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Trifoliate French Honeyfuckle , with oval fpear-Jhaped 
leaves, hairy on their under fide , and a Jhrubby hairy 
folk. Quere, Whether this be not the Hedyfarum 
foliis ternatis fub-ovatis fubtus villofis caule frutef- 
cente. Flor. Yirg. 174. Three-leaved French Honey- 
fuckle , with oval leaves and a Jhrubby . fialk . 
27. Hedysarum ( Pedunculatum ) foliis ternatis, foliolo 
intermedia pediculo longiore, racemis alaribus ei eft is 
lonmffirnis. French Honeyfuckle with trifoliate leaves , 
the middle lobe funding on a longer foot-ftalk , and very 
long hunches of flowers coming from the fides of the 
ftalks. 
1 8. Hedysarum (. Alhagi ) foliis fimplicibus lanceo- 
latis obtufis, caule fruticofo fpinofo. Lin. Sp. Plant. 
745. French Honeyfuckle with fingle , fpear-Jhaped , ob- 
tufe leaves, and a prickly Jhrubby ftalk. Alhagi Mau- 
rorum. Rauwolf. 94* The Alhagi of the Moors. 
19. Hedysarum [Triquetrum) folds fimplicibus cordato- 
oblongis integerrimis glabris. French Honeyfuckle with 
fingle, oblong, heart-Jhaped leaves, which we fmooth 
and entire. Onobrychis .Zeylanica aurantii folio. I et. 
Hort. Scic. 247, Cockjhead of Ceylon with an Orange- 
leaf. 
20. Hedysarum ( Echaftaphyllum ) foliis fimplicibus ova- 
tis fubtus fericeis, petiolis muticis. Amoen. Acad. 5. 
p. 403. French Honeyfuckle with oval fingle leaves, 
filky on their under fide, and a fpiked foot-ftalk. Spar- 
tium fcandens, citri foliis, floribus albis ad nodes con- 
fertim nafeentibus. Plum. Sp. 19. 
21. Hedysarum ( Gangeticum ) foliis fimplicibus ova- 
tis acuminatis, fpicis longiffimis nudis terminalibus. 
French Honeyfuckle with oval-pointed fingle leaves, and 
very long naked fpikes of flowers terminating the ftalks. 
An Hedyfarum foliis fimplicibus ovatis acutis bafi 
ftipulatis. Lin. Sp. 1052. 
The fir ft fort has been long cultivated in the Englilh 
gardens for ornament. This grows naturally in Italy •, 
there are two varieties of this, one with a bright red, 
and the other a white flower, which very rarely vary 
from one to the other •, but as there is no other dif- 
ference but in the colour of their flowers, fo they 
are fuppofed to be the fame fpecies. 
It is a biennial plant, which flowers the fecond 
year, and foon after the feeds are ripe, the roots ge- 
nerally perilh : this fends up feveral hollow fmooth 
ftalks two or three foot long, which branch out on 
each fide, garnifhed with winged leaves, compofed of 
five “or fix pair of oval lobes, terminated by an odd 
one ; the leaves .are placed alternate, and from their 
bafe comes out foot-ftalks which are five or fix inches 
long, fuftaining fpikes of beautiful red flowers ; thefe 
are fucceeded by compreffed jointed pods, which are 
very rough, Handing eredt •, in each of the joints is 
lodged one kidney-fhaped feed. This fort flowers in 
June and July, and the feeds ripen in September. 
The white is only a variety of this, and as fuch, is 
fornetimes preferved in gardens. 
They are propagated by fowing their feeds in April, 
in a bed of light frefh earth ; and when the plants 
come up, they Ihould be tranfplanted into other beds 
of the like earth, and in an open fituation, at about 
fix or eight inches d.iftance from each other, leaving 
a path between every four rows, to go between 
them to hoe, and clear them from weeds. In thefe 
beds they may remain until Michaelmas, then may 
be tranfplanted into the large borders of a parterre 
or pleafure-garden, allowing them at leaft three feet 
diftance from other plants, amongft which they 
Ihould be interfperfed, to continue the fucceffion of 
flowers j where'they will make a fine appearance when 
blown, efpecially the red fort, which produces very 
beautiful flowers. 
