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Show cO CO Thofe of thefe Plants which were fown in Autumn, will begin to flower in May, and 5 continue to produce new Flowers till Fuly about which time the Seeds of their early Flowers will be perfe&ed. Their Flowers are in Shape like thofe of the Pea, but being ofvariable Colours, do make a pretty Variety in a Garden; andif the Plants are fupported with Sticks, they maybe kept ina {mall Com= pafs. The fourth Sort hatha perennial Root, which multiplies very faft, foon over-running a Spot of Ground, and fhould therefore be kept in a Pot where the Roots will be confin'd, and thereby the Plant caus’d to produce a greater Quantity of Flowers than it would naturally do if its Roots had full Liberty. CNICUS ; The Charaéters are ; Tt hath flofeulons Flowers; confifting of many Flovets, which ave multified and ftand upon the Embryo: Thefe Florets ave enclo?d in a fealy Cup furvounded with Leaves. The Species are ; CO good Quantity of Off-fets, which fhould have COCCIGRIA ; vide Cotinus Coriaria. COCHLEARIA ; [is fo call’'d of Cochleare; Lat. a Spoon ; becaufe the Leaves of this Plant are hollow’d like a Spoon.) Spoonwort, or Scurvy-grafs. The Charaéters are; The Flower confifts of four Leaves, which are difpos'd in Form of a Crofs: From the Flower= Cup arifes the Pointal, which becomes an almoft globular Fruit, divided into two Cells by an intermediate Partition, to which the Valves adhere on both Sides, and are furnifh’d with many round Seeds. The Species are 5 1. Cocuiraria; folio fubrotundo. C. B. Scurvy-grafs with a roundifh Leaf, or Com mon Scurvy~grafs. 2. Cocuiearta ; folio finuato. C. B. Scurvygrafs with a finuated Leaf, or Sea Scurvy= grafs , vulgd. 3. CocHLEARIA; minima, ex montibus Wal- lia. Sher. Boerb. Ind. The leaft Scurvy-grafs, from the Welfh Mountains. 4. Cocureania ; folio cubitali. Tourn. Horles Radith; vulgé. 4 The firft of thefe Species is propagated in Gardens for Medicinal Ufes: This is done by fowing the Seeds in Fuly, foon after they are 3. Cnicus ; perennis, carulens, Tingitanus. ripe, in a moift fhady Spot of Ground ; and when the Plants are come up, they fhould be H.L. Tangierperennial blue Diftaff-Thiftle. 4. Cnicus; Creticus, atrattylidis folio & thin’d fo as to be left at about four Inches facie, flore leucophao. T. Cor. Canada Diftaff- Diftance each Way. The Plants that are taken out may be tran{planted into other fhady BorThiftle, with whitith Flowers. 5. Cnicus; Hifpanicms, arborefcens, fotidiffi- ders, if you have Occafion for them ; other~ mus, Tourn, Stinking Spanifh Tree Diftaft- wife they may be hoe’d out, (as is prattis'd Thiftle. for Onions, Carrots, &c.) and at the fame time The Bleffed Thiftle is cultivated in Gardens all the Weeds may be hoe’d down, fo as to for the Herb, which is dy’d and preferv’d clear the Plants intirely from Weeds, that they for medicinal Ufes, but of late Years it hath may have Room to grow ftrong. In the Spring been in lefs Ufe than formerly, for which thefe Plants will be fit for Ufe; and thofe that Reafon there is but little of it now propa- are fuffer’d to remain will run up to Seed in 1. Cnicus ; fylueftris, hirfutior, five Carduns We WO wee Benediflws. C. B. The Blefled Thiftle; vu/gd. 2. Cnicus; atraétylis lucea dittus. H. L. The ycllow Diftaf-Thiftle 5 vulgé. gated. This being an annual Plant, is only rais’d May, and perfe& their Seeds in Fuly. If this by Seeds, which fhould be fown in Autumn, orvery early in the Spring: Whenthe Plants are come up, they fhould be either tranfplanted, or hoe’d out to about nine or ten Inches Diftance from each other, that the grow well; therefore the beft Timeis foon Plants may have Room to fpread, obferving