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Show Hedges, and extends its trailing Branches 01 the Trees and Shrubs that are near it: This Plant in the Autumnis generally cover’d with Seeds which are collected into little Heads, each of which having, as it it were, a rough Plume faften’d to it, hath occafion’d the Country People to give it the Name of Old Man's Beard. The sth Sort being no more than an accidental Variety of the 4th, is often found intermix’d therewith. it be a Native of a warm Country, yet I find is hardy enough to endure the Cold of our Climate in the open Air: This Plant commonly produces vaft Quantities oflarge greenifh yellow Flowers in the Depth of Winit is not retarded by very feyere Weather) ; for which Reafon, together with the Beauty of its verdant green Leaves at that Seafon, it deferves a Place in every good Garden. The 7th Sort is very like the 4th, which is our common Sort, from whichit onlydiffers in having but three Lobes to each Leaf, whereas ours havefive or more. The 8th and roth Sorts, which are the moft common in Spain and Italy, are at prefent bia { wid wine veryrare in Englan Places where they are defign’d to remain. which fhould be done in the Spring, obferving to lay a little Mulch upon the Surface ofthe Ground round their Roots, and to waterthem gently in dry Weather: In two Years after planting they will make very ftrong Shoots whichfhould be train’d up to Stakes, that they maynot trail upon the Ground, which would The 6th Sort is an Ever-green ; and altho” ter, (provided in the Spring, which in one Year’s Time wilt take Root, and maythen be remov’dto the g onlyto be found in curious Botanick Gardens: But the gth Sort, which is a Variety of the 8th, is propa- fpoil their flowering, and render them very unfightly. From this Time they will require no farther Care, than to cut out everyother Year the decay’d Branches ; andin the Spring, to fhorten fuch Branches as may have grown too long and rambling for the Places where they are planted Thefe alfo maybe rais’d from Seeds, which fhould be fowneither fo foonas ripe, or very early in the Spring, in a Bed of frefh light Earth, or in Pots or Boxes fill’d with fome Earth, becaufe the Seeds of moft of thefe Plants remain in the Ground until the fecond Spring before they appear, efpecially if they were not fownin Autumn. Whenthe Plants come up, they muft becarefully clean’d from Weeds ; and in very dry Weather frequently water'd; and in the fucceeding Spring they fhould be tranfplanted out into Nurfery-beds, here they mayremain two Years longer ; by gated in many Nurferies near London, (but particularly in that of Mr, Chrifopber Gray, near Fulbam ; where, amongft many other curious Exotick Trees and Shrubs, I {aw this which ‘Time they will have arriv’d at Strength to flower, and maythen be remov’dto the feveral Places where they are to remain. in very great Plenty): This Sort produces CLIMATE; [ofKaiues, Gr. au Inclination] is a Part of the Surface of the Earth bounded bytwo Circles parallel to the Equator ; fo that very double Flowers in great Quantities all over the Plant, which continue at leaft two Months, andrender it valuable. the longeft Dayin that Parallel, neareft to the The rrth and rath Sorts are alfo uncom- Pole, exceeds the longeft Day in that Parallel mon in England at prefent: The 11th was neareft to the Equator by fome certain Space brought from the Levant by Monf. Zournef of Time, viz. half an Hour, till you come to the chief Botauift to the late King of France, Places fituate nearly under the Arctick Circle; The r2th brought from America, where and a whole Hour, or even feveral Days, it is found in divers Parts in great Plenty, but when you go beyond it. particularly in Virginia and North Car : The antient Greek Geographers reckon'd from whence I have receiv’d Seeds of this onlyfeven Climates from the Equator towards Plant, which have grown Phyfick Garden. with me in the up, where, by their wild Appearance, they will be agreeable enough. The other Sorts are proper enough to intermix with flowering Shrubs of a middling Growth, where, being faften’d to {trong Stakes they will rife about fix or feven Feet high, and producegreat Juantities of Flowers. Thefe may alfo be planted to cover Seats in Wildernefs Quarters, that are defien’d for Shade ; to which purpofe thefe Plants are very well adapt- differs in the Colour of Sorts do abide manyYea t pagated in a Garden, by either fowins Seedsor parting oftheir Roots; dl which is the moft expeditious Method, asal firt of which the longeft Daye ds that in the latter by half an Hour; fo the Month Chi- ing Kind in its Colour, becaufe i back to the Purple Kind from v t degenerated. Thefe Plants fhor have a it Soil, and an