I B E 



I C E 



wiih the two other petals larger. It is a na- 

 tive of Spain, &c. and is annual, flowering in 

 July. 



The fourth species seldom grows so large as 

 the first, and the flowers are mucli smaller, but 

 have an agreeable odour. They are in close 

 corymbs and are of a snowy whiteness. It is a 

 native of Geneva, 



The fifth has a creeping stem : the leaves are 

 smooth, soft; those next the root quite entire 

 and pctioled, those on the stem smooth and en- 

 tire : the flowers are reddish purple, almost re- 

 gular, in racemes, on spreading peduncles. It is 

 a native of Switifcrland, flowering from May to 

 Jnly. 



The sixth species is a low shrubby plant, 

 '\\hich seldom rises above a foot and half high, 

 having many slender branches, which spread on 

 every side, and fall towards the ground it they 

 are not supported. These branches are well 

 furnished towards their extremity with leaves, 

 which continue green all the year; and in sum- 

 mer the flowers are produced at the end of the 

 the shoots, are white, and grow in an umbel, 

 continue long in beauty, and, being succeeded by 

 others, the plants are rarcHy destitute of them 

 from the end of August to the beginning of 

 June. It is a native of Persia, See. 



There is a variety with white striped leaves. 



The seventh is of humbler growth than the 

 sixth, seldom rising more than six or eight 

 inches high, the branches rather herbaceous : 

 the leaves continue green through the year, and 

 tlie flowers are of as long duration as those of 

 the sixth species. It is a native of the Island of 

 Candia, flowering from April to June. 



In the eighth species thestems are many, thick, 

 green, striated, ascending from a foot to eighteen 

 inches in length, divided into several branches : 

 the leaves alternate, gradually widening from a 

 narrow base, ending in a blunt point, thick, 

 smooth, veinless except in the middle, dark 

 green above, somewhat paler underneath : the 

 flowers terminating in corvmbs, at first white, 

 afterwards pale purple, without scent. It is a 

 native of Spain, flowering early in the spring. 



Thestems are ridged and woody, and the leaves 

 Iar<Ter and less bluntly toothed in the culti- 

 vated plant. The flowers are also twice as 

 large. 



Culture. — The four first annual sorts must be 

 raised annually from seed, by sowing it at dif- 

 ferent times in the spring, in patches, in the 

 fronts of borders, clumps, and other parts of 

 pleasure-grounds, where the plants arc to flower, 

 thinning them properly afterwards. 



The fifth sort may be raised by planting the 

 root off-sets and cuttings as below. 



The three shrubby perennial sorts may l^e in- 

 creased by slips and cuttings, which should be 

 planted out in pots, plunging them in a moderate 

 hot-bed, or in awaim shaded border in the later 

 spring and early summer months, water being 

 occasionally given. When well rooted in the au- 

 tumn, they shoidd be removed into pots, being 

 protected in the winter season in the green-house. 



The first sorts are very ornamental in the open 

 ground, when properly varied. And the latter 

 in green-house, and other potted collections. 

 A few of them mav likewise be set out in the 

 warm shrubbery borders. 



IBISC'JS. 'See Hibiscus. 



ICACO. See Chrysobalanus. 



ICE-HOUSE, a sort of building sunk in the 

 ground for the purpose of preserving Ice in for 

 use in the sunnner season. 



The proper situation for an Ice-House, is that 

 of a dry spot of ground ; as wherever there is 

 moisture, the Ice will be liable to dissolve: of 

 course in all strong soils, which retain the wet, 

 too much care cannot be taken to make drains 

 all round the houses to carry oflT moisture; as 

 when this is lodged near them, it will occasion 

 a damp, which is always prejudicial to the keep- 

 ing of Ice. 



The places should likewise be elvated, that 

 there may be descent enough to convey off" any 

 wet that may happen near them, or from the Ice 

 melting; and also, as much exposed to {lie sua 

 and air as possible ; not under the drip, or in the 

 shade of tiees, as is too often the practice, under 

 the supposition, that if exposed to the sun, the 

 Ice will melt away in summer, which never can 

 be the case where there is suflicient care taken 

 to exclude the external air, as the heat of the sun 

 can never penetrate through the double arches 

 of the buildings, so as to add any warmth to 

 the internal air; while, when entirely open to 

 the sun and wind, all damps and vapours are 

 readily removed. 



The form of the building may be according 

 to the fancy of the owner ; but for the well 

 into which the Ice is put, a circular form is the 

 most convenient ; the depth and diameter of it 

 being proportioned to the quantity of Ice want- 

 ed; but it is always best to have sufiicient room, 

 as when the house is well built, it will keep the 

 Ice two or three years : and there will be this 

 advantage in having it large enough to contain 

 Ice for two years consumption, that, if a mild 

 winter should happen, when there is not Ice to 

 be had, there will be a stock to supply the want 

 in the House. 



Where the quantity wanted is not great, a 

 well of six feet diameter, and eight feet deep, 

 will be large enough ; but for a large coiisump- 



