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beyond their fcaly covering. Thde appear in Sep- 
tember, and in November all the Italics perifh in the 
fame manner as the Ginger. 
The third fort hath thick fiefhy roots, refembling 
thole of the large Flag Iris ; in the fpring thefe fend 
forth many green reed-like ftalks, which rife to the 
height of feven or eight feet, garnifhed with very long 
narrow leaves, fet alternately, clofely embracing them 
at their bale. The ftalks decay entirely in autumn, 
and new arife from the roots in the fpring, but it 
hath not produced any flowers as yet in England, 
though the roots thrive and increafe greatly where 
they are properly managed. 
All thefe forts are tender, and require a warm ftove 
to preferve them in this country. They are eafily 
propagated by parting of their roots *, the belt time 
for doing this is in the fpring, before they put out 
new fhoots ■, for they flhould not be tranfplanted in 
fummer when they are in full vigour, nor do they 
fucceed fo well when they are removed in autumn, 
becaufe they remain long after in an inactive ftate ; 
and during that time, if wet comes to the roots, it 
often caufes them to rot. When the roots are parted, 
they fnould not be divided into fmall pieces, efpecially 
if they are defigned to have flowers ; for Until the 
roots have fpread to the fide of the pots, they rarely 
put out flower-ftems, for which reafon they fhould 
not be planted in very large pots. 
Thefe plants thrive belt in a light rich earth, fuch as 
may be found in the kitchen-garden ; with this the 
pots Ihould be filled within two inches of the top, 
then the roots ihould be placed in the middle of the 
pots, obferving that their crowns are upwards, and 
the pots filled up with the fame rich earth •, after this 
the pots fhould be plunged into a hot-bed of tanners 
bark, and muft be fparingly watered, until their ftalks 
appear above ground, when they will require a greater 
fhare of moifture, efpecially during the warm fum- 
mer months ; but in autumn the waterings muft not 
be often, nor in great plenty ; and during the winter 
feafon, when the roots are inafitive, very little water 
ihould be given them. The pots with thefe roots 
Ihould conftantly remain plunged in the tan-bed, for 
if they are taken out and placed on ihelves in the 
ftove, their fibres frequently ihrink, which often oc- 
cafions the roots to decay. 
With this management all thefe forts have multiplied 
greatly with me, and the common Ginger has pro- 
duced roots which have weighed five or fix ounces, 
but the others have been near a pound weight. 
AMOMUM PLINII. See Solanum. 
AMORIS POMUM. See Lycopersicon. 
A MORPH A. Lin. Gen. Plant. 768. Baftard 
Indigo. 
The Characters are. 
The flotver hath a permanent emp'alement of one leaf 
which is tubulons , cylindrical , and cut into five j: mall ob- 
tufie parts at the brim. The flower is of the butterfly 
kind •, the upper petal , or Jlandard , is fmall , concave , and 
ereti ; this is inferted between the two upper fegments of 
the empalement. It hath ten Jtamina , joined at their bafle , 
of unequal lengths , and crowned with fummits in the 
center is fituatecl a roundifo germen , fupporting an awl- 
fhaped flyle , which is the length of the famine , and 
crowned with a fingle fiigma % the germen afterward be- 
comes a reflexed moon-fhaped pod , having one cell , in 
which are lodged two kidney-fhaped feeds. 
This genus is by Dr. , Linnaeus ranged in his feven- 
teenth clafs of plants, entitled Diadelphia Decandria •, 
the flowers of this clafs have ten ftamina, nine of 
which are joined, and one ftands off. 
We know but one Species of this genus, viz. 
Amorpha (Fruticofa). Hort. Cliff. 353. Baftard Indi- 
go. Barba jovis Americana pfeudoacaciae foliis flof- 
culis purpureis minimis. Cat. Hort. Chelf. ix. 
This fhrub grows naturally in Carolina, where for- 
merly the inhabitants made a coarfe fort of Indigo 
from the young fhoots, which occafioned their giving 
it the title of Baftard Indigo. 
