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- Augutt. it once in three Days; when the Seeds are 
=== = thoroughly dry’d feparate them, and fpread them 
. ‘abroad to ‘harden: after tem Days: put, them 
up in a paper Bag, and faften it to a Line 
drawn acrofs the Seed Room as the others. In 
- the Spring following thefe are to be fown, and, 
after one Removal, brought into. the Garden for 
flowering the next Year. 
Let a Part of the Nurfery be chofen open, 
to the South Eaft, and dig out the Mould half a 
Spade Depth in the middle of Apri/. Fill up the 
Place with the Compoft, and fcatter on the Seeds: 
Gift over them a quarter of an Inch of the fame 
Mould; and in dry Weather water the Bed. They will flower the next Seafon, and be a 
When the ‘young Plants rife thin them, and ' great Grace to the Garden all Summer. 
When they are two Months old, plant them ’ 
out in another Bed: of the, fame Compoft, in the 
fame Situation, at fix Inches Diftance; and in 
the latter End of September make up a {mall 
Bed for them. in the Garden, with the fame 
Compott ; and’ plant them at two Foot Dif- 
tance. Let them be taken up this Time with 
) particularCare,; and a good Ball of Earth pre- 
ferved to the Roots; let them be watered till 
very well rooted, and if the Winter fhould be 
very fevere, let them be defended by a Canvas 
Covering, drawn over fome Hoops, 
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6. PLAT LEAVD GOLDEN SEDUM. 
a 48. 3 very elegant he finan Plant is one | —ede’d yack red, and divided into five Segments, 
Ag, 6. of thofe Additions to ‘the Ornaments of eae oid at the Ends. 
4 dens, which we owe to the Stberian Botany. | Five Petals conttitute the Body of the Flower, 
The old Writers were unacquainted’ with it, and’ ‘they’ are narrow pointed, and expanded like 
and °twas not till Lannmus read Nature in the | Rays from a Star: within ftand five little 
Flower that the Plant was refer’d to its true}, Scales on the Outfide of the Rudiments of the 
‘Genus. AMMAN, to whom we owe the firtt | ~ Seed- veffels ; thefe are the NeGaria of the Flower. 
Knowledge of the Plant, calls it, Anacampferos The F anchirs are ten; they are fmalleft at the 
fore flavo: yellow Orpine. Linnaus, Sedum Top, and crown’d with round Buttons. 
foliis lanceolatis ferratis planis, caule ereéio cyma \ 
fefili teminali: Upright Sedum, with flat, Jan- 
ceolated, ferrated Leaves, and. with, a Clutter | 
‘of Flowers without a common Pedicle. This 
is a Name worthy the Correctnefs of Linn vs, 
but let the Student take Care it does'n not at the 
firft Sight miflead him. ; 
The Edges of the Leaves naturally rife, and 
the Leaves appear hollowed; the Term Flat is 
ufed in Diftinction from thofe Leaves of the Sedum 
Kind, which are cylindrical. — 
The Root is thick and ipreading, hard, and | 
hung with many Fibres. neg: The beft Management is to fow in a Nurfery 
The Stalk is round, woody, and : bs mi Bed,’ in’ April, the Seeds ripened the preceding 
Colour, tinged with red in many F oad Auturhn: They muft have a good, rich, but ‘not 
moft upon the younger Shoots. | heavy Soil, taken from any of the Fleaps of Com- 
The Leaves are plac’d alternate, and have no poft of that Charades : 
Footftalks; they eafily fall off from the lower When the Plants have two Mo aths Greath, : 
Part of the Plant, and leave Marks where they they muft be removed each with a good Ball 
have ftood: they are lanceolate, broadeft toward | of Earth, into the Places where they are to remain; - 
the middle, ferrated at the Edges, and obtufe at | and they will afterwards require only the common 
the End: they are of a flefhy Subftance, and their | Caré of weeding and watering in dry Weather. 
Colour is of a very delicate fine green. The beft Place is about the Edge of fome 
The Flowers crown the Tops of ‘all the | Wildernefs Quarter; and the Mould fhould be 
" Branches, and make a very beautiful Appear-. | removed, and one of the Compofts, fuch as we 
. ance at the Summit of the Plant; they are ftarry,| have named, put in its Place. 
 —— and of a-fine golden yellow. ; _Allthe Plants of this Number are now in Flower 
Fach has its feparate Cup, finall, _yellowith, at Lee and Kennedy’s Nurfery near Hammer/imith. 
7 The Rudiments are five, and each terminated 
by a flender Style with a fmall obtufe Head. 
Fhe Number of the Filaments and Styles 
“fhew that the Flower belongs to ci Decandria 
prpiagynta, of Liny aus. 
Culture of this Bipwati/ 
“& Native of Siberia the Gardener may be 
affured will live in the open Air in our more tem- 
_perate Climate, without any particular Trouble. 
Where this is native, it loves a mellow Soil, and 
forme Shade; and this we muft allow it in our 
Culture. 
pes the ‘Bed well rece | | Augntt. 
