Or GAR DE Me™ G. 
| meh : were, 
Sept. fon; and. a deep Trench. being filled, near the  Sepr, 
ee, Culture of this Rut. ‘Foot of fuch a Wall, with any one of the light ———— 
BS ak ! | and rich Compofts we have directed, the Seeds 
q It is a Native of Jtaly, and other warmer P arts | mutt be fcattered on in the Jaft Week of March, 
4 of Europe, and delights in a loofe rich Mould, | and covered half a Quarter of an Inch with the 
7 but does not require much of it. fame Mould. 
4 In the native State it no where fucceeds fo When the Soil 16: too dry, a Tile Watering 
a well as where there is a little fine Soil among | myft be allowed ; ant ahen the Plants Serre 
a Rocks. To imitate this we fhould raife it ina} up, they muft be thinned to a confiderable 
3 Bed of rich Mould, clofe at the Foot of a warm Dittance. 
4 Wall. The Method of propagating mutt be by After this they will require Watering in dry 
y Seed, and there will require no more than the Seafons, but no farther Care except Weeding, 
4 common Care allowed to thofe Plants which are | and the common.Attention fhewn to other bokeh 
a fown in Spring. Plants: 
a The Seed muft be that of the Bee Sea- 
q — , 
q 5 PUR PES TRAGACANTH 
4 pt. “This moft elecant as well as fingular Shrub is | is ver laftin , occafions its bein extreaml 
S Fi.-cso. & gu y. & & y 
= Fig. s. fo lafting in its Nature, and of fo eafy Culture, thick fet with, Thorns, fo that it is difficult to 
a that no Garden, where any Thing curious is en- touch it any where without Hurt. 
4 tertained, fhould be without it. Thus far. the Plant is altogether white. The 
q The botanical Writers have a long Time been | Flowers rife frequent among the Leaves and 
q Prickles without Footftalks : they are of the 
former Leaves : 
toward the Bate ; and mi are fharp, though 
weak. 
‘The Leaves rife among thefe, and are fmall | 
-and pinnated. Each is formed of fix or eight 
acquainted with it, but they bie defcribed it 
imperfectly and confufedly under the Name of a 
Poterium. 
GaripELL has defcribed it under the Name 
of Tragacantha Alpina fempervirens floribus purpu- 
vafcentibus, 
Linn avs has abolifhed the before eftablithed 
Genus Tragacanth, and refers the Shrub ufually 
underftood by that Name to the Aftragalus Kind : 
this he calls 4fragalus caudice arborefcente petiolis 
fpinefeentibus : woody Aftragalus, the Footftalks 
of whofe Leaves terminate in Thorns. 
This is that Author’s Name for the common 
Tragacanth Shrub, and this elegant low Kind we 
defcribe here is no diftin& Species from it; but 
one of thofe Varieties furnifhed by Nature, and 
.capable of Improvement farther in Gardens. 
The Root is of a vaft Length, white, confi- 
‘derably thick, twifted, and nate with many long 
~ thick Fibres. ~ 
The Stems are woody, numefous, and {pread- 
ing’; they lie in part upon the Ground, and rarely 
exceed a Foot in Height: they aré whitifh, thick, 
tough, and befet with innumerable long and weak 
Prickles, formed of the pointed Footftalks of 
thefe alfo are whité and woolly 
Pairs of Pinnz, with an odd one at the End; 
and thefe are of an oval Form; and white; and 
downy on the Surface. — 
Thefe Leaves remain all Winter upon the 
Plant; and afterwards, when the Spring fends 
out a new Succeffion, their Pinnz fall off; but 
the entire Footftalks remain, and affume the 
Form and Name of Prickles. This, as the Plant 
N° 40. 
Ale: 
Papilionaceous Form, moderately large, and of a 
very delicate pale Crimfon. 
This Colour is extreamly fet off by the White- 
nefs of the Plant ; and as Flowers follow Flowers 
upon it for feveral Months, it remains a long 
Time a fingular Ornament to the Garden. 
Each Flower has its Cup, which is tubular, 
formed of one Piece, and divided at the Rim 
into five pointed Segments, the lower ones fmaller 
than the upper. 
The Vexillum, or upper Petal of is Flower: 
is erect, obtufe, nipped at the Top, and turned 
back at the Sides, and.is larger than the others: 
the Ale, or Side Petals, are fmaller, and of a 
fimple Form’ and the Carina, or lower Petal, , 
is nipped at the End, and of the Length of the 
The F ilaments are ten} nine 1¢ coalefce and form 
a hollow Body, and one is loofe. This places 
the Plant among the — decandria of 
LINNAUS. 
The Rudiment of the Pod is routed) find 
from this rifes a fimple Stile. The Fruit when 
ripened,. is a Pod of two Cells. The Cells 
turned to one Side, and containing kidney- -fhaped 
Seeds. 
Culture of this TRAGACANTH. 
There cah be no great Difficulty in raifing in 
the.Gardens of England, a Shrub which is com- 
mon; wild upon Hills: ih the South of France. 
“We are only to obferve, that it mutt have a warm 
Spot ; and as the Soil is not rich on the French 
Hills, that it muft have a i ight though — deep 
‘Earth for rooting. 
Seeds may eafily be obtained from France, and 
thefe fhould be fown in Spring in the Places 
7M where 
