OCR Text |
Show AN AN Thefe Plants being pretty hardy, are only for Onions, Carrots, €%c. leaving the Plants hurt by great Frofts, they may therefore be about eight or ten Inches afunder every Way, kept inthe fame Houfe with Myrtles, and alfo obferving to keep them clear from Weeds ; expos'd in the Summer with them ; they will and when the Seeds begin to be form’d you require to be fhifted out of their Pots twice every fhould cut up thofe that are intended to be Year, in the beginning of Fune, and put into the Pickle for Cucumbers, leaving again in Auguft: At which Times you fhould thofe that are intended for the Ufe of the cut off a good Quantity of the Roots round Seeds, until they are ripe; at which Time it the Outfide of their Balls, (but be very care- fhould be cut, and fpread upon a Cloth to ful not to fhake the Earth intirely from the dry, and then beat out for Ufe: And if you Roots); and at thefe times you fhould prune let the Seeds fall upon the Ground, theywill ofthe {trageling Branches, the better to form arife the next Spring without any Care, fo that their Heads into a regular Figure, but do not the Trouble of fowing their Seeds may be fhorten their Branches, for that would cut off fpar’d. their Flower-Buds. The qth Sort is annual, and therefore only ANGELICA [of Angejus, fo call’d, as to be propagated by Seeds, (which Wayalfo fome Quacks, €§c. pretend, from the Angels, the other Sorts may be increas’d, if we have on account of its excellent Qualities; for it is good Seeds, which are but rarely obtain’d in pretended, when the Army of a certain Emingiand): The Seeds fhould be fown on a peror was iniferably afflicted with the Plague, moderate Hot-bed in the Spring; and when an Angel admonifh’d him in a Dream to make the Plants are come up, they fhould be tranf- ufé of this Plant, by which Meanshe fav'd planted into Pots of frefh Earth, and plune’d his Army.] into another very moderate Hot-bed to bring The Charaéters are; them forward, and afterwards expos’d to the It hath winged Leaves, which are divided open Air by degrees: But the fourth Sort into large Segments: The Stalks are hollow and is very fubject to be deftroy’d by {mall jointed ; the Flowers (which grow in an Umbel Infeéts, which prey upon the Plants; you he Tops of the Statks) confift offive Leaves, fhould therefore carefully wafh them off whenare fucceeded by two large channell’d Seeds. ever they appear thereon. The Species are; The three firft Sorts fhould be frequently renew’d from Cuttings, for when they grow old, they are very fubje& to decay in Winter, by which the Species are fometimes loft, where it hath been negleéted to raife young Plants, They are all very pretty Ornaments to a Green-houfe, for their Flowers are produc’d in almoft every Monthof the Year, which, together with the Diverfity of their Leaves, greatly adds to the Variety, when intermix’d with other Plants. ANETHUM ; Dill (Arner, ‘which fome will have call’d dvinior, i. e. Invincible, becaufe it excites an Appetite to Food ; others of Teed 7 evwSeew, fromits quick Growth. } The Charaéfers are ; Tt hath a flender fibrofe annual Root :“The Leaves are like thofe of Fennel ; the Seeds are oval, plain, fireaked, and bordered. The Species are; t. Anetuum; hortenfe. C. B. Common or Garden Dill. 2. Anetuum; verum, Pernambucen/e. Zan. The true Dill of Pern, mbucq. 3. Anetuum ; /egetum, /emine minori. Virid. t. Corn Dill, with lefler Seeds, The firft of thefe Sorts is that which is cultivated for Ufe; the other two are Varie- therefore the better Wayis, when the Plants are come up, to hoe them out, as is practis’ d make a Sweet-meat with the tender Stalks of raifed in a. Hot-bed, as was directed it, cut in May. two former, but muft not be expos’ This Plant is alfo ufed in Medicine, as is open Air, even in the hotteft Weat! alfo the Seeds ; therefore where it is cultivated The firft and third Sorts are fup; for the Seeds, there fhould be new Plantations promifcuoufly ufed to make the / annually made to fupply the Places of thofe the firft is the commonSort, whict which die. vated in the Eyg/ifh Plantations in The fecond Sort grows wild by the Ditches But I have been affured by a Perfon o Sides in manyParts of EngJand, andis rarely Credit, that he has made as good Indigo from. propagated in a Garden, the fecond Sort, as any that was produced in ‘The other two Sorts may be propagated by our Plantations; and this being a much larger x2 their Seeds in the manner as wasdi- Plant, will afford a greater Quantity from the for the common Sort, but fhould be fame Compafs of Ground, than any of the planted in a drierSoil. other two Species; and this Sort is alfo much hardier, and maybe cultivated in fuch Places ANIL; [is fo call’d by the Inhabitants of where the firft Sort will not grow, by which all the different Countries where it grows] Means great Improvements may be made with ‘The Indigo Plant. this Plant in our American Plantations. The whole Procef$ in ing the Indigo The Cha being exactly deferib’d by Per Labat, in his Voyages, I thought it would not be unacceptable to the Byglifo Reader, to tranflate his 2 of 1VeS, and are of pilionaceous Kind, the uppermoft Pet 1g ger Manur’d Angelica. 