As thefe plants decay after they have perfected their 
feeds, fo there ihould annually be a freih fupply of 
plants raifed, where they are defired, for the old roots 
icldorn continue longer. They are very proper or- 
naments for large borders, or to fill up vacancies 
among Ihrubs, but they grow too large for fmall bor- 
ders, unlefs their ftalks are pruned off, leaving only 
two or three on each plant * which, if kept upright 
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with flicks, will prevent their hainging over other 
flowers. They are propagated for fupplying the 
markets with plants to adorn the London gardens 
and balconies, by the gardeners in the neighbour- 
hood of London. 
The fecond fort is an annual plant, which grows na- 
turally in Spain and Portugal ; the leaves of this are 
narrow'and oblong, four or five pair being placed along 
the midrib, with an odd one at the end •, the ftalks are 
terminated by fmall fpikes of purple flowers, which 
are fucceeded by fmall rough pods, fhaped like 
thofe of the former fort. This plant is preferved in 
botanic gardens for the lake of variety * 5 it is propa- 
gated by feeds, which Ihould be fown the beginning 
of April, in the place where the plants are to remain, 
and will require no other culture but to thin them 
where they are too near, and keep them clean from 
weeds. This flowers in July, and the feeds ripen in 
autumn. 
The third fort hath a perennial root, which will 
abide many years if planted in a dry foil. This is 
propagated by lowing the feeds in the manner directed 
for the former •, but when the plants are come up two 
inches high, they ihould be tranfplanted where they 
are to remain for good ; but if they are not too thick 
in the feed-bed, they may be buffered to remain there 
until the following autumn •, at which time they 
Ihould be carefully taken up, and tranfplanted into the 
borders where they are deflgned to Hand ; for their 
roots generally run down very deep, fo that it is not 
fafe to remove them often. This plant produces its 
flowers about the fame time of the year as the for- 
mer, and if the feafon proves favourable, perfects its 
feeds in autumn •, and the roots will abide in the 
open air very well, refilling the fevereft cold, pro- 
vided they are planted in a dry foil. 
The fourth fort 'is an annual plant, which grows na- 
turally in the Levant. This hath fome refemblance 
of the firft, but is much fmaller ; the ftalks arife near 
a foot high, and are garnifhed with winged leaves, 
compofed of two or three pair of oval lobes, terminated 
by an odd one ; the flowers come out in fpikes at the 
top of the ftalks, which are of a pale red intermixed, 
with a little blue. Thefe appear in July, and are 
fucceeded by jointed pods which are waved on both 
fides, forming an obtufe angle at each joint ; the 
feeds ripen in the autumn. This is propagated in 
the fame way as the fecond fort, and is equally 
hardy. 
The fifth fort grows naturally in both Indies ; the 
feeds of this were fent me from La Vera Cruz, by the 
late Dr. Houftoun. This is an annual plant, with a 
long tap root which runs deep in the ground, fend- 
ing out one or two ftalks, which rife about nine inches 
high, the lower part being garnifhed with oval leaves 
by pairs on each foot-ftalk; but the tipper part of the 
ftalk where the flowers come out, is garnifhed with 
fmall leaves, ending in acute points, fitting clofe to 
the ftalks, and at each of thefe is fituated a Angle, 
fmall, yellow flower, inclofed by the two leaves. 
Thefe make but little appearance, and are fucceeded 
by oblong pods, containing one kidney-fhaped feed. 
The fixth fort was fent me by the the late Dr. Houf- 
toun from La Vera Cruz, where he found it growing 
naturally, as it alio does in Jamaica. This is an annual 
plant, which rifes with a fhrubby ftalk upward of 
four feet high, dividing into feveral branches, which 
are garniihed with oblong oval leaves that are trifo- 
liate, Handing upon pretty long foot-ftalks, the mid- 
dle lobe Handing an inch beyond the other two ; the 
branches are terminated by long loofe panicles of 
purple flowers, which are fucceeded by narrow jointed 
pods which are twilled. Thefe plants flower in July, 
and their feeds ripen in autumn. 
The two laft mentioned are tender plants, fo their 
feeds muft be fown in the fpring upon a hot-bed *, 
and when the plants-are fit to remove, they Ihould 
be each planted in a feparate fmall pot, filled with 
light earth, and plunged into a hot-bed, keeping them 
fhaded from the fun till they have taken new root ; 
then 
