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4& to the Article Perfica, where 

 there is an ample Account of their 

 Planting, Pruning, &C. 



NEPETA. Fide Cataria. 



NERIUM, The Oleander, or 

 Rofe-bay. 



The Charaaers are ; 



The F lowers are monopetalous and 

 funnel-foafd, divided into five Seg- 

 ments at the Top : out of the Flower- 

 cup arifes the Pointal, which becomes 

 a taper Fruit , or Pod, divided into 

 twoCclls by an intermediatePartition, 

 and filled with flat Seeds, which 

 have Down adhering to them. 

 The Species are ; 



1 . N £ r I u M fioribus rubefcentibus . 

 C. B. P. Oleander with red Flow- 

 ers. 



2. Nerium fioribus a/bis. C.B.P. 

 Oleander with white Flowers. 



3. Nerjum hi die urn angufiifoli- 

 um, fioribus odoratis fimplicibus, H.L. 

 Narrovv-leav'd Indian Oleander, with 

 fingle fvveet fcented Flowers. 



4. Nerium Indicum /atifiolium, 

 fioribus odoratis plniis. H. L. Broad- 



Jeav'd Indian Oleander, with double 

 fweet-fcented Flowers. 



5. Nerium Indicum, fiore varie- 

 gato odorato plena. H. Amfi. Indian 

 Oleander, with double fweet-fcented 

 variegated Flowers, commonly call'd 

 South-Sea Rofe. 



6. Nerium fioribus ex albo cif 

 rofieo varicgatis. Town. Cor. Olean- 

 der, or Rofe - bay, with a white 

 Flower Itrip'd with Red. 



7. Nerium Indicum lati folium, 

 fiore rubra majore. Broad-leav'd In- 

 dian Oleander, with a larger red 

 Flower. 



The firft and fecond Sorts are very 

 common in the F.nglijh Gardens, 

 where they are preferv'd in Pots or 

 Tubs, and placed amongft Myrtles, 

 Oranges, iSc. in the Green-houfe : 

 they are pretty hardy Plant?, an.1 

 onlyrequire to be iheltered from hard 



Frofl: ; for in moderate Winters I 

 have known them ftand abroad in 

 warm Borders ; but in hard Frofts 

 they are often deftroy'd, if expos'd 

 thereto. 



Thefe may be placed in Winter in 

 an ordinary Green - houfe among 

 Bays, &c. which require a great 

 Share of free Air, and only want 

 Protection from hard Frofts ; where 

 they will thrive better than if plac'd 

 in a warmer Hcufe, or kept too clofe 

 in Winter. They are propagated 

 from Suckers, which they fend forth 

 from their Roots in great Plenty, or 

 by laying down theirtenderBrancr.es, 

 which will take Root in one Year: 

 the time for laying them down is in 

 the Beginning of April ; and the Year 

 following the Layers mould betaken 

 off, when they fhould be planted in- 

 to Pots filled with frelh rich Earth, 

 obferving to place them in the Shade, 

 until they have taken Root ; after 

 which they may be expofed with 

 ^Myrtles, Geraniums, &c. in fome 

 Place where they may be flieltered 

 from flrong Winds. During the 

 Summer-feafon they muft be plenti- 

 fully watered, otherwife they will 

 make but poor Progrefs, and pro- 

 duce very few Flowers ; but if they 

 are conftantly fupplied with Water; 

 they will make a fine Appearance 

 during the Months of July and Au- 

 gufi, when they will be covered with 

 Flowers. In Winter they mull be 

 frequently refreflied with Water, 

 but it fhould not be given them in 

 large Quantities at that Seafon. 



The third, fourth, fifth, and fe- 

 venth Sorts are tenderer than the 

 others ; therefore require a warmer 

 Situation in Winter ; nor muft they 

 be expofed to the open Air in Sum- 

 mer ; for if they are placed abroad, 

 their Flowers will not open ; fo that 

 in Winter they fhould be placed in a 

 warm Green-houfe, and in Summer 

 O 4 they 



