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(h-^rp\y hw'cd ; they are of a deep green colour, ^ and 

 have a pleafant grateful odour. I'he ftalks divide 

 near the top into three or four branches which Hand 

 creil:, and arc terminated by umbels of naked yellow 

 flovxrs, cornpofed of many florets, which are in- 

 cluded in hemifplierical fcaly empalcmcnts. l^hele 

 appear in July, and arc iucceeded by feeds which ripen 



in September. 



There are three varieties of this, one with a curled 

 leaf, which is tided Double Tanfey by gardeners j 

 another with variegated leaves, and a third with 

 larger leaves which have little fcent-, but, as thele 

 have accidentally been produced from feeds of the 

 common Tanley, they are not enumerated as diftmcl 



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This fort is eafily propagated by the creeping roots, 



which, if permitted to remain undifturbed, will in 



a fhort time overfpread the ground where they are 



permitted to grow ^ fo that wherever this is planted in 



a garden, the flips fliould be placed at leaft a foot 



afunder, and in particular beds, where the paths round 



them may be often dug, to keep their roots within 



bounds. They may be tranfplanted either in fpring 



or autumn, and will thrive in almoft any foil or fltu- 



atlon. 



The common Tanfey is greatly ufed m the kitchen 



early in the fpring •, at which feafon, that which is in 

 the open ground, or efpecially in a cold fituation, is 

 hardly forward enough to cut, fo that where this is 

 much wanted at that feafon, it is the befl: way to make 

 a o^entle hot-bed in December, and plant the old roots 

 thereon without parting them, and arch the bed 

 over with hoops, to cover it with mats in cold wea- 

 ther, by which method the Tanfey will came up in 

 January, and be fit to cut in aOiort time after. 

 The fecond fort grows naturally in Siberia j this has a 

 perennial fibrous root -, the ftalks rife more than two 

 feet high ; the leaves are narrow and winged; the lobes 

 are very narrow, and end in two or three points which 

 are entire •, the flowers are produced in fmall thin um- 

 bels from the fide, and at the top of the ftalk ; they 

 are yellow and but fmall, the umbels having few 

 flowers in each. This flowers in June and July, and 

 the feeds ripen In autumn : it may be propagated in 



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the fame way "as the firft.- - ,^,^ _ . .. 



The third fort grows natiirally in thi^' fouth of France 

 and Italy, but is here planted in gardens, and was 

 formerly pretty much ufed in the kitchen, and alfo in 

 medicine. The ro6ts of this are hardy, flefhy, and 

 creep in the ground ; the lower leaves are oval and 

 entire ; they are near three inches long, and one inch 

 and a half broad, fawcd on their edges, of a grayifti 

 colour, and have long foot-ftalks. The ftalks rife 

 from two to three feet high, and fend out branches 

 from the fide ; they are garniflied with oval fawed 

 leav;es like thofe at the bottom", but frfialler, and fit 

 clofe to the ftalk. :The flowers are produced at the 

 the top 'of the ftalks in a loofe corymbus ; they are 

 naked, and of a deep yellow colour -, thefe appear in 

 Auguft, but are not fucceeded by feeds in England. 

 The whole plant has a foft pleafant odour. ■ .; ; . 

 It is propagated eafily by parting of their roots : 

 the belt time for this is in autumn, that they may be 

 well eftabliflied in the ground before fpring. ^v. Where 

 "this plant is cultivated for ufe, the plants fliould be 

 :; planted in beds a.t two feet diftance every way, that 

 ^i they may have room to grow ; for in two years the 

 iv roots will meet, fo every other year they fliould be 



■ 'tranfplanted and parted to keep them within compafs; 



■ v: they will thrive in almoft any foil or fituation, but 



will continue longeft in dry land, 

 -^- The fourth fort grows naturally at the Cape of Good 



■ Hope; this rifes with a flirubby ftalk eight or ten 

 feet hic^h, fending out branches on every fide the 

 viiole length, which are garniflied with wing-pointed 

 leaves, whofefegments are fpear-ftiaped, entire, and 



■ blunt-pointed. The flowers are produced in fmall 

 roundifli bunches at the end of the branches ; they 





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is a fucceiTion of flowers c:i t!;c Uuwc yizit prcu i.:;:. 

 of fummer. The feeds rarely ri[-en in lip.gianLl. 

