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veral Years. The Flowers are pro- 

 duced on flender Fooftalks, grow- 

 ing in a clofe Spike or Bunch, which 

 are fhaped like thofe of the Kidney- 

 bean, and are of a pale-purple Co- 

 lour : thefe are fucceeded by fliort 

 thick Pods, in which are contained 

 the Seeds. 



The eleventh Sort was difcovered 

 by the lare Dr. Houftoun in Jamaica-, 

 as were alfo the three following 

 Sorts difcovered by the fame Gentle- 

 man, at La Vera Cruz in the Spanijh 

 Weft- Indies. Thefe five laft men- 

 tioned Sorts, being Natives of warm 

 Countries, are very tender ; fo muft 

 be preferved in Stoves, otherwife 

 they will not live in England. Thefe 

 are propagated by Seeds, which 

 fhould be fown early in the Spring, 

 in fmall Pots filTd with light rich 

 Earth* and plunged into an Hot- 

 bed of Tanners Bark, obferving fre- 

 quently to moiften the Earth, other- 

 wife the Seeds will not grow (efpe- 

 cially thofe of the tenth Sort, which 

 are very hard, and will fometimes 

 remain a whole Seafon in the 

 Ground, where they are kept dry)- 

 When the Plants come up, they 

 mould be carefully taken out of the 

 Pots, and each tranfplanted into fe- 

 parate fmall Pots filled with rich 

 Earth, and then plunged again into 

 the Tan-bed, obferving to (hade 

 them until they have taken Root ; 

 after which time they mould have 

 frefh Air admitted to them every 

 Day in warm Weather, and mult be 

 frequently watered. With this 

 Management the Plants will make a 

 great Progrefs, and in a few Weeks 

 thofe of the tenth Sort will reach the 

 dalles of the Hot-bed, unlefs the 

 Frame be very high ; fo thefe mould 

 then be taken out, and plunged into 

 the Bark- bed in the Stove, where 

 they may have room to grow. Thefe 

 Plants mould be fupported bySticks > 



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or placed near a Trellace, to which 

 they mould be fattened, otherwife 

 they will trail about whatever Plants 

 grow near them. 



The other Sorts, being of hum- 

 bler Growth, may be kept in the 

 Hot-bed until Michaelmas, when the 

 Nights begin to be cold; at which 

 time they mould be removed into 

 the Stove, and plunged into theBark- 

 bed, where they muft be treated a* 

 other tender Exotic Plants ; by which 

 Method they may be preferVed thro** 

 the Winter, and the following Sum- 

 mer they will produce Flowers, 

 Thefe Plants are perennial, fo that 

 if they mould not perfect their Seeds, 

 the Plants may be maintained for 

 feveral Years. 



ORYZA, Rice. 



The Characters are ; 



7/ hath its Grains difpos^d into & 

 Panicle, which are almojl of an oval 

 Figure, and are covered nvith a thick 

 HuJk,fome<wbat like Barley. 



There* is but one Species of this 

 Plant; <ttfsS. 



Oryza. Matth. Rice. 



This Grain is greatly cultivated in 

 moft of the Eaftern Countries, where 

 it is the chief Support of the Inhabit- 

 ants ; and great Quantities of it are 

 brought into England, and other Eu- 

 ropean Countries, every Year, where 

 it is in greatEfteem for Puddens,£sV. 

 it being too tender to be produc'd in 

 thefe Northern Countries, without 

 the Afiiftance of artificial Heat : 

 but from fome Seeds which were 

 formerly fent to South- Carolina , there 

 have been great Quantities produ- 

 ced ; and it is found to fucceed equal- 

 ly as well there as in its native 

 Country, which is a very great Im- 

 provement to our American Settle- 

 ments. 



This Plant groins upon moift: 

 Soils, where the Ground can be 

 flow'd over with Water, after it is 



come 



