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riling one above the other ; and between, or oppofke 
to each, is one, and fcmetimes two leaves, of the 
fame form' with thofe on the branches. The flowers 
are of a pale , yellow, and emit a difagreeable odour. 
Thefe are fucceeded by oval berries of a Violet co- 
lour, full of juice, each containing feveral flat feeds ; 
they are reckoned very poifonous, £o have the ap- 
pellation of Poifon Berries in Jamaica. 
This has been, by many of the writers on botany, 
fuppofed to be the fame with the firft ; but any perfon 
who has feerj both forts growing, cannot doubt of 
their being diftind fpecies ; the fhape and fize of 
the leaves are very different, as are alfo their flowers 
and berries. Some have alfo fuppofed that the Parqui 
of Pere Feuille, is the fame with this, but that is a 
great miftake , for the flowers of this plant are pro- 
duced in loofe bunches at the extremity of the 
branches, whereas thofe of this fort come out from 
the fide, at the foot-ftalks of the leaves ; fo that this 
plant is certainly different from either of thefe, but 
approaches neared to the third. 
The fifth fort I take to be the fame as Pere Plumier’s 
Jafminum aliud arborefcens, foliis folani, minus ; for 
by an impeded fpecimen of his plant which was 
fliewn me, the leaves appear the fame, but as the 
fpecimen was without flower or fruit, fo I could not 
determine it. 
The firft and fecond forts produce their flowers every 
year in England, but the others do but feldom flower 
here ; but as they retain their leaves all the year, fo 
they make a pretty variety in the ftove, during the 
winter feafon ; and when they flower, the branches 
are commonly well garnifhed at their joints with 
bunches of flowers, fo they make a fine appearance at 
that time. 
All thefe plants grow naturally in very hot countries, 
fo cannot be preferved in England without artificial 
heat ; therefore require to be placed in a warm ftove, 
efpecialiy in the winter. The tv/o firft are hardier 
than the others ; thefe I have kept feveral years in 
a dry ftove, with a moderate fhare of heat in winter, 
and in the middle of fummer have fet them in the 
open air, in a warm fituation. With this manage- 
ment I have found them thrive, and produce flowers 
much better than when they have been placed in a 
greater heat ; but I have often endeavoured to keep 
thefe plants through the winter, in a green-houfe, or 
a glafs cafe, without fire, but could never fucceed ; 
for by the end of January, they commonly de- 
cayed. 
The other forts require a larger fhare of heat, efpe- 
cialiy when the ■ plants are young ; therefore they 
fhould be plunged in the tan-bed of the bark-ftove, 
otherwife they will lofe their leaves in winter, if they 
are not quite deftroyed ; but after three or four years 
growth, they will bear to be treated more hardily, 
provided they are inured to it gradually. 
Thefe plants may be propagated from feeds, or by 
cuttings. Thofe which come from feeds are always 
the moft vigorous, and ftraiteft plants ; but as they 
do not produce feeds in England, fo the other method 
is generally pradifed, becaufe their feeds are rarely 
brought hither. 
The belt time to plant thefe cuttings is about the 
end of May, by which time the fhoots will have had 
time to recover their ftrength, after their confinement 
during the winter feafon. The fhoots which come 
out from the lower part of the ftalks, fhould always 
be chofen for this purpofe. Thefe fhould be cut 
about four inches long, and five or fix of them may 
be planted in each halfpenny pot ; - for the cuttings 
of moft forts of exotic plants, will fucceed better when 
they are planted in thefe fmall pots, than they do in 
larger, as I have many years experienced. The earth 
in which thefe are planted, fhould be frefh and light, 
but not full of dung : when the cuttings are planted, 
the earth niuft be prefled prettv dole to them, and 
then gently watered ; after which the pots niuft be 
plunged into a moderate hot-bed of tanners bark, and 
every day (haded from the fan. They muft alfo have 
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n'e fli air admitted to them in warm weather, and 
two or three times a week refrefhed with water. 
