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beyond their fcaly covering. Thefe appear in Sep- 

 tember, and In November all the flalks perilli in the 

 lame manner as the Gino-er. 



The third fort hath thick flcfliv roots, refemblino- 

 thofe of the large Flag Iris ; in the fpring thefe fend 

 forth many green reed-like ilalks, which rife to the 

 height of levcn or eight feet, garnlflied with very long 

 narrow leaves, let alternately, clofely embracing then 

 at their baf ^^ ^ - - 



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The ftalks decay entirely in autumn, 

 and new arife from tlie roots in tlie fpring, but it 

 hath not produced any flowers as yet in England, 

 tliough the roots thrive and increafe greatly where 

 they are properly managed. 



All thefe forts are tender, and require a warm ftove 

 to preferve them in this country. They are eafily 

 propagated by parting of their roots ; the beft time 

 for doing this is in the fpring, before they put out 

 new fhoots ; for they Ihould not be tranfplanted in 

 fummer when they are in full vigour, nor do they 

 fucceed fo well when they are removed in autumn, 

 becaufe they remain long after in an inactive (late ; 

 and during that time, if wet comes to the roots, it 

 often caufes them to rot. When the roots are parted, 

 they fliould not be divided into fmall pieces, efpecially 

 if they are defigned to have flowers ; for until the 

 roots have fpreadto the fide of the pots, they rarely 

 put out flower-ftems, for which reafon they Ihould 

 not be planted in very large pots. 

 Thefe plants thrive beft in a light rich earth, fuch as 

 may be found in the kitchen-garden v v/ith this the 



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twelve or fourteen feet, garniilied with very hng- 

 Winged leaves, in fliape like thofe of tlie common 

 Acacia., At the extremity of the fime year's flioots 

 the fiov/ers are produced in long Hendcr fpikcs, which 

 are Imall, and of a deep purple colour ; the (lamina 

 Itand out beyond the petals, and are crowned witJi 

 yeilowlummits; after the flowers are pad, the germcn 

 «turns to^a Ihort pod, having two kidney-lliaped feeds, 

 but theie do not ripen in England. 

 The feeds of this plant were fent to England from 

 Carohna, by Mr. Mark Catefby, F. R. S. in 1724, 

 from which many plants were raifed in the gardens 

 near London ; thdc were of quick growth, and many 

 of the plants produced flowers in three years. At 

 prefent it is become very common in all the gardens 

 and nurferies, where it is propagated as a flowering 

 flirub, for ^he ornament of the Ihrubber)^ It is cr^- 

 nerally propagated by feeds, which are annually lent 

 to England from different parts of America ; for it is 

 found in many of the northern colonies there, and it 

 may alfo be propagated by laying down' of the 

 young branches, which in one year will make good 

 roots, and may then be taken ofi^ and planted etther 

 in the nurfery, or the places where they are defigned 

 to remain. If they are put into a nurfery, they fliould 

 not remain there more than one year ; for as the plants 

 make large Ihoots, they do not remove v/ell when 

 they have remained long in a place : they mufl; have 

 a fliekered fituation, otherwife their brandies will be 

 broken by the winds. 



As thefe flioots are large and 



pots fliould be filled within two inches of the top, foft, rheir upper parts are generally kiUed by frofl: in 

 then the roots fliould be placed in the middle of the ' """^".- i--^ :^'- - "^ ■ -'^ ^. . . ^ . > "' 



pots, obferving that their crowns are upwards, and 

 the pots filled up with the fame rich earth ; after this 

 the pots fliould be plunged into a hot-bed of tanners 

 bark, and mull be fpari igly watered, until their fl:alks 

 appear above ground, when they will require a greater 

 fhare of moifture, efpecially during the warm fum- 



a V * m m 



mer mont^xS 



but in autumn the waterings muft not 



be often, nor in great plenty -, and during the v/inter 

 feafon, when the roots are inaftive, very little water 



fliould be given them. 



The pots with thefe roots 

 fhould coiiftantly remain plunged in the tan-bed, for 

 if they are taken out and placed on flielves in the 

 ftove, their fibres frequently ftirink, which often oc- 

 cafions the roots to decay. 



