H 



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m 





CtMtJtyle^ crozvncdly an ohtufe ji'igma. the ger- 

 ifier'-jsard becomes a large, oval, flejby fruity inclofwg 

 four flat feeds, having hardfhells 



clthci' flowers or fruit, yet as they keep their ieaVfi 

 through the year, which are fo very beautiful, they 

 deferve a plate in the (love, better than riioft other 



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This genus of plants is ranged in the firf! feftion of plants. The cliief care they require, is to keep them 

 Linna^us's fifth clafs, intitled Pentandria Monogyhia, conftantly in a proper degree of heat, and never td 



The Species are, 



ftyl 



lleie 

 15- 



I. ChrysophylLum {Cainito) foliis ovatis, para 

 'ftriatis fubtus, tomcntofo-nitidis. Jacq. Amer 

 • Chryfophyllim with oval leaves^ with parallel veins and 



neat woolly leaves on tbcir under fide. Cainito folio 

 • fubtus 'aureo, fru6lu olivae formi. Plum. Nov. Gen. 



10. "The Damfcn-free. ' ■ ^ 



%. Ghrysophyllum {Glalrum) foliis utrinque glaberri- 



mis. Jacq. Amer. 15. Chryfofhyllum with very fmdoth 



leaves, ' Cainito folio fubtus aureo, fruftu maliformi. 

 "' Plum. Nov. Gen. 10. The Star Apple. ' 



TN^n* rn-e<; ornw narnrallv in the Weft-Indies, where 



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the firft Tort rifes from twenty to thirty feet high, coloUr, 



dividing into many branches, garnifhed with oval I Golden Saxifrage. 



put them into too large pots ; and in winter they 

 Ihould not have too much water, about ;v;ice a week 

 will be often enough to water them \ and in the 

 depth of winter, they Ihould not have much at each 

 time. 



Thefe trees arc frequently propagated in the Weft- 

 Indies, by planting of their branches (as I have been 

 informed by perfons of credit but I have not 

 heard of their b^ing propagated in England by that 

 method. ' 



dHRYSOSPLENIUM. Lin. G!n. Plant. 493; 

 [p^futroo-TrA^'woi/, of p^f'jtrof, Gold, and o-TrXr:^, the fpleen 5 

 q. d. a plant, the flowers of which are of a golden 



] 



leaves, fAooth above, and of a gold colour on their 

 under fide ; the flowers come out from the fide of 

 the branches, at the fetting on of the leaves, in 

 round diiftcrs, which are fucceeded by oval, fmooth, 



three or four hard flat 



fruit. 



inclofing 



pulpy 



feeds. 



The fecond fort rifes with an upright trunk to the 



The Characters are^ 

 fhe empaienient is divided into four or fin. 

 fpread open^ tire coloured^ and permancn 

 huth }lo petals^ but eight or tenjtarnina^ 

 ere£f^ and ft and oppofite to the angles of 

 terminated hy ftngle fiimmits : the germen 



flo^ 



height of thirty or forty feet, dividing into many j chlufe ftigma 



[upporting two Jhort ftyl 



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't^ 



flender branches, garniftied with fpear-fliaped leaves, 

 coming out without order •, from the wings of the 

 leaves, and alfo at the extremity of the branches, the 

 flowers are produced in bunches, which are fucceeded 

 by round pulpy fruit the fize of a Golden Pippin, 



containing many flat hard feeds. 



The fruit of both thefe trees is very rough and af- 

 tringent at firfl:, but by lying fome time aftei- they 

 are gathered, they become mellow, like the Medlar. 

 The timber of both thefe trees is lifed in buildings, 



afterward becomes a capfh 



'i ;.. -*■ 



i 



dfilled 

 finatt feeds. ' ' ^f- 



This genus of plant's^ is ranged in the fecond feftion 

 of Linna^us's tenth clafs, intitled Decandria Digynia, 

 the flowers having ten ftamina arid two ftyles. 



The Species are. 



I. 



Saxif 



ifoli 



^{ 



on 





__d 



A-* 



and for fliingles to cover houfes. 



Thefe plants are preferved in feveral curious gardens 



for the beauty of their leaves, efpecially the firil fort, 



whofe under fides Ihine like fattin, the upper fides are 



of a deep green. The leaves continue all the year, 



fo make a very pretty appearance in the ftove at all 



fcafons.' 



