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Show Ex cr to let the earlieft Flowers remain for Seeds 3 for if the Autumn fhould prove cold and wet, the late Flowers will not produce good Seeds, efpecially the yellow Sort, which feldom perfects Seeds unlefs they are brought to flower veryearly. Thefe Plants are annual, andrarely continue after perfecting their Seeds 5 yet in order to have them flowerearly in the Seafon, you may fow their Secds the latter End of Zaly or the Beginning of Augu/t, that the Plants may have Strength before the cold Weather comes on, which being planted inte warm Borders will endure the Cold very well, (provided they are not fo forward as torun upto flower) and will flower early the next Summer5 by which Method you mayalways be fure to obtain good Seeds. The Corn Bottles are alfo Annuals, wh for the Diverfity of their Flowers were propagated in Gardens, but of late Years theyare almoft excluded ; however, the variable Flow- ers are worthyof a Place in every good Garden, Thefe fhould be fown in Autumn, and maybe tranfplanted into large Borders, where they will endure the Cold, and flowerearly the fucceeding Summer, and will growin almoft any Soil or Situation. CYCLAMEN 3; [Kuxaduev@-, of xtxrQ@, Gr. le, becaufe the Root ofthis Plant is orbicular: It is call’d Sowbread, becaufe the Root is round like a Loaf, and the Sows eat it.] Sowbread. The Charaéters are ; thick, + Root: The fi ly i 7 Ps e uf, fi the divided into There are feveral other Varieties in the curious Gardens abroad, but thefe here mentioned are what we haveat prefent in Eng. land. : The firft and fecond Roots are very common in the Lugli/> Gardens, and are very hardy. Thefe are pro ted by fowingtheir Seeds foonafter they are ripe, in Tubs of freh fandy Earth, in the manner direéted for jum, to which I fhall refer to avoid Repetition. In four orfive Years time theywill begin to flower, but their Roots being then {mall, will produce very few Flowers; and as their Roots yearlyincreafe in Bulk, fo will the Numberof Flowers increafe in proportion. I have feen a fingle Root of this Plant above fourteen Inches Diameter, which hath produc’d upwards of an hundred Flowers in- dhe Seafon. The beft Seafon for tranfplanting thefe Rootsis in Zune or Fuly, foonafter the Seeds are perfected; but they fhould not be kept long out of the Ground, for the Rootsare difpos’d to fhoot out frefh Fibres with the firft moift Weather after the Seeds are fall’n, and in about fix Weeks to produce their Flowers, which appearuponfingle Footftalks before the Leaves are produc’d: After the Flowers are blown, the green Leaves appear, which con- tinue all the Winter; and being ofa ftrong Green, varied with White, it makes an handfome Appearance during that Seafon: The Pedicle of the Flowerafterwards twitslike a Screw, inclofing the Embryo of the Fruit, by which means it is cover’d bythe green Leaves, wherebyit is protected from the Froft, &. and about the Beginning of Fune the Sceds will be perfected. _ The third Sort was formerly more common in Engla than at prefent. This muft be memby anaceous treated in the fame manner with the two forPes 1 fh Seeds, which mer, and flowers in the fame Seafon. becomes a Root. The fourth and feventh Sorts are tenderer than the former, and muft either be planted in ; 1; Hedere folio. C. B. flore Pots, and fhelter’d under a Frame in Winter, Common autumnal So ad, with or be plac’d in a warm dry Border. Thele produce their Flowers very early in the Spring, AMEN 3 dere folio, flore albo, ifthe Froft doth not prevent them. The Seeds ad, with a white Flower. of thefe are ripe about the fame time withthe icul, inferné pur- former, and muft be fown and manag’d inthe : read, fame manner; but the Boxes of Seeds or ves of a a purplifh purplifh Colour Colour under underneatk young Plants ofthefe Kinds fhouldbe fhelter’d 4. CycLAMEN ; > orbiculato in Winter, ore, ruber The fifth and fixth Sorts are ftill more imI pring Sowbread, with patient of Cold and Wet than anyof the forroundifh Leaves of a reddifh Colour undermer. : ‘orien h e : Thefe muft conftantly be preferv’d in neath, with fmall deep red Flowers. Pots fill’d with fandy light Earth, and hous’d MEN; byeme &F ns, folio in Winter, but fhouldbe plac’dnear the Glaf , purpurea rfi- fes, where they may enjoy as muchfree open Perfi : The Perfian, Winter, ring flowering Sowbread, with large Air as poffible, when the Weatherwill permits for if they are crowded under other Plants, Flowers and a purple Bottom. and are kept too clofe, they are very fubject 6. Cyctamen 5 byeme © vere florens, folio to mould and rot; nor fhould they have much “ico, amplo flore carneo, bafi purpurea Water in Winter, whichis alfo very injurious H.R. Pz The Perfian, Winter, and Spring to them: But whenever they want Water, It flowering Sowbread, witha large Fleth-colour ’d fhould be given them {paringly. In Summer Flower and a purple Bottom. thefe Plants may be expos’d to the open Airs 7. CYCLAMEN ; 3 hite whentheir green Leaves will decay; at which eflex’d almoft to time you fhould remove themto a Place where