_ Sept. Let a Hot Bed be prepared in Spring, and co- 
——— vered with good Garden-Mould, to the Depth of j 
and when © 
five Inches: cover it with its krame, 
the Heat is moderate, carefully fow thefe Seeds, 
covering them only half an Inch with the fame 
Mould. This is the proper Soil for .their firft 
fhooting, but afterwards they will requiite a lighter 
and a ‘richer Earth. ~~ 
We have, on feveral Occafions, dpi bo to 
the Gardener the Earth from the Bottom of an old 
Wood- Pile, mix’d with the Remains of moulder’d 
Wood: this.he fhould always keep by him, and, with — 
variousMixtures, itferves fora greatNumberof Ufes. 
While the Seeds of this Plant are in the Ground, 
let him: mix together two-thirds of good Earth, 
taken up from undét the Turf in a rich Pafture, 
and one third of this Wood-Mould. Let them be 
well wrought together, and ftand ready. 
“When te young Plants have a little Streneth, 
ready, and into each of them let the Gardener 
put one of the Plants from the Hot Bed, taken 
carefully up, and fet in. with as much Care, 
Let there be a little Water given to each,. cau- 
tioufly, not to. bear down the Stems; 
let the Pots be plung’d into another Hot Bed. 
Let them be > -manag’d carefully, fhading and re- 
peating the Watering at Times, till they have 
taken Root; after this let them have Air in the 
Heat of the Day; and water as they want it: 
then, when they have ftood a Month, prepare freth 
~ Pots and a frefh hot Bed for them. 
_. The Gardener will not be frighted at the nam- 
_ ing feveral Hot-Beds for the raifing of this Plant, 
“‘becaufe he’ knows they will, at the fame Time, 
ferve for feveral others. Let thefe larger Pots be 
brought to the Hot-Bed Side, with a little of the 
fame Earth at their Bottoms. Let fie whole | 
4. YELLOW- PRUITED MOMORDICA. 
This i is a Plant of fuch extreme Sins: chad 
it cannot fail to recommend itfelf to. thofe- who 
are curious in exotic Curiofities, the Fruit making a 
Variety among the reft that is extreamly pleafing. 
Pl. IV. 
Fig. 4. 
BatsaMINa Inpica; and-fome have taken its 
- Indian Name, Paver.  Linnus calls it, Mo- 
MORDICA pomis angulatis tuberculatis folis villofis 
longitudinaliter palmatis. 
gular and tuberculated Fruit, and with Leaves 
hairy and longitudinally palmated. 
The Root is fibrous. 
ing upon Poles or ftouter Plants, by means of 
extremely fine Tendrils; and in that Manner runs 
to a great Height. 2 
The ane have long Footftalks, and they 
ftand in Pairs. They are hairy and of a pale 
' green, and their Shape is fineular. They are di- 
vided into long and narrow Segments, in a fin- 
ger'd.Manner; but thefe are not difpos’d in ex- 
| Quantity that is in nthe others, be fhaken out with Sept, 
each Plant, and plac’d entire upright in the new ——. 
ces dangling from the Surface of the Lump in 
mutt be filled up.with more of the fame. Soil. 
ing, and then the Pots muft all be fet'in a new 
| | may be expos’d to the open Air, in a warm Place, 
let three or four fimall Pots of this Earth be ms 
and then | 
tenderer Nightfhades : 
~ faid here, that the Gardener may not rafhly fup- 
| gant yellow, pale, Hak very lively. 
It is called in Englifo, the Male Balfam-Apple. | from the Places where the Leaves alfo are inferted, 
Authors have defcribed it under the Name of | and are frequent from the Top to the Bottom of 
the Plant. 
of a fingle Piece, and cut at the Top into five 
_ {preading Segments. 
Momorpica, with an-_ 
The Stalk is very long, 
but flender and weak : it fupports itfelf by climb- © 
Bafe, and terminates in a fharp Point. 
Pot. There will be fome white thready Subftan- 
various Parts; thefe are the extreme Fibres of the 
Roots: they muft be clip’d off clean with a 
Pair of Sciffars; and then the Space between the 
Lump of Earth and the Edges of the new Pot, 
When all is in, each muft have a gentle Water- 
Hot Bed.. They will grow with great Vigour after 
this; and the Gardener muft take Care to give them 
Air as they want it, and.a little Water. 
When they are grown too big for their Frame, a’ 
they naturally ‘ill bel aBbbul? dhe Middle of Fuly, 
they muft be remov’d into the Green-houfe. If _ 
the Weather be very favourable, fome of them 
if it be cold, they muft be plac’d in the Stove. 
We always fhall recommend the rational Practice _ 
of trying fome in each Manner, that Experience _ 
may determine what they can bear; as that can 
be learnt no Way elie. : 
They muft be remov’d into the Stove early in 
Autumn, and they will fometimes, in favourable 
Seafons, and with very good Management, flower 
the firft Year; but they fcarce ever fail to’flower 
and perfectly ripen their F ruit the fecond.. °; > 
This is the Method to be taken with all the 
‘there are others which re- 
quire, in the worft Weather, no more Defence © 
than that of a common Green-houfe; and fome 
that are to be rais’d in the open Borders, thefe we 
fhall occafionally name’ hereafter: thus much is 
pofe this Method is needful to every Plant of the 
Name of Nightihade, | 
\ 
panded Lines from the Rib, but proceed a litle 
. forward from the Body of the Leaf. | 
The Flowers are large, ‘and of a fine and ele- 
They rife 
They have each its {mall Cup, form’d 
The Body of the. Flower is,, 
in the fame Manner, divided into five feparate. 
Segments, and grows to the Cup. 
_ The Fruits are not fo numerous as the F lowers. . 
There are, however, enough of them to engage: 
the Eye, and very oddly diverfify the Scene where’ 
they ftand. 
The Shape of the Plant is very large, oblong, 
and {well’d about the Middle: it is fmaller at ih. 
Its Sur-? 
face is ridg’d, and befet with numerous Tubercles ; 
thefe are broad, low, fharp-pointed, and hard.~ 
The Colour of the whole is at firft a greenifh: 
white ; but from this it by Degrees grows yellow. 
I | When 
