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Show RI R I Fruits: Indeed of late Years, the commonred and white Currants have been neglected, fince the Dutch red and white have become plenty in the open Ait, and thofe which are planted in England, thele producing much larger and fairer Fruit to the Sight than the common Sorts, though I think the common Sorts are Fruit may be continued a long Time in Perfection, efpecially if thofe againft the North much better flavour’d ; fo that they fhould not be entirely negle€ted by fuch as are curious Thefe Plants produce their Fruit upon the former Year’s Wood, and alfo upon fmall Snags which come out of the old Wood, fo that in pruning “em, thefe Snags fhould be preferved, and the young Shoots fhortened in proportion to their Strength. ‘The only Method, very neceffary to be obferved in pruning of them, is not to lay the Shoots too in Fruits againft a North Wall or Pale, will be propor= tionably later; fo that by this Method the Pales are matted in the Heat of the Day. The fixth Sort is preferved as a Curiofity, by fuch who delight in Variety, but the Fruit is not valuable. The feventh Sort is found wild in England. The Fruit of this Kind is fmall, and very tart, which renders it unworthyof being cul- clofe, and never to prune their Snags to make tivated in Gardens. em f{mooth; this, with a {mall Carein obThe eighth Sort is preferved in fome old ferving the Manner of their Growth, will be Gardens, but the Fruit having a difagreeable, fufficient to inftruct any Perfon howto manage ftrong Tafte, has occafioned its being but this Plant, fo as to produce great Quantities of little cultivated of late Years. Fruit. Thofe Sorts with variegated Leaves are preThefe Plants will thrive and produce Fruit ferved by fuch as are fond of ftrip’d Plants ; in almoft any Soil or Situation, and areoften but as their greateft Beauty ‘is only in the planted under the Shade of Trees; but the Spring, before their Leaves growlarge, after Fruit is always beft when they are planted to which they become more green; fo they are the open Air, and upona drySoil. {carcely worth preferving in a Garden. RICINOIDES: Phyfick-nut, valgé. The fourteenth Sort was obtain’d by Mr. Peter Collinfon from America, in whofe fine The Charaéters are ; The Male Flowers confit of several Leaves, Garden it has produced Fruit, and from thence hath been communicated to feveral other curi- which are placed in a circular Order, and do in Form of a Rofe; thefe are barren: ous Gardens. The manner of this Plant’s expand 1 uces from thefe Flowers, upon flowering is very different from the other Sorts At of Currants, for which Variety it may have a the fame Plant, are produced the Embryos, Place amongft other Shrubs; but the Fruit being fomewhat like our black Currant, is not much efteem’d. All thefe Sorts may be eafily propagated by planting their Cuttings any time from Septem ber to March, upon a Spot of frefh Earth, which in the Spring muft be kept very clear from Weeds, and in very dry Weatherif they are watered, it will greatly promote their Growth: Thefe may remain two Years in this Nurfery, during which time they muft be pruned up for the Purpofes defign’d, i.e. either to clear Stems, if for Standards, or if for Walls, Pales, or Efpaliers, they may be trained up flat. Then they fhould be planted out where they are toremain; the beft Seafon for which is foon after the Leaves begin to decay, that they may take Root before Winter, fo that they may be in no Danger offuffering from Drought in the Spring. Thefe Plants are generally planted in Rows, at about ten Feet afunder, and four Diftance in the Rows; but the beft Method is to train them againft low Efpaliers, in which manner they will take up muchlel Roomina Garden, and their Fruit will be The Diftance they Efpalier, ought not to thar their Branches may muchfairer. fhould be placed for an be lefs than eight Feet, betrained horizontally, which are wrapt up in the Flower-cup, and afterwards do become tricapfular Fruits, containing one ob lin each Cell. The Sp | 1. Ricrnorpes ; Americana, Goffypii folio. Tourn. American Phyfick-nut with a Cotton Leaf. : 2. Rretnorpes ; arbor, Americana, folio multifido. Tourn, Tree American Phyfick- nut, with a multifid Leaf, cammouly callea im the Weft-Indies, French Phyfick-nut. : 3. Ricrnorpes; folio. Tourn. Americana fraphifagria American Phyfick-nut with a ‘Staves-acre Leaf, called in the Weft Indies, Belly-ach-weed and Wild Cafada. sah 4. Ricino1pes; Americaia, Eleagni folio. Plum. American Phyfick-nut with a wild Olive Leaf. Thefe Plants are very commonin the warm Parts of America. The firft Sort is planted in Hedges, in moft Parts of Jamaica and Bar- badoes, and is propagated bySlips or ae which will take Root very freely, and ue make a good Fencein a fhort ‘Time, being very quick of Growth. This rifes to be re Feet high, and produces a great Quanta Nuts, which are given from three to sr 2 fora Vomit; but if the thin Film be ee off, they may be eaten in Quantities <— any ill Effect, There is an Oil drawn eid which is of great Importance to their Bearing. thefe Seeds, which is ufed for burning ? Thofe that are planted againft Pales or Walls Lamps. mee rdens fhould alfo be allowed the fame Diftance 3 if The fecond Sort is cultivated in Ga a t they are planted againft a South-Eaft Wall or Beauty* the in Jamaica and Barbadoes, for Pale, it will caufe their Fruit to ripenat leaft its Flowers, which are of a fine oe a Fortnight or three Weeks fooner than thofe lour, and produced in large Bunches on ¢} Parts afterwards become triangular Fruits, baving three Cells, in each of which is contained one fame Quality. ‘This isnot a Native in any of oblong Seed, which has a bard Shell, the Englify Settlementsin the Weft-Indies, but The Species are ; was brought thither either from the Spani/h 1. Ricinus 3 vulgaris. C.B.P. The comor French Settlements, from whence it had the mon Palma Chrifti, commonly known in the Names of French and Spanifh Phyfick-Nut. Weft-Indies by the Name of Oil-Nut, or AgThe third Sort is very commonin the Sa- nus Caftus. vannas in ‘Famaica and Barbadoes ; the Seed z. Ricinus. 