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Show BR BR the Bed, which, if pent in, will greatly injure the Plants. When your Plants have taken Root, you Plants; and thefe, after the Colliflowers are gone off, will have full Room to grow, and the Crops be hereby continu’d in a Succeffion through the whole Seafon. About three Weeks or a Month after your iflowers are planted out, the Radi/bes be tween them will be fit to hoe; at which time, muft give them as muchfree openAir as pof- fible, by keeping the Glaffes off in the Daytime as much as the Weatherwill permit; and in the Night, or at fuch Times as the Glafies require to be kept on, raife them up with Bricks to let in frefh Air, unlefs in frofty Weather; at which time the Glaffes fhould be cover’d with Mats, Straw, or Peafe-haulm, €¥c. but this is not to be done but in very hard Frofts: You muft alfo obferve to guard them againft great Rains, which in Wintertimeare very hurtful to them; and if the under Leaves growyellow and decay, be fure to pick themoff, for if the Weather fhouldprove very bad in Winter, fo that you fhould be oblig’d to keep them clofe cover’d for two or three Days together, as it fometimes happens, thefe decay’d Leaves will render the inclos’d Air very noxious, and the Plants infpiring pretty muchat that time, are often deftroy’d in vatt Quantities. In the Beginning of February, if the Weather be mild, you muft begin to harden your Plants by degrees, that they may be prepar’d for Tranfplantation ; and the Ground where you intend to plant your Colliflowers out for good, (which fhould be quite open from Trees, &e. and rather moift than dry) having been well dung’d and dug, fhould be fown with Radijhes a Week or Fortnight before you intend to plant out your Colliflowers: The Reafon why I mention the fowing of Radi/bes particularly, when you are hoeing out the Radifbes, where they are too thick, you fhould cut off all fuch as grow immediately about the Collif and would prove hurttul to them, by dra g them uptall and weak, andalfo at that time draw the Earth up to the Stems ofthe Plants, being careful not to let any get into their Hearts, (as was before directed) ; and when your Radi/bes are fit to pull, befure toclear round the Colliflowers firit, and keep drawing the Earth up to their Stems as they advance in Height, which will keep their Stems from being harden’d by the Weather, and be of i service to your Plants. ny People, who are very fond lower-Plants in Summer, but have almoft. wholly > as finding a deal of little fe Care be taken to keep the Earth drawn upto their Stems, andclear them fromev ery Thing Holes, to their Prejudice, and fometimestheir ceed better without than with Water, where uponthe Spot, the Flies will take to them, and never meddle with the Colliflowers fo long as they laft: Indeed the Gardeners near London mix Spin with their Radifb-Seed, and fo have a double Crop; which is an Advantage where Ground is dear, or that Perfons are itreightened for Room, otherwife it is very well to have only one Crop amongtft the Colliflowers, that the Ground maybe clearedin time. Your Ground being ready, and the Seafon good, about the Middle of February, you may begin to plant out your Colliflowers: The Di- flance which is generally allow’d by the Gardeners near London (whoplant other Crops between their Colliflowers to fucceed them, as Cucumbers for pickling, and Winter Cabbages) ls every other Row four Feet and a halt apart and the intermediate Rows two Feet and a half, and two Feet two Inches Diftance in the Rows; fo that in the Middle, or towards the that grows near them, that they may have free open Air, we fhall find that they will fuc- any of thefe Cautions are not ftrictly fol- low’d. When your Colliflowers begin to Fruit, y mutt often look over them, to turn downtheir Leaves, as was before directed, to preferve their Whitenefs ; and when they are full grown, obferve the former Directions in pulling them, &c. But where-ever you meet with an extraordinary good Colliflower, whofe Curd is hard and white, and perfectly free from any Frothinefs about the Edges, you fhouldfuffer it to remain for Seed, keeping the Leaves clofe down uponit until the Flower hath thot out Stems, and then remove the Leaves from them by degrees, but do not expofe them too muchto the open Air at firft: As the Stems advance, you muft take the Leaves quite away ; and when they begin to branch out, you fhouldfix three pretty ftrong Stakes, at equal Angles, about it, furrounding them with Packthread, €&c. to fupport their Branches, latter End of May, (when the Radifbes and Spinage are cleared off) they put in Seeds of which would be otherwife liable to break with the Wind. Cucumbers for Pickling, in the Middle of the When your Pods begin firft to be form’d, wide Rows, at three Feet and a half apart ; if the Weather be dry, you fhouldgive them and in the narrow Rows, plant Cabbages for W inter Ute, at two Feet two Inches Diftance fo that thefe ftand each of them exactly in the Middle of the Square between four Colliflower- BR Seeds ; and when your Seeds are ripe, you There are feveral Species of this Plant preferv’d in the curious Botanick Gardens: ¥ fhall mention the Varieties to be found in the Englifo Gardens, and thengive a fhort Account of their Culture, 1. BruneLia ; major, folio non diffe C. B. Common Self-heal, with whole Leaves 2. Brunetti; major, folio non diffe flore Albo. C. B. Common Self-b w. 2 white Flowers, 3. Brunetta; folio laciniato. C. B. Cutleav’d Self-beal. 4. Brunevxa ; folio laciniato; flore H.R. P. Cut-leav’d Se/f-beal, with white Flowers, 5. Brunerra; Cerulea, magno flove C. B. Large blue-flower’d Self-hec } 6. Bruneita; HAyffopifolia. C B. Narrow leay’d Self-beal. 7. Brunetia ; Alpina; laciniata; flore magno. Boerb. Ind. WLarge-flower’d cut-leav’d Self-beal from the Alps. 8. Brunetra ; folio verbene tenuifolia. Boerh. Ind. Self-beal, with Leaves like the narrow cut-leav’d Vervain. 