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Bindweed with a yellow fweet flpwerfl called Spanijh Ar- 
bour Vine. 
6. Ipomoea {Triloba) foliis trilobis eordatis, pedunculis 
trifloris. Lin. Sp. Plant. 161. Ipomea with heart - 
fihaped leaves having three lobes , and three flowers on a 
foot-ftalk. Convolvulus pentaphyllos minor, flore pur- 
pureo. Sloan. Cat. 55. Smaller five-leaved Bindweed 
with a purple flower. 
7. Ipomoea ( Hepaiicafolia ) foliis palmatis, floribus ag- 
gregates. Plon Zeyl. 79. Ipomoea with hand-Jhaped 
leaves , and flowers growing in clufters. Volubilis Zey- 
lanica pes tigrinus dida. Hort. Elth. 318. Volubilis of 
Ceylon , called Tyger' s-fioot. 
8. Ipomoea ( Digit at a ) foliis digitalis glabris floribus 
fdTilibus, caule laevi. Lin. Sp. Plant. 162. Ipomoea 
with fimcoth hand-Jbaped leaves , whofie lobes fit clofie , and 
a fmqoth ftalk. Convolvulus quinquefolius glaber 
Americanus. Pluk. Aim. 116. Smooth five-leaved Ame- 
rican Bindweed, 
The firft fort grows naturally in both Indies ; in the 
Weft-Indies it is called Sweet-William, and by fome 
Indian Pink. It rifes with a twining ftalk feven or 
eight feet high, fending out many {lender twining 
branches, which twift about any neighbouring plants 
for fupport ; the leaves are winged, being cOmpofed 
of feveral pair of very fine narrow lobes, not thicker 
than fine flowing thread ; they are about an inch long, 
of a deep green, and fometimes are by pairs oppofite, 
and at others they are alternate ; the flowers come 
out fingly from the fide of the ftalks, {landing upon 
flender foot-ftalks about one inch long •, they are fun- 
nel-lhaped, having a tube an incbftong, which is nar- 
row at bottom, but gradually widens to the top, which 
fpreads open flat, with five corners or angles : they 
are of a moft beautiful fcarlet colour, fo make a fine 
appearance. This is an annual plant in England, but 
whether it is fo in its native place I cannot tell ; for as 
the feeds fall to the ground, fo there is a fucceflion of 
young plants, which continue flowering great part of 
the year. 
This is a tender plant, fo will not thrive in the open 
air in England; it is propagated by feeds, which 
fhould be flown on a hot-bed in the fpring •, and as the 
plants will foon appear, they ftiould be each tranf- 
planted into a fmall pot filled with light earth, before 
they twine about each other, for then it will be difficult 
to difen gage them without breaking their tops. When 
they are potted, they ftiould be plunged into a new 
hot-bed, and flicks placed down by each plant for their 
ftalks to twine about ; after they have taken new root, 
they ftiould have a good ftiare of air in warm wea- 
ther to prevent their drawing up weak ; and when they 
are advanced too high to remain under the frame, 
they ftiould be removed into the tan-bed in the ftove, 
where they ftiould have fupport, for their branches 
will extend to a confiderable height. They will begin 
to flower in June, and there will be a fucceflion of 
flowers till the end of September, and the feeds will 
ripen well in this fituation every autumn. 
The fecond fort grows naturally in Carolina and the 
Bahama I {lands ; this is alfo an annual plant in Eng- 
land, but is not fo tender as the former. It hath a 
twining ftalk, which rifes fix or eight feet high, gar- 
niflied with heart-ftiaped leaves ending in acute 
points, which are divided into angles at their bafe ; 
the flowers come out from the fide of the branches, 
upon flender foot-ftalks, which fupport three or four 
flowers of the fame form and fize as the former, but 
are not fo deep coloured. There is a variety of this 
with Orange-coloured flowers, but they do not differ 
in any other reipecl. If the feeds of this fort are 
flown on a hot-bed in the fpring, and when the plants 
come up, if they are gradually hardened, and after- 
ward tranfplanted into a warm border, in favourable 
feafons they will flower and produce good feeds ; but 
moft people raife the plants on a very gentle hot-bed, 
' and transplant them afterward into another ; by which 
method they are brought forward, fo will perfect!: 
their feeds earlier. 
