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Show FR Part, call’d the Stone or Sb is a Concretion of the Stony: or Calculous Parts of the Nutritious Juice, like the Stone in Pears, and contains a foft, parenchymous Matter within it, The Inner, call’d the Kernel, is foft, tender, and Jight, being deriv’d from the Pith or Medulla of the Tree by Seminal Branches, which penetrate the Bafe of the Stone. The Nut or Acorn confifts of a Shell, Cortex, and Mz : The Shell confifts of a Coat and Parenchyma, deriv’d from the Bark and Woodofa Tree. The Cortex confifts of an Inner and Outer Part: The firft is a Duplicature of the Inner Tunickofthe Shell: The fecond is a Mofty Subftance, deriv’d from the fame Source as the Parenchyma of the Shell. Bat Authors are not agreed, whether the Medulla or Pulp of the Kernel does arife from the Pith of the Tree, or the Cortical Part thereof. B as Grapes, &c. contain (befides three general Parts, viz. Coat, Parenchyma, and Ramification) Grains of a Stony Nature, to do the Offices ofSeed. wits in general are ferviceable in guard- ing, preferving, andfeeding the inclos’d Seed ; SOOOat RRO ak 4 CEA eve i in filtrating the coarfer, more earthy, and ftrong Parts of the Nutritious Juice of the Plant, and retaining it to themfelves ; fending none but the moft pure, elaborated, and {pirituous Parts to the Seed, for the Support and Growth of the tender, delicate Embryo or Plantule which is therein contained, ; FRUMENTACEOUS [ Frumentaceus, Lat.] A Term apply’d by Bot: to all fuch Plants as have a Conformity with Wheat, (call’d, in Latin, Frumentum) in refpect either of their Fruits, Leaves, Ears, or the like. FRUMENTUM INDICUM; wide Mays. FRUTEX, a Shrub, a Veget able of a Genus between a Tree and an Herb, but of a WoodySubftance. Frurex; Africanus, AmbramSpira ns. Volk. The Amber-tree ; vulga. : This Shrub has by no Botanick Writers been reduc’d to any proper Clafs ; fol have taken the Liberty of continuing it under its forme r loofe N iving neveryet feenthe Fruit: tho’, by the’ Flower, I imagine it will be a Congener to the Gallium or Ladies Bedftraw; but T thall ent, fay any thing of its Characters, This is preferv’d in moft curiou s Gardens which FU from being over-hung with other Plants: And during the Winter-{feafon they muft be te. frefh’d with Water, but thould not have too much given ’em each Time : you may let em have as much Air as the Weather wil] permit ; for if they are kept too clofe, they will be fubject to grow mouldy, and generally decay foon after. Thefe Shrubs may be train'’d up either to form round Heads, or into Pyramids, it being a very manageable Plant; but fhould not be often cut: for, by fo doing, *twill occafion the Branches to grow very clofe, whereby theAir will be excluded from the Middle-part of the Plant, which will caufe the Leaves to decay, and the Branches to appear very unfightly : but if youfuffer it to grow as it is naturally difpos’d, (only obferving to tie up the Stem, to make it ftrait) the Plant will thrive much better. The Beauty of this Shrub, is in its fmall Evergreen Leaves, which grow as clofe as Heath; and being bruis’d between the Fingers, do emit a very fragrant Odour. Frutex ; Vir anus, trifolins, Ulmi Samarris. Banift. Pluk. Alm. American Shrub Trefoil, with Fruit like the Elm, The Seeds of this Shrub were fent from Carolina by Mr. Cat. by, Anno 1724, from whichfeveral Plants have been rais’d in the Gardens near Loudon: but fince it hath not as yet produc’d any Flowers or Seeds in England, 1 could not tell better where to place it, than under an old Name. This Shrub is hardy enough to refift the fevereft Cold ofour Climate in the open Air, provided it be planted on a dry Soil. It may be propagated by laying down the SideBranches into the Ground in the Spring, ferving to flit them at a Joint, as it is obpra- Ctis’d in laying Carnations’ When they are pegg’d down, the Earth fhould be lay’d two or three Inches thick over the Part that is flit; and in dry Weather they fhould be water’d, which, if duly attended to, will greatly facilitate their Rooting ; fo that in one Year they will be rooted fufficient to be tranfplanted out: but if they are not flit, nor the Groundabout them water’d in dry Weather, it will be two Years before they will be fit to tranfplant, If the Plant likes the Soil into which it is planted, it will make confiderable {trong GA Seeds in the Gardens of Samuel R ynardfon at Hillindon near Uxbridge many Years fince, from whence it hath been diftributed into many Gardens near Londow. There is no great Beauty in it, but for its Odnefs it may have a Place in a ColleGtion of Shrubs. It is extreme hardy, enduring our fevereft Cold in the open Air, but fhould be planted on a drySoil, andwill require a Stake to fupport it; for its Branches are very flexible, and will trail upon the Ground, if they are not fupported. The Flowers it produces are very fmall, and of a