. Mite LL a Americana maxima 

 \ tintloria. Inft. R. H. The Am otto, 

 1 or Anotto ; and by the French called 



Rocou. 



The three firft Sorts are preferved 



• in curious Botanic Gardens for Va- 

 j riety ; but there being very little 

 i Beauty in their Flowers, they are 

 1 feldom propagated in Gardens for 



Pleafure. They are very hardy, and 

 I will thrive in almoft: any Soil or 

 Situation, and may be propagated 

 either from Seeds, or by parting their 



• Roots, which may be done either in 

 Spring or Autumn, in the manner 

 as is praclifed for Polyanthus's, &c. 



land being planted in a fhady Sicua- 

 ! tion, will grow very vigoroufiy ; fo 

 •that, for the fake of Variety, a few 

 ' Roots may be admitted in fhady Sor- 

 ters, where few berter Plants will 

 thrive. 



The fourth Sort rifes to the Height 

 of ten or twelve Feet, and hath a 

 woody Stem, which is befet with 

 many Branches at the Top, which 

 are furniuYd with broad Leaves, 

 fhap'd fomevvhat like an Heart : 

 ifrom thefe Branches the Flowers 

 come out in fmail Ciufters, which 

 zonfiil: of feveral Leaves, and ex- 

 pand in farm of a Role : thefe are of 

 1 pale F!efh-co!our. The Flowers 

 ire fucceeded by brown Pod>, fnap'd 

 ike a Mitre, and are echinated on 

 he Outfide in the fame manner as 

 he Cheftnut ; in which Pods are 

 ontained many irregular Seeds, 

 -vhich are of a red Colour. 

 I The Seeds of this Plant are ufed 

 n dyeing, and the Indians make ufe 

 f this Colour to paint their Bodies, 

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efpscially when they go to War 5 frj 

 order, as fome fuppoie, to prevent 

 their difcovering the Blood when 

 they are wounded, being almoft of 

 the fame Colour ; fo is fuppofed to 

 make them courageous But the chief 

 Ufe of it is to prevent the Mufke- 

 ta's and Flies from annoying them. 

 This Dye is alfo mix'd with Cho- 

 colate to give "it a Colour. 



It grows in the warmed Parts of 

 America , from whence the Seeds are 

 pretty frequently lenC into Ene/anJ. 

 Thefe Seeds (hou'd be fown early in 

 the Spring of the Year, v in imall 

 Pols filled with light rich Earth, 

 which mould be plunged into a 

 moderate Hot bed of Tanners Bark. 

 When the Plants are come up two 

 Inches high, they mould be care- 

 fully tranlplantcd, each into a fepa- 

 rate fmall Pot rilled with light rich 

 Earth, and then plunged a^ain into 

 theTanners Bark, obfervir.g to made 

 them from the Sun, until they have 

 taken new Root. With this Ma- 

 nagement the Plants will grow to be 

 a Foot high by the middle of Jnly % 

 and will have filled the Pots with 

 their Roots ; therefore they fnould 

 then be fhakeri out of the Pots, and 

 put into Pots a little larger, and 

 plunged aga : n into the Hot-bed, 

 and managed as before. Thefe Plants 

 may remain in the Hot-bed until to- 

 ward Michaelmas, when the Nights 

 begin to be cold ; at which time 

 they mult be remov'd into the Stove* 

 and plunged into the Bark - bed, 

 where they may enjoy a good Share 

 of Warmth in the Winter - feafon, 

 Otherwife they cannot be preferv'd 

 in this Country : they mufl be fre- 

 quently refrefn'd with Water, during 

 the Winter-feafon ; but they fhoulcj 

 not have too much given to them 

 each time, efpeciaily if they mould 

 call their Leave?, which they fre* 

 auently do toward the Spring. 

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