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Show DR The Charaéers h DU hers ate 5 vhich are like thofe of Eyffop, ernately on the Branch S$ the ided, and the Upper ones are The Flo of the Stalks) Flowers are fmall, difcous, and difpos’d into a long Spike. Starwort : The He here is but one Species of this Plant, r are trifia: ower is expanded, and ct which is, oft to the Bottom, and is not Draco-Hersa. Dod. Herb-Dragon, or egment is in the Form of Tarragon. The Cup of many P This Plant. was formerly in great Efteem for Sallads and Soops, but at prefent it is not The Species are; 1, Doronicum; Scorpion-rooted Leopar fo much us’d: It propagates it felf faft enough byits creeping Roots, which in a fhort Time will fpread far ; orit maybe inc ngs orSlips in the §; h, it kept fupply’d with \ . will take Root in a fhort Time. This Plant 2. DoRONICUNese p/. 3. Doronicum3 planta C. B. Another Plantain-lea 4. Doronicum3 plantaginis j will vi ft Vaill. Rough Plantain-leav’d Leopar any r Situation, but mdPaoiiiy, i DRACUNCULOIDES, [of Dr Situation, fo they may be allow’d a Place in a fhady Border, for Variety-fake. They all increafe abundantly bytheir fpreading Roots which may be partedeither in Spz tumn; asalfo by Seeds, which fhould be fown foon after they are ripe. : The Leaves are long; in a Point, being fhapd Mufa, but fmaller: The DORCIFEROUS PLANTS, [of Dorfum ; cen the Foot-flalk tall, upright, and the Back, and fero, Lat. to bear] {uch Plants as are of the Capillary Kind, without Stalk, the Top of which is ex their Leaves. 5 many Foot-/} of fix Leaves, and that bear their Seeds on the Back-fide of in the ch DORYCNIUM, [ Aoptay soy, of Adeu, Gr. a fucceeded b d one Plant known contain’d o added, the L the Bottomi, We hav erb. Ind. App. isa Native of a warm Country: it came from the Eaft or We tell; for it is nout in Dr. Boerh ’s Cata igland, whichis, Doryenrum ; Mor i 7. B. Shrub Trefoil of M ntpelier. This Shrub rifes with us to the HI ight of five or fix Feet, and produces Clufters of {mall Flowers at the remity ofthe flender Branches, which are fuceeeded by fhort Pods of Seeds. There is very little Beauty in this pene but it is preferv’d in Botanick Gardens or Variety. It may be propagate fowing the Seeds in ae: Horwed the Spin : Si pe ne Se a Py moderate ae “bed, or on a warm Border under a W all where they will rife very well, and may be afterwards tranfplanted into Pots, to be thelter’d in s or or if planted f in a warm 3 Border and a dry Soil, will endure our common Wj 'S very7 well in the open Air. DRACO HERBA, [teen D ons-wort.] but in other refpeéts it agrees with the Arum. 1. Dracuncutus; polyphyllus. C. B. Manyeav’d Dragon. 2. Dracuncutvs; polyphyllus ; foliis ex Iuteo variegatis. H. R. Par. The yellow ftrip’d: leav’d Dragon. 3. Dracuncutus; albo vavriegatis. polyphyllus ; Soliis den Garden, in which he on criptionof the Plant, but does e not take Notice fromwhence he receiv’d it. This Plant js propagated byparting Rootsin the Spring of the Year, I h fhould be planted in Pots fill’d with a light far Soil, and plur of Tanner’s-Ba into a moderate Hot-bed to e their taking freth Root; after which they may be ! into a moderate Stove amongft Gwava’s Cereus’s, 8c. but fhould not be expos’d to the open Air: It requires frequent W ings, cfpecially in Summer, but fhould not have too much given at once i and fhould be ke pt pr its tiful Fl wwers but lom perfeéts its S.eds mat I receiv’d this Plant from Doctor Boerbaave in newly made and a little moift: The other Property of Dung is, to fatten the Earth, and render it more fruitful, The Dung of Horfes and Mules is of admirable Ufe in Gardens in the Winter-time, be- canfe it then animates and enlivens all Things, and fupplies the Office whichis perform’d by the Heat of the Sun in the Summer-time, af- fording us all the Novelties of the Spring, as The Species are ; ex The white itrip’d-leav'd p ‘ Dragon. The firkt of thefe Sorts is cultivated in Gar- their {potted Stalks, do deferve a Place in fome remote Corner of the Garden. Theyare propagatedbytheir knobbyRoots, which, if {ufter’d to remain two or three Years They produce their in May, Fune, July, and duguft, and their Seeds ripen foonafter. Shrub Tre divided into many Parts: The Stalk is fpotted, prifing Oddnefs oftheir Flowers, together with Lat. a litile Dragon, and Eisg@-, Gr. Baftard-Dragon. Flowers for feveral Months in the Summer, as Spear.] DRACUNCULUS; (9. 