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no farther care, but to keep them conftantly . clean 
from weeds ; in this nurfery the plants may remain two 
years, in which time they will have acquired ftrength 
enough to be tranfplanted where they are to remain. 
There is a figure of this fhrub exhibited in the 1 1 7th 
plate of my figures of plants. 
The fourth fort grows naturally in the fouth of 
France, in Spain and Italy, but has been long cul- 
tivated in the nurfery gardens, as an ornamental 
flowering Ihrub, by the title of Cytifus fecundus Clu- 
fii. This rifes with a woody ftalk, putting out many 
branches which are covered with a browmfli bark, 
and garnifhed by obverfe, oval, fm all leaves, growing 
by threes on very ihort foot-ftalks. The flowers are 
produced in clofe fliort fpikes at the end of the 
branches, ftanding erect •, they are of a bright yellow 
colour, and appear in June ; thefe are fucceeded by 
fliort broad pods, which contain one row of kidney- 
fhaped feeds, which ripen in Auguft. Thefe flirubs 
will rife to the height of feven or eight feet,, and be- 
come very bulky ; they are very hardy, fo will thrive 
in any fituation, and upon almoft any foil, which is 
not too wet. They are propagated by feeds, which 
may be fown upon a common bed of light earth in 
the fpring, and kept clean from weeds the following 
fummer ; and in autumn the plants may be tranf- 
planted into a nurfery in rows, one foot apart, and 
at fix inches diftance in the rows, where they may re- 
main two years to acquire ftrength, and fhould then be 
removed to the places where they are defigned to grow. 
The fifth fort hath a foft Ihrubby ftalk, dividing into 
many branches, which grow eretft, and frequently 
rife to the height of eight or ten feet ; the italics and 
leaves of this are very hairy •, the leaves are oval, 
growing three upon each foot-ftalk, and are placed 
clofely on the branches ; the flowers come out from 
the fide of the ftalk, in fliort bunches •, they are of a 
pale-yellow, and appear in June •, thefe are fucceeded 
by long, narrow, hairy pods, with one row of kidney- 
fliaped feeds, which ripen in September. 
This fort, of late years, has been much cultivated in 
the nurfery gardens near London, by the title of 
Evergreen Cytifus of Naples ; but as in fevere froft 
thefe flirubs are fometimes killed, fo they are not 
proper for every fituation, therefore fliould only be 
planted on a dry foil, and in warm fituations •, they 
are alfo very difficult to remove, when grown to any 
flze, for they ffioot long roots deep into the ground, 
and when thefe are broken or cut, the plants feldom 
furvive it. This may be propagated in the fame 
manner as hath been direfted for the third fort. It grows 
naturally in the fouth of France, in Spain and Italy. 
The fixth fort hath herbaceous ftalks, garniflied with 
woolly leaves •, the flowers are produced fometimes 
Angle, at other times two, three, or more grow to- 
gether at the end of the branches ; thefe appear in 
June, and are fucceeded by hairy pods. 
This plant is propagated by feeds, which may be 
fown at the fame time, and the plants fliould be af- 
terward treated in the fame way, as is directed for 
the third fort. 
The feventh fort grows naturally in Sicily, Italy, and 
Spain •, this is a perennial plant, from whofe down- 
right root proceed feveral weak branches which trail 
upon the ground, and extend to the length of eight 
or ten inches ; thefe are garnifhed with oblong leaves, 
placed by threes upon pretty long foot-ftalks •, they 
.are hoary on their under fide, but fmooth above ; the 
flowers are collefted in heads at the end of the ftalks, 
having a duller of leaves under them ; they are of a 
deep yellow colour, and appear the latter end of 
June, and in warm feafons thefe are fucceeded by flat 
woolly pods, containing one row of fmall kidney- 
ftiaped feeds, which ripen in September. This plant 
is propagated by feeds, which fliould be fown where 
the plants are to remain, and fliould be treated in the 
fame manner as the fixth fort. 
