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hair broad, jagged on their edges, and of a light gre&n 
colour. The flowers come out at the end of the 
branches , thole of the firffc in large umbels, and thofe 
of the fecond in a corymbus ; they are very white, 
and appear the beginning of June ; thofe ot the firft 
have oval berries fucceeding the hermaphrodite 
flowers, which turn of a fcarlet colour when ripe, but 
the other, having only male flowers, are barren. 
The eighth fort grows naturally in Carolina, and forrse 
other parts of North America * this rifes with a fhrub- 
by ftalk eight or ten feet high, fending out many 
fide branches, which are covered with afmooth purple 
bark, and garnifhed with heart-fhaped oval leaves end- 
ing in acute points •, they are deeply fawed on their 
edges, have many ftrong veins, and Hand upon very 
long (lender foot-ftalks oppofite. The flowers are 
collected into large umbels at the end of the branches * 
thofe ranged on the border are male and barren, but 
the middle is compofed of hermaphrodite flowers, 
which are fucceeded by oval berries. The flowers are 
white, and the berries are red when ripe. 
The ninth fort grows naturally in South Carolina ; 
this has a fhrubby ftalk which rifes twelve or four- 
teen feet high, fending out branches from the root 
upward •, thefe are garnifhed with oval leaves about 
one inch long, and more than half an inch broad, of 
a light green colour, placed oppofite on fhort foot- 
ftalks •, the flowers fpringfrom the wings of the leaves 
upon very fhort foot-ftalks, fupporting (mail umbels 
of white flowers, which appear in July, but are rarely 
fucceeded by feeds in England. 
The firft fort may be propagated either from feeds, or 
by laying down the tender branches, but the former 
method being tedious, is feldom praftifed, becaufe 
the feeds feldom grow the firft year, unlels they are 
fown in autumn ; and as the branches eafily put out 
roots, that is the more expeditious method. 
The beft time for laying thefe branches is in autumn, 
juft as the leaves begin to fall 5 (the manner of laying 
them being the fame as for other hardy trees, need 
not be here repeated.) By the fucceeding autumn the 
layers will be rooted, when you may take them off 
from the old plants, and tranfplant them into a nur- 
fery for two or three years, in which they may be 
trained up to regular ftems and heads, and may after- 
ward be planted where they are to remain. This fort 
is very hardy. 
The ftriped fort may be propagated by inarching or 
budding it upon the plain fort •, this is preferved by 
fuch as delight in variegated plants, but there is no 
great beauty in it; The trees feldom grow near fo 
large as thofe of the plain fort, as is the cafe of all 
other ftriped plants. 
The third fort is generally propagated by layers here, 
becaufe the feeds do not ripen in England. The 
young fhoots of this take root very freely ; the cut- 
tings will alfo take root, if they are planted in au- 
tumn ; the feeds, when they are brought to England, 
always remain in the ground a year like thofe of the 
other forts, fo that the propagating the plants by feeds 
is a tedious method. 
The Eauruftinufes are propagated by laying down 
their young branches, which put out roots very freely, 
fo that when they are layed in autumn, they will be 
well rooted by that time twelve months, when they 
fhould be taken off from the old plants, and may 
either be planted where they are to remain, or into a 
nurfery to grow two years to get ftrength. The beft 
leafon to tranfplant thefe is at Michaelmas, when they 
may get new root before winter * for as thefe plants 
begin to flower early in winter, it is a plain indication 
of their growing at that feafon ; for they will more 
furely fucceed then, than at any other time of the 
year- though they maybe removed in the fpring with 
balls of earth to their roots, provided it is done before 
they begin to fnoot ; they may alfo be removed the 
latter end oi July or the beginning of Auguft, if rain 
happens at that time for after they have done (hoot- 
ing, which is foon after Midfummer, they will be in 
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no danger* provided they are not kept out of the 
ground any time. 
