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Show PA OR OR TheSpecies are 5 open Air, provided it be planted upon a dry Soil. ted by fow-fe Plants maybeall proy irected for inc their Seeds in the Manner Marjaram, and the Plants fhould betreated in the fame Way, thereforeI fhall forbear renay alfo be it in this Place: T ing their Roots, or planting ted by parting gs in the Spring, which, if water’d and © fhaded, will take Root in a few Days, and multiply exceedingly. Their Roots will abide feveral Years, and e no farther Culture but to keep them 1s, and tranfplant them every from as to > they will growfo lz Year, othe for want of Air. rot in the Middle they be taken up they will increafe fo faft ; but when tl fuff to remain too long unremov’ 1, they will have fo many Off-fets about sm as to weaken their blowing Roots fe may alfo be propagated from Seeds, which fhouldbe fown and managed as moft other Bulbous-rooted Flowers, and will pr j th heir Flowers in three or four Years aftter fowing. ORNITHOPODIUM, [of ven a Bird, and dae Milk, i.e. a Plant whofe > as white as the white Plumes of ] rs f fix Pel C C. B. P. ce ( Bird’s-Foot, with a knobbed OrnitHopopivuo ; majus.C. B. P. The Greater Bird’s-Foot. 20 © € The ORNITHOGALUM ; um, flore viridicente. C. B. P. Spiked Star of Beth hem, with a whitifh-green Flower. 6. ORNITHOGALUM 3; luteum, Sive pa jus. C. B. P. m. THOPODIUM 3 L Scorp Cate rpilla Bird Pod. ORNITHOPODIUM;f ie i [picaium, Sea teeaieH, Gus, fi ore, Great White Star of AM Great Yellow, or Pale Star Jants are propag: , fowing their Seeds in the Spring upon a Earth, where they feldom dowell v and when the carefully clear’d from they are too clofe, fome of the be pull’d out, fo as to les ones about ten Inches afunder. Plants will flower, and the in Augujt. There is no great B but, for the Variety of their J they are preferv’d by fome in their Pleafure-Garde Seeds be fown in Pat Sort diftinétly by i ng only twoat no farther Care ; ct ety, efpecially w ted by Off-fets, monly produce in to tranfplanc ir Leaves are remov’d late in Az- Boerb. Ind. Broad-leay’d Creeping Orobus, with a {mall Pod, commonly call’d, Venetian Vetch. Thefirft of thefe Plants was brought from Germany, where it growsin the Forefts in great Plenty, as alfo about Gexeva, but it is hardy enough to endure the Cold of our Climate in dry Weather comes on, Star of Bethlehem. are 3 ies are 3 iOGALUM3 us ex albo of Bethlehem, ORNITHOGALUM jm.) GBA. 5. Orosus ; latifolius, repens, filiqud parva. rightly difpos’d in the Borders of a Garden, do afford an agreeable Variety : And fince they are hardy, requiring but little Culture, they deferve a Place in every good Garden. ORYZA; [3pute of apuccw, todig, becaufe the Earth muft be dug before the Seeds are fown.] Rice. The Charaéters are; It hath its Grains difpos'd into a Panicle, which are almoft of an oval Figure, and are cover’d with a Barley. thick Husk, fom t like There is but one Species of this Plant ; viz. Oryza; Matth. Rice. the open Air, provided it be planted ina dry This Grain is greatly cultivated in moft of Soil. This may be propagated either from the Eaftern Countries, where it is the chief Seeds or by parting the Roots in the Spring. If you fow the Seeds, you fhould obferve to put Support of the Inhabitants ; and great Quanthem pretty early into the Groundbefore the titics of itare brought into England and other ORNITHOGALUM, [gn Séjarov, of oenis a the manner dire¢ted for the firft Sort; and if 1. Onosus 3 /ylvaticus, purpureus, vernus. c.B. P. Vernal Purple-Wood Bitter-Vetch. 2. Oronus 3 /ylvaticus noftras, Raii Syn, Englith Wood Bitter- Vetch. 