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chamber-lye or foap-fuds, will greatly add to their 



flrengch. 



All calcined vegetables caufe a fiery heat and vege- 

 tation, arid, when Vv^et comes, fet the ground to work, 

 by a fubtle infinuation unlocking the clods, and quick- 

 ening the lluggiilinefs of the earth, according to that 

 eflabliilicd maxim among naturalifts, That all fer- 

 mentation is caufed by the interpofition or mixture 

 of different qualities one with the other. :..;.\ 



. It is after this manner that coal-aflies operate fo ad- 

 mirably in loofening and mouldering ftiff clayey 

 grounds, and, as it is ufually termed, making it 

 . rougli, afliy, or flmdy-like : and after the fame man- 



* ner,"^ fand mixed with clay does well, efpecially when 

 it is impregnated with faline qualities; 



ASPALATHUS. Lin. Gen. Plant. y6y. African 



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Brooiii. 



The Characters are, 

 Tbc empaknient is of one leaf which is cui into five equal 

 fegmenls at the tof \ ' the fio'wer is of the butterfly kind. 

 The fiandard is hairy ^ compreffed^ and blunt-pinted \ 

 the wings are hlunt^ moo7i-fbc,pd^ and fpread open^ being 

 porter than the flandard ; the keel is bifid, and of the 

 fame length as the wings. It hath ten ftamina, nine of 

 'Uohich are joined and covered by theftandard^ the other 

 flanding feparate \ thefe are crowned by oblong ftngle fum- 

 mits. In the bottom isfituated an oval ger men fupporting 

 afingle ftyk^ crowned by a pointed ftig7na, "The germen 

 afterward becomes an oval oblong pod^ inclofing one or two 



-fijapcd ft 



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This genus of plants is ranged in the third feftion of 

 Dr. I.inn^us's feventeenth clafs,' entitled Diadelphia 

 \ Decandria, the flowers having ten ftamina joined in 



two bodies,' . 



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The Species are, " / ' 

 1. AsPALATHus (tt.^/'tijpifj) foliis confcftis fubulatis 



■ - miicronatis hifpidis floribus c^pitatis. Lin. Sp. Plant. 

 ^' 71't! Afpalathfis with rcitgh^ pointed^ awl-fioaped leaves^ 



.growing in cluftcrs^ oMd flowers in heads, Genifta Afri- 



■ cana lutea, floribus hirfutis in capitula* lanuginofa 

 ■' conglobatis foiiis'corrod^e aculeatis fubhiffutis. Herm. 



Cat. II. Tellow African Broom, ," " , '■ . 



i. AsPALATHUs {Indica) foliis quinatis feflilibus jjeJun- 



f^ 



iofe to the branches, and one fli 



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rubris in pediccUis oblongis fdiquis perexiguis. Raii 



Supp. 471. ' ■" ■ - 



3. AsPALATHUS {Jrgentea) ' {oYm trinis linearibuS feri- 



' ceis ftipulis fimpliclbus mucronatis floribus fparfis to- 

 mentcfis. Lin. Sp. Plant. 713. Afpalathis with three 

 r.arrcw filky leaves^ fmgle-pointed flipul^y and woolly 

 flowers growing thinly, Cytifus Africanus anguflifo- 

 lius fericea lanugine argentatus fpica lagopoide. 



' Pluk. Mat. 63. / 



' Thefe plants grow naturally about the Cape of Good 

 Hope, from whence I have received their feeds. The 

 firft is a low fhrub growing about three feet high, with 



• (lender branches, garnifhed with many trifoliate leaves 

 growing in clufters, which are awl-fhaped, pointed, 

 and rbueh -, at the ends of the branches the flov;crs 

 come out, which are yellow, coUefted in .woolly 



■ heads ; thefe are rarely fucceeded by pods in Eng- 

 land. It is propagated by feeds, which muft be ob- 

 tained from the country v/hcre the plants gi'ow natu- 



. rally, and fhoiild be fown'^in pots filled with light 



■ earlh as foon as thty arrive': if this happens in the 

 ' autumn, the pots fliould be plunged into an old tan- 

 bed whofe heat is ^^ent, where they may remain till 

 Ipring, when they mould be removed into a mioderate 



' hot-bed, which wiil bring up the plants. "^ But when 



the kcds arrive in the fpring, the pots in which the 



'feeds are fown fliould be then plunged into a mode- 



' rate hot-btd ; and in v/arm weather the glaffes muft 



* be l;iaded m tlie middle of the day, and the pots fre- 



' cuently refrefaed with water. " Thofe feeds which are 



iyx^n m the fpring, feldom grow the fame year, there- 



■ ■ ivre in the? aL.n.i'rin the pots fliould be' put into' an old 



- ta;;-bef\ ar wa5 diredled for thofe fown in autumn, 



' • aii'i -.i'cerv/ard put 'in a hot-bed the following fpring. 