alfo to keep them clear from Weeds ; and when the Plants are in full Flower, they fhould be cut off and laid to dry in a fhady Place; and after they are thoroughly dry, they may be tied up into Bundles, and hung up in a dry Room upon Strings in Rows, fo that the Air may pafs freely between them, which will prevent their growing mouldy or rotting, which they are very fubje& to, if laid too clofe, or kept in a moift Place. The other Varieties are only preferv’d in curious Botanick Gardens ; they may be pro- Plant is fown in the Spring, the Seeds feldom after they are ripe: The Plants rarely live after producing Seeds ; fo that it fhould be fown every Year, to have it for Ufe. July ; and if the Autumn is favourable, their Seeds will be perfeGed in September, : COAST-MARY; vide Balfamita, ° 5 a Bud upontheir Crowns: but it matters not howfhort they are ; therefore the Upper-part ofthe Roots which are takenup for Ufe, fhould be cut off about two Inches long with the Bud to it, which is efteem’d the beft for Planting. Then make a Trench ten Inches deep, in which you fhould place the Off-fets at about four or five Inches Diftance each way with the Bud upwards, covering them up with the Mould that was taken out ofthe Trench: Then proceed to a fecond Trench in like manner, and continue the fame until the whole Spot of Ground is planted. After this, level the Sur= face of the Ground even, obferving to keep it clear from Weeds, until the Plants are fo far advanced as to be ftrong enoughto over-bear and keep down the Weeds. With this Management, the Roots of the Horfe-Radijh will be long and ftrait, and free from {mall lateral Roots ; andthe fecofd Year afterplanting will be fitfor Ufe. Tis true, they may be taken up the firft Year; but then the Roots will be but flender ; therefore it is the better way to let them remain until the fecond Year. The Ground in which this is planted ought to be very rich, otherwife the Roots will make but a {mall Progrefs. COCOS; vide Palma Nucifera. CODLIN-Tree; vide Malus, or Apple-Tree. COFFEE-TREE; vide Jafminum. COLCHICUM,is fo call’d, from Colchis a Province of the Levant ; (whichis now call’'d Mingrelia,) becaufe this Plant was formerly very commonin that Place. The Charaéters are; It hath a Flower confifting of one Leaf, which is fhap'dlike a Lily, rifing from the Root in Form of a fmall Tube, and is widened gradually into fix Segments: Phe Pointal rifes from the Bottom of the Flower, ending in fraall Threads, and turns to an oblong triangular Fruit, divided into three Cells, which are full of roundifh Seeds: It bath alfo a folid bulbous Root, which is coverd with a membranous Skin. Englith white Meadow-Saftron. longer there than one Year: But it being fo eafily gather’d in the Places before mention d; Double-flower’d Meadow-Saffron. the Markets are fupply’d from thence by the Herb-women, who make it their Bufinefs to gather this Herb. ' The Little Welfh Scurvy-grafs is an abiding Plant, and may be preferv’d in a Garden, ! planted in a ftrong Soil, and a fhady Situa= tion. This is preferv’d in curious Gardens 0 by Cut- tings or Buds from the Sides of the old Roots. The beft Seafon for this Work is in Oéoler or February; the former for dry Lands, 40 the latter for moift. The Manner ofdoing it is as follows: Provide your felf with 4 good 1. Corcuicum ; commune; Meadow-Saffron, 2. Corcuicum; 3. Corcuicum ; 4. Corcurcum; C. B. Common Azglicum, pleno floribus The firft of thefe Species is found in moift Meadowsin feveral Parts of England. The fecond is a Variety of the firft, from which it only differs in the Colour of the Flower. The third Sort alfo originally came from the firlt ; but is preferv’d in Gardens, for the Double- nefs of its