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Show DA- Cc Y in Winter, does not fo well fuit with Plantations of Ever-greens at that Seafon; tho’ in Summer, when there is the greateft Pleafure in walking among Plantations of Trees, it hath fo.much the Appearance of an Ever-green, as to pafs for fuch, and therefore may be of Service to compleat Plantations, or Vifta’s of Cypre/ 5, Where it may fo happen, that a low marfhy Spot of Ground mayintervene. CYSTICAPNOS ; [of xa a Bladder, and weavis, 1, €. Fumitory, q. d. the Bladder Fumi- give them a good Watering, to fettle the Earth to their Roots, and if the Seafon fhould prove dry, it fhould be repeated twice a Week until they have taken frefh Roots, after whick 1 they will require verylittle Care. This Plant is fometimes us’d in Medicine, CYTISUS; {This Plant takes its Name from Cytifus, an Ifland where it grewin great P Plenty. The C tory.] African Bladder Fumitory. The Charaéffers are ; It hath an « jib Branches and Flow i " the Fruit by an Axis dr ceds On h one common Veficle, SPIT IT ITT if Hh He Paidaail lt | ere is but one Species of this Plant at prefent known, whichis Cystricapnos; Africana, fcandens. Boerb, Ind. African Climbing Blad¢ Fumitory. This Plant is annual ; the Seeds of which may be fown on a warm Border, where it is toremain, for it doth not care to be remov’d: It flowers in Fu/y, and the Seeds are perfected in Auguft or September. It is a Plant of no great Beauty, but is preferv’d in curious Botanick Gardens for the Sake of Variety. CYTISO-GENISTA; [It is fo call’d, becaufe it refembles both the Plants Cytifus and Genifia.| Common (or Green) Broom. The Charaéfers are; 5 (or Butterfly) Flowers ; un? Branches of the Tre times fingle, and ai together Thereis but one Species of this Plant, which Cytiso-GENIsta ; fcoparia, vulgari s, flore teo. Tourn. Common Broom. This Shrubis rarely preferv’d in C rdens, but grows wild upon barren dry Heaths in divers Parts of Enel, zd, though, for V fake, it may have a Place amonott flowerine Shrubs of a middle Growth in fmaller Wilder nefs Quarters, where it will appear very well. This may be propagated by fowing the Seeds in the Spring, or in Autumn ‘foon after racemojo, pendulo, row-leav’d Laburnum or long pendulous F 7 mofo, pen vd Laburnum 7 1, with very fhort pendulous Flowers, 4. CyTisus ; glaber, nicri C. B. The Black Bafe Tree-T nary Tree-Trefoil, The firft, fecond, and be larg: rees, and are lar the fir wil cially owto be eighteen . or op | gn: Their Seafon of Flowering at which time they rofpect, efpecia afford a very ats i Seeds hicl vo Hwee a b in March in Plenty) ord ey y: on a Bed of good freth licht Ea th, fifting a little Mould over them about half an Inch ick, in about a Month?s timethe Plants will cor up; you muft therefore keep them clear from Weeds, and if the Seafon fhould Prove dry, you muft often refrefh them with Water, which will greatly promote their Growth: In ¢ us Bed they may remain until March follow may tran{plant ing, when you . ripe ; and when the Plants are one Year old oe ee Nurfery, in Rows three Feet they fhould be tranfplanted into c Diftan €, and one Foot afunder in the Rows, in order to prevent their makin a Nurfery, being careful not to break the Roots, which g downright are very tender, as alfo to water Roots, which this Plant and mulch is very fubjeé to; and when they have remain’d their Roots, to prevent the Sun and Wind two Nurfery, they will be fit to tranfpl Years in the from dryi x their Fibres: This Nurfery muft ant into the Places where they are defign ’d to ftand for alfo be kept very clear from Weeds, andevery good. T he beft Seafon for Spring the Ground between the Rowsfhould Shrubs is in the Beginning tranfplanting thefe Es dug, to loofen the E rth and deftroy the of April when the drying Winds are over, and, if poffible chufe Weeds. In this Nurfery they may remain a moift cloudy Dayfor this Work : After they are planted, the Earth fhould be clos’d to thet Roots, and a little Mulch laid thereon 5 then fhould be remov’d, orelfe they fhould at firft be planted at a much great _Diftance, for otherwife their Roots will intermix, and render it difficult to remove themfafely. The Seafon for tranfplanting thefe Trees, iseither in Ogzober or February, obferving to mulch and water them as before. The fourth feldomrifes with us to be above five or fix Feet high, and may be kept to a regular Head : This fhould therefore be planted in fmaller Quarters, with Shrubs of the fame Growth. It flowers in Fume, at which timeit makes an agreeable Figure, for