T 



T 



not come up till the yea 





the plants will 



f;ept out of the ground till Ipim^ 



^ .«,.-- ^i-^^j.^ When the plints 



from 



appear, they fhould be conftantly kept clean 

 v/eeds till the following autumn •, then they fliould be 

 carefully taken up and tranfplantt^d into a nurlery, 

 where thcymaygrow two or three years to ge^ ftrength, 

 and then may be planted where they are defigned to 

 remain, for the younger they are plaiKcd out, the 



more they will thrive. 



The timber of the Lime-tree is ufed by the carvers, it 

 beincr a foft light wood, as alfo by archireds for frani- 

 ing themodelsof their buildings ; the turners likewife 

 ufe it for making light bowls, difhes, &c. but it 

 too foft for any ftrong purpofes. - r j 



Thefe trees will continue growing, and remam found 

 a great number of years, and, it planted m a good 

 loamy foil, will grow to a confiderable bulk. 1 have 

 meafured one of thefe trees, which was near ten^ 



in girth two feet aboiu the ground, and was 



a very thriving conditbn ^ and Sir Thomas 



Brown mentions one of thefe trees which grew in Nor- 



is 



yards 

 then in 



folk, that was fixteen yards in circuit, a foot and a 

 half 'above ground, in height thirty yards, and in the 

 lead part of the trunk it was eight yards and a half. 



T I N U S. See Viburnum. 



TITHYMALUS. Tithymaloide^. Tourn. Inft. 



App. 654. Euphorbia. Lin. Gen. PI. 536. Spurge. 



The Characters are, 

 ^he flower has an empakment of one leaf. 



of a thick fejhy conftjl 



fhaped like a flipp 



'/ 



the flower arefttuatedthe tenftamina^ which are infer ted 

 in the receptacle of the flower \ they areflender^ and ter- 

 minated by globular fummits -^ in the center is fituated a 

 roundifh three-cornered germen^ fupporting three bifid fly les^ 



by oblong ftig 



ifterward 



difh capfule 



ilfeed. 



joined 



O 



which will grow to the heiglu of ten or twtrlvc fi-'i ,■ 

 thefe are larger tlian thole of the iirft fort, and a:e 

 garnllhed with oblong oval Waves ending with bluiH 

 points \ they are above three inches long, and an incii 

 and a half broad in the niiddle, of a very thick con • 

 fiftence, and of a dark green colour, ranged alter- 

 nately on two fides of the Italk. The flowers </tow at 

 the tn^\ of the branches •, tliey are ihaped like tp.ofe o\ 

 the firll fort, and are of a deep red colour-, thcieai;- 

 fucceeded by roundifh capfules divided into three 

 cells, each containing one oblong feed. 

 This whole plant abounds with an acrid milky juice, 

 which will draw blifters on the flefli wherever it is 

 applied, and if it mixes with the blood, I have been 

 credibly informed, it becomes a deadly poifon *, fo that 

 if the points of arrows, or the edges of fwords are 

 rubbed with this juice, it becomes deadly to any ani- 

 mal wounded with thofe weapons. 

 Thefe plants are both propagated by cuttings, which 

 may be taken from the plants during any ot the fum- 

 mer months, and after having laid in a dry place for a 

 fortnight or three weeks, until the wounded part be 

 healed over* they fhould be planted into fmall pots 

 filled with light fandy earth mixed with lime rubbifli, 

 and then plunged into a hot-bed of tanners bark, ob- 

 ferving now and then to refrefli them gendy with 



moifture, but they fhould never receive much wet, 

 which will rot them. 



After they have taken root, they may have a greater 

 fhare of air by raifing the glaifes, but they miill ne- 

 ver be wholly expofed to the open air. In this bed 

 they may remain unul the beginning of October, 

 when they muft be removed, and placed with the 

 Melon and Torch Thiftle in a warm dry ftove, and 

 during the winter feafon they Ihould have very little 

 water, which, if given in plenty, feldom fails to rot 



them. 



