GAR 
from G. florida, Linn, Sp. Pl. Jue ae called - 
Cape Jaimine. This was firft brought t ngland by 
ase, ain Hut ae who, about “ee “adie “Of the lat 
century, oe vith a buth of it in full flower, fomewhere 
near the C Me Good Hope, probably in a cultivated flate. 
He eens nce whole plant in a pot to England, and it 
was preferved it - apa of Mr, Warner, a great cul- 
tivator of exotic on a Laat having o 
tained layers fr ted it fo facet 
that he is Jal *¢ 
fingle flowers have been sabe from ha 
feveral — rts of w 
Japan 
ell‘as in 
mined | it to he a nee: cee and pu ublifhed its characters 
with a plate in the ca ote Tranfactions, v. 51. ‘Th 
i : eet high, much eed 
prea Leaves oppo te on fhort talks, elliptical, va- 
rious in ain eal pointed, entire, fmooth, veiny, ever- 
ipulas fheathing, intrafoliaceous, obtufe. loqers 
terminal, ftalked, of the fize = afpeét of a double 
4 ¥ powerful fcent, 
Hs They turn buff as they 
ade. 
he ais fea plant, i ee - inhabitants of thofe 
ea diftin& {pecies, 
fegme 
and the cee more velen ate. this plate is announce 
Ye 
by Thunberg g, in the 18th page of his Aidextation, as G. 
forida. 
G. radicans, Thanb. Diff. t. 1. f. 1, a native of Japan, 
where it. was S rt obferved by Ke mpfer, is another auras 
Gardenia. Jt is of more humble, decumbe nt or cr eeping 
growth, and {maller in eve ry part, ut otherwife aad like 
the lari lat. e have feen it alive at Meffrs. Lee and Ken- 
E773? 
fineft and moft indubitable fpecie es, a | ative 
of ce "Ca ape io 
ood | ough ee in our ftoves it rarely blof- 
oms. urt. Mag. t. 100 The ¢ alyx in this burits 
obliquely “The fegments of the corolla are ufually eight 
many an eee 
The si afin Sormofa, M. fpinofa of Jacquin above 
cited, v erent in feo ioe the original Muffenda of 
Hermann, = and others, are very juftly reduced to 
ardenia. 
We have feveral certain fpecies befides from the Eaft 
Indies, with more that are doubtful. Rothmannia probably © 
ought to be kept diftin&, as Mr. Salifbury has j udged. See 
Pa jee —— .t. 653 and Curt. Mag. t. 690. 
NIA, in Gar rile contains plants of the flowering 
thrubby an for the tlove — re ara he ah 
are the fragrant Gardenia oF “Ca ape j (G. fi 
and the round-leaved Gardenia (G. salt) of Ai ie 
firft fort varies vith fingle pa Se 
ethod of Culture—in the firft ce . may be effected 
y planting cuttin ngs the » young fhoots in pots of light 
zich mould in the f fummer feafon, plunging them in a mode- 
° GAR 
rate tan hot-bed, and covering them’ clofe = ca 
giving due fhade till they have ftricken n this 
has’ been fully effected, atl hould be carefully ed 
into feparate {mall pots, replunged in ot-bed. 
When they are become well eftablithed, they fhovld be gra- 
red to the allaence of the air. And the fecond 
light, freth earth in the early fpr ring mo 
in a bark hot-bed, frequent — ie 
After the plants come up, 
weather, and be often watered. te Then a (ae. ee eg 
fhould be carefully removed into feparate pots, and be placed 
in the hot-bed, due fhade being age ti they are rooted, 
hen they muft have air and v n proportion to the 
—— of the feafon. As thea a n ae ane they fhould 
e removed into the bark-bed of the flove, where they are 
ft kept ¢ the two firft feafons ; soy they may afterwards be 
expofed in the open air in the hot fummer mon 
All thefe plants are ufeful for the variety which hey af- 
sie : ea ons of ftove ae and have a fine ‘effet 
ro 
® 
"GARDENING, the art of forming, eet apie 
nna} 
ing, an naging garden oe s whether of t 
meutal or pains ry ki inds, more enlarged ae it is 
the bufin os of rendering ie aa objects of nature more 
agreeable, interefting, and ufeful to mankind ; 3.in ie execu 
tion of which the alae has na w ae Bange 2 ve! 
nanan 2 ne command, in ord t with tafte ae 
part the mott appropriate a nae to his. parti- 
ne views mend purpofes 
Ga is aig is one of thofe arts that muft obvioutly, from 
the neceffities een practifed at a ver 
and fruits are concerned, 
ceeded the forming of diitin@ habitations, and the ae 
of individual property. It mud, however, have remained 
ae after its introduction in a very rude a ape ftate, 
s, notwithflanding the accounts ae have been given of the 
ee ee gardens of early times, the Greeks and Romans 
feem to have been but little acquainted with thein; for the 
garden of “Icinous, when divefted o ae beautiful lan- 
guage of the poet, appears to have been nothing but a 
fort of orchard and vineyard fomewhat ead with the 
prevailing works of art; or thofe of a Cicero, and 
Pliny, among the Roman any thing more than mere ete 
of retreat, planted with various Paonia flowers and 
fhrubs, 7. em rare aia a nee fe pen Stal 
works of o ent. Thi ing woul 
A have contd until the ertro or of ae Dutch fyitem 
by London Wile, rae bee eftablifhment of that of the 
qnciig: eee and fhea 1 Brown, and indeed 
to have been par tially abn with thefe for fome time af- 
10wever, went on until nee ne eaedity anne Gen per- 
fedtly a oeee etter and more natura 
nd 
tafte. en and fpirit 
fhe cy - this practice are 6 “ju and interefting to be 
omitt 
sc Shaved 1 to the brink, our brooks are taught to flow 
iere no-obtruding leaves or branches TrOW 5 
While clumps of fhrnbs befpot each winding ‘yale, 
Open - to every gleam and gale ; 
Each 
