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Show AN AN to enduré the Winter; for if they are too much drawn in Summer, they are very often deftroyed in Winter. : Thefe Trees may be expos’d to the open Air, with Oranges, Se. (in a wellthelter'd Place, during the Months of Fume, Fuly and Aug, but muft be hous’d before the hoary Frofts fall, which will very much prejudice them, if left abroad: They muit havea very good Green-Houfe in Winter, and gentle Waterings; as you obferve the Leaves to curl: but bé fure not to over-wet them in Winter ; which if once done, is feldom to be -got dry again till Spring, and will be very prejudicial to the neighbouring Plants, bythe great Damp it will occafion in the Houle. ANACAMPSEROS ; [ ’AvaxdulerG-, of eiaxduale, to reflect or turn back, and %pas Love ; the Magi attributing to this Plant a Virtue of recalling Love ; ] Zelephium, or Rhodia Radix; in Englijb, Orpine, Liveever, or Rofe-root. The Charaéters are, AN Wherethis Plant is a Native, I believe it is hard to determine ; but it was brought from the Faétories in the Ha? Indies, and planted in the hotteft Iflands ofthe Weft Indies, where they are in great Plenty and extraordinary Goodnefs ; but it hath beenverylately that it was introduc’d into the European Gardens, fo as to produce Fruit: The firft Perfon who fucceeded in this Affair, was Monfieur Le Cour of Leyden in Holland, who,after a great many ‘Trials with little or no Succefs, did, at length, hit upon a proper Degree of Heat and Management, fo as to produce Fruit equally as good (tho’ not fo large) as thofe whichare them over here, with only obferving, that anyof thefe Species may be cultivated by planting their Cuttings in any Part of the sw Summer, except the Rbhodia Radix, whichis ' otily propagated by parting the Roots,either in Spring or Autumn); Thefe all love a dry Soil, and are very hardy. Thete is one Sort of this Plant which grows wild in many Parts of England ; which is the Sort fometimes ufed in Medicine, and which was fome Yearsfince in great Efteem to form green Chimney-Pieces for the SummerSeafon, which fome People were very dexterous in making, by framing a Parcel of Laths together of the juft Dimenfion of the Place where it was to ftand ; and then faftening this Plant to the feveral Parts of it, fo as to cover the whole with Green: And altho’ this was only perform’d with Cuttings of the Plant, yet bygiving the Whole a gentle Watering once a Week, the Plant would not only live, but fhoot in Length, and continue freth for two Months, and appear very handfome. ANANAS ; The Pine-Apple. This Fruit (which is juftly efteem’d the Richnefofits Flavour, as it furpaffes for all the knownFruits in the World there : And “tis to this worthy Cultivater of Refrefhings with Water, and if your Bed Gardening, who did not {pare any Pains or Expence to accomplifh it, that all the Lovers thereof aré oblig’d, for introducing this King of Fruits amongft them ; and it was from him that our Gardens in England were firft fupplied, tho’ we have fince had large Quantities brought from America. I can’t here had his from thenceat firft, as his Gardener affur'd me ; and I have feen as good Fruit produc’d from American Plants, as any I have yet feen, and fome muchlarger than anyI faw in Monf: Le Cour’s Garden, There are feveral Varieties of this Plant, but I think the Sort with deep green Leaves, and yellow Fruit (which js what the People of the ej? Indies call the Queen Pine) is what fucceeds beft with us ; but 1 obierve more of what theycall the Red Pine (whichis a Sort that has brown Leaves, and the Fruit is of a reddifh Colour, before ripe, but afterwards changes to a deep Yellow) fent to Lngland thananyother Sort, and I fuppofe is the moft common Sort there: ‘This fometimes produces very large Fruit, but is feldom fo well tafted as the Queen Pine, and is very fubje& to produce verylarge Heads uponthe ‘Top of the Fruit: This Sort feems to be the hardieft of any we have in England, and is very apt to increafe, by which Means it is become the moft common of any amongit us. Thereis another Sort, with very finooth Grafi-green Leaves, which was raisd from Seeds taken out of a rotten Fruit, which came from the Hef Indies, to the late Henry Heathcote, Efq; from whom I receiv’d one Plant, which hathnot yet produc’d Fruit, but I am ) is produc’d told it is what the People of America call the from an herbaceous Plant, which hath Leayes King-Pine: And 1 have lately receiv’'d fomewhat refembling thofe of an fome Aloe, and young Plants, which came by the Nameof are, for the moft part, faw’d on their Edges, the Surinam-Pine ; and, by the Account but are much thinner, and not I fo Juicy 4 ‘The Fruit refembles the Cones asthe receiv'd of it, the Fruit is quite green when of the Tipe, and ofan excellent Flavour: I alfo obPine-Tree, from whence’tis fuppo fed to have ferv'd, in one Garden in Holland, a-Sort its Name. fettle the Earth to their Roots; then plunge them into a well-temper’d Bed of ‘Tanner’s Bark. For the Manner of making thefe Beds, I fhall refer you to the Article of Hot-beds. affirm’d by Perfons whohave liv’d manyYears with very 3 been employ’d to increafe the Bulk oftheFruit, is all {pent in furnifhing a large Top orCrown to a fmall infignificant Fruit. ‘Toward the middle or latter End of March (according as youfind the Bed in Temper, or bySuckers produc’d from the old Stems,which the Weather favourable) you may remove muft be planted in Pots about five or. fix your Plants into the Bark-bed (plunging the Inchesover at top, fill’d with good frefh light Pots at firft but half way into the Bark) that Earth, mix’d with little very rotten Dung, the fudden Heat'to their Roots may not be which muft be often turn’d to mix them the violent, but obferve to keep your