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Show BA PA advane’d two Feet in Height in twenty Years 5 fo that when theyare brought into thefe Countries, it can’t be expected they fhould advance very fat, elpecially where there is not due Care taken to preferve them warmin Winter: But however flow of Growth thefe Plants are in their Native Countries, yet they may be with us greatly forwarded byplacing the Pots into. a Hot-bed of TannersBark ; which fhould be renew’d as often as is neceflary, and the Plants always preferv’d therein both Winter and Summer, obierving to fhift them into larger Pots as they advance in Growth, as alfo to fupply them with Water : In which Management I havé had feveral of them come on very faft ; for Lobferve the Roots of thefe Plants are very apt to root into the Bark (if their nor do they rife again from theold Roots, fo that there are very few Trees left remaining near Plantations, except for Ornament ; for their Stems being exceeding ftrait, and their Leaves being produc’d very regularly at Top, do afford-a moft beautiful Profpeét ; for which Reafon the Planters generally {pare twoor three of them néar their Habitations. _ TheOily Palm grows in great Plenty onthe Coaft of Guiney, as alfo.on Cape Verd Mand, where they grow as high as the Main-Maft of a Ship : But thefe Trees have been tranfplanted to Jamaica and Barbadoes, in both which Places they thrive very well. The Inhabitants make an Oil from the Pulp of the Fruit, and draw a Wine from the Body ofthe Trees, which inebriates ; and with the Rind of thefe Pots remain a confiderable Time without fhift- Trees they make Mats to lie upon. ing) where they meet with a gentle Warmth; and the Moifture arifing from the Fermentation Sort will eafily rife from Seeds, andif kept warm, will grow muchfafter than the DavePalm. The Macaw-Iree is very common in the of the Bark, doth preferve their Fibres plump and vigorous. The Date Palm is of very flow Growth with us; but is eafily produc’d from Seeds, taken out ofthe Fruit, which are brought inte England in great Plenty ; but there are very ew of thefe Plants of any confiderable Size at prefent in the Englifh Gardens. The Dwarf Palm, with prickly Footftalks, as alfo that with few Prickles, are of humble Growth in their Native Countries, feldom rifing above fouror five Feet high, but do extendtheir Roots very far, and increafe thereby in the famie Manner as the common Fern doth, fo that the wafte Ground whichis not cultivated, is over-run with the Plants; the Leaves of which the Inhabitants cut, and fend into thefe Countries to make Flag-Breoms. Thefe grow in Spain, Portugal and Italy, and are much hardier than any of the other Sorts. The Palmetto-Tree is brought from the We/tIndies, where it grows to be a very large Tree ; the Leaves of which the Inhabitants thatch their Houfes withal, for which Purpofe they are very ufeful in thofe Countries : Thefe Leaves, before they are expanded, are cut, and brought into England to make Womens plaited Hats, which were, a few Years fince, Trees were formerly much in Ufe in England Thefe were fome of the chief Commodities which the Bermuda Iflands did afford for Manufactory, but, at prefent; they are both difus’d in England. The Cabbage-Tree is very common in the Caribbee Tflands, where it grows to a prodigious Height ; Ligon, in his Hijtory of Barbadoes, fays, There are fome of thefe Trees above two hundred Feet high, and that it is com- monly a hundred -Years before they arrive at Maturity enoughto produce Fruit: The Leaves of this Tree envelope each other fo that thofe which are inclos’d, being depriv’d of the Air, are blanch’d, which is the Part the Inhabitants cut for Plait for Hats, &c. and the Gemma oeee and fentinto Exgthis Part is cut out » ae o are a deftroy’d, —the Trees This Caribbee I/lands, where the Negroes pierce the tender Fruit, from whenceflows out apleafant Liquor, which they are very fondof 5 andthe Bodyof the Tree affords a folid Timber, with which they make § ins, &c. andis by fome fuppos’dto bea fort ot Ebony. This Tree grows very flow, andréquires-to be kept very warmin Winter. The Dragon Tree is very common in the Madera’s and the Canary I/lands, where they growto be large Trees ; from the Bodies of which it is fuppos’d the Dragon’s Blood doth flow. This Plant arifes very eafily fromthe Seeds, and when it has acquir’d fome Strength, is pretty hardy. The Fapan Palm-Tree is, at prefent, very rare in England, being only in two or three curious Gardens: It will come up from Seeds, if they are frefh, but the Plants muft be kept very warm, efpecially while young, otherwile they will not live through our Winters. All the Sorts of Palms are worthy of being preferv’d by thofe who are curious in maintaining Exotick Plants, for the fingular Structure of their Parts and Beauty of their Leaves, which make an agreeable Variety amonglt othercurious Plants. greatly in Fafhion ; and the Berries of thefe for Buttons. Pea PA peti ————————— PANICLE: A Panicle is a Stalk diftus'd into feveral Pedicles, or Footftalks, fuftaining the Flowers or Fruits, asin Oats, &c. PANSIES; vide Viola Tricolor. PAPAVER ; Poppy. The Charaéters are 5 The Flower, forthe mot Part, con Leaves, which are plac’d orbicul pand in Form of a Rofe, out of cup (which confifts of two Leaves) Pointal, which afterwards becomes @ Pod, which is oval or oblong, @ little Head; under @ openda Series of Holes quite row of the Fruit, which is defended various Leaves or Plates, to which « ber of very Jmabl Seeds adbere The Species are; 1. Papaver; hortenfe, femine albo fativum Diofcoridis album Plinio. C. B. P. Garden Poppy, with white Seed nigro, fyl2. PapaveR; + C. B. P. Gar¢ Diofcoridis, nigrum F den Poppy, with black Seeds 3. Papavers florepleno, rubrum. Hort. Eyft. Double Red Poppy. 