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Show A BL fhould 1 he leaft thriving avine8 only one of: the ftrongeft in each a ee in the doing of which, eat Care n not to difturbt ; seafon for this Work is before ; but by no meansplace them near a Wall or Pale, which would reflect too t a Heat upon them, and would very mt rejudice the Plants while young. ‘Thef afes fhould be gently watered whenever there maybe Oc- c 1, but remember not to ove was beforehinted. as The Seafon for this Sowing, is the fameas rected for larger Plantations. little or in diffe Ofwhic f he it will be convenient to reEarth upon the Surface. >, will often grow mofly; abund left the young fhall return rac to e fome Account of no thefe Trees, in LNs, ir fturb’d ; and,the arth (well m it from re to let any of it Kinds (provided t a Country.) You m with fome fhallow Cafes, Sas ed a warmer $ , and raife them fi that they may if it proves frofty, it fome Furze (or fuch uard them from the Ir ould not advife the Ho: 5 are brous © 40Q 44000000607 Pay es deep, andin Le ith in Proportion to the Quantity -fowntherein ; but I would 2 too big, wich will immo id it is upon this iufe to have them fowed in Ca may be moved to any P be, carried into S Bottomofthefe Caf c 2s to let out the fuperfuous pon each ofthefe Holes, fhould - of Tile, or an Oy I}, to Holes ; toppi covered will be co iants, ureGround, fhould have re of Lime Rub fhould alfo have a go Quantity and by no means is moft commonhe verylarge the Growth en all the Stones are the fmaller Particles of join together, as in we ome one folid Mafs, and thereby prevent the Moitt from draining off, ich will rot the Fibres of whatever is planted | ; and whenthe Heat of Summer comes on the rface of this fifted Earth, it will th t the Moifture from equally pes being filled as before direéted, e of the Mould even, andtherej Seeds pretty thick, covering it ome of the fame Earth broken fine, quarter of an Inchthick, laying thereon fome Furze, as before direéted. Thefe Cafes fhould be placed to have the Morning Sun, but muft be fkreened from the Sun in the Heat of the Day, by Trees or Hedges commend them, viz. 1. The Facility of their are remov folutely n ec (efpecially if Soil be a Gravel or Chalk { “as is too often the E li Gravel, Cl d, and thereir This is n which will | t Andif it fo happens sr, and rotthe Fibres: that the Trees live four or five Years, yet, after that, when the Rootsare {pread to the Extremity of thefe Holes, and can get nofarther, the Trees grow knotty and ftunt, and, perha na few Years, die. The not obferving this, the Reafon we fee fo few Plantations in fo thr ving a State as might be with’d for. Thefe Trees are very often at a Stand, during three or four Years after Planting, but when once they have eftablith’d themfely their new Quarters, will fufficiently rec pencefor that, ‘by fhooting ne: i ally; and fome of thefe Tr g a prodigious Magnitude; asfometimes toabove an hundred Feet: And ir hath been a M of Concern, to feveral ir thefe Trees have not be fince they have fo many C AB but it is chiefly raifed by the Gardeners neat Propagation. 2. Their delighting to growin Londonto furnifh the Balconies of the Citizens, fuch Places where few other Trees will grow. in the Spring and Summer Months, it enduring 3. Their requiring no Culture or Dreffing, the Smoakof the City better than moft other after the firft five or fix Years. 4, Their Uni- Shrubsor Plants, and affords (to fome People) formity and Beauty. 5. Their perpetual Ver- a grateful Smell. dure and Sweetnefs: And laftly, Their great Ufefulnefs in many Parts of Life. The Whole ABROTANUM FOEMINA. Vide Sanof which may be feen at large in that Valuable tolina. Hifory of Plants written by Mr. Ray, Vol. II. Page 1400, &e. ABSINTHIUM, Wormwood; [’ Adtvsroys The Seeds of thefe Trees, if preferv’din q. 4. Unpleafant, of estennx@, Privative, and the Cones, will keep good for many Years. 