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Show SoP Broom, with Pods containing one Kidneyfhap'd Seed. 2, Spartiuo ; tertium flore albo, C. B.P. The white Spanifh Broom. Thefe Plants are propagated byfowing their Seeds upon a moderate Hot-bed in the Spring 5 and when they are come up, they muft be each planted in a feparate {mall Pot, fill’d with frefh, light Earth, and plung’d into a frefh Hot-bed, obferving to water and fhade them until they have taken Root ; after which they muft have a good Share of free Air, by raifing the Glaffes when the Weatheris fa- vourable ; and when the Plants begin to have Strength, they muft be inur’d to the open Air by Degrees: Into which they fhould be remov'd in Fuly, placing them in a warm Situation, and during the Summer Seafon, they mutt be frequently water’d ; and the Beginning of O¢fober they muft be remov’d into the Greenhoufe, placing them where they may have Air and Sun, and as the Earth of the Pots dries, they muft be refrefh’d with Water. The Spring following they fhould be fhaken out of the {mall Pots, and put into others a Size larger, filling them up with frefh, light Earth ; and as the Seafon advances, {fo they muft be inur’d to the open Air again ; and in May they fhould be carry’d abroad, and plac’d amongft other Exotick Plants, where they will add to the Variety. While thefe Plants are young, they are fomewhat tender; but when they are woody, they will endure a greater Degree of Cold ; and if planted in a very warm Situation, will endure the Cold of our ordinary Winters in the open Air. The Flowers of thefe Plants are fmall, and generally produc’d thinly upon the Branches, fo that they do not make a very great Appearance ; however, for Variety, they may have a Place in every good Collection of Plants, The Sort with white Flowers will often produce ripe Seeds in England, when the Summer is warm ; but the Seeds of both Sorts may eafily be obtain’d from Spain or Portugal, where they growwild in great Plenty. SPINA ALBA; wide Mefpilus, SIP with fmooth Seeds, and a very large round Leaf. The firft of thefe Sorts is commonlycultjvated in Gardens for Winter Ufe, it being muchhardier than any of the other Sorts, The Seeds of this Kind fhould be fown upon an open Spot of Ground towards the latter End of July, obferving, if poffible, to doit when there is an Appearance of Rain; for if the Seafon fhould prove dry fora longtime be half a Crop. Whenthe Spinach is come up, the Ground fhould be hoed to deftroy the Weeds, and alfo to cut up the Plants where js good upon which it was fown, the third Sort, with this Management, will many times produce Leaves as large as the Broad-leav’d about four or five Inches afunder : But this fhould always be done in dry Weather, that the Weeds may be deftroy’d after theyare cut. About a Month or five Weeksafter the firft Hoeing, the Weeds will begin to growagain, therefore the Ground fhould be then hoed again the fecond Time, obferving, 2s before, to do itin dry Weather: But if the Seafon fhould prove moift, it will be proper to gather the Sort, whichis preferable to either of the for pinach, with broader Leaves, 3. SPINACHIA ; vulgaris capfula feminis won aculeata, folio maximo rotundo, Spinach, w much larger and thicker round Leaves than the former, but being fomewhat tenderer, are always fown in the Spring, efpecially the third mer for Summer Ufe, Thefe are either fown upon an open Spot of Ground by themfélves, or elfe mix’d with Radifb-feed, as is the common Practice of the London Gardeners, who always endeavour to have as many Crops from their Land in 4 Seafon as poffible: But, where Land is cheap inthe Country, it will be the better Method to fow it alone without any otherfort of Seed mix’d with it ; and when the Plants are come up, the Ground fhould be hoed to deftrey upon a moifter Soil ; SPIRHA FRUTEX, [f0 called of omen, a Rope, becaufe this Shrub is flexible like a Frutex, vulgé. p cient to {upply the = grown 5 3 it thin at firft, ic will not to Seed fo foonas it would Spot t you € of in Febru- ger of b injur’d by when the Plants are come Id be hoed ont to fix oreis erving to cut down it the fame Time; and whe have grawn about three Weeks or a th longer, they fhould be hocd a fecor ‘Time, when they fhould be left twelve or 0 nder at lealt ; for when their Side-branches, they read over the Gr id, ft alfo obferve to keep ’em clear 1s, which if fuffer’d to grow amongft will caufe it to run up weak, injure it. When the Plants have upto Flower, you will eafily perceive Sorts amongft them, wiz. Male and I y he Male will produc and run two Les yikes of ftamineous wers, which contain the Farina, and are abfolutely neceflary to impregnate the Em- bryo’s of the Zemale Plants, in order to ren- der the Sceds prolifick. ‘thele Jf. al oblong Seeds. The Species ate ; - Sprrga ; falicis folio. vulzo. Spiraa; opuli folio. Tourn. Tourn. Spirea Spirea a Marfh-Elder Leaf, commonly called nian Gelder-Rofe with a Currant Leaf. Sprraa; Hy folio non crenato. Hypericum Frutex, vulgé. Sprraa ; Africana, odorata, fi pilo~ ; Com Rar. Sweet-{cented African Spirea with hairy Leaves, The firft of thefe Shrubs is very common in the Nurferies near London, where it is fold with other flowering Shrubs at a certain Price by the Hundred. ‘This