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Dwarf Shrubby Orachc, or Common Si.j Pur- 

 slane. 



The first has an annn;il root. Tltc stem rises 

 three feet in heirlu and more, anil is ihiek and 

 shining. Tlie leaves arc thick, [Kile green, and 

 glaucous, with few veins, of a slightly acid 

 flavour 5 they difl'er in shape ; ^onic stretch out 

 into a long point from a hroad base, Ining entire 

 about the edge ; sonic arc delti.id ; others are ser- 

 rate or sinuate, and otiiers again are triangular. 

 It is a native of Tartarv. 



There are several varieties of this pl.mi, as 

 with dark green leaves, sviih dark purple leaves, 

 and with green leaves and purple bori'ers. 



'I'he second species has a perennial woody 

 root, dividing into nianv branches. The whole 

 shrub is w hite. The stems from four to six feet 

 liigh or inure, with nianv thick, woody, brittle 

 branches. The leaves irrcgularlv disposed on th.e 

 ])ranciies on lonsr petioles, thick, succulent, 

 somewhat shininii, having a subacid flavour. 

 The flowers are small, purplish, at the cnda of 

 the branches. It is a native of Spain, 8cc. 



'I'he third is a low underslnub, seldom rising 

 ubove two feet and a half, or at most three feet 

 high, i)nt becoming very bushy. 'l"he leaves 

 are narrow, and of a whitish colour, but not so 

 white as those of the former. In its wild sta'.i- 

 it varies in heisrht I'rom six inches to a yard. 

 The brnnches generally recline, are angular, and 

 of a w hitish green colour. The leaves are glau- 

 ■tous, opposite, pctiolcd. gcnerallv elliptic, some 

 obtuse, others lanceolate. The tlower? arc yel- 

 low, and terminate the branches in clustered 

 .spikes. It is a native of Europe, and flowers in 

 July and August. 



Ciillure, — Ihe culture in the first species is 

 bv 5owincc the seeds in beds or drills in the eai'ly 

 spring months, w hen designed for use in the 

 summer season, and in the autumn, soon after 

 tliev become ripe, when intended to be made use 

 of in the spring. When the plants are come up 

 a few inches in heiglit, th.ey should be set out 

 to the distance of four or five inches or more by 

 the hoe, and be afterwards kept jierfectly clean 

 from weeds. In cood soils, with surficient 

 room, the leaves become large and fleshy, and 

 are made use of while young in the manner of 

 spinach, being preferred by some as having a 

 more mild flavour. 



The two last species mav be increased by plant- 

 ing cuttings in the spring and sininner seasons 

 in shady borders or otiier situations, being cither 

 left to grow up, or in the autunni following 

 transplanted into the places where they are to 

 remain. As the plants do not bear moving well 

 when they become woody, it should be done in 

 their early growth. 



These plants have an excellent cfl'ect in v^il- 

 dcrness and other quarters of ornanieuied 

 grounds, from the fnic silvcrv whileueis of their 

 haves, when judiciously blended wtih other 

 shrubby plants of simdar grow ih. The second 

 species crows r.ipidlv, and somelinu't. produce* 

 tlovvers. 



AN'KNUK, a large and n ostl\ a straight 

 walk, bt)unded on tlic sides by one, two, or 

 nioie rows of forest- or other trie's, dt;jigned 

 sometimes as a principal way from the connnon 

 roaii to a eonnlrv house or scat, and often to 

 fonn views, or to lead to difluxnt d'..-tricls of 

 the neiirhbnuring country. Hut tiiough avenues, 

 when lormed about seats, or detached in park* 

 or other extensive pleasure-grounds, may exhi- 

 bit an air of grandeur, it is more ajrrceablc to 

 the present taste to have the principal fronts of 

 residences entirely open and unineuHibtred willi 

 thi -e or other kinds of j^lantations, as it is ccr- 

 tainlv absurd to hide a good front and obstruct 

 the prospect ; an avenue can therefore seldom 

 be admitted with pru|)riety in ili.it part ot the 

 ground. But in diiectiims from the wings, de- 

 tached at considerable distances, avenues may 

 pirhaps with propriety be occasioiudly intro- 

 duced and extended on the sides of spacious 

 lawns, scr\ing by way of boundaries, being 

 bucked next the lawns with >lirubs and low trees, 

 di^lM)sed irrcgularlv ; and if ihcy be carried in an 

 oblicpie dircc-tion, the lawns will widen gradu- 

 aliv, and the prospects be more pleasing. Ave- 

 nues may also be admitted at some distance irom 

 cither th(t ends or back fronts of the dwellings, 

 in either of which situations they may be ex- 

 tended towards any common road or village, 

 serving as the ordijian*' entrance to the habita- 

 tion, or merely by w ay of ornament. 



Extensive avenues should always be planted 

 with the stateliest trees, an assemblage ol the 

 diflcrent sorts of which eflecls the most agree- 

 able variety. The width of the aveiuie in ^nch 

 eases should seldom be less than sixty feet; and 

 when it is to be extended any considerable 

 length, a hundred feel is not too much j a» 

 w lien the trees crow up the branclus on iha 

 opposite sides continue to appn)ach each other, 

 which by degrees grc.illy contract the views ; so 

 that, if a considerable width he not at first al- 

 low id, the avenues in time appear narrow and 

 coniined. The trees in the rows on ihc sides 

 should be planted at least thirty feet distant from 

 each other, that they may have full scope to 

 display their heads, and each sort exhibit itself 

 conspicuously, according to its tiatural form and 

 habit. 



The sorts of trees most proper for this pur- 

 pose are those of ihtr deciduous tribe, i> tjic 



