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Show AC * AC Winds, it being fubje& to fplit therewith. mention, paffing over the reft as Varieties fr only for the Curious to amufe with. 1. Acerosa, pratenfis. C. B. The Common by which Meansit is eafily propagated, or by laying down the Branches (as directed for the or MeadowSorrel. 2, Acerosa, Mufcovitica, Sterilis. M. flowering Maple.) The Norway Maple grows withus to a very The Northern berren Sorrel. 3. Acr10sa, rotundifolia, hortenfis. C. B, large Size, equalling the greater Maple for Bulk, and I believe will aniwer the fame Pur- The Round-leav’d or French Sorrel. pofes, for fheltering Plantations near the Sea, The firft of thefe Sorts, though but {mall andis by far the handfomer Tree near an Ha- in the Fields, yet whtn fown in Gardens, will bitation; for the greater Maple is very fubje& produce large fair Leaves, and is the fame to exude a fweet clammy Juice from the Pores Sort whichis commonly cultivated in Gardens, of the Leaves, which lodges uponthe Surfaces It muft be fown early in the Spring, in a thereof, and therebyintices vaft Quantities of fhady moift Border ; and if the Plants are af= Infeéts, which eat the Leaves full of Holes, terward planted out in another fhady Border, fouror fix Inches iquare, it will produce larger and render them very unfightly. The Norway Maple has a milky fharp Juice, Leaves, and continue longer. This is the fo that few Inieéts care to prey thereon ; by commonSorrel ufed in Medicine; but the Norwhich means the Leaves are feldom eat or de- thern barren Sorrel is preferr’d to it in the faced: ‘This Tree is alfo rais’d by Seeds, of Kitchen-Garden, it rarely running to Seed, but which it affords great Quantities, which rife is increaied by parting the Roots either in Spring and grow equally as well as the common or Autumn, and is fit for Ufe all the Year round. Sort. ‘The Round-leav'd (or Freeh) Sorrel, is the The variegated Kind is propagated byino- moft grateful Acid, and is preferr’d to the ‘This Tree ripens Seeds very well in Angland, culating a Bud of the ftrip'd Kind into one of other two Sorts for Kitchen Ufe ; it is alfo a the plain Sort, though 1 am not at prefent fare whether it will take upon any other Sort of Maple, not having made the Experiment ; but I believe it can {carce fail: Moft, if not all the other Sorts of Maples, take very well uponeach other. There is another Sort of Maple, which is medicinal Plant, and fhould not be wanting in any good Garden: It isa great Runner at the Root, by which Means ir is eafily propa- gated, and mult be planted ata large Diftance, a Foot Square at leaft ; it will agree better with an open Situation than the other two Sorts. very common in Virginia, and is known by the Name of the Sugar Maple ; from which ACETOSELLA ; wide Oxys. Tree the {nhabitants of that Country make a very good fort of Sugar, and in large Quan- ACHILLZA ; tities : But this Tree is at prefent very rare in Furope ; though 1am of Opinion, that the Peop!e make Sugar from more than one Sort of Maple’; Mr. Ray and Dr. Lifer prepared a tolerable good Sort of Sugar from our greater Maple, by tapping fome of the Trees in their bleeding Seafon ; and I have obferv’d, upon i.e. Millefolium, ACINOS ; Stoné, or Wild Bafil. The Characters are ; It hath Leaves like thofe of the leffer Bafil ; the Cup of the Flower ss oblong and furrow’d; the Flowers are produced in Bunches, on the Top of Wittle Footftalks, which arife from becutting off a Branch of the Ath-leav’d Maple tween the Footfiaik of the Leaf, and the Stalk of in February, a great Quantity of a very {weet the Plants, in whithit differs from Serpyllum. Juice hath flowd out for feveral Days toThe Species are ; gether. 1. AcINOos ; multis. 7. B. Wild Bafil. The Timber of the common Maple is far 2, Acini 3; pulchra Species. 7. B. Broadfuperior to the Beech for all Ufes of the 'Tur- leav’d Auftrian Wild Bafil, ner, particularly, Dijhes, Cups, Trenchers and Thefirft of thefe Plants is very common Bowls ; and whenit abounds with Knots (a it very often doth) it is highly efteem'd bythe Foiners for Inlayings, &%c. and alfo, for the Lightnefs of the Wood, is often employ’d by thote that make Myfica/ Inftruments ; and for the Whitenefs ofits Wood, isin great Requeft for Tables, &c. ACETOSA ; [of Acetofus, eager, four, LJ Sorrel, {> called of the Anglo-Saxon, yup, four. The Charaéfers are ; on dry arable Land in many Parts of England, but efpecially on gravelly or chalky Hills: It is an annual Plant, fowing irfelf, and rifing again eatly in the Spring: ‘[his is not cultivated in Gardens, nor dothit care to grow on a good Soil ; but it may be propagated in a dry poor Soil, by fowing the Seeds {fo foon as they are ripe. ‘This Plant hath been brought to the Markets by the Herb-women for the Mountain Poley. The fecond Sort is preferved in curious Bo- tanick Gardens, but is a Plant of no great This Plant agrees with the Dock in all its Beauty or Ufe. Characters, and only differs in baving an acid Lafte. ACINUS, or Actnr ; By good Authorsis There are feveral Varieties of this Plant ufed not for the Grape-ftone, but the Grape which are cultivated by the Curious in Botany, itfelf, as Columella, cum exprefferis vinaced but there arenot above two orthree Sorts which are worthy propagating