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Show MI ine Buds, infets them by its Acrimony, and many fmall Flies feeding on this Dew, andthat hinders the Circulation of the nutritious Sap it may plainly be feen and tafted on the Leayes in the proper Veflels 5 upon which the Leaves of Oak and Maple. Some are of Opinion, that Mildews and begin to fade, and the Bloffoms andFruit reBlights are the fame thing: But others again, Ceive a very great Prejudice. is quite another thing than BlafSome make this Obfervation, That the Places That Mildew moft liable to Mildew are inclos’d Grounds and ings. They fay, Mildews are caus’d from the Condenfation of a fat and moift Exhalation in Valleys, andthofe that lie tending to the Eaft ; and the Reafons that they give why thofe a hot and dry Summer, from the Bloffoms and Grounds which lie from the Horizon to the Vegetables of the Earth, and alfo from the Earth itfelf, which is condens’d into a fat Eaft are moft fubject to Mildew and Blajt ings, may be by the Sun’s attracting thofe glutinous Matter by the Coolnefs and Serenity Vapours towards it after the manner that a of the Air, and falls down onthe Earthagain ; great Fire ina Roomdraws the Airto it: So part of which refts upon the Leaves of the the Sun having fet thefe in Motion, and not Oak and other Trees, whofe Leaves are fmooth, having Strength enough to draw them into and for that Reafon do not fo eafily admit the the middle Region, to form them intoa Cloud, Moifture into them, as the Elm and other he does yet draw themtill he is below our Hori- rougher Leaves do. Other Parts of Mildew refts upon the Ears zon, and then thefe Dews tend to the Earth befpotting the fame with from whence they were exhal’d, and in Mo- and Stalks of Wbeat, tion to the Weft, do, as it were, fall upon a different Colour from what is natural, that Ground which lies Eaftward at right being of a glutinous Subftance by the Heat Angles, and therefore is moft offenfive to of the Sun, and binds upfo clofe the tender Ears of Wheat, that it prevents the Growth, them. But I take the true Caufe of the Mildew and occafions it to be very light in the appearing moft upon Plants which are ex- Harvett. Some are of Opinion, That Mildews are the pos’d to the Eaft, to proceed froma dry Temperature in the Air when the Windblows from principal Food of Bees, it being {weet and that Point, which ftops the Pores of Plants eafily convertible into Honey. and prevents their Perfpiration, whereby the Juices of the Plants are concreted upon the MILIUMS [fo call’d of Mi fand, becaufe of the Multitude ofits Grains.] Millet. where finding proper Nutriment, they deThe Charafers are 3 It hath a | i pofite their Eggs, and multiply fo faft as to cover the whole Surfaces of Plants, and by Jingle Flo their corroding the Veffels, prevent the Mo- Leaves, which are inftead of Petals, to protelt tions of their Sap; and it is very probable the Stamina and Piftillumof the Flower, wh that the Excrementsof thefe Infeéts may enter afterwards becomes an oval fb Seed. he Veffels of Plants, and by mixing with The Species are ; t. Mixium 3; /emine luteo. C. B. P. Yellow ir Juices may f{pread the Infeétion all over them: For it is obfervable, that whenever a or Common Mille Tree has been greatly affected by this Milc 2. MILIuM; , nine albo. C.B.P. M it feldom recovers it in two or three Years, with a white Seed. es and manytimes never is intirely clear fromit 3, Mixium 3. femine nigro. C. B. P. Milt, alter. with a black Seed. Others fuppofe, that the Reafon why 4. Mittum ; Arundinaceum, fubr 0 Valleys afford more Moifture than Hills, is mine, Sorgo nominatum. C. B. P. Reed-like becaufe of the Dewwhichis attraéted from the Millet, with roundith Seeds, commonly call’ Earth and Herbs as before ; and that they do Sorgo or Guiney Corn. ; i afford more Moifture than Hills (they fay) is There are fome other Varieties of thele often feen by the Mifts which are more fre- Plants which chiefly differ in the Colour of quent on them than on Hills: this being drawn their Seeds, which will be to little Purpole by the Sun in the Day-time, and wanting enumerate in this Place, thofe here mention Windtoaffift its Motion, hangs in the lower being the principal Sorts which I have obfer Region, and when the Sun fets, it falls upon growing in England. 