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Show FI FE to ripen their Fruit, their Gardens lie open, Prohere they can have Water-Fences and ; or elfe they bound their Gardens with | Groves, in which are Fountains, Walks, &c. which are much more pleafing to the Sight 1 Wall: but in colder Countries 1 we are oblig’d ‘to have Walls elter andripen our Fruit, altho’ they take , much fromthe pleafant Profpeét of the Thorn. But if the Kernels of Apy be fown, it is beft to fow the Pommace with them, and they will come up the fooner, i, ¢, the firft Year. If Crab cks be planted togetherlike Quick, they makeexcellent Hedges, and fo will fome Sorts of Plums. The Black orn is not accounted fo good for Fences as the White Thorn, becaufe it is apt to run more into the Ground, and is not certain as to the Growing 3ut then, on the other hand, the Bufhes are y much the be and are alfo morelafti or any other, for dead Hedges, or to mend nour Fruit, Brick-Walls are accounted the Gaps: nor are they fubject to be cropt by warmeft and beft for Fruit: And thefe Walls Cattle, as the othersare. The richer the Mould being built Pannel-wife, with Pillars at equal is, the better they will profper ; but yet they Diftances, will fave a great deal of Charges will grow on the fame fort of Soil that the in that the Walls maybe built thinner, than if White Thorn does. The Holly will make an excellent Fence, they were built plain without thefe Pannels ; it would be neceffary to build them and is preferable to all the reft: but it is diffithicker every-where : and befides, thefe Pan- cult to be made to growat the firft, andis a flow Grower ; but whenonce it does grow, nels make the Walls look the handfomer. Stone-Walls are to be preferr’d to thofe of it makes Amends byits Height, Strength, and i efpecially thofe of {quare-hewn Stones. Thicknefs. It ts raifed either of Sets or Berries, as the Thofe that are made of rough Stones, though they are very dry and warm, yet, by reafon White Thorn is, and will lie as long in the of their Unevennefs, are inconvenient to nail Ground before it comes up. It delights moftin up Trees to, except Pieces ofTimber be laid in {trong Grounds, but will grow uponthe drieft them, here and there, for that Purpofe. Gravel, amongft Rocks orStones. But in large Gardens it is better to have The Berries lie till the fecond Spring before the Profpect open to the Pleafure-Garden, they come up, therefore they fhould be prewhich fhould be either furrounded with Water, par’d before they are fown. (For this, fee the or a Fauffe, fo that from the Garden the ad- Article Holly.) It will be beft to fow ’emin jacent Country maybe view’d. the Place where you defign they fhould grows A Kir hen-Garden, if rightly contriv’d, will and they fhould be well weeded both before contain Walling enoughto afford a Supply of they come up, andafterwards. fuch Fruits as require the Affiftance of Walls for i French Furs will alfo do well upon dry any Family; and this Garden being fituated on one ide of the Houfe, may be furrounded ea : es ret en oie ane E leafure- heinheSpicePRUE Dene Sandy Banks, where few other Plants will grow ; but they muft be kept very clean at the Bottom, and cut thin, and never fuffer’d to grow too high : nor fhould they be cut in 1 Cc C ~1¢ oad ida d ‘¢ 2 j will be a Beate? ona ae dry Weather, nor late in Autumn, nor early in the Spring ; the doing either ofwhich, is the publick Garden : And ths hav Bis. i a Quantity of Wallis: is fa ie Ge that fo many feandalous Tr oe a wan requently to be feen : in eres arge Gardens Gardens, aereen where there is not due Care rv'd in their Management. s, the Borders of Pleafure-Gardens too narrow for the Roots of es, as will be fhewn in its proper fubject to make it die in Patches, which is irrecoverable : nor will it ever break out again from old Wood, if cut clofe in, after it has been fuffer’d long to grow out. Fences may likewife be made of Elder: If the Soil be any thing good, you may ftick Sticks of Elder, or Truncheons ten or twelve Feet long, flopewife in your Bank, fo as t0 rake Chequer-work, and they will make @ et, which is a moderate Proportion ; Soil be good, it may in time be well | h’d with bearing Wood in every Part. f : fee an extraordinary Fence, and will preferve the [would recommend the White Thorn, the 5 the Black Thorn and Crab, for Outward the lower Roots, whichis of great Advantage ences ee nding the Branches being eing train’ n’d_ y from the bottomof the Walls. to a good Ground ; but I do not ap- proveof the intermixing them The W Duick to plant; orn fe is thnehy belt Quick - molt common, andis efteem’d raand Crab make very good are to be rais’d rais’ as the ‘Whi White a _ ider planted on a Bank, the Side of which is wafh’d with a River or Stream, will make ly that Part planted with Pears, nothorii- : ea Fence for a Garden the quickeft of any thing, and be a goodShelter. Bank from being undermin’d by the Waters becaufe it is continually fending Suckers from where the Stream wafhes away the Bank. For Middle Fences in a Garden, the Yew!s the more tonfile, governable, and durable Plant. For furrounding