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The fixth fort grows naturally in the fouth of France 
and Italy •, this hath a perennial (talk, which riles three 
feet high ; when the roots are large, they frequently 
fend up feveral of thefe (talks, especially if the old 
ones are cut down •, the (talks are hairy, and divide 
into feveral branches, which are clofely garnifhed with 
hoary trifoliate leaves, having two appendages at the 
bale of the (talk , the flowers are collected into heads 
fitting upon pretty long foot-ftalks, which come out 
of the fide of the (talks. They have very hairy em- 
palements, and are of a dirty white colour with a 
few marks of pale red. They appear in June and 
July, and are fucceeded by fhort thick pods of a 
Cheftnut colour, containing feveral rcundifh feeds 
which ripen in the autumn. This is propagated by 
feeds in the fame way as the laft fort ; the plants 
will live through the winter in the open air in mode- 
rate winters, but it will be proper to keep one or two 
plants in pots to be fheltered in winter, left thofe 
abroad ftiould be deftroyed by fevere froft. 
The feventh fort grows naturally in Sicily; this rifes 
with an upright woody ftalk near three feet high, gar- 
nifhed with leaves like the fixth, but they are much 
whiter, covered with a fhort woolly down, as are alfo 
the (talks ; the flowers grow in clofe heads like the 
laft, and are fucceeded by fhort pods, which contain 
many yellow feeds. It flowers in fummer, and the 
feeds ripen in autumn. This is too tender to live in 
the open air in England through the winter, fo the 
plants mud be kept in pots and houfed during that 
feafon. It is propagated in the fame way as the fifth 
fort, and requires the fame culture. 
The eighth fort grows naturally in Sicily ; this is an 
annual plant, which fends out from the root many 
ftiff dalles from one to two feet high, which divide in- 
to many branches growing diffufed without any or- 
der, and are garnifhed with trifoliate leaves, having 
two appendages at their bafe ; the foot-ftalks of the 
flower rife from the wings of the (talks ; they are two 
or three inches long, terminated by a clufter of yel- 
low flowers, which are fucceeded by flat pods twd 
inches long, which are bent like an arch, and have 
many joints, feparating the cells in which the feeds are 
lodged. It flowers in July, and the feeds ripen in 
autumn, and the plants decay foon after. 
This is propagated by feeds, which fhould be fown 
early in April upon an open bed or border expofed 
to the fun, where the plants are to remain : when 
they come up they muft be thinned, leaving them 
near two feet afunder, and afterwards they muft be 
kept clean from weeds, which is all the culture they 
require. 
The ninth fort grows naturally in Spain and Portu- 
gal : this is an annual plant like the former, but 
doth not branch fo much ; the fmall leaves are rounder 
at their ends, and they are fmoother ; the foot-ftalks 
are fhorter, and feldom fuftain more than two flowers ; 
thefe are fucceeded by two very narrow pods about 
two inches long, which hang downward. This re- 
quires the fame culture as the former. 
The tenth fort grows naturally in the fouth of France; 
this hath a perennial root, from which is fent out fe- 
veral hairy (talks near a foot long, garnifhed with tri- 
foliate hairy leaves, (landing upon fhort foot-ftalks, 
with two appendages at the bafe of thefoot-ftalk ; the 
flowers ftand upon pretty long foot-ftalks fingly, 
which rife from the end of the branches ; they have 
long hairy empaiements, with two oblong acute- 
pointed leaves immediately under them. The flowers 
are yellow, (landing eredt, and are fucceeded by taper 
eredt pods an inch and a half long. It flowers in June 
and July, and the feeds ripen in the autumn. It is 
propagated by feeds, which fhould be fown where the 
plants are to remain, and muft be treated as the two 
former forts, but the roots of this will continue fe- 
veral years. 
