P H 



P H 



fo they may be continu'd longer in 

 Flower by this Method : and thefe 

 will be ftrong Plants fit to plant in 

 the Borders of the Pleafure - garden 

 in Oclcber. 



. All the Sorts may be propagated 

 by Cuttings in the fame manner as 

 thefe ; but as the two other Sorts 

 increafe pretty fall by OfF-fets, fo 

 this Method of propagating thofe is 

 rarely pra&is'd, unlefs where the 

 Plants are not in plenty. 



It is very rare that either of thefe 

 produce Seeds in England ; but in 

 their native Country they feed pretty 

 well every Year ; and from the Seeds 

 molt, of them were obtain'd in Eu- 

 rope. 



They delight in rich Ground, and 

 Ihould be duly water'd in very dry 

 Weather, otherwife their Stalks will 

 be (hort, the Flowers fmall, and of 

 fliort Duration : if fome of each Sort 

 of thefe Plants are planted in Pots, 

 and conftantly water'd, they will 

 flower very ftrong, and make a fine 

 Appearance ; fo will be very proper 

 to adorn Court-yards or Halls, du- 

 ring their Continuance in Flower, 

 where they will be very ornamental. 



This Genus of Plants was titled 

 Lychnidea, from the Refemblance 

 which the Flowers have to fome 

 Species of Lychnis ; but as this Name 

 is compounded, Dr. Linnaus has al- 

 ter'd the Title to thisof Phlox, which 

 is a Name of The phrajius, applied by 

 him to fome Plant which had great 

 Affinity to the Lychnis. 



PHYLICA, Alaternoides, or Ba- 

 ftard Alatemus. 



The Characters are ; 

 The Flowers are collected together 

 in an Head, and fit upon a fort of 

 Dijk, each having an Empalement 

 conf fling of three narrow Leaves : 

 the Flowers are tubulous^ and extend 

 beyond the Empalement, and are cut at 

 the Brim into Jive Parts, where they 



are fringed* ; and the Bottom of tht 

 Tube is fcaly : the Point al is fituated 

 at the Bottom of the Tube, attended 

 by fve Jhort Stamina, which are in- 

 fertcd in the Scales of the Tube : the 

 Point al afterward changes to a round* 

 ijb Vejffel, having three Cells, each 

 having one Seed, 



The Species are ; 

 "l. Phylica foliis ovato-lineari- 

 hus. Lin. Hort. Cliff. Ballard Ala- 

 ternus, with Heath-leaves. 



2. Phylica foliis li near i- fibula- 

 tis, fummis hirfutis. Flor. L yu. Ba- 

 ftard Alaternus, with Yew - leaves, 

 which are crown'd with Hairs on 

 their Top. 



The firft Sort is now pretty com- 

 mon in the Englijh Gardens, where 

 it is ufually plac'd in the Green- 

 houfe in Winter ; but this will live 

 in the open Air in moderate Win- 

 ters, if it is planted on a dry Soil, 

 and in a warm Situation : but as fe- 

 vere Froft will deitroy them, fome 

 Plants mould be preferv'd in Pots, 

 and fhelterM in the Winter to preferve 

 the Kind : and as thefe Plants con- 

 tinue in Flower from the Beginning 

 of October, to the End of March, 

 they merit a Place in the Green- 

 houfe among other hardy Exotic 

 Plants, where being intermix'd, they 

 make an agreeable Variety ; for the 

 Extremity of each Branch is gene- 

 rally terminated by Bunches of fmall 

 fnowy Flowers ; and the Shoots be- 

 ing clofely garnifh'd with ever -green 

 Leaves, fhap'd fomewhat like thofe 

 of Heath, have a very agreeable 

 Appearance during the whole Win- 

 ter-feafon. 



This Sort is apt to produce its 

 Branches irregular, and to fpread 

 near the Ground, unlefs they are 

 trained to Stakes while young ; but 

 they may, with Care, be train'd up 

 with Stems : but their Shoots fhould 

 not be fhorten'd to reduce them to 



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