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ihall omit mentioning them in this 

 Place. Thefe may be propagated 

 by fowing their Seeds in March, 

 upon a Bed of frelh light Earth, in 

 an open Situation, where they may 

 remain to flower and feed; being 

 careful to clear them from Weeds, 

 as alfo to pull up the Plants, where 

 they come up too thick ; but they 

 do not fucceed well, if tranfplanted ; 

 therefore mould alwys remain where 

 they are fown. 

 MYOSURUS, Moufe-tail. 

 This Plant is very near akin to 

 the Ranunculus, in which Genus it 

 is ranged by fome Botanifts ; the 

 Flowers are extremely fmall, and 

 are fucceeded by long {lender Spikes 

 of Seeds, refembling the Tail of a 

 Moufe, from whence it had the 

 Name. It grows wild upon moiit 

 Grounds in divers Parts of England, 

 where it flowers the Latter-end of 

 April ; and the Seeds ripen in a 

 Month after, when the Plants de- 

 cay, being annual. It is never cul- 

 tivated in Gardens; fo I Ihall not 

 trouble the Reader with any farther 

 Account of it. 



MYRICA, The Candleberry My r- 

 fle, vulgo ; or Gale, or Sweet Wil- 

 low ; by fome, Myrtus Brabantica, 

 or Dutch Myrtle. 



The Chataclers are ; 

 Thefe are Male and Female in dif- 

 ferent Plants : the Male Plants pro- 

 duce oblong loofe fcaly Kfltkins : in each 

 of the Scales is produced one moon-Jhap- 

 ed Flower, having no Petals.^ in each of 

 nvhich there are four or fix Stamina : 

 the Female Flowers have no Stami- 

 na, but an oval Pointal, fupporting 

 two Styles : the Pointal afterward 

 changes to a Berrv, in which is in- 

 cluded one roundijh Seed. 

 The Species are ; 

 I. Myrica film lanceolatis,fru- 

 &u ficco. Lin. Flor. Mas & faemin*. 



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The dale, Sweet W'illow, or Dutch 

 Myrtle, Male and Female. 



2 . Myrica foliis lanceolatis, fru- 

 c7u baccato. Lin. Hort. Cliff. Mas & 

 faemina. Candleberry Myrtle with 

 intire Leaves, Male and Female. 



3. Myrica foliis lanceolatis utrin- 

 que acuminatis ferratis ; mas iff far- 

 mina. Candleberry Myrtle with 

 pointed fa wed Leaves, Male and Fe- 

 male. 



4. Myrica foliis oblong is alter- 

 natim finuatis. Lin. Hort. Cliff. Mas 

 iff faemina. Candleberry Myrtle 

 with Spleenwort - leaves, Male and 

 Female. 



. 5. Myrica foliis oblongis oppofite 

 finuatis. Lin. Hort. Cliff. African 

 Candleberry-tree, with oblong finu- 

 ated Leaves, commonly called Afri- 

 can Bay with Oak-leaves. 



The firft Sort grows plentifully 

 upon Bogs in many Parts of England, 

 where it rifes with many Stems from 

 the Root, and fdmetimes grows up- 

 ward of four Feet high This Sort 

 creeps very much at the Root, when 

 it grows upon a moid boggy Soil, 

 whereby it foon fpreads over a large 

 Tract of Ground, and forms a clofe 

 Thicket ; but it is with great Diffi- 

 culty maintain'd in Gardens, efpe- 

 cially if the Soil is dry ; for in fuck 

 Places it will fcarce live thro' one 

 Summer, unlefs it be frequently wa- 

 tered. Where this Shrub grows in 

 plenty, it is fo fragrant (especially 

 after a Shower of Rain) as to per- 

 fume the Air to a great Diilance, 

 during the Spring and Summer, 

 when they have their Leaves; for in 

 Winter they call their Leaves j 

 though in mild Seafons they often 

 retain them till Chrifimas, or later. 

 The Wood of thefe Shrubs, being 

 burnt, emits a fragrant Ordour, 

 equal to that of the Myrtle-tree; as 

 do the Leaves when bruifed. There 

 Nnn 3 have 



