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Show ——————— CE CE which ftood at a fmall Diftance, had their was faid to be of this Material alfo, as was Nor moft of the Timber-work of that glorious Branches almoft confum’d with Age: could he find any younger Trees coming up Structure. This Sort of Timber is very dry, and fub. to fucceedthem, tho’ he look’d about diligently for fome: Thefe Trees (he fays) were grow- je& to fplit ; nor does it well endure to be i the Foot ofa {mall Hill, on the Top of the Mountains, and amongft the Snow. Thefe » Branches, do commonly bend 1 but are extended to a sth, and in fo delicate and pleafe e trimm’d and made even inues he) are very thofe of the Larch-Tree, growing clofe together in little Bunches, upon {mall brown Shoots. faundrel, in his Travels, but fixteen large Tr faften’d with Nails, are prod ed at remote Diftances from the E on the fame Tree: The Fruit, is a Berry, inclofing re fays, There were jich were of a prodigious Bulk, but tha Limbs, e of which was equal to ndrel hath related, > by a worthy Gentleman who was there in the ith this Difference only, viz, in e Dimenfions of the Branches of the largelt e, which, he affur’d me, he meafur’d, and 7-two Yards diameter. uit meant thirtyce of the {pr adzs, or the Diameter of them, canby his Expreffions, yet reckon Trees remaining upon M there, and would pe y to <on their Numof our - Ifo fays, thei hard Seeds in each. The Species are ; Ceprus; folio Cypreffi, C. B. were many more young Trees of a fmaller Size; he meafur’d oneofthe largeft, and found it to be twelve Yards fix Inches in Girt, and yet found, and thirty-feven Yards into five € which it ufually CEDRUS BACCIFERA ; Berry-bearing Cedar. a The Charaffers are 5 The Leaves are fquamofe, Jomewhat like thofe of the Cyprefs: Ibe Katkins (or Male Flor ‘ remaining, fome of in the Spread of its Boughs. At about five or fix Yards from the Ground it was divided from fhrinks, therefore Pins of the fame Wood are muchpreferable. ‘ major, fru The yellow Berry-bearing Ceprus; folio Cypreffi, media, C, B. lind The Phoenician Cedar. majoribus — Thefe Trees are propagated by fowing their Berries (which are brought fromthe Siz igh in Boxes of light fandy Earth, which fhould be expos’d to the Morning-Sun only during the Summer-Seafon, but muft be remov’dinto Shelter in Winter. Thefe Seeds feldomappearing till the fecond Year, we fhouldbe careful not to difturb the Earth in the Boxes; and ng, after their coming up, you fhould remove them into fingle Pots, for their better tran{planting hereafter, The beit Seafon for this Workis in April; at which Time, if you upon the upper Part of and erect, hav {trong it is fi with Difficul Central Style remains fallen to of this they may remain (if itis not too much expos’d tothe Sun) till Autumn; at which Time the Pots fhould be put under a Cucumber-Frame, fo that in good Weather they may be expos’d wet Weather, they may be cover’d with the famous T ] trefaction of | fF it is thought to b crets ufed by thofe Mounteb tend to have the embalming Myftery. T Wood is alfo faid to y eld an Oy! which Y Books and ti ht, Sy my Lord Bac id Ye Glaffes : If thefe Precautions are ufed, in three or four Years Time the Plants will be fit to 1 lant into the full Ground; you fhould re contrive to plant them in a light fandy Soil, and a Situation that is fcreen’d from the North-Eaft Winds, obferving t0 fhake them out of the Pots with all the Earth to their Roots: This fhould be perform’d in April or May, always chufing a moift Seafon $ and when you have planted them, lay alittle Mulch upon the Surface of the Ground round Temple, Time ers after planting out, after which in the , will have taken fufficient Root e our Cold Ground, fo as to be able to endur this at very well; andit is by the Neglect of planted, as alfo to clear the Seed Beds from Weeds; and after every drawing, keep them duly water’d, to encourage the fmall Plants left therein. The Middle of Zune fome of the Plants of the about ir Roots, to prevent the Sun and Wind from entring the Ground fo as to dry the three different Plantings, which will accord- ingly fucceed each other foy, Ue. You mutt obferve, if the Scafon proves dry, to their to keep the Froft from penetrating three firft Roots: This may be repeated the to keep it diligently water’d after ’tis tranf- In Winter firft chat many young Trees mifcarry heir firft planting Abroad. Trees are, g; firft {swing willbe fitto tranfplant for Blanchin moitt, which, if poffible, fhould be put into a at prefent, very rare, to be found in fome curious old their Seeds having not been land of late Years, there are though this no young Plants to be met