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ftove, and requiring a large fliare of room, they are 

 fcklom propagated in Europe, unlcfs in botanic gar- 

 dens for the fake of variety, for their flowers have 

 very little beauty to r'econnmend them. 

 They are proj^agated by feeds, v/hich muft be ob- 

 tained from the countries where they naturally grow, 

 for they do not produce feeds in England, Thefe 

 fhould be fov/n in fniallpots, lilkd with light earth, 

 as foon as they firrive, and the pots fhould be plunged 

 into a moderate hot-bed of tanners bark. If thefe 

 feeds arrive in the autumn, the pots fhould be plunged 

 into the bark-bed in the ftove, and then there will be 

 a probability of the plants coming up the following 

 fpring i but thofe feeds which do not arrive here till 

 fpring, will not come up the flime year, fb the pots 

 in which they are fown, fhould be plunged into a 

 moderate hot-bed under a frame, where they may be 

 continued all the fummer, but in the autumn they 

 ihould be removed into the flove, where they fhould 

 •remain during the winter, and as the earth in the 

 pots will be dry, fo they fhould be now and then wa- 

 tered, but it fhould be given fparingly.' The follow- 

 ing fpring the pots fhould be removed *6ut of the flov^ 

 and plunged into anew hot-bed under a frame, which 

 will bring up the plants in about fix weeks if the feeds 

 are good. When the plants are fit to reriiove, they 

 fhould be each planted in a fmall pot filled with light 

 earth, ^nd plunged into a hot-bed of tanners bark, 

 bbferving tofhadethem every day from the fun till 

 they have taken new root, after which they Ihould 



• have free air admitted t6'thefn dailyj' in proportion to 

 the warmth of the feafon. In. the autumn they ipuft 

 be removed into the bark-flove, where" they fhould 

 conftahtly remain, and mufl be treated in the fame way 



■• as other tender plants. 



PEACH/ SeePERsicA; 

 PEAR. iSeePYRus. 

 PEAS. See Pisum. , . 



PEAS EVERLASTING. 



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ATHYRUS. 



PEDICLE is that part of a flalk which immediately 

 ^' fuftains the leaf, a flower, or a fruit, and is cbm- 

 ' '. monly called a foot-ftalk. ^. . - . ,.. . 



PEDICULARIS, Rattle, Cocks-comb, orLoufe- 



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"iThere are four different kinds of this plant, which 



grow wild in paflure's in fever al parts of England^ 



'and in fome low meadows are^ very troublefome to 



the paftures, efpecially one fort with yellow flowers, 



which rues to be a toot high, or more, and is orten 



■ In fuch plenty, as to he'the moll predomiriant^plant j* 

 but this is very bad food for cattle,, and^vhen it is 



-mov/ed with the Grafs for hay, renders it^of^ little^ 



■value. The feeds of this plant are generally npe^ by' 

 the dme tlie Grafs is mowed, fo that whenever 'per-' 



^ fons take Grafs-feed for fowing,, they fhoyld b^.very 



.'careful that none of this feed is mixed with it. «; As 



I fhall not trouble 



■".^thefe plants are never culdvated, 

 ^"■'the reader witiV tl^eir feveral^ varieties,, 

 PEGANUM. -Lift. GehVlTknt. 530; ' Harmala. 

 ■ Tourn. Infl, R. H. 257. tab. 133. Wild Affyrian Rue. . 





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Teganum 'with manyphited leaves, Harmala. Dcd' 

 Pempt. 121. Ruta fy Iveflris, flore magno albo. C. B. P. 



336. PFild Rue with a large ivhi t e ficyjcr , 

 This. plant grows naturally in Spain and Syria ; it has 

 a root as jarge as a nian's little linger, which by age 

 becomes woody. The ftalks decay every autumti, 

 and new ones arife in the fpring •, thefe c^row about 

 foot long, and divide inco feveral fmall branches, 

 which are garnifhcd with oblong thick leaves cut into 

 feveral narrow fcgments •, they are of a dark green, 

 and of a gummy bitterilh tafle. The flowers are 

 produced at the end of the branches, fitting clofe be- 

 tween the leaves ; they are compofed of five roundifh 

 white petals, which open like a Rofe, having fifteea' 

 awl-fhapedllamina, terminated by oblong, yellow, ereft 

 fummits. In the center is fituated a roundiih three- 

 cornered germen, having a three-cornered flyle the 

 leiigth of the ftamina, with three fligmas which are 

 longer than the flyle. The germen afterward becomes 

 a roundifh three-cornered capfule, having three cells, 

 which contain feveral oval acute-pointed feeds. It 



. Bowers in July, and in warm fummers the feeds will 

 ripen herd in the autumn. , 



It is propagated by feedsj which fhould be fown thinly 



on a bed of light eardi the beginning of April, and 



. when the plants come up, they mull be conflantly 



. 'kept clean from v/eeds, which is all the culture they 

 will require till the end of Oftober, or the beo-in- 

 ning of November, v/hen their flalks decay. At which ' 