7G, which Fefychius interprets zydis, DeI have been inform’d of a Gentleman who lectation 5 others will have it * Ami, i.e. no fow’d fome Pine Seeds which were taken out potable, @ Priv. and mya to drink, on Acof a Cone upwards of twenty Years old, and count ofits Bitternefs; others derive it of had fome Plants from ’em ; but from my own a7nsu', i. ¢, to touch or handle, by AatiphraKnowledge, I can affure, that Seeds taken Jis, becaufe no Animal touches ic, by reafon from Cones five Years old, grow very well, of its extreme Bitternefs.] It is called in which is of fingular Ufe to knows for fince Englifh from the Anglo-Sax on Wypm-pype, their Seeds will grow fo old, we need not de- i, e. Wormwort, j : fpair of bringing them from the moft diftant Parts of the World, (provided they are The Charaéfer of this Plant is, ht in the Cones) for otherwife they To have anindeterminate Stalk, brar will keep but a fhort time, which is the Rea- into many {mall Shoots, which are furni fon whythe Seeds of the Silver Firr are fo Spikes of naked Flowers hanging down rarely good; for the Cones ofthis Tree, Leaves are hoary, and ofabitter ‘ when ripe, fall to Pieces on the firft Touch, and fcatter out their Seeds, but the Seeds of There isagreat Variety of this Plant (efpeall the Kinds of Pines are with fome Dif- cially of the Sea Wormwoods) in £ ficulty taken out of the Cones; therefore it which are promifcuoufly gather’d by the Herb- would be a very good Method to preferve the s of Firrs in dry Sand, until the Spring of the Year, which is the proper Seafon for fowing them, better dre ; Soil loofe about the Roots of the Soil which I chi h,fhould beta AB Women, and fold in the London-Markets for the Rome Wormwood, andare thought by fome preferable to that; but as thefe are for the moft part accidental Varieties, fo I thall only mention thofe Sorts which are cultivated ABROTANUM, or Southernwood ; in the Gardens. ['ABdxver, which fome derive of “Agepny, in1. ABSINTHIUM vulgare majus, J.B. Comhuman, becaufe of its being bitterer than mon Wormwood, Wormwood itfelf: Others of akeany, of a 2. ApsinrHium Ponticum tenuifolium LM Priv. and £yécxw to feed, becaute it is not C. B. Pin. True Roman Wormwood. edible; or as others, dud «3 weds Olay aBesv x; 3. ApsintHium maritimum lavendule falio, randy galy:Su1, becaufe it appears foft and de- C.B. Pin. Sea Wormwood, with Leaves licate to the Sight; or of da 13 Svcwpur 2 : like Lavender. becaufe it fends forth a {trong Smell: With 4. ABSINTHIUMi ‘dum, abfinthio vr 8 us it takes its Name from the Anglo-Saxon Simile, C. B. Pin. The infipid Wormwood i: ood. | So%epn-puou, 5 fo like the Common, as not eafily to bediftinThis Plant is better known by its outward guifh’d, but by fmelling and tafting the Herb, A ppearan than by any diftinét Chara@ters unlefs by fuch as are very fkilful in B tany ; whicn can be given of it, agreeing in moft but this Sort is not very commonly met with Parts with the Wormwood, from which it is not in England. to feparate it. 5» Agsintutum Arborefcens. Lob.-Icon. 723. Of this Plant there are fix or feven different Tree Wormwood, Sorts, which are Natives of Europe; but there are not above two of them commonwith us in the Exglifb Gardens, whichare, 1. ABROTANUM; mas a folium maj. C. 8B. Pin. Common Southernwood, mas auguftifolium minus. N C.B. Pin. The lefler and Narrower-leav’d Southernwood. two Sorts are eafilf increas’d, by g Cuttings, in a fhady Place, in any of The firft of g or Summer Months. is fometimes ufed in Phyfick, being o deftroy Worms in Children. jens as an Under-fhrub, > 2 handfome round Head ; The firft of thefe Sorts is very commonin England, in the Roads and upon Dunghils ; but it is alfo planted in Gardens, for common Ufe: The fecond, third, and fourth Sorts are only found in curious Gardens of Plants, They are all eafily raifed, by planting of Cuttings and Slips in any of the Summer Months. The Roman and Sea Wormwoods are great Creepers at the Root, and will foon fpread over a large Piece of Ground. The Tree Wormoodrifes to be a Shrub five or fix Foot high, andis kept in Gardens asa Rarity, and was formerly preferved in Green houfe but hath been found hardy enough to endu our Winters abroad, if planted in Places thel; tered |