3. ORosus 5 vaticus, foliis oblongis glabris. Tourn. Wood or HeathPeas 4. Orosus ; /ylvaticus, folits vicia. C.B.P. Nood Orobus, with Vétch-Leaves. Plants are pr er to intermix with t annual Pla Seeds are ripe OROBUS, pis an Ox, q. d. an Herb wit which 2: fed, becaufe the Antients us’d to fatt Oxen witha like Herb.] Bitter Vetct The. Charaéer 5 It hath a papilionaceous the Standard, the Keel, ana if difturb’d. “They soil; but it muftnot ch would caufe their Roots hey may be intermix’d with other rooted Flowers in the Borders of the a ek palement rifes the Pe where they will afford an the Membrane, ty, and continue in Flower Pod, ful of O heir Roots need not be tranf-d oitener than every other Year ; for if otherwife the Seeds European Countries every Year, where it 1s in will not come up: As you fhouldalfo tranf- great Efteem for Puddings, €%c. it ‘being too plant the Roots juft before they begin to fhoot, tender to be produc’d in thefe Northern Counorelf their Flowers will be very weak. The tries, without the Affiftanceof artificial Heat : Roots of this Plant will abide many Years, But from fome Seeds which were formerly—fent and {pring up frefh every Year, and in April to South-Carolina, there have been great Quanproducesfine Spikes of purple Pea-bloomFlow- tities produc’d, and it is found to fucceed ers, which are fucceeded by flrait black Pods equally as well there asin its native Country, which is a very great Improvement to our American Settlements. This Plant grows upon moift Soils, where The fecond and third Sorts grow wild in the Ground can be flow’d over with Water Woods and fhady Places in divers Parts of England, where, during their Seafon of Flower- after it is come up; fo that whoever would ing, they make a handfome Appearance; and cultivate it in England for Curiofity, fhould when tranfplanted under Hedges ina Garden, fow the Seeds upon a Hot-bed : And whenthe they will thrive extreamly well, and produce Plants are come up, they fhould be tranfplanted two Inches long, containing feveral roundifh bitter Seeds. great Quantities of Flowers every Spring. into Pots fill’d with rich light Earth, and Thefe were formerly recommended by Dr. plac’d in Pans of Water, which fhould be Lifter, to be fown tor Fodder, as a great Im- plung’d into a Hot-bed, and as the Water provement 3 butI believe them not very pro- wattes, fo it muft, from Time to Time, be reper for that Purpofe, fince they feldom thrive new’d again: In uly thefe Plants may be fet well when expos’d to the Sun, nor will they abroad in a warm Situation, ftill preferving ever rife to any confiderable Height, their the Water in the Pans, otherwife they will Branches trailing upon the Ground, unlefs they not thrive ; and towards the latter End of are fupported, fo that ina wet Seafon they Auguft they will produce their Grain, which will ripen tolerably well, provided the Autumn wouldbe apt to rot. The fourth Sort rifes to be two or three proves favourable. Feet high, and hath ftrong upright Stalks ; OSIER; videSalix. upon which, in May, are produc’d great Quantities of purple Flowers, which are fucceeded by long ftrair Pods, containing oblong bitter bee The Root of this Plant will abide many Years ; the Stalks decaying in Winter, but do fpring up again the fucceeding Year : OX-EYE; vide Buphthalmum. OXYACANTHA; vide Berberris. It delights in a dry frefh Soil, and deferves a Place in large Borders under the Shade of Trees, where it will thrive well, and make a handfome Appearance. The fifth Sort was formerly preferv’d in the Green-houfe as a tender Plant, but will endure the Cold of our Climate very well, if planted ina dry Soil; and thofe Roots which are plantedin the full Ground, will produce much ttronger Flowers than thofe preferv’d in Pots. ADUS ; vide Cerafus. This Plant flowers in April, but feldom pro- PHONIA; [fo call’d of Peon the Phyfi- duces goodSeeds in this Country. _ Thefe Plants may all be propagated either cian, becaufe he is faid to have cured Pluto, being wounded by Hercules, with this Herb.] trom Seeds, or by parting of their Roots, in The Peony. 6 E The |