Reafon we fhall direct the Gardener to follow that } 
| Hole be open’d, and the Mould laid up at its 
OFIGARDENING. 
Culture of the Aivuropian Tanzy. 
This, though a Native of a. goatee warmer Cli- 
mate, will bear the Summers expos’d in our Coun- 
try, and only needs the Shelter of a Green-houfe 
in the Winter Months. 
It rarely brings the Seeds to Perfeétion with us, 
and it is eafily propagated by Slips, for which 
Method. a0 this Purpote, let him, in. the Be- 
ginning of May, dig up.a Border: in a thelter’d 
Place; where the Earth j is rich: and mellow. 
Let this lie ten ‘Days, to imbibe the Dews after 
its digging, and to fettle; and then. let him: /pre- 
pare. it for the Reception | of the Slips... 
~ Let Lines be drawn length- -wile,, and a- crofs of 
this Bed, each Way at a Foot diftance. ‘ 
In the Centre ‘of each of the Squares, let a 
Side. 
This being prepar’d, let the Slips be taken off 
os MARVEL OF PERU, 
TOthing need me faid in Praife of chi Plant, 
which is already familiar in our Gardens, asd 
deferves to be continued there; but we have fome 
fhort Hints to lay before the practical Gardener 
with Refpeét to ‘its Culture and: Management, | , 
which’ encreafing: its Beauty, will enfure 1 it of Keer 7 
ing its Place, ~ 
Our Gardeners, befide its Name of Marvel of 
_ Peru, in fome Places call it Marvel of she World. 
The common Writers have called it, after CLu- 
SIUS, Admirabilis Peruviana, and C. Baubine makes 
it a Solanum, — 
Tournerort has ea) it by the Name 
Falapa ; and Van Roven by that of NyGage. _. 
| Linnzus has but little alter’d the oid Name 
of Cuustvs, he calls it Admirabilis : 
all the Sorts of it. which TourNErort has erro- 
neoufly nam’d, as Species ; ; and MILLER has un- 
luckily copy'd from him under the fame Deno- 
mination, as Varieties, he adds no Diftinction. 
The Plant is a Yard high, and fpreads irregu- 
larly into numerous Br anches.. ‘The Root is long 
and thick, and has many F ibres 5 the Stall is 
jointed, and the Leaves are. placed i in Pairs, They 
are oblong, broad, and not divided at the Edges. 
Their C alot is a deep fine green, 
_ "Fhe Flowers are very. numerous and full of 
Beauty. 
rife from the Bofoms of the Leaves and Branches, 
They are broad, expanded, and of various Dyes; 
not only on different Plants, but often” on the 
jane, 2 te | : en 
The natural Colour is a tawny yellow ; but 
from this they vary into. the deepett ate and 
the fainteft Flefh-colour. — 
Thefe are their eafiett and | mete common 
Changes ; , but we alfo fee them fometimes of a 
from a flourifhing Shrub, and planted with Cate. 
and ranking — 
Some terminate the Stalks, and: others . 
Let the Earth be drawn up about them; and 
let them have a gentle Wa atering : then cover them 
with a Mat, lupported to.a due Eeight not to 
crufh them’ and thus they are to be manaé’d, an 
they have fhot good Roots. 
It will then be proper to remove them Gxt Pots, 
that they may have the Advantage of good Sun 
for the Remainder of the Summer, and incon in 
the Winter. | | 
Let the Pots ‘be large, and let slaaa es flr 
with a Mixture of three Parts Garden-Mould, 
and one Part Sandy Earth, from under the Turf 
of a Pafture.. . | | 
In this let them be planted with the fame Care 
as in the firft Bed; and i in the fame aeageet wa- 
ter’d and fhaded’ fo 
‘When they have well fix’d dictotabyaie in the 
new Earth, let them be fet among the other Ex- 
otics during the reft of Summer; and when they 
are remov’d into the Green- houfe, let thefe exe 
with them, fharing the fame Care. 
Baw ot ae” 
: 
Tita" 
pure ba Aehite, and. as pei variegated in a 
moft elegant Manner with thefe feveral, Colours; 
purple and white, purple, Flefh-colour and white, 
or all thefe Colours, and. the original: yellow; 
Hence the Vari ieties. which miftaking . Writers 
have call’d Species ; and hence the. totiflee apa 
Beauty of the Plant. ; cy. 
| There i though thefe Writers. do not ary ity 
a certain Rule for determining what are. Varieties 
and what diftin& Species among Plants; this is 
_by fowing. the seeds... .. sone 
"If the Seedof one will produce a calada nck chat 
other is a Variety. If the Seed a Plant ripens will 
produce always its like, then itis adiftin@ Species. 
_ By this Teft all the Species, as they are call’d, 
of Marvel of Peru, have been found to be Varieties 
only; as have alfo the two common Lark/purs, 
which fome have thought it Knowledge to pro- 
nounce diftin@. Linn aus has been ee for 
afferting otherwife ; and the Judgment of common 
Gardeners, has, by a Gardener, been, call’d. up | 
againft him.. : ba said 
~ Linn 2£vs is not without his gee for no Man 
is or will be; but a Perfon of his Rank in the 
Science, ought to be very much above the Cenfure 
of thefe Dodie. whofe utmoft Merit it willbe 
to underftand his Writings, . when they fhall be 
explained in their own Language. afigeienty 
The pointing out the Errors of this Author, 
amay be ufeful to the World, becaufe being his 
they will be dangerous, but this can only be done 
by thofe,: who, like himfelf, have ‘trod the ryfte- 
{terious Paths of learned Science 3 *tis ot AR 
others to difcover them, | : | 
We gave the Reader, -in the laft iifince™ ah 
- Plant whofe Clafs was not eafy to’ be determined 
by thofe who are in their Studies; here we propofe 
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