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They all delight in a rubbifny gra- 

 velly SoiJ, and will grow upon the 

 Tops of old Walls or Buildings ; 

 where, when once they have efta- 

 blimed themselves, they will drop 

 their Seeds, and thereby maintain a 

 Succeffion of Plants w'thout any 

 Care ; and on thefe Places they ap- 

 pear very beautiful. 



EDERA QUINQUEFOLIA. 

 Vide Vitis. 



EDGINGS. The beft and raoft 

 durable Plant for Edging? in a Gar- 

 den is Box ; which, if well planted, 

 and rightly managed, will continue 

 in Beauty for feveral Years: the 

 beft Seafori for planting this is either 

 in Autumn, or very early in the 

 ; Spring : for if you plant it late, and 

 the Seafon mould prove hot and dry, 

 it will be very fubjeel to mifcarry, 

 •unlefs great Care is taken to fuppjy 

 pt with Water. The bell Sort for 

 this Purpofe is the Dwarf Dutch 



Thefe Edgings are only planted 

 upon the Sides of Borders nextWalks, 

 and not, as the Fafnion was fane 

 Years ago, to plant the Edg ngs of 

 Flower-beds, or the Edges of Fruit- 

 porder?, in the Middle of Gardens, 

 Unlefs they have a Gravel walk be- 

 tween them ; which renders it pro- 

 ber to preferve the Walks clean, by 

 -:eeping the Earth of the Borders 

 rom walhing down in hard Rains. 



It was alfo the Practice formerly, 

 o plant Edgings cf divers Sorts of 

 ..romatic Herbs, as Thyme, Savory, 

 ly flop, Lavender, Rue, &c. But 

 hefe being fubjeft to grow woody, 

 o that they can't be kept in due 

 Compafs, and in hard Winters be- 

 ig often killed in Patches, whereby 

 le Edgings are rendered incomplete, 

 ley are now feldom ufed for this 

 'urpofe. 



Some People make Edgings of 

 )aifies, Thrift, Catchflv, and o:her 



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flowering Plants ; but thefe alio re- 

 quire to oe tranfplanted every Year, 

 in order to have them handfome ; 

 for they foon grow out of Form, and 

 are fubjeel alfo to decay in Patches; 

 fo that there is not any Plant which 

 fo completely anfwers the Defign as 

 Dvvarf Box, which mull be pro 

 ferr'd to all others. 



EL ATERIUM, The wild Cu- 

 cumber. 



The Characters are ; 

 The Branches are fome-juhat like 

 thofe of the Cucumber ; hut have no 

 Tendrils : the Fruit is prickly, and % 

 n'.-btn ripe, burjls nvith great Elufi- 

 city, and abounds nuitb fetid Juice. 



We have but one Species of this 

 Plant; which is, 



Elaterium cjfeinarum. Boerh. 

 Lid. This is the Cucumis Jyheftris % 

 Aftninus diaus, of Ccfpar Bauhin* 

 Wild Cucumber. 



This Plant is cultivated in fome 

 Gardens for medicinal Ule ; but 

 is chiefly preferved in curious Gar- 

 dens for its Variety, as alfo for Di- 

 verfion j for when the Fruit is ripe, 

 if you offer to gather it, it burfts, 

 and cafts out its Juice and Seeds with 

 great Eiafticity ; for which it is call'd 

 by fome Noli me t anger e, or Tench 

 nis not: which Appellation may be 

 given to many other Plants on this 

 Account. 



It may be propagated by fowing 

 the Seeds in die Spring of the Year 

 in an open warm Border ; and, when 

 the Plants are come up, they may- 

 be tranfplanted into open Beds or 

 Borders, about fix or eight Feet 

 Diitance from each other; for the 

 Vines will fpread very far, efpecially 

 if the Ground is good, in which 

 they are planted : thefe produce 

 their Fruit in Autumn, which if 

 you fuffer it to fall off, and emic 

 their Seed?, will afford a plentiful 

 Supply of Plants without any far. 