with they will never Tree will take by Layers 5 but Seeds, and thrive fo well as thofe rais’d from before they they are commonly two Years ftri rich, light Soil, upon which this firft planted Celery will often grow to be twenty Inches long in the clean blanch’d Parts, which upon a pooror drySoil feldom rifes to be ten Inches. The Manner oftranfplanting itisas follows; Weeds, After having clear’d the Ground of ten you muft dig a Trench by a Line about Inches deep, great Ute in Inches wide, and eight or nine The Woodof this Tree is of laying and large loofening the Farth in the Bottom, the Levant, where they grow to be of the be the it level; and the Earth chat comes out Timber, and is by many thought to be equally laid on eac h fide fhould Trench of ure, Script the in on’d Him wood menti to the famous which many of the Ornaments is accounted Tomple of Salomon were made: It many “lent Wood for Carving,. as alfo for ht to be equal Sorts of Utenfils, and is thoug for Durablenels. to almoft any Sort of Timber Ftree: Is a Sort of Reader Article of Apium, to which I refer the for its Charac ts of this Plant cultivated jens, for Kitchen-Ufe, which Celeri. Italorum. H. R. radice rapacea, Jant fhould be fown at safons, the better to continue it h the whole Seafon without run- The firft Sowing fhould be f again to the Trench, to be ready to draw in 1 hefe earth the Celery as it advances in Height: DiTrenches fhould be made at three Feet Plants ftance fromeach other; then plant your in the Middle of the Trench, at about fix cut Inches Diftance, in one ftrait Row, having off the Tops of the long Leaves, as alfo trim’d their Roots, obferving to clofe the Earth well to their Roots, and to water them plentifully until they have taken frefh Root after which RY, or SALARY3 vulga. he is by the Botanifts rang7d_ undert entle Hot-bed in fome clofe Place from Winds, andfet the Pots with ne frefh-planted Trees thereon, covering them to the open free Air; but in frofty, or over10, Strength before they are tranfplanted, by which Means one and the fame Seed-Bedwill ai.ord n they are fettled and have taken frefh Roots; this will be a certain Method to make them ftrike Root, provided they are carefully taken up without breaking their Roots: In this Place the Seed-Beds, to thin them where they grow too thick, leaving the {mall Plants to get more Water to if the Weather repeating the fame once a Week r to add a prope be will andit ; dry be d fhoul Trees in Oéfober, little frefh Mulch about thefe upona gentle Hot-bed, it will greatly forward their coming up, by which the Plants will be ftrengthen’d before the foll wing Winter, and {fo more likely to ftand, thoughit will be advifeable to fhelter them at leaft the two firlt while they are young: The Spring CE them fome the Fibres of the Roots, giving , and fettle the Earth to their Roots if in the March following, we put the Boxes vith Mats for a Month or fix Weeks until our own Experience ; for Ck ch, which ought to be xht Earth, where it may Sun: But the fecond ild be the Beginning of to be in a moift Soil; and Morning Sun only, it will be ; but it fhould not be under <s or a Month’s-time s will come up, when ir it from Weeds ; and you mutt frequently nth or five Weeks ee es You mutt outof time it will be needlefs, except in dry Soils, or very dry Seafons: As thefe Plants advance in Height, fo you mutt obferve co draw the Farth on eachSide clofe to them, being careful not to bury their Hearts, nor ever to do it but in dry Weather, otherwife the Plants will rot. When your Plants have advanc’da confide- rable Height above the Trenches, and all the Earth which was laid on the Sides thereof, hath been employ’d in earthing them up; you muft then make ufe of a Spade to dig-up the Earth between the Trenches, which muft alfo be made ufe of for the fame Purpofe, continu- ing from time to time to earth it up, until it is fit for Ufe. The firft of your planting out will, perhaps, fo be fit for Ufe alittle after Midfummer, and this will be fucceeded bythe after Plantations, and, if rightly manag’d, will continue till April or May; but you fhould obferve, after the fecond or third planting out, to plant the After-crop in a drier Soil, to prevent its being rotted with too much Wet in Winters and alfo if the Weather fhould prove extreme fharp, you will do well to cover your Ridges of Celery with fome Peafe Haulm, or fome Air fuch light Covering, which will admit the e, to the Plants; for if they are cover’d tooclof Means this by they will be veryfubject to rot long you may preferve your Celery in Seafon a the time; but you muft remember to take off Covering whenever the Weather will permit, otherwife |