4. Papavers flore pleno, album. C. B. P. Double White Poppy. 5. Papavers flore pleno, purpureo. C. BuP. Double Purple Poppy. Papavers pleno flore, nigrum. C. B. P. Black Double-flower’d Poppy 7. PapaveRs Jaciniatis floribus. G. BOP. Poppy with jagged Flow 8. Papaver ; flore pleno laciniato, eleganter firiato. Hort. Ed. Double jagged Poppy, with beautiful ftrip’d Flowers. g. Papavers Orientale, birfutiffimum, flore T. Cor. Very rough Oriental Poppy, ith a large Flower. 10. PaPaveER3 erraticum, majus pods Dio- Plinio, Theophrafto. C. B. P. Red Poppy, Corn Rofe. 11. PAPAVER $ erraticum, majus, foltis flo- iegatis. H.R. Par. Great Wild Poppy, whofe Flower-leaves are variegated. 12. PapaveER; erraticum, flore pleno. C. B. Ps Double Wild Poppy, commonly called The Dwarf Poppy. . Papaver ; erraticum, flore pleno mi- to. H. R. Par. Wild Poppy, with a double ermilion-colour’d -Flower. 14. PAPAVER 3 erraticum, flore pleno igneo. H.R Par. Wild Poppy, with a double fiery Flower. 15. Papaver; erraticum, flore pleno igneo, i b lidis. H. L: Wild Poppy, with a double fiery Flower, edg’d with white. 16. PAPAVER 3 erraticum, flore pleno Phaicio, unguibus albis. H. R. Par. Wild Poppy, with a double purple Flower and white Bottom. 17. Papaver 3 erraticum, minus. C. B. P. Leffler Wild Poppy, or Dwarf Poppy. 18. Papaver 3 /uteum perenne, laciniato folio, Ca »-Britannicum. Raii 2. Welth, er Yellow The Wild Baftard Poppy. firft Sort is cultivated in Gardens for al Ufe, and is by fome fuppos’dto be Plant from whence the Opium is pro: Of this there are feveral Varieties, ich chiefly differ in the Colour of their s; but they are no more than feminal tions, and therefore not worth enulerating in this Place. The Black Poppy grows wildin dive s Parts Eng eeds of this Kind rds, by the Name of Maw there are a vaft Numberof Varie yhich produ exceeding large owers of various Colours, and beauftrip’d: but thefe are apt to vary from therefore you ild never fave the e very double, and which makes a beautiful Appearance: their Roots; the beft Time to tranfplant them is at the Beginning of March: This muft have alight Soil, and a warm Situation. The Red Poppy, or Corn Rofe, is never propagated in Gardens, but is very common upon chalky dry Soils in almoft every Part of England, where the Plants come up amongft the Corn, and are very troublefome: The Flowers of this Kind are brought into the Markets for Medicinal Ufe. There are many Varieties of this Plant with double Flowers, which are cultivated in the Flower Garden, but efpecially the DwarfSort, of whichthere are fome with very double Flowers, which are beautifully edged with white ; thefe are by many Perfons fown for Edgings to the large B orders of the Pleafure-Garden ; tho’ I think them no ways proper for this, fince their Flowers are but of a fhort Duration ; and the Plants, when their Seeds are perfected, do immediately decay, fo that they appear unfightly. Befides, where they grow very clofe, the Flowers are generally fmall: but if they are fown in Patches upon the Borders, and when the Plants come up, are thinned out, fo as to leave but three or four in each Place, they will flower very well, and look ver beautifully, All the Sorts of Poppies fhould be fown in Autumn; (for when they are fown in the Spring, the Plants have not Time enough to get Strength before the hot Weather caufes them to run up to flower; fo that their Flowers are never fo large or double as thofe fown in the Autumn). When the Plants come up, they fhould be carefully clear’d from Weeds, which is all Flower in A the Culture they re- quire, (except to pull them up where they are too thick); for they thrive better when they are fuffer’d to remain where they were fown, than if t were tranfplanted: but you fhould obferve to let them have Room in Proportion to the Growth of the Plants. This Sort firft mention’d grows very large, and tall, therefore fhould be not clofer than eight or ten Inches. But the Black Sort, may ftand fomewhat nearer ; tho’ this appears handfomer when the Plants ftand fingle ; therefore it is the better way to fcatter the Seeds of thofe which have beautiful Flowers very thin over the Borders of the FlowerGarden: and when the Plants come up they may be pull’d out where they are not well fituated, leaving here and there a Plant, as the other Flowers in the Borders will admit, where, at the Seafon of their Flowering, they will make a pretty Variety amongft the Flowers: but they are of fhort Duration; and having anill Scent, they are lefs efteem’d of late Years, fince the Plenty of other more valuable Flowers. vide PAPAVER CORNICULATUM Glaucium. PAPAVER mone. ne le oO This may be propagatedfrom Seeds, or by parting 6F SPINOSUM; ° Arge- PAPAYA: |