O D 



or 



admitted to them, by raifing the glaflcs of the hot- 

 bed every day, in proportion to the warmth of the 

 feafon, to prevent their drawing up weak. Toward 

 ■ Michaelmas, when the. nights begin to be cold, the 

 , plants. fl:iould be removed into the Hove, and plunged 



into the' bark-bed, where they muft remain dunn 



, the winter. As thefe plants all caft their leaves In the 



middle of winter, and continue deftitute of them till 



about the beginning of May, fo during that time, 



they Ihould be watered very fparingly, becaufe they 



' are in more danger of rotting, while they are in a 



, lefs adlive Hate, by too much moifture, than when 



: they are fur'nilhed with leaves, through which the 



': moifture is more freely perfpired. - .,'..- -. - 



:.. All thefe forts are too tender to thrive in the open air 



of this country in the fummer feafon, therefore Ihould 



. be co.nftantly prefcrvcd in the ftove, where, in warm 



weather, they muft have a large fhare_of free air, 



but in cold weather, they muft be kept very, warm. 



.While they are, young, it will be proper to continue 



- them in the bark-bed ; but when they have obtained 



ftrength, they may be placed in a dry ftove, where 



thty will thrive well, provided they are kept in a mo- 



. derate temperature of heat, and have not too much 



handle of a target 

 light green. 





IC 



w^ater. 



1 - 





1 ' 



h*^^ < ^' . r I 



which is faftened to the under fide of the Icv^f like tht; 



5 the leaves are fmooth, and of a 

 At the divifion of the foot-ftalk comes 

 out the flower, with a large empalemcnt coverin 

 like a flieath ; the flower hath nine pretty laro-e con- 

 cave white petals; which are roundifti at the top, and 

 plaited on their borders. In the center is fituated a 

 large, fpundifli, oval gcrmen, crowned by a plaited 

 obtufe ftigma, and furrounded by a great number of 

 n^iort ftamina, terminated by 'oblong, ered, yellow 

 fummits. The flowers appear in May, and when 

 they fall off, . the germen fwells to a fruit of the flze 



;, and fliape of the common Flip or friiit of the wild Rofe. 



.This is at firft green, but >v. hen ripe changes to ayel- 



; low colour, .inclofingieyeral roundifti feeds faftened 



. to the placenta. 



, This plant propagates fo faft by its creeping roots, as 

 . that few perfons are at the trouble of fqwing the feeds. 

 -: Every part of the root will grow, fo they may be an- 

 . nually parted, either in autumn when their leaves^Q- 

 cay, or in the fpring juft before the roots begin to 

 flioot 5 they/equire no other culture but to keep them 

 clean from weeds. ^ . It loves a light loamy foil and a 

 fliady fituation, and is. fo hardy as feldom to bq in- 

 jured by the froft. ; . " . 



POINCIAN A. Tourn.Inft/R, H. 6i> tab. 391. 

 - Lin.- Gen. ^Plant. 462..;' Barbadoes Flower-fence, or 







I • 



• < - - i 



i /Thefe 'plants_.fr(ay alfo be, propagated by cuttings, 



: ' Avliich jl^ould^be taken from the old plants two months 



• . before;. ',thpy .are planted, during which time they 

 \^.ftouldbe laid on the flues in the ftove, that the part 

 'JlwhicK joined to the old plant may be healed over be- 

 : .fore they are-planted, otherwife they will rot, . Thefe 

 f[ cuttings fliould be .planted in fmall pots filled with 

 ;;■ light fandy^ -earth, and plunged into a moderate hot- 

 .' bed of tankers bark, obferving to lliade them in the 

 ' -heat of the day from the fun, and refrefti them once 

 u: Jn a week or'ten days with water, but it muft be given 



• ;:to them fparingly each time. If the cuttings fuCceed, 

 l--they will have take^ri root in about two months. When 



they ftiould have a larger ft^are pf air to harden them 



by deo;rees to bear the fun and air, arid afterward may f ^* This genus of plants is ranged in,the firil iedion of 



4 tmna^uss tenth clais, which, contains thofe 



' 



^ ^^. 



Spanifti Carnations j in French, Pcincillade. 



The Charact£rs are, " , .,>..' 



n^e cmpalement of the flower is compofed of five ohiong 



concave lecije's^hich fall off.- ^he flower has five une- 



" qiial petals \ four of them are nearly equal and roundijh^ 



_ hit the fifth is larger^ deformed^ and indented. It hath 



\^ tenlong^ briftly^riftng'ftamina^ terminated by ohiong fum- 



,{jmts^ and an awl-floaped declining germen which fits upon 



^: the fiyle the length of the fiamina^ and is crowned hy an 



^'acufe ftigmai ' "The gepiien afterward becomes an oblong 



compreffed p6dy with fever al tranfverfepdrtitioni'y inUcb 





• 



<. be treated'as the old plants.^ 



j^-ThenViIkyjuice, of /thefe plants-is very cauftic,^ and 

 '•■:- reckoned pQifpnqus., In cutting ofl^ any of the .branches 

 V^ of the plants, if the knife be not imm.ediately cleaned, 

 ■^^ the juice will corrode rt, and turn the blade almoft 

 '■> black in a very little time, fo as not to be cleaned off 

 I again 5 and if dropped on linen v/iU caiife it to v/afti_ in 



holes, equal to aquafortis. 



plants 



". ■■ 





PODOPHYLLUM. Linr. Gen. Plant. 571. Ana- 

 „_ podophyllum. Tourn. Inft. R,. H.^ 239. tab.. 122. 



Duck"s-foot, .or May Apple. .^.. 

 ^ The Characters are, . 