the Flowers are produc’dinlarge Cluiters very clofe together, fo that the whole Shrub is cover’d with them. 3. Daucus ; fativus, radice atrorubente. Tourn. Dark Red-rooted Garden-Carro 4. Daucus; fativus, radice aurantii cola Tourn. The Orange-colour’d Carrot 5. Daucus; fat The White Carrot; The firft of thefe Species grows wild upon arable Land in moft Parts of England, and is feldomcultivated except in B ick Garden Thisis the particular Sort which fhouldbe us’d in Medicine, and for which th Druggifts commonly fell the Seeds of the Garden Carrot, The fecond Sort was found by Mr. Rand, near Do andis fpecifically different from the commonSort, as hath been prov’d by fow- This may be propagated in the fame manner ing themtogetherin a Garden forfeveral Years. as the former. The fifth Sort is tender, and requires a Green-houfe in Winter, where it fhould be plac’d to have as much openfree Air as poffible when the Weather is good, but muft be fcreen’d from Frofts and cold nipping Winds ‘ In the Summerit may be expos’d abroad, with es, &c. Itfhould havea fre h Oranges, J The third and fourth Sorts are commonly cultivated in Gardens for the Kitchen ; as is the fifth Sort, tho’ not fo common in Exe: as the two former: nor would the Gardeners while to propag their pale Colour would rend ceptable in the Marke colour’d Carrots are always m efteem’d, though for the Table, the Wh r’d to the fw They are propagated at rent Seafons, or fometime V People are fond of young ots throughall the Summer Months. The firft Seafon for fowing the Seeds, is foon after Chriftm if the Wea is open, which fhould be in warm Borders, under Walls, Pales, or Hedges, they fhould not be fown mediately clofe in that Seafon. light Soil, and frequent Waterings This Plant may be either propagated by Seeds, (which fhould be fown on a Hot-bed in the Spring ; and when the Plants come up they maybeplanted into fmall Pots, and manag?d ort) or ] an 9 as directed for the by Layers, which fhould be laid down in the ept duly water’d, will take Spring ; and Root againft the fucceeding Spring, when they may be taken off and tranfplantedinto Pots, which fhould be fill’d with the fame light Soil as was before directed, fetting the Pots into ‘a fhady Place until the Plants have taken freth Root; after which Time they may be expos’d with the old Plants, and manag’d as dire¢ted for them. Jy\AFFODIL ; fhould Narciffus. DAISIES ; vide Bellis. DANDELION; vido Dens Leonis. thereto; but a Border of Lettuce, or other young t Inches wide fhould be next the Wall, &c. for the Carrots would run up to Seed without i any tolerable Roots. Thefe delight ina warm fandy Soil whichis light, and fhould be dug DAUCUS; [duix@-, which fome derive of dul ®, Gr. to burn, ofits fharp and fiery Power, or fervent Tafte.] The Carrot. barackers are ; i 7e moft part a flefoy Root: The led into narrow Segments: The rv are unequal, and fhap'd : The Umbel when ripe is bollow?d 4, appearing fomewhat like a Bird’s Seeds are b ‘ ry, and in Shape of TheSpecies are ; Daucus; vulgaris. Clu; Common wild Ot Daveus ; filveftris, bumilior, latiore folio. warf wild Carrot, with broa der Leaves. pretty deep, that the Roots may the better run down, for if they meet with any Obftruétion, they are very apt to grow forked, and fhoot out lateral Roots, efpecially where t Ground is too much dung’dthe fame Year that the Seeds are fown, which will alfo occafion their being Wormten ; it is therefore the better Method to dung the Ground intended for Carrots the Year be- fore they are fown, that it may be confum’d and mix’d with the Earth. DATE-TREE ; vide Palma. two orthree Years, according to the Progrefs they make, or the Ground where theyare t© be planted is ready ; but however if they ftand longer than three Years, every other Tree DA eds have a great Quantityof fmall forked Hairs upon their Borders, by which they clofely adhere, fo that they are difficult to fow even fo as not tocome up in Patches; youfhould therefore rub it well through both Hands, whereby the Seed will be feparated before it is fown: then youfhouldchufe a calm Day to fow it, for if the Wind blows, it will be impoffible to fow it equal ; for the Seeds being very light, will be blown into Heaps: When the Seedis fown, youfhould tread the Ground pret- ty clofe with your Feet that it may be buried, and then rake the Groundlevel. Whenthe Plants are come up, you fhould hoe the Ground with a fmall Hoe about three Inches wide, cutting downall young Weeds, and feparating the Plants to four Inches Diftance each Way, that they may get Strength5 |