Shrub feldom rifes above five Feet high, fo is proper to in= termix with other Shrubs of the fame Growth, in fmall Wildernefs Quarters, and other Plantations of flowering ‘Trees. This Plant maybe propagated from Suckers, it forth in Plenty from the Stems of the old Plants, or by laying down the ten- der Branches, which, when rooted, fhould be traniplanted out in Rows at three Feet diftance, and the Plants a Foot afunder in the Rows: In this Nurfery they may remain two Years, oblerving to keep the Groundclear from Weeds, andin the Spring to dig up the Ground between the Rows, fo that their Roots may the more eafily extend themfelves ; and if they fhoot out many Side-branches, they fhonld be prun’d off, fo as to reduce the Shrubs to a regular Figure, and afterwards they may betran{planted where they are to remain, either in imall Wildernefs Quarters, or in Clumps of flowering Shrubs, obferving to place them amongft other Sorts of equal econd Sort is not quite fo commonin Plants re by the Gardeners commonly called She } b, and are often by the Ignorant pulled uposioon as they can be diftinguifhed from the a n order, as they pretend, to give the Seed-bearing to f{pread ; but everal Experiments which I made on Plants, 1 find, where-ever the Male $s are entirely removed before the: Farina hed over the Female Plants, the Sced will not grow which they produce, fo that it is ACLETS AYE 5 The Flower is compofed of many Leaves. ch are plac’d in a circular Order, 1 in Form of a Rofe ; out of whofe Flowerrifes the Pointal. ich ajt becomes fed offeveral Pods, in which are and the g of March, wh fhould eon avery moilt Soil ; and this third Sow+ hould be hoed out thinner the firft Time rmer Sow>no Neceflity to leave nz out thin for ufe, becaufe the earth’d up, and laid clear, which is of great Service to them ; therefore you fhould fow 4 tance, whenthe Plants are fhaken by the Wind. fow the Seed at three different Times in the ‘ ; the firft early in Fauuary, which muft be on a dry ; the fecond the Beginning of February, becaufe they greatly abound with the Farina which, when ripe, will fpread to a confiderable Dif Dock, and be extremelyfine. Hut in order to have a Succeffion of Spinach through the Seafon, it will be properto Weeds up after theyare cut, and carry “em off the Ground ; for if the Spinach is not clean’d before Winter from Weeds, theywill growup, and ftifle it fo that in wet Weather the Spinach will rot away. In Offober the Spinach willbe fit for Ufe, when you fhould only crop off the largeft Leaves, leaving thofe in the Center of the Plants to grow bigger; and thus you may continue cropping it all the Winter and Spring, until the young Spinach, fowed in the Spring, is large enough for Ufe, which is commonlyin April ; at which time the Spring advancing, the Winter Spinach will run up to Seed, fo that you fhouldcut it up, leaving only a {mall Parcel to produce Seeds. , But the Ground in which this Winter Spinach is fown, being commonlyplanted with early Cabbages, it is not proper to let any 0 the Spinach remain there for Seed, but it fhould be cleared off as foon as ever the Spi nach is fit for Ufe, that the Cabbages maybe Gf rightly ficuated) will be fafficient to im- pregnate a great Number of Fe at the Jaft of which ofgreat Service to the Spinach ; for if the Land Plants, which afterwards becomes a roundifo or Seed, which in fome Sorts have Thorns to them. 1. Sprnacuta ; vulgaris, capfuld feminis aculeatd. Tourn. The common prickly or narrow-leav'd Spinach. 2. Spinacura ; vulgaris capfuld feminis on aculeata. Tourn. Common imooth-fecded Occafion for the Spin up regularly, and manytimes there will not {mall Spot of Ground with this fort of Spinach on Purpofe to ftand for Seed, where there fhould be no other Plants among it. The two Sorts with {mooth Seeds do produce The Species are ; three Inches afunder ; and when they are grown 10 large as to meet, you may then cut ‘out a Part ofit to ufe, thinning them, that they may have Room to fpread; and this ‘Thinning may be twice perform’d, as thereis after the Seed isfown, the Plants will not come SPINACHEIA ; Spinach or Spinage. The Characters are ; It bath an apetalous Flower, confifting of many Stamina included in the Flower-cup, which are produc’d in Spikes upon the Male Plants which are barren ; but the Embryo’s are produc’d from the Wings of the Leaves on the Female are too clofe, leaving the remaining about Loots fhould be left eight or ten Inches afunder; and if then you hoe the Ground over again, to deftroy the W eeds, it will be theyare too clofe, leaving the remaining I Jants every Patt of the Spot ; thoughthere maybe a great many drawn out where they are too thick, fora fmall Quantity of Afale Plants the Weeds, and cut out the Plants where they ; as the former. ‘fhis was originally brought from America, but it being full as hardy as the former, and increafing as faft by Suc , it may foon beobtain’d in Plenty. This is nearly of the fame Growth with the former, and may beintermixed therewith in Vildernefs Quarters, to add to the Variety ; it may be propagated and manag’d in the fame Manner as the former, The third Sort is very common in the Nur- abfolutely neceflary to leave a few of them in feries near London, where it is generally known 70 by |