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Nov. roundifh, and it refembles a Corn of Pepper; 
: Pliny, Theophraftus, and. others, ftand to authen- Nov. 
ma————= hence the French call the Shrub Potvrier; and 
_ ticate this imaginary Quality; and the Athenian ———= 
fome in Latin, from the Shape and alledg’d Effect 
of the Seed-vefiel, Piper Eunuchorum. Each of 
thefe Veffels contains one Seed. 
Matrons lay upon Beds of its Leaves, while they 
celebrated the chafte Rites of Ceres. To all that 
has been faid upon this Subject, Reafon anfwers, 
The fmall Flower, carefully examined, is found | Difeafes of the Mind find little Aid from Medi- - 
‘of a fingular Structure. The Cup in which it is | eine. . : 
_ plac’d is very {mall, form’d of a fingle Piece, | . 
and ‘dented in five PlacesattheRim. | 
The Body of the Flower confifts. of a fingle | -: 
Petal, which. is tubular at the Bafe, and in the 
upper Part divides into two Parts in the labiated 
Culture of the Virex. 
|.’ The’Shrub is fo common, that good Cuttings 
may always be had, and there is no better way of 
Mamner. rate ea | propagating it. 
The upper Lip is divided into three Segments, | © Thefe fucceed beft in Spring. : 
of which the two-fide ones are narrow, and the | — Let them be taken from a healthy Plant, and 
middle one broader. i ~- --s4 fet in a Border of mellow Earth, well thaded. - 
The lower Lip is alfo parted into three Seg- | © From Time‘to Time water them gently, and in 
ments,.and of thefe the middle one is.confiderably | the Summer keep them clear from Weeds. 
Dimer tliat the others.) ©. 435.5% pag: ‘At Autumn break the Ground well between 
- E rom the Centre of the Flower. rife:four Fila~ | them, and fift on half an Inch more of good 
ments, on which there are fo many Buttons. -Of | Mould; then ‘fhelter them by a Reed-Hedge, if 
thefe there are two longer than the others; and this ! the Place be expos’d to cold Winds ; and let them 
declares the Clafs ta which the Plant belongs, the | take their Chance the Winter. o 
Didynamia. "The Capfule containing the Seed, | - In the fucceeding Spring they muft be planted 
fhews that it alfo belongs to the Angiofpermia: | out; and they will then require no more Care than is 
thofe of the other, having, according to their | beftow’d upon ‘all other Shrubs which bear the 
Name Gymmnofpermia, the Seeds naked in the Cup. | open Air,’ > 9 za 
_ The Accounts given us by the reverenced and They mutt be prun’d of their irregular Branches, 
celebrated Antients, of the Virtues of this Shrub, | and train’d to a proper Head and tho’ they will 
have preferved its Name through all the interme- | grow taller, they are never‘fo handfome as at the 
diate Ages. They celebrate it as a Prefervative of | Height of five or fix Foot. After this they will 
~Chaffity: the venerable Names of Diofcorides and | flower every Autumn. | Rogie nt 
oF Wan l Creoh Cas P Wenth Cash Conlon her Cash Rah Yaw Rranth Nass Cath he 
_ Te Care and Management of the Flower-Garden for this Week. 
De a 
ehh 
E have from Week to Week of the late cum, or fhrubby S¢ be see yi : 
2 , a ‘ ; y | ° f 6 ork, th S 
r Y= paft Time, reminded the Gardener howto | fome Rofes. Juans en es ae 
get into the Ground thofe Perennial Flowers, whofe The Ground muft be very carefully prepar’d 
‘Luftre he fhall want to decorate his Borders and by a thorough Breaking, to receive them . 
Plantations the fucceeding Summer. We now | they mutt have but li : oo 
: : ut little Water. 
give him the laft Admonition on that Head. _ 3 ater; this muft be 
: _. | given them about Nine in the Morning, that the 
W hatever Spot there be that can advantageoufly | Earth may heat afterwards as the Da Ply he 
receive any of the Roots, let them now be put in y ae: 
% and with this ends the Bufinefs of P] ion i 
without farther Lofs of Time, for after this Week | F lower-Garden, till the enfuing See in the 
| there can be no more of fuch Plantation: whatever Whatever Deficiency be left nO muft ftand 
is omitted longer muft be deferr’d till Spring ; and unfupply’d till then; and if the Giae “A ie 
éhofe which are then planted will make a poor Ap- : 2 Wet im 
its Nature, it will be too late to do j 
> 3 she t now. 
pearance the fucceeding Summer, compar’d with The Fear is, that Frofts th Id : 
fuch. as have ftood the Winter. are te 
pat. <n Pat Earth before thefe late Plantar; 
Tis not every Perennial that will fucceed when Root; and this ‘is more likely ren 6 si — 
planted. fo near the F rofts 5 but from Experience | Froft having: in fuch moft Power per iene 
| Th a4 pas the following Kinds will not fail : This Week let the careful Chesed put togeth 
, e : Leite of Walt flowers, the Eryngium, | fome Compoft in good Quantity, for the fr ~ 
Jome of the Goidep Keds, with the London Pride, ing and amending the Borders f hi ss il 
RE. Ti, nay ane Polyanthus ; fome of the Eychnis,::\. Garden in Sepidia I of his Flower- 
and t i. ies | 
‘ gee 3 : bec a , We have deliver’d many different Receipts f, 
Of the Shrub-Kind je will be proper to intro- Pes. 30° 
as : fuiting thefe artificial Soils to articular P] 
; : ant 
duce at the fame Time, where needful, the Hyperi- but thofe are princivally inte Y sig As ru 
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