Novy. 
the Plant. 
We have already told our Student,. where two _ 
of thefe are longer than the others; the Clafs is that 
of Didynamia, thence named: and this having a 
Capiule for the Seeds, is one of that. Setion 
under this Clafs, diftinguithed, from the Cap- | = his always fhould be done in the middle of 
fule, by the Term Angio/permia. 
Culture of the Snap-Dracon,> . 
The Gardener will fmile to hear us fpeak of | 
inftructing him in the Culture of a Plant, that | 
will live on an old Wall, and propagate itfelf 
from Year to Year without his Care: But we are 
about to tell him, how he fhall make it exceed 
in Luftre, not only what he thus fees wild, but 
all that his Fellow Gardeners. raife ‘by their beft |. 
Culture, 
~— It is to be done thus. In the Month of Novem-— 
ber \et him make this. Compoft; two Barrows |. 
of Earth from a rich Pafture, one of Marle, and 
one and a half of River-Mud; to thefe, when 
he has ftirred them well together, he is to add a 
Buthel of Hog’s Dung, and a Buthel and half of | them in the Places where the Plants grew, to be 
Cow Dung. od | 
Thefe let him work well together, and lay 
them in a Ridge, ftirring them once a Month 
till Spring. : Shed . g 2 
Let him gather fome of the Seed from a tall 
and thriving Plant, which has grown in its own 
wild Way upon a Wall, and lay it carefully in 
_ the Pods till Chriftmas ; it will ‘thus gradually 
~ dry and harden. on 
Then let him carefully fhake it out upon fome 
Sheets of Cartridge Paper, and leave it expofed 
to the dry Air till wanted. Lae 
This compleats the drying and hardening, 
which in all Flower Seeds is an effential Article. 
Early in Spring, let the whole Compoft be 
laid in fome Part of a warm Border, open to 
the Sun, but theltered from the Winds; and let 
the Earth of the Border be taken out,’ a Spade 
and half deep, to give it Room. 
Lay the Surface level, fcatter over it the Seeds _ 
| thinly: And fift upon them a quarter of an Inch 
of the fame Compott. — 
Throw fome Furze Buthes upon the Bed, and 
on thele lay a-piece of Matting, 3 7 
OF GAR 
Mea? The Difference in Length between two of the - 
atta Filaments, and the others, is an Obfervation of | 
Importance, for on that depends the Clafs of | 
other Plants: no otherwife. - 
DENING. 
thick, they muft be thinned by pulling 
leaving the ftrongeft. 
are taken away ; and there muft then be put fome - 
Hoops, but 
_ This Care is to be continued till the Weather 
becomes warmer. ; | 
wet Be Plants will by that Time have got a con- 
fiderable Height, and they muit be marked for 
Standing or Remoyal. 
up with more. ont oo SS eaegae 
Let thefe have a gentle Watering; and fet 
fhaded till they have-Root, .... 
Two being taken for this..Purpofe; obferve. 
where the beft of the others grow; fet a Stick 
by way of Mark, at each of thefe, leaving as 
many as can ftand at a fair Diftance on the Bed. 
Take up all the reft carefully, and plant them . 
out in other Parts of the Garden. — 
-Thefe are to take their Chance, and they will be 
little better than the common ones, ee 
When thofe in the Pots have taken good Root, . 
let them be fet among the Exotics in the open. 
| Air; and let thefe, and thof in the Bed, be wa- 
ter’d, as Occafion requires, in common with the 
In Autumn they will flower: thof in the Bed 
of Compoft will be faireft and fulleft of Bloom. 
Thofe in the Pots are intended to he hous’d late 
in Autumn with the Exotics, for the Sake of con- 
_ tinuing the longer in flower. I have thus kept 
them blowing all the fore Part of the Winter. 
_Thofe who think this Care more than the Snap- 
Dragon deferves, have not feen it fairly. When 
rais’'d by this Care, it exceeds many of the moft 
pompous Flowers, 
4 AMERICAN 
Pl. XI. The Reader will be, perhaps, furpriz’d to hear, 
Fig.4. we mean by this Name what he has been 
us’d to call Virginian Myrtle Sumach, By fach 
wretched, ignorant, and improper Names, have 
the Gardeners been taught to know their Plants ; | 
by thofe who on the Knowledge they can glean 
from Parkinson or Gerarp, fet themfelves up 
as Oracles to their Brethren. 
IY, 21. 
tinued. 
EUONYMUsS, ~ 
) The Name is old in England; for CoMMELINE 
makes his Acknowledgments to the Bithop of 
London of that Time, Henry Compton, from 
whom the Amjterdam Garden receiv’d it; with the 
Name of Virginian Myrtle Sumach: but however 
early were the Error, there have been fince Means 
fufficient to abolifh it; tho’ the Term is ftill con- 
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