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Show require a dry Soil in re otherwife they Seeds are fubjectto rot: Thefe all ripen their in England very well; and alIthoughthere is no the great Beauty in them, yet, for Vv ariety, g two Poriugal Sorts may have a Place amon Plants ofthe lower Clafs, where, if they are kept in Compafs, and ty’d up to Sticks, they wall make a ole able Appearance for a long time. CATCH-FLY; Lychnis. CATERPILLARS. There are feveral Kinds of this Infe&t which are very perniciousto a Garden, but there are two Sorts which are the moft commonand deftructive to young Plants, one of them is that which the white Butterfly breeds: It is of a ycllowifh Colour, fpotte:d with Black, and commonly_ infefts the tender Leaves of Cabbages, Colliflowers, and the J; Crefi: This eats off res intire, fo that very often we fee, in umn Seafon, whole Gardens of Winter avoys almoft deftroy’d by them, thofe which are crowded with are near great Buildings: Noris ny other Method found out to deftroy them, thatI knowof, but to pick them offthe Plants beforethey are fpread from their Nefts 5 by which Means, tho’ perhaps many maybe overlook’d, yet their Numbers will be greatly diminifh’d: But this Work muft be often repeated during the warm Weather that the Butterflies are abroad, which are continually depofiting their Eggs, and ina few Days time will be met morphos’*d to perfect Cater But as thefe for the moft part feed upen He outer Leaves of Plants, fo they are moreeafily taken than the other Sort, which is much ] r3 the Skin is very tough, and ofa dark Colour; This is calli by the Gardeners a Grub, and is exceedinghuurtful: The Eiggs of this Sort of Caterpillar are, for the moft part, CE CE Se us'd to fignify the fame as Fulus, i.e. a Palm bearing Cedar, in the next Article, and for Diftin@tion-fake, this may be call’d Cone-bear- or Catkin. ing Cedar. ther Branches extend more than twenty Feet the Levant, which, if preferv’d intire, will continue their Seeds for feveral Years: The (though produc’d eight or ten Feet above CATULUS with the modern Botanitts is The Cones of this Tree are brought from CAUCALIS ; Baftard-parfley. This is one of the Umbelliferous Plants, with oblong Seeds, which are a little furrow’d and prickly: The Petals of the Flower are unequal andheart- fhap’d. There are feveral S s ofthis Plant pre- ferv’d in the Botanick Gardens ; but as thereis in any of them, fol no great Beauty or Ufe fhali pafs them over withonly ‘obferving, that if ae Perfon hath a Mind to cultivate them, the beft Seafon to fowtheir Seeds is in Autumn foon after they are ripe; for if their Seeds are ripe Seeds produce Jom telc kept till Spring, they again: They are moft of them Annualss, and fo require to be fown every year: CAULIFEROUS Plants; [of Cauli, Lat. a Stalk, andfero, to bear.] a true Stalk, CAULIS; is that Such Plants as have which CATKINS, or JULUS. This is by the Botanifts call’d, Flos Amen It is an Aggregate of Summits, which g rin Form of aRope or Ca and is the Male Flower of the Trees prodluce them, as the Fj Pines, Cedars, Tree, and rifes fingle above the Earth, from wl he Leaves or little Branchesput forth, as 7 5 defines it; orit is the upper Part of a Plant ftretchedforth to ght, fo that the Fo from the Hind, nor the I In Trees and Shrubs it wn Gul us; the differ not : alled Caudex 5 in ny rhs the Stem, T CEDARof BERMUDAS vide Juniperus. CEDARof CAROLINA; CEDARofJAMAICS CEDARof VIRGINIA; depofited in the very Heart or Center of the Plant, (efpecially °s} where after it hath obtain’d its Form, it eats its Wayout thro’ all the Leaves thereof; and alfo the Dung be x lode’d between theinclos’d Leaves ofthe ; gives theman ill Scent. This Infeé& alfo burrows juft under the Surface of the Ground, and makes fad Havock with young Plants, by eating them through their tender Shanks, and drawing them into their Holes. This Mifchief is chiefly donein the Night : Whenever you obfervethis, you fhould every Morning look over your Plat of Plants; and where-ever youfee any Plants eat off, ttir the Ground roundabout the Place with your Fingers an Inch deep, andyou'll certainly find them out. This is the only Method I know of deftroying them. ! We have five or fix Species of them which ggrowwildin Engle Juniperus. Spring, and fo confequently are near one Year old before wereceive them, for which they are not the worfe, but rather the better, the Cones having difcharg? da great Part of ‘their Refin by lying, andthe Se eds are mucheafier to get out offthem than