for Ufe, which I fhall qua acinis celantt It is commonly ufed for thofe {mall Grains growing in Bunches, after w the AC AC the manner of Grapes ; asthe Sambucus, Liguftrum, 9¢. ACONITUM, Wolf’s-bane ; [’Axéyiory which fome derive of éxoyn, a Well-ftone or Rock, becaufe it grows on bare rocky or ftony Places ; others of ¢ and xévs Duft, becaule it grows without Earth ; others of “Ax#y of the Leaves) are like thofe of the Ranunculus ; with many Stamina, or Threads in the Center, and in all other refpects agree with the Hellebore ; to which the learned Doctor Boerhaave hath made it a Congener. This is one of the earlieft Flowers in the Spring, often appearing by the Middle of ei, a Dart, becaufe the Barbarians ufed to Fanuary, for which Reafonit deferves a Place in every curious Garden ; it is very apt to in- daub their Darts therewith; others ofaxonZay=t to accelerate, becaufe it haftens Death,] The often tranfplanted : The bef{t Time to remove elif call it Wolf’s-bane, of the AugloSakon pulyey-bana. creafe by the Root, but fhould not be too the Rootsis in May or Fune, juft as the green Leaves are decay’d, before they are quite gone off, it being very difficult afterwards to find ‘This Plant will thrive in almoft anySoil or Situation. The Charaéfers are ; It hath circum/crib’d raundifo divided Leaves; “the Roots: the Flowers confijt of four Leaves, which are foiped like a Monk's Hood + Each of thefe Flowers are fucceeded by three or more Pods, which contain feveral rough Seeds; the moft Part of thefe Species are deadly Poilon. There are feveral Sorts of this Plant in the Botanick Gardens Abroad; but in Eugland we have not above four Sorts, which are, 1, Aconitum ; /ycoctonum, luteum, C, B. ‘The yellow poifonous Wolf’s-Bane, 2. Aconitum ; luteum, majus, ampliore caule, amplioribufque foluis. Dod. The largeft yellow Wolf’s bane. 3. Aconitum; caruleum, five napellus. I. C. B. The large blue Wolf’s-bane, 9r Monk’shood, 4. Aconitum, /alutiferum, five Autbora. The wholefome Wolf’s-bane, third Sort of Wolf’s-bane is very common in almoft all old Gardens, and is uluailly known by the Name of Monk’s-hood, the Flower refembling a Friar’s Cowl, from ACRIVIOLA ; [Of Acer, fharp; and Viola, Violet, i. e. Sharp Violet] commonly called Nafurtium Indicum, or Indian Crefs. ‘Lhe Charaéfers are ; The Leaves are round, umbilicated, and placed alternately ; the Stalks are trailing ; the Cup of the Flower is quinquefid ; the Flowers confit of five Leaves, which are in Formof a Violet ; the Seeds are roundifo, and rough, three of them [ucceeding each Flower. ‘There are five Varieties of this Plant in the Englifh Gardens, viz 1. Acrrviota ; Frid. Caf: Z: 935. The leffer Indian Crefs. 2. Acrrtvrora ; flore [ulpbureo. Boerb, The leffer yellow IndianCrefs. 3- Acrtviota ; wiaxima odorata. Boerh, The great Indian Crefs. 4. AcrivtoLa ; maxima odorata, flore, {ul- phureo. Boerb. The great yellow Indian Crefs. 5. Acriviota ; maxima, odorata, flore whence it had that Name; the Flowers ofthis Kind are commonly brought to Market in May, to furnifh Flower-pots for Chimnies ; but it pleno. ‘The great double Nafturtium, or Inbeing a very poifonous Plant, fhould not be dian Crefs. put in the Way of Children, left they fhould The four firft Sorts are commonly fow’d in prejudice themielves therewith: ‘Lhe Roots March or April, in a goodSoil and warm Siofthis Plant increafe abundantly, foon overtuation; ‘I hey are great Climbers, and fhould running a large Piece of Ground, therefore have a Hedge or Pal'fado to run upon, to fhould be confin’d in fome abject Part of the prevent their lying upon the Ground, whichis Guirden, or planted under Trees, it being very -apt to rot them: ‘hey begin to flower in Fune y, and growing in almoft every Soil or or Fuly, and continuetill the Froft comes, ation. which foon deftroys the whole Plant, unlefs ‘The yellowSorts are lefs common, and are fhelter’d therefrom. The Flowers are very nly preterved in the Gardens of the Curious ; goodin Sallads, and are much in Ufe to garnifh y flower in Fune and Fuly, and are inDifhes: The unripe Seeds afford a warmagreecreasd by parting the Roots in Autumn, but able Fickle. muft have a more open Expofure than the The double Sort producing no Seeds, is Blue. onlyincreafed by planting Cuttings in any of the Summer Months, and muft be carefully preferved in Winter, it being very fubjeé&t to rot, if kept too clofe, or if it hath too much Water in Winter, but muft be intirely kept looier Soil than they do: ‘This is fometimes from Frofts, uled in Phyfick, and is fuppofed to be an AnThis Plant, if confined in Pots fill’d with tidote to the Poifon of the Wolf’s-bane. poor Soil, will be lefs fubje& to ramble, and much more productive of Flowers ; whereas if ACONITUM HYEMALE, or Winter it is planted in the full Ground, or potted ina Wolf’s-bane. rich Mould, it will extend its Branches to a The Charaffers are ; great Diftance, and the Flowers will be very e like thofe of the Wolf’s-baune ; thinly placed upon the Plant, fo that the the Flowers ( b are produced in the Center greateft Beauty of the Plant, which confifts in ‘The wholfome Kindis rarely to be met with he £uglijb Gardens, although it is equally as hardy as any of the other Sorts: This is increifed as the other Sorts, but requires a . the |
