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tlumps in parks, or to plant round the borders of j la die fprin^;; but if they fliould not come un t!-,,* r^.. 



woods, which are filled with deciduous trees, where- 

 in the fummer time, the dark fhade of thelc ever- 



will make a fine contraft with the brighter 



and in winter, 



terwards 



greens 



green leaves of the deciduous trees 

 when the latter arc deftitute of leaves, they will Iiave 

 a fine efieft, and will be a fine harbour for bird^. 

 Thefc may be trained up to ftems, fo as to be out 

 of the reach of cattle, therefore may be planted in 

 open places, where, if they are fenced againll cat- 

 tle till they are grown up, they may be af 



expofed. 



The other forts, which are of humbler growth, mufl 

 be confined to gardens or other inclofures, where they 

 may be fecured from cattle, hares, rabbets, &c. 

 otherwife they will be foon deftroyed. 

 Thefe plants are propagated either from feeds or lay- 

 *crs, but the latter being the moft expeditious me- 

 thod in England, is chiefly preferred. The beft time 

 to lay them down is in autumn, when you fhould dig 

 the ground round the ftems of the plants intended to 

 be layed, making it very loofe -, then rtiaking choice 



durinij 

 from 



a 

 tl 



where it can be avokied. 



g which tune they may be conftainly kept clean 



weeds, and m the autumn rcmuved again under 



frame tor ihclter iii winter, and thefpring^follQwincr 



.e plants will certainly come up, \t the feeds were 



good. 1 ovvard the middle of April, the pots fliould 



be again plunged into the ground on an eaft border 



to prevent the air from drying the earth through the' 



pots, which IS generally the cafe when the pots ftand 



upon the ground ; fo that they mult then be frequently 



watered, which flwuld not be pradlifed to thefe plaiits 



The Michaelmas foUowintr 

 the plants fhould be carefully taken out of the potf 

 and planted in a nurfery-bed, covering the furfkce 

 with old tan to keep out the froft; and if the winter 

 prove fevere, they fhould be covered with mats af- 

 . terward they may be treated as the layers ' ' 



PHILLYREA OF THE CAPE." SccMau- 



ROCENAi 



of a imooth part of the Ihoot, you fhould make a flit I P H L O M I S. Tourn. Inft. R. H. 177. tab. 82. Lin 



upward (in the manner as is praftifed in laying of I Gen. Plant. 642. [yxo/xlj, fo called o{ pxtyv, to burn* 



Cafnations) and then bend the branch gently down to | bccaufe in old tim.e the peafants ufed to burn thefe 



plants to enlighten their chamber^.] The ^age- tree. 

 or Terufalem Sap-e. ,.. ■ 



The Characters ar^, ; . . , 

 Tbe Jlozver bath a permaneHt empaUment of one le'aL 

 having an ohhng tube with five angles. It hath one petal 

 and is of the lip kind \ the tube is oblong % the upper lip is 

 ovdl^ forked, and infiexed \ the^ under is cut into three [eg. 

 ments, the middle one being large andchtufe. It bath four 

 flamina hid under the upper Up;, two being longer than the 

 other, lermnated by oblong fummts^ and a germen di- 

 vided into four parts, fupporting a jlyle the length of the 

 ftamijta, crowned^ by an acute bifid fttgrm. The ^ermm 

 afterward beecme foHfjhlong cornered feeds fittijig it} tU 

 empalement, .>.,.::•-:;■■-..-: •■■'..:7--' ., ' < t^-i ; ^ 



This genus of plants is ranged in the firft/edion'of 



t(J 



.. Linnsus's fourteenth clafs, which contains tliepl^nti 

 whofe flowers have two fliort and two longer ftamina, 

 and the feeds fit naked in the empatement, , • 



The Species are. 





e ground, making a hollow place with your hand to 

 receive it ; and having placed the part which was flit 

 into the gronnd, fo as that the flit may be open, you 



- Ihould fafteh it down with a forked ftick that it may 

 r remain fl;eady, covering that part of the branch with 

 . earth about three inches thick, obferving to keep the 



upper part ereft. You muft keep them clear from 

 ■weeds the fpring and fumrher following, v/hich, if 



- luffered to grow up amongft them, will prevent their 

 taking root. 



