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Show AP AYE 4. Antiraurnum, augufto folio linariae eleganter variegato, flore rubro riltu Iuteo, Boerb, Thefirip’d Snap-dragon. All thefe Sorts are raifed from Seeds, which fhould be fown ina dry Soil, and not too ne in April or May; and in fuy may, be planted out into large Borders, where they will flower the Spring following ; or they may be fown early in the Spring, for flowering the fame Autumn, but then they are not fo likely to endure the Winter ; and if the Autumn prove bad, theywill not perfect their Seeds. Thefe Plants growextremely well upon old Walls or Buildings, in which Places theywill endure forfeveral Years; whereas thofe planted in Gardens feldom laft longer than two Years, unlefs they are plantedin a very poor Soil, and the Flowers often cropp’d, and not fuffer’'d to feed: But any ofthefe Sorts may be continu’d, byplanting Cuttings in anyof the Summer Months, which will a y take ot. The fourth Sort is tenderer than any almoft ( Mid-ril a, as it were, to the es : The great Garden Pa There is, at prefent, but one Specie of this Plant known to us; which is, Arios, dmericana. Cornuti. Apios of Cornutus. The American ePhisy Biaat buat Sordeb kbs nies his ! ees re Sn w hich part as they grow old, >y : alc hese the Plant is incre fed, for mare ee ripe Seeds with us; It is hare ae ie dure the Cold in the phen Gr bur a eae. very well toward the letter End of Summer, but is cut down with the firft Cold of Autumn. : ! ore pares and fhouldtherefore be planted in Pots fill’d with rubbifhing dry fandy Soil, APIUM, [Apium is {0 called, as fome fay, of Apes, Bees, becaufe Bees are faid to be bed Frame, obferving to give them free open Air, by taking off the Glaffes in mild Weather, and only covering them in very wet, or frofty Weather, becaufe the Antients made Crowns of it to adorn the a Te is called Eleofelinum of *’@- a Marth, and euvicr, and P pium of Palus and Apium.] Parfley. Bereor care and fhelter’d in Winter under a common Hot- APARINE ; [This Plant is fo called, be- caufe ‘tis very rough: It is called Philodelphos delighted very much with it; or of Apex, Te seta dt stds" Leaves are Ad uo Wings, or and Philanthropon of gto I love, and avSesaGa Man, becaule if a Perfon walks in uncultivated Places, the Plant not only applies itfelf to his Garments, but it holds them, as if it had a mind to bind a Man with an amiable Band: It is alfo called Omphalocarpon, of supants a Navel, and xze7@ Fruit, becaufe the Seeds refemble a Navel] Goofe-grafs or Clivers. This Plant grows wild almoit every where, the Seeds fticking to the Cloaths of People that pafs by where they grow: It is fometimes ufed in Medicine, but is too common a Weedto be admitted into a Garden. upon a branched Rib, and are, Jor the mof cut into / HW ERECT : Lhe Flower a peer 2a eque fucceeded by two gibbous chanun This is an Herb fo well kr that it is not worth while to fay much about it, every old Woman in the Country, thac hath a Garden, knows howto cultivate a eaves5 y-bed however, I fhall mention two or tl e Sorts which are not fo well known as the common Sorts are with us, viz 1. Aprum, vel retrojelinum, crifpum. C. B. P. The Curled Pay; , APETALOUS Plants [of a Priv. and ajara Flower-leaf, G.] are fuch as have no Leaves or Flower-leaves. odoratiffima fuavi, €: we. Boerh. The large Garden Parjley, with thick {weet eatable Roots, ; 3. Avrum, Macedonicum. C. B. Macedonian Parfley, 4. Avpium, Anifum diff mine fuaveoenti majore. Tourn. Paifley, with large fweet{cented Seeds, commonlycalled Anife, 2. Aptum, borten latifolinm, Petrofeline Wortle by the Dutch, who are very fondof it. It may be cultivated by fowing the Seeds in good Ground early in the Spring, and in April, when the Plants are up, cut them out much Wet in Winter ; It es he Root every Autumn, andrifes agi 2 the aneeen ng Spring, and will twit itielt round a Pole, and growto Height of eight or = ets and prod cein ful fine ou . eevee it hath alfo been planted near J wey where ; ey Is, at prefenc, maximt, APICES, [of Apex, Lat.a Top or Point] thofelittle Knobs that grow onthe 5S; Zin the middle of the Flower: They are commonly of a dark purplith Colour; they have been difcovered by the Help of Microfcopes, to be, as it were, a fort of Seed-veflels, conThe Curled Parfley is fown in fome curiou taining in them {mall globular or oval Parti- Gardens, for garnif ing D. cles of various Colours, and exquifitely form’d ; being curionfly furbelo they are by fome {uppos’d to be a kind of pole very well, and the } Male Sperm, which falling down into the good for Ufe as the Commo in. Flower, fecundates and ripens the Seed. oo Variety thereof. In order to have this lat and fine, it fhould be fown verythin, or when APIOS, [is fo called of “AnO- a Pear, beit firft comes up, tranfplant it out at the Dicaufe its Root refembles a Pear.