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they fhould be removed into an airy 

 Glafs-cafe, where they may he de- 

 fended from the Cold of the Nights ; 

 but in the Day-time they fhould have 

 a large Share of free Air^ obferving 

 to give them plenty of Water, which 

 will caufe them to produce their 

 Flowers large, and in great Quanti- 

 ties. Thefe Plants are Natives of the 

 Spanijh Weji - Indies, from whence 

 they were brought into the Englijb 

 Colonies in America, where they 

 were planted for the Beauty of their 

 Flowers ; but fmce tiie Inhabitants 

 have found they deftroy their Cattle 

 which have browzed on the Plants, 

 they ufually root them out near their 

 Settlements. 



Thefe Sorts alfo flower in July 

 and Augufl, when they make a beau- 

 tiful Appearance ; for they produce 

 their Flowers in very large Bunches; 

 and the Flowers of the fourth and 

 fifth Sorts are very large and double, 

 and the Smell of them very much 

 refembles that of White-thorn, which 

 makes them deferving of a Place in 

 every good Green-houfe. 



Thefe Plants may be propagated 

 from Suckers or Layers, as the two 

 former ; but they do not produce 

 Suckers in fo great Plenty as thofe 

 in this Country. They all grow 

 naturally on the Sides of Rivers, and 

 moift Places ; fo that they may have 

 plenty of Water. 



The fixth Sort was difcovered by 

 I)r. Tournefort in the Levant. This 

 is very rare at prefent in Europe; but 

 is as hardy as the common Sort, and 

 may be propagated in the fame man- 

 ner. 



The third Sort produces flefh-co- 

 loured Flowers, of the fame Size 

 and Shape as thofe of the common 

 Sort ; but have a very mufky Scent, 

 fo that they perfume the Houfe in 

 which they are placed, when they 

 are in Flower. The Flowers of this 



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Kind will not open fair, if they are 

 expofed in the open Air $ fo that 

 they ihould be placed in a Stove or 

 Glafs-cafe in Summer, with the two 

 double Kind?, and the feventh Kind ; 

 where they will make a beautiful 

 Appearance, and continue a long 

 time in Flower. 



All the Sorts mould be (Lifted 

 every Spring, about the Beginning 

 of April; when the Suckers, or Lay- 

 ers, which are rooted, muft be taken 

 off, and planted into Pots fill'd with 

 fight rich Earth. The Roots of the 

 old Plants muft be trimmed, and as 

 much of the Earth taken from their 

 Roots, as may be done without In- 

 jury to the Plants, and the Pots fill- 

 ed with frefh rich Earth, which will 

 encourage the Plants to produce a 

 great Number of Flowers. 



NICOTIANA, Tobacco. 

 The Char afters are; 



The Flower conftfis of one Leaf, is 

 funnel-Jhaped, and divided at the T op 

 into five deep Segments, nxihich expand 

 like a Star : the Ovary becomes an 

 oblong or roundijh membranaceousFruit, 

 vohich is divided into tvjo Cells by an 

 intermediate Partition, and is fill'd 

 with fmall roundijh Seeds. 

 The Species are ; 



1. Nicotian A major latifolia. 

 C. B. P. The greater broad-leav'd 

 Tobacco. 



2. Nicotiana major angufiifclia . 

 C. B. P. The greater narrow- leav'd 

 Tobacco. 



3. Nicotiana major angufiifclia 

 perennis. Jujjieu. The greater nar- 

 row-leav'd perennial Tobacco. 



4. Nicotiana minor. C. B. P. 

 The lefier or common Englijb To- 

 bacco. 



5. Nicotiana minor, foliis ruga- 

 fiotibus ampltoribus. Vaill. Leffer 

 Tobacco, with larger and rougher 

 Leaves. 



6. Nicotiana major latifolia, 



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