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Show earner RTE ‘AD A D the Number of its Flowers, is loft, The Flowers of this Kind are much better to garnifh Difhes than thofe of the fingle ; but for Ufe, the fingle is preferable to this in Sallads, being of a warmer Tatfte ; as is obferv’dof all fingle Flowers, that theyare preferable to the 1. Avonts, hortenfis, flore minore atrorya bente. C. B. The common red Bird’s-eye, 2. Avonts, /ylveftris, flore Iuteo, feliis longioribus. Bird's-eye C. B. 3. Avonts, 'The long-leav’d yellow bellebori radice, bupbthalmi Double of the fame Kinds, for medicinal, or Slore. H. L, The Hellebore-rooted Pheafant’s. eye, commonly call’d, ‘The Fennel-leay’d black and Tafte ; for the Multiplicity of Petals de- Hellebore. other Ufes, as being much ftronger in Smell prive the Flowers of the Organs for Genera- The firft of thefe Sorts is very commo tion, in which are contain’d the Effence of England, and is fown in open Borders asnin an the Flower. ADHATODA. U The Malabar Nut. The Charaéfers are ; Lhe Leaves grow oppofite; The Cup of is annual flowering Plant to adorn Gardens: 'T he beft Time to fow it is in 4ugu/, foon after the Seeds are ripe, when it rarely fails to oblong, and confifts of the one Leaf ; the ower ts monopetalous, of an anomalous Figure, #s oftwo Lips the uppermoft is crc fed in Forin of an Arch ; the under is divided: into three Segments, and bangs uward ; ‘the Ov becomes the Fruit 0 1S it Form of a Club, and is divided into CTTET)a] two Cells, in which are foapd See contained flat Heart- There are but two Species of this Plant Knownat prefent, whichare, 1. ApHaropa ; Zeylaneujium. H. L. ‘The common Malabar Nut 2. ApHAtopa ; In grow, andis very hardy, feldom being hurt by Cold. Thefe Plants will fower in Fane and Fuly, and the Seeds will ripen foon after ; but thole which are fownin the Spring veryoften fail ta grow, or at leaft remain till ‘fume or Fuly before they appear, fo that they feldom produce good Seeds the fame Year, and rarely live over the Winterafter flowering. This Plant grows wild in fome Parts of England, particularly near the River Medway. > about three Miles above Rochefer Bridge. The-yellow Sort is uncommon in England, and only to be found in fome curious Gardens : This makes a pretty Diverfity with the former, ; folio faligno, flore muft have the fame Culture. abo. Boerb, 'The Willow-leav’d Malabar andThe third Sort is ftill moré rare than any Nut, commonly called, The Snap-tree. of them ; it is an abiding Root, and is in Thefe Plants are both rais’d by Cuttings, creas’'d by partin g the Rootsin Auguft, or by planted in any of the Summer Months, which fowing the Seeds, foonafter they are ripe, in mutt be fhaded and frequently water’d ; about Auguf they will have taken Root, and muft then be tranfplanted into Pots, fill’d with light fandy Earth, mixed with rotten Dung : They mutt have a good Green-houfe in Win- ter, and require often but gentle Waterings : In the Summer they may be expofed to the open Air, but fhould be thelter’d by Hedges or Trees from ftrong Winds. ‘ThefeTrees do frequently flower in England, but have never, light fandy Earth : The Seedlings will be two Years before they blow, but the Of-fets will flower the fucceeding Spring: This produces its Flowers in March, or early in April, and is not a defpicable Plant in the moft curious Gardens. This Plant is ufed in Medicine by the Ger- mans, as the true Hellebore. ESCHYNOMENOUSPlants; [of that I have heard of, produced any Fruit we, of circus, Gr, I amafhamed.] ’Arquy'= Thofe with us. Plants are commonlycall’d Senfitive, or fenfible Plants, as giving fome Tokens ofSenfe: They ADIANTHUM ; i.e, Maiden-hair. almoft any Soil or Situation; andis increafed or Beauty) deferve to be cultivated; I fhall by parting the Roots in Autumn, or byfowing only mention thofe, and pafs over the reft. the Seeds foonafter theyareripe. The Sweet-fmelling Agrimony is by fome 1. Aceratum, folits feratis. C. B. The are not above three Sorts which(either for Ufe common Maudlin. bata 2. AGERATUM, gue ptarmica incana, pinnulis is. I. Voy. ‘The hoary Oriental Maudlin. 2. Aceratum, Peruvianum, arboreunt, folio lato, ferrato. Boerb, cinth, &c. which afterwards grow to true Roots, which the Frech call Cayeux. The firft of thefe Plants is propagated in Gardens, for medicinal Ufe ; it is increaied by parting the Roots eitherin Spring or Autumn, and requires a light Soil and open Situation, where it will thrive abundantly. This is increas’'d by planting the Cuttings in any of the Summer Months, ‘This Plant was fuppofed by the Ancients to be what produced the Worm-Seed ; but this is confuted byall the Moderns: However, it deferves a Place in a Garden, forits fine hoary Leaves, together ADONIS, or Fros Aponts, Bird’s-Eye, or Pheafant’s-Eye. The Charaéters are; The Leaves are like Fennel, or Chamomil ; the Flowers confift of m my Leaves, which are expanded in Form of aRofe ; the Seeds are collected into oblong Heads. There are but three Varieties of this Plant to be met with in the Engiifh Gardens, viz. w Space. See Atmofphere and Air. AGERATUM ; [’Ayé-2)oy of a Priv. and vias old Age, becaufe it does not wither, nor eafily grow old.