OCR Text |
Show AM AM Mats every Night, left the Cold chill your proves wet, or the Nights frofty) that the Seeds may be maturely ripen’d ; and, in the Beds, and {top the Growth ofthe Plants. In the Beginning of May you muft provide Choice thereof, be {ure never to take any another Hot-bed, which fhould be covered Seeds from Side-Branches, nor from the Neck with a deep Frame, that your Plants may have of the Plume, but fuch onlyas are produced Room to grow: Uponthis Hot-bed you muft in the Middle thereof, which in many Plants fet as many three-penny Pots as can ftand perhaps, may be but a fmall Quantity ; but I within the Compafs of the Frame; thefe Pots do affure you, it is thofe only you can depend mutt be filled with good rich Earth, and the uponto have your Kinds goodthe {ucceeding Cavities between each Pot filled up with any Year. commonEarth, to prevent the Heat of the Bed from evaporating, and filling the Frame with AMBROSIA ; [is fo cal!’d of @ Priv. and noxious Steams ; then, with a Trowel, or fome Bes], mortal; either becaufe Mortals eat of fuch Inftrument, take up your Plants (from it, or becaufe thofe whoeat of it are render’d the former Hot-bed) with as much Earth as immortal: Or of Beste Food, and @¢@- God, poffible to the Roots, and place eachfingle g. d. the Food ofthe Gods, as the Poets have Plant in the Middle ofone of the Pots, filling feign’d. | the Pot up with the Earth before defcribed, and fettle it clofe to the Root of the Plant with The Charaéfersare; the Violence of the Sun, by covering the from the Fruit, and have no vifible Petals : d Glaffes with Mats ; refrefh them often with Lhe Fruit which (ucceeds the female FI Water, and give them a good Quantity of Shaped like a Club, and is prickly, ¢ one ovloug Seed in each. Air in the Day-time. In about three Weeks more, thefe Plants The Species are ; will have grown to a confiderable Size and ¥. AmpBrosta 3 Maritima. C. B. Strength, fo that you muft nowraife the Glaffes very much in the Day-time ; and Maritime or Sea Amb 2. AmBrosta ; Maritima, Artemifie foliis whenthe Air is foft, and the Sun is clouded, imodoris elation. H. L. Taller unfavoury Sea drawoffthe Glaffés, and expofe them to the open Air, and repeat this as often as the Ambrofia. 3. Ampxosta; Canaden/is, altiffima, birWeather will permit, which will harden them by degrees to be remov’d abroad into the futa, Platanifolio. Zourn. The talleft Canada » with rough Plane-tree Leaves, Places where they are to remain the whole Aj But ’tis not advifeable to The firft of thefe Sorts may be fown early fet thefe Plants out until a Week in Fuly, obferving to in the Spring, ina Border under a warm Wall do it when the Air is perfe@ly foft, and, if or Pale, where it will come Up very well; and when the Plants are ftrong enough to remove poffible, in a gentle Shower of Rain. Let them atfirft be fet near the Shelter of they maybeplanted into the like warm Bor a Hedge for two or three Days, where they ders, where they will flower, and perfect their may: be fcreen’d from the Violence of the Seeds in Autumn but if they have not a good Sun, and ftrong Winds, to which they muft be inur’d by degrees: Thefe Plants, when grown toa good Stature, perfpire very freely and muft be every Dayrefrefh’d with Waren! if the Weather proves hot and dry, otherery Pee an i produce their : z 'y would do if taken Carte of. This is the proper Management, in order to have fine Amaranths ; which, if richtl Pofition, they feldom produce good Sceds im this Country, The fecond and third Sorts are broucht from America, where they are very common Weeds, but with us fhould be fown upon a gentle Hot-bed in the Spring of the Year ; and when the Plants are come up fhould be tran{planted upon anothey moderate Bed, and expos'd to the open Air by degrecs : And in May they fhould be planted out into a warm Border ; but,if followed, DEO NER, and the h Kinds are good 5 ‘ina fav avour-2 whieh will check poffible, in a very poor Soil, their luxuriant Growth, and able Seafon, will produce wonderful large fine — = e flower and feed much foonet Flowers, and are the greateft Ornament to a than they would doif planted in a rich good Garden for upwards of two Months: Soil. By this Method I have had Plants five or ise Thefe Plants have no uiieedey ee mend them, but for Variety they may beadFoot high, w ith Crefts near a Foot in Breadth ; mitted into large Gardens, there sna Wantof Dang, eee ad in a kindly Seafon > they ai ow cee father they will grow much Was CU ene, September, ne ae you muft saike Chats ye beaunk axe Choice of the largeft, moft > Celpecially if the Weather seautiful, and beft branching Plants ofeack Kind for Seed ; which you fhould r oo under Shelter, (efpeciatl i ould remove AMENTACEOUSFlowers ; [are {0 call’d of Amentatus, faften'd with a Strine Ee. of . iene Sting, rThong, orasLatchet es ] aoe a Agoregate of Summitits ann Aggrega s, janging down in Form of a Rope or Cat’s~ Tail, which is alfo calP’'d an Jylys. The ‘The white flowering Almond. There is alfo another Tree, whichis pre- unequal, andfoapd like a Heart. ferv’d in fome curious Gardens, that bears the Name of an Almond; but I have beenin- The Species are ; x. Amu; majus. C. B. 