greenifh-yellow Colour, growing in Clufters fomewhat like thofe of the Creeper, and the Branches do emit Claf{pers as that doth, to which it appears to me to be nearly related This Plant may be propagated bylayins downthe render Branches, which in one Year will be rooted enough to tranfplarit ; or by Suckers from the Roots, which when the Plants artiv'd to a convenient Age, they will fend forth in great Plenty. FRUTEX PAVONINUS; vide Poinciana. FRUTICOSE ; [Fruticofis, Lat. a Shrub,] are thofe Plants whichare of an hard, woody Subitance. FUMARIA; Fumatory. The Chara&er ; ; It hath divided Le refembling thofe of the Umbelliferous a lowers, which are colleéhed into > ave of an anomalous gure, fome nbling a papilionaceous wer. ft of two Petals or flore purpurco. B. warium @ Diofcoridis, The Common Fumatory, with a Purple Flower. 2. Fumaria; minor tenuifolia. C. B. Leffer narrow-leav’d Fumatory. Fumarta; fempervirens G florens, flore Flor. B Ever-green Fumatory, with ea. C. B. Yellow Fuma- will, -it?s probable, flower in a Year or two bofa, viridi flore. Touru. ed Fumatory,with a green Flower. ubous-rooted Fumatory, with Confervatory, but the. Straitnefs of its Growth, with the Beauty and uncommon Shape of the Lea tender it worthy of a Place in every Colleétion of Trees and Shrubs. FRUTEX ; andens, peirofelini, foltis, donatus. Pluk. Mant. g take Root in Weeks Time, provided they are water’d oS A as the Seafon may require ; then hey thoul¢ be taken up, with a Ball of Earth to their Roots, and Plante d into Pots fill’d with light, fandy to the at which Time 4nno 1729, upwards of fix Feet high, and more. What Beauty there is in the Flowers thereof, I can’t fay, as having neverfeen’ems Pepper-tree ; vulgé, both annual Plants. The third Sort is a Perennial Plant, which if planted in a dry Soil and a warm Sitvation, will continue flowering almoft the whole Year round, which renders it worthyof a Place in every good Garden. The fourth Sort is alfo an abiding Plant, which requires the fame Situation and Culture as the former. Thefe two Plants will grow in Joints, or hollow Places in old Walls, which will render them lefs fubje@ to decay than if they were planted in a rich Soil. J hey may be propagated by fowing their Seeds foon after they are ripe; for if the Seeds are kept till the Spring, they very often mifcarry. The fifth, fxth, feventh, and eighth Sorts are propagated by Off-fets, as other bulbous- rooted Flowers: Thefe produce their Flowers in the Beginning ofApri/, and are very pretty Ornaments to Borders in a {mall Flower— Garden. Theyare extreme hardy, but do not increafe very faft, feldom producing Seeds with us, and their Bulbs do not multiply very much, efpecially if they are often tran{planted. Theylove a light fandy Soil, and fhould be fuffer’d to remain three Years undifturb d, in which time theywill produce many Off-fets. The beft Seafon for tranfplanting them isin May, whenthe green Leaves begin to die off; for if they are taken up whentheir Leaves are frefh, it will greatly weaken their Roots, FURZ ; vide Genifta. 20) GA ; C. It planting Cuttings 198 any of the Summer Months, in a B rder of light Earth, which will have Collections of tender Plants. Gardens for the Sake of Variety. Thefe are upper Lip ending in a ts join'd to the Middle he Fruit is either of al ich i like a Pod, im wh ARIA; bulbofa, radice cava, major. Great bulbous-rooted Fumatory, or hollow Root. 6. Fumaria; Bulbofa, radice cava, major, eat bulbous-rooted Fuma- » but is preferv’d in fome curious Botanick ves, which Shoots, and the Leaves will be large and There is one of thefe Shrubs in the Pdy, Garden at Chelfea, whichI rais’d from Seeds, Anno 1724, and has been tranfplanted two Years in the Open Air: This Plant is now, 5 callly propagated ; by The fecofid Sort is not a Native of England, This Plant was brought from Virginia,where it is found in great Plenty, and was rais’d from bulbofa, radice non cava, major. is feldom cultivated in common in arable : England. ALE; The Sweet Willow, or Dutch Myrtle. The Charaéers are ; The Leaves ave placd alternately on the Branches: It hath Male Flowers, which are produc’d at the Wings of the Leaves ; are naked, and grow in a longifh Spike : e Fruit, which % produc’d in feparate Parts of the fame Tree, % of a conical Figure 1 fquamofe, containing one Seed in each Scale. The Species are ; 1. Gate; frutex odoratus, Jeptentrionalium, Eleagnus, Cordo, Chamaleaguns, Dodonai F. B. Sweet Gale, Sweet Willow, or Dutch Myrtle 2. Gatk; qua Myrto Brabantice fimilis, Carolinienfis, baccata, frulbu, racemofo, feffelé monopyreno. Pluk. Phyt. Candle~Berry Tree; vulgd a . Gar; C 3 70 que Myrto Brabantice finilis, nfis, humilior, foliis latiovibus, & m 1gis erratis. esb, Hift. Nat. Carol. The Dwarf broad-leav'd Candle-Berry Tree, with deeply ferrated Leaves. The firft of thefe Plants is very commonin feveral Parts of England, growing upon Bogs Sif which |
