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: l)een formerly, by impoftors, brought into an niiman 



. Ihape," und carried about the country, and Ihewn for 



Mandrakes to the common people, who were eafily 



: Impofed on by their creduUcy, and thefe got good 



livings thereby. The method which theft people 



pra£t:fed, was to find a young thriving Briony plant, 



■ then they opened the earth 'all round the plant, being 

 careful not to difturb the lower fibres-, and (being 

 prepared with fuch a mould, as is ufed by the people 

 who make plafter figures) they fixed the mould clofe 

 to the root, fattening it with v/ire, to keep it in its 

 proper fituation ; then they filled the earth about the 

 root, leaving it to grow to the Ihape of the mould, 

 v/hich is effefted in one fummerV'fo that if this be 

 •done in March, by September it will have the fliape. 



• The leaves of this plant are alfo often impofed on the 

 . people in the m.arket for Mandrake leaves, although 

 - there is no refemblance between them, nor any agree- 



■ ment in quality. '" ,'■' ■ '^ 'i. :. / 

 The fecond and fourth forts are perennial plants, their 

 roots remaining feveral years, but their branches de- 

 cay every winter. Thefe roots mutt be planted in 

 pots filled with frefh light earth, and in winter muft 

 be placed in the grecn-houfe, to protefl them from 

 froll and great rains •, which would deftroy them, 



' if they were expofed theieto. During the wintei 

 ■ feafon, they fiiould have very little water given them j 

 but in fummer, when they are expofed to the open 

 . aii^, they muft be frequently refreflied with. jvater in 



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fummers will perfed their feeds. 

 •■ The third, fifth, and fixth forts, are annual plants ^ 

 - . thefe muft be raifed on a hot-bed early in the fpring, 

 / .and when the plants are about three inches high. 

 '■^they fhould be each tranfplanted into a fmall pot filled 

 •■ with frclh light earth, and plunged into a hot-bed of 

 ^ \tanners bark, obferving to water and Ihade them 





until they have taken root. 



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ir ;^rown fo large, as to ramble about on the furface oi 

 , the bed, and begin to entangle with other plants, they 



fliould be Iliifced into larger pots, and placed in the 



barli-llove, where their branches may be trained to 



the wall, or againft an efpalier, that they may have 

 .. fun and air, which is abfolutcly neceffary for their 



producing fruit. When thefe plants are full of fruit, 

 ■ they make a pretty variety in the ftove amongft other 

 . exotic plants. •' ;:'-•' '■''"- .*',,-. 



The fecond and fourth forts are alfo propagated from 

 V - feeds, which fliould be fown on a hot-bed -, and when 



the plants are fit to tranfplant, they fliould be put 

 -'■into pots ; and after they have taken root, fliould be 



-.inured to bear the .open air by degrees; where they 

 \ may remain during the fummer feafon, but in winter 

 ^ they miuft be Ihckered under a hot- bed frame. The 



fourth fore is much tenderer than the former. 

 BRYONIA NIGRA. See Tamn-js. 

 BUB ON. Lin. Gen.'JPlant. 312. Apium, C. B. 154. 

 . Ferula. Herm. Par. 163. Macedonian Parfley. 

 The Characters are, ■ r .^\ 



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It hath an umHeUiferous fewer \ the greater^ or general 



tnnbely is ccmpcfed of abcut ten f nailer^ thofe ivhich are 



Jitnated in^ the 7Kiddk being the port eft ; the fmall umLels 



have near twenty rays, The general invclncrum hath five 



pointed fpear-fapcd leaves^ which fpread open and are 



permanent \ thefe of the f nailer umbels^ con/ft of many 



little leaves cf the fame length with the umbel: the em- 



•pcJ.ement of the ftoiver is permanent^ fmal!^ and indented 



in five parts 'y the flower is compofed of five fpear-fljaped 



petals^ which turn inward \ it hath five ft amina the length 



of the petals^ tcrnnnatcd by fingle fummits. The oval 



germen isfituatcd below the fiower^ fuppor ting two briflly 



ftyks which are permanent^ and the length of the ftamina^ 



crowned by cbtife ftigma. The germen afterward becomes 



an Qval^ channelled^ hairy fruity dividing in 'two parts^ 



each having an oval feed-, plain on one fide ^ but convex en 



the other,' 



This genus of plants is ranged in the fecond fedion 

 otUnr.a^us's fifth clafs, intitled Pentandria Digynia, 

 the flower having five ftamina and tv;o fl:yles. 



