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Show EU Grgans and Virginal-Keys, Tooth pick Spindles, and to make Scures, Se The Broadv’d Sort, tho’ y commonin moft Parts ‘ope, yet is rarely to be found in Axgexcept in curious Collections of Trees Shrubs : Thefe two Plants are very hardy, r to Cold, and may be propagated either by fowing the Seeds, or laying down the Branch but the firft being a tedious Method, is feldom practis’d ; for the Seeds remain in the Ground until the fecond Year before the Plants come up, and afterwards make but little Progrefs during the three or fourfirft Years, whereas thofe rais’d by Layers will make handfome Trees in three or four Years Time. The other two Sorts being Natives of a warm Country, will not endure the Cold of our Climate in the open Air, and muft theree preferv’d in a good Green-houte in Winter. Tihefe may be propagated byplantber ing Cuttings any time from May to September, ich fhould be fet into Pots fill’d withfreth ht Earth, and plune’dinto a moderate Hotbed, and carefully water’d and fhaded until they have ‘taken Root 5 after which, ey may be tranfplanted each into a feparate Pot, and expos’d to the open Air till’ September, when theyfhould be remov’d into the MUG Aier 1oufe, where, during the Winter-feafon, they muft have as much free open Air as the Weather The Species ate ; 1, Eupatorium; Cahnabinum.C. B. Com: mon Hemp-Aeri j VN cheats . Evpatorivum3; urtice foliis, Canadp: Cana h, fore alto. H.L. Canada He mp-Agrimony, with Nettle-Leaves, anda white Flower, ~ 3. EvpaTorium 3 VE tric joribus purpurafcentibus, mac caule, NewEngland I Temp-Agrimony, with Nettle-Leaves, purplith Flowers, and potted Stalks. 4. Eupatorium ; folio of mgd, rugof, caule purpurafcente. Tourn, Canada HempAgrimony, with a long rough Leaf, and purplifh Stalk. 5. Evpatorium 3; Nove Anglia, Betonice Soltis villofis, flore albo. Par. Bat. New Eng- land Hemp-Agtimony, with Betony Leaves, and a white Flower. 6. Eupatorium ; American: m, feandens, haftato magis acuminato folio. Vail. Climbing American Hemp-Agrimony, with a Spear-like fharp-pointed Leaf. 7. KuPATORIUM 3 Americanum, foliis row tundioribus abfque pediculis. Ve American Hemp-Agrimony, with round Leaves without Foot-ftalks. The firft of thefe Ditches and River Plants is found wild by Sides in moft Partsof Eng- will admit of, as alfo frequent, but gentle land, and is the only Species of this Genus which is a Native in Europe: but America abounds with a vaft Number of Species, many the Plants into frefh Earth every Year. firft Sort is only at prefent ufed in Medicine. Waterings: in other refpects they may be m2nag’d as Orange Trees, obferving to thift The third Sort grows to be a Shrub of five or fix Feet in Height, and will produce great Quantities of Fruit, which ripen in Winter, and make a very good Appearance in the Green-houfe at that Seafon. This is the @. e. good Father, or, a bel belove d by bis Father, whic of the Kings of Egypt have h Name many born.] HempAgrimony. The Charafers are 5 It hath a 7 op are £placed Fl long, taper, and fea wers are colletted into an Ui} el of rise 4 Sta lks, fid Threads, which , conj; ails ue of , many of gy lone long of a hot, fharp, milky Juice : angular, and fhapd fomewhat or Torch-Thiftle 5 it is comSpines, and, for the moft part, The Speci 1. KupHoRBivuM 5 verum, antiquorum. Raii Hifi. The true Euphorbiumof the Antients. 2, EvpHorsivum; tetragonum, & pentagonum, /pinofum, Canarinum. Boerh. Ind. Canary Euphorbium, with four or five Angles, and befet with Spines. LUPHORBIUM3 trigouum, & tetragonum, sum, ramis compreffis. D? Inard, 4. EupHorsium 3 Cerei effigie, caulibus 15, fpinis validioribus armatum. Breyn. i. Thick-ftalk’d Cereus, like Euphorbium, arm’d with ftrong Spines. 5. Eupnorsium ; Cerei effigie, caulibus gracilioribus. Boerb. Ind. Slender-ftalk’d Cereus, thap’d like Euphorbium. HUPHORBIUM 3 Afrum, caule fquamofo berofo. Bo Ind. with fealy Stalks and a 7. Eupnorzium; fo, minus. Boerh. Luphorbium, with fcaly Root. African Euphorbium, tuberofe Root. Afrum, caule {quamofo Ind. Leffer African Stalks, and a tuberofe 8. Evpuorsium 3 Afrum, caule craffo fquamojo, ramis in capitis Medufe fpeciem cinéfo rborbium, with thick of which are annually brought over, and pre ferv’d in curious Botanick Gardens, tho’ the Thefe Plantsare all hardy enough to endure the Cold of our Winters in the open Air, provided they are planted ina drySoil, and may be propagated by parting their Roots in March, or Offober : but if you do this in the tendereft Plant of them all. pring, you muft obferve to water and fhade The fourth Sort arifes with us to the Height the Plants until they have taken Root, if the of ten or twelve Feet, and may be train’d up Weather fhould prove dry, and thofe that are to a regular Head ; and when grown to be tranfplanted in Autumn fhould be protected large, will annually produce Flowers and from fevere Frofts in Winter, which would be Fruit 5 whichaltho’ they have no g eauty, apt to deftroy them before they have got fatt yet the Tree, for Variety, deferves a Place in Rooting in the Ground. every good Collection of Plants. This is Thefe Plants may alfo be propagated by pretty hardy, and only requires to be fhelter’d fowing ‘their Seeds; which fhould be done from extreme Frofts in Winter, and