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Show CA CA If you defign a large Plantation ofthefe to a Houfe, or in either in Rows for Avenues . jantations 3 but if Quarters for Wildernefs it is by much the , you intend themfor Timber in Furrows, (as is better Method to fow Seni t them remain prattis’d for Oaks, &c.) andle are apt to gee unremov ds — thefe Trees ap- Root, which being hurt a ara uping, is often a Checkto their > ane 1ccaufesa to fhoot out Trees for T imber, after havingtwice pllough’d the Ground, thebetter to deftroythe Roots of Weeds, youfhould make your Fur rows about fix Feet “Diftance from each other, in which you fhould lay the Nuts aboutte n Inches apart, covering them with Earth eae threeTae with the e-ever any of thefe Trees they fhould remain . men is t them3 =as sea the lux tc 1 of thick; and when they come Up, you muft carefully clear themfrom Weeds : When thefe have remain’d three or four Years, whichis the Reafon this Tree is at prefent fo fearce with us, for not one Seed in five hun- dred fent over ever grew, which was owing to the Neglect of ee ting them up in this Manner. This Tree will take by inarching upon the commonSort, by which it may not only be propagated, but, I believe, alfo increas’d in Magnitude. (if the s fucceeded well ) you will have manyof CASTANEA EQUINA; vide Hippocaftanum. thefe Trees to remove; which fhould be done at the Seafons before directed, leaving the Trees about three Feet Diftancein the Rowss at which Diftance they may remain for twoor three Years more, when you fhould remove every other Tree, to make Rocns for the maining, which will reduce tion to fi o{quar AT ANANCE; [Ka-revelyyen, a violent Alve; Of werdand avayan, Ne ; pel; fo ‘call’d, be- Opinion the Antients hadof it, t was a ftrong and almoft invincible Innt to Amour.] Candy Lion’s Foot. other of thefe ” the Florets leaft see a ) in order to make S feven Years time will for Hoops, Hop-pol - : in whe - i h Timber; for the : ible tooo a urifhment, ing a greater upon them to wh Ic ether with their Rent (by he Cie of the Ground, Juices are better prepar’d before it enters their VefJuices are better digefted, - maturated than thofe grow uponftrong lich have long oaa runfeet de ch ) into mMuc) h wrapt upin a leafy Cu; pofes thney are aeYa W one time a: fall | rowing T it nee left ponthe Ground: hould fel every other e them to twenty-four TO r Diiftance for 1 is buoy’ many are their Juice e crude Part be holas go od the L Rent of t 1a I ut, fggplater Fruit, filly, fince neither will receive its own Kind than byinoculating, or is the latter only which th sropagated by; nor \ uny two upon each ot herefore we ent Graf or downy Subjtance within the to intermi or in Wi ftripyd y vertty and Pleafure - This may be obtain’d by the c . CaTanance;3 quorundam. Lugd. g with B cher Leaves. ‘True “OOt > » Plants isa Perennial, and ed by Heads taken off from int, either in Spr or Autumn, ynly planted in Pots fill’d with in order to fhelter them in Winter from fevere Frofts; but if they | Borders, either under dges, and ina moderately endure abroad verywell. ing in May, and con- eptember, (efpecially if } romote irer 5 OF inoc ger than Seeds are eav’d CandyLion’s-Foot, in Bulk, l ill Sorts fion of the gooc Sorts of Fruits grow | fo that eve takein a aft Quantit uice, 2 Flower3 not too dry) and is a pretty t to a Garden, andis eafily kept withIt may alfo be propagsated by fhould be fown in a Borderof tEarth in March: And in May, when ts are come up, they may be either into Pots or Borders, where they for flowering; but as thefe ipen well in this Country, fo 1 is what is chiefly ufed in CATARIA; [fo call’d of Catus, Lat. Cat >; becaufe Cats do not fuffer this Plant to grow; they are very fond of it, frisk upon it, roll themfelves in it, and eat it, treating it thus out oflove till it dies, as Apes who ‘kill t heir Young by fondling them: Cats eating too much oh this Plant grow drunk, which: It is Af ‘call’d Newke of Nepa Scorpi caufe it is very good againft the Bitings of Scorpions.] Cat-Mint, or Nepeta. The Charaéfers are; The Leaves are like thofe ofthe Betony, are for the moft part firong Scent: The Fl thick Spike: The Creft of and bifid: The Lip is divic ver is broac three Seg- ments; the middle Segment is 1, and hollow’d like a Spoon, and elegantly crenated on the Edges; each Flower is Jucceede“d by four i q Seeds. The Species are ; 1. Catania; major, vulgaris. Tourn, Common large Cat-Mint. Cararia; que nepela, minor folio meeTurcice. H.Cath. Leffer Ce Mint, witl Leaves like Turkey-Balm ARIA3;Hip anica, betonit 2 g flore ceruleo. Tourn. ee leay d noe Cat-Mint, ce blue Bi lowe . CATARIA 3 ain ori, flore L Narrow-leav’di Spanith vat-Mint, with white Flowers. 6. Cavaria; Lufitanica 5 folio, tuberofa radice. Tourn. Upright Portaga Cat-Mint, with a tuberofe Root. 7 Car. ARIA3 2 5 fibrofa radice, Tourn. priate *Partag al Cat-“Mint, with fibrofe —Se 8. CaTARIA 5 minor, mon fmall Cat-Mint. All thefe Sorts of Cat-mint are propagated by fowing their Seeds in February or Mar in Beds or Borders of common Earth, and may be afterward tranfplanted into ee ac about a Foot fquare from each other, leaving a Path between every Bed (which thould be three Feet broad) an Alley of two Feet, to go between to clear them from Weeds, &c The firft Sort m€ntion’d is us’d in Medicine: This may alfo be propagated by parting the Roots, either in Spring Autumn, and will growin almoft any Soil or Situation : It flowers in Fune, and the Seeds are ripe in Auguft. This Plant grows wild upon dry Banks in many are Annuals, andtheregated by Seeds, which ripen this Country : The Timefor i March, in Beds or which sill come upin paay Eee be tranfplanted Parts of England. As to what has been re- lated of its being deftroy’d by Cars, if planted in a Garden, [ could neverobferveto betrue: for I have planted it many times in Places much frequented by thofe Animals, but never faw them meddle with it, nor had I ever one Root either broke, or fcratch’d up by them, vide Ricinus. CATAPUTIA Minor3 vide Tithymalus. altho’ fome Marum, which I planted feveral time#in the fame Spot, was continually deftroy’d, The other Sorts are alfo very hardy, and may be propagated in the fame manner, but re. x |