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Show AC AC AC at leaft for four or five Years, until they are grown very woody, for they are very tender, flow of Growth, efpeciallyafter the firft Year; as {carcely to be difcern’d in its Progrefs, of Leaves which are prickly ; the upper Part 7. Acer, platancides. Munt. The Norway There are four Species of this Plant to be found in the Gardens of the Curious, viz. Bed of common Earth, covering them about half an Inch thick with light fandy Earth ; the Spring following they will appear above and with great Difficulty preferv’d in this Climate: The Stove in which thefe fhould be placed in Winter, muft be kept up to about 20 Degrees of Heat absve the temperate Point, as mark’d on Mr. Fowler’ H Th ‘ Thefe fhould have very litt! in Winter, but in the Summer-time 1 great t Refrefhings, though at : d not be given them in Quantities at one time, ve fixth S rt is an Ever-green, but the feventh fheds its Leaves juft before the new ones come on, fo that it is naked of Leaves about a Month or fix Weeks in the Spring of the Year; which hath occafion’d fome People to throw them away as dead, when ifthey had let them re- main, they would have come out frefh again. This I thought proper to mention, in order to caution Peoplenot to be too hafty in throwing out Trees for dead, but preferve them through the fucceeding Sumn to fee if there is any Life left in them; for I have known feveral t ich after having been given over by ful Perfons for dead, have, the Fuly folng, fhot out vigoroufly again; and oth rs h have been deftroyed to the Surface ‘arth, have rifen again from the Root. arft and fixth Sorts are figur’d in e?s Phytographia. e third Sort is figur’d in moft of tl as Fob us, Par, inted and com; into a fort of Ifth: t en every The fourth Sort is « mly well figur’d, and rib’d in the Hor arnefiana b fifth Sort is very well crib’d in the Forius Am/ftelodamer 5 th Sort is figur’d in Pifo’s Hiftory of 3 but the fecond Sort is new, and not ir’'d in any Botanick Books. “Acacia Germanorum ; vide Prunus Syl1a Virginiana, vide Pfeudoacacia, ACAJOU, or Cajou. The Cathew Nut. The Charaéffers are, Cup of the Flower (wl of a Foot-ftalk) is Lower CO 5 long narrow is the Ova S00) a Veffel, ruit, upon the Apex of wh ch is contained one Kid foap dSeed, There is but one Spe this Tree, if fown ina good fhort time appear above Ground, in fo {trong a manner that any one, who hath not been converfant with this Plant, would imagine it to be of very quick Growth; for I have known thefe Plants intwo Months from the time of fowing their Seeds, abovefix Inches in Height, and veryftrong; which in about two Months time more have beenat a Stand, from which time they have fcarcely advanced two Inches in a Year, with all the Art and Skill which could be ufed to them; nor have I ever feen a Plant of this Kind above two Feet high, tho’ I have had fome of them that have been three or four Years old: Theyare alfo in their own Country of very flow Growth, rarely producing either Flowers or Fruits, until they are 15 or 16 Years old from Seeds, fo that the Inhabitants of the Wet Indies plant themfrom large Branches taken from the old Trees, which with them take Root very well, andin two Years time produceFruits, The Plants of this Kind which are raifedin England, thould be planted in fmall Pots fill’d light, rich Ear and muft be -bed of ofter kept, ‘ tendereft Exotick Trees, and fhould not ed to the open Air even in the hotteft > Plant ofthis Kind flower’d in the Garden of Sir Charles Wager, at Parfon’s-G Fulbam, tho? not above two Years old, but it foon after perifh’d without producing any Fruit. The Seeds of this Tree are the ce lent or Weftern Anacardium Shops: The outer Covering of this very full of a fharp, acrid Oil, which w if burnt off by a Candle, it will emit a Flame ofvarious Colours: The Kernel withinis very {weet, and efteem’d wholfome, ACANACEOUS Plants [Of ’Axd¢o, Gr. or Acuo, Lat, I fharpen, on account of the Prickles they are befet withal] are fuch as are of the Thiftle Kind, whichhave Heads, andare prickly. ACANTRHUS ["Axav§G@, fo call’d, as fome fay,, Of dz2ydu, a Thorn, or as others fay, of the Youth Acanthus, whomthe Poets fable to s of this Plant yet known, whichis, Acajou; Thev TheSeeds of Hot-Bed in the Spring of the Year, will ina itarét. The, Cafhew be metamorphos’dintothe Flowerof this Herb.] This is call’d Branca Urfina, or Bear’s-bre The Charaéers of this Plant are, is ‘Tree is very common in manyParts of The Leaves are fomewhat particularlyin Famaica and Barbadoes, Thiftle ; the Flowers are 1 grows to bea very large Tree, but Lip of the Flower is di ith us in England (notwithftanding all the which in the Beginning is curld upi Care it can poffibly have) will rarely ftand Short Tube ; the Place through our Winters; or ifit is by Art preproducedth amina, (or ferved, in very warm Stoves, yet is fo very the Pointals: the Cup of the Flower AC of is bent over like an Arch, and fupplies Maple, with Plane Tree Leaves, {t of the upper Lip of the Flower : The 8. Acer, platanoides foliis eleganter varies Lyruit is of an Oval Form, which is divided in Satis. The ftrip’d Norway Maple. the Middle into two Celis, each containing one Thefe Trees are eafily propagated by fowing Single [mocthSeed. the Seeds foon after theyare ripe in an open 1. Acantuus; fatiups ; vel mollis Virgilii. C. B. The fmooth-leav’d Garden Bear’s- breech. 