3. vulgaris, minor. C. B. P. of this Kind is the common Phyfick among caule rutilante. The leffer Palma Chrifti with the poorer Sort, for the dry Belly-ach. reddifh Stalks; commonly called in Barbadoes, Thefourth Sort grows plentifully upon the Red Oil Seed. Sea-Coaft in divers Parts of the We/-Indies; 3- Ricinus ; vulgaris; minor, C. B. P. and is fometimes brought into England as a caule virefcente. Leffet Palma Chrifti with Curiofity ; where, in fome very good Gar- green Stalks, commonly called White Oil Seeds dens, it is preferved with the former Sorts. in Barbadoes. Thefe may be all propagated by fowing 4 Ricinus ; Americanus, major, caule their Seeds upon a Hot-bed in the Spring, and virefcente. H. R. P. The greater Palma Chrifti when the Plants are come up, they fhould be with green Stalks, each tranfplanted into a feparate Por, fill’d 5: Ricinus ; Africanus; maximus; caule with light frefh Earth, and plunged into a geniculato rutilante. H.R. Par. ‘The greateft Hot-bed of Tanners-bark, obferving to fhade African Palma Chrifti with reddifh jointed ’em until they have taken Root, after which Stalks. they fhould have Air and Water in Proportion Thefe Plants are very common in divers tothe Warmth of the Seafon, and the Hot- Parts of Africa and America, and fome of bed in which theyare placed. them are alfo found in the warm Parts of Whentheir Roots have filled thefe Pots, Europe ; but in England they are preferved they fhould be fhaken out, and put into larger with great Care in feveral curious Gardens. Pots, filled with the fame frefh Earth, and The firft Sort has been a long Time in this plunged again into the Hot-bed ; and fo, from Country, but was formefly treated as an time to time, as the Plants advance, they annual Plant, whereas if it be preferved in a fhould be fhifted into larger Pots, and when good Gréen-Houfe, it will abide two or three they are too high to be contained under a Years, and become a large Plant. Frame, theyfhould be removed into the BarkThe fecond and third Sorts do grow promifStove, where they may have Room to ad- cuoufly all over America, where their Seeds vance in Height, obferving to water them are gathered to draw an Oil from them, for parts of the Plant. ‘The Nuts of this Kind are larger than the other, but have much the duly, as they may require it ; which if con- ftantly performed, and the Plants kept in a warm Bed, they will grow three or four Feet high the firft Summer, and divide into feveral Branches in Winter. Thefe Plants muft be placed in a BarkStove, (with other Plants which are the Produce of the fame Countries) during which the ufe of Lamps; thefe Seeds are fre- quently fent into England, intermixed with each other. The fourth Sort is alfo very common in America, growing promifcuoufly with the com- mon Sort; the Seeds of both being gather’d indifferently to draw an Oil from them. The fifth Sort, tho’ mention’d to be a Na- Seafon they fhould be often refrefh’d with Water, and the Stove fhould be kept up to Anana’s Heat, (as mark’d on Mr. Fowler's Thermometers) ; in this they will-continue flourifhing all the Winter, and early the next tive of Africa, yet is alio very common in di- Spring will produce Flowers, meafur’d one of the Leaves of this Plant (which which will be vers Parts of America, from whence I have {e- veral times receiv’d the Seeds. This produces very large Leaves and Seeds, and will grow to a large Size if planted in a rich Soil, I have fucceeded by Fruit. Thefe Plants, if thus managed, will continue feveral Years, and annually produce a great Number of Flowers and Fruit, fo that they are worthyof a Place in every curious Collection of Exotick Plants. was growing near Che//ea) which was upward of two Feet Diameter, and the Stem was as large as a middle-fiz’d Broom-ftaff, tho’ but of one Summer's Growth. Thefe Plants may be propagated by fowing RICINUS, [fo call’d becaufe the Seed refembles (Ricinus) the Animal call’d bythat Name, 7. e. a Tick, which infefts Dogs and Oxen, It is alfo call’d Palma Chrifti, becaufe its Leaves are faid to refemble the Palm of the Hand.] Palma Chritti, vulgo. a feparate Pot fill’d with light frefh Earth, and plung’d into a frefh Hot-bed, obferving to water and fhade them until they have taken The Charaéfers are ; The Flowers are apetalous, i.e. bave no ; fitting of n Stamina, which arife in the Center of the Flower-cup ; thefe are varren ; for the Embryos are produced at remote Difances, upon the fame Plant, which their Seeds upon a Hot-bed ; and when they are come up, they fhould be each planted into Root; after which they muft have a great Share of free Air, when the Seafon is mild, otherwife they will draw up tall, and be very weak: And as thefe Plants growvery faft, fo their Roots will ina fhort time fill the Pots, therefore they fhould be fhifted into larger Pots fill’d with the like frefh Earth; and toward the latter End of May, when the Seafon is warm, they may be harden’d to endure the open |