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The fifth fort grows naturally in China, from whence 
the feeds were brought to England a few years paft, 
and the plants were raifed in feveral gardens, and by 
fome were thought to be the Thea. This rifes with 
weak, irregular, diffufed branches to a great height, 
but require fupport, otherwife they will trail upon 
the ground : I have meafured fome of thefe branches, 
which in one year has been upward of twelve feet 
long : the lower leaves are more than four inches 
long, and three broad in the middle : they are of a 
light green and a thin confidence, placed without or- 
der on every fide the branches ; as the fhoots advance 
in length, fo the fize of the leaves diminifh, and to- 
ward the upper part they are not more than an inch 
long, and a quarter of an inch broad ; they fit clofe to 
the ftalks on every fide. The flowers come out fmgly 
at every joint toward the upper part of the branches, 
Handing upon fhort (lender foot-ftalks ; they are of a 
pale colour, with fhort tubes ; the brims are fpread 
open broader than either of the former forts, and the 
ftyle is confiderably longer than the tube of the 
flower. This fort flowers in Auguft, September, and 
Otftober ; the plant is very hardy, and retains its 
leaves till November before they decay. It propa- 
gates fail enough by its creeping roots, which fend 
out fuckers at a great diftance, and the cuttings 
thruft into the ground will take root as freely as 
Willows. 
Thefixth fort grows naturally in China, from whence 
the feeds were brought to the Royal Garden at Paris, 
and the feeds were fent me by Dr. Bernard de Juflieu, 
demonftrator of the plants in that garden. This rifes 
with a fhrubby (talk to the height of four or five feet, 
fending out many irregular branches, covered with a 
very white bark, and armed with a few fhort fpines ; 
the leaves are about three inches long, and one broad 
in the middle ; they are placed alternately on the 
branches, and are of a pale green colour. The flowers 
of this fort appear in June and July, which are fuc- 
ceeded by fmall round berries that ripen in the au- 
tumn, when they are as red as coral. This fort is 
propagated by cuttings, which fhould be planted in 
the fpring before they begin to fhoot, in a border ex- 
pofed to the morning fun, where they will take root 
very freely •, but thefe fliould not be removed till the 
autumn, when they may be planted to cover walls, 
for the branches are too weak to fupport themfelves ; 
and as the leaves continue green as long as any of 
the deciduous plants, fo they are proper plants for 
fuch purpofes. 
The feventh fort was raifed in the Chelfea garden 
from feeds, which were brought me from the Cape of 
Good Hope. This rifes with fhrubby branching 
ftalks feven or eight feet high, which are armed with 
long ftrong thorns, that have feveral clufters of leaves 
upon them ; the branches are garnifhed with fmall, 
oblong, oval leaves, which are placed without order •, 
fometimes they come out in fmall clufters from one 
point, at others they are Angle, Handing on every fide 
the ftalk ; thefe are of a light green, and a pretty 
thick confiftence, continuing green all the year. 
Thefe plants have not as yet flowered here, fo I can 
give no account of them ; but by the fruit which I 
received entire, I make no doubt of its belonging 
to this genus. 
This fort is pretty hardy, for it has lived abroad 
four winters, where it was planted againft a fouth-eaft 
wall. It may be propagated either by layers or cut- 
tings, in the fame manner as the firft ; and when the 
plants have obtained ftrength, they may be planted in 
a warm fltuation, where they will live with very little 
fhelter in fevere froft. The branches of this fort are 
ftronger than thofe of the former, fo will not require 
the fame fupport. It will be proper to keep a plant 
of this in fhelter to preferve the kind, left thofe in 
the open air fhould be deftroyed. 
The eighth fort has much the appearance of the firft, 
but the branches are not fo ftrongly armed with 
thorns j they have alfo a whiter bark, the leaves. are 
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broader and of a lighter green, (landing in clufters a£ 
every joint. The flowers are fmaller, of a deeper 
purple colour, and have much ffiorter empalements, 
which are cut into acute figments. It flowers at the 
fame time with the firft fort, but does not produce 
any feeds in this country ; it is not fo hardy as the for- 
mer fort, fo requires protection from very hard froft ; 
therefore the plants fliould be kept in pots and hoofed 
in the winter, treating them in the fame way as other 
hardy green-houfe plants. It may be propagated by- 
cuttings or layers, in the fame way as the firft fort. 
-The ninth fort has been long an inhabitant of the 
Chelfea garden ; it was raifed from feeds which came 
from China, and was for many years taken for the Tea- 
tree, till it produced fome flowers, which difcovered 
its true genus. This rifes with a ftrong woody ftalk 
fix or feven feet high, fending out many fmootji 
branches, which are covered with a brown bark 
having no thorns * they are garnifhed with fpear- 
ffiaped leaves about three inches long, and near three 
quarters of inch broad, placed alternately on the 
branches, Handing upon fhort foot-ftalks ; they are 
of a deep green, and continue all the year. The 
flowers are white, and of the fame fhape with the 
others of this genus, but there has not been any feeds 
of this fort as yet produced in England. 
This plant will live in the open air, if it is planted in 
a warm fltuation and a dry foil ; but it is of flow 
growth, feldom (hooting more than three or four 
inches in a feafon •, it is alfo difficult to propagate* 
for the branches which are laid down will not take 
root in lefs than two years, and the cuttings are with 
difficulty made to grow. The beft time to plant them 
is in May, in pots filled with light loamy earth, 
plunging them into an old bed of tanners bark, co- 
vering the pots clofe with bell or hand-glafles, to ex- 
clude the external air ; thefe fhould be ffiaded every 
day from the fun ; thefe cuttings fhould be refreffied 
with water once a week, but it muft not be given to 
them in too great plenty. Thofe cuttings which fuc- 
ceed, will have put out roots by the beginning of Au- 
guft, when they may be taken up and planted in 
fmall pots, placing them in the ffiade till they have 
taken new root *, and then they may be placed with 
other hardy exotic plants in a ffieltered fltuation, till 
the end of Q&ober, when they may be put under 
a common frame to fhelter them in winter. When 
the plants have acquired ftrength, they may be 
ffiaken out of the pots, and planted in the full ground 
in a warm fltuation, where, if they are ffieltered 
in fevere frofts, they will thrive better than in pots. 
The tenth fort grows naturally at the Cape of Good 
Hope, from whence the feeds were fent to Holland 
a few years paft, where the plants were raifed. This 
is a low fhrubby plant, which lends out branches from 
the ground upward, which are covered with a dark 
green bark, and are armed with fhort ftrong thorns, 
which come out by pairs, and fometimes there are 
double pairs upon the fame fqot-ftalk 5 thefe are fitu- 
ated juft below the leaves, and where there are four, 
two of them point upward, and the other two down- 
ward. The leaves are heart-fhaped, not much larger 
than thofe of the Box-tree, of the fame confiftence 
and colour, terminating in acute points ; they are 
placed by pairs oppofite, upon very ffiort foot-ftalks. 
Handing pretty clofe together ; thefe continue green 
all the year. The flowers come out from the fide of 
the branches upon ffiort (lender foot-ftalks, each 
fupporting five or fix fmall white flowers, which grow 
in a duller at the top thefe have very ffiort empale- 
ments, and pretty long tubes, divided at the brim 
into five acute fegments. Thefe flowers have an 
agreeable odour ; they appear in July and Auguft, 
but are feldom fucceeded by feeds in England. 
This fort may be propagated by cuttings in the 
fame manner as the firft fort, which, if planted in 
July, and ffiaded from the fun, will take root very 
freely ; then they fhould be planted into feparate 
(mail pots, and placed in the (hade till they have 
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