} ‘Ihe knob- ftance of four Inches {quare ; by which Mabed rooted Virzinian Liquorice Vetch. nagement your Leaves will be extremely large The Charaéfers are fy and fair, and, if you do not fuffer it to feed, will endure three Years very well; but if it It bas a climbing Stalk; the Leaves grow feeds, it will feldom continuegood after. He 2 its Flower Cup arifes the Pointal, which is little known to us in England, but in Holland like a Nail in the back part of the Flowe r, and it is very commonin all their Markets : They is afterwards chang’dinto a Eruit, which js for bring thefe Roots in Bunches, as we do young the moft part compos’d of two Capfules, or Pods, Carrots, to Market, in Summer; and the which open from the Bae to the Top, inclofing Roots are much of the fameSize: It is call’d many Seeds , which have with a Hoe, (as is practis’d for young Car- in a dry Soil, but is fubject to rot wit : too it hath covered them An? rots) to about four or five Inches {quare, and keep themconftantly clean from Weeds, and in July the Roots will be fit to draw for Ute, and may be boil’d and eaten as young Carrots, and are very palatable and wholfome, efpecially for thofe who are troubled with the Gravel. The Macedonian Parfley is a Stranger in our Country, and not to be found except in curious Botanick Gardens: This Plant is propagated by fowing the Seed, in the Spring, of the Year, in an openwell-expos’d Bed of frefh Earth ; and in the Summer, when the Plants are come up, they fhould be tranfplanted, fome ofthem into Pots, fill’d with freth light a long pappous down adbering to them : To this may be added, that the whole Plant abounds with a p cy Fuice. There are feveral Sorts of this Plant cultjvated in the curious Gardens of Plants, fome of which are very beautiful, and deferve a Place in every good Garden : I fhall mention the different Species of this Plant , which are culti vated in the Lnglifp Garde ns, and hall leave the Reader to fele& fuch of them as he fhall fancy to cultivate. 1. Apocynums ereéum, latifo lium, incanum, Syriacum, floribus parvis ob purpurafcentibus. Par. Bat. The uprig ht broad-leay’d in Dogfbane, with purplith colou r’d Bat. ia Dog{bane. eclum, Canadenfe an The upright narrow-le 3. Avocynum ; lium. Par. Bat. lum, Canadenfe latifo- -The broad-leay’d upright Earth, and others into a well-thelter’d dry Canada Dogfbane. a Border, where they may remain until they 4. APocyNuM; Americanum, foliis Androflower, which is not before the fecond, and semi majoris, flore Lilit Conva lium JSuave-rubenfometimes the third Year; but thofe that His. H. R.P. The American Dogsbane, with were planted in Pots, fhould be fhelter’d, Tutfan Leaves, and red Flowers, like the Lily during the Winter-feafon, under a Hot-bed of the Valley. Frame, giving them free open Air wheneve APOCYNUM 3 ercélum, Sruticofium, folio the Weather is mild. Thefe Plants, in lo viridante, Par. Bat. The the : fhrubby Spring following, may be turn’d out of the upright Dogsbane, with roundifh green Leaves, Pots into the full Ground, that their Seeds may 6. Apocynum; eretlum, Africanum, folio be the better maturated. Salicis angufto glabro, Srudiu villofo. Par. Bat. The 4 is a very difficult Plant to make grow with us; for although we have freth Seeds from Abroad, whichwill often come up very well, yet if there happens but little wet or cold Weather in the Summer-time, the The upright willow-leav’d African Dogsbane, with hairy Fruit. 7. ApocynuM; Afrum, Jeandens, folio rotundo, fubincano nummularie. Boerh. The The bett African creeping Dogsbane, with Leaves like Mon,ywort. when they are come up, prick them out again flore umbellato petalis coce reflexis. Sloan. Cat, The upright Dogs-bane, with oblong Leaves, Plants will rot off and die away. Method, believe, is to raife the Plants upon a moderate Hot-bed early in the Spring ; and upon another Bed that hath alittle Warmth, 8. Apocynum ; ereffum Solio oblongo, and Scarlet Flowers, call’d by fome Baftard obferving to expofe them to the open Air by Ipecacuana. degrees, by which means they will have 9g. Apocynum ; more Canadenfe, anguftifolium Strength, and confequently be in lefs Danger flore Aurantii. Mor. Pre. The narrowof being hurt by bad Weather: But this Plant leav’d Canada Apocynum, with Orange-colour’d is not worth propagating for Ufe in England, Flowers. fince we can have the Seeds muchbe Io. APocynum 3; Marylandicum, tter, and ereftum, ata cheaper Rate from Italy than they can be folio fJubrotundo, flore ruberrimo, The upright produc’dhere. Maryland Dogsbane, APOCYNUM ; [’Azoxu voy of dw and nures, of a Dog, becaufé the Antie nts believed this Plant would kill Dogs. The Agypt ians call this Plant Ofar, whence comes the Name of the Fruit Bideffa as though Bordes Offar, which in the k Tongue fignifies the Ege Offr.] Dogfbane. The Charaéers are 3 Leaves are produced oppofite, by Pairs @ Branches ; the Flower confift s of one which is cut into several Segme nts 5 Srom and deep red Flowers, with roundifh Leaves, The firft of thefe Degsbanes is a prodigious Creeper at the Root, and will in a fhort time over{pread a large Compafs of Ground, and muft never be planted too near other Plants or Flowers, which would be Over-run by this Plant, and deftroy’d; but it may have a Place in fome obicure Part of the Garden, for it is extremely hardy, and will thrive in almoft any Soil or Situation : It grows to be fix or feven Feet high, and produces large Umbels of Flowers, which havea ftrong fweet Smell, but are of a poifonous Nature, as oO are |