fuch as are frefh taken from the Tree. The beft Way to get the Seeds out is to fplit the Cones, by driving a fharp Piece of Iron throu the Center length--ways, and fo pull the Seeds out with your Fingers, which you'll find are faften’d to a thin leaty Subftance, e thofe ofthe /% I heffe Se fhould be fown in Boxes or Pots of light frefh Earth, and treated as was directed for the Firrs (to which I refer the Reader); but only fhall obferve, that thefe require more Shade in Sammer thanthe Firs, andthe foonerthe y are planted into the open Ground, the better. When t Plants begin to fhoot ftrong, you'll alw: nd thele ading Shoot incline to one Sic o aa if you intend tohave them ftrait, u muft fupport them with Stakes, obfervi ep the Le: alwaysclofe ty’d up, until you have gott m to the Height you defign them, otherwife their Brariches will extend on everySide, and prevent their grow- Trees are by many People kept in Pyramids, and the ar’ das Yews, Form they i vide Juniperus. t of 0one 7s Pencil : RUS 3 magna, five . he! Cedar of Libanus Malin ‘Cones. Many, I doubt not, will be furpriz’ fhould retain the Name ofCe fince Monfieur Tour t hath plac’d thi the Larch-tree, and the Name Ceda? now appropriated to a Berry-beari but I have obferv’d a mate 3 between the Larch this ii s gene tion’d in Sc ripture, fo cor renc s given to Antiquity, thishath Right to the Name: I fhall therefo y3 in which for the very fingular Shoots, for the »the Appendix. Cedar ofLibanus. the Mar Time of their ripening is commonly in the which is conftan with green Bi in fo regular a manner, to appear, at hee Di ftance, like a greet Carpet, and thefe waving about with the Wiind, make oneof the moft agreeab i an be to terminate i allyHfplanted e@ Ground. Ke is Matter of Surprize to me, that this i not been more cultivated in at prefent we find it; fince t Ornament to barrenbl of the coldeft Parts of 1ere the Snowcontinues moft part r. And from the Obfervations I of thefe now growing in England, y thrive beft on the pooreft Soil : of them as have beenplanted in a h, loamy Earth, have made but a efs, in Comparifon to fuch as upon a ftony, meagre Soil. Tr And of quick Gro m nowgrowing inthe 1, which (as I have 1 planted there a i ere not two of which Trees are at this time (viz. 1729) upwards of nine Feet in Girt at two Feet above Ground ; and onevery Side their Trunks ;- which Branches thie Gartrece! do at thelr Termination hang very near the Ground) and thereby afford a goodly Shade in the hotteft Seafon of the Year. The Soil in which thefe Trees are planted is a lean hungry Sand, mix’d with Gravel, the Surface ofwhichis fcarcely two Feet deep before a hard rocky Gravel appears. Thefe Trees ftandat four Corners of a Pond, which is brick’d up within two Feet oftheir Trunks, fo that their Roots have no Roomto fpread on one Side, and fo confequently are crampt in their Growth: But whether their ftanding fo near the Water may not have promoted their Growth, I can’t fay; but fure Lam, if their Roots had bad full Scope in es Ground, they would have mz have. alfo obferv’d, ofthefe Trees is very perhaps, than to any othe Trees) in retarding their Growth ; the four Trees above-mention’d, vifedly planted near a Green houfe, began to growlarge, had their Branc hes to Te -t the Rays Of the Sun into the 1a sufe, whereby they have been fo much check’d, as at prefent they are litle more than half the ofthe other two. “hefe Trees have all of them produc’d, for fome Years, large Quantities of Katkins (or Male Flowers); tho’ there is but one of them which hath as yet produc’d Cones; noris it abovefour or five Years that this hath ripen’d the Cones, fo as to perfect the Seed: But fince we find that they are fo far naturaliz’d to our Country, as to pre : Seeds, we need not fear of being foon fupply’d with Seeds enough, without deper yn thofe Cones which are brought from the wf 3 fince there are many Trees ofthis K in Engla 1G: > which in a few Years muft certainly bear: But I find they are more fubject to prodluce and ripen their Cones in hard Winters in mild ones; which is a plain Indication that theywill fucceed, even in the coldeft Parts of Scotland, where, as well asin Ez : might be propagated to great Advantag What we Bre mention din Sx e ofthe in be no ways ap; licable to the lofty Cedars, Stature of this Tree; fince, from the Experience we have of thofe now growing in England, = ae from the eli n of feveral w remaining no inclin’ ato grow verylofty, but, on the con trary, extend their Brar , Tt which ery we I, w |