2. Acantuus; aculeatus. C. B. The prickly Bear’s-breech, 3. Acanruus ; rarioribus & brevioribus Ground, and if kepe clear from Weeds, will grow above a Foot high the firft Summer: The Atichaelmas following Cif they are thick in the Seed-bed) you may take out a Part of them and tranfplant into a Nurfery, in Rows ° at three Feet The middle Bear’s- in the Rows; diftance, and two Feet afunder in which Place they may rebreech, with fhort Spines, mainthr aculeis munitus. Tourn. ee or four Years, when they will be large enough to plant out for good, The firft Sort is very proper to make Plantations near the Sea, or to fhelter fuch Planta< The firft Sort is what is ufed in Medicine, tions of Treesas are too nearly fituated thereand is fuppofed to be the Mollis Acanthus of to: This Tree thrives, and refifts the Spray Virgil. ‘The Leaves of this Plant is cut upon which is ufually blown from the Sea, better the Capitals of the CorinthianPillars, and was than moft other Trees do, The variegated formerly in great Efteem with the Romans. Sort is alfo raifed from Seeds of the fame They are all verypretty Varieties, and fit Kind : Moft of the Plants fo rais’d, will be for large Gardens, but fhould have a warm as finely ftrip’d as the old Plant Situation, and a dry Soil. They are eafily the Seeds were taken, which is from whence not common to propagated, by parting the Roots in February many other variegated Plants. or March, or by Seeds fownat the fame Time. The common Mapie is too well known to The fecond and third Roots are apt to creep need any particular Account, it. being a very at the Root, therefore fhould have Room, common Tree in Hedge-rows in moft Parts of and muft not be planted amongft other England; it is rais’d in the fame Manner with Flowers, left they over-grow and deftroy the former. them. The Virginian flowering Maple was rais’d 4 Acanruvus ; Lufitanicus ; ampliffimo folio lucido, ‘The Portugal Bear’s-breech, wich large fhining Leaves. ACAULIS, or ACAULOS; of a Neg. and Caulis, \a Stalk or Stem] i. e. without Stalk : A Plant is faid to be Acausis, or without Stalk, whofe Flower refts on the Ground. ACER; The Maple-T'ree, [0 call’d according toVoffius, of Acris, L.] becaufe ofthe very great Hardnefs of the Wood. The Characfers are ; bath jagged, or angular Leaves ; the Seeds o together in bard wing’dVeffels. There are in Englandeight or nine Species of this Tree, viz. 1. Acer, majus, multis falfo Platanus. 7-8. The greater Maple, fal/ely cal?’d, The Syca- more Tree. 2.Acer, majus, foliis eleganter variegatis. Hort. Edin. The greater Maple, with ftrip’d Leaves, commonly cal’d, The Strip’d from Seeds which were brought from Virginia many Years fince by Mr, Fobu Tradefcant, in his Garden at South Lambeth near Vaux- Hall, and fince, in the Gardens of the Bifhop of London at Fulbam, where it has flower’d for feveral Years, and produces ripe Seeds, from whence feveral Trees haye beenrais’d : It may be alfo propagated by laying down the young Branches early in the Spring, giving them a little Slit at a Joint, by which Means they will have taken fufficient Root by that time Twelve -months, to be tran{planted out : They require a Situation little defended from the North Eaft Winds, efpecially while young. This Tree commonly flowers in the Beginni ng of April, and the Seeds are ripe in five or fix Weeks after ; at which Time they thould be fow'd, for they are very apt to perifh if kept long out of the Ground, The other flowering Maple was fent from America to Sir Charles Wager, and flourifh es in his curious Garden at Parfon’s Green near 3. Acer, campefire & minus. C.B. ‘The Fulbam : The Flowers of this Kind come out mon, or leffer Maple. in very large Clufters, and furround the Acer, Virginianum, folio majore, fubtus younger Branches, fo as to appear at a final lupra viridi fplendente. Pluk. Phyt. Diftanc e covered therewith. This Tree js at fmm fomeringDiaple, ' prefent very rare in Europe, but asit produce s AcER, Americanum, folio majore, fubtus ripe Seeds in England, fo it is to be hoped it teo, [upra viridi [plendente, floribus multis will in Time be more common in the Gardens The American flowering Maple, of the Curious. Sycamore. t Bunches of Scarlet Flowers. foliis trifidis vel quin- &. Phyt. The Afh-leay’d Maple is a very ftrong fhooting Tree, and is in Virginia one of the The Virgi- largeft Trees of this Kind: It muft be planted in Places not too much expofed to violent D Winds, |