. The autumn following moft: of thefe plants will be 

 rooted, at which time they may be taken off, and 



- carefully planted in a nurfery, where they may be 

 . trained up three or four years in the manner you intend 



them to grow-, during which time you Ihould dig the 

 . ground between the rows, and cut about the roots of 



the plants every year, which will caufe them to ftrike 

 . out ftrong fibres, fo as to fupport a good ball of 

 ' , l^arth when they are removed ; you fhould alfo fup- 

 *- port their ftems with ftakes, in order to make them 

 i ftrait, otherwife they are very apt to grow crooked 

 ■ and uhfightly. ; - . t 



. When the plants have been thus managed three or 



four years, you tfi£iy tranfplant them into the places 



where they are defigned to remain. The befl; time 



for this work is the latter end of September, or the 



- beginning of Oftober \ but in removing them, you 

 fhould dig round their roots, and cut off all down- 



- .tight or flrorig roots, which have fhot out to a great 

 ' ', diftahcg, that you may the better preferve a ball of 



- ./tarth to eacti plant, otnerwife they are fubje£l to mif- 



- -carry \ and when you have placed them in their new 

 -' tafttarters, you fhould lay fome mulch upon the fur- 



- lace of the ground to prevent its^rying. You fliould 

 \ ilfo fupport the plants with flakes, until they have 



tikeh faftholdof the ekth,toprevehttheir beingturhed 

 eat of the ground, tir difplaced by the winds, which 

 ^ill deftroy the fibres that v^ere newly put out, and Rowing in heads. \ 

 z- greatly injure the plants; "T trees delight in a 4. Phlomis {Herba Venii) involucris fetaceis hifpidis, 



I. PHLOMis(Fr«//Vo/i)foliis fubrp^ndis tomentofis crena- 



, tis, involucris lanceolatis caule fruticofo. Lin, Sp. 818. 



Phlomis with roundifh, woolly^ crenated leaves^ and a 



fhrubby fialL Phlomis fruticofa, falvia^ folio latiore. 



& rotundiore. Tourn. Inft, 177. Shrubby Jerufalem 



Sage, with a broader and rounds Sage leaf 



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2. Phlomis {Angufiifolid) foliis ovato-lanceolatis tomen- 

 tofis integerrimis, caule fruticofo.- Phlomiiivitbovaly 



fpear-fhapedy woolly leaves which are entire^ and afhruhhy 

 ftalk. Phlomis fruticofa, falvise folio longiore & an- 

 guftiore. Tourn. Inft. 177* Shrubby Jerufskm Sage^ 



with a longer and narrower Sage leaf. . ;.■... ;... 



3. Phlomis {Latifolia) foliis oblongo-ovatis petiolatrs 

 > tomentofis, fioribus c^pitatis, cai^le fruticofo. Phlomis 



with oblong, oval^woclly leaves having foot-Jialks, flowers 

 'growing in large heads ^ and a fbrubby ftalL Phlomis 

 latifoha, capitata, lutea, grandiflora. Hort. Ekh, 316. 

 Broad-leaved Jerufalem Sage, with large yellow flowers 



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middhng foil, which is neither too wet and ftiff, nor 

 too dry, though the latter is to Be preferred to the for- 

 incr, provided it befrefh; t='* - -«-» > v - y <rt 

 Thofe forts with frnali leaves ^rc co^hionly two years 



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foliis ovato-oblongis fcabri^;,,(:aule herbacea. Hort. 

 Upfah ij I . Phlomis with hrifily prickly {nvohcrum, ob- 

 long, oval, rough leaves, and an herbaceous flalh Phlo- 

 mis Narbonenfis, Kormini folio, flora purpurafcente. 

 before they take toot \vhen laid, therefoi*e they ftiould 1 Tourn. Inft. R. H. 178. Jerufalem Sage of Narbonne^ 



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not , be difturbed, fdt the raifing them out of the 



ground greatly retards their rooting. ., ^-* : 



r-lf thefe plants are propagated by feeds, they (hould 



.- be fovVn in the autumn foon after they are ripe, for 



* %h^n they are kept out of the ground till fpring, they 



do not-gTow the fifft year. The feeds will do befl: if 



- tjiey are foWn in pots or boxes filled with light loamy 



-earth) knd. placed under a garden frame t^hcre they 



may be fcreened from hard froft, but always ex- 



, pofed to tlie (>pen air in mild weather. c If the feeds 



ircfpwn earl^ fh tli^ autumn, the plajgts will appear 



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6. 



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ivith a Clary leaf and a purplifh flower, . _ - 

 Phlomis (Xuberofa) involucris hifpidis fubulatis, fo- 

 liis cordatis fcabris, caule herbacea. Hbrt. UpfaL 17^' 

 Phlomis with awl-fiaped prickly involucrutHs, rough 

 heart-fhaped leaves, and an herbaceous ftalk, Phbmis 

 urticas folio glabro. Amman. Ruth. 40. Jeruful'^^ 

 Sage with a fmooth Nettle leaf 

 Phlomis {Lycbnitis) foliis lanceolatis tomentofis, flo- 

 ralibus ovatis, involucris fetaceis janatis. Lin. op- 

 Plant. 585. Phlomis with fpear-Jhaped wcoUy Ifs^'^h 

 . thofe under the flowers ovak and brifily woolly- inwlu- 



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