Flowers. The fourth Sort is a Scranger to our Ifland, and is fuppos’d to have been brought from the Levant, with the fifth Sort, which differs from the fourth in having the green Leaves very much waved on the Edges. The Root of one of thefe two Species is thought to be the Hermodaétyl of the Shops. feventh Sort hath fine, broad, The variegated, green Leaves, for which it is greatly efteem’d. The eighth Sort is valuable for producing its Flowers early in the Spring ; as is the ninth, for producing a great Number of Flowers. Thefe are all very pretty Varieties for 2 Flower-Garden, moft of them producing their Flowers in Autumn, when few other Plants are in Beauty. The Flowers come up and are blown fome Time before the green Leaves appear, and are therefore by fome call’d Naked Ladies. The green Leaves come up in Winter; andin Spring are extended to a great Length: In May the green Leaves begin to decay ; foon after which Time, is the proper Seafon to tranfplant their Roots; for if they are fuf— fer'd to remain inthe Ground ’till Augu/t, they will fend forth frefh Fibres : after which Time it willbe too late toremove them. The Roots may be kept above-ground until the Middle of Auguft; at which Time if they are not planted, they will produce their Flowers as they lie out of the Ground: but this will greatly weaken their Roots. The Manner of Planting their Roots being the fame as Tulips, &c. I fhall forbear mentioning it here, refer- ring the Reader to that Article: And alfo for Sowing the Seeds, by which Means new Varieties may be obtain’d, I fhall refer to the Article of Xyphion, where there will be pro= per Directions for this Work. COLD, fignifies fomething devoid of Heat, or which does not contain in it any Particles of Fire ; according to which Definition, Coldis The Species are ; The Sea Scurvy-grafs is alfo us’d in Medicine; but this grows in the Salt Marfhes in Kent and Effex, where the Salt Water ovetflowsit almoft every Tide ; and canrarely be made to grow in a Garden, or at leaft tolaft pagated by fowing their Seeds in the Spring Plants, but is not of any Ufe. in a warmdrySoil, and the Plants reduc’d to The Horfe-Radifh is propagated about two Feet Diftance : They will flower in CO album. flore. Park. a mere Negative Term. And this is agreeable to the Sentiments of moft of our Modern Philofophers, who fuppofe Cold to confift in a mere Privation or Diminution of Heat. Others, much on the fame Principle, define C. B. Fritillaria The inftar teffelatis, foliis planis. M. H. Meadow-Saffron with Flowers chequer’dlike thofe of the Fritillaria, and {mooth Leaves. 5. Corctitcum; Chionenfe, floribus Fritillaria inftar teffelatis, foliis nndulatis. M. H. Meadow-Saffron with chequer’d Flowers and wav’d Leaves, commonly call’d Colchicum Chio. 6. Corcuicu; Jatifolium; variegatum.C. B. Broad-leav’d {trip’d Meadow-Saffron. 7: Corcuicum ; vernum, Hifpanicum. C. B. Spring-flowering Meadow-Saftron. 8. Corcnicum; Candidum, multiflorum. C, B, Many-flower’d white Meadow-Saffron, Cold to be that State of the minute Parts of 2 Body, wherein they are agitated more flowly and faintly than thofe of the Organs of Feeling. And inthis Senfe Co/d isa mere Term of ReJation: And hence the fame Body becomes liable to be perceiv’d Hot or Cold, as the Particles of it are in greater or lefler Degree of Motion than thofe of the fenfible Organ. Heat is fuppos’d to confift in a particular Motion of the Parts of the Hot Body: And hence the Nature of Co/d, which is its Oppofite, is eafily deducible ; for we find that Co/d extinguifhes, or rather abates Heat. Whence it feems to follow, that thofe Bodies are Co/d which check and reftrain the Motion ofthe Particles wherein Heat confifts, There |