 The fifth fort was bro'jglit from the Cape or ijuA 



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branching; flirubbv ilalk rJu-ee or four fcrc h;- !;, c ; ■■ 

 niflied with wing-pointed leaves whufc iobcs are very 

 narrow, and frequently Cut into acute fegmcnLS. TI;e 

 flowers are produced in fmall roundifli buncher, at the 

 end of the branches •, they are larger than thofe of the 

 former fort, and are of a bright yellow colour. It 

 flowers about the fame time with the former. 

 The fixth fort grows naturally at the Cape of Gocd 

 Hope ; this has a thick flirubby fralk, covered with 

 a gray bark, which rifes feven or eight feet high, fend- 

 ing out many branches on every fide, which are clofely 

 garnilhed with linear-winged leaves, whofe lobes or 

 pinnse are very narrow, and fpread from each other. 

 The leaves fit clofe to the ftalks on every fide ; the 

 branches are terminated by clofe, large, roundiHi 

 bunches of bright yellow flowers. Some of the foot- 

 ftalks fuftain but one, others tv/o, three, or four 

 flowers upon each, which begin to appear the beo-in- 

 ning of July, and there is a fuccclTion of them on the 

 fame plants till late in autumn ; and thofe which com 



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early in the feafon, will be fucceeded by feeds which 

 ripen in winter. 



The three laft-mentloned forts are too tender to live 

 through winter in the open air, fo muft be kept in 

 pots, and removed into flicker before hard frofts 

 come on ; they are all of them eafily propagated by 

 cuttings, which may be planted in a bed of loamy 

 earth, during any of the fummer months , thefe flioulJ 

 be ftiaded from the fun until they have taken root, 

 and muft be frequently refrefli'rd with water. When 

 they have good roots, they ftiould be taken up with 

 balls of earth about their roots, and planted in pots, 

 placing them in a ftiady fituation till they have taken 



then they may be removed to a ftieltercd 

 Tituation, placing them among other hardy exonc 

 plants, where they may remain till late in Oftober, 

 when they muft be put into flicker. Thefe plants are 

 fo hardy as only to require protection from hard froft, 

 fo muft not be tenderly treated, and in mild weather 

 fhould always be as much^expofed to the air as pofll- 



. ble, to prevent their drawing weak. 



TAN, or TANNERS BARK is the Bark of 

 the Oak-tree, chopped or ground into coarfe powder, 

 to be ufed in tanning or drefling of fl<:ins, after which 

 it is of great ufe in gardening : firft, by its fermenta- 

 tion (when laid in a proper quantity,) the heat of 

 which is always moderate, and of a long duration, " 

 which renders it of great fervice for hot beds ; and fe- 

 condly, after it is well rotted, it becomes excellent " 

 manure for all forts of cold ftiff land, upon which one 

 load of Tan is better than two of rotten dung, and will 



known in England. 



continue longer in the ground. 

 The ufe of Tan for hot-beds has not been many years 



The firft hot-beds of this fort, 

 which were made in England, were at Blackheath in 

 JKent, above fourfcore years ago ; thefe were defigned 

 for the raifing of Orange-trees, but the ufe of thefe 

 hot-beds being but little known at that time, they 

 -were made but by two or three perfons, who had 

 ..learned the ufe of them in Holland and Flanders, where 

 * the gardeners feldom make any other hot-beds; but in 

 England there were very few hot-beds made of Tan- 

 , ners Bark before the Ananas plants were introduced 

 into this country, which was in 1719, fince which 

 time the ufe of thefe hot-beds has been more general, 

 . and are now made in all thofe gardens where the Ana- 

 nas plants are cultivated, or where there are collec- 

 tions of tender exotic plants preferved ; and the gar- 

 " deners here are now better flcilled in the making and 

 managing of thefe hot-beds than in moft other coun- 

 tries, which might render it lefs neceflTary to give a 

 full defcription of them here ; but yet, as there may 

 be fome perfons in the remote parts of England, who 

 have not had an opportunity of informing themfelyes 



. of the ufe of Tanners Bark for this purpofe, I fhall in- 



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