Glaffes better together, giving them little Water to cover'd in bad Weather andin the Night, that produe’din the Vet Indies,as hath beenoften It bath a perennial Root: The Leaves, avoid taking Notice of a commonError which talks, Flowers,:and Fruit, are like thofe of prevails among{t many People, which is, that the Houfe-leek; but the Leaves of this Plant the Plants brought from America are not fo do not grow in a circum{crib’d Order, as do good as thofe which came from M. ‘Le Cour; thofé of the Houfe-leek ; but the Plantarifes but it is a great Miftake; for were the People with a Stalk, upon which the Leavesare plac’'d who fent over thefe Plants from America, on every Side: The Flowers grow in Umbels, careful to fend the beft Kinds, there would be found no Difference ; for Monf Le Cour upon the Tops of the Staiks. Thefe Plants are feldom preferv’d in Gardens of Pleafure, therefore I fhall pafs very narrow Leaves, without anySerratureson the Edges ; but what Sort of Fruit it produc’d I could not learn. Thefe Plants are propagated by planting the Heads which grow upon each Fruit ; or AN Take care to give them frequent but gentle fhould decline its Heat, it will be very proper to add little frefh Bark thereto, which muft be mixed with the old, and will caufe it to ferment again and increafe the Heat of your Bed. " Obferve alfo, asthe Nights grow cold in Augujt and September, to increafe your Covering over the Glaffes, that by this means, your young Plants may be furnifh’d with {trong Roots before Winter : Toward the lat- you may preferve a conftant warm Air in the Bed ; and if it fhould happen to prove very hot in the Day, give them little Air, by raifing the Glaffes with a fmall Stone; and if the Sun fhould fhine very hot uponthe Glaf= fes, it will be advifeable to fhade them, in the middle of the Day, from the Violence there- of, which (efpecially at their firft coming out of the Stove) would alter and change the Colourof the Plants, and be veryprejudicial to them. In about three Weeks, or a Month’s time after your Plants were fet into the Bark, you may raife them up again, andftir the Surface ofthe Bark with a fmall Dung-fork, and plunge the Pots down to’their Rims therein ; ter End of Oéfober, you muft remove thefe for by this time there will be no Danger of Plants out of the Bark-bed into the Stove, hurting their Roots with Heat; and obferve (efpecially thofe Plants that are {trong enough to give them frequent Waterings, as they to produce Fruit the next Year (difpofing fhall require it ; and at this Time you may them regularly on the Stands fo as not to fhift fuch of your Plants as do not fruit, into crowd each other, nor their Leaves to inter- larger Pots (if they require it; ) and if you fere, if you have Room enoughin your Stove ftir up the Earth on the Surface of the Pots to preventit. where there is Fruit, and take it out with During the Winter-Seafon, you muft ob- your Hands, filling them up again with good ferve to keep the Stove to a good Temper of freth Earth, it will be of great Service to your Heat, (neverfuffering the Spirit in the Ther- Fruit ; but have a Care in this Operation, mometerto fall below the Degree of Heat, not to let any Earth in amongft the Leaves whichis aflign’d them on Mr. Fow/er’s Bota- ofthe Plant, nor to difturb the Roots too ical Thermometers; ) nor fhould the Spirir much, both whichwill be hurtful to them, be everrais'd much above five Degrees more, During the Summer Seafon, give them frefor too great a Heat would forward their Fruit- quent Waterings, and fhade them from the ing too much, and Cold would prevent it for Violence of the Sun in very hot Days, and that Seafon, fo that the middle Degree of give them Air, by raifing the Glaffes in proHeat is beft: Forget not to refrefh them with portion to the Warmth ofthe Bed and Heat Water (which fhould be plac’d in the fame of the Weather; and if youfind your Bed Stove at leaft twenty-four Hours before ufed, grow cold, you muft ftir up the Bark with a that the Cold maybe takenoff) at leaft once Dung-fork almoft to the Bottom, loofening a Week or oftener, according tothe Temper and breaking the Lumps ; and if you add a of your Stove, or as youfind the Earth in the little freth Bark to it, it will increafe the Heat, Pots to re re it. and then plunge the Pots into it again: This Your Plants thus manag’d, will, by the be- may be repeated two or three times in a ginning of Fe ‘y, or foon after, fhewtheir Summer, according tothe Temper ofthe Bed, Bud for Pruit in the Center of the Plant, and by which Means your Piants will be always mutt therefore be diligently kept forwarded by keptin a growing State. Thefe few Rules, if gently increafing the Heat of the Stove, and rightly obferv’d, will, I doubt not, afford the ften repeating your Watering : In the middle Practitioner Succefs. As for the Contrivance 5 you muft prepare your Tan for ofStoves, I fhall refer the Reader to the Ared, which fhould be made at leafta ticle on that Subjeét, where he will be furMonth before the Plants are fet into it, that nifh’d with their feveral Defcriptions. the great Heat of the Bed maybe pafs’d,which The Time ofthis Fruit’s ripening is, from ject to burn the extreme Parts of the Beginning of ulytill ‘September ; after the Roots, and thereby give fo great a Check which ‘Time, the Fruits that ripenare feldom to the Plants, as not to be recovered again in well tafted, the Seafon being fo far fpent, thas two Months: and this very often {poils the we have not Heat enoughto correét the CruFruit, by retarding the Growth ofthe Plant ; dities, which are imbib’d in the long Nights, fo that whenever they begin to recover their from the Vapours of the Bed, and their own Vigour, that Nourifhment which fhould have Perfpiration in the Day-time. The |