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O-F PGA /RD. EINAIN CS. 
— Cob. Their Colour, ‘in the Middle Part of the Petals, 
is a delicate red, but the Edges of them are natu- 
rally of a pale yellow. 
Thefe Flowers are plac’d on hairy Footftalks, 
fingly fometimes, but oftener in Clufters; and 
they are fucceeded by long Beaks, in the Manner 
of the other Plants of this fingular Kind. 
The Flower of the Geranium we have explain’d 
to the Student, in treating of fome of the preced- | mov’d into another, and fet at eteater Diftances. 
and as this differs in nothing effen- | 
tial from thofe in the general Structure, we fhall | 
ine Species ; 
barely recapitulate, that the Petals in the Flower 
are five; and that the Filaments, which are ten | 
in Number, grow together, fo as to form one | 
‘wherefore the Plant is not tobe | 
Body at the Bafe : 
clafs’d according to their Number, but to this 
fingular. Difseneton’s: and thence plac’d in the 
_ Monadelphous Tribe; and in the fecond Sedtion 
containing the Decandria, thofe whofe Filaments | 
are ten. 
Culture of the Vinz-LEav’p GERANIUM. | 
The Plant is a Native of Africa, where, after 
Sun-fet, its Flower has a very fingular Fra- 
grance, tho’ none in the Heat of tite Day : this 
is not wonderful, for the great Heat diffipates the 
Vapour, on which their Smell depends. With us 
it has the fame Quality, but in a lefs Degree. 
light Soil; and the preparing fuch a one for it 
here, fhould be the firft Care of all who with to | 
fee it in its natural Luftre, or enjoy its Evening 
= peas | a 
_ + To this Purpofe, let thete be mix’d together | 
two Barrows of Mould, from a fertile but dry Pa- 
fture; one Barrow of Earth from under an old 
Wood-Pile, and -half a Barrow of large coarieé 
Sand. 
~ Let this be pil’d in a Heb feveral Months be- 
fore it is wanted, and kept clear from Weeds by 
frequent ‘Turning. 
Pile ae 
eas 
We rail many of the Shrub Trefoil Kind with 
as much Care as would be requir d for this, which 
have not half its Beauty. 
It is greatly efteem’d in the other European Col-_ 
leétions, and deferves to be made uhiverfal in our 
own. 
The papilionaceous Flowers, added to the Dif- 
pofition of the Leaves, exprefs the Charaéter of 
its Genus fo plainly, that all who have treated of 
it, have call’d it by its proper Name. 
ComMMELINE Calls it, Trifolium Africanum fru- 
ticans flore purpurafcente. Linnaeus, Trifolium 
fpicis fubvillofis, lacinia calycum infima maxima, caule 
fruticofo foliis fubfefilibus: Shrubby Trefoil, with 
Leaves having {carce any Foot-ftalks ; with hairy 
Tufts of Flowers; and with the lower Segment of 
the Cup large. ; 
. Thofe who are not acquainted with Betanical 
| from Africa ; 
| the Pot ; 
| ter’d, till well rooted again; 
It naturally delights in a rich, mellow, and | 
Let Seeds be obtain’d, when that can be done, 
but, in other Cafes, let the béft of 
thofe it ripens here, be carefully preferved | 
during Winter, and fown i in Spring. | 
They fhould be fcatter’d upon a ‘well:cover’d 
| Hot-Bed, and bury’d half an Inch, 
The Plants will foon come up; and when they 
have acquir’d a little Strength, they muft be re- 
In this they muft be fhaded and water’d, to 
promote their Rooting ; and when they are fome- 
what more. advanced in Bignefs, remov'd into 
Pots. BS ' 
Common Mould ferves very well the Purpofe of 
covering the two Hot-Beds ; but the Compoft pre- 
| par’d for them mutt be now put into the Pots. 
-Firtt let fome Pebbles be laid in the Bottom of 
the Compoft; anid being thus prepar’d, let the 
Plants be one by one taken up, with as thuch of 
| the Mould as will hang to the Roots, and fet up-— 
{| right in the Pots. 
Pf pour’d in, to fill them up to a proper Height; 
| and the Plants fecur’d upright. 
| have a gentle Watering, and be plac’d either in a 
| Bark- Bed that has but little Heat, or under a 
| common Hot-Bed Frame to help their Rooting: 
‘Let more of the Compoft be 
Then let them 
Here they muft be cover’d, fhaded, and wa- 
Glafies muft by Degrees be rais’d more and more, 
in the Heat of the Day, to harden them; and 
they mutt afterwards bé fet out among the Green- 
| houfe Plants. 
They will flower, hei cood Management, the 
firft Year. They muft be taken in at the Approach 
| of Winter, and they will every Year afterwards 
and will, in Time; 
produce Of-fets from due Roots; which being | 
flower ftronger and ftronger , 
nurs’d up with the fame Care as the Seedling 
Plants, will fooner come to the full Glory of 
their flowering. They will always flower the beft, 
when they have moft free Air. | 
SHRUB. Shee Gl L, 
Knowledge cenfure [Tissesue for thé Length and. 
Abftrufenefs of his Names: With Refpect to the 
latter Charge, it is his Care to avoid making them 
yet longer, which occafions it; and the Length 
they have is proportioned to ue Number of Spe- 
cies, from the which they are to diftinguifh that to 
| which they are apply’d. 
Thus, in this Inftance, the Species of Trefoil are 
extremely numerous; and the Author was therefore 
under a Neceflity to point out the peculiar Parts 
in which this differs from the others. A fhorter 
Name could not have anfwer’d the Purpofe of a 
juft Diftinction of the Species. 
It is a fhrubby Plant, of irregular Growth, and 
of about two Foot in Height. 
The Root is woody, divided, and full of Fi- 
btes. 
The Stem is firm, round, hard, and cover’d with 
a brown 
then let it be half, or more, fil’d with. 
and after that the 
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