P o 



P o 



Tree are commonly angular, fome- 

 times having three, and at other 

 times four Angles. The Leaves are 

 much broader, and are not fo point- 

 ed as thofe of the common black 

 Poplar. The Buds of the Leaves 

 are very large ; and in the Spring, 

 juft before they pulh, there iflues out 

 of them a very fweet Balfam. 



Although this Tree is a Native of 

 a much warmer Country than Eng- 

 land, yet it is hardy enough to en- 

 dure the Cold of our Winters in 

 the open Air ; and may be propa- 

 gated by Cuttings, in the fame man- 

 ner as the common black Poplar. 

 The belt time to plant thefe Cuttings 

 is in the Beginning of November : 

 they mould be about a Foot or four- 

 teen Inches long, and mould be 

 planted fix or eight Inches in the 

 Ground. If the Spring following 

 fhould prove dry, they muft be fre- 

 quently watered until they have 

 made Roots ; after which time they 

 will require no farther Care, but to 

 keep them clear from Weeds. Thefe 

 Cuttings will be rooted enough to 

 bear tranfplanting in one Year ; and 

 the Oclober following they Ihould be 

 removed ; and planted either in a 

 Nurfery, where they may be train'd 

 up to Stems, or in the Places where 

 they are delign'd to remain, which 

 muft be in a moift Soil, where they 

 will grow to be large Trees ; and 

 being intermix'd with other Trees 

 of the fame Growth, will make an 

 agreeable Diverfity. 



PORRUM, Leek. 

 The Characters are ; 



The Flower confijis, of fix Petals, 

 and is Jhap'd, as it were, like a Bell : 

 in the Centre arifes the Pointal, which 

 afterward becomes a roundijh Fruit, 

 divided into three Cells, which con- 

 tain roundi/h Seeds : to thefe Notes 

 rnuj? be added, The Stamina are gene- 

 rally broad and fiat, ending in three 



Capillaments ; of which the middle- 

 one is furnifipd with a Chive : the 

 Flowers are alfo gathered into, almtfjl 

 globular Bunches : the Roots are long^ 

 cylindrical, and coated ; the Coats 

 ending in plain Leaves. 

 The Species are ; 



1. Porrum commune capitatum, 

 C. B. P. The common Leek. 



2. Porrum feclivum latifolium. 

 C. B. P. Broad-leav'd Leek, com- 

 monly caird the London Leek. 



There are fome other Species of 

 this Plant, which grow wild in the 

 South of France, and Spain j but as 

 they are feldom cultivated in Gar- 

 dens, I mall forbear to mention 

 them here. The two Sorts here 

 mention'd are by many Perfons af- 

 firm'd to be the fame, both of them 

 rifing from the fame Seed : but this 

 is what theGardeners nearLondonwill 

 not believe ; for they never fow 

 Seeds of the latter, if they can pro- 

 cure thofe of the firft Sort, there be- 

 ing a great Difference in the Size of 

 the Head, or principal Part of the 

 Leek; but whether by long culti- 

 vating they may not alter, I cannot 

 pofitively affirm, having never fown 

 the Seeds of the latter Sort above 

 one Year. 



Thefe Plants are cultivated by 

 fowing their Seeds in the Spring, in 

 the fame manner as was directed for 

 Onions, with which thefe are com- 

 monly fown, the two Sorts of Seeds 

 being mix'd according to the Pro- 

 portion which is dehYd of either 

 Sore ; though the moft common 

 Method is, to mix an equal Quan- 

 tity of both ; for the Onions will 

 greatly out-grow the Leeks in the 

 Spring ; but thefe being drawn off 

 in July, the Leeks will have time to 

 grow large afterwards, fo that there 

 may be a moderate Crop of both 

 Sorts. The Management of Leeks 

 being exaftly the fame with Onion?, 