9. Brunera ; Jaciniata; flore elegantiffimé fulphureo. Boerb. Ind. Cut-leay’d Self-heal, with fine Sulphur-colour’d Flowers. to. Bruneta ; Jatifolia ; Italica ; flore muft cut it off, and hang it up to dry, and rub it out, as was directed for Cabbage-Seed : Andalthough your Flowers do not produce fo much Seed as thofe which were of a fofter or frothy Nature, yet the Goodnefs of fuch Seeds will fufficiently recompenfe for the Quantity ; and any Perfon who was to purcha{ehis Seeds, had better give ten Shillingsan Ounce for fuch Seeds than two for the Seeds commonly fav’d for Sale; as the Gardeners about Loudon have experiencd, who will never buy any Sceds of this Kind, that they do not know how they were fav’d. But in order to have a third Crop of Colfiflowers, you fhould makea flender Hot-bedin fe y, in which you fhould fow the Seeds, covering them a quarter of an Inch thick with light Mould, and covering the Bed with Glafs Frames; you ‘fhould now and then gently refrefh the Bed with Water, obferving to raife the Glafies with Bricks in the Day-time to let in frefhh Air; and when the Plants are come up, and have gotten four or five Leaves, you fhould prepare another Hot-bedto prick them into, which may be about two Inches fquare; and in 4prid harden them by degrees, to fit themfor tranfplanting, which fhould be done feldom hapy g of them renders them muchbet and when once theyhave been water’d, if it is not conftantly continu’d, it had been much better for themif they never had had any; as alfo, if it be given themin the dle of the Day, it rather helps to feald them: So that upon the Whole, if is this, (viz.) that if there isnot fome Radifh amongft them, and May fhould prove hot and dry, as it fometimes happens, the Fly will feize your Golliflowers, and eat themfull of Deftruction ; whereas, if there are Radifhes BR a little Water all over, (with a Watering-pot- that hath a Rofe to it) which will promote the Progrefs of the Seeds, and preferve’emfrom the Mildew, which is often hurtful to et about the latter End of that Month at the Diftances direéted: for the fecond Crop, and carneo. Barrel. Broad-leav’d Italian Self-healy muft be manag’d accordingly: Thefe (if the with Flefh-colour’d Flowers. is moift where they are planted or the 11. Brunerta; Nove Anglia; Major5 on cool and moift) will produce good foliis longius mucronatis. Rand, New-England owers about a Monthafter the fecond Self-Leal, with long-pointed Leaves. is gone, wherebytheir on will be 12. BruNELia ; Caroliniana magno greatly prolong’d. internodiis longiffimis. Re There is alfo a fourth Crop of Colfiflowers, if-beal, with large pale blue Flowers, which is rais’d by fowing the Seed about the and long Spaces between the Joints of the twelfth of May; and being tranfplanted, as Stalks, hath been before direéted, will produce good Thefe Plants may be any of them propaColliflowers in a kindly Seafon, and good Soil gated by fowing their Seeds in the Spring of the after Michaelmas, and continue thro’ Oéfober Year, ona Bed of commonEarth, and when and November, and if the Seafon permit, often they are.come up, may be planted out in a great part of December. Borders in any fhady part of the Garden, The Reafon whyI fix particular Days for where they will thrive, and many of them thefowing of this Seed, is, becaufe two or three flower the fame Year, but all of them the Days often make a great Difference in their fecond, after which they feldom continue, Plants ; and becaufe thefe are the Days ufually therefore the Seeds of them muft be fown fix'd by the Gardeners near London, who have yearly for a frefh Supply. foundtheir ‘Craps to fucceed beft when fown at The firft Sort is ufed in Medicine, and is thofe Times, although one Day foonerorlater very commonin divers Parts of England : The will make no great Odds. others are of foreign Growth; and although there is not a great deal of Beauty in them, BROOM, the Common; wide Cytifo-Geyet fome of the Varieties are worth cultinifta Scoparia, vating to add to the Diverfity, efpecially fince BROO M, the Spanith ; I Spartium, & they require very little Culture, Genifta, BRUNELL A, The Charaéters are; BRUSCUS; vide Rufcus. BRYONIA; [This Plant is fo call’d of The Flowers grow in foort compatt Spikes, Brrr, fignifying to fhoot orfpring, becaufe ir ws 2 confit of one Leaf, and are labiated (or is a Plant of luxuriant Growth] Bryony. ! @ Cre (or upper Lip) is intire The Charattersare ; wd; the Beard (or lower Lip) is Tt bath a climbing Stalk with Spines; the into three Segments; the middle SegLeaves ave like thofe of the Vine; the Flowers ; road, and bollow, like a Spoon, and is jich is expanded at the er produc’d than the two other Segments confit of one Lea are narrow ; the Cup of the Flower bath Lop, and divided into five Parts; andin the wo Lips; the upper being erett and trifid, and Female Plants are fucceeded by round Berries growing the lower is arm’d |