It rifes with many irregular Items, to the height of 
twelve or fourteen feet, garnifhed with very long 
winged leaves, in ihape like thole of the common 
Acacia. At the extremity of the fame year’s fhoots, 
the flowers are produced in long Binder fpikes, which 
are fmall, and of a deep purple colour ,; the ftamina 
ftarid out beyond 'the petals, and are crowned with 
yellow fummits ; after the flowers are pair, the germen 
turns to a fliort pod, having two kidney-fhaped feeds, 
but thefe do not ripen in England. 
The feeds of this plant were lent to England from 
Carolina, by Mr. Mark Catefby, F. R. S. in 1724, 
from which many plants were railed in the gardens 
near London ; thefe were of quick growth, and many 
of the plants produced flowers in three years. At 
prefent it is become very common in all the gardens 
and nurferies, where it is propagated as a flowering 
fhrub, for ; the ornament of the. fhrubbery. It is ge- 
nerally propagated by feeds, which are annually fent 
to England from different parts of America ; for it is 
found in many of the northern colonies there, and it 
may alfo be propagated by laying down of the 
young branches, which in one year will make good 
roots, and may then be taken off and planted either 
in the nurfery, or the places where they are defigned 
to remain. If they are put into a nurfery, they fhould 
not remain there more than one year ; for as the plants 
make large fhoots, they do not remove well when 
they have remained long in a place : they muft have 
a Iheltered fltuation, otherwife their branches will be 
broken by the winds. As thefe fhoots are large and 
foft, their upper parts are generally killed by froft in 
winter, but they put out fhoots again in plenty below 
the dead part the fpring following. 
A M PHITHE AT R E [ , A ( w^i3'Ll^ov of by.tp], around, 
and &soIo[mx,i, to view, Gr.] or temples of view erefited 
on a double rifing, were efteemed great ornaments to 
a large and noble garden. If this hill, or rifing 
ground, is of a femicircular figure, it will be ftill the 
better. 
Thefe amphitheatres are fometimes formed of Ever- 
greens, as Hollies, Phillyreas, Lauruftinufes, Bays, 
&c. obferving to plant the fhorteft growing fhrubs in 
the front, and the tailed: trees behind, as Pines, Firs, 
Cedars of Lebanon, &c. 
They are alfo formed of Hopes on the Aides of hills, 
and covered with turf, but are now generally excluded 
by all perfons of true tafte ; for the natural eafy Hope 
of fuch hills, is infinitely more beautiful than the ftiff 
angular Hopes into which thefe amphitheatres are 
commonly cut. 
AMYGDALUS. Lin. Gen. Plant. 545,, [’AfGy- 
<La© j , Gr. ] The Almond-tree. 
The Characters are, 
It hath a tubulous empalement of one leaf which is cut 
at the brim into five obtufe fegments •, the flower hath five 
oval, obtufe , concave petals, which are inferted in the em- 
palement • in the center of the outer flower is ftuated d 
roundifo hairy germen, fupporting a fingle flyle the length 
of the ftamina , which is crowned by a round ftigma ; this 
is attended by a great number of fender ere hi ftamina , 
which in many fpecies are not fo long as the petals of the 
flower , . thefe are crowned with fender fummits. After 
the flower is paft, the germen becomes an oval, compreft'ed, 
large fruit, with a thin, tough , hairy covering , having 
a longitudinal furrow ; this opens and falls away, leaving 
an oval compreffed nut , which is furrowed and netted, in- 
clofing a fingle feed of the fame form. 
Dr. Linnaeus has joined to this genus the Perfica, or 
Peach-tree, making them only different fpecies, rang- 
ing . it in his twelfth clafs, entitled Icofandria Mono- 
gynia •, the flowers having from twenty to thirty fta- 
mina, which are inferted to the empalement. 
i he Species are, 
x. Amygdalus ( Communis ) foliis petiolatis ferratis pe^ 
talis florum emarginatis. Almond-tree with flawed 
leaves , having foot-jlalks , and the petals of the flower in- 
dented. Amygdalus fativa. C. B. P. 441. Common 
Almond-tree . 
2. Amygdalus (Lulcis) foliis petiolatis marginibus cre- 
natis, eorollis calyce vix longioribtis.. ^Almond-tree 
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