Thefe trees, being natives of the warmefl: parts of 

 the world, cannot be preferved in this country, with* 

 out being kept in the warmeft ftoves ; and fhould 

 always remain in a hot-bed of tanners bark, other- 

 ' wife they will make but little progrefs. They are 

 /'propagated by feeds, which muft be procured from 

 - the places of their growth, for they do not produce 

 '^'ffiiit in Europe. -Thefe feeds muft be frefli, other- 

 ^ wife they will not grow ; and if they are fent over in 

 fand, it will preferve them from drying too much j 

 ' when the feeds arrive, they muft be fown as foon as 

 poffible in fmall pots filled with light frefh earth, and 

 'plunged into a good hot-bed of tanners bark. If 

 ^ the feeds are good, and the bed in a proper tehipe- 

 rature of warmth, the plants will appear in five or 

 fixweeTcs-, and in about two months after, "will be 

 ftrong enough to tranfplant \ in doing of which, the 

 •'plants, with all the earth, fliould be ftiaken out of 

 the pots very carefully, and feparated witK their roots 

 entire, knd each planted into a fingle fmall pot filled 

 with frelh rich earth, and plunged again into a Tiot- 

 ' bed of tanners bark, watering and fliading them un- 

 til they have taken frefli root. If the hot-bed in 

 wliich thefe plants are plunged, is from time to time 

 ftirred, and a little frefli tan added to it, to rene^v 

 ■ the heat when it declines, the plants will make good 

 progrefs, and in three or four months will be near 

 a foot high, and may then be fliifted into pots a 

 fmall fize larger than thofe they before were in. If 

 thefe plants are conftantly kept in a warm bed in the 

 ftove, and fhifted twice a year, to renew the earth 

 to their roots, they will thrive very faft, and put out 

 their fide branches, fo as to make a handfome ap- 

 pearance in the ftove, with other curious plants of 

 ilic fime country, for though they^ do not produce 



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fraga aurea foliis pediculis oblongis infidentibus. Raii 



long foot'ftalks 



Saxifrage with leaves grotving 



Monfp 



p L E rif I u M ( Oppofttifoltum) 

 128. Golden Saxifra^rp. 



with oppojti 



Chrylbfplenium foliis amplionbus auriculatis. Tourn. 

 Inft. 146. Golden Saxifrage with larger eared leaves. 

 Thefe two plants are fourid growing wild in many 

 parts of England,' upon marftiy fdils and bogs, as 

 alfo in moift ftiady woods, and are feldom propagated 

 in gardens; where, if any perfon has curiofity to 

 cultivate them, they muft be planted in very moift 

 Ihady places, otherwife they will not thrive. They 



March 



CIBOULS, orCHIBOULS. See Cepa. 



CICER. Lin. Gen. Plant. 78^. Tourn. Inft. R. H. 

 tab. 210. [This plant is calledCicer, of Ktxuf, ftrength^* 

 becaufe it is faid to fttehgthen : it is alfo called Arie- 

 taria, becaufe the feeds of it refemble the head of a 

 ram.] Cicer, or Chich Peafe. 

 The Characters are, 



The empaletnent of the /lower is eut into five fegments^ four 

 of which lie upon the ftandard ; the two middle^ which are 



her is under the keel. The 



jft^ are joined^ th 

 flower is of the butterfly 



/ 



\diflo^ and plain \ the wings are much f 



pointed. 



by an obtufe ftig. 



fldorter than the wings^ and is Jharp- 

 b ten ftamina, nine of them are joined, 

 fcparate^ terminated by ftngle fummits. 



fupporting a ftngle ftyle^ crowned 



fi 



d fwelling pod of a rhomboidal ftgure, inclofu 

 idijh feeds, with a protuberance on their fule. 



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4 



Linn^us's feventeenth clafs, intitled Diadelphia De- 

 candria, from the flower having ten ftamina joined 



in two bodies. 



There is but one Species of this genus, viz. 

 Cicer {Arietinum) foliolis ferratis. Hort. 



Clifl^. 



Peafe with fc 



Cicer fativum. C. B. P. 



347 



Peaf 



There is a variety of this with a red feed, which dif- 

 fers from it in nothin^^ but the colour* 



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