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Branches in broad Clufters. ‘Their Colour is a. 
_——_ perfect gold yellow; and with the filvery or 
pearly Hue of the young Shoots and Leaves, it 
forms a fine Contraift. 
The Flowers are of the compofite naked Kind ; 
that is, they are formed of little Flofcules clufter’d 
together in a common Cup, but not édged by 
Rays. 
Thefe Flowers which others call compofite and 
difcoide, Linn aus calls, in general, agereeate. 
That Term he ufes in Diftinction from fimple 
Flowers. Thefe are fuch as ftand fingle in their 
Places, and have their proper Organs diftinct. 
The Aggregate are fuch as ftand cluftered in 
little Heads, and have fome part of the impreg- 
nating Organs ferving in common. | 
The Clufter in the Cup is in this Cafe under- 
ftood as the Flower ; and thefe {mall Flowers, of 
which it is compofed, are named Flofcules. 
This is the Condition of every aggregate 
Flower, and thefe Linnus fubdivides under 
feveral Heads, of which one is the umbellate, 
which has the Flowers fupported on Footftalks, 
all rifing from one common Point at the Head 
of the Stalk. To this Kind the prefent Santolina 
' belongs, and this will Jead the Student to under- 
ftand that Diftin@tion. , 
The Clafs of the Plant is to be fought § in the 
Condition of the Flofcules. . 
The Cup that contains them is of a half rou nd 
Form, and is compofed of oblong and fomewhat 
oval Scales, which lie over,one another, and are | 
pointed and. bent inwards, | 
The Flofcules exceed the Scales of the Cup in 
Tength,. and are numerous, and all-alike;: fur- 
nonce by no Rays, nor intermixed with diftin& 
Female F Flowers. 
Each is formed of one Petal,. and is tubular ; 
wideft at the Mouth, anc there divided into five 
Segments. which turn back. : 
Five very fhort and very flender Filaments are 
placed in each Flofcule; and on thefe are as 
many long Buttons, which coalefcing, form a 
ate OO | 
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Cylinder. This determines the Clafs of the Plant, Sept, 
it fhews it to be one of the Syngenefia, to which ———~ 
Clafs alfo the Generality of the aggregate Flowers 
are to be referred. 
The Style is fingle, and of the Length of the 
Filaments ; and it rifes from an oberg Rudi- 
ment of a Seed, marked with four Ridges, which 
give it a {quare Appearance. 
Every Flofcule ripens its Seed; and though 
their Buttons ‘mutually impregnate the Rudi- 
ments in one another; each could fubfift and 
perfect the Seed alone: this refers the Plant to_ 
that Order, under the Syageng/fous Clals, which 
Linn aus has diftinguithed by the Terms Po- 
lygamia equalis. 
Culture of this SANTOLINA. 
‘Tei is a Native of the Cape of Good Hope, where 
it grows moft favourably, in rich Soils, by the 
Sides of Woods, where there is fome Shelter, and 
where the Ground is not too dry. 
This fhould léad us to its Culture. A Cont 
poft made of equal Parts of Garden Mould, and 
Pond Mud, with a little Cow Dung well rotted, 
will very well fupply the Place of its native Soil ; 
and to have it in the full PerfeGtion, we fhould 
allow it the Stove Heat: but it is not confined 
to that degree ; for where there is a good Green- 
houfe for Winter. fhelter, it may be very well 
-preferved without. 
_ The Seeds fometimes ripens with us, and it 
may be raifed from them: but it is not worth © 
while either to run. that Hazard, or take the 
Trouble of fending for them from the Cape ; for 
it will grow freely from Cuttings. - 
The Seafon for this is fome Time in ulyy 
they fhould be taken from vigorous and healthy 
Plants, and planted in the Bed made up at thet 
Time with Dung for the tenderer Kinds, | 
The Method is to be the fame with that we 
have juft directed, and there needs no new Rule 
for this. 
SESSIONS LORO RSCTA LO ROLL CAAT 
eC tT 1 ON 
IT. 
Of the making of GRAVEL WALKS. 
E have in the two preceding Numbers given 
Directions for chufing a Spot of Ground 
for a Garden, and difpofing it in.a regular Man- 
ner. We have there gone through the gene- 
ral Confideration of a Garden, and are here to 
defcend to Particulars : of thefe Gravel Walks are 
firft to be confidered, their Advantage being fuch 
as nothing elfe can fupply, and the Pleafure of 
them depending in a great meafure on their firft 
Conftruction. — | | 
‘The Advantage of Gravel and Grafs is in a 
manner peculiar to the Englifh Gardens, and it 
becomes us to make the moft of our natural 
Benefits. - 
We muft admire the Tafte of Lz Norre in 
the Royal Gardens of France; but while we do» 
him the due Honour for their Difpofition, with 
what Concern do we look upon fuch Walks laid 
in loofe Mould, and fuch Plantations without 
Verdure between. The great Part of a Garden 
mutt neceffarily fall under the Articles of Grafs and 
Gravel, and in thefe we are qualified to excel all 
the World: but fo little Care is taken in many 
Places of them, and fo little is known of them in 
others, that we fee Turf in expenfive Gardens of 
out own, which would difgrace thofe of lefs happy 
Countries ; and Gravel, upon which it is worfe 
walking than on the Alleys of a Kitchen Ground. 
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