The eleventh fort grows naturally in Sicily and Crete, 
where the pods are eaten by the poorer inhabitants 
when they are yeung. It alfo grows about Nice, from 
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whence I received the feeds. This is an annual plant, 
from whofe roots come out feveral trailing (talks a 
foot long, garnifhed at each joint with trifoliate round- 
ifli leaves, having appendages. The flowers ftand 
fingly upon long foot-ftalks, which arife from the 
fide of the branches ; they are yellow and fmall, and 
are fucceeded by Angle pods, which are thick, and 
arched with a deep furrow on the outfide. The 
flowers appear in June and July, and in warm fea- 
fons the feeds ripen in the autumn, but in cold 
fummers they will not ripen here. This muft have 
the fame culture as the annual forts before mentioned. 
The twelfth fort grows near the borders of the fea in 
France, Spain, and Italy ; this hath a perennial root, 
fending out many (lender ftalks about a foot and a half 
long, which trail upon the ground, and are garnifhed 
with trifoliate leaves at each joint, which are fmooth, 
and have two appendages to the bafe of the foot- 
ftalk. The flowers (land fingly, upon very long foot- 
ftalks arifing from the wings of the ftalk ; they are 
yellow, and are fucceeded by Angle pods near two 
inches long, having four leafy membranes running 
longitudinally at the four corners. This flowers in 
June and July, and the feeds ripen in the autumn. 
It is propagated by feed in the fame way as the tenth 
fort. 
The thirteenth fort grows naturally in the fouth of 
France and Italy ; this is an annual plant, from 
whofe roots are fent forth feveral branching ftalks 
a foot long, garnifhed with trifoliate leaves, whofe 
lobes are acute-pointed, and have two obi ng oval 
appendages at the bafe of their foot-ftalks : the 3 foot- 
ftalks of the flower arife from the wings of the 
branches , each fuftaining two yellow flowers, which 
are fucceeded by taper pods near two inches long, 
having four leafy membranes running longitudi- 
nally their length. It flowers in July, and the feeds 
ripen in autumn. It is propagated by the feeds ia 
the fame way as the annual forts before mentioned. 
The fourteenth fort grows naturally in Sicily, but has 
been long cultivated in the Englilh gardens ; it was 
formerly cultivated as an efculent plant. The green 
pods of it were d relied and eaten as Peas, which 
the inhabitants of fome of the northern counties ftill 
continue, but they are very coarfe, fo not agreeable 
to the tafte of thofe who have been accuftomed to 
better fare. 
It is an annual plant which is cultivated in the flower- 
gardens near London for ornament. This fends out 
frorn the root feveral decumbent ftalks about a foot 
long, garnilhed at each joint with trifoliate oval 
leaves, having oval appendages at the bafe of their 
foot-ftalks ; from each joint arife alternately the foot- 
ftalks of the flowers, which are from two to three 
inches long, each fuftaining one large red flower at 
the top, with three leaves juft under the flower. Af- 
ter the flower fades, the germen becomes a lwelling 
taper pod two inches long, having four leafy mem- 
branes or wings running longitudinally. It flowers 
in June and July, and the feeds ripen in autumn. 
The feeds of this fort are commonly fown in patches, 
five or fix feeds being fown near each other, in the 
borders of the pleafure-garden, where they are de- 
figned to remain. If the feeds all grow, fome of 
the plants may be pulled up, leaving only two or 
three in each patch, and afterward they will require 
no other care but to keep them clean from weeds. 
The fifteenth fort grows near the borders of the fea, 
in the fouth of France and Spain. This is a perennial 
plant, fending out from the root many ftalks, which 
branch out their whole length, and are garnifhed 
with roundiih trifoliate leaves with two appendages ; 
they are covered with a woolly down : the flowers 
ftand upon (hort foot-ftalks, four or fix growing in a 
divided head ; they are yellow, and appear in July, 
and are fucceeded by taper pods filled with roundifh 
feeds, which ripen in autumn. This is propagated 
by feeds, which ftiould be fown in the fpring in the 
place where the plants are to remain, and muft be 
treated 