With this management the cuttings will put out 
roots in five or fix weeks, when they fhould be gra- 
dually expofed to the fun ; and when they begin to 
put out fhoots, they muft have a greater fhare of 
frefh air admitted to them, to prevent their drawing 
up weak •, and their waterings fhould be oftener re- 
peated, but given in fmall quantities, for their young 
tender fibres will not endure much wet. When they 
have made good roots, they fhould be carefully 
fhaken out of the Dots, and each put into a feparate 
fmall pot, filled with the fame fort of earth as before ; 
then give them fame water, to fettle the earth to their 
roots, and plunge them again into the tan-bed ; ob- 
ferving if any of their leaves hang down, to fhade 
them from the fun in the middle of the day, until 
they have taken frefh root ; after which they fhould 
have a large fhare of air in warm weather, to 
ftrengthen them before winter. Their waterings in 
the fummer fhould be frequent; and if they are 
fprinkled all over their leaves, it will wafh and cleanfe 
them from filth, which will greatly promote their 
growth ; but their roots muft not be kept too 
moift. 
In the autumn the plants of the three laft forts muft 
be removed into the bark-ftove, and plunged into 
the tan-bed, where they muft be treated in the fame 
manner as other tender exotic plants ; but the two 
firft forts may be treated otherwife, efpecialiy when 
they have obtained ftrength, yet the firft winter they 
may be managed in the fame way as the others. 
There muft be great care had in watering of thefe 
plants in winter, for they are all (except the fecond 
fort) very impatient of moifture, ; fo that they are loon 
killed by being over-watered. 
If the feeds of thefe are procured from the countries 
where they grow naturally, they fhould be fowed in 
fmall pots filled with the earth before direded, and 
plunged into a moderate hot-bed of tanners bark, 
giving them now and then a little water. Sometimes 
the feeds will come up the lame year, but they very 
often lie in the ground till the fpring following ; fo 
that if the plants do not appear in fix or feven weeks 
after the feeds are Town, they will not come up that 
feafon ; in which cafe the pots may be plunged in 
the fan-bed of the ftove, between the other plants, 
where they will be fbadedfrom the fun, and but little 
water given them ; in this fituation they may remain 
till the following fpring, when they fhould be re- 
moved, and plunged into a frefh hot-bed, which will 
bring up the plants in a fhort time, provided the 
feeds were good. 
When the young plants are fit to remove, they fhould 
be carefully fhaken out of the pots, and each planted 
into a feparate pot filled with the before-mentioned 
earth, and plunged into the hot-bed again, and af- 
terward treated in the fame way as hath been direded 
for the plants raifed from cuttings. 
CETERACH. See Asplenium. 
CHflEROPHYLLUM. Lin. Gen. Plant. 320. 
Tourn. Inft. R. H. 314. tab. 166. [py^o^AAw, of 
pca/jow, to rejoice, and <pl\\ov, Gr. a leaf, becaufe the 
leaves, fteeped in wine, and drank, will exhilarate 
and chear melancholy perfons.] Chervil. 
The Characters are, 
It is an umbelliferous ■plant ; the principal umbel is fpre act- 
ing and hath no involucrum , compofed of feveral fmall 
ones , called rays ; the fmall ones have a five-leaved in- 
volucrum , which is reflexed ; the flowers have five heart- 
Jhaped inflexed petals , and jive Jlamina , which are ter- 
minated by roundifh fummits : the germen is fituated below 
the flower , fupporting two reflexed jlyles , crowned with 
obtufe Jligmas. The germen aflterward becomes an ob- 
long pointed fruit , dividing in two parts , each having 
one jeed , which is convex on one fide and plain on the 
other, 
This genus of plants is ranged in the fecond fedion of 
Linnteus’s fifth clafs, intitled Pentandria Digynia, the 
flowers having five ftamina and two ft vies. 
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