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Show cy Cry. monly us’d in Medicine, and this growing in g eat Plenty wild upon Dung-hills, andin fhady Lanes in divers Parts of England, theyare therefore feldom preferved in Gardens. They maybeeafilv cultivated by anyPerfon that is curious that way, byfowing the Seeds early in the Spring, or in Autumn foon after they are ripe, in almoft anySoil or Situation, (except the Candia Sort, which muft have a warm Pofition and a dry Soil) where they will flower and feed in plenty 3 andif the Seeds are permitted to fcatter, will abundantly fupply the Place with young Plants. As the Roots are often ufed, fo the proper Seafon to take them upis foon after the Leaves decay, before they fhoot again 3 whichis what fhould be obferv’d of all Roots either for Meat or Medicine, for then it is that they have the moft Virtue. fince there are many Places in England where [takes its Nameeither of theSoil is of a Sandyor Gravelly Nature, and xt 5 as tho’ opening its Branches feldomproduces anything worththe Manuring? on both Sides; or of jus, a certain Infant Now, in fuch Places thefe Trees would thrive whomthePoets feign to havebeen transform’d wonderfully, and greatly add to the Pleafure of the Owner, while growing, and afterwards aélers are 5 render as much Profit to his Succeffors, as perare Jquamofe haps the beft Plantation of Oaks; efpecially are fq fhould the Timber prove as good here, asin from the Fru the Ifands of the 4 120, whichI fee no is of a@ {phe Reafon to doubt of: for we find it was fo gainful a Commodity to the Ifand of Candia, that the Plantations were called Dos Fiie ; the Felling of one of them, being reckon’da 2. CyPREssus ; s, £ » foliis Acacie Cyprefs-Tree, whichfall off-in Phe fir ees is very common in Daughter’s Portion. The Timber of this Treeis faid torefift the Worm, Moth, and all Putrefaétion, and is faid to laft many hundred Years. The Doors of St. Peter’s Church at Rome were framedof this Material, which lafted from the Great Conftantine to Pope Eng IVth’s Time, which was Eleven Hundred Years, and were then found andintire, when the Pope would needs change them for Gates of Brafs. The Coffins were made of this Material, in which oft of the old Gardens in England, but at pre- Thucidydes tells us the Athenians us’d to bury fent is not fo much in Requ as formerly ; the Heroes; and the Mummy-Chefts brought tho’ it is not without its / with thofe condited Bodies out of Lgypt, are thould it be intirely réjeéte any Perfons many of them of this Material. e of Opinion; for it ferves to add to the This Tree is by many learned Authors reuty of Wilderneffes or Clumps of Evercommendedfor. the Improvement ofthe Air, greens. It was formerly planted in Borders of and a Specifickfor the I sungs, as fending forth Pleafure-Gardens, and kept fhorn into a pyra- great Quantities of Aromatick and Balfamick midal or conick Form; and fome People be- lieving m fubjeé&t to be kill’d if they cut the m, ty’d them up with Cords into a pyramidal Figure; which Formtheyare natural ly difpos’d to grow in: But this winding them about, prevented the Air from entring the inward Parts of the Branches; fo that the Leaves decay’d and became unfight ly, and greatly retarded their Growth. And fo thofe which are fheer’d, if the Operationis not perform’d in the Spring, or early in the Summer are very fubject to be injured by fharp Winds and cutting Frofts in Winter. Wherefore upon the Whole, I think it much better iS a pret wild as they are naturally i Pos'd, planting them only amongft other ~ver-green Trees, where, by the Darknefs of 3 CY CY their Green Leaves, together with their waving Heads, they will greatly add to the Variety. ® The fecond Sort is by far the largeft-crowing Tree, and is the moft common Timber in the Levant; this, if planted upon a warm Sandy or Gravelly Soil, will profper wonderfully : and tho’ it is not quite fo tonfile a Plant as the firft Sort, yet g eatly recompences for that Defeét, by its vigorous Growth, and Strength in refifting all Weathers This Tre is very proper to intermix with Ever-greens of a fecond Size next to Pines and Firs, to form Clumps, in which Clafs it will keep pace with the Trees of the fame Line, and be ver handfome. Befides, the Wood of this Tree is very valuable, when grownto a Size fit for Planks ; which I am convinc’dit will do, in as fhort a Space as Oaks ; therefore, why fhould not this be cultivated for that Purpofe, Emiffions ; wherefore many ofthe ancient Phyficians of the Eaftern Countries us?dto fendtheir Patients, who were troubled with weakI ungs, to the Ifland of Candia, which at that Time abounded with thefe Trees, where, from the Effects of the Air alone, very few fail’d of a perfect Cure. : Thethird Sort is a Native of America,where it grows in watry Places, and arifes toa prodi- gious Height, and is of a wonderful Bulk + T have been inform’d, that there are Trees of this Kind in America which are upwards ot Seventy Feet High, and feveral Fathoms in Circumference ; which Trees grow conftantly in the Water: therefore they may probably be of fincular Advantage to plant in 1 ch {wampy or wet Soils where few other T aa we. will grow, efpecially of this Kind. That they are very hardy, in refpect to Cold, is evident, from fome few Trees of this Kind which were formerly