therefore early in ‘the Sp ing, upon a Bedof light Earth, thould be early expos’d to the open Air in obfervine ‘to water them in dry Weather : but Sp , and fuffered to remain’ abroad in they feldom come up until the fecond Years Autumn, and it is not till the third Year that theyproduce Flowers : therefore, if the Plants are not EUPATORIUM, [Evzanetw, of Kino Ey- too thick in the Seed-bed, they palo, who firft brought this may bepetPlant into U ae mitted to'remain there till after their Flowers or of “Hruritns, of *H7e, Gr. the Liver, beare paft; and in Ofeber remove them to the caufe this Plant is good for Difta y Places where they are defign’d togrow. Thelé Liver : 3 Or Of Evzamp, Son m and is alfo full The Plants are like the Cereus monly befet with bath no Leaves. EU Plants havelittle Beauty in them, and there- fore are feldom preferv’d, unlefs in Botamick Gardens ‘for Variety. EUPHORBIUM,[EvetpCny, of o wills and96, Gr. to feed, focall’d anciently from Euphorbus, the Brother of Antonius Muja, Phyfician to King ¥xvba, who cured Augufius aja with this Plant. ] The Charaéfers are; tt bath Flowers and Fruit like the Spurge, and g. Eupuoraium ; Afy um, facie fructus pini, Boerb. Ind. African Euphorbium, with the Face of the Pine Fruit, commonly call’d Little Medufa’s Head. 10. EupHorsium 3 angulofum, foliis nerii latioribus. Boerb. Ind. Angular Exphorbium, with broad Oleander Leaves. ri. EvpHorsium; heptagonum, pinis lon- viffimis, 1 phorbinm with ce frugiferis. Boerb, Ind. Eufeven Angles, and long Spines bearing Fruit upon the Tops. 12. Kupnoreium ; quod Anteupborbium. Dod. The Anti-Euphorbium 5 vulgé. All thefe Plants being Natives of warm Countries, muft with great Care be preferved in St during the Winter ; and being replete with a milky Juice, Moi tich Soil, they are planted ; during whi ne fhouldlie in a dry fhady Place, that the Part y which adher’d to the old Plant may be dry’d and harden’d, otherwife the Cuttings will rot Then plant them into fmall Half-penny Pots fill’d witl. the above-mention’d Earth, giving themalittle Waterto fettle the th to them, and let the Pots be fet for a Day or two ina Place where they may have only the MorningSun : after this, plunge them into moderate Hot-bed of Tanners Bark, obf ving, in the great Heat of the Day, to fhade the Glafies with Mats, as alfo, oncea Week, to give ’em a gentle Refrefhing with Water: but you muft be very careful, not to give them too much, which will immed ately rot them, efpecially before they have taken Root. In about five or fix Weeks Time the Cut. tings will have fhot out fome Roots, which you may eafily perceive, by carefully obferving the Tops of the Cuttings, which will then begin to advance in Height, and appear of a li Green Colour than at the Bottoms of ’e which Time you mutt begin to givetl by degrees, raifing the Glaffes wit the Middle of the Day, and fo i Quantity of Air daily, until at Ja them quite out ofthe Bark be done towards the Latterwhen you fhould place them into the Stove, obferving not to expofe ’em too muchto the Air; alfo being very careful not to let °em have too much Moifture, which is very deftructive to thefe Plants. During the Winter-feafon they muft be plac’d in a warm Part of the Stove, which fhould always be kept to the Temperate Heat, as mark’d on Mr. Fowler’s Be Thermo~ meters, which I find does bette re with all the Sorts ofthis Plant, than a greater Degree of Heat. Thefirft, third, andel th Sorts are the tendereft, and fhould therefore be plac’d nearer to the Fire-place in the Stove than the other Sorts, efpecially the eleventh, which fhould be plac’d to receive as much Licht as poffible, and muft not have one Drop of Water from Offobertill March for it is very fubject to rot, upon receiving the leaft Moifture at that Seafon ; but the other Sorts will reguire a little Water in a Fortnight or three they require very little Weeks Time, efpecially if they ftand in a : nor fhould they be planted in a Stove where the Heat is regularly kept up3 which is very hurtful to them. this will preferve the Plants from fhrinking, d barren Soils: therefore the moft arth for them, is one half Sea-fand, quarter light frefh Earth, and a quarter- Thefe Plants fhould not be expos’d to the open Air in Summer, but always allowed to They are all (fo far as we are acquainted which they are fometime fubjeét to, s th ir Places of Growth) Inhabitants of kept too dry. ’ Lime-Rubbifh : This fhould be mix’d "l together two or three Months before » obferving to turn it over three or s, that the feveral Parts may be the nited ; and afterwards, it will be reen it, in order to take out the ts are propagated by planting The beft Seafon for this is in Fune The Cuttings fhouldbetakenoff from d Plants a Week or Fortnight before when continue in the Stove, obferving to place them as near the Windowsas conveniently youcan, that they may enjoy as much free Air as pot- fible: when the Weather will permit, the Glafles fhould be open’d; but they fhould never be expos’d in the Night, or to hard Rains. July is the beft Seafon for fhifting thefe Plants, when you fhould be provided with a Quantity of the before-mention’d Earth ; and after having fhaken them out of the Pots they before grew in, you fhould with your Hands takeoff as much of the Earth round the Roots |