4. Little Dragon. ] Dragon. The Charaéters are ; The Leaves are like thofe of Arum, but are Varieties of the firft, which are prefervd in curious Gardens of Plants. Thefe, tho’ they are Plants of no great Beauty, yet for the fur- DRACO ARBOR, vide Palma. many: Thefe areal Plants of no gre j but as they will thrive in almoft any Soil or Wad feveral other curious Plants from the Leyden Garden. dens for medicinal Ufes; the other two are The firft of thefe Plantsis fometimes I U0) di DU Afparagus, Cucumbers, Radifhes, Melons, Sallads, &c. Horfe~Dung is the beft Improve~ ment for cold, jejune Lands that we can pro- cure in any Quantity; but yet, Horfe-Dung being us’d alone, or when ’tis roo new,is fre- quently prejudicial to fome Lands ; and if it be fpread thin over Lands in the Summer— time, it is of very little Service, becaufe the Sun drawing out all the Virtue and Goodnefs of it, renders it little better than Thatch or dry Straw: and tho’ too much of it can {carcely be us'd in a Kitchen-Garden for Cabbages, Colliflowers, and all other Plants that grow there, and require abundance of Nourifhment, yet it may be a Fault to lay too much of it on Corn-Lands, becaufe it produces abundance of Weeds. Horfe- Dung being of a very hot Nature, is beft for cold Lands; and Cow-Duxg for hot undifturb’d, will afford many Off-fets. The Lands: and being mix'd together, may make beft Scafon fortranfplanting thefe Roots is in a very good Manure for moft Sorts ofSoils, Autumn,foon after the green Leaves decay; and for fome they may be mix’d with Mud. for ifthey are remov'd after they have taken Sheep's-Dung and Deer’s-Dung differ not frefh Root, and began to fhoot, they feldom much in their Quality, and are efteem’d by produce Flowers the fucceeding Summer ; or fome the beft of Dungs for cold Clays: Some if they do, they are very weak: Thele will recommend them to be beat into Powder, and thrive almoft in any Soil and Situation, but {pread very thin over Autumnor Spring Crops, beft in an open Expofure anda light Soil. about four or five Loads to an Acre, after the fame Manner as Afhes, Malt-duft, &c. are DRACUNCULUS PRATENSIS; vide ftrew’d. Ptarmica. In Flanders, and other Places, they houfe their Sheep at Night in Places {pread withclean DRAGON ; vide Dracunculus. Sand, laid about five or fix Inches thick ; which being laid on frefh every Night, is DROSION ; wide Ros Solis. clear’d ont once a Week, and the Dung and DULCOMARA ; vide Solanum. Urine of the Sheep is avery rich Manure, and bears a confiderable Price, and is an excellent DUNGS are defign’d to repair the Decays Manure for ftubborn Lands ; and Mr. Quin of exhaufted or worn-out Lands, and to cure teney is of Opinion, that ’tis the greateft Prothe Defe&ts of Land, whichare as various in moter of Fruitfulnefs in all Sorts of Ground. their Qualities as the Dungs are that are us'd to Others recommend Hog’s-Dung as the fatmeliorate and reftore them: Some Lands teft and moft beneficial ofall Sorts of Duxgs, abound too muchin Coldnefs, Moifture and and fay, that one Loadof it will go as far as Heavinefs; others again are too light and dry: two Loads of other Dung, and that it is the Andfo to anfwer this, fome Dungs are hot and beft of all Dungs for Fruit-trees, efpeciallyfor light, as that of Sheep, Horfes, Pigeons, @c. Pear and <Apple-Trees in a light Soil, and a Others again are fat and cooling, as that of very rich Duag for Grafs. Oxen, Cows, Hogs, &c. The Dung of Pigeons, Hens and Geefe are And as the Remedies that are to be us’d great Improvers of Meadow or Corn-Land ; muft be contrary to the Diftempers they are the firft of thefe being the beft fuperficial Im= to cure, fo the Dung of Oxen, Cows and provement that can be laid on Meadow or Hogs, muft be given to clean dry, light Corn-Land: But beforeit is us’d, it ought to Earths, to make them fatter and cloler 3 and hot anddry Dungs to meliorate cold, moift and heavy Lands. There are two peculiar Properties in Dungs, the one is to produce a certain fenfible Heat, capable of producing of fome confiderable Ette&; which Properties are feldom found but in the Duzgs of Horfes and Mules, while it is haye lain abroad out of the Dove-houfe fome time, that the Air may havea little {weeten’d it, and mollify’d the fiery Heat that is in thofe Duxgs. Efpecially it is good for cold, wet, clayey Lands; but it ought to be dry’d before it be ftrew’d, becaufe ‘tis naturally apt to clod in Wet, and it fhonld be mix’d with Earth to Pee keep |
