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the Embryo ; and is furrounded by 

 another Cup as a Sheath t in which are 

 qiany roundijh and angular Seeds. 



We have but one Sort of this 

 Plant ; vise. 



Morin a. Orientalis, car Una folio. 

 Tourn. Cor. Eaftern Morina, with 

 a Leaf of the Carline Thiftle. 



This Plant was difcovered by Dr. 

 Toumrfrt, in his Travels in the Le- 

 vant, who gave it this Name in Ho- 

 nour toDr. Mori » t aPhyfcian uParis. 



This Plant is propagated by Seed, 

 which fliould be fown foon after it 

 is ripe in the Autumn, otherwife the 

 Plants will not come up the follow- 

 ing Summer ; for I have feveral 

 times obferved, where the Seeds have 

 been fown in the Spring, they have 

 remained in 'the Ground fourteen or 

 fifteen Months before the Plants 

 have appeared. Thefe Seeds fhould 

 be fown in the Places where the 

 Plants are to remain, becaufe they 

 fend forth Tap-roots, which run 

 very deep into the Ground ; and 

 when thefe are broken or injured 

 in tranfplanting, the Plants feldom 

 thrive after. They may be fown 

 in open Peds or Borders of freih light 

 Earth, being careful to mark the 

 Places, that the Ground may not be 

 difturbed ; for it frequently happens, 

 that the Seeds do not come up the 

 firft Year, when they are fown in 

 Autumn ; but when they are fown 

 jn the Spring, they never come up 

 the fame Year. The Ground where 

 1 the Seeds are fown muft be kept 

 clear from Weeds ; which is all that 

 is neceiTary to be done until the 

 Plants come up ; when, if theSeafon 

 fliould prove dry, it will be proper 

 to refrelh them two or three times 

 a Week with Water : and where 

 they come up too clofe together* 

 they mould be thinned fo as to leave 

 them near eighteen Inches apart : 

 after which time they will require 



no other Culture but to keep them 

 conftantly clear from Weeds ; and 

 in the Spring, juft before the Plants 

 put out new Leaves, to ftir the 

 Ground gently between them ; and 

 lay a little frelh Earth over the Sur- 

 face of the Bed, to encourage the 

 Plants. 



In Autumn thefe Plants decay to 

 the Ground, and fend forth new 

 Leaves the following Spring : but 

 it Will be three Years from the time 

 of the Plants firft coming up, to their 

 Flowering ; tho' after that time they 

 will flower every Seafon ; and the 

 Roots will continue many Years, 

 provided they are not difturbed. 

 Thefe Plants, when in Flower, make 

 an agreeable Diverfity, when mixed 

 with other hardy flowering peren- 

 nial Plants ; and as they do not re- 

 quire much Care to cultivate them, 

 they deferve room in every good 

 Flower garden. 



MORUS, The Mulberry-tree. 

 The Characlers are ; 

 7/ hath large rough roundifk Leaves: 

 the Male Fl.voers ( or Kutkins, vohich 

 have a Calyx confijling of four 

 Leaves ) are fometimes produced upon 

 feparate Trees, at other times at re- 

 mote Difances from the Fruit cn the 

 fame 'Iree : the Fruit is compofed of 

 feveral Protuberances, to each of 

 vohich adhere four f ma 11 Leaves: the 

 Seeds are roundijh, grovoing Jingly in 

 each Protuberance. 

 The Species are ; 



1. Morus fruclu nigro. C. B. P. 

 The common black Mulberry. 



2. Morus fruclu albo. C.B.P. 

 The white Mulberry. 



3. Morus fruclu nigro minori, 

 foliis eleganter iaciniatis. Tourn. 

 The leiler black Mulberry, with 

 Leaves neatly jagged. 



4. Morus fruclu albo minor i, ex 

 albo purpurafcente. Tourn. The 

 fmall purpliih-white Mulberry. 



* 5. Morus 



