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' // halh male and female flo'wers^on thefajne plant ; the 



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are larger than the empalement. The male flowers have 

 ' four upright Jlamina\ terminated by'double ere5f fimniits 

 ' with a rudiment of 'a germ en, but tioflyle or fligma : the 

 ' female fowers have roundifj, blunt^ three-cornered germ'en^ 



fuppcrttng three very floor tfiylesy crowned by obtufe prickly 

 ' Jligma^ The empalement afterward becomes a_ roundijh 



capfule, floapcd like an inverted pottage pot^ opening '*in 



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forth by the elaflicity of the pod when ripe. r:\\'\ ' 

 This genus of plants is ranged in the fourth feftion 

 of Lmna:us's twenty-firft clafs, intitled Mon'oecia 

 Tetrahdria, there being male and fernale flowers on 

 the fame plant, and the male flowers havino; four 



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Buxus {Arborefcens) arborefccns, foliis ovatis. Tree 

 Box with oi'al leaves, Buxus arborefcens. C. B. P. 

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{Angvflifolia) 

 Tree Box with fpe'ar-fhaped leaves. 

 Raii Syn. 44^. Narrow-leaved Box. 

 Buxus '{Suffrutkofa) humilis foliis orbiculatis. Dwarf 

 Box with round leaves, Buxus humilis. Dod. pempt: 

 • 782. Dwarf or Butch Box. ' f' .' 

 '- Thefe are three certainly difl:in<St fpecies.' " The two 

 forts of Tree Box have been frequently raifed from 

 feeds, and conftantly produced ^plants of the fame 

 ■'• kind from"'t"hofe the feeds were taken from; and the 

 \ Pwarf Box will never rife to any confiderable height 

 ^': with any culture,' nor have I ever feen this fort flower, 

 '" where the plants have been encouraged to grow many 

 'V years in the greateft luxuriancy. There are two or 

 three varieties of the firft fort, which are propagated 

 iji'the gardens, 'one with yellow, and the other white 

 ftriped leaves. The otlier hath the tops of the leaves 

 only marked with yellow, which is called Tiped Box. 

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 CABBAGE. See Brassica-/'-'' 







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CABINET, in a gartlen, is a conveniency 

 ; 'which differs from an arbour, in this, that 

 V an arbour or fummer-houfe is of great length, and 

 \ "arched over head in the form of a gallery •, but a ca- 

 ; . , binet is either fquare, circular, or in cants, making 

 ' ;- a kind of falon, to be fet at the ends, or in the mid- 

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1:ACALIA,. Foreign Coltsfoot, ;; '../.'■:/! 

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_ ■ -It bath compound flowers which' are included in one com- 

 \,f^'^on.,eyUndrical.^fcaly empalement: the flowers are tu~ 

 lulous and fimnel-fhaped^ cut at the top into five parts 

 \vhichfland "ereEl ^ thefe have 'each five fhortflender'Jta- 

 minay _ terminated by cylindrical fummits. The germen is 

 crowned with down, fupporting a fender ftyle, crowned 

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laro-e trees of thefe kinds i biTt of late they have been 

 pretty much deftroyed, yet there are great numbers 

 of the trees remaining, which are of, a confiderable 

 bignefs. The wood of this tree is very ufeful for 

 tufners, eno-ravers, and mathematical inftrumcnt- 



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the wood being fo hard, clofe, and pondei- 

 ous, as to fink in water, which renders it very valua- 

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All the varieties of the tree ov large ^ox are proper 

 to intermix in clumjps of Evergreens, &c. where they 

 add to the variety of fuch plantations ; theTe riiay be 

 propagated by planting the cuttings in autumn in a 

 fliady border, obferving to keep them watered until 

 they have taken root, when they may be tranfplanted 

 into rlurferies, till they are fit for the purpofes intend- 

 . ed." ' The beft feafon for removing thefe trees is in 

 • 06lober, though indeed, if care be ufed to take them 

 up with a good ball of earth, they may be tranfplant- 

 ed almoft at any time, except in fummer. Thefe 

 trees are a very great ornament to cold and barren 

 foils, where'few other' things will grow, they may 

 " alfo be propagated by laying down the branches, or 

 from feeds : the laft being the beft method to have 



■ them grow to be large, the feeds muft be fown foon 

 after they are ripe in a fliady border, w^hich muft be 



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■ The Dwarf kind of Box is ufed for bordering flower- 

 beds' or border^ •, for which purpofe it far exceeds 

 any other plant, it being fubjed to no injuries from 

 cold or heat, and is of long duration, is very eafily 

 kept handfome, and, by the firmnefs of its rooting, 

 keeps the mould in the borders from wafliing into the 

 gravel-walks, more efteftually than any plant what- 

 ever. This is increafed by parting the roots, or plant- 

 ing the flips •, but as it niakes fo great an increafe of 

 itfelf, and fo eafily parts, it is hardly worth while to 

 plant' the flips that have no roots.t-ii^It. is now be- 

 come fo common, that it may be purchafed from the 

 nurferies at a cheap rate. •' . ", / ^ -. ,,! .. 



'[The manner 6f planting this in edgings, &c. is fo 



-^:.well underftood by every working gardener, that it 



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\ This genus of plants is ranged in the firft feflion of 

 ■■ 'Linnreus's twenty-firft clafs, intitled Syngenefia poly- 

 ' 'gamia asqualis ; thefe have all hermaphrodite flowers 

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 Cacalia {Alpina) foliis reniformibus acutis denticu- 

 latis calycibvis fubtrifloris. Gouan. Monfp. 429. Ca- 

 calia with kidney-fhdped leagues which are floarply indent- 

 ed., and generally three flowers in each empalement, Ca- 

 calia foHis crafiis hirfutis. C. B. P. 197. 

 Cacalia {Glabra) foliis cutaneis acutioribus & gla- 

 bris. C. B. P. 198. Cacalia zvith fntooth leaves^ having 

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Cacalia {Suaveolens) caule herbaceo foliis haftato-fa- 

 gittatis denticulatis, petiolis fuperne dilatatis. Horc. 

 Upfal. Z54" Cacalia with an herbaceous flalk., fpear- 



floaped indented ledi^es,'' dr/i the' tipper fide of the foct-ftalk 

 fpreading, Cacalia Americana procerior, folio triangu- 

 lari per bafin- auriculato, fioribus albis. Edit, prior. 



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