With this management all thefe forts have multiplied 

 grcady with me, and the common Ginger has pro- 

 duced roots which have weighed five or fix ounces, 

 but the others have been near a pound weight. 



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See SoLANUM, 



MORIS POMUM. See LvcopERsicoN. 



winter, but they put out flioots again in plenty below 

 the dead part the fpring following. 

 M P H I T H E AT R E ['Ay.p^h:j^o, of «>p5, around, 

 !ind 3-fao/Aat, to view, Gr.] or temples of view erefted 

 on a double rifing, were efteemed great ornaments to 

 a large and noble garden. If this hill, or rifing 



ground, is of a femicircular figure, it will be ftill the 

 better. ' • - 



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Thefe amphitheatres are fometimes formed of Ever- 

 greens, as Hollies, PhiUyreas, Lauruftinufes, Bays, 

 &c. obfervmg to plant the fliorteft growing flirubs in 

 the front, and the talleft trees behind, as Pines, Firs, 

 Cedars of Lebanon, &c. 



They are alfo formed of flopes on the fides of hills, 

 and covered with turf, but are now generally excluded 

 by all perfons of true tafte ; for the natural eafy Hope 

 of fuch hills, is infinitely more beautiful than the ftiff 

 angular llopes into which thefe amphitheatres are 

 commonly cut. 



M Y G D A T. T T S. Lin. Gen. Plant. 545, ['Au^V- 



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Indigo. 



Lin. Gen. Plant. 768. Baftard 



;X(^. 



The Almond-tree. 



The Characters are, 



The Characters are, \ 



^e flower hath a permanent empdlement of one leaf 



of one leaf "jchtch is cut 



tuft 



the empalement. 



five fmall 



the brim. "The flower is of the butterfly 

 r petals or ftandard^ is fmall^ concave^ and 

 tferted between the two upper fegments ^ 



ftamina^ joined at their baft 



of uncqiial lengths^ and crowned with ft 



fitualcd a roundiflo germen^ fupp. 



at the brim into five obtufe fegments \ the flower hath fi 

 oval^ obtufe^ concave petals^ tvhich are inferted in the en 

 palement ; in the center of the outer flower isfttuated 

 roundiflo hairy ger men ^ fupporting a ftngle flyle the lengi 

 of the ftamina^ which is crowned by a round ftigma \ )h 

 is attended by a great ^ number of flender ereSl ftamim 



ly fpecies are not fo long as the petals of ti, 



fjjaped ftyl 



^e length of the /, 

 fingle ftigma ; the germen aft 



flower^ thefe 



the fl. 



flender ft 



Ah 



ow 



fi 



?/?, the germen beco-mes an oval^ comprefled. 



eflexed moonfh 



w 



y-floaped feeds 



having one cell^ in 



This genus is by Dr. Linn^us ranged in his feven- 

 teenth cials of plants, entitled DiadelphiaDecandria -, 

 the flowers of this clafs have ten ftamina, nine of 

 which are joined, and one ftands offl 

 We know but one Species of this gei 



Amorpha 



VIZ. 



J 



ofc 



Baftard 



I furrow i this opens and ft 

 effed mit^ which is furrow 



having 



culis purpureis mJnimis. Cat. Hort. Chelf. 11, 

 This flirub grows naturally in Carolina, where for- 

 merly the inhabitants mad 



a coarfe fort of Indi^-o 



cloftng afingle feed of the fame f 

 Dr. Linnaeus Jias joined to this genus the Perfica, or 

 Peach-tree, making them only different fpecies, rang- 

 ing it in his twelfth clafs, entitled Icofandria Mono- 

 gynia ; the flowers having from twenty to thirty fta- 



■ mina, which are inferted to the empalement. 

 The Species are, 



I. Amygdalus {Communis) foliis petiolatis ferratis pc- 



talis florum eniar^inatis. 



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from the young flioots, which occafioned their sivinfr 



leaves^ having foot-ftalks^ and the petals of the flc 



dented. Amygdalus fativa. C. B. P. 441. Common 

 Almond-tree. 



It tne ntle ot lialtard Indigo 2. Amygdalus {Bulcis) foliis petiolatis marginibus cre- 



It riles witn many irregular ilems, to the height of 1 natis, corollis calyce vix longioribus. Almond-tree 



