Ottob. This is robuft and firm, round, soy and fifteen | 
OF GARDENING. 
Inches high. 
There are a few fcatter’d Leaves on it: they 
are placed at Diftances, and are of a Figure ap- 
proaching to oval; of a firm Subftance, dented 
at the Edges, and of a Pea-green Colour. 
The Flowers terminate the main Stalk in a 
long thick Spike, a Hundred or more of them 
growing clofe to one another; and frequently 
when the Plant is well manag’d, there will be 
thruft from. the Sides of the main Stem, two or 
more Branches, all loaded at their Tops in the | 
- fame Manner with thick fet Flowers. 
The Flowers are fingly {mall, but their Co- | 
lour is an elegant yellow, and in thefe vaft Clufters 
they are fufficiently confpicuous. Each Flower 
has its Cup, which is form’d of a fingle Leaf, cut 
at the Top into five Segments. 
The Body of the Figiees is form’d alfo of a 
fingle Petal, tubulated, bell-fhaped, and cut at 
the Verge into five Segments, which turn back. 
The Filaments are ten; they are fmalleft to- 
ward the Top, they rife ftrait upright, they are 
of the Length of the Flower, and they are 
crown’d with upright Buttons, mark’d. with four 
Furrows. 
There are five Rudiments at the Bafe, and as 
many Styles rife from them. The Rudiments 
are long and thick; and the Styles are of the 
Form of the Filaments, but they exceed them in 
Length, and have fimple Heads. | 
At the Bafe of each Rudirnent there is’ alfo 
placed a {mall hollow Scale; thefe conftitute the 
Nectarium of the Flower. 
The Flower is followed of five Capfales filled 
with fmall Seeds. 
The Number of the Filaments and Styles fhew 
the Clafs, and Place of the Plant. The Fila- 
ments being ten, refer it to the Decandria of 
Linn. zus, and the five Styles place it among 
the Pentagyuia. 
Culture of this CoTYLEDON. 
The Plant is a Native of Spain and Portugal, 
where it lives in the Cracks of damp Rocks, but 
++ will thrive very well in the open Ground. Its 
‘natural Situation, however, may give the Gar- 
dener a Hint of great Service, refpecting its 
Ute. 
In our good Gardens, there are Grottoes which 
make an elegant Appearance ; and have never 
fo much an Air of Nature as when they are deco- 
rated by proper Plants erowing from the Crevices. 
This will be excellent for that Purpofe, and it 
will very well fucceed, if fown upon fome eood 
Mould aid for that Purpofe, in the Some 2 of 
the South Side of the Work. 
For raifing it in this Manner, nothing more is, 
required than to fcatter the Seeds upon feck Par- 
cels of Mould in Autumn; covering them with 
a Quarter of an Inch of the fame Soil, and upon 
that fcattering fome more of the Seeds, which 
are to be left naked. 
There is an Uncertainty in the Growth of thefe O&ob. 
Plants, and it is always prudent to take this 
double Chance for it. 
In the common Way of Culture the Plant mutt 
have avery well chofen Part of the Garden to bring 
it to Perfection; and muft in the fame Manner 
be fown upon the Spot where it is to remain. 
- Let the Garderier chufe a Corner of the Ground 
where there is naturally fome Dampnefs, and 
| which is ‘not expofed to the cold Winds; or too 
-much Sun. 
In this Place let him bury a Quantity of rough 
F ragments of Stone, and fill up the Cracks vith 
“rich Mould. Let him fcatter fome of the Seeds 
upon this uneven Surface; and fift over them a 
Quarter of an Inch of Mould. ~ Let him upon 
| this {catter fome more of the Seeds, and lay upon 
them a Quantity of damp Modfs. 
of the Seed be made ard this fowing having 
been perform’d in Autumn, let fome of the faved 
Seed be fcatter’d on between the Mofs, once in 
a Fortnight, from March to May. 
Let a Referve 
There is no faying which Parcel of Seed will 
take; fometimes it is one, fometimes another ; 
| and this according to Chances, of which we know 
nothing: from fuch repeated Sowings fome Plants 
will come up, and they will flower the fecond 
Yeat... | 
After this hey need orily be left to Nature, 
for they will take Care of themfelves, and from 
their fcatter’d Seeds there will never fail to be 
a Succeffion of new Plants. | 
From this proper and original Bed, the Gar- 
dener may, if he pleafes, remove now and then 
a Root into a Pot, or into fome other Part of the 
Garden. 
The Plants will fucceed in Proportion as the 
Soil refembles that where they were raifed, but 
they will be no where fo vigorous as on the ori: 
ginal Spot. . 
One Caution it is neceffary to give the Gar- 
dener, with refpe&t to this, and other Plants of 
fuch uncertain Growth, as the Orchis and Sera- 
pias Kinds: it is that if no Plants appear at 
the expected ‘Time, he be not in hafte to break 
up the Ground; for there is no judging how 
long they may lie in the Ground for want of 
thofe peculiar and unknown Accidents which pro- 
mote their Growth; and yet retain their vegeta- 
| tive Quality. 
In general, what I have obferved of thefe Kinds 
is, that thofe Seeds fcatter’d upon the Surface, 
and left quite uncover’d, fucceed better than fuch 
as are fown in what is called a more regular Man-. 
ner. This is Nature’s Method; and it appears 
that thefe {mall Seeds more than others, need the 
Impregnation of Air and free Dews. However, 
in’ all fuch Cafes, befide the Quantity that is lefe 
; upon the Surface, it is advifeable to have a Parcel 
bury’d at a fmall Depth under it: for the Winds 
may blow off great part of thofe Seeds which | 
were left uncover’d ; and if this happen, the fame 
Violence will lay bare fome of the others, fo there 
is ftill the Chance. 
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