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1. BuBON (Macedonicum) foliolis rhombeo-ovat:s crc- 

 V natis, umbellis numerofiflimis. Hort. Cliff, c)^. Bubon 



: with oval^ rhomboid, crenated leaves, and many umbels, 

 ■^ Apium Macedonicum. C, B* P. 154^ Macedonian 

 .-Parfley. ■' ' • ' ■- ",■" 



2. Bubon {Rigidius) foliolis linearibus. Hort. Cliff. 95. 

 Bubon with very narrow leave's. Ferula durior five ri- 



■ gidis & breviffimis foliis. Eoccon. Muf. 2. S4. ■ 



3. Evjiou {Galbanmn) foholis rhombeis dentatis glabris 

 fl;riatis umbellis paucis. Hort. Cliff. 96. Bulon wi/h 



■ fnooth rhomboid leaves and few umbels, PYrula Afri- 

 .'cana galbanifera folio & facie liguftici. Par. Bat. 



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 4; Bubon {Gumiferum) foliolis glabris inferioribus rhom- 



- ■ beis ferratis, fupsrioribus pinnatifidis tridentatis. Prod. 

 :^:: Leyd. 100. Bubon with fmooth rhomboid under leaves 



.which are flawed., and upper leaves winged and indented 

 ' in three parts. Ferula Africana galbanifcra folio myr- 

 rhidis. Hort. Amft. p. 115. 



The firft fends 'out many leaves from the root, the 

 lower growing almoft horizontally, fpreadingnear tlie 

 : . furface of the ground : the foo't-ftalk of each leaf di- 

 vides into feveral other fmaller, garniflied with fmooth 

 rliomb-fliaped leaves, which are of a bright, pale, 

 green colour, indented on their edges. In the center 



• of the plant arifes the fiower-ftem, which is little 

 more than a foot high, dividing into many branches, 

 each being terminated by an umbel of white flowers, 



- which are fucceededby oblong hairy feeds. It flowers 

 in July, and the feeds ripen in autumn, fjon after 

 which the plant decays., • 



This plant in warm countries is biennial; the plants 

 which rife from feeds one year, produce flowers and 

 feeds the next, and then perifla : but in England, 

 tliey feldon flower till the third or fourth year from 



• feed ; but whenever the 'plant flowers, it always dies. 

 It is propagated by feeds, which fliould be fown on 

 a bed of light fandy earth, either early in the autumn, 

 or in April ; and if the feafon prove warrh and dry, 



:; the ground fliould be fliaded in tlie heat of the da}-, 



' and frequently refrefhed with water, which is a fure 



method to bring up the plants ; for where this is not 



praftifed, the leeds often fail, or remain long in rh 



ground. When the plants come up, they will re- 



. quire no other care but to be kept clean from weeds, 



: till the beginning of Oftober, when they fliould be 

 carefully taken up, and planted in a warm border of 

 dry ground; and a few of them fliould be put into 

 pots, that they may be fheltered under a frame in 

 , winter; for in fevere froft, thofe which are expofed 

 to the open air, are frequently killed ^ though, in 

 moderate winters, they will live abroad without co- 

 vering ; but it is a fccure way to preferve the fpecies, 

 to keep two or three plants in pots, in flicker, during*- 



.the winter, left thofe abroad fliould be deflroyeck 

 The feeds of this plant is one of the ingredients in 

 Venice treacle. 



The fecond fort grows naturally in Sicily, from wliencc 

 I received the feeds. This is a low perennial plant, 

 having fliort ftift' leaves, whicli are very narrow : tlie 

 flower-ftalk rifes near a foot high, which is terminated 



^ by an umbel of fmall white flowers, whicli are fuc- 

 ceeded by fmall, oblong, channelled feeds. It flowers 

 in June, and the feeds ripen in September. It is 

 propagated by feeds, and fliould have a dry foil and 

 a warm fituanon, where the plants will continue fe- 



^ yeral years. It is a plant of little beauty or ufe, fo 

 is only preferyed for the fake of variety. 

 The third fort rifes with an upright ftalk to the 

 height of eight or ten feet, which at bottom is lig- 

 neous, having a purphfli bark, covered with a whitilh 

 powder, which comes off when handled; tlie upper 

 part of the ilalk is garniflied wkh leaves at every joint, 



■ the foot-ftalks half embracing them at their "bafc i 

 branching but into feveral fmaller,' like thofe of the 

 common Parfley, and are fct v/ith leaves like thoic 



ofLovagc, but fmaller, of a grey colour-, the toj^ 

 of the Hulk iii terminated by an umbel of yellow 



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