■■>* M 



*.. - * . . 



Englifh'gardens at prefent, viz.- 

 Hamamelis (Firginiana). Flor.Yirg, i^g. The PFitcb 

 _ HazeL : Piftachia Virginiaria' nigra, coryli foliis. 

 \ Pluk. Alm/296. Black Virginia Piftachia with Hazel 

 ^^Jeaves. 





j» s*^ 



^v^* 



- V 



* > 



y 



'Thisj)lant grows naturally in North America, from 



""wliehce the feeds have'been brought to Europe, and 



rfjany of the plants have been raifed in the Englifh 



gardens,, where they are propagated for fale by the 



nurfery gardeners. It hath a woody ftem, from two 



to three feet high, fending out many flender branches, 



'- garnifhed with oval leaves, indented on their edges, 



''-naving great refemblance to thofe of the Hazel JS^ut, 



placed alternately on the branches ; thefe fall away in 



"autumn, *ahdwKeh the plants are deftituteof leaves, 



the flowerFcomebut in clutters from the joints of the 



branches ; thefe fometimes appear the latter end of 



' Oftcjber, and often not till December, but are not 



' fucceeded bj feeds in this country.'f--^^"Vr:;:- -LVto 



^As the flowers' of this flirub nialce Very little ap- 

 ' pearance," f6'ms' only preferved in the gardens of 



the curious, more for the fake of variety than its 

 Dcautv '■ ' * w»«..- *^,i...... ,- .-• , ,, , . .„. ^v/ 



^*This isyropagated by laying down the young branches" 



^^In'autumh, 'which will take root in dfte fear, provided 



^they are duly watered in dry weather ; but many of 



^;ihe £lants which are in the garclens, have been pro- 



.' 8uced from feeds which came from America ; tnefe 



' ll^ecls always remain a whole year'ih the ground, fo 



they fhould be fown in pots, which maybe plunged 



into the ground in a fhady part of the garden, where 



they may remain all the fummer, and require no other 



but to keep the pots clean from weeds, and in 



very Wy weather to water them now and then ; in 



. autumn the pots may be removed to a warmer fitua- 



f ion, and plunged mto the ground under a warm 



• l;cdgc ; and if the winter fhould prove very fevcre, 



thty fl:ioCild have fome light covering thrown over the 



pots, v/hich will fecure the feeds from being deftroyed. 



i 



4- 



:rf T-^ 



HAM 



This plant grows to the height of fix or eight fc^t, \ 

 havinc; a wcody ftem, which is well furnillied with 

 branches; thefe have oval fawed kaves, which arc 

 placed oppofite, and continue green through theycar; 

 the flowers come out fingly, and are of a red colour, 

 bat, being intermixed with the leaves, arc not feen 

 unlefs they are looked after, for they grow fcatteringly 

 on the branches; thefe come out in Tune, and the 

 feeds ripen in September; the leaves are green in win- 

 ter, fo the plants make a variety in the green-houfe 



during that ka,ion. 



It may be propagated by cutnngs, which, if planted in 

 pots filled with light earth in June, and plunged into 

 a gentle hot-bed, will foon take root ; thefe plants may 

 be expofed in fummer, and will require plenty ot wa- 

 ter in that feafon ; in winter they muft be houfed with 

 Myrtles, and other hardy exotic plants, which re- 

 quire a large {hare of air in mild weather. 

 HAMAMELIS. Lin. Gen. Plant. 155. Trilopus. 



Mitch. Gen. 22. The Witch HazeL 



The Characters are. 

 It is male and female in different plants ; the male flowers 

 have a four-leaved empalement^ and four narrow petals^ 

 which arereflexed'j they have fournarrow ftamina^ which 

 are fhcrter than the petals, terminated by horned reflexed 

 fummits. The female flowers have a four-leaved invohi- 

 crum, in which are four flowers ; thefe have a four-leaved 

 empalementy which is coloured-, they have four narrczv 

 " petals, which are reflexed, and four neElariums adhering 

 \ to the petals. In the center isfituated an oval hairy ger- 

 ' men, fupporting two ftyles, crowned by headed ftigmas, 

 ' The germen afterward becomes an oval capfule fitting in 

 the involucrum, having two cells, each containing one hard, 

 oblongs fmooih feed. ' . r.*:- r-ivj 



7'his genus of plants is ranged in the fecond feftion 

 * of Linnasus's fourth clafs, but properly belongs to the 

 fecond fedion of his twenty-fecond clafs, which in- 

 cludes thofe plants which have male and female flowers 

 ■^ in different plants, wliofe ifetriale flowers have two 

 ityles. -• . - -^\ - v.. ,v. . - 



'jWe have but one'' Species of this genus in the 



* 



I 



I 



HAS 



In the fpring the plants will con-ic up, thcraorc as the 

 feafon grows warm, the pots may be rt^inoved wiicre 

 they may have the morning fun till ck-vcn o'clock • 

 ana if they arc duly watered m dry v;e:Achcr, ihc plains 

 will have made good progrcfs by autumn, when they 

 {hould be tranfplantcd, either into fmall pots, or in a 

 nurfery-bed, wherein one, or ut niolt two years time 

 they will be ftrong enough to plani where they are de- 

 figned to remain ; they love a moiil ibil, and a ih^dy 

 fituation. 

