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7. Moly mof chat urn, capillacsj 

 folio. C. B.P. The fweet Moly of 

 Montpelicr, <vulgo. 



There are fomc other Varieties of 

 this Plant, which are preferv'd in 

 curious Botanic Gardens abroad ; 

 but thofe here mentioned are what I 

 have obferv'd in the Englijb Gar- 

 dens. 



They are all very hardy Plants, 

 and may be eafily multiplied by 

 their Off-fets, which they fend forth 

 in great Plenty : the belt Sea. on to 

 tranfplant them is in Auguji or Sep- 

 tember, juft after their Leaves decay ; 

 for if they are permitted to remain 

 long after, and the Seafon fhould 

 prove moift, they will fend forth 

 frefli Fibres, when it will be too late 

 to remove them, unlefs they are 

 taken up with Bajls of Earth. 



They will grow in almoft any Soil 

 or Situation ; but will thrive bell in 

 a light fandy Soil, and an open Ex- 

 pofure. 



They commonly produce their 

 Flowers in May and June, except 

 the fweet - fcented Montpelier Kind, 

 which feldom flowers till Augujl\ and 

 are pretty Varieties in the large Bor- 

 ders of the Pleafure- garden, where, 

 being intermix'd with other bulbous- 

 rooted Flowers, they afford an agree- 

 able Variety ; but they mould not 

 be permitted to remain longer than 

 two Years before they are tranfplant- 

 cd, becaufe they produce a great 

 Number of Off- fets (efpecially Ho- 

 sier's Moly), which, if not taken 

 from the old. Roots, willftarve them, 

 and caufe their Flowers to be very 

 weak. 



MOMORDICA, Male Balfam- 

 apple. , 



The Charatfers are ; 

 The Flower confijls of one Leaf is 

 of the expanded bell Jbaped Kind, but 

 f& deeply cuf 9 as to appear composed of 

 five dijliafi Leaves : thefe Flowers 



are fome Male ( or barren ), others 

 Female, growing upon the Top of the 

 Embryo^ which is afterward chang- 

 ed into a Fruit, which is fefjy, and 

 fometimes more or lefs tapering, and 

 hollow 1 and when ripe, ufually 

 burfts, and cajis forth the Seeds with 

 an Eiafticity ; which Seeds are wrap- \ 

 ped up in a membranous Covering, and 

 are, for the mofi part, indented on 

 their Edges. 



The Species are ; 



1 . Momordica vulgaris . Tourn. 

 The common Male Baliam-apple. 



2. Momordica Zeylanica 9 pam- 

 pinea fronde, fruclu breviori. lourn. 

 Male Balfam apple of Ceylon, with 

 Vine-leaves, and a longer Fruit. 



3. Momordica Zeylanica, pam- 

 pinea fronde, fruclu longiori. Tourn. 

 Male Balfam- apple of Ceylon, with 

 Vine leaves, and a longer Fruit. 



4 Momordica Americana, fru- 

 clu rctic'ulato ficco. Com. Rar. Male 

 Balfam-apple of America- 9 vjit\i a dry 

 netted Fruit. 



Thefe Plants are all annual : their 

 Seeds muft be fovvn on an Hot-bed 

 the Beginning of March ; and, when 

 the Plants come up, they fhould be 

 tranfplanted out into a frefh Hot- 

 bed, after the manner of Cucum- 

 bers or Melons, putting two Plant* 

 of the fame Kind under each Light, 

 and the Plants watered and Ihaded 

 until they have taken Root; after 

 which they muft be treated as Cu- 

 cumbers, permitting their Branches 

 to extend upon the Ground in the 

 fame manner, and obferve to keep 

 them clear from Weeds. 



With this Management (provided 

 you do not let them have too much 

 Wet, or expofe them too much to 

 the open Air) they will produce their 

 Fruit in July, and their Seeds will 

 ripen in Augufi, when you muftob- 

 ferve to gather it as foon as you fee 

 the Fruit open, otherwife it will be 



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