Sept. 
Ab O Me t 
thofe which: have threé; and. the third, fuch at } Care® that. is. beftow’d on. other, Plants, in the. 
——. have four. 
PlateIl, 
Fig. 4. 
As we have recommended: to. the curious the - 
pea a 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. This 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 Inctructors in Books 
fo much miflead them. ; 
Many Plants are ‘Ymothered in Stoves, that 
would flourifh in the Greenhonfe; and many 
encumber the Greenhoufe, that would thrive 
in the open Air. 
Part of practical Knowledge on a better Footing. 
With Refpec&t to the prefent Plant, let the 
Method obferved in the raifine it be this: 
Let good Seeds be procured, and in the Be- 
cinning roe April \et a Dozen and a half of them 
Be owe ina {mall Pot filled with rich Garden- 
Mould, worked well, with one fourth Part of 
Pit-Sand. 
Let this Pot be plunged into a taotchate Hot- | | 
Bed, and there remain till the Seeds. fhoot: 
the Plants have a little Height. oe 
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. ay 
From this Time let them have the common 
when 
We fhall occafionally fet this | 
EAT 0B O DY oe 
_ Places where they feverally ftand. 
ing. 
wards. 
Leaves that are feen on them, be pick’d ‘Offs 
and let them be train’d to the Wall. 
properly fupported, they will take their Courfe, 
Trees, and fpreading their long Boughs to the 
Front, which will hang down the Wins ows: 
Green-houfe Plants will be illuftrated occafionally 
by Examples in the fucceeding Numbers: we 
here lead the Way to it, by giving, with the 
_ Charaéters of the prefent Plant, this general Idea 
of its Culture. | 
freely from heat and much Time will be fav’d 
but the Plants will not be altogether fo fine. 
The common Paff 10M- Flower which we fee climb 
upon Walls and Houfes, is much hardier than. 
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 5, “and when | ‘there’ comes a 
up again with’ Vigour the next Spring. 
the Beginning of April, and it fucceeds beft 
againit a fouth-weft Wall. : 
| This is a Shrub of very fincular Beauty, and 
is valuable for the long sient it continues 
flowering. ar 
‘It often begins to difeclote its Beauties early 
in Auguft, ae continues in Perfection by the 
Succeffion of rors: till the oie of Sep- 
tember. 
Our Gardeners cai it the great. Rock Rofe, the 
common Writers Ciffus Ladanifera, and Ciftus 
Ledon: its proper Name is Ciffus arborefcens foliis 
lanceolatis fupra levibus Petiolis bafi coalitis vagi- 
nantibus : Vree Ciftus with Spear-pointed Leaves, 
fmooth on the upper Side, with hollowed united 
Foot-Stalks. 
Thefe Names given by Linn aus are Jong, 
but they are worth Attention and Remembrance ; 
becaufe they convey a diftinét Knowledge of the 
Plant. They are fhort Defcriptions. 
It grows to feven Foot. high, a Pee as and 
well fafhioned Shrub ; the Stem is woody, and 
the Bark is blackith. 
The young Shoots are. ees and of a gloffy 
Purple. The Leaves are placed irregularly, and 
are long, narrow, way’d at the Edges, of a 
4. Spotted cIsTUS, 
es green above, and white beneath. Thofe 
toward the Top are in the Plant’s Perfe@ion 
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- Vefiel filled with very 
{mall and very numerous Seeds. 
-The Flower examined feparately, f 1s ‘fein 
placed in a five leav’d Cup; ‘two: of . whofe 
Leaves are fmaller than the others. 
The Body of the Flower ‘js compofed’ natu- 
rally of five Petals; but the Luxuriance of Cul- 
ture fometimes sae a fixth. 
The Filaments are very numerous - they fill 
‘their Centre of the Flower; and they adhere at 
j the Bafes, not to’ the Cup, but to the Re- 
ceptacle. This i is a Diftin@ion much to be re- 
| garded; for on it depends the Arrangement of 
the abies! | 
A ee We 
Let a little Water be given therh at Times, 
and let the Pots ftand near the Back of the Build- 
Let them be led to climb, by placing, 
Sticks | in an ‘oblique Direction, and leaning back-, 
From Time to Time let any decay’d 
‘They . ; 
will {pread over it, rife to the Roof, and, being 
covering it, as they naturally do the Tops of — 
The Particulars of the Care of Stove and — 
this ; and requires lefs Care. It is beft propagated. | 
fevere one, if the ‘whole Plant perifh. to the oe 
Ground, the Root commonly efcapes, and fhoots. 
The right Time of ° removing ‘this Plant is | 
Sept. 
~ Where Cuttings are ‘to be had, it will rife. 