3 the Plants with its thick clammy Subftance, The three firft Sorts are Varieties o! € and hinders the Sap of the Plant or Tree from other, and only differ in the Colour of the afcending to nourifh its Flowers or Shoots in Seeds, which Difference will arife from ofe Bark is tender and young, and the fame Seeds very often; but the Yellow en with the Heat ofthe Seafon. always preferr’d, though the White is no ¥ is Devo hasbeen obferv’d in the great- inferior to it, but the Black Sort is efteet Cherries, fuch as the Black Heart, the little worth. ‘ i te | &c. to fall upon them at the Thefe Plants were originally brought from Top, juft at the Beginning of the Midfummer- the Eaj/tern Countries, where the thoot, which has fo ftopp’d the Shoot that it greatly cultivated, from whence v has fhot forth in other Places below ; andthat nifhed annually with this Grain, which op of thefe Shoots there have been many Perfons greatly efteem’d for Puddjing Surface of their Leaves, which being of a fweetifh Nature, Infeéts are inticed thereto, rer cultivated in England but by Curiofity in fmall Gardens, where the eeds do generally ripen very well. [hey muft be foywn the Beginning of April upon a warm drySoil, but not too thick, becanfe thefe Plants divide into feveral Branches, and fhould have much Room; and when they come up, they fhould be clear’d from Weeds, after which theywill, in a fhort time, get the of them, and prevent their future uf? thefe Seeds will ripen, t down and beaten out, as is practis d for other Grain. ‘The Guiney n arifes commonly to be ten mention’d, are what I have obferv’d in the Euglifh Thefirft Sort is commonly knownbythe Name of Senfitive Plant, to diftinguith it from the others, which aregenerally call’d Humbl Plants, becaufe upon being touch’d, the Pedicle of their Leaves falls downward, whereas the Leaves ofthe other Sort are only contracted uponthe Touch. Thefe Plants are all propagated from Seeds, which muft be fown upon a Hot-bedearlyin the Spring ; and when the Plants come up, they muft be tranfplanted into {mall Pots fill’d with light rich Earth, and plung’d into a frefh lve F 1, and has jointed Stalks like Hot-bed, obferving to water and fhade them until they have taken Root: After which you mutt often refrefh °em with Water, and let “em t This Sort will come up verywell, have Air in Proportion to the Warmthof the as the former, but feldom perfects Seafon, always obferving to keep the Bedin its Seeds with us, except the Seafon be very a good Temper for Heat, as alfo to cover the warm. Glaffes every Night with Mats, which will greatlyfacilitate their Growth. With thisManagement, in abouta Montt MILLEFOLIUM ; [fo call’d, as if the Leaves had a thoufandIncifions. Pliny That / relates, shaving been inftruéted by Chi- roin Phyfick and the Art of curing Wounds, cured Zelephus, wounded by his own Sword, with this Plant ; and hence it was call’d Achillea. It is alfo call’d Stratiotes, of sedlé an Army, becaufethis Plant is ufeful in curing \ diers inan Army.] Yarrow, rts of this Plant which Botanick Gardensfor Variety; time, the Plants will have 1 andtheir Roots will fill the Pots ; muft removetheminto larger Pots, them out of thofé theyare in, the Earth, which fhould be pref Roots; and (after having p which were matted round the Outfide of the Ball of Earth) you muft place the Plants the larger Pots, filling them up with the lik rich Earth; then plunge them into the Hotbed, obferving to water them well until tl propagated for Ufe, 1 em over without naming them, have taken Root; andif you fee the Plants >, that the common Sort, which upon the Glaffes, you muft fhade them until they have recover'd and are able to endure the Heat. You muttalfo obferve to give them agreater aty upon dry Banks in mott is that which is order’d for inclinable to droop, when the Sunfhines warm Share of Air, The Senfitive Plant. fers are 5 nfifis of one Leaf, which is ving many Stamina im rs are collected into a as the Seafon advances in Warmth, but you muft never expofe them to the open Air, which will not only retard their Growth, but alfo deftroy the fenfitive Qu lity ; fo that I have feen fome Plants of thefe Kinds, which after having been expos’dto the open Air a few Days, have intirelyloft their Motion. Partition one roundifb cies are; 1. Mimosa; feu frutex fenfibilis. Tourn. 1¢ common Senfitive Plant. The firft of thefe Sorts, if duly water’d and preferv’d ina kindly Warmth, will grow, in the Compafs of one Seafon, to the Height of eight or nine Feet, and produce great Quan- tities of Flowers, but unlefs the 4utumn proves very favourable, the Sceds do feldom ripen, 2. Mimosa: bumilis, frutefcens, €2 {pinofa, liquis conglobatis. Plum. Dwarf Shrubby and the Plant being much tenderer than the Humble Plant, having Thorns, and the Pods Winter, tho’ plac’d in the warmeft Stoves, fo Seeds from that we are oblig’d to procure growing together in Bunches. Mimosa ; nis borridiufcula, & fenji va magis. H. R. Par. Greater Senfitive (or Humble Plant) with very fharp Thorns. latifolia. rbem gloCommon other Sorts, is rarely preferv’d through the Abroad. The fecondSort is of much humbler Growth, et high, but feldom rifing above branches out very much, efet with Thorns: ‘This will abide two or three Years, generally and Stove, good a if preferv’d in produces ec fome c in the w Seeds ev Year, fo that it is now become very common in the Eng/if Gardens, being the eafieft referve, and the moft plentiful in feeding of all the Sorts. The |