Thefe plants may alfo be propagated by feeds,; which 
fhould be mixed with earth in autumn* foon after they 
are ripe ; thefe fhould be expofed to the open air* and 
receive the rain in winter, and in the fpring they may 
be flown upon a gentle hot-bed, which will bring up 
the plants ; thefe fhould remain in the bed till autumn, 
and then may be tranfplanted* and treated in the fame 
way as the layers. I have raifed many of thefe plants 
from feeds, which I find' hardier than thofe raifed by 
layers. 
Some people train up the LauruftiilUs with naked 
ftems to have round heads ; but if thefe are planted 
in the open air, they will be in more danger of fuffer- 
ing by fevere froft, than thofe whofe branches grow 
rude from the bottom ; for if the froft kills the outer 
part of thedhoots, the ftems will be protected, fo will 
foon put out new branches * but where the ftems are 
naked, the froft frequently kills them to the root. 
The feventh fort may be propagated in the fame way 
as the^Lauruftinus, and requires the fame treatment 5 
it loves a foft loamy foil, and fhould have a fheltered 
fituation. 
The eighth fort is eaftly ptopagated by layers or cut- 
tings. The common Guelder-rofe fends out plenty 
of Tuckers from the roots, by which it is frequently 
propagated ; but as the plants fo raifed are very fub- 
je£t to put out fuckers, they are not fo good as thofe 
which come from layers or cuttings. This fort loves 
a moift foil, in which it will make much greater pro- 
grefs, and produce flowers in greater plenty than on a 
dry foil. 
The ninth fort is tender while young, fo requires to be 
fheltered under a common frame in winter, till the 
plants have obtained good ftrength ; when, if they 
are planted againft a good afpe&ed wall, they will re- 
fill; the cold of our ordinary winters very well, arid 
make good progrefs ; but as they are liable to be kill- 
ed by fevere cold, fo it will be proper to keep a cou- 
ple of plants in pots, to be fheltered in winter. This 
may be propagated by laying down of the branches* 
which will take root in one year. 
VI Cl A. Tourn. Inft. R. H. 396. tab. 2 ii. Lin. Gen. 
Plant. 782. [fo called of vincio, Lat. to bind, be- 
caufe it clings about any props or fupporters.J Vetch ; 
in French, Vejje. 
The Characters are, 
The flower has an ere hi tubulous empalement of one leaf. \ 
cut into five equal parts at the brim * the petal is of the 
butterfly kind * the ftandard is oval , broad at the tail , 
indented at the pointy and the borders are reflexed ; the 
two wings are almofi heart-floaped , and are jhorter than 
the ftandard ; the keel is Jhorter than the wings * the 
tail is oblong , and divided into two parts. It has ten fta- 
mina , nine joined , and one feparated, terminated by ere hi 
fummits with four furrows, and a linear , compreffed , long 
germen , fupporting a flender ftyle crowned by an obtufe 
ftigma , which is bearded on the under fide. The germen 
afterward turns to a long pod , with one cell opening with 
two valves , and ending with an acute point , containing 
fever al roundijh feeds. 
This genus of plants is ranged in the third feftion 
of Linnaeus’s feventeenth clafs, which contains thofe 
plants whofe flowers have ten ftamina joined in two 
bodies. 
The Species are, 
1. Vicia ( Cracca ) pedunculis multifloris, floribus im~ 
bricatis, foliolis lanceolatis pubefcentibus, ftipulis in- 
tegris. Lin. Sp. 1035. Vetch with many imbricated 
flowers on each foot-ftalk , the lobes of the leaves fpear- 
fhaped , and entire Jlipula. Vicia multiflora. G. B. P< 
345. Tufted Vetch* 
2. Vicia {Sylvatica ) pedunculis multifloris* foliolis ova- 
libus, ftipulis denticulatis. Lin. Sp. Plant. 734. Vetch 
with foot-ftalks fupporting many flowers , oval lobes to the 
leaves , and indented ftipula . Vicia fylvatica, multi- 
flora, maxima. Phy. Britt. The largeft many-flowered 
Wood Vetch . 
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