be A GO.MyP 2 & As aye 
: Sepr thofe which have three; and sie third, fuch at | Care that is beftow’d on other Plants, in the Sept: 
Plate Il, 
Fip. 4. 
have four. 
As we have recommended to the curious the 
introducing this elegant Plant, we fhall particu- 
larife its Culture. 
The Seeds will fhoot freely, and the Care muft 
be to find what Degree of Heat is neceflary for 
the Plants; or in better Terms, what Degree 
of Expofure they will bear. ‘Phis is a Point in 
which our Gardeners that have the Care of 
exotic Plants, err more than any other; and 
there is none in which their Inétruétors in Books 
fo much miflead them. 
Many Plants are fmothered in Stoves, that 
would flourifh in the Greenhoufe; and many 
encumber the Greenhoufe, that would thrive 
in the open Air. 
We fhall occafionally fet this 
Part of practical Knowledge on a better Footing. | 
With Refpect to the prefent Plant, let the 
Method obferved in the raifing it he this: 
Let good Seeds be procured, and in the Be- 
‘guste. of April let a Dozen and a half of them. 
be fowed in a {mall Pot filled with rich Garden- 
Mould, worked well, with one fourth Part of 
Pit-Sand. 
Let this Pot be plunged into a moderate Hot- 
Bed, and there remain till the Seeds fhoot: when 
the Plants have a little Height. 
Let all but one be tranfplanted into feparate 
Pots, and let thefe, with the other, be fet in 
another Hot-Bed, where they may be train’d to 
fome Strength. 
‘Then let fome of the Pots be fet ina warm 
fheltered Place in the open Air; others in the 
Greenhoufe ; and others in the Stove. : 
From this Time let them have the common 
Places where they feverally ftand. 
Let a little Water be given them. at Times; 
and let the Pots ftand near nthe Back of the Build- 
ing. Let them be led to climb, by placing 
- Sticks in an oblique Direction, and leaning back- 
wards. From Time to Time let any decay’d 
Leaves that are feen on them, be pick’d off, 
and let them be train’d to the Wall. They 
will fpread over it, rife to the Roof, and, being 
properly fupported, they will take their Courfes 
covering ‘it, as they naturally do the Tops of 
Trees, and fpreading their long Boughs to the 
Front, which will hang down the Windows. 
The Particulars of the Care of Stove and 
Green-houfe Plants will be illuftrated occafionally 
by Examples in the fucceeding Numbers: we 
here lead the Way to it, by giving, with the 
Characters of the prefent Plant, this general Idea 
_of its Culture. - 
~ Where Cuttings are to be had, it will rife 
freely from them, and much Time will be fav’d 
but the Plants will not be altogether fo fine. 
deremecsmnitmmicnil 
The common Paffion- Flower which we fee climb 
upon Walls and Houfes, is much hardier than 
this; and requires lefs Care. It is beft propagated. 
by laying down the Branches. 
Thefe will take 
root freely, and may be very well removed the 
next Year. They will ftand the common Win- 
ters with us unhurt; and when there comes a 
fevere one, if the whole Plant perifh to the 
Ground, the Root commonly efcapes, and fhoots 
up again with Vigour the next Spring. 
The right Time of’ removing this Plant is 
the Beginning of pril, and it fucceeds beft 
again{t a fouth-weft Wall. 
4 Spotted CIS TUS. 
This is a Shrub of very fingular Beauty, and 
is valuable for the long Time it continues 
flowering. 
It often begins to difclofe its Beauties early 
in ‘Auguft, ae continues in Perfection by the 
Succeffion of Flowers till the Middle of Se 
tember. | 
Our Gardeners call. it the great Rock Ro/e, the 
common Writers Cij/ius aheiies, and Ciffus 
Ledon: its proper Name is Ci/fus arborefcens foltis 
lanceolatis fupra levibus Petiolis bafi coalitis vagi- 
nantibus: Tree Ciftus with Spear-pointed Leaves, 
{mooth on the upper Side, with hollowed united 
Foot-Stalks. 
Thefe Names given by Linwgeus are long, 
but they are worth Attention and Remembrance ; 
becaufe they convey a diftinct Knowledge of the 
Plant. They are fhort Defcriptions, . 
It grows to feven Foot high, a fpreading and 
well fafhioned Shrub; the Stem is woody, and 
the Bark is blackith. 
The young Shoots are flender, and of a glofly 
Purple. The Leaves are placed irregularly, and 
are long, narrow, wav’d at the Fdges, of a 
rally of five Petals; 
deep green above, and white beneath. Thofe 
toward the Top are in the Plant’s Perfection 
covered with a tranfparent fragrant Refin. 
The Flower is vaft, and naturally of a delicate 
white : it is {tained fometimes toward the Edges 
with red, and fometimes red entirely. In the 
Centre is a Tuft of Threads with yellow But- 
tons ; and toward the Bafe of every Petal 
there is a lively black Spot. Each Flower is 
followed by a large Seed-Vefeel filled with very 
{mall and very numerous Seeds. 
The Flower examined feparately, : feen 
placed in a five leav’d Cup; two of whofe 
Leaves are {maller than the others. 
The Body of the Flower is compofed natu- 
| but the Luxuriance of Cul- 
ture fometimes adds a fixth. 
The Filaments are very numerous: they fill 
their Centre of the Flower, and they adhere at 
the Bafes, not to the Cup, but to the Re- 
ceptacle.. This is a Diftin€tion much to be re- 
garded ; for on it depends the Arrangement of 
the Plant. 
‘ We 