 HAMELLIA. Lin. Gen. 232. 

 The Characters are. 

 The empalcment of the flower is fmall, permanent, and cut 

 into flve acute fegments -, the flower is of one petal, having 

 a long tube, whoje bri-m is cut into flve acute points; it hath 

 flve awl'fljaped flamina infer ted to the midak of the petcd, 

 terminated by linear funimits the length cf the petal \, end 

 an oval germen, whofe lower point is conical, fupporting 

 a flender fiyk the length of the corolla, crowned by an ob- 

 tufe linear ftigma :' the germen afterward becomes an oval 

 furrowed berry, with flve cells, fllled with fmall comprejj'ed 

 feeds. 



This genus of plants is ranged in the firft order of 

 Linna^us's fifth clafs, intitled Pentandria Monogynia, 

 the flower having five Itamina and one flylc ; it is 



namedin honourof MonfieurduHameldesMonceaux, 

 member of the Academy of Sciences at Parisj and 

 fellow of the Royal Society of London j a gentleman 

 well known to the learned, by the many uicful books 

 he has publillied. - . . ? ^ 



We know but one Species of this genus, vi2. 

 r, Hamellia {Patens) racemis eredtos. Jacq, Amcr. 

 '71/ Hamellia with ercot fpikes of flowers. ., . 



- This plant grows naturally in Africa, and alfo in t|ie 

 --'warm parts of America ; I received the feeds from 

 Paris, which were brought from Senegal by Mr. 

 nJAdahfori, wiph the tide of Mortura on the paper j 

 and before that; received a drawing of the plant in 

 flower, from the late Dr. Houftoun, who tound it 

 growing naturally in America,\vhere it has fincebeen 

 found growing by Mr. Jacquin, who has figured it. 

 It rifes with a ligneous flralk five or, fix kct high, 

 fending out feveral eredl branches toward the top, 

 garniflied with oval woolly leaves, placed by threes 

 round the branches,' having red foor-fialks ; the flow- 

 ers terminate the branches in flender Ipikes j they are 

 tubulous, and cut at their brims into five fnarp feg- 

 ments, fl:anding ereft, of a bright red colour : thcie 

 are not fucceeded by feeds in England. ; 



This plant is propagated by feeds, wlien they canjbe 

 procured frefh from the countries where it grows na- 

 turally : thefe ftiould be fown in fmall pots, and 

 plunged into a moderate hot-bed : the plants gent:-., 

 rally appear in about five or fix weeks after, and 

 fliould then be treated in the fame way as other plants 



t 



* - 



r 



v.. 



h — 



from the fame countries ; giving them proper air in 

 warm weather, and gently refreihing them with w.a- 

 ter • and when they are fit to tranfplant, they fhould 

 be each planted in a fmall pot, plunging them into 

 ' the hot-bed again, where they ihould be fhaded from ' 



the fun until they have taken new root, when they 



V ftiould have air and moifl:ure according to the warmtii 



'•^ of the feafon."; In theJaiituiiin the plants mufr be re- 



*^ moved into the tan-fl;ove, plunging the pots into tlie 



-'bed, where they ftiould be always continued: this 



'.flowers in July and Augufl:, when ic makes a pretty 



appearance. ' '*;: ■ 



As the feeds of this plant are feldom brought to 



- England, fo the plant may be propagated by cut- 



- tings, which if planted in fmall pots, plunged into a 



moderate hot-bed; and clofely covered with either 



bell of' hand-glaflTes, v/ill put cut roots in about ux 



weeks, and may then be treated in the fame way as 





the feedling plants. 

 H A R M A L A. See Peganum. 



HASSELQUISTIA. Lin. Gen. 341- 

 The Characters are, 



// is an mnbelliferous plant y whofe 



' 'pofed of fix fpreading rays \ thefe are j 



double \ the greater involucrum has many floort br 



univerfal umbel is cotr.-^ 

 ire for the mofl p^^'j 

 ^as- w.-2ffv &ort kijl^y 



2 



Icaz' 



4.J 3 



J 