} Maudlin The Charaéfers are ; The Flowers are digeftedinto loofe Umbels ; but, in other refpetts, it is very like the Coafitmary. There are feveral Species of this Plant pre- ferved in the Botanick Gardens; butas there are grateful to infufe for pectoral Decoétions, and makesa pleafant Sort of Tea: It is propagated as the common Sort, but requires an opener Expofure. AIR ; Aer, Lat. dip of 2% ad pSv, becaufe it always flows; or as others, ofaf: to breathe ; or as others, of 7% aipey, becaufe it bears the Earth.] By Air is meant all that fluid expanded Mafs of Matter which furrounds our Earth, in which we live and walk, and which we are The Subftance whereof Air confifts, may be reduced to two Kinds, viz 1. The Matter of Light or Fire, whichis continually flowing into it from the heavenly Bodies. 2. Thofe numberlefs Particles,, which in with its Umbels of yellow Flowers, which Form either of Vapours or dry Exhalations, continue moft Part of the Summer. The third Sort grows to a Shrub of eight are raifed from the Earth, Water, Minerals, and ten Feet in Height; it is increafed by Vegetables, Animals, &c. either by the folar, planting the Cuttings in any of the Summer fubterraneous or culinaryFire. Elementary Air, or Air properly fo cail’d, Months, or by laying down the Branches: It requires frequent Waterings, and muft be isa certain fubtil, homogeneous elaftick Mathoufed in hard Winters, but will endure our ter, the Bafis or fundamental Ingredient of common Winters in the open Air This Tree, the atmofpherical 4/r, and that which gives when it firft came into England, was fuppos’d it the Denomination. Air therefore maybe confider’d in two reto be the Tree from which the Peruvian Bark was taken; but this has been confuted long {pects, either as it is an univerfal Affemblage fince: There is no great Beauty in it, but it or Chaos of all Kinds of Bodies ; or as it isa may haveaPlace in a Collectionfor its Odd- Bodyendued withits own proper Qualities, nels. 1. That there is Fire contain’d in all Air is demonftrable, in that it is evident, that there is Fire exifting in all Bodies ; andto this Fire it is that irfeems to owe all its Fluidity ; and were AGNUS CASTUS; vide Vitex. AGRIFOLIUM; vide Aquifolium, AGRIMONIA; Agrimony. [Of *Apyudyn becaufe it is good againft the “Aypivaln or Apyé- the Airtotally divefted of that Fire, it is more than probable that it would coalefce into a i.e. the Fault of the Eyes.) Agrimony, folid Body ; for ’tis found by many Experiments, that the ir condenfes, and contra@s spimonia, Anglo-Saxon. itfelf fo much the more, the lef Degree of Warmthit has ; and onthe contrary, expands pennated, and OF o The Calyx confifts of one Leaf, Segments: AETHER; [aiSie of aiSey, Gr. to burn or flame ; fome of the Ancients having fuppofed it to be of the Nature of Fire.] It is ufually from the Limits of the Atmofphere, and poffeffes the whole heavenly preferr’d to the common Sort for medicinal Ufes ; but however it is certainly the moft The fecond Sort is fomewhat tender, and continually receiving and cafting out again by muft have a dry Soil, and warm Situation: Refpiration. are fuch whofe Frame and Conftitution is fo ADONIDIS HORTI, i. e. the Gardens of underftood to be a thin fubtil Matter or AMeAdonis, are Plants, Flowers, &c, in Pots or dium, much finer and rarer than Air itfelf, which commences Cafes, fet on the Outfides of Windows, in Balconies, gc. ‘The Peruvian\Tree Maudlin, fal/ly called, ‘The Jefuit’s Bark Tree. nice and tender, that on the Touch orleaft _ ADNATA, Avnascenrra, are thofe Of Preffure of one’s Hand theywill contrac fets, which by a new Germination under the Leaves and Flowers as if fenfible of the t their Touch. Earthproceed from the Lily, Narciffus, Hya- Al AG nels 2 formd into a long of a Rofe: The and prickly, like the Burbis contain'd two Ker- There are feveral Varieties of this Plant, but two of them onlydeferve our Care, viz. 1. Acrimonra, Officinarum. Tourn. The Common or Medicinal Agrimony. AcRimonta, odorata. Camer. The Sweet-fmelling Agrimony. The firft of thefe Sorts is common in the edges in many Parts of England, and is the Sort commonly ufed in Medicine; but fhould not be wanting in a Garden: It will grow in it felf the more, according as the Heat is greater. 2. In refpe€t of Exhalations, Air may be faid to be a general Collection of all kinds of Bodies ; for there are no Bodies but what Fire will render volatile and difperfe into Air ; even Salts, Sulphurs, and Stones, nay and Gold itfelf, though the heavieft and moftfixed of all Bodies, are convertible into Vapours by a large Burning-glafs, andare carried on high. Thofe floating Particles thus raifed from terreftrial Bodies, are moved and agitated by the fiery Particles divers Ways, and are dif« fufed through the whole Atmofphere. Of the Matters thus raifed in the Atmo{phere, thofe which come from fluid Bodies are properly called Vapours, and thofe from folid or dry ones Exbalations. The Caufe of this Volatility and Afcent is the Fire, without whichall Things would fall E immedi- |