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When tne plants come up, and are ftrong enou:o-h to 



remove, they fliould be each planted into a feparate 

 fmail pot filled with light earth, and plunged into a 

 moderate hot-bed, to encourage their rooting again ; 

 and fo foon as they are efl;ablirned in the pots, they 

 Ihould by degrees be inured to the open air, into 

 which they fliould be removed in fummer, plactn?- 

 them in a Ibeltered fituation, wh'ere they may remain 



le 



till autumn, when they muft be carried into ti 

 green-houfe, and in winter fnould have but little 

 water. ' ■ ^ 



The fecond fort grows about five feet high, with ficn- 

 der branches, g::rnirned with leaves growing by fives 

 clofe to the branches ; the flowers come out Yingiy 

 upon long foot-ftalks, "which are of a pale red colour ; 

 thefe appear in Auguft, but feldom are fucceeded hy 

 pods here. This is propagated as the former, and 

 requires the fiime treatment. 



The third fort rifes about four feet high, with a 

 flirubby ftalk dividing into flender branches, garnifh- 

 ed v/ith filky leaves, coming out by threes ; tlie flow- 



_ ers are purple, downy, and grow thinly, on the 

 branches. This is propagated as tlie two former, 



: and muft be treated in the fame way as is direfted for 

 the firft fort. It flowers late in the fummer. 



A S P A R A G .U S, the firft fprigs of herbs before un- 

 folded into leaves, and the youngeft and tendereft 

 ■ branches that are eatable, are called Afparagus. 



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flioot putting forth,] Afparagus, Sparagus, corruptly 

 called Sparrowgrafs. 



The Characters are, , 



T'here are male and hermaphrodite flowers upon different 



roots \ the male flovjers are tiibulotis^ compofed of fix nar- 



fpread open, having fix fijort 



ftamina^ but no flyle ' or fiignia ; theft 



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fix ftamina funounding the germen, and a fi^ 



Cf 



by 



2ft 



obtufe ft 



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one or two feeds, TQunded on their 

 cutfide, but angular where they join. 

 This genus of plants is ranged by Dr. Linn^us-in 



■ the firft fection of his fixth clafs, titled Hexandria 

 Monogynia, but with more propriety fliould be placed 

 in the fecond order of his twenty-firft clafs, which 

 includes thofe plants as have the Polygamia on dif- 

 ferent roots. 

 ■ The Species are, 



I. Asparagus caule herbaceo erefto, foliis fetacei.?, 

 ftipulis duabus interioribus, una exteriore. Flor. 

 Suec. 272. Afparagus with an upright herbaceous ftalk, 

 briftly leaves, having t-wo inner and one outer ftimla. 



4p 





iih a 



2.- Asparagus {Maritimus) caule inermi h 

 teretibus longioribus fafciculatis. Afp( 



fnooth herbaceous ftalk, and longer taper leaves growing 

 in clufters, Afparagus miaritimus crafilore folio. 



C. B» P. 490. ' 



3. Asparagus [Acutifolius) caule inermi fruticofo, fo- 

 ■ liis aciformibus rigidulis perennantibus mucronatis 



fmoth ftalk 



449' Afparagus with a fh 



winter, Afparagus foliis acutis. C. B. P. 490, 

 4. Asparagus {Alkus) fpinis retroflexis, ramis flexuofis, 

 'foliis fafciculatis angulatis miiticis deciduis. Lin. Sp- 



449. Ajparagus with flexible branches and chaffy leaves 

 growing in clufters, which fall off in winter, Alparagus 

 aculeatis fpinis horridus. C. B. P. 490. 



5. Asparagus {RetrofraBus) aculeis folitariis ramis rc- 

 " flexis retrofraftifque, foliis fafciculatis. Lin. Sp. 



Plant. 313. Afparagus withfmglefpines, ref^'xed branches, 

 and leaves growing in clufters, Afparagus Africa- 

 nus tenuifolius, viminalibus Virgis, foliis laricis ad 



inftar ex uno punfto numerofis'ftelLatimpofltis. Pluk. 

 Aim. 40. tab. 375. 



6. Asparagus {Aplyllus) aphyllus fpinis fubulatis ftria- 

 tis inaequalibus divergentious. Hort. Clifl; 122. /If 



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para^ 



'7US w. 



fp- 



fpread from each other-, Alparagus aculcatn> 



alter, 



