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mm on the under they are whitifh and hoary. Their 
Subftance. is firm, and the Middle Rib is whitish. 
The Flowers are {mall, but their. Number 
atones for their defective. Size ; they. crowd the . 
Tops of the Branches in vaft Clufters, and their 
Colour is a fine gold yellow. . The Seeds which 
follow thefe are of an oval Form, and have a long 
Down upon them. 
The Cup in which this. F a. ftands, is 
form’d of numerous ‘Scales. The F lower i is com-. 
pos’d of many tubular. F lofcules in the Ditk, 
and flat ones on the Verge; and in thele Flofcules 
of the Difk are five F ilaments, with the Buttons. 
in a Cylinder. 
of the Syngencfia: and the Flofcules of both Kinds 
producing ripe Seeds, it is of the ‘Pobgamia Sus 
perfiua Kind. 
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CHAP. 
OF GARDENING a 
are of a fine bright green. on the upper Side, but | 
Culture. of this Szn&cio. 
It is a Native of Africa, aad thrives bet in a 
rich Soil. | 
_ The Seeds ripen fo well in Europe, that it is | 
eafily rais’d from them by the Affiftance of a 
little artificial Heat, in Spring. 
Let them be fown at the End of February in a 
Pot of rich Garden-Mould, and let 'that be fet up 
to the Rim i in a moderate Bark- Bed. 
When the Plants, are three Inches high, let 
them be remov’d into feparate Pots; and thefe. 
fet again in’ the Bed; 
This thews the Plant to be one | 
tag’d by frequent. Waterings, and by Degrees 
inur’d to bear, the open Air: and in uly les them 
} be fet out among the Exotics. ) | 
At the Approach of Witter they muft be fades 
into the Green-houfe,: and muft there have frequent: 
Waterings; and as ‘much Air as’can be fafely ad- 
| mitted: they will thus flower profufely all Winter. 
il. 
The Care and Management of the Flower-Garden, Green-houfe, atid 
: | Stove. 
Othing in the open Grourid, -will, at this 
Time, require more Care than the Carna-- 
tion Plants. We have direéted the Management of 
them ina particular Marner, in a preceding Num- 
ber : but ftill, altho’ they are thus generally fecur’d 
from the Injuries of Froft,’ there requires a carefull | 
| as to the Seed-Beds in thé Nurfery. 
~ ‘The Covering” of Pea-fttaw wé have diretted to 
be laid upon the other choice Flower=Beds; muft be’ 
taken “off ih mild Weather, arid laid in a Heap, 
tha€ it imay be réady for throwing off again on the 
-farhé Octafions : for‘‘if' it be kept conftaritly on, 
the Plants will fuffer from their Tendernefs, When 
Attention’ to them according 0 the Seafon. 
- Nothing: is more ‘likely’ to injure them, at ‘this 
Time, than cold Rains. 
fall heavily upon them, | they will give the F roft 
all that Power we have beeh fo careful to prevent. 
There is alfo a ‘kind of cold Sleet that ofteri 
falls heavily at this Seafon.. T his is a kind of Snow 
diffolv’d in Rain, and it does thé fame Mifchief 
more fuddenly and more effectually ; freezing 
about their Roots as it falls, and penetrates. A- 
gainft both thefe the Covering we directed to be | 
in Readinefs, muft be drawn over the Plants. 
This is the proper Defence againft the Severity 
of the Seafons; but it muft only be us’d when 
needed: for to choak the Plants for Want of Air, 
would deftroy them as effectually as the worft Wea- 
ther cou’d. 
‘In this dead Time of the Year they are alfo ex- 
pos’d, when uncover’d, to all Kinds of Devourers; for 
- theirjuicy Leaves are not ill tated; and the Scarcity 
of Provifion will draw every Creature, that eats 
that kind of Food, to them. 
J have always been accuftomed to guard them, 
N?® 20, 
aire thefe be fuffer’d to 
| eather Roots, to catch a Part of the Wet: 
_jutt as a Bed of .Turnip or Radith-Seed, other- 
wife ‘the Chaffinches, Sparrows, ahd other {mall 
Birds, feed on their inner Leaves; and utterly de- 
ftroy them. 
Traps. mutt alfo be kept conftantly baited for 
Mice, which: ' otherwife will be as fatal to thefe, 
it i$ at once taken-off in Spririg. 
In all thefe Things let the Gardéner take Mo- 
deration for his Guide. He fhould defend his 
Flowers, not fmother them: and the great Art 
is to know juft how much will anfwer the Purpofe 
of Defence; for all the reft is hurtful. 
If there be much Rain, let forme Straw be {cat- 
tered over the Beds of new-planted Tulips, and fuch 
and, if 
fach Weather continue violent, Hoops muft be 
plac’d over all of them, and Mats or Cloths 
drawn upon them. Inthe fame Manner the Boxes 
of new-fown Seeds muft be defended from heavy 
Rains, or they will rot in the Ground. 
This Care being taken of the open Ground, let 
the Gardener ig to his Green-houfe. If the 
Ppp Middle 
Let--them in encou-. 