^1 



.r 



* - 



_ \ 



—JTjKbudof the flower is inclofedin a large^ three-leaved^ 



colcurcd empalemcnt; Jn form of a fpatha or fljeath.- The 



,^^-fld'wfi' h'di 'nineromdiflo conca^oe petals 'which are plaited 



^"'^ in their herders, fmaller than the cmpalement \ it has a 



: fomdjfij germen wUhGUt^ a ftyle^ crozvned hy a plqited pb- 



.turns- to an oval 



, ^filled with 



*^.j" 



^^^:^ 



■ i' V-'O-- 



> ■,. 4. 



\ t life ftigma. ^-^.p. ^e germen ajty 

 : capfuk of one , cell^ -; crowned hy the j 

 2 ■ . rciindifh feedst. ■ ' 



^e-- This genius of plants/is ranged in the firft, feftion of 

 •?,- Linn£u*'s thirteenth clafs, which includes thofe plants 

 ■ i whofe flowers have many ftamina and one ftyle. '/? ' 

 We have but one Species of this genus at prcfent 

 -^^•■5 in j:he Englifti wardens, vizr- " * --r.. - - .-, 

 Podophyllum (Peltatum) foliis peltatis lobatrs. Lin. 



jf£"Sp* Vhnx. ^Q^. Duck'' S'foot with target'fhaped leaves 

 ^^'^ halving Jghcs. .i^Anapodophyllum^ Canadfnfe^ Morini. 



> - whofe flowers have ten ftamina and one ftyle? - '.-^'^ 



^-J^H^^ have but one Species 6j;'this genus m the 



Enolifti o;ardens, viz. ^t;^'-^"- : f , - .■ ';':" 



PoiNciANA {Pulcherrima) aculeis gemini,s._^H9Jt..Upfa]. 



„r, 101. Flower fence with double [pines, Poinciana flore 



pulcherrimo. Tourn. Inft. R. H. 61^, Poinciana with 



' _ a moft beautiful flower. ^ . ' - ■ ■ ^ ";* \ 



There are two varieties of this which' were difcovercd 

 by the late Dr. Houftoun in the Spanifti Weft-Indies. 

 One of thefe hath a red, and the other a yellow 

 flower; but as there appears'^to be no other difference 

 in the plants from the common fort,* they miift be 

 fuppofed only accidental variations wliich have rifen 

 from feeds. ■ v "> • ■ 



■A', i -.. --■ 





- « 





cs. 



-• ^ 





\ 



Iv. . H. 2 1 g; xr Canada Duck's fool of 







^^ '.To urn. Inn:.' 



x-^-il^-'brinus. '-^ -*. - 



This plant erows naturally in manv parts of North 

 f-^ Amerrca. ; The root is compoled or many thick.tu- 

 ] ;» bers which ate faftened together by fleftiy fibres, which 



--^"fpreadiV^nd propagate greatly under grdund", fending 



• put many irnaller fibres which ftrike downward. -, In 



■ .the fpring arife Jeveral .foot-ftalks about fix inches 



.. high, which divide into two fmaller, each fjftainine: 



- ont leaf, compofed of five, fix, pr (even lobes, the 



. . five middle being deeply indented at the top ;" thefe 



..: join together at their bafe.' where the foot-ftalk meets, 



• - -^ V " ' ■' '- "')--^- ^ .r*'^ * I- *'*a^vL "■ ", -- 



_ i - ^ -■' .-sr j» - - ^ 



This plant grows naturally in both Indies- it is plant- 

 ed in hedges to divide the Iannis in Barbadoes, from 

 whence It had the title of Flower-fence j it is.alfp- 

 called Spanifli Carnations by fome of t|ie inhabitants 

 of the Britiih iflands in the Weft-Indies, i, It' rifes with 

 .^a.ftrait ftalk ten.or twelve /eet high, which is covered 

 with a frtiobfh graybafk;' and is fometimes as thick 

 as. the fmall of a .man's ieo;, dividing into feveral 



■ fpreading branches at the* top, which are armed at 

 -each lomt with two Ihort, Itrons;, crooked Ipmes, and 



-■ aregarniihed with decompound winged leaves, each 



. '' leaf bcing~cbmpofe3'pf fix or ;^ight pair of fimple 

 wmo;ed leaves, the lower pair beino- com'pofed of four 

 or five pair of lobes, the" others gradually increafmg 



■ -.in their number toward- the top, where they decreafe 

 again, and are fmaller, ,^. The lot)es are three quarters 

 of an inch long, and almoft half an inch broad atjheir ' 



-^points, leflening gradually to their bafe j they are of 

 a light green colour, and when bruifed emit a ftrpng 

 odour.' .^ 





^ . I 



-ri t 



t ' 



The brariches are terminated by loofe fpikes of flow- 



^. 



■ - 

 1- 



ers, which are fometimes formed into a kind of pyra- 

 . mid, and at others they are difpofed more in form or 



, an umbel. The foot-ftalk of each flower is near three 



five petals 



which 



inches long 



\*'\ 



K I 



-wl^ 



*: ' 



■Ar. 



-r 



', tKe flower is compofed of fi\ 



, .^ r^.'^ \ -vv; _ .. ,^'^ -' , ^ - ■ - "'" 1- 



" ' .^ ■ «>;■:' 



^ -f- 



:■ 



■^' 



»^ 





A" r* ^ 



- --fl 



/' f 



'- 



J1-- 



^ ' 



V _- 



'. ' 



■- 1 





^ ■-■ 



^-i 



■ -'- . 



, ■■ 



, 1. , 



*. ' 



■ < r. 



f ' 



'- \ . 



iC. > 



