A COMPLEAT BODY 
Caltare of the TRICHOSANTHES. 
“Tn China this is a very common Plant near 
Woods, and where there is a deep and mellow: 
Soil. This we muft- give it here, and with this, 
fuiting the Degree of Warmth and Moifture, 
we fhall- not fail: ‘of raifing ‘it- to full Perfection. ’ 
To imitate its natural “Soil; let the following’ 
Compoit be made: Pare off the Turf with 
three Inches of the upper Mould from a rich 
Piece of Pafture, and then dig away two Bar- 
rows of the Soil underneath, cutting 
Spade depth. 
A rich Pafture being chofen for the Spot, 
this is a frefh and unexhaufted Earth, for the 
Roots of the Grafs have fcarce penetrated to, it.. 
With this mix a Barrow of the Dung from an 
old Melon-bed, and the fame Quantity of. 
Earth from under a Wood- -pile. Lay thefe to-. 
gether i in Autumn, and let them lie all Win-. 
ter, frequently turning the Heap. : 
Early in Spring fill two or three large Pots 
with this Earth broke fine, and lay on the ‘Sur- 
face in each Port, half a dozen of the Seeds. 
Sift over them a Quarter of an Inch Thick- 
nefs of the fame Mould, and give them a little 
Water. 
it one 
' Set’ the Pots up to rhe: Rim in a Bark Bed,” 
and fhade them from the Sun. 
_. When the Plants appear, water ‘them Siily 
every Night, and give them Air in the middle of 
‘the Day. Obferve. the ftrongeft Plant that’ grows 
near the ‘middle of the Pot, and mark that for 
remaining. -— aif RGN: J : 
The reft at Tine ihe up, siald ee dd 
| ftroy or plant them in other: Pots; but. they 
ones. 
As thefe encreafe in Size they muft be riore 
| ‘watered, and“have more Air; and after they have 
acquired as much Strength as can be given them 
a hot Day, afd refrefhed at Times with -Water. 
Thus they may ftand among the Exoticks, fo 
long as the Weather is perfectly warm and fine; 
but as they cannot bear Cold, they muft early 
be taken into Shelter. They will come into 
Flower in-the End of Summer; and the Fruit 
will appear in Autumn, and continue with frefh 
Flowers 1 in other Parts for feveral Months. 
* One or more of the Fruits muft be fuffered to 
ripen for Seed, for the Root perifhes when they 
are come to their Maturity ; and it will rife very 
well from Seeds ripen’d here. 
"3 GREAT SNAP-DRAGON. 
PL XI, . We treat here of a Plant, which though nota 
Fig, 3. Native of our, Country, bears the free Air per- 
feétly well in it; and fows itfelf freely like’a 
wild Weed. Its. Beauty when well managed “is 
greater than they are aware, who have only feen it 
in the Hands of common Gardeners ; and its long 
: Continuance in Flower, under ‘a’ jut Manage- 
ment, add to its ‘Recommendations. | 
Our Gardeners are well enough acquainted with 
the Plant, they call. it Snap-Dragon and Calf?s- 
Snout. The common Writers ate it Antirhi- 
num Majus 5 and Linnaius, Antirbinum Corollis 
ecaudatis Calyctbus “rotundatis. - Snap-Dragon 
with Flowers without Spurs in rounded Cue: 
The having. no Spur to the Flower, diftin- 
guifhes it from the Linaria kind ; 
tirhinum, and the rounded. Form‘ of the Cup; | 
from the other kind, whote Cup is longer than | 
the Flower. | 
~The Root is long, 
a° ibres, 
“twelve, or more together when well managed, 
and BOY Be twG Pech iet. ee, 
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.. The Leayes, on “thefe ‘are. lone and fender, | 
aiheaens ‘and of a fhining Gilad ve ee 
The Flowers are large, aud they are “confpi-_ 
| “cuous from their ftanding i in Jong’ Spikes ; they | 
are long, hollow and clofe ‘at the Mouth, and 
are naturally of a fine Red; fometimes they will 
which this | 
‘Author ranges | in ‘the fame Genus with the A- | 
ia and hung with many | 
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. The Stalks rife. fot it in a great Clufter, th | 
| be deeper, fometimes paler, and in fome Plants 
} OF a perfect: White.’ + gee | 
They will alfo take Tinges af other Colours, 
and will be ftriped and variegated from good 
| Culture ; in thefe Cafes thé’ Number and Variety 
| of the Flowers greatly recommend them;: and 
_ with the Culture we fhall propofe, they are. wor- 
thy of a Place in any Garden. - 
‘The F lower examined witha Botanical Atten- 
tion, appears ‘form’d of a fingle Petal, and) of 
the labiated:Stru@ture. ©The fhort Cup in which 
it ftands, is divided into five Segments, of which 
the two loweft gape more than the others... 
The tubular Part of the Flower, is long, 
thick, and uneven; and the two Lips are united 
by a tranfverfe Piece, which clofes the Mouth of 
the Flower. ‘This is called the Palate; both 
Lips are divided at the Edges, and the Palate 
is convex, and ftands prominent between. them. 
At the’ Bafe of the Flower,» is a Nectarium, 
which is fhort, rounded, and f{carce prominent. In 
the center of the Flower; when Jaid open, appear 
four Filaments.’ .Thefe are nearly of the Length 
-of the’ Flower; and they. are,placed under the 
| “epee Lip, and términated:.by their: Buttons. 
“On examining; them attentively, they: will be 
found of une Length; 
“others. °)! fan 
2oeThe Style rifes fools ainjong thefe,. and the 
“Seed Vefiel is: rounded, and WEN obliquely ae 
‘Top when: ripe: 
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‘will never be like the’ original unremoved 
inthe Bed ; they muft be fet out in the middle of | 
two. exceeding the | 
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PRED ATTY 
