Feb. ~ fters, and-they have. hairy- cx which are very 
confpicuious, and add no little Singularity. 
The Footftalks which fupport thefe rife from | 
the Bofoms of the Leaves, from Top to Bottom 
of the Plant; and they naturally dividerinto two 
¢ Parts when they have reach’d about two thirds of | 
their Length: thefe feparate Parts fupport-each a} 
This Divifion into two Parts | 
Tuft of Flowers. 
regularly, is what Botany calls dichotomous. 
The whole Plant has an aromatic Smell when’ 
bruis’d, and the Leaves, efpecially when newly pro- 
; dugds ‘have a very agreeable Tafte. oe 
~The Student, to underftand the proper Bie 
of the Plant in a Botanical Syftem, and know 
ae a ae a 
_ with see bere it is refer’d, from fo unlike a 
"Genus as the Turnfole to the Mint, will cog al 
be led to examine its Flowers. 
The Cup in which each is. plac’d, he will 9) 
| better Method: it faves a great deal of Trouble ; 
find form’d of a fingle Piece, and tubular 
at the Bottom, nipy dat the Bie ito. five Seer 
ments. 
The Body of the F lower i is form’d of a fingle 
a tubular, ‘and divided at the Rim into four | 
“Segments, of which the upper one is broader than 
the reft, and nip’d at the Top. » | 
In the Body of this Flower’ he an andy Moxit 
F ilaments, crown’d with roundith. Buttons ; and 
of thele Rew” perceive ‘two are ‘longer and two 
fhorter. In the Midft of thefe rifes a fingle 
Style; from a flight Rudiment of a Fruit, rifing | 
in four Ridges. “This fhould ripen into four di- 
{tinct Seeds ; but the Mints i in general have them 
_ often abortive. 
“The different Length of the Filaments fhews 
_the Student he is not to feek the Clafs—in-their | 
Number, but in this Difproportion. 
namia receive all Plants in whofe Flower there are 
~ two longer Stamina; and the fingle Style thews. 
ym 7 that ic pelongs to the Monogynia. 
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Culture of tee Tree Mint. 
It is a Native of the Canaries, where it thrives 
beft in a rich, light, but not too dry Soil. This 
| we muft imitate inthe C ompoft-macde to receive 
it; and with the Winter Shelter of. & Green- houfe, 
we may raife it_to all the Strength and Vigour of 
its natural Growth. 
The beft Compoft is this : 
Dig a Barrow of good rich black Mould from 
1 under the Turf in a Meadow: mix with this 
an equal Quantity of Pond-Mud, a Buthel 
and. a Peck of Hogs Dune. 
Throw this in a Heap, and turn it occafionally : 
‘it will ferve for this and feveral other of the Ca- 
nary Plants, from the fame Kind:of Soil. 
In this Compoft the Shrub may be rais’d either 
by Seeds or Cuttings; but the latter is much the 
and the Plants are generally ftronger. 
"If there be a Neceffity of raifing it from Seed, 
from the want of Opportunities to procure Cut- 
the Canaries, for it very rarely ripens them here ; 
and often, even then, fo imperfectly, that not one 
in fifty grow. 
Therefore to raife.a few Plants a @reat deal of 
‘Seed fhould be fown; ‘and it*muft have the Af 
fiftance of a Hot-Bed in Spring: from this the 
young Plants muft be remov’d to a fecond; and 
thence into Pots, as we have directed for raif- 
ing other Green-houfe Plants. 5 
The Cuttings fhould be procur’d from a flou- 
rifhing Shinty; and in the Beginning of April 
planted in Pots of the Compott. an: 
Thefe muft be fet in a Bark-Bed Sr very mo- 
derate Heat; and when they have taken Root 
they may be brought out by Degrees among the 
| Green-houfe Plants ; after which hes will require 
| only the common Care. 
| early ; and they require frequent Waterings. 
They muft be hous’d 
The Cuttings may be rais’d in the open Air: 
but cal! root more lowly and uncertainly, 
me ohne WHETE AMERICAN PURSLAIN. 
Plate | * his is. an uptight and sandler Plant: the Elona on F orale and the Stigma divided 
eg Leaves: are | of a pleafing Shape. and very elegant | into three Parts. | 
ig. 2 
Colour: , and the Flowers {pread into a broad Clu- 
fter. frem the. diyided Summit of the Stalk. | 
"Twas early brought from the pi Mea- | 
dows. ‘into. the Colleétions of thofe who rais’d | 
curious Plants j in Europe: and Herman call’d it 
Portulaca. Americana latifolia eretia : 
broad-leay’ ‘d American Purflain. 
~ The ref have copy’d this; and luckily, ths Ge 
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nus has not! been miftaken tho’ there is a Singu- | 
arity in, the, Stigma. in which. ‘it differs from: all 
other. known Species ; and from which it derives ib 
its proper Specific Name,. Portulaca floribus pedun- 
calatis. Sigmate tripartite : Purflain, | with the 
| of. a tender Subftance. 
| es to. the Top: 
The Root is white and fibrous. 
The Stalk is round, upright, and thick, bur 
At the Bottom it is 
| ftrongly tine’d with red ; i ag its Colour is q. 
| bright filvery green. 
The Leaves ftand thick upon it from the Bor- 
they have no Footftalks, but 
adhere by a narrow Bafe, from which they grow 
broader to the Extremity, 
Their Colour is a bright frefh green; and they 
have a thick j juicy Subftance. At the Extremity 
| they are rounded and broad; and frequently they 
have in that Part a heart- like Dent, 
The 
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tings, Care muft be taken to get the Seeds from 
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