p3LTt thtTii frequently, or into fmall 

 Head-s, the Flowers will be few in 

 Number, and very weak. 



The beft Seafon to tranfplant 

 thefe Roots, is toward the latter 

 End of Septemkr^ or Beginning of 

 OBobery that they may be rooted 

 before the haixi Frofts begin, by 

 which means they will be enabled 

 to reiifl the Cold, and produce 

 much fairer Flowers than thofe 

 which are tranfphnted in the Spring, 

 The Soil in which thefe Plants 

 thrive beft, is a frefli, rich, gentle 

 Loam, not too ftiff, or wet, in 

 both of which they are apt to rot 

 in Winter, 



If you would propagate them by 

 Seedi, you muft fow them on a 

 Bed of good frefh Earth in an open 

 Expolure, foon after the Seeds are 

 ripe 5 for if they are kept till Spring 

 before they are fown, they either 

 milcarry, or lie in the Ground till 

 the next Spring before they come 

 up; but you muft carefully obferve 

 to weed the Bed, for if you iliffer 

 the Weeds to root deep in the 

 Ground, they will endanger the 

 drawing of the Seeds out of the 

 Earth when the former are pull'd 

 up : If the Spring Oiould prove dry 

 when your Plants firft appear, you 

 {hould gently water the Bed, and 

 lhad€ it^with Mats in the Heat of 

 the Day, until the Plants have got 

 Strength, obl'erving, as before, to 

 keep them clear from Weeds; In 

 this Bed they may remain until 

 MicJyael^j^s following i at which 

 Time you ftiould prepare one or 

 more Beds (according to the Num- 

 ber of your Plants) of the like 

 frefti Earth, into which you muft: 

 plant your Plants at about five or 

 iix Inches Diftance each Way, being 

 careful in taking them out of the 

 Seed-bed, not to break or wound 

 their Roots, as alfo to cjpie the 



F R 



Earth faft to their Roots when 

 planted with your Hands, to pre- 

 vent their being turn'd out of the 

 Ground by Froft. In thefe Beds 

 they may remain one Year, by 

 which Time (if they have thriven 

 well) they will be ftrong enough 

 to produce Flowers the fucceeding 

 Yearj fothat now it will be Time 

 to tranfplant them into the Borders 

 of the Flower-Garden where they 

 are defign'd to remain. 



Thefe Plants continuing a long 

 Time in Beauty, are very great 

 Ornaments to a Garden i and their 

 being very hardy, requiring but a 

 little Culture, renders them worthy 

 of a Place in every good Garden. 



FRAXINUSj TheAfti-Tree. 

 The CharaSiers arej 



It hath pennp.ted Leaves, rphich 

 mo(lly end in an odd Lobe : The Male 

 Flowers (-which grow ' at a remote 

 Dijiance from the Fruit) have no 

 Petals, but conjift of manj Stamina: 

 The Ovary becomes a Seed-Vefjel, 

 containing one Seed at the Bottom, 

 Tvhich is fljap'd like a Bird's Tongue. 

 The Species 2iVCy 



1. Fraxinus i vulgaris. Fark, 

 Theat. The Common Afh-Trec. 



2. pRAxiNusi vulgaris^ folio ex 

 luteo variegatis. The Strip'd Afti. 



3. Fraxinu.s i folio rotundiore. 

 C. B, The Manna A Hi. 



4. Fraxinus; forifera, botryoides* 

 M, H. K, BUf The Flowering 



f. F RAX IN us 5 ex Nov^ Anglia, 

 pinnis foliorum in mucromm pro- 

 duHioribus.^ Rand. New-England 

 Afh, with iharp pointed Leaves. 



6. Fraxinus ; Caroliniana, lati- 

 ori fruclu. Rand. Carolina Afh, 

 with bread Keys. 



The firft Sort is a common Tim- 

 ber Tree in every Part of E?jgland. 



The iecond is a Variety of the 



firft, from which it only differs, in 



having 



