MAN 



btilar fofc berry lying upon the leaves, which, when 

 fully grown, is as large as a Nutmeg, of a yellowifh 

 green colour when ripe, full of pulp, in which the 

 kidney-fhapcd feeds are lodged. It flowers in March, 

 and the feeds arc ripe in July. 



This plant is propagated by feeds, which fliould be 

 fown upon a bed of light earth foon after they are 

 ripe, for if they are kept until the fpring, they fel- 

 dom fuccecd well ■, but thofe which are lown in au- 

 tumn will come up in the fpring, when they fhould 

 be carefully cleared from weeds ; and in very dry 

 weather they muft be refreflied with water, which will 

 reatly promote their growth. In this bed they 

 ould remain till the latter end of Auguft, (obferv- 

 ing always to keep them clear from weeds) at which 

 time they Ihould be taken up very carefully, arid 

 tranfplanted into the places where they are to remain j 

 the foil fhould be light and deep, for their roots al- 

 ways run very deep, fo that if the foil is wet, they 

 are often rotted in winter ; and if it be too near the 

 gravel or chalk, they will make but little progrefs ; 

 but if the foil be good and they are not difturbed, 

 the plants will grow to a large fize in a few years, and 

 will produce great quantities of flowers and fruit j 

 the roots will abide a great many years. 

 I have been informed by fome perfons of credit, that 

 one of thcfe roots will remain found above flfty years, 

 and be as vigorous as a young plant. I have known 

 fome plants myfelf near that age, which are now in 

 great vigour, and may continue fo many years longer, 

 as there are no figns of their decay ; but they Ihould 

 ■never be removed after their roots have arrived to any 

 confiderable fize, which would break their lower fi- 

 bres, and fo flint the plants, as that if they live they 

 will not recover their former ftrength in two or jthree 



Thefe plants Ihould have a warm fituation, 

 otherwife in fevere winters they will be defl:royed'. r 

 As to the feigned refemblance of a liuman form, 

 ■which the foots of this plant are faid to c^rry, it is 

 all inipoftufe, owing to the cunning of quacks and 

 mountebanks, who deceive the populace and theig- 

 -^ norant with fi6titious images, fhaped from the frelh 

 'roots of Briony and other plants': and what is report- 

 '■ed as to the manner of rooting of this plant, by ty- 

 ing a dog thereto, to prevent the certain death of the 



years 



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ifc" 



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^ perfon who fhould care to attempt it, and the groans 



' It emits upon the force oflfered, &c. is all a ridicu- 



ious fable ; for I have taken up feveral large roots 



of this plant, fome of which have been tranfplanted 



other places* but could never obferve 



into otner places, 

 particular difference 

 rooting plant. 



in 



any 

 this from any other deep 



MANGIFERA. Lin. Gen. Plant. 278. The Man- 

 go-tree.' 



, ' The Characters are, 



The em^akment of the Jlo'xer is cut into five fpear-Jhaped 

 Jigments ; tie flower hath five fpear-fl^aped petals longer 

 than the empalement, and five awl-flsaped ftamna the 

 length of the corolla^ crowned with heart-fhaped fummits. 

 It hath a roundi/b germeny fupporting a flender ftyle the 

 length of the empalementy terminated kf a ftngU fiigma ; 



-* , -.^a 



Hhe germen afterward becomes an oblonz kidney-fhaped 

 '-■'Plumb fomewBat compfeffed^ inclofing an oblong woolly 

 ^■^'^Wut of the fame fornix 





^■»This genus of plants is ranged in the firft fedlion of 

 «-i Linnseus's fifth clafs, intitled Pentandria Monogy- 



nia,~ the flower having five ftamina and one ftyle." 

 " *^1 We haveljut one Species of this genus, viz. * - 

 Mangifera {Indica.) Lin. Sp: 290. 1'he Mango-tree. 

 ' ; Manga Indica frudu magno 'reniforma. Raii Hift. 



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This tree grows naturally in mod parts of India, as 

 ■'^:aIfo in the Brazils, and fome other parts of the world, 

 where it becomes a large tree ; the wood is brittle, 

 -^^d the bark becomes rough by age -, the leaves are 

 feven or^eight inches long, and two or more broad, 

 terminating in points, having feveral tranfverfe veins 

 trom the'middle rib to the fides, which are oppofite. 

