_ Feb. 
over the Whole. 
ae a 
“Ne@arium,: or ‘Slipper ; this is of the Shape and | 
Bignefs of a Pigeon’s Egg; tender, membrana | 
and hollow. 
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The Colour is naturally a pale yellow : ith 
ms good Culture it will glow perfect gold; and alfo in the male Flower of the common Nettle. 
on the under Side it is mark’d with .a few long | 
| alone, as in the Phyllanthus and black Briony: in 
Veins of a purple, like that of the Petals, but 
tinctur’d a little with Crimfon. 
This is all the Red natural to the Slipper 
Part ; but fometimes from the Luxuriance of 
Nature, or of ill directed Culture, it fpreads 
The Slipper is rounded and obtufe at the End; 
and toward the Bafe it has an Opening, which 
fhews it fomewhat hairy within. This gives it 
the Air of acoarfe Slipper, or rather of a Wooden 
Shoe: a Part of Drefs with which we hope the 
Englifo Reader will be long unacquainted. - 
~The Opening is defended by a kind of Lip, | 
This, farther Obfervation fhews erroneous ; for 
Feb. 
oe male Flowers have their Ne¢ctarium and its en 
| Juice: ; where no Seeds are to ripen. The Willow 
is an obvious Inftance of this; and it is found 
~ Tn fome Plants the female Flowers indeed have it 
others ’tis found in both Kinds, as in the Butchers 
Broom of our Heaths and Commons. 
In thé Columbines and in the Nige/la’s, the 
Nectaria are fo confpicuous Parts, that Vattiant, 
tho’ not accuftom’d to Error, fuppos’d them 
the Body of the Flower, and cali’a the Petals 
Leaves of a Cup. The Columbine is a great In- 
‘ftance that the NeCtarium is a diftin@ Part from 
the Body of the Flower; and that Truth is read 
| as obvioufly in many others. 
With regard to Form, there is no Part fo in- 
conitant: in the Pingu:cula, and many more, it 
is a Spur; in the Narciffus, a Cup; and here, a | 
kind of Bladder: nor is its Situation more cer- 
tain; it is bury’d in the Crow-foot, and it crowns 
~ doubled, and very fingular. The upper Part is white, 
~ fprinkled with purple Spots: the under thicker, _ 
greenih, and fpotted at the Sides with black. 
The Eye, fatisfy’d with tracing the Wonders the Paffion-Flower. 
"ee Body of this Flower, muft examine its. To thofe Kinds we refer, having defcrib’d them 
Fructification, to know to which of the Linn aan in preceding Numbers : from whence, and from 
Clafiés it belongs. | the Structure of this of the Cypripedium,. the Stu- 
The Filaments are only two, and they are very dent will know a great deal of its Form. 
minute ; but they are fufficiently confpicuous from The Seed-veffel that follows’ the Flower is of 
their upright Buttons. Thefe are defended by an oval Shape, mark’d with three Ridges form’d 
the upper Lip of the Ne éarium a Slipper j bide. of three Parts ; and contains in three difting: Cells 
that rais’d a little, they become very obvious. | humerous very minute Seeds, 
The young Botanift muft -not. be rafh in ad- 
id zing this Plant, from -its two Filaments, to | 
the Diandria: \et him trace their fhort Courfe to. oe N By ton fal i : | : 
the Origin, and he will find them fix’d upon eS eaten? but “is the Northern Eu- 
the Piftil.. This fhews the Clafs; the ‘Twen- 5 eg ae Wy ods a Fee 
hen Senet G aencalien Syitteeit thie Coane | re = only few Spots where it thrives. In 
Linnzus, under this Term, comprehends : thefe the Afpect is South or South- Weft, but the 
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thofe Plants, pS Hike Pare ie Fru ification Place perfectly fhaded. 
grow up on the female. ; The Soil I have obfery’d ea, of. one 
- The two Filaments ferve as the Mark of a Kisco UATE i isa the Plants light, 
-Sub-diftinétion ; they place the Cypr ipedium MOORE The Covering of fallen Leaves, and aa fin 
er er 
the Gynandria Diandria : this is the firft Seton 
of Cee for tine ee ERI ate Parts wafh’d into a naturally loofe and loamy 
Culture of the Lapy’s Stripper. 
_ which has a fingle Filament growing upon the 
Piftill. 
The Rudiment of the Fruit’ is long and twifted, 
Soil, as Manure, ferve the great Purpofe of 
| raifing this Plant perfectly : and this Soil thus 
underftood, it mutt be our firft Care to imi- 
tate. 
and its Style very fhort, and fix’d to the upper 
Lip of the Nectarium, terminated by a faint 
Stigma. Thus the farther we trace Nature in 
the. Flower of this ftrange Plant, the more we 
: Shall find for Wonder, — | 
~ With Refpeé to ‘the Neéarium, ‘tis a Part but: 
raaily: underftood in Flowers ; and is not only 
confpicuous but fingular in very many of them, 
There is no Article in which Nature {6 much wan- 
tons; nor any in regard of which her. “Purpofe_ | ling Dy, Hep with Water, Thus all will 
s all will rot, 
has been fo much sibel dethotsd 3 OL 
>The Neétariuin univerfally contains a Honey- cara pce eo shi aoe ; ame thus 
:  SGil. 1is has .never 
ie: this the eg hey PonrepERAa declar’d tobe been done yet in any Gard 1 for that R 
lagous-to the Liquid in the mnie | | foue tbat ts ane 
e| m of Fe- | fon the Plant has never throve perfectly in any. 
males ; and that it had 
great and neceflary Uf 
: giving Petfeétion’ to the Seeds, yea ie in : ne "Die will ferve extremely well for 
ge : everal other Wood Plants. 
Mix equal Parts of Earth Son a. rich upland 
Pafture, River-Mud, and the mellow Soil from 
| under an old Wood-Pile: to a Load of this add 
a Bufhel of moderate Sand; and dig in a. cood 
{ Quantity of fallen Beech-Leaves, the Sweepings 
of a Garden. 
Throw up this into a Heap, and let it lie all 
| Winter and a great Part of the fueceeding Sum- 
mer; turning it often, and frequently a hink- 
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