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Show The Head-piece fixteen Feet long, and about thirteen or fourteen Inches thick. The Crofs-Timbers fix Feet long, and about fix or feven Inches thick. The Piles twelve Feet long, and about twelve orthirteen Inches thick. The Screwfeven or eight Feet long, about thirteen Inches thick to the fpiral Line, and fixteen Inches at the Bottom, fitted to a Square this fhouldbe notchedin that Place two Inches, i for placing the Wheel. The Standard twelve F a xX E wi and a half long, feventeen or eighteen Inches broad in the Middle, andten at the Ends, andeight orten Inches thick in the Middle, reduced to fix or : feven at the Ends. he middle Wheel nine Feet Diameter, : and ten or eleven Inches thick. The perpendicular Wheel ofan equal Diameter, and five orfix Inches thick in every Part of the Timber. The Axle-tree ten or eleven Feet long, and . eight Inches Diameter. {tore of Haws and Heps, do commonly por tend cold Winters: The natural Caufe ofthis may be, the want of Heat, and abundance of Moitture, in the Summer preceding, which puts forth thofe Fruits, and muft of neceflity leave a great Quantity of cold Vapours, undiffipated, which caufes the Coldof the tollow- ing Winter. WhenBirds lay up Haws and Sloes, and other Stores in old Nefts and hollow Trees, it is a Sign of a hard Winter approaching. If Fowls or Birds, which ufed at certain Seafons to change Countries, comeearlier than the ufual Time, they fhew the Temperature of the Weather, according to that Country from whence they come, as the WinterBirds, Feldfares, Snipes, Woodcocks, &e. If they comeearlier and out of the Northern Countries, they intimate cold Winters likely to enfue with us. Andif it be in the fame Country, they fhew a Yemperature of Seafon like unto that Seafon in which they come ; as Batts, Cuckoes, Nightingales and The falfe Stillings and the Pieces of Maye, Swallows, which come towards Summer ; if ought to be the fame as in the other Preffes in every Part. The Stillings eighteen Feet long, and the fame Breadth and Thicknefs as in the other : Prefies, The Nave, as in the other Preffes, that is to fay, feven or eight Feet long, andfive or fix Inches {quare. This Defcription of the different Sorts of Preffes whichare ufed in Champaigne, together they comeearly, it isa Sign of a hot Summer with the annexed Plates, will, ’tis hop’d, be fufficient to inftruét a Workman howto erect either of the Sorts here exhibited. to follow. Cold Dews and Morning Rains about Bartholomew-tide, and hoar Frofts in the Morning about lmas-tide, foretell a hard Winter. When Sea-Pyes flock from falt to frefh Water, it fignifies a fudden Alteration of Weather to much Cold. MyM iets EEE ESS eS WINTER. Prognofticks of abard WINTER. | The Lord Bacon gives thefe as Signs or Forerunners of a hard Winter. If Stone or Wainfcot that has been ufed to fweat (as it is call’d) be more dry in the Beginning of Winter ; or the Drops of Eaves of Houfes come down moreflowly than they ufed to do, it portends a hard andfrofty RANTHEMUM; of&n@- dry, and avan a Flower, q.d. dry Flower. Clufis calls this Plant Ptarmica, not becaufe it caules Sneezing, but becaufe it fomething refembles the Ptarmica of Dodoneus. It is vulgarly call’ the Immortal Herb, becaufe the Flower of dt Winter. The Reafon is, that it fhews an Inclination in the Air to dry Weather, which in may be kept for many Years, forit has rigid the Winter-time is always joined with Froft. xenerally a moift and cool Summerbetoken a hard Winter likely to enfue. The Reafon is, that the Vapours of the Earth not being Meral.] Eternal Flower, or Ptarmica 5 vulgé. diffipated by the Sun in the Summer, do rebound upon the Winter. A hot and dry Summer, efpecially if the Heat and Drought extend far in September, betoken an open Beginning of Winter, and Cold to fucceed towards the latter Part of the Wir fer, and in the Beginning of the Spring ; for all that time the former Heat and Drought bear the Sway, and the Vapours are not fuf- ficiently multiplied. An open and warm Winter portends a hot and dry Summer; for the Vapours difperfe into the Winter Showers; whereas Cold and Froft keep themin, and tranfport them into the late Spring and Summer following. : The Country People have made this Obferyation, that thofe Years in which there are Petals, which crackle as if they were Plates of The Charaéters are; It hath a fealy Silver-colour’d Flower-cup 5 the Flower is dry 5 the Difk conjifting of many plain Petals, having no Embryo’s affined to them, ‘yet are included in the fame Empalement with the Florets; the Embryo’s afterwards become Seeds, each having aleafy Head. The Species are ; 1. XERANTHEMUM; flore fimplici, purpureo majore. H. L. Eternal Flower, or Ptarmica, with a large fingle, purple Flower. 2. XERANTHEMUM 3 flore pleno, purpureo, majore, H. L. Exernal Flower, or Ptarmica, with a large double, purple Flower. 3. XERANTHEMUM 3 florefimplici albo. HL. Eternal Flower, or Ptarmica, with.a fingle, white Flower. 