hey 3 Cry CY rhey they may have the Morning Sun until eleven o’Clock ; but during the Time that the Roots are defticute of Leaves they fhould have very little Water given them, becaufe at that Seafon they are not capable of difcharging the Moifture. This is alfo the proper Seafonto tranfplant the Roots, or to frefh earth them ; and as the Autumn comes on, that the Heat decreafes, they may be remov’dinto Places more expos’d to the Sun, where they may remain until Oéober before they need be hous’d. Toward Chrifimas, if the Roots are in good Health, they will begin to flower, and continue producing frefh Flowers until April; from which, if you intend to have any Seeds, you mutt let the Pots be plac’dfo as to receive a great Share offreth Air, for if their Flowers are drawn upin the Houfe, they feldom produce any Seeds. Thefe Seeds are ripe about July, when they fhould be immediately fown in Pots or Cafes of goodlight undung’d Earth, which fhould be fhelter’d in Winter under a Frame, and expos’d in Summer in the fame manner as is directed for the older Roots, obferving to remove them into Pots at a wider Diftance when they are two Years old, and fo from time to time, as their Roots increafe in Bulk, you muft give them more Room ; and in about four or five Years time theywill be- gin to flower, when youfhouldlet each Root have a feparate Pot, which at firft may be fmall, but when the Roots are grown large they muft be put into bigger Pots. where they are to remain for good; which fhouldbe either by the Side of a Ditch, River, or in fome other moift Place, where they will produce a greater Plenty and much larger Fruit than in a dry Soil; tho’ thofe in the dry Soil will be better tafted, andearlier ripe. Thefe Trees require very little pruning ; the chief Thing to be obferv’d, is, to keep their Stems clear from Suckers, andcut off fuch Branches as crofs each other; fo likewife all upright luxuriant Shoots from the Middle of the Tree fhould be taken intirely out, that the Head may not be too much crowded with Wood, which is of ill Confequence to all Sorts of Fruit Trees. Thefeare alfo in great Efteem for Stocks to graft and bud Pears on, which for Summer and Autumn Fruits are a great Improvement to them, efpecially thofe defign’d for Walls and Efpaliers: For the Trees upon thefe Stocks do not fhoot fo vigoroufly as thofe upon free Stocks, and fo may be kept in lefs Compafs, and are fooner difpofed to bear Fruits: But Winter Fruits do not fucceed fo well upon thefe Stocks, their Fruit being very fubjeét to crack, and are commonly tt The beft Stocks are thofe. which are raifed from Cuttings. CYNOGLOSSUM3 [xtvéyawarcv, of xuvts a Dog; and yada, Gr. the Tongue, fo call’d becaufe the Leaves of this Plant refemble a Dog’s Tongue.] Hounds-Tongue. The Charaéters are; The Cup of the Flower confifts of one Leaf, CYDONIA; [takes its Name of Cydon, an Parts: The Flower IfMand near Lesbos, or the famous Town of which is deeply cut into five confifts of one Leaf, is Funnel-/hap’d, and ‘rete of that Name.] The Quince-Tree, into five Segments : The Pointal, which arife SATE 5 es are from the Bottom of the Flower, changes into a ed: The Flower and Fruit is Fruit compos'd of four rough, and for the m Pear-tree ; but however cultivated, part burry Cells, each containing a flat Seed uit is four and afiringent, and is cover’d Jix’d to a pyramidal and quadrilateral P. centa. with a kind of Do The Speci 1. Cyponia3 fruétu oblonge leviori. Tourn. The Pear Quince 5 vulgé. rotundiore. 2. Cyponias /rué C Tourn. The Apple Quince ; 3. Cyponta3 Jatifolia, Lt ica. Tour The broad-leav’d Portugal Qu Thefe three Sorts are cult d in moft Nurferies near London, but the Portugal kind is moft valu’dfor the Goodnefs of its Fruit. They are all eafily propagated, either by Layers, Suckers, or Cuttings, which muft be planted in a moift Soil. Thofe rais’d from Suckers are feldom fo well rooted as thofe ich are obtain’d from Cuttings or Layers, re fubjeét to produce rs again in ater Plenty, which is not fo proj for ruit-bearing Trees. The Cuttings fhould be slanted early in the Spring, and in dry Wea- ther muft be often water’d to encourage their Rooting: The fecond Year after they fhould be remov’d into a Nurfery at three Feet Diitance Row from Row, and one Foot afunder in the Rows, where they muft be manag’d as was directed for Apples: In twoor tl Years time thefe Trees will be fit to tranfplant, The Species are 5 1. CYNOGLOSSUM 3 majus, Common great Hounds-Tongue. CyNOGLOSSUM ; 7 ‘ Common Hounds-Tongue, with a white Flower. montanum, maximum. 3. CyNOGLOSSUM Mountain MHoundsa The larg Tongue: 4. CyNoGLossuM 3 /feme Ever-green Hounds-Tongue. 5. CynocLossum3 Creticum, argenieo a gufio folio. C. B. Candia Hounds-T with narrow Silver-colour’d Leay 6. CyNnoGLossuM3 foli Li £60, firus J d av’d hoary Hounds ers ftrip’d with Red. YNOGLOSSUM3 lis minimis cerulets. leffer hairy Hounds-Tong Flowers. There are feveral other Varieties of this Plant which are cultivated in curious Gardens ; but as they are Plants of little Beauty, and the firft Sort only is that which is commonly |