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Show AN AN AN AN a, 2. The rachee, or Air Veflels, which are long, hollow Pipes, in which the Air is con- tinually receiv’d and expell’d, é.e. infpir'd and expird; within which Zrachee all the former Veffels are contain’d. Henceit follows, that the Heat of the Year, Tt is further prepar’d in the Trunk and Branches, tho’ it continue acid ftill, as is perceiv'd by the tapping orperforating ofa Tree in the Month of Febru ay, when it diftills a watry Juice that is fenfibly acid. TheJuice being carried hence to the Germs nay, of a fingle Day, Hour, or Minute, mutt or Buds, is more concoéted, and when it has have an Effect on the Air included in thefé here unfolded the Leaves, thefe come to ferve Trachea, i.e. it mutt rarefy it, and of Con- as Lungs, for the Circulation and further Prefequence dilate the Zrachee ; and hence alfo paration of the Juice ; for when thofe tender a perpetual Spring or Source of Action muft Leaves are expos'dto the alternate Aétion of arife, to promote the Motion of the Sap in Heat and Cold, moift Nights and hot {corchPlants. ing Days, they are expanded and contracted For when the Zrachee are expanded, the alternately, and the more byreafon oftheir Veffels which contain the Juices, are, by that net-like Texture. Expanfion, prefs'd, and by that Means the By fuch Means the Juice is further altered Juice contain’d is coutinually propell’d, and fo and digefted, as it is farther yet in the Petala, accelerated ; and bythis Propulfion, the Juice or Leaves of the Flowers, which tranfimit the is continually comminuted, and render’d more Juice now brought to a further Subtiley to the and more fubtil, and fo adapted to enter into Stamina; the Stamina communicates it to the Veffels ftill finer and finer ; the thickeft Part Farina, or that Duft which appears on the of it being at the fame time fecreted, and de- Apices, where it undergoes a further Maturapofited into the lateral Cells, or Loculi of the tion, and fheds into the Pii/, and there acBark, to defend the Plant from Cold, and quiring ‘its laft Perfectio n, it becomes the Oriother external Injuries. ginal of a newFruit or Plant. The Veffels or containing Parts of Plants, confift of mere Earth, bound or conneéted ANCHUSA, [Ay xu0n, of dy.0, Gr. to faf together by Oil, as a G/uten or Glue; which focate; fo call’d, on account ofits having a being exhaufted by Fire, Air, Age, or the fuffocating Quality] Alkaner. like, the Plant moulders or returns again into This is a Species of Buglos, that hath a red its Earth or Duft. Root; it is brought over from the Souther n Thus Vegetables being burnt by the moft Parts of France, andis ufed in Medicine; This intenfe Fire, the Matter of the Veftels is left Plant will grow in almoft any Soil, (but deentire and indiffoluble, notwith{tanding its ut- lights moft in a {andylight Earth); it muft moft Force; and of confequence is neither be fown in March, in the Place whereit js to Water nor Air, nor Salt nor Sulphur, but remain, for it has a Tap-root, and feldom Earth alone. thrives well when tranfplanted: ‘Thefe Roots Fuice is a liquid Subftance which makes with us have not that fine Colour, and are not Part of the Compofition of Plants, and com- fo good for ufe as thofe brough t from warmer municates itfelf to all the other Parts, and Countries, where I fufpect they, are dyed. ferves to feed and increafe them, and is that to Plants that Blood isto Animals : 'Thefe JuiANDROSZMUM, Avdegeusar [of Aripar digss ces are of divers Sorts, aqueous, gummous, of a Man, and dua Blood, Gr.} Tutfan or bituminous, oleaginous, refinous, vinous, of Park-leaves. all Taftes and Colours. This Plant grows wild in many Parts of This Fuice or Szp of Plants, is an Humour Engla nd, and is feldom preferv’d in Garde furnifhed by the Earth, and changed in ns: the It deligh ts in thady Places, growing for the Plant; it confifts of fome foffil Parts, and moft part under Hedges of Trees, other Parts which are derived from the Air and Rain; and others from putrefy’d AniANEM ONE, Aseudmn of *Aveu@-, Gr. the mals, Plants, é%c. fo that confequently in Ve- Wind ; fo call’d, becaufe an Herb ofthe getables, are contained all kinds of Salts, Oil, Wind is not open’d except the Wind blows. Water, Earth, and probably, all kinds of Calepin) Wind-flower. Metals too, inafmmuch as the Afhes of Vege-~ The Charaé fers are ; tables, always yield fomewhat which is attracted It hath a fimple Stalk, which is Surrou by the Load ‘ftone. nded by a Leaf: Upon the Lop of the Stalk is proThe Fuice enters Plants in the Form of a du’d one naked Flower, which fine fubtil Water, which by confifts of mat how much the Petals, (or Flowe r Leaves) nearer it is to the Root, fo much the moreit or _Threads in the Center with many Stamina retains of its proper Nature, ; the Seeds are col= and the farther letted into an oblong Head, which are furit is from the Root, the more AGtion it has rounded with a copious Down. undergone, and approaches the nearer to the Nature ofthe Vegetable, and of confequence, when the Juice enters the Root, the Bark which is furnifh’d with excretory Veffels, of fitted to difcharge the excrementitious Part, it is a watry, poor, acid , and {carce oily all, There are a great Variety of thefe preferv'd in the Gardens of the Curio Flowers us Florifts, which are commonly divided into Claffes, viz. the Broad and Narrow-leatwo v’d Sorts: Under each of thefe Divifi ons, there ave a great Variety which differ Shape, Colour, or Size of the Flowe in the r: To ; mention mention all the particular Sorts which are preferv’d in one Gardenonly, would be tirefome to the Reader, andof little Ufe ; I fhall therefore proceed to the Culture of