oper uation, in which mate is a Space between two Circles parallel to the Polar Circles, whofe longeft Dayis longer orter than that of its contiguous The Antients, who confin’d the Climates to what they imagin’d the habitable Part of the Earth, onlyallow’doffeven, as has beenfaid: The firft they made to pafg through Meroe, the fecond through Stevna, the third through , the fourth through Rhodes, the through Rome, the fixth through Pontys, and the feventh through the Mouth of the The Moderns, who have fail’d farther towards the Poles, make thirty Climates on each Side; and becaufe the Obliquityof the Sphere kes a little Difference in the Length of the ft Day, fomeof them make the Difference of the Climates but a Quarter of an Hour inftead of Half an Hour. The Term Climate is vulgarly beftow’d on any Country or Region differing from another, either in refped ofthe Seafons, the Quality of the Soil, or even the Manners of the Inhabitants, without any Regardto theLer of the longelt Day The End of the Climate is that wherein the Day is the longeft. The Climates therefore are reckon’d from the Equator to the Pole; and are fo many Bands or Zones, terminared by Lines parallel to the Equator ; tho’ in Striétnefs there ar¢ feveral Climates in the Breadth ofone Zone. Each Climate onlydiffers fromits contiguous on very ftony of E an annual Plant is only pr J ds, which fhould | f ter theyare ripe, otherwife they w grow: This muft hay Soil, in which it chiefly The fourth Sort is alf which was brought from tl I be fown in the Springof the Y any Soil, it being a very good and will thrive in any Part of the Gard The fifth Sort grows wild in Carolina; from whence the Seed fent over, which growvery well wi are hardy h to refilt our Cold open Air, if planted in a dry Soil Cc bec: whatever Plants do grownea Tendrils.} Chickling-Vetch. hich ends in a Tendril. The Species are ; 1. Crymenum ; Hifpanicum, flo qué plana. Tourn, Spanith Chickling 2. Crymenum; Hifpanicum, flor 2 articulata. Tourn. Spanith Vetch, with a variable Flower and a Pod. 3. CLlyMENUM ; lari; minore. Fe Te, elatins, 3alil, with embling Baftard-Marjoram. 13 origano fimi Bafil, with a white Flower, refemram. INOPODIUM 35 arven Wild Field-Bafil, refemb! e Ocymtifacie. g Bafil CrrxopoprumM 3 A!lpinum, rvofeum, fatureja Muf. Alpine Field Bafil, e Savory. with As the Climates commence from the Equa- ed, requiring little more Care than to train tor, the firft Climate Hours: Parts with a variable Flower and a plain Pod. ones, in that the longeft Day in Summer is tender Branches (asis practis’d ‘for for Vines) twelve Hours and an half, ends at thirteen ills in feveral The Stalks, Flow CLINOPODIUM 3; [Kasowtdver, of Kalyn a } nd ats, adds, Gr. a Foot, as though the becaufe accerding to DiofcoStalks of this Plant refemble the 1 Field—Bafil. longeror fhorter by half an Hour in the oné Place than the other. at its Beginning has its their Branches regularly at firftt, after which: longeft Day precifeély twelve Hours long ; a theywill maintain themf{elyes very well. its End twelve Hours andan half: ‘The fecond, ] Thefe Plants are propagated y laying down which begins where the firft ends, viz. a their rhite-flow The Charaéters are ; fome noted Place, through which the middle Circle, wherein the D, y is the fhorteft. the fureft Wayto preferve one by a Month orthirty Days. the North Pole, and denominated them from The nine laft mentioned Sorts are all of Parallel of the Climate pafs’d : But the Moderns reckonup twenty-four. The Beginning of the Climate is the Parallel themtrailing Plants, fome of them growing to a very great Length, particularly the 4th, sth, and 4th Sorts, which fhould be planted in large Wildernefs Quarters, near the Stems of great Trees, to which they fhouldbe train’d Hours: Andfo of the reft, as far as the Polar Circles. Hear what Geographers call Hour Climates terminate, and Month Climates commence As an Hour Climate is a Space compriz'd een twoPat Is of the Equator, in the 1 upon dry chalky ad: The fecond 2 fill Bithynia ling-Vetch, with a fingle Pod and fn Flower. ' 4. Crym i ) Tourn. Common Chickling-Vetch with a Ine Flower. 4 5. CrymenuM; Grecum, j lari. T. Cor. Greek Chickling-V etch, with large fingle Flower. The firft, fecond, third, andfifth Sorts are Annuals, and muft be fown everyYear, (as is pra@is’d for the If they are fown guft, in a warm Border, they will ftand rough the Winter, and flower early in the fucceeding Spring, by which Method you may be fure to obtain good Seeds ; whereas thole hich are fown in the’Spring, are manytimes roy’d by the Rains in Autumn beforetheir 1s are perfected. Thefe Plants delight Soil and an open Situ for * over-hungbyTrees, Oc. they feldom come to any Perfection r Thofe |
