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Show ercat Plenty, and being Thorny, are injurious to thofe who pafs among them:n:aked. The sibeca as to its outward Shew, feems to be o very rare or curious Plant, but ithas a very fine Flower, which beginning to st it felf about the Evening, falls after Midnight: and hence it is call’d, "Easquzds, 1. €: fhunning the The tenth Sort bears Figs of a moit de- licate Tafte; it iscall’d Cereus, becanfe it is, as i the ,a kind of Taper or Torch, which Servants carry’ on Nights before their Matters. is call’d fo from its Refemblance Not that it to a Torch, but becaufe when thefe Plants have been cut down, and dry’d upon the Ground, as dip them into Oil, and burn them as orches, for which Parpofe they ferve very e Stems ave thick and nd furvow'd, each Angle ines, which are prohe s confift of many ich expand themfel k hat In the Centerof ’ the Flower is of Stamina (or Threads) ious : ruit, which is by, fo ft, and like to that the IndianFig, "d from the Side of the Plant, without ately under the Flower. US ; reds, altiffimus, Syrinamen- The large upright Torchcoftis 1 oee. Pee The upr iaht Torch-T hift e, with yellow Down and red Fruit withoutt Spines. 4. ‘Crreus ; rafjiffimus, maxim’ ngulofus, [pin z us, longiffimis, mangine flav. h The largeft upright Torch-Thiftle, with large Angles and white Spines, having a yellow Down on the Top. 5. Cereus; ereftus, gracilis, flavis, polygonus, lanugine all 4 pallefcente. Ind. The leffer uprig he Torch-Thiftle with many Angles and yellowSpines, with a white Down on the Top. 6. Cereus; ereétus, gracilior, fpinofiffimus, Lbi l Boerh Ind. The leffer he Torch- Thifile, with white Spines. . Crrgus — g » minime an>» {pinis albis, quorum fa ia producuntar. The lefler upright ch-Thiftle, with the leaft Angles and white INES, \W hich are produc’d at a wide Di- RuES; maximus, frutlu fpinofo rubvo, The greateft Torch- Thiftle, with y Fruit. CrarvsS; fcande CE CE i minoy, 0. trigonus, Par. Bat. ar-— The lefler triang ar creeping, joynted TorchThift Wi th the {weereft Fruit, commonly ce l'd in Barba does, the True prickly Pea to. Crnzvs; criftatus, evetlus, Soltis tri- angularibus, profi ade canaliculatis. dre all propagated by Cuttings, fo Thefe, thac if you intend to increafe the Number of them, ie muit cut of their Stems, at what Length you pleafe: Thel : fhould be laid by ina ag Place to heal, at leatt a W or ten Pluk. Pye. The crefted triangular Torch-Thiftle, with deep Furrows. 1. Cereus; fcandens, minor, polygouus, articulatus. Pay. Bat. The leffer creeping, Days before they are planted; bat if they joynted Torch-Thiftle, with many Angles. 13. Crrevs; minimis arti ulatt US nus, Spi nofus. Boerh. a lie a Fortnight or three Weeks’ it is much the better, and they will bein lefs Danger of pool milcarrying. The le alt prickly joynted Torch-Thiftle with many Angles. The firft Sort is the hardieft, asalfo the mot Iheie Cuttings fhould be planted in {mall Pots, fill’d with light fandy Earth, with a Mixture of Lime-rubbith, laying fome Stones common in England ofanyof thefe Sorts, and maybe preferv’mahin a good Green-houfe with- their Spines; and if they Months on their Paffage, the well, provided no Wer get io them CERINTHE ; [Knee st of Kags , Gr. becaufe ihe Bees in the Summer time, whi they are making their Honey combs this Plant, of which they ex ract a Juice wherewith Q Wax.] Moifture; then place the Pots into a gentle Hot-bed of Tanner’s-bark, to facilitate their all the Winter, for Wet is the greateft Enemy giving them once a Week agentle Honey-wort. The Charz hath r the moft in the Bottom of the Pots to drain off the out anyartificial Heat, providedthe Froft is kept intirely out, and the Plant kept very dry dofront to thefe Plants. fon for this Workis i e that they may have time to root before The 2d, 3d, 4th, sth, 6th, 7th, and 8th Sorts are fomewhat tenderer, and will require Winter: alittle artificial Warmth in very bad Weather, therefore thefe fhould be plac’d in a St ves t which is kept up to the temperate Heat, n on Mr. Fowler's Thermometers : I have verylittle Water in the Winter The oth Sort is by the Inhabit badoes, train’d up againft their Houfes, for the Sake of its Fruit, which is about the Bignefs of a Bergamot-Pear and of a molt delicious Flavour. This, with the roth, 11th and 12th Sorts, are very tender, and require @ very warm Stove to preferve them: Thefe fhould be plac’d againft the Walls of the Stove, into which they will infinuate their Roots, and extend themfelves to a great Length, and witha little Help, in faftning them to the Wall here and there, may be led up about the Ceiling of the Houle, where they will very handfome. And the 1:ith Sort, arriv’d toa fufficient Strength, wi many exceeding large, beautiful, fweet-! , Flowers ; but theyare (like all the Flowers ot thefe Kinds) ofa veryfhort Duration, fearcely continuing full blown twelve Hours; nor 40 the fame Flowers ever open again, when once clos’d: Thefe Flowers open in the Afternoo andbefore the next Morrning ft I don’t remember to have the other Sorts (except the fi produc’d Flowers in Euro hop’d, that whenthey Strength, they will flower as well but at prefent, the Plants of are but young, having»been in £ unlefs by fome Ac occafions their flower commonly inclin’ dto. Oft a very | Paris, which was upward 1728.) was deftroy’d. There wz in the Phyfick Garden at Leyden when I was tl was above t Number oF England that are Feet high, tho’ there haveeS brerma within a few Years patt. always have ter; for i s, it will occafion th s fhould none of t not even in the Midft of at Rains, which often happen are very inj ari ig to the rts fhould be efore plac a free Air in ime fereen’d from R: will therefore be much the fet them in open Gl: : Windows maybe fet open nd fhut in cold or wet. not be expos’ i to frefh Plants, ao by this means the old ill continually afford a Supply, fo that never need cut off above one F ; t, which you fhould preferve for a Bree ts being fucculent, they wi thie time out“of the Ground, the and had produc’d Flowers fc but by the Severity of the 1: 1727, Plants fhould allo be t twenty Feet high, and had a Flowers uponit ; but I don't Augujt you to give th by degrees, to yainft Winter, but they fhould petopac yen Alror Sun: ey muft be remov’d ove where they are to abide the vhich Seafon, you m et them have much M to place the r, in alittle w r Plants, as being r given them, ave once cut off the Tops ants, in orderto increafe the s will put form frefh Shoots from , which whhen grown to. be eight or few Ye The firt Sort { its Flowres until arriv’d toa co Year Toward the Middle of no other Inftruétions but ro cut them off, and let three Days to dry; then put T 1up ina Box with dry Hayor to p them from wounding ea I its alfo are much fu if their wtuma fhould not prove S§ eeds would not be P Borders in ¢ to drop their out anyfarther Ca oncefurnifh’d w need b of them main, there is ¢ Sorts than in a featter’d upon bur fo as notto growth 5 |