2, Ancertca ; /ylveftris, major. Greater wild Angelica. C. B. 3. Ancetica ; Jucida, Canadenfis. Corn. Shining Canada Angelica. 4. AncELIca; Montana Pevennis, Aguile gie folio. Tourn. Monntain Perennial Angelita, with Columbine Leaves. ‘Thereare feveral other Species of this Plant which are preferv’d in the curious Botanick Gardens; but as there is at prefent no partj- The Spec x. ANIL ; I ‘ fi 0 Americana, filigu . Merchand ) The true Indigo, a Sickle, An cular Ufes which thefe are apply’d to, fo it would be needlefs to enumerate them here. The Common Angelica delights to growin a very moift Soil: The Seeds of this Plant thould be fown foonafterit is ripe, for if it is Kept until the Spring, feldom one Seed in forty of it will grow. Whenthe Plants are come about fix Inches high, they fhould be tranfplanted at a large Diftance, for their Leaves extend very wide: The beft Place for this Plant is uponthe Sides of Ditches, or Pools of Water, where being planted about two Feet afunder, they will thrive exceedingly. ‘The fecond Year after fowing, they will fhoot up to flower; therefore, if you have a mind to continue their Roots, you fhould cut down Roots, whereby they may be continued for many Years; whereas, if they had been per- mitted to feed, their Roots would perith {oon after. The Gardeners near London propagate great Quantities of this Plant, for which they have a great Demand from the Confeétioners, me make Account in this Place, which is as follows. There was Clays he) formerly much Judigo ade in the Parith of Mzcouba ; there is neither Stream nor River where we find the Workhoufes for Indigo ; that is to fay, the Boats or Vats built with Bricks or Stones, eand well cemented, where they put the Plant to digeft 1. Anceiica; fativa, C. B. Common or thefe Stems in May, which will occafion their ties, which are preferv’d as Curiofities in putting out Heads from the Sides of the Botanick Gardens, Thefe Plants are propagated byfowing their Seeds early in the Spring in light rich Earth where theywill come up, and grow very {trong in a fhort Time, provided they have Room; AN AN in 5 1 broad Pods alittle cr The firft and third of thefe Species are Annuals w th us; the Seeds ofthefe muft be fown on Hot-bed in the Spring of the Year ; and when the Plants are come up twoInches highs they fhould be tran{planted into {mall Pots filled with goodfrefh Earth, and the Pots plung’d into a Hot-bed of Tanners Bark ; and when the Plants have obtain’d fome Strength, they muft have a great deal offree Air, by raifing the Glaffes in the Day-time, andin e they may be expos’d to the open Air, lich Time they will produce their Flowers, from which they draw this Colour. There are three of thefe Vats commonly built one above auiother, in Form ofa Cafcade, in fuch a Manner, that the fecond is much lower than the Bottomof thefirft, that it may receive the Liquor contain’d in the firft, when the Holes are unftopp’d which are contriv’d in the Bottom ofthe firft; and then the third alfo receives in like manner that which the fecondcontain’d, The firit, which is the largeft and higheft of thefe Vats, is calld the Soaker or Boiler, which is commonly made twenty Feet long, and about twelve orfifteen Feet broad, and three or four deep. ‘The fecondis call’d the Battery ; this is little more than half as big as the firft. TI rd, which is muchlefs than the fecond, i Young Deyil. the two firft agree perfely , becaufe they put thePlant into the firft, where it ferments, is foak’d, and becomes rotten like Dung ; after the Salt and Subftance of the Leaves and Bark are extracted by the Water, in the Fermentation which was excited by the Heat ofthe Plant. Then in the fecond y ftir and beat the Water which is impregnated with the Salt of this Plant, until it is collected, united, and lated the one with the other, which forms e Particles which compofe the Tinéture, will be fucceeded by Pods in a very Timeafter, and in Auguft their Seeds But as for the Name ofthe third, I can’t fee how it well agrees with it, unlefs it be ill be perfected. becaufe this Wat is more coloured than the The fecond Sort grows to the Height of five two others, which is caus’d by the Indigo or fix Feet, and will abide twoor three Years Q@which is already form’d) remaining, which muft confequently give it a much deeper This produces Spikes of Flowers Colour. ‘ings of the Leaves on the Sides of This laft Vat is alfo call'd at St. Domingos a Settler, to which Name it agrees perfectly well, fecing it is in that which the Indigo beM gun |