'The greater Bi- fhops-weed. 2. Ammer ; majus, foliis plurimumincifis, 8 nonnibil crifpis. C. B. The greater Bifhop’sweed, with fine cut Leaves. 3. Amoi; perenne. M. Um, Perennial Bifhop’s-weed. F The Seeds of the firft and fecond Kind form’d by Perfons, who havefeen the Flowers and Fruits of this Tree, that *tis not of this Kind; yet as it hath not received any other Title that I knowof, and as I never had an Opportunity to examine it myfelf, I fhall mentionit by its former Name, viz. g. Amycpatus, Zthiopica, fruttu holofevico. Breyn. Cent. 'The Zthiopian Almond, with Scarlet Fruit. Thefirft, fecond, andthird Sorts, are chiefthe Spring ; and when the Plants are young, they may beprick’d out into Beds of fandy ly cultivated in England for the Beauty of fhould be fown in an open Situation early in Soil, at about fix Inches Diftance from each other, obferving to water them until they have taken frefh Root ; after which Time, proves good, they will ripen their Seeds in Autumn. The Seedsof the firft Sort are ufed in Medicine : The fecond isa Variety of the firft, whichis accidental from the fame Seeds: The third isan abiding Plant, which multiplies very faft by its Root, which is very apt to their Flowers, which are produced early in the Spring, when few other Things appear, which renders them worthy of a Place in the beft Gardens, where being intermixed with other flowering Trees, either in Wildernefs Quarters, or in Walks, they afford a very agreeable Profpect. They are propagated by inoculating a Bud of thefe Trees into a Plumb, Almond, or Peach-ftock, in the Month of Fuly; (The Manner of this Operationfee under the Article of Inoculation.) ‘The next Spring, when the Buds fhoot, you may train them up either fpread far under Ground, for which Reafon it fhould never be planted in a good Garden. Thefe are all Varieties fitter for a Botanick, for Standards, or fuffer them to grow for AMOMUM PLINII; vide Solanum. tranfplanting thefe Trees (if for dry Ground) half Standards (according to your own Fan- or Phyfick Garden, than for Gardens of cy ;) andthe fecond Year, after budding, they may be removed to the Places where Pleafure. they are to remain. AMORIS POMUM; vide Lycoperficon. AMPHITHEATRE; [ AuorSéalew of dust on both Sides, and 3zouai, to view, Gr.] Or ‘Temples ofViewereéted on a double Rifing, are great Ornaments to a large and noble Garden. If this Hill or rifing Groundis ofa femicircular Figure, it will ftill be the better. Thefe Ampbitheatres are formed of Evergreens, as Hollies, Pbillyreas, Lauruftinus’s, Bays, &c. obferving to plant the fhorteft growing Trees in the Front, and the talleft Trees behind, as Pines, Firrs, Cedars of non, &c. AMYGDALUS ; *Aui7Aer@-, Gr.] The The beft Seafon for is in Offober, as {oon as the Leaves begin to decay ; but for a wet Soil, February is much preferable, and obferve always to bud upon Plumb-ftocks, for wet Ground ; and Almonds or Peaches, for dry. The Almond with white Flowers, isa greater Curiofity than either of the former, and being intermixed with theother Sorts, and a few of the Cherry Plumb-trees, which flower all together, add very much tothe Beauty of thefe Plantations: This Sort, with white Flowers, is more difficult to encreafe than either of the former, and will not take upon a Plumb-ftock, but muft be either budded on a Peach or Almond. The Sort with large Fruit, produces almoft every Year large Quantities with us in England, which if eaten before they are too dry, are little inferior to thofe we receive from Almond-Tree. The Charaéfers are ; It bath Leaves and Flowers verylike thofe of the Peach-Tree, but the Fruit is longer, and 1 ed ; the outer green Coat is thinben ripe, and the Shell is not fo The following Sorts are propagated for Sale in the Gardens near London. 1. Amycpatus, flativa, fruttu majore. C. B. P. The commonlarge Alizond. Amycpatus, dulcis putamine molliori. The Sweet Almond, with tender (GDALUS, AMMI, [Auut, Gr.] Bifhop’s- weed, 4 Amyeparus, fativa flore albo. The Charaéters are ; This is an umbelliferous Plant, with {mall firiated Seeds : The-Petals of the Flower are they will require no more Care, but to keep them clear from Weeds, and if the Seafon It bath male flofculous Flower: your Hands; water them gently, as before, and fhade them in the Heat of the Day from produced on feparate Parts of th Seafon. AM AM 4mara, Cub P+ "Eke abroad ; butif kept too long, they are very apt to fhrivel up, andlofe their Piumpnefs ; but in other refpeécts are very good. The £thbiopian Sort is tender, and requires a good Green-houfe to preferve it in Winter ; it is increas’d by planting Cuttings (that are tender, with a Joint of the laft Year’s Wood) inany of the Summer Months, in Pots of good light Earth, plunging them into a moderate Hot-bed, and keeping them fhaded in the Heat of the Day, giving them frequent Re- frefhings with Water : After they have taken Root you muft begin to harden them by Degrees to endure the openAir a little before they are hous’d, which will render them fitter te |