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~~ March. and drooping common Stalk; and they are fepa- 
-———— rately large, and of a delicate yellow. | 
| Their common Stalk is tender, downy, grey- 
. ifh, and with us five Inches long, or more: on this 
the Flowers are plac’d irregularly, each upon its 
Separate fhort Footftalk. xs 
The upper Petal, -which is larger-than the 
others, has {ome Blacknefs within, which gives no 
little Grace to the open Flower. 
The Seed-veffel is a long obtufe Pod, and con- || 
‘tains feveral Kidney-like Seeds. Even this Pod 
is not without. its Beauty: tho’ green at firft, it 
acquires a fine brown afterwards ; and when fully 
ripe is hard and gloffy. | ecoay 
__ The Cup, receiving the Bafe of each Flower, 
is {mall, hollow, and divided into two Lips at 
the Rim. The upper of thefe Lips is fplit into 
two, the lower into three Parts. | one | 
The Flower itfelf is regularly papilionaceous, 
and is form’d of four Petals. The Vexillum is - 
af of an oval Form, it rifes upwards, and its Sides 
turn back ; the Ale are plain and ftrait, and the 
Carina is hollow and pointed. oO 
_ .The Filaments coalefce into a long Body, only 
one is left loofe: nine are in the Body, whofe 
Opening on the Back is covered by the fingle one. 
The Style is fingle, and accompanies the Fila- 
ments in their rifing Difpofition. 4 
The Student will, from thefe ‘Charaéters, find 
no Difficulty in refering the Plant to its proper | 
Clafs. This isthe Diadelphia. It receives thofe 
- Plants whofe Filaments are thus conneéted into 
two Bodies ; and is, in a Manner, peculiar to the 
papilionaceous Kinds. The Seétion to which this 
Tree belongs is the Decandria, 
Culture of this Cytisus. 
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thrives beft where it has the richeft Soil, and, 
It is a Native of many Parts of Europe, and | 
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carefully by Hand, and thin’d where they croud 
where with moderate Moifture, there is moft Sun. Marchy 
This fhews us the two great Articles of its Culture, 
a deep Soil, and a South or South-weft A fpect. 
It is to be rais’d from Seeds; and for thefe no 
Hot-Bed or other artificial A ffiftante is required : 
they grow freely in the open Ground, and defy 
our Winters. | 
Seeds ripen’d here will raife good Trees; but 
when there is Opportunity of obtaining them freth 
from Italy, fuch will be greatly preferable. 
They fhould be kept dry during Winter ; .and 
this is the Seafon for fowing them. | ' 
Let the Gardener now dig up a finall Piece of 
rich Ground in his Seminary, and fow the Seeds 
‘not too clofe. Let him fift half an Inch of good 
light Mould over the; and fcatter upon the 
Surface a few Pieces of Furze-Buth. ms * 
In the Beginning of April the young Plants 
_will appear, and the Bufhes are then carefully to 
be taken off. 
A Fortnight after this, let them be weeded 
one another. After this Weeding give them a> 
gentle Watering; and, unlefs natural Showers 
perform the Office, repeat this once in four Days 
for fome Time. | 
_ et them all Summer be. kept clear from 
Weeds ; and at the Approach of Autumn place a 
Reed-Hedge for their Defence againft cold 
_ Winds, | 
In the Beginning of the March following, 
tran{fplant them into another Bed, at two Foot 
Diftance, leaving as many Seed-Plants unremov’d 
as will ftand at fuch Diftance in. their original — 
Bed. | 
They may now ftand two, 
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Pl. 27. This elegant Shrub is familiar to the Gardener, : 
Fig. 2. tho’ under another Title. : . 
Name Syringa. They are altogether unlike, and 
the Diftinction is as old as Arnenaus. °Tis his. 
| Name Philadelphus, which Linn mus has chofen 
| for the proper DiftinGtion of the Genus. 
Ciusius has call’d it Frutex Coronarius ; but, | 
with the generality of others, the Addition of the | 
Word Alba, White Syringa is us’d to diftinguith 
it from the Lilacs as if the Flowers of that Shrub 
never were of that Colour. _ | 
ful, but not therefore Jefs pleafing. 
This is only a Variety of the common fingle 
Syringa: it has obtain’d the Name ltalian, from 
indented Leaves. | 
It is a wild and irregular Shrub; but in its 
tudeft Form is not without Beauty. 
The Root fpreads far under the Surface. ‘The 
Stalks are numerous and flight, brittle though 
woody, full of Pith, and covered with a pale 
Bark. The young Shoots are flender jointed and 
green. 
Cucumber. 
The Flowers ftand thick upon the extreme 
Branches, and are of a Snow-white, extremely 
