M O 



M O 



Flowers, which continue long in 

 Beauty ; efpec ; a!ly if they are placed 

 in a moift fhady Situation, where 

 they kit near two Months in Flower, 

 in July and Auguft. This is an 

 abiding Plant, which propagates 

 eafily by its trailing Branche , which, 

 lying upon the Ground, ftrike out 

 Roots i fo may be taken off, and 

 tranfplanted : it may be alio propa- 

 gated by Slips, in the fame manner 

 as Mint, or by parting of the Roots. 

 The beft time to tranfplant them is 

 in the Autumn, that they may be 

 well rooted before the Froft comes 

 on ; and then there will be no Dan- 

 ger of* their fuffering by Cold, nor 

 from the dry Weather in the Spring; 

 fo will flower ftrong. This Sort will 

 abide the feverefl Cold, in the open 

 .Air. 



The fecond Sort produces Flow- 

 ers of a yellowifh Colour, fpotted 

 with black ; which, together with 

 the purple Leaves, which embrace 

 the Stalks juft under the Whorles of 

 Flowers, make a fine Appearance. 

 This and the third Sorts feldom con- 

 tinue longer than two Years ; and as 

 they feldom produce good Seeds in 

 England^ fothey are not fo common 

 as the firft Sort in the Englifh Gar- 

 dens. The fourth Sort will con- 

 tinue^many Years, and may be pro- 

 pagated in the fame manner as the 

 frit ; but as {here is little Beauty in 

 r, few Perfons preferve it in their 

 Gardens. 



When the Seeds of thefe Plants 

 are obtained from America, they 

 fhould be fcwn upon a Bed of light 

 Rarth in Spring ; and, if ft 4* kept 

 jnoift, many of the Plants will come 

 up the firft Seafon ; but they often 

 lie in the Ground till the Year af 

 ter; fo the Ground mould not be 

 difturbed. 



MONBIN, The Hog Plum- 

 tree. 



The Char a tiers are ; 



It hath a roje-foaped Floiver, con' 

 fifing of federal Leaves, uohich are 

 ranged in a circular Order ; from 

 <whofe Cup arifes the Pointal, which 

 afterivard beco?nes an oval flefiy foft 

 Fruit inclofng an hard Stone, in <whicb 

 are contained four Ker?ieh or Seeds. 



We have but one Sort of this 

 Tree ; viz. 



Monbin arbor, foliis fraxini^ 

 fruclu luteo racsmofo. Plum. Nov.Gett, 

 The Hog Plum-tree, vulgo. 



This Tree is a Native of the 

 warmefl Parts of America, where it 

 grows in the Savanna**, a*id low 

 marfhy Places, in great Plenty. It 

 rifes to be forty or fifty Feet high, 

 and divides into a great many crook- 

 ed Branches, which are befet with 

 winged Leaves fomewhat like chofe 

 of the Afh - tree. The Flowers, 

 which appear in the Spring, are pro- 

 duced in large pyramidal Bunches at 

 the Extremity of the Branches, which 

 are of a white Colour, and are very 

 fweet : thefe nre fucceeded by feve- 

 ral yellow oval-fhaped Plums, grow- 

 ing in Cluflers. The Wood of this 

 Tree, being foft, is ufed inftead of 

 Cork, to flop Bottles, in America. 



This, being a very tender Tree, 

 muft be conftantly kept in the Stove, 

 othervvife it cannot be preferved in 

 this Country. It may be propagated 

 by Cuttings (which is the moft com- 

 mon Method praclifed in America ) ; 

 but if thefe are to be brought into 

 England, they fhould be planted 

 pretty clofe together in Tubs of 

 Earth, and placed in a fhady Situa- 

 tion, until they have taken good 

 Root, before they are put on board 

 the Ship ; and in their Paflage they 

 muft be kept from fait Water : When 

 they arrive in pretty good Health, 

 they fhould be carefully taken out of 

 the Tubs, and each planted into a 

 feparate Pot filled with light rich 



Earth, 