them; and firft of the Soil proper to blow them to great Advantage. Take a Quantity of frefh untry’d Earth, (from a Common, or fome other Pafture- Land) that is of a light fandy Loam or hazel Mould; obferving not to take it above ten Inches deep below the Surface, and if the Turf be taken with it the better, provided it hath time to rot before it is ufed: Mix this with a third Part of rotten Cow-dung, and Jay it in a Heap, keeping it turn’d over at The beft Seafon for planting thefé Roots, if for forwafd Flowers, is about the Middle or latter End of September ; and for thofe of a middle Seafon, any ‘Time in Odfober ; but obferve to perform this Work, if poffible, at or near the jime of fome gentle Showers; for if you fhould plant them when the Ground is perfectly dry, and there fhould no Rain fall for three Weeks or a Month after, the Roots will be very apt to grow mouldy upon the Crown, and if they once get this Diftemper, they feldom come to goodafter, You mayalfo referve fome of your Aye= mone Roots till after Chrifimas before you plant them, left by the Severity of the Winter leaft once a Month, the better to mix it, and your early planted Roots fhould be deftroy’d, rot the Dung and Turf, and to let it have which does fometimes happen in very hard the Advantages of the free Air: In doing this Winters; and in Places where theyare not Work, be careful to rake out all great Stones, cover'd or taken Care of ; thefe Roots will and break the Clods, (but 1 would by no flower a Fortnight or three Weeksafter thofe means approve of fifting or fcreening the which were planted in Autumn, and do many Earth, which I have found very hurtful to times blow equally as fair, efpecially ifit many Sorts of Roots); for when Earth prove a moift Spring, or that Care be taken is made veryfine, upon thefirft great Rains to refrefh them with Water. of Winter or Spring, the {mall Particles But then the Increafe of thefe Roots will thereof join clofély together, and form one not be near fo great as thofe of your firt folid Mafs, fo that the Roots often perifh for planting, provided they were not hurt in want of fome {mall Stones to keep the Particles Winter, and it is for this Reafon all thofe afunder, and make way for the tender Fibres that make Sale of thefe Roots, are forward to draw Nourifhment for the Support of the in planting; for altho’ it may happen, by Root. fharp pinching Frofts in the Spring, that their This Earth fhould be mix’d twelve Months Flowers are not fo double and fair as thofe before it is ufed, if poffible; but if you are planted litle later, yet if they can preferve conftrain’d to ufe it fooner, you muft turnit the green Leaves of the Plants from being over the oftner, to mellow and break the deftroy’d, the Roots will greatly increafe in Clods ; and obferve to rake out all the Parts Bulk; but in fuch Gardens where thefe Flowof the Green-{ward, that are not quite rotten, ers are preferved with Care, there is alw ays before you ule ir, which would be prejudicial Provifion made to cover them from the Injuto your Roots if fuffer’d to remain. The ries of the Weather, by arching the Beds beginning of September, is a proper Seafon to over with Hoops, or fome fuch thing, and prepare the Beds for Planting, (which if in a covering them with Garden Mats or Cloths, wet Soil, fhould be raifed with this Sort of in frofty Nights and bad Weather, efpecial ly Earth fix or eight Inches above the Surface in the Spring of the Year, when their Buds of the Ground, laying at the bottom fome of begin to appear, for otherwile, if you plant the Rakings of your Heap to drain off the the beft and moft double Flowers, the black Moifture; but in a dry Soil, three Inches Frofts and cutting Winds in March, will caufe above the Surface will be fufficient): This them to blowfingle, by deftroying the ‘I hrum Soil fhould be laid at leaft a Foot thick, fo that isin the Middle of the Flower, and this, that you muft take out the former Soil of the manytimes, hath occafion ’d People to think Beds to make Room forit. they were cheated in the Purchafe of their And obferve, in preparing your Beds, to lay Roots, when it was wholly owing to their them Cifin a wet Soil) pretty round, to fhoot Neglect in covering them. off the Water, but in a dryone, let it be In the Beginning of Apri/ yourfirft planted nearer to a Level; your Earth fhould be laid Roots will begin to flower, which will conin the Beds, at leaft a Fortnight or three tinue for three Weeks, or more, accordin to g Weeks before you plant the Roots, that it the Heat of the Weather, or Management in mayfettle; and when youplant them, ftir the covering them, during the Heat of the Day, upper Part of the Soil about fix Inches deep, with Mats or Cloths ; then the fecondplanted with a Spade, then rake it even and {mooth, Sorts will come into fucceed them, and thefe and with a Stick draw Lines each Way of will be follow’d bythofe plantedin the Spring, your Bed at four Inches Diftance, fo that the fo that you mayhave thefe Beauties continued Whole maybe in Squares, that your Roots for near two Months together, or may be planted regularly: Then with your longer, if the Seafon prove favourabfometimes le. three Fingers make a Hole, in the Center of Toward the Middle or latter End of May, each Square, about three Inches deep, laying the Leaves of your firft blown Roots will detherein a Root with the Eye uppermoft ; and cay; at which Time you muft take them out when you have finifh’d your Bed, with the of the Ground, clearing them from the deHead of a Rake, draw the Earth f{mooth, fo cay’d Stalks, and wafhing them, to take the as to cover the Crown of the Roots about two Earth clean from the Roots, then {pread them Inches thick, on L |