planted in Egland, particularly one in the Gardens of John Tradefcant at SouthLamb near Vaux-ball, which is upwards of ty Feet High, and of a confiderable Bulk 5 which, tho’ in a common Yard at prefent, where no Careis taken of it, but, on the contrary, many Hooks are drove into the Trunk, to falten Cords thereto for Drying of Cloaths, yet the Tree is in great Health and Vigour ; but hath not produced any Fruit as yet 3 which may be occafion’d for want of Moifture: for we often fee many Aquatick Plants will grow upon a drier Soil 5 but yet are feldom fo productive of either Flowers or Fruits, as thofe which remain growing in the efe Trees are all propagated fro’ which fhould be fown early in the Sprin 3ed of warm, dry, fandy Earth, which muft be levell’d very f{mooth; then fow the Seeds eon pretty thick, fifting the fame light h over them half an Inch thick. If the ! fhould prove very warm anddry, it er to water the Bed, which muft joneverycarefully, obferving not to wafh t of the Ground. In about a me (if your Seeds are good) the young Plants will appear above-ground, which muft be conftantly kept clean from Weeds, tranfplant them, as alfo endanger the future Growth of the Trees. When theyare planted out for good, (if they are defign’d for Timber) they fhould be planted about eighteen or twenty Feet Diftance every way, and be very careful in Removing them, not to fhake the from their Roots; to prevent which, fhould open the Ground about each cutting off all long Roots: then working v the Ball of Earth, cut the downright Rc off; and after having pared offall the E from the Upper-part of the Ball, duc’d the Bulk ofit, fo that its Wei not be too t for the Fibres to they may be carried upon a Hand-Ba two Perfons to the Place where they planted: but if they are to be carry’d to very diftant Place, they fhouldeither be ] into Bafkets, or their Roots clofely m Whenthey are planted, you muft-fett Earth clofe to their Roots, (as before) a little Mulch uponthe Sur about their Stems, to pr Wind from entring the Fibres; and water them well, Ground to their Roots; which repeated (if the Weather be dry) have taken Root: after which Time, theywil requirelittle more Care than to keep them clear from Weeds. The firft, which is the moft common Sort in Ex i, feldom produces good Seeds in and in very dry Weather fhould be often re- this Country 5 it is therefore the beft way to frefh’d with Water: but this fhould be done with great Caution, left you beat thefe tenderrooted Plants out of the Ground. In this Bed the young Plants may remain two Years, by which Time they will have h enough to be tranfplanted into a 8 -{t Seafon for Removing them have the Cones brought over intire from the g of April, when the drying nds of March are over; and, if a Cloudy Day, when it is to Rain: And in taking them out bed, preferve the Roots as intire ffible, and, if youcan, a Ball of Earth to each Plant. The Soil in which thefe Trees fhould be planted, (as I before faid) fhould be, for the two firft Sorts, a warm Sand or Gravel; which when you have prepar’d, by careful digging and cleanfing fromall noxious Weeds, you muft lay it level: Then draw the Lines where the Trees are to be planted at three Feet afunder, and plant the Trees at ei Inches Diftance in the Rows, obferving to clofe the Earth well to thei salfotolay a little Mulch upon the Surface of the Ground about their Stems; and water them well, to fettle the Earth to their Roots; which fhould € re ed twice a Week, until the Plants frefh Root. efe Plants may remain in the Nurfery three or four Years, according to the Progrefs they make, or your Ground is ready where ted: But if you intend t them remain longer, you fhould take up every other T n the Rows, andtranfplant out; for otherwife their Roots will be matted together, fo that it will render it difficult to South Parts of France or Italy, where they ripen perfectly well, and take the Seeds out juft before you fow them; for they will keep much better in the Cones, than if they are taken out: The Method to get theSeeds out, is to expofe the Cones toa gentle Heat, which will caufe them to open, and eafily emit their Seeds. The fecond Sort produces very good Seeds in Englaud ; fo that we may hope to be fup- ply’d with Seeds in Plenty, in a few Years, from Trees of our own Growth: Andas this is the more valuable Tree, fo it will be no {mall Advantage to our Plantations of Timber to introduce it amongft them, efpecially thofe of Ever-green Trees. The Virginian Kind may alfo be propagated in as great Plenty 5 for the Cones of this may be eafily procur’d from Carolina or Virginia, in both which Places they grow in great abundance; and the Seeds will rife as eafily as any of the other Sorts, and are equally as hardy ; Thefe have been formerly kept in Pots and hous’d in Winter; with which Management they have not fucceededfo well, as they have done in England, fince People have planted them into the full Ground ; and where they have had a moift Soil, I have obferv’d them to thrive beft: which is fince confirm’d by Mr. Catesby, in his Na 1 Hiftory of Carolina, where he fays, that this Tree grows in Places where the Water commonly covers the Surface of the Ground three or four Feet; fo that it may be a very great Improvement to our boggy Soils. This Tree cafting its Leaves Ccc in |
