G A 



G A 



tumnfor Increafe : but the feedling 

 Plants are much preferable to thefe 

 Off-fets; fo that the belt way is to 

 propagate this Plant by Seeds. 



The fifth Sort was difcovered by 

 the late curious Botanift Dr. William 

 Houfoun, at Campechy, from whence 

 he lent the Seeds into Europe. This 

 Plant is an Annual, and muft.be 

 raifed on an Hot-bed early in the 

 Spring, and plunged into a mode- 

 rate Hot bed of Tanners Bark; and 

 when the Plants come up, and are 

 fit to tranfp!ant,they mult be treated 

 as hath been directed for other ten- 

 der annual Plants, which are kept 

 in the Bark-ftove. With this Ma- 

 nagement they will flower in July, 

 and iu September they will perfect 

 their Seeds, and the Plants will foon 

 after decay. 



The fixth Sort is alio a Native of 

 America, and was difcovered fcfy Fa- 

 ther P tamer. This is alfo piopa- 

 gated by Seeds, which fhould be 

 .fown on an Hot-bed in the Spring ; 

 and when the Plants are come up, 

 they mult be tranfplanted, and treat- 

 ed as other tender Plants from the 

 fame Country : it mould remain in 

 the Tan-bed the firft Year, and af- 

 terward may be placed in a mode- 

 rate Stove in Winter, and in Summer 

 Hiult have free open Air. 



GALEN I A. 



The Title of this Genus was given 

 to it by Dr. Ltmnarm, from the fa- 

 mous Phyfician Galen. 



The Cbaraclers are ; 



The Flower is apefalous l the Em* 

 pale?nent is /mall, a, id cut into four 

 Segments : in the Centre is fituattd 

 the Point al, attended by eight fender 

 Starmna : the Empalement afterward 

 turns to a roundijh Pod, or Seed-ve/J'el, 

 having two Cells, containing two ob- 

 long angular Seeds. 



There is but one Species of this 

 Gerjus at prefent known; <vi«. 



G a l E n I a . Lin . Hort. Cliff. Lo W 

 fhrubby Galenia. 



This is alow fhrubby Plant, rardy 

 growing above three Feet high: it 

 is a Native of the Cape of Good Hope, 

 from whence it was brought into the 

 Gardens in Holland. There is very 

 little Beauty in the Plant ; for the 

 Flowers are very fmall, and fome- 

 what like thofe of the Biite, having 

 no Petals ; and the Empalement is of 

 an herbaceous Colour. This Plant 

 had the Name of Shcrardia given to 

 it by Pontedera, the Profeffor of Bo- 

 tany at Padua, in Honour to Dr. 

 William Shirard, a famous Botaniit ; 

 but Monfiear Voillavt of Paris hav- 

 ing applied that Name to another 

 Genus of Plants, Dr. Linnaus has 

 given it this. 



This Plant will not live through 

 the Winter in the open Air in Eng- 

 land ; fo mult be placed in the Green- 

 houfe with other hardy ExioticPlants, 

 where it may have a large Share of 

 Air in mil j Weather ; tor if only re- 

 quires to be protected from Froft. 

 Ju the Summer it may be expofed in 

 the open Air with other Plants of 

 the fame Country ; in dry Weather 

 it mult be frequently watered. This 

 may be propagated by Cuttings, 

 which, if planted during any of the 

 Summer-months, and watered fre- 

 quent:)-, will take Root in about live 

 or fix Weeks ; and may then be 

 treated as is directed for the old 

 Plants. 



G ALEOPSIS, Stinking Dead- 

 nettle. 



The Cbaraclers aru ; 



It hath a labiatcd Fhwer of one 

 fngle Leaf, whofe Upper -lip is hollow 

 like a Spoon ; but the Under onr is di- 

 vided into three Segments, the viiddle 

 Part being large : the Cup of the 

 Flower is funnel fi^aped, a>id divided 

 into fve Parts', and each Flower is 

 fu:c etkdby four naked Seeds. 



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