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the former. This ufually grows 

 about three Feet high. 



The fourth Sort was difcovered 

 by Mr. Clayton in Virginia, growing 

 in Lancafer County, near a River : 

 the Leaves of this Sort are deeply 

 iinuated, fomewhat like thofe of the 

 Spleenwort ; and it is narrower than 

 either of the former Sorts. This is 

 but of humble Growth, feldom rifmg 

 above three or four Feet high. All 

 thefe three Sorts produce Berries, 

 from whence the Wax is taken with- 

 out Diftinclion. Thefe are propa- 

 gated by Seeds, which are procured 

 from America ; and as they do not 

 arrive in England u\\ the Spring, fo 

 being at that Seafon put into the 

 Ground, the Plants feldom appear 

 till the Year after : therefore the beft 

 Method is, to fow the Seeds in Pots, 

 or Tubs of Earth, placing them in a 

 Situation where they may receive the 

 morning Sun till Ten or Eleven o' 

 Clock ; obfervin^ in cry Weather to 

 moiften the Earth, as alfo to keep 

 them clear from Weeds. In this 

 Place they may remain till Oclober, 

 when they fiiould be removed into a 

 warmer Situation for the Winter- 

 feafon ; and if the Froft mould be 

 fevere, it will be proper to cover the 

 Earth with Straw or Peas haulm to 

 keep out the Froft ; and about the 

 Beginning of March the Pots fhould 

 be placed on a moderate Hot - bed, 

 which will bring up the Plants in a 

 fhort time after. All thefe Sorts de- 

 light in a moift Soil, and will endure 

 the fevereft Cold of our Climate. 



The fifth Sort is a Native cf the 

 Cape of Good Hope, and was brought 

 from thence into the Gardens in 

 Holland, where it hath been long an 

 Inhabitant ; and was called Laurus 

 Africana minor, quercus folio : but, 

 having produced Flowers, it appears 

 to belong to this Genus. This Sort 

 grows to the Height of {ix ox feven 



Feet, with ftrong woody Stems ; and 

 the Plants are generally formed into 

 regular Heads by the Dutch Gar- 

 deners, who are extremely fond of 

 training all their Plants into the 

 Figures of Balls or Pyramids. 



This Sort is too tender to live 

 through the Winter in the open Air 

 in England ; therefore the Plants are 

 kept in Pots, and placed in the 

 Green-houfe in the Winter ; where 

 being treated in the fame manner as 

 the Orange-tree, they will thrive ex- 

 tremely well. It is propagated by 

 laying down of the Branches ; but 

 thefe are frequently two Years be- 

 fore they take Root, fo that the 

 Plants are not very common in the 

 Gardens. This retains its Leaves 

 through the Winter. 



MYRRHIS, Sweet Cicely. 



The Charafiers are ; 

 It is an umbelliferous Plant, with n 

 rofe -jhr.pcdF lower, con fifing of few era I 

 untqal Petals or Flower-leaves, that 

 ere placed circularly, and refi upon the 

 Empalement ; which turns to a Fruit, 

 compofed of two Seeds, refembling a 

 Bird's Bill, chanelled and gibbous on 

 cne Side, byt plain on the other. 

 The Species are ; 



1. Myrrhis tnagno femine longo 

 fidcato. J. B. Sweet Cicely, or 

 Great fweet Chervil, and by fome 

 call'd Candy Carrot. 



2. Myrrhis annua, femine ftriat& 

 rviilofo incano. M. Umb. Annual 

 fweet Cicely, with hairy ftriatcd 

 Seeds, by fome call'd Candy Carrot. 



3 . Myrrhis Orient a lis, folio an- 

 gujticri, peucedani femine *villofo. 

 Boerh. lad. Eafern fweet Cicely, 

 with a narrow Sulphurvvort-leaf, and 

 hairy Seeds, or The true Candy Car- 

 rot. 



There are many more Sorts of 

 this Plant preferved in the Gar- 

 dens of fuch as are curious in Bo- 

 tany ; but as they are Plants of little 



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