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more /hurt, and fomethmg broad Claws, which will 
flick 10, and fafien like a Hand wilh Ungers, 
fo dole thereunto, that if pulled off, or jorc’d 
away from the Wall, or thing it flicks to, it will 
bring part of the Wall, Bricks, Stone, Board, or 
other matter it is joined to, away with it : By 
thcfe Claws it flays it Jeff, and fo fixes it felj , 
as to climb up to the lop of the kighefl Chimney oj 
any Houle, or to the very top of the bigbejt Tree, 
being Planted again ft them. The Leaves are crum- 
pled, or rather folded together, at the firfl coming 
forth, and very red, which alter in growing large, 
and are very fair , large and green, divided into 4, 
s, 6 or y Leaves, fl ending together upon a f mall 
Bootftalk, fit without Order on the Branches ; at 
the ends whereof , as alfo fometimes at other pla- 
ces, come forth divers Jhort Tufts or Buds for 
blowers ; but in our cold Climate, we fiercely ever 
fee ‘hem open themfelves, to jhe w what manner of 
Bower they would be, or what manner of Bruit 
would follow them. 
IV? The fecond, or Hedera Virgtmana Infolia, 
The three Leav'd Creeper. The Roots of this Plant 
do Jhoot under Ground, and fend forth young 
woody Stalks, of which fome will ft and upright, 
others lye down , and take Root again as they 
fpread, as alfo in any Wall they 11 and nigh to, like 
unto our Barren Ivy. The Leaves are broad and 
large, three always fit together upon a long Boot- 
flalk. At the Joints with the Leaves , come forth 
pale Blowers, in a looje Tuft or duller, which turn 
into pah ye/lom Berries, with / mall hard round 
Afh color’d Seed, in a dry wrinkled Skin or Husk, 
without any moifture at all in them. This Plant 
yields a white Milk, without any Tafte, being bro- 
ken in any part thereof, which after it has corn mu d 
a while, will change to be at black as Ink, and 
therefore held fit to color Hair , Leather, or any 
other things. 
V. Mr. Rea's lingular Defcription of the Virgi- 
nia Ciimer, is this. Its Roots run on the top of 
the Ground, and by cutting fame of them from the 
Stock , and turning up the ends, new Plants may 
be raffed. It rifes up wilh divers fmall Stems, 
divided into many long weak Branches, which fet 
again II a Wall, will fafien thereunto, with fmall 
Claws like unto a BirdS-foot, and chmb to the top 
of a ntll Chimney. 1 he Leaves at firfl are red and 
crumpled, but afterwards fair and green, divi- 
ded into 5, 6 , or more Leaves, I landing together 
■upon a fmall iooiflalk , fet without order. The 
Bowers wilh us appear only in Bud, but never 
are fien to open. . . 
Vi. The Places. They grow in Virginia , and 
other Cold parts of America, from whence they 
have been Tranfplanted to us, with whom they 
thrive well, being Planted in eur Gardens againlt 
high Stone,' or Brick Walls, or the fides of very 
high Houfes. 
VII. The Times. The particular times of their 
Flowering, our Authors have not Obfetved, but 
it is in the Summer Months. 
VIII. Nothing has been Obfetved as to their 
Vitalities, Specification, Preparations and Virtues , 
and therefore we are Silent concerning of them ; 
however, being a very Beautiful Ornament, we 
thought not fit to over-pafs them. 
CHAP. DCCXXIX. 
Of V I R G I N I A Silk- Grafs. 
I. np H E Names. It is a Plant of Noval In- 
X vention, and therefore no Primary Greek 
or Latin Names can be given for it, but only 
fuch as have been alcribed to it by Modern Au- 
thors, by whom it is called Perip/oca Virginiana , 
and in Englifh Virginia Silk, and Silk Greffs. 
II. The Kinds. Mr. Rea gives us the Defcrip- 
tion of but one "fort, but Parkinfon of two, viz. 
1. Perip/oca reQa , vel major Vifjfbiiana, The 
Greater Virginia Siik-Grafs. 2. Perip/oca Virgi- 
niana minor , The Lelfer Virginia Silk - Grals. 
Gerard will have it to be a kind of Afclepiar or 
Swallow-wort, but then he might have called it 
Affclepias Lallans, becaufe this is Milky, or has 
a Milky Juice, whereas the true Afclepias has no 
fuch thing. Alpinm de Plant. JEgypt. cap. 2;. 
has a Plant called Beidelfar-, Honor im Belhts, in 
Epift. 3. £? 4. to Clufius, has Offer Erutex ; and 
Clufius in the fame Book another Plant.^ which he 
calls Apocynum Syriacum, Paleflinum Co /Egypt ta- 
cit m : Thefe, fome will have robe this Silk-Gra/s, 
but this they cannot be ^ for either of them is a 
Erutex or Shrub, whereas this is not, but loofes 
its Leaves and Stalks, they dying down to the 
Ground every Year. Again, the Milk of thofe 
Plants is Cauftick, as Alpinm and Bellus fay, 
whereas the Milk of our Virginia Silk-Grafs is 
nor. Alfo the Cods of thofe of Alpinm, Bellus, 
and Clufius , are nearly ftraight, whereas thofe of our 
Silk-Grafs are crooked, almoft like Hooks, and 
yet they grow perfettly upright. 
T be Defcriptions. 
III. Mr. Reds Defcription, which I take to be 
of the Greater kind, is this. Virginian Silk is a 
Plant more refpeHed for being a Stranger, than 
for the Beauty of its Blowers 1 Its Root is big, long 
and white, running far under Ground, andfpring- 
ing up again in many places. It rifes up with one 
or more round Stalk , almoft four Beet high , fit at 
feveral Joints with two long, broad, veined, round 
pointed green Leaves. At the top of the Stalk, 
out of a Skinny Hofi, comes forth a great Tuft of 
Blowers, to the number of thirty or forty , hang- 
ing down on long B'oolflalks, each Blower confiftmg 
of five fmall hollow Leaves, of a pale purplifh co- 
lor, neither fair nor pleafant. After they are 
paft, come long crooked Cods, flanding upright, 
containing flat brown Seeds , wrapped within a 
great deal of fine foft whitijh brown Silk. This 
I take to be Parkinion’s Greater Virginia Silk. 
IV. The fir ft, or Parkinfon ’ s Greater Virginia 
Silk-Grafs. Its Root is long and white, of the btg- 
nefs of a Mans thumb, running under Ground ve- 
ry jar, and {hooting up in divers places , the 
Heads being fit full of fmall white Grumes or 
Knots, yielding forth many Branches or Stalks, if 
it llands any time in a place. It rifes up wilh one 
or more ftrong and round Stalks, 3 or 4 Beet high, 
on which are fit at the feveral Joints, two fair , 
long and broad Leaves, round pointed , with many 
Veins therein, growing clofi to the Stem , without 
any Bootftalk. At the tops of the Stalks, and fome- 
times at the Joints with the Leaves, comes forth a 
great 