 The flowers are produced in loofe panicles toward the 



end of tjie branches, eiteeh confilling^of fiv 



fpear- 



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K 



t 



fiiaped petals which fpread open, havin 

 fliaped ftamina the length of the 

 fituatcd between them j 

 the flower afterward becorrics a Lir^Te 



S five aVk'l. 

 wi'.ich arc 



ney-fhaped 

 fame form. 



Plumb, 



ptrrais, 

 chegn-meu at the botcotnoi- 



,_ oblong Icid- 

 a roLi-h nut of the 



inclofing 



This fruit, when 

 the inhabitants ut 



fully npe, is greatly cftccmcd by 

 : thole countries where ihey ^roi 

 naturally, or have been tranfplanted •, but in Europe 

 we have only the unripe fruit brought over in pickL 

 which is little better than fcvcrarotlier fruit waJa 

 pickled in the fame way : however, frunuhe account 

 given of the ripe fruit, by moft people who have 

 eaten it in the country -, it has excited the curiofitv of 

 many perfons in Europe to endeavour to procure youno- 

 plants in their gardens, for which purpolc great quan^ 

 titles of the nuts have been brought to feveral parts of 

 Europe, but without effeft ; for I have not heard of 

 one plant which has been produced in Europe from 

 the nuts. All thofe v/hich have fallen into my hands 

 have been rotten when received, fo that I am apt to 

 think the vegetative quality of them cannot be lorg 

 preferved •, therefore the only method to obtain the 

 plants in England, is to plant a good quantity of the 

 nuts in a tub of earth in the country where they grew 

 naturally i and when the plants are grown a fcot 

 high, to {hip them for England, placing a coverno- 

 over them to defend them from fait water and the 

 fpray of the fea, being very careful not to let them 

 have much wet in their paflage ; as alfo when the fhip 

 arrives in a cold climate, to fcreen the plants from 

 cold, efpecially if it is toward the approach of winter. 

 By carefully obferving thefe rules, the plants may be 

 brought very fafely over, as has been experienced by 

 a plant of this fort, with feveral other forts of plants, 

 which were brought over by Capt. Quick, and'afe 

 now in good health in the Chelfea garden. •; ■" *" 

 There have been fome plants brought to Eno^land be- 

 fore this, which were deftroyed by having too "much 

 heat, for this plant will not thrive in a hot-bed of 

 tanners bark -, fo that the only way to have them fuc- 

 ceed, is to plant them in pots filled with light kitch- 

 en-garden eartTiV and place them in a dry ftove, v/liere 

 in wairm weather they fliould have frefli airdaily^ and 

 in the winter the air kept up to temperate, as"^ is 



i :^:ns 





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marked upon the thermometers. 

 MAN I HOT. ^ See Jatropha; 



MANURE. '•'■ ., ; 



l-^Theire are various kinds of Manure, which are now 

 commonly ufed in different parts of England, forer- 

 riching of the feveral foils. Some of thefe have been 

 already mentioned under the article of Dung, io I 

 Ihall not repeat them here, but proceed to take noti(e 

 of fome other kinds of Manure, which are' at prefcrt 

 neglefted by many people, though they might I e 

 ufed with equal fuccf fs, if not better on many. lands, 

 as moft of tnofe nowcommonlv in ufe. 



fl^ 



t: I 



-Oak bark, after the tanners have ufed it for tanning 



:if an ex- 



_ of leather, when laid in a heap and r 



-? cellent Miriure, 'efpecially for ftiff cold landV ir^ 

 which one. load of this Manure wij[l improve the 

 ground more, and laft longer, than two loads of the 



• richeft dungs •, and yet it is very common tofee'lafgc 



'- ■ heaps of this remaining in the tanneris yards for many 



-'years, in feveral parts of England, where Manureof 

 other kinds is Very- fcarce, and often carried to a great 



'-■'diftance, ^ Of late years this tan has been much ufed 

 for hot-beds in feveral parts of England, and is found 

 greatly to exceeii horfe dung for that purpqfe, the 



- fermentation being moderate and of long condnuance; 

 fo that a bed of tan, \vhen rightly made, will continue 

 in a moderate temperature of heat for three or four 

 months ; and when the heat begins to decay, '^f^^^f 

 ftirred up with a dung fork, and fomefrefh tanadd- 

 eci to it, the heat will renew again, and laft for lomc 

 months, fothat thefe beds are by far the mod kindly 

 for exotic plants •, and whatever plants are plunged 

 into thefe beds, if they are permitted to root thrpugf^ 



' the bottom of the pots, they will thrive more la 



■■ one month after, than they did in four months.while 



they 



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