The eight by fort grows naturally in Tartary, from 
whence the eeds were fent to the Imperial garden at 
Peterfburgh, and hath fince been fent to many of the 
curious gardens in Europe, which have been fur- 
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hiffied with the feeds; This hath a fiirubby (talk, 
which rifes near four feet high, dividing into many 
branches, whichjjwhen young are covered with a green 
bark, clofely garnifned by oblong, oval, frriooth leaves, 
which are of a hoary green colour; the flowers are 
produced in clofe heads at the end of the branches, 
having a duller of leaves under them ; they are of a 
bright yellow colour, and appear in the beginning of 
May ; thefe are fometimes fucceeded by fliort woolly 
pods, containing three or four fmall kidney-ffiaped 
feeds in each. This is propagated by feeds, which 
fliould be fown early in April, on a border of ftrorig 
ground expoled to the eaft ; for if they are fown where 
they have full fun, the plants will not thrive. This 
requires a cold fituation and a pretty ftrong foil, 
otherwife it will not thrive. 
The ninth fort grows naturally about Algiers, from 
whence the Rev. Dr. Shaw brought the feeds, which 
fucceeded in the Chelfea garden. This rifes with 
a foft ffirubby ftalk to the height of eight or ten feet, 
putting out many (lender branches on every fide, 
garnifhed with fmall wedge-fhaped leaves, which are 
indented at the top, of a dark green colour and 
fmooth ; the flowers come out frequently Angle from 
the fide of the branches, thefe are large and of a 
bright yellow; they appear in June, and are fome- 
times fucceeded by pods containing three or four 
kidney-fhaped feeds, which ripen in autumn. This 
fort is too tender to live in the open air through the 
winter in England, therefore the plants muft be 
treated in the fame way as thofe which are natives of 
the fame country. 
The tenth fort grows naturally in the iflands of the 
Archipelago ; it rifes with a ligneous ftalk fix or 
feven feet high, fending out many angular lateral 
branches, garnifhed with Angle, narrow, fpear-fhaped 
leaves ; the flowers are produced in fliort bunches 
from the fide of the branches ; they are fmall, yellow, 
and appear in July and Auguft, but are not fuc- 
ceeded by feeds in England. 
This is propagated by cuttings, which if planted on a 
bed of light earth the beginning of July, and are clofely 
covered with a bell or hand-glafs, which fhould be 
ffiaded from the fun in the middle of the day, they 
will put out roots by the middle or end of September 5 
when they fhould be carefully taken up, planting each 
• in a feparate fmall pot, carefully watering and fhading 
them until they have taken new root ; after which they 
may be expofed in a fheltered fituation till the end of 
Oftober, when they muft be removed into ffielter, for 
this plant is too tender to live in the open air in England. 
The eleventh fort grows naturally in the iflands 
of America, and alfo at the Cape of Good Hope. This 
rifes with a weak fiirubby ftalk eight or ten feet high, 
fending out many erect fide branches, which grow 
ereft, and are garnifhed with fpear-fhaped woolly 
leaves, placed by threes, the middle lobe having a 
longer diftind foot-ftalk, than the two on each fide 
which grow clofe to the principal foot-ftalk. The flow- 
ers come out from the fide of the branches, fometimes 
Angle, at other times in clufters ; they are of a deep 
yellow colour, and about the fize of thofe of the com- 
mon Laburnum; thefe are fucceeded by hairy pods 
about three inches long, which are fickle-fhaped, end- 
ing with a long acute point, fwelling at the place 
where each feed is lodged ; the feeds are roundiffi, a 
little inclined to a kidney-ffiape. Thefe feeds are 
efteemed an excellent food for pigeons in Americas 
from whence it had the title of Pigeon Pea. 
This plant grows only in very warm countries, fo 
cannot be preferved in England, unlefs it is placed 
in a warm ftove. It rifes eafily from feeds in a hot- 
bed, and will grow three or four feet high the firft 
year, provided they have a proper heat, and the fe- 
cond year they will produce flowers and feeds. The 
plants muft be placed in the bark-bed in the ftove, 
and treated in the fame manner as other tender plants 
froiri the fame countries : they fhould have but littlq 
water in winter, and in the fummer fhould have a large 
fhare of free air admitted to them in warm weather; 
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