Wildernefs Quarters, Elm, Lime, Hornbeam, and Beech are very prope! FENNEL; vide Foeniculum. s FENNEL- FENNEL-FLOWER; vide Nigella. FERRUM EQUINUM ; [fo call’d, becaufe the Husk and Seed are fo bended as to refemble a Horfe-fhoe.] Horfe-fhoe Vetch. The It hath ceeded by yefembling Charatters are ; a papilionaceoms Flower, which is fuca flat Pod, diftinguifh’d into Foints a Half-Moon, or an Horfe-/hoe, con- taining Seeds of the fame Form. The Species are; 1. Frrrum Equinum 3 filiqud —fingulari. C.B. Horfe-fhoe Vetch, with a fingle Pod. 2, Ferrum Equinum; filiquad muttiplici. C.B. Horfe-fhoe Vetch, with many Pods. 3. Ferrum Equinum; Germanicum, filiquis ia fummitate. C. B. Common Horfe-fhoe Vetch. There are fome other Varieties of this Plant, which are preferv’d in curious Botanick Gardens; but it is rare that any of them are propagated, except for Variety-fake, they having no great Beauty. Thetwo firlt Species are brought from Abroad ; but the third Sort grows wild upon ChalkyHills in divers Parts of England. They may be propagated by fowing their Seeds in Murch upona drySoil, in the Places where they are toremain 5 for they do not well bear Tranfplanting. The Diftance they fhould be allow’d, ought to be at leaft a Foot from each other; for they {pread upon the Ground, and will cover that Space: Thefe produce their Flowers in une, and perfec their Seeds in Avgu/t and September. FERULA ; [takes its Name of Ferendo, Lat: becaufe the Stalks of this Plant are made ufe of in fupporting the Branches of Trees; or of Feriendo, becaufe in Old Time, Sticks or Staves were made of them with which School- Mafters ufed to corre& their Scholars.] Fennel-Giant. The Charaéters are; It hath a large fucculent Milky Root : The ve fpongy and fil’'d with Pith: Th 0 many Leaves, which expand in form of a Role, and grow in an Umbel: Each Flower is flat Seeds, fucceeded by two large Oval-fhap'd which ave very thin, and for the moft part turn black n they are vipe: To which may be added, The Leaves ave like thofe of Fennel. The Species are ; 1. Frruta; major, feu femina Plinii. M. Umb. Pliny’s Female Fennel-Giant. 2. Feruia; galbanifera. Lob. Obf. Broadleav’d Fennel-G a, folio latiffimo lucido. A. Broad-leav’d fhining Fennel-Giant from Tangier. . Narrow- ; LA; tenuiore folio. Fennel-Giant. . 6. F LA; i 5 Narrow-leavd galbanifera, folio @ } ican Fennel-Giant, with the Face and Leaf of Lovage. Ferura; Africana, galbanife folio Myrrbidis. H. Amt, African Fennel-Giant, with a Sefeli Leaf. There are feveral other Varietie Plant, which are preferv’d in curious Botanick Gardens; but as they are of no great Ufe or Beauty, I thall pafs them over in this Place. The firft of thefe Plants is pretty common in the Exglifh Gardens: This, if planted ina good Soil, will grow to the Height of ten or twelve Feet and more, and divides into many Branches, fo that it fhould have a gr of Room: for if it be planted too near to other Plants, it will ov e 1oflroy them. It dies to the Sur andrifes fi are ripe in September. Mr. Ray fays, That the People of Sicily ufe the Pith of this Plant for Tinder to light their Fires. And if this was prattis’d by the Antients, we may eafily guefs why the Poets feign’d, that P7 beus ftole Fire from Hea~ ven, and carry’d it to the Earth in an hollow Ferula. The fecond, fixth, and feventh Sorts are fuppos'd by fome Authorsto afford Galbanum, which, they fay, is an Exudation from fome of thefe Plants: but this at prefent is not determin’d; for, if any of the three, the feventh is thought to be the beft. Thefe Plants are all very hardy; except the fixth and feventh Sorts, which being Natives of a warm Country, do require to be hous'd in Winter. They are all propagated by fowing their Seeds, which fhould be done foon after they are ripe: but if they are kept until Spring, they muft be fown veryearly, and in a fhady Situation ; otherwife the Seeds are fubje& to mifcarry. They delight in a light, moift Soil, and muft be planted at leaft two Feer and an half afunder; for they fpread very far. The Roots will abide manyYears, if fuffer’d to remain undifturb’d: but if they are tranfplanted when old, they feldom thrive well afterwards. Thefe being Plants only for Curiofity, one of each Sort is {ufficient for a Garden; fince they are of no great Beauty, : and require much Room. The fixth and feventh Sorts fhould be fown foonafter the Seeds are ripe, in a Pot of good Earth, which fhould be plac’d under a Hotbed Frame during the Winter-Seafon, to pre- ferve it from the Frofts: And whenthe Plants are come up in the Spring, they fhould be tranfplanted each into a feparate Pot, and may be expos'd in Summer, but in Winter fhould be defended from Frofts. They muft be fhifted into larger Pots, as they increafe in Bulk. The beft Seafon for removing them is in September, before they are hous’d. They require frequent Waterings, and to have as muchAiras poffible in mild Weather. FICOIDES; [is Fig, becaufe the fo call’d of Ficus, Lat. a Fruit of it refembles a Fig ; Rver= it isalfocall’d Azoides, of Arlo», Gr. 1.€. living, becaufe it is always green, and re~ fembles the Sedum.] br Fig~Marygold. The |
