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pot filled with light fandy earth, and plunged into a 
hot-bed, obferving to fcreen them from the lun till 
they have taken new root ; then they muft have free 
air admitted to them every day, in proportion to the 
warmth of the feafon ; they muft alfo be frequently 
watered in warm weather, but they ihould not have 
it in too great plenty. As the plants advance in 
ftrength, fo they muft have a greater ftiare of air ; 
and if the feafon is warm, they may be expofed to 
the open air for a few weeks in the heat of fummer, 
provided they are placed in a warm fituation ; but if 
the nights prove cold, or much wet Ihould fall, they 
muft be removed into fhelter: if thefe plants are 
placed in a moderate ftove in winter, they will thrive 
better than in greater heat, and in fummer they ihould 
have a large Chare of air. With this management I 
have had the plants flower well in July, though they 
have not perfeded feeds here. 
The fifth fort rifes with a tfoody ftalk ten or tv/elve 
feet high, dividing into many branches, whole bark 
is covered with a brown down •, thefe are garnifhed 
with oblong oval leaves, which are green on their 
upper fide, butof anAfli colouron their under, placed 
alternate, on fhort foot-ftalks. The flowers are pro- 
duced at the end of the branches, upon long branching 
foot-ftalks, in loofe fpikes ranged on one fide -, they 
are white, and are fucceeded by long flat feeds 
crowned with down. This plant grows naturally at 
La Vera Cruz in New Spain, from whence DrHouf- 
toun Cent me the feeds. It is a tender plant, fo muft 
be treated in the fame manner as hath been direded 
for the former fort. 
The fixth fort grows naturally at La Vera 
Cruz in New Spain. This hath a perennial root, 
from which arife feveral upright ftalks three feet 
high, garnifhed with long narrow leaves, fawed on 
their edges, placed alternate, and have appendages 
which run along the ftalk from one to the other, 
forming a border or wing to the ftalks. The flowers 
are produced at the end of the ftalks in round 
bunches, they are fmali, and of a purple colour, and 
are fucceeded by oblong flat feeds, crowned with 
down. This is propagated by feeds, which muft be 
fown upon a hot-bed in the fpring, and the plants 
muft afterward be tranfplanted into pots, and plunged 
into a freih hot- bed, obferving to fcreen them from 
the fun till they have taken freih root ; after which 
they muft have a large ihare of air, and about Mid- 
fummer they may be placed in the open air in a 
iheltered fituation, where they may remain till the 
end of September, when they ihould be removed into 
the ftove, and during the winter kept in a temperate 
degree of warmth. The fecond year thefe plants 
will flower, but they do not perfect feeds in England. 
The feventh fort was fent me from La Vera Cruz by 
the late Dr. Houftoun, who found it growing there 
naturally. This hath a ftrong woody item, which 
rifes to the height of fourteen or fixteen feet, covered 
with an Aih-coloured bark, and is divided upward 
into many ligneous branches, garniihed with fpear- 
ihaped leaves Handing alternate, on fhort foot-ftalks. 
Thefe branches are terminated by roundifh bunches 
of white flowers, fitting upon long foot-ftalks, feve- 
ral of them being joined on the fame foot-ftalk. 
Thefe are not fucceeded by feeds in England, fo 
that the feeds muft be procured from abroad, and 
thefe muft be fown on a hot-bed, and the plants af- 
terward treated in the fame manner as the fourth 
fort. 
The eighth fort grows naturally at La V era Cruz, 
from whence it was fent me by the late Dr. Houf- 
toun ; this is an annual plant, which grows in low 
moift places, where the water Hands in winter •, it hath 
an herbaceous branching ftalk, which rifes about one 
foot high, garnifhed at each joint with one oval leaf, 
fitting clofe to the branches ; thefe are fawed on their 
edges, and covered with a white hairy down. The 
flowers are produced from the fide of the branches 
on (lender foot-ftalks, each for the moft part fuftain- 
in a- three flowers, which are white, and are fucceeded I 
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by chaffy feeds, crowned with down ; the whole plant 
is vifcous, and will (tick to the fingers of thofe who 
handle it. 
