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land ; the Seeds of which are fold in 

 the Seed-mops : but the other Sorts 

 defer ve to be prefer v'd as much as 

 that ; for the various Sorts, when 

 rightly intermix'd, will afford an 

 agreeable Variety. They are all 

 annual Plant?, which perifh foon af- 

 ter they have perfected their Seeds ; 

 which, if permitted to fcatter upon 

 the Borders, will come up without 

 any farther Care. The Plants com- 

 monly grow about a Foot high, and, 

 if they have a good Soil, will fend 

 forth many Branches, each of which 

 terminates in a Flower. 



NIGELLASTRUM. Vide Ly- 

 chnis Segetum major. 



NIGHTSHADE. Vide Sola- 

 rium. 



NIL. Vide Anil. 



NISSOLIA, Crimfon Grafs- 

 vetch, vulgo. 



The Characters are ; 



It bath a papilionaceous Floiver, 

 like the Lathyrus, to which this Plant 

 agrees in every rcfyecl, excepting the 

 Leaves, which in this are produced 

 j:ngly,and are not terminated by Clafp- 

 ers. 



The Species are ; 



1. Nissolia vulgaris. Tourn. 

 Common Crimfon Grafs-vetch. 



2. Nissolia Orientalis, flore pur- 

 purea. Tourn. Cor. Eaftern Grafs- 

 vetch, with a purple Flower. 



3. Nissolia Americana procum- 

 bens, folio rotundo, flore luteo. Ame- 

 rican trailing Vetch, with a round 

 Leaf, and a yellow Flower. 



The firft Sort is found wild in fe- 

 veral Parts of England, growing 

 commonly by the Sides of Foot- 

 paths ; but is not very common near 

 London : I have gathered it in a Field 

 juft before you come to Putney com- 

 mon, ori the Left-hand Side of the 

 Road, under the Hedge which parts 

 the Field from the Road. 



This Plant may be cultivated by 



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fowing the Seeds in Augujl, foon af- 

 ter they are ripe, on any Soil, or in 

 any Situation; where they will rife 

 foon after, and endure the Cold of 

 our Climate very well, and flower 

 early the fucceeding Spring ; but if 

 you fow the Seeds in the Spring, the 

 Plants commonly decay before they 

 come to flower, as I have feveral 

 times experienced : therefore you 

 need only to let the Seeds fall 

 upon the Ground when they are 

 ripe, and they will grow without 

 further Trouble, but only to keep 

 them clear from Weeds. 



The Flowers of this Plant are 

 fmaller than thofe of the Sweet-pea; 

 but are much the fame in Shape, and 

 of a fine fcarlet Colour : fo that be- 

 ing intermix'd in large Borders 

 amongft thefe and other annual 

 Plants, it makes a pretty Variety, 

 and deferves a Place in every good 

 Garden. 



The-fecond Sort was difcovered 

 by Dr. Tournefort in the Levant : this 

 is an hardy Plant, and may be fown 

 in the full Ground, and treated as 

 the common Sort ; but the third 

 Sort is more tender. This was dif- 

 cover'd by the late Dr. William 

 Houjloun, near La V era Crux. The 

 Seeds of this Plant fhould be fown 

 on a moderate Hot-bed, early in the 

 Spring ; and, when the Plants are 

 come up, they ihould be frequently 

 refreuYd wich Water ; and in warm 

 Weather the Glafies of the Hot-bed 

 Ihould be raifed a little every Day, 

 to admit frefh Air to the Plants, 

 which will caufe them to grow 

 ftrong; and in about a Month's time 

 they will be fit to tranfplant; when 

 they mould be taken up carefully, and 

 each planted into a fmall Pot fiil'd 

 with light Earth, and then plunged 

 into a moderate Hot-bed of Taa- 

 ners Bark ; obferving to made them 

 from the Sun in the Keat of the Day, 



until 



