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And the flips of the young fhoots, either made from the 
fides of the principal ones, or from the roots, fo as to have 
fibres tothem, and planted out in February, or the two fol- 
lowing months, in beds of good mould to a good depth, rea- 
dily take root, and become good plants before the end of the 
fummer, at whichtime, or in the following ipriog. they m 
be removed with good balls of carth about their roots, PH 
the places where they are to flower ar in 
Likewife cuttings made from the firm fhoots of the fame 
year at the joints, to the length cf three.or four inch 1<8, when 
alee pretty deeply ina bed of very fine moudd, or in large 
t the diftance as an inch or two, and wel aay at 
ae 
lan 
a And i in both thefe laft methods the rooting of the fhoots is 
generally promoted OF Hel being clofely covered by bell, 
d, or other forts of giaff-s, and as (ek flight 
earn given od the fides of them 
In refpe&t to the feed of the differerit beft forts, it fhould 
be collected in the pods in Auguft or the following month, 
when perfe@ly ripened, choofing a dry feafon for the pur 
aa {fpreading them out to harden and become dry on paper 
n fome other manner, after which it _ be rubbed ouE 
a pees in fome dry fituation tll it is wa 
f them curt 
the borders, eee ane nei where they ae ce 
a-fine effe& by the variety a their flowers in allemblage with 
others of fimilar growth and fize. 
A few of the double more curious kinds may alfo be culti- 
vated in pots for adorning the more ene places about 
the houfe and walk contiguous toi 
The fecond fpecies, and all ne age varieties of 
the carnation kind, are proper ornamental plants for the 
fronts of clumps, borders, aud other sie parts of ad 
ble 
ike being exnibited on 
ftages, or in particular fituations i the time of their 
the eafe and pan of ren:oval, when 
rae are ‘all well adapted for oa cing ornament 
in the fore arts of beds, borders, and other compartments 
of pleafure grounds and gardens, both from the multiplicity 
of their flowers and their beauty, as weil as fragrant {me 
Thefe are fometimes ufed for edgings, but from their (pread- 
ing growth they require frequent cutting, when thus em- 
loyed. 
The fourth and fifth forts may likewife be employed 
for the purpofe of affording a greater variety in thefe differs 
ent yar rr 
xth os is extremely praia from the finenefs 
of the ben of the ibis see the great length of time 
during.which they continue i om. 
It is obferved by Martyn, ‘that the feventh fpecies, from 
DIA 
the elegance and delicious fragrance of its aaa is deferve 
ing of being employed in all curious gardens 
n the bufineis of planting out the various forts, the an- 
cas kinds are mottly difpofed in patches of three or four 
; but the perennial kinds tingly, as being more 
venience for it 
DIA ANUCON, in sical a kind of rob _ with the 
juice of green walnuts an is now 
DIAPALMA,a ne ch refembling the casei loi 
See EmpLastTRuM 
DIAPA ASMA, : a common name for all pola fprinkled 
on the body, whether as perfumes or otherwife. 
cs = ord comes from the Greek ceca infpergere, to 
3 
DIAPASON, in the Ancient Mujic, implied the interval 
or concord of an oétave, fo called, becaufe it contains all = 
cee of found. Itis = 
Inftrument-makers, by diapaion, underftand the itate of ae 
meafures, and the proportions of the feveral parts of their 
a See — 
in his Chap. de Diapafon & Tin@or; in his Dif 
dates oe or Primitive Mulia Diétionary, gives feven defi- 
nitions of the term diapa/o 
1. Diapafon has three “Gikin® § fignifications: as a con- 
cord, an interval, and a proportion. 
2. Diapafon arifes from the mixture of two perfe@t con- 
cords, a —. nda 5th, or from two difcords, a falfe 5th 
and a triton 
aplon is the conjua@ion and interval of a perfe& 
3- 
4th and 
It ha 
afon is exprefled in numbers by 3 % or 3. aS, 
it is perfee, *imperfeet, 
like other inter an three qualities : 
and fuperfluo 
. Diapafon perfed, confifts of five tones and two femi- 
fae of which five are concords, and two difcords. 
iapafon imperfc&, is that which confitts of four 
a aoe three femi-tones 
only a diapafon i in appearance: as from b mi, to» 
he b fa abov hefe are what hi now term falfe nae 
an the wae orenGe of all difcor 
Diapa ee in n,- _ the foundation upon. 
which af ae orus, or full organ is conftruéied; and by the 
length of the fonget pipe im = sei . magnitude of 
the whole inftrument 1s known: n 8 fe 16 feet, 
32 feet, or a 64 Fret orga to ek feveral organ in Hol- 
land and Germany amount. The proper compafs of a 
voice, or inftroment, is called its diapafon. “The word is 
derived from dse, through, and caowy, the whole; becaufe 
the octave includes the whole compafs of the whole fy ftem. 
Diapason diatefaron. The Pythagoreans did not ad- 
mit this interval as a reoncord 3 for this reafon, 
that its ratio 8: 3 was pate multiple nor fuper-particular. 
Bat Prolemy contends for its being a good concord, for this 
— = yee ee added to any concord produces 
a oxenus herein <a ns him. 
Wallis’s 8 rere ad or 
adjuit ee pipes of their 
organs, and cut the holes of hoi flutes, hautboys, &c. in 
due proportion, for performing the tones, femi-tones, and 
concords, juftly. 
A fquare being divided into eight equal parallelograms ; 
the points wherein a diagonal interfects all thefe. parallelo- 
grams, . 
