A,GOMPLEAT BODY 
j. Month bréak: and turn its t6 deftroy Weeds, and O&oh 
| open it to the Rains and Dews ¥ and by that Time = 
Culture of the Vuuvet BinDWEED. 
It is a Green-houfe Plant, free to the Air in 
Side. and only requiring Shelter againft Frotts : 
and it may be rais’d from Seeds, or propagated — 
by laying the Branches. : 3} suai 
The former Method raifes the fineft Plants, 
when the Seeds can be obtain’d in their Perfection: © 
but the other furnifhes very good ones, and they — 
will fooner come to flower. 
If the Seeds are prefer’d, they mutt be. had | ~ 
frefh, and the Plants rais’d, as we have directed _ 
for the Plumbago, juft defcrib’d, in Hot Beds... 
In the other Method little Time is loft, for the 
Branches take Root eafily. They mutt be laid in 
March, covered four Inches with Earth, and af- 
fifted in Rooting by frequent Waterings. In the 
September following they may be taken from the 
Mother-Plant. | gre ee 
Each of -thefe muft , have a large, Pot. | The 
Soil that our Experience has fhewn belt to fuit 
them, is this: Mix three Barrows of light Earth 
taken from under the Turf in a high Pafture, 
with two of Wood-pile Earth, and one Buthel of 
Sheep’s-Dung. Time mellows and prepares thefe 
Mixtures; and as there is always Notice of | 
_ their being wanted, the’ Advantage fhould be 
taken. : : 
Let the prudent Gardener, at the fame Time 
he lays the Branches of this Plant, pile up in an 
open Place this Mixture. Let him once in a 
his Layers are fit to be remov'd, it will be well 
| mellow’d, and fit for their RECEPHON. PP TO? 
In the Centte of each Pot mutt be fer a Pole, 
| feven Foot in length, and taper to the Top; and 
the great Care will be to fecure this firmly. 
Then’ plant a Layer in the Pot; fo placing it 
that the rooted Part lie free, and be very well co- 
| ver’d; and the Shoot rife near the Pole. 
Let the Pot be fill’d within an-Inch with this 
| Soil, and the young Shoot ty’d up to it with a 
| Piece of green Wortfted, Then give it a gentle 
Watering, and place it in the Shade ;.. defending 
it continually from the Sun, and frequently. re- 
peating the Watering till it has taken very good 
Root, | 
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_. After this place it-among the Green- houfe 
Shrubs for the fhort Remainder of the Seafon. they 
are to ftand out ; and afterwards remove it under 
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Shelter with shem. sy1.5 47 ashen cy’ pemncnecy’ 
__No more than. the common Care of thefe Plants 
will after this be: needed :. it will make its own 
Way up the Pole ; and when it can rife no 
higher, will fend out the more Branches. 
A. Year from the planting it out, it will flower, 
and continue to do fo abundantly. | 
‘This is an Advantage of the Layers over the. 
Seedlings; for they fometimes do not come 
to flower before the fourth or the fifth Year. 
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“a TRIFOLIATE ERYT HRINA 
P.VIII. Few of the Species we cultivate with our beft 
or ig. 4. Care, deferve the Labour and Attention more than. 
this; diftinguith’d for its Beauty even by Sava- 
vages; and celebrated by fome peculiar Name, 
importing its Luftre or its Singularity in almoft 
every known Language. ’ 
Our People call it the Coral Tree, a Name 
given it frotn the high red and glofly Surface of 
the Flowers, refembling polith’d Coral. 
The common Writers, after Ca/par Baubine, 
have called it Coralia and Siliqua Sylveftris Spinofa. 
COMMELINE, and fome others, Coral Zr- 
bor: Tournerort, and his Followers, Corallo- 
dendrum: and Linn aus, and with him the later 
and ‘more correct Botanifts, Lrythrina; a Name 
deriv’d ftom the Greek, and expreffing in the fame 
Manner as the'other, the finé red of the Flower. 
In other Nations it is call’d by Names expreffing 
the Scarlet Tree, the Elephant Tree, and Coral 
Bloffom. | : siete eel 
Tt grows’ naturally to a confiderable Height ; 
and with us forms a tall and very elegant Shrub. 
. _— The Root is divided, {preading, and fall of 
; Fibres. vr ; - te ih aa 
- The Stem is brown, and its Wood brittle. The 
Branches are mimerous, and varioufly fpeckled ; 
and their Bark is grey. 
_ They are arm’d with tharp and fine Thorns, 
The Leaves are handfome’ in ‘ themfélves, 
and very beautifully difpos’d. Three grow on 
every Footftalk, and they are of a Heart-like 
Shape, broad, and lightly hollow’d at the Bafe, 
are ftrongly mark’d with Ribs. 
The Flowers are very numerous, large, and of 
_ the fineft red; of a polifh’d Surface, and, in a 
full Sun, almoft too.glofly to be look’d upon. 
They ftand in a very beautiful Manner upon 
the Tops of the Branches. A great Number fur- 
round them at ceftain Diftances, in circular Clu- 
this Name. _ 
In this the Vexillum is of an extraordinary and 
immoderate Length: its Sides bend. downwards, 
and the Whole is alfo crooked ; its Point turning 
upwards, | 
The Me and Carina. are extrethely fmall, 
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