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Men 
: fail to recollect. what we have laid before him, re- 
lating to the Diadelpbia. 
The Charaéters. of thefe is, that the Filaments 
ee ae A COMPLEAT BODY 
a brown Bark; and the, young. Shoots are tually 
brown, and fometimes reddifh, 
The Leaves are narrow and oblong,: pointed at. 
the Ends, not at all ferrated at the Edges, and of 
a lively green. They ftand.in Three’s, according 
to the Character of the Genus, and other are a lit-» 
tle hairy. 
_ The Tops of all the Branches are pave Pe with, 
_ Thefe are large, for a Plant. 
numerous: Flowers, 
of this Kind, and. very eminent in. their Colour ; 
which, when the Plant is healthy, is.a Purple no. 
| i; will ripen: them fo well here,: that they will afford: 
_ very good Plants. 
When thefe are three Inches high, let the bett 
of them be remov’d to another Hot- Bed, and 
fhaded. well, and water’d gently, till. they: are, 
rooted: then let them, be encourag’d to grow up: 
_ by more Water ;. and when they are grown. to a. 
- good Size; let. them be planted out into Pots. - 
Paint can reprefent. 
They are arrane’d in a kind of thick fhort | 
- Spikes, and. thefe are downy, in the Manner of 
the Leaves; but that the Hairs are paler colour” Re 
and longer. » 
> Each: Blower: tandss ina Cup, eee of. an 
ingle: Piece, but divided deeply into: five Seg-. 
ments, of which. the lower one is over-propor- : 
tioned. to the reft in Size; and.is fucceeded by a 
thort Pod, containing a finele angulated Seed. 
. The Flower itfelf confifts’ in the Manner of 
thofe: call’d papilionaceous, of four Petals. Of. thefe. 
“the upper one, call’d in thefe Flowers the Vexillum,. } 
is f{omewhat. broad, and turn’d naturally back: 
the two fide ones are’ call’d Ale, or. Wings, and | 
thefe are fhorter than the Vewillum; and the ONS 
‘Petal, or Carina, is fhorter yet. than they. . 
. The Filaments. are hid, but on tearing open a 
a lower carefully, they are diftinguifh’d plainly : 
‘they are ten in Number, as is feen. by counting | 
the Anthere; but they are form’d into two Af. 
fortments; nine of them uniting into a kind of: 
Tube, aca the tenth; »which remains tingle; fall- 
ing over its Opening. _ . - 
ide, Style rifes within Rites tubular Body, and Lis 
defended ‘by it, and it is fingle. Hi ’ 
The Student, upon this Examination, wills not. 
| are form’d into two A flortments ; and the third Sub- 
divifion contains tliofe Plants of this Defcription, 
which have the Number of ten of thefe Filaments - 
: _ plainly therefore this Species belongs to the Dia- 
delphia Decandria of Linn aius, as do indeed all 
the others of ‘that numerous F aeely, the Trefoil. 
Culture of tbe PURPLE SHRUB Trerom., 
aT lve Pane is a Native of Africa, aha there lives | 
ina very dry. and barren Soil: This we mutt imi-- 
tate “in melita or we fhall never fee it in its full. 
Beauty. ” | 
Too ek a ‘Soil will make the Branches fpiead % in 
greater Number, and the Leaves willthus belarger; | 
but it will have fewer, and thofe paler Flowers. 
Nothing: but a Soil, ‘that in'fome Degree refem- 
|, bles its, own, al give os lively Tinge to, them Ogteh. 
they have where-native. 
For this Purpofe, let the Gardener mix together 
two Barrows of Earth, taken froma hilly and poor 
-Pafture, and half a Barrow. of Sand. Let him 
break over this a quarter of a Pound of Stone, 
Lime, and. leave. it to the Air; Farming it once ‘a, 
| Fortnight. id , 
| ibe. being. picpattd, letathe, Seed she estas 
: “upon. a moderate Hot-Bed. T hey will rife freely. 
_ Thofe. from. its native Country are. beft; but it 
Into each Pot let there be firft put fome Beh: 
bles, to facilitate the Paffage of the Water: then 
let them be fill’d half up with the Compoft pre- 
| par’d for them; and on this let the Plants be fet 
with. a. little of the Hot-Bed Mould about their 
1 Roots. | 
Then fill up. the Pot carefully with more of the 
2 Compott ; ; and take Care the Plants ftand upright. 
_ They muft havea gentle Watering after, this, and 
be then fet under a Hot-Bed F FANG and thaced ‘5 
, and occafionally. ~water’d., 
_. When. they are well rooted, the Mats, or whats 
' ever elfe were’ usd, to fhade them, may. be taken 
of, and the next Care is to harden them: to the 
| Air. This is to be affected by raifing the. Glaffes 
in the Middle. of the Day; and after .a Week’s 
| Management of this Kind, they may be fet out, 
in the Middle of a hot Day, in a warm and well- 
- fhelter’d Place. | 
After this they muft be water’d once in two 
Days, but not much at-a Time; and. when the 
_ Weather grows cool, they mutt be remov'd. into. 
Shelter. 
They will fower the frft Year, and continue a 
long Time in their Luftre ; and from that Time a 
‘lion will be every Year ftronger, and will produce ~ 
more numerous Flowers. 
Unilefs the Seeds are wanted, it is beft never to | 
let them ripen upon the Plant; but let the Gar- 
_dener, as the Flowers fade, nip off the Heads. 
this will prevent the Root from being exhaufted, 
tho’ it: make the Plant yield | more. “Aumerous 
_ Flowers. 
This is a pereral Truth, the Gardener thould 
always know, ‘That there is more Harm done. to 
a Root, by ripening one Head of Seeds, than by 
the blowing of many Flowers ; for that 1 is the lafk 
Work of Nature, 
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