4, XERANTHEMUM 3 flore pleno albo. H. EL. Eternal Flower, or Ptarmica, with a double white Flower. 5, XERAN 5. Merantuemums flore fimplici, purpm veo, minore. Tourn, Eternal Flower, or Ptarmica, with leffer, fingle, purple Flower. 6. Xexanruemum; flore purpureo, fimplicit minimo, femine maximo. H. L. Eternal Flower, or Ptarmica, witha very {mall, fingle, purple Flower, anda large Seed. Thefe Flowers were formerly much more cultivated in the Englifb Gardens than at prefent, efpecially the two Sorts with double Flowers, which the Gardeners near Loxdon did cultivate in great Plenty for their Flowers, which they brought to Market in the /Vinter Seafon, to fet in Glaffes in Rooms, to fupply the Place of other Flowers, which are not eafy to be procured at that Seafon ; for thefe being gather’d whentheyare fully blown, and carefully dry’d, will continue frefh and beautiful many Months: But as there are no other Colours in thefe Flowers but White and Purple, fo the Gardeners had a Method of dipping them into various Tinétures, fo as to have fome of a fine Blue, others Scarlet, and fome Red, which made a pretty Variety; The Charaéters are; It hath a Lily Flower, confifting of one Leaf, and fhap'd exattly like that oft common 1 the Pointal is furnifb’d with three Le AVES, the Empalement turns to a Fruit, foapd li hatof the common Iris, and the Root is ulbousy or confifts of many Coats. The Spec, I. X1pHION; i] com, flore varie» gato. Tourn, Early Perfian bulbous Flower-deLuce, with a variegated Flower, 2. XIPHION; inferior’ rittus 20. A Narrow- leav’d bulbous Iris, with a white Flower, and the lower Part ofthe Lip ofa yellow Colour Xipuion angufifolinm, ¢ Ceuin, now / ud. Common narrow-leay d bulk ris, with a blue, violetcolour’d Flower without Scent 4. XIPHION ; ifolium, flore Iuteo inodore. Tourn. Narr bulbous Iris, with a yellow Flower without Scent. 5. XipHION; ang p ex Violaceo pur; 1 t notata. rb. Ind. Narrow-leav’d bulbous Iris, with a Violet purple and pale Blue variegated and if they were rightly ftain’d, and afterwards hung up till they were thorough dry, they would continue their Colours as long as the Flower. 6. XIPHION ; peta Flowers endur'd. fis dilute incumbe Us All thefe Sorts are propagated by Seeds ; dis al Boerb, Ind. Narrowwhich fhould be fown on a warm Border in pallide cerulefcen leav’d, bulbous Iris, whofe Flower hath white Auguft, obferving to water and fhade the Ground, if the Seafon proves warm anddry, Falls, the upright Leaves of a sky blue, and until the Plants are come up; after which they the underones ofapale bluifh Colour. 4. MIPHION ; anguf petalis rep. muft be kept clear from Weeds, and in dry {hi / 5 erectis Weather fhould be now and then refrefh’d aureis, incumbentib Narrow-leav'd with Water. When the Plants are about two dilute ceruleis. Boe Inches high, they fhould be prick’d out into bulbous Iris, whofe Flower hath yellowFalls, another Border under a warm Wall, Pale or and the upright Leaves are of a sky blue Hedge, at about four or five Inches Diftance from each other. In this Place, the Plants will endure the Cold ofour ordinary /Vinters extreamly well; and in the Spring, will require no farther Care but to keep them clear from Weeds ; for they may remainin the fame Place for good. In une they will begin to flower, and the Beginning of fu/y they. will be fit to gather for drying: But a fewof the beft and moft double Flowers of each kind fhould be fuffer’d to remain for Seed, which in about a Month’s Time will be ripe, and the Plants will perifh foon after, fo that the Seeds muft be annually fown in order to preferve them. The Seeds of thefe Plants are many times fown in the Spring, but they feldom growfo well at that Seafon, nor will the Plants grow near fo large, or produce near the fame Quantity of Flowers as thofe which are fown in Autumn, for which Reafons that Time fhould be preferr’d. Befides, it often happens, that the Plants which do come up of the Springfowing, do rarely produce good Seeds, unlefs the Seafon proves very favourable. XIPHION ; [of £i9S, or Lipaduov, a {mall two-ede’d Sword with a fharp Point, becaufe the Leaves of this Plant refemble a little Sword.] Bulbous Iris, or Flower-de-Luce Colour. 8, XIPHION ; dilute ceru Narrow with a large 1, flore majo d ‘bulbous Iris, sky blue Flower g. XIPHION ; dilute caruleo, lineis rubris eleg Narrow-leay’d bulbous Iris, blue Flower, elegantly f XipHi0N ; angu/tife , fore majore Narrow-leav'd bulbous Iris, with a large A white Flower. II. XIPHION; 4@Ngu/ lineis dilute ( large white Flower, with s! and fpotted with Violet. 12. XIPHION ; 4g faturate violaceo Narrow with a large deep violet-cc fti ¢ ; 13. XIPHION lis dilute cart reltis faturate Narrow-leav’d bulbous Iris with a Flower, whofe Falls are of a skyblue, d but the upright Petals are of a deep \ jolet Colour. hifolium, flore mapore, . XEPHION 3 $ Narrowdilute ceruleo, petals repandts Ji re sky blue leav’d bulbous Iris, with a Flower with yellowFalls 9 “7 * |