The feeds of this plant muft be fown on a hot-bed in 
the fpring, and when the plants are fit to remove, 
they Ihould be each tranfplanted into a feparate pot, 
and plunged into a freih hot-bed, and treated in the 
fame manner as the other tender forts, but muft have 
a large (hare of air in warm weather, and frequently 
refrefhed with water. In July thefe plants will flower, 
and if the autumn proves favourable, they will ripen 
their feeds ; a plant or two of this fort may be pre- 
ferved for the fake of variety, but there is little beauty 
in it. 
The ninth fort grows naturally in Jamaica, from 
whence the feeds were fent me by the late Dr. Houf- 
toun ; this rifes with a fhrubby ftalk fix or feven feet 
high, dividing into many ligneous branches, which 
have a meally bark, and garniihed with fpear-fhaped 
leaves, fitting clofe to the branches ^ they are hairy, 
and of a filver colour on their under fide, and are 
placed alternate. The flowers come out from the 
fide of the branches, generally in loofe fpikes, which 
grow horizontal, and ftand on the upper fide 
ered; but fometimes they come out Angle, fitting 
clofe between the leaf and branch-, thefe are of a 
pale purple colour, and are fucceeded by chaffy feeds, 
crowned with a down. 
This fort is propagated by feeds, which muft be ob- 
tained from the country where it grows naturally, for 
it doth not produce feeds in England, though it has 
flowered feveral years in the Chelfea garden ; the feeds 
muft be fown, and the plants afterward treated in the 
fame manner as hath been before direded for the 
fourth fort. 
The tenth fort grows naturally at La Vera CruZ, from 
whence it was fent me by the late Dr. William Houf- 
toun ; this hath a perennial root, and an annual ftalk. 
It grows about three feet high ; the leaves are from 
four to five inches long, and one and a half’ broad 
in the middle, and are rough like thofe of Comfrey. 
The ftalks are terminated by branching flower-ftalks, 
each foot-ftalk fuftaining feveral yellow flowers, not 
much unlike thofe of the common fort. This is pro- 
pagated by feeds in the fame manner as the fixth fort, 
and the plants muft be treated in the fame way. It 
will flower the fecond year, but it doth not ripen feeds 
in England. 
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The eleventh fort was fent me from La Vera Cruz 
by the late Dr. Houftoun ; this hath a climbing 
fhrubby ftalk, which rifes fourteen or fixteen feet 
high, and divides into many branches, garnifhed with 
leaves about the fize of thofe of the Bay-tree, and 
full as thick in their texture, having many deep 
tranfverfe nerves, running from the midrib to the 
Tides ; they are of a pale green colour. The flowers 
are produced in long fpikes, ranged on the upper 
fide of the fpikc only, which come out from the hide 
of the branches, pointed upward ; thefe are large and 
white, and are fucceeded by fiat dark-coloured feeds, 
crowned with down. 
This plant makes a fine appearance in the ftove when 
it flowers, and as it retains its leaves all the year, fo 
in the winter feafon it affords an agreeable variety 
among other tender plants. The culture of this plant 
is the fame as hath been direded for the fourth fort, 
fo need not be repeated. 
The twelfth fort was fent me from Carthagena in 
New Spain, where it grows naturally, by the late Mn 
Robert Millar, furgeon this rifes with a fhrubby 
ftalk fix or feven feet high, dividing into feveral 
ligneous branches, garniihed with oval, fmooth, en- 
tire leaves, having three longitudinal veins, placed 
alternate, clofe to the branches. The flowers are 
produced in fnort clofe fpikes at the end of the 
branches thefe are white, and are fucceeded by ob- 
long flat feeds, crowned with down • this fort is 
tender, fo muft be treated in the fame manner as the 
fourth, and will abide feveral years with this manage- 
ment. 
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