Thefe plants are too tender to thrive m the open 



air in England, therefore fhould conflantly remain 



Euphorbia, which is ranged in the third feftion of his in the flove, obferving in the fummer feafon,^ whea 

 eleventh clafs, which contains thofe plants whofe the weather is warm, to admit a large Ihare of frefh 

 flowers have ten or twelve flamina and three flyles. air to them, and in the winter to place them in a 



But as the flowers of this genus differ greatly in their 

 ftrufture from thofe of Euphorbia, I have chofen to 

 fcparate them, and have continued the old title of 



warm part of the ftove, otherwife they cannot be 

 pfeferved* 



.'-0 4 —•!*-* ^ 



1. 



Tithymalus to the genus. 



The Species are, 

 TiTHVMALus {Mytifoli 



— : -^.4^ 



2. 



Spurge with oval acute-pointed leaves. Tithymaloides 

 frutefcens folio myrti ampliffimo. Tourn. Infl, 654. 

 Shrubby Baftard Spurge with a large Myrtle leaf. . 

 Tithymalus {Lauro-ceraftfolius) foliis oblongo ova- 

 tis obtufis fucculentis. Spurge with oblongs oval.ob- 

 tuje leaves^ which are very fucculent. Tithymaloides 



They muft be fhifted every fummer, and frefh earth 



given to them. If the earth is light and fandy, it will 



require no mixture, for rich or flrong ground is very 



acuminatis. | improper for them -, therefore where the foil is inchn- 



able to either of thefe, there fhould be a good mix- 

 ture of fand and lime rubbifh to prevent its binding. 



leaf which is not flawed. 



iflard 



The firft fort grows naturally near Carthagena in 

 America, from whence Mr. Robert Millar, furgeon, 

 fent the branches, which were planted here, and fuc- 

 ceeded : this rifes with fhrubby fucculent ftalks to 

 the height of twelve or fourteen feet, which are too 

 weak to ftand without fupport, though they are fre- 

 quently as large as a man's little finger -, but their 

 leaves being fucculent, are fo heavy as to weigh 

 down the branches if they are not fuppprted. The 

 leaves are oval, and terminate in acute points ; they 

 are two inches and a half long, and one inch and a 

 half broad near their bafe •, they are about the thick- 

 nefs of Bay leaves, and are ranged alternately on two 

 fides of the branches, to which they fit clofe. The 

 flowers are produced at the end of the branches, three 

 or four together -, they are of a fcarlet colour, of one 

 petal in fliape of a dipper ; thefe are fucceeded by 

 roundifh capfules with three furrows, dividing them 

 into three cells, each containing one oblong feed. 

 The whole plant abounds with an acrid milky juice. 

 The fecond fort grows naturally in Barbadoes, and 

 mod of the other iflands in the Weft-Indies, where 

 the Englifli inhabitants know it by the title of Poifon 

 Bulh ; this hath thick, fhrubby, fucculent ftalks. 



or detaining moifture. 

 Thefe plants are preferved for their odd appearance 

 amongft other fucculent plants, their leaves being very 

 large, thick, and full of a milky acrid juice. 

 TITHYMALUS. See Euphorbia. 



TOADFLAX. See Linaria. 

 TOBACCO. See NicoTiANA. 

 TOLUIFERA. Lin. Gen. Plant. 470. Balfam. of 



Tolu-tree. 



The Characters are, 

 The flower has a bell-fhaped empalement of one leaf which 

 is flightly indented in five parts at the brim j // has five 

 petals inferted in the receptacle of the flower^ four of 

 which are narrow and equals being a little longer than the 

 empalement^ and the fifth is much larger^ and almcfl 

 heart-fhapedy having a tail the length of the empalement y 

 it has ten fhort flamina^ terminated by oblong ere£l fim- 

 mitSy and a roundifh germen fupporting a very floor t flylCj 



fligma, The germen aft 



feed 



\difh fruit with fc 



This genus of plants is ranged in the firfl feftion of 

 Linn^us's tenth clafs, which contains thofe plants 

 whofe flowers have ten ftamina and one flyle. , 

 We have but one Species of this genus, viz. 

 ToLuiFERA (Balfamum.) Lin. Mat. Med. The Balfam- 

 tree of Tolu. Balfamum Tolutanum, foliis ceiatia^ 

 fimilibus. C. B. P. 40 1 . Balfam-tree of Tolu, with leaves 



thofe of 



This 