The third fort is like the fecond, but the leaves have 
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no angles, and the flowers are of a Rofe ' colour, : each 
foot-ftalk fuftaining one flower. This may be treated 
| in the fame manner as the fecond fort. 
The fourth fort grows naturally in the Weft-Indies ? 
where it twines about any neighbouring fupport, sAd 
rifes ten or twelve feet high, garniftied with large 
heart-ftiaped entire leaves : the flowers come out from 
the fide of the branches upon flender foot-ftalks, in 
clufters ; they are of a blue colour, and their brims 
are not angular as in the former Aperies, but entire. 
This fort is propagated by feeds, which fhould be 
fown on a hot-bed in the fpring, and the plants af- 
terward treated in the fame way as is before direfted 
for the firft fort, for it is too tender to thrive in the 
open air here. 
The fifth fort is cultivated in moft of the iflands in 
the Weft-Indies, but is fuppofed to have been intro- 
duced there from the Spanifh Main. Thefe plants rife 
to a very great height, and fend out many branches, 
fo are planted to cover arbours for fhade in the iflands, 
from whence it had the appellation of Spanifli Arbour 
Vine. The ftalks of this plant are covered with a pur- 
ple bark ; they twine about any neighbouring fup- 
port, fending out many fide branches, fo that one 
plant will cover an arbour of fifty feet long. The 
leaves are divided into feven lobes almoft to the bot- 
tom ; the flowers come out from the fide of the 
ftalks; they are large, funnel-ftiaped, of a bright 
yellow colour, and fmell very fweet ; thefe are fuc- 
ceeded by large round ifh capfules with three cells, 
containing one large feed in each, which are of a 
dark colour. 
This is a perennial plant, but too tender to thrive in 
the open air in England ; the feeds of this muft be 
fown upon a hot-bed in the fpring, and when the 
plants come up, they muft be tranfplanted into fepa- 
rate pots, and plunged into a frelh hot-bed ; but as 
they will foon grow too tall to ftand under a frame, 
they fhould be removed into the bark-ftove, where 
they muft be fupported, otherwife they will twine 
about all the neighbouring plants. As thefe plants 
extend their {hoots to a very great length, they re- 
quire a tall ftove, where they may have room to grow, 
without which they will never produce any flowers. 
I have had thefe plants feveral years, but have only 
feen one flower produced from them ; for they grow 
fo very large before they begin to have flowers, as that 
few of the ftoves in England have height enough for 
their growth. 
The fixth fort grows naturally in moft of the iflands in 
the Weft-Indies ; this hath a twining ftalk, which 
rifes ten or twelve feet high, garniftied with leaves 
divided into three lobes, which are heart-fhaped ; the 
foot-ftalks arife from the fide of the ftalks, each fuf- 
taining three purple flowers. This is alfo tender, fo 
the plants muft be raifed on a hot-bed in the fpring, 
and afterward planted in feparate pots, plunging them 
into another, hot-bed, where they may remain till they 
reach the glades, when they fhould be removed into 
a glafs-cafe where they may have room, and be fcreen- 
ed from the cold, but fnould have a large fhare of 
free air admitted to them in warm weather ; with this 
treatment the plants will flower and produce ripe feeds. 
The feventh fort grows naturally in India ; this rifes 
with a twining hairy ftalk four or five feet high, gar- 
nifhed with hand-ftiaped leaves which are hairy, and 
divided at the bottom into feveral lobes ; the flowers 
come out in clufters, inclofed in a five-cornered invo- 
lucrum ; they are of a purplifh colour, but fmall, and 
open only in the evening, fo make no figure. This 
is propagated by feeds, and requires the fame treat- 
ment as the fixth fort. 
The eighth fort grov/s naturally in the Weft-Indies ; 
this hath a frnooth twining ftalk which rifes four or 
five feet high, garniftied with hand-fhaped leaves 
having five lobes, which fit clofe to the ftalks ; the 
flowers come out from the fide of the ftalks upon 
Abort foot-ftalks, which fuftain two or three purple 
flowers ; thefe are fuceeeded by round tricapfular feed- 
vefiels ; in each cell there is one brown feed. 
This 