^ time, if the bed is covered with tanners bark, allies, 



. faw/duft, or fuch like'coYcring to keep out the frofl:, 



.'Ii(-'will be a fecure way to preferve the roots, which 

 when young are fpmewhat tender, ^ ' The following 



, March the roots m'ay te taken up',"and tranfplanted 

 ihtb a warmfiruatioh aqd. a. dryToil,, where they -syill 



■ continue feveral years, i^: This is fometimes iifed in 



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PELECINUS. See BisERRULA. ^ 

 PELLITORY OF SPAIN. . See Anthemis. 

 PELLITORY OF THE WALL. See Pa- 



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PELTARIA. Jacq. Vind. 260. Lin. Gen. Pkrit, 



.. 80.6, Mourttiain. Treacle Muflard. 

 ... ..tThe Characters are, 



'.^'The em^ale77ient of the jiower is compofed of four fmall^ 

 :^, concave^ coloured leaves^which fall off \ the' flower has four 

 .r fctals^placedin form of a g-ofs^whofe kecks ah fborter 

 ^~ than the empalen2e)2t^ andfiy:awl~fhapedftam'ina^ two of 

 ^- which are jhorter than the empahnent^ terminated by 

 fingle Jummtts^ with a roundiflo germen fupporting a fhort 

 ^fftyle-i ■ cropfted ly an obtufe ftigma, 27>^ germen afterward 

 '^^becomes a roundifh compreffed pod with one^ cell^ containing 



^^ one roundifh feed. ■:: •r^^r^. ;'"^*'::Jti^rr; "10 ir:n''^ j^ 



^f^JThis genils of plants is ranged in the firfl feftioh of 



. ^., Linnfeus's fiftcentjh^glafs, intitled T£tradynarrna Sili- ' 



..^culofa^the flower having four long and two fhort ila- 



,, linina, and the feeds being included in fhort pods. ^ 



..,;^ %,\Vp have but cn^ Species of this^genus, vii.. l'' - 



PeIjTAB.|a {Alliaceq.\^}d.cc\, Vjnd. 260. Lin. Sp. Plant. 



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" "The flower has a pWmanenTempaiement, compofed of five 



- "narrow efeB leaves the length of the p'etaL It has five 



■ cblong oval petajs which fpread open^ and fifle^n awl- 



fljaped liamina about hatf the length of the petals^ whofe 



'* hajcs fpread into ane5lariHmU7iaerthegermeny and are 



' "t terminated by ercH oblong fummttsV uhafa three-cor- 



'/lered roundifi germen^ elevated at^ the bafe of the flower^ 



with a three-ccrnercd flender flyle the length of the fum- 



mits^ and three fligmas which are longer than the flyle, 



The germen afterward becomes a roundifi thre*e'CQrnercd 



Q 10. Peltaria or Treacle Muftard. Thlafpi montanum, 

 a.^v,-: glafti folio maius. C. B; P. 106. Mountain Treacle 



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capfule^ having three cells ^ filled with Qval a^ute-pointed 

 feeds, \ : ■ '- . "\ ■ ■ ' -- 4 -r: lyj ' 



This genus of plants is ranged in the firfl fedion of 

 Linn^eus's eleventh clafs, which includes thofe plants 

 wl^ofe flowers have from'eleven to nineteen flaminaj 

 and one ftyle. - 



We have but one Species in the Englifh gardens 

 atprcfent, viz. ■ * . _ .- 



Vega^vm {Harmala) foliis multifidis. Hort. Upfal. 144. 



^':^ Muftard with a IVoad leaf. 



.f,f.Thispl^nt gr9>ys.,nawr3n the mountains in 



•, Auftria and Iftria ; it is a biennial, fo generally dies 



foon after the feeds are perfedled. ^ It rifes with an 



.,,; upright branching flalk aootrfa'foot high, garnifhed 



^njvjth heart-fhaped folooth, Jcavcs, which embrace the 



4^ flalks with their bafe : the flalks are terminated 

 .1 cluflers of white flowers erowine in form of un 



by 



umbels, 

 .^ each flower having four petals placed in form of a 



- crofs ; thefe' are, Jucceeded, by roundifh compreffed 



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„; pods, each containino^ one feed of the fame form. 



: The plant flowers in May, and the feeds ripen In July. 



. This is eafily propagated by feeds, which may be 

 fown in friiall patches in the borders of the flower- 

 garden the beginning of April, and when the plants 

 are up, there fhould be four or five le/t in each patch j 

 the others fhould be pulled out, to give thefe' room to 

 grow; after th]s^ they will require no other cultv 



but to keep them clean from weeds. 



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