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Show ——— G E ful Flower, and continuing moft Part of the Summer and Autumn in flower, renders it very valuable; as is the 30th Sort, for the Beautyof its variegated Leaves. The 32d and 33d Sorts are of humbler Growth than the former, tho’ they are Natives ofthe fame Country, and do therefore require the fame Defence in Winter: Thefe may alfo be propagated by Heads cut off from the old Plants, and treated as was directed for the Cu s of the fhrubby Kinds. 'The 32d Sort is very fubject to ramble, and affords Supply enough of Cuttings; but the 33d Sort increafes much flower: This Plant is of an uncommon {trong {weet Scent; the Leaves, when touch’d, fmelling fomewhat like . eed: but-the Flowers of neither of thele two Sorts are very beautiful; however, they fhould have a Place in all Collections of Plants for Variety Sake. i : Thefe Plants may alfo be propagated by fowing of their Seeds in the Spring ofthe Year upon a moderate Hot-bed; and when they as o00oggoe? in the open Air, being very carefu l Not t give _them too much Water, which chess occafions their rotting, efpeci ally towards Autumn, whentheir green Leave s beginto decay, at which Time they fhould have very {paringly ; and ifthe Seafonfhould proveit very wet, you fhould move the Pots on one Side, or remove them under Shelterto protect them from it: And about the Beginning of O¢fober youfhould remove themin to the Green-houfe, placing them as near as poffible to the Windows, that they mayhave a good Quantity of free Air, when the Windo ws are open’d, for if they are defended from Froft and much Wet, it will be fufficient, they not bes ing extream tender, norwill they ever require anyartificial Warmths in Winter, but, onthe contrary, as much Air as poffible in mild Weather, _ Thee Plants require a verylight, {andySoil; but fhould not have too much Dune. The Mixture of Earth in which I find them grow beft, isas follows: rft, Take a Quantity of are come up two Inches high, they fhould freth Earth from a Pafture-groundthat is ine be planted into another Bed, with alittle clining to a Sand, (and if you have Time for warm Dung under it to promote their Rootthe Turf to rot before youhave Occafion for ing: In this Bed they may be planted about it, add that to the Earth); then mix about a fix Inches {quare; and when theyare rooted third or fourth Part as much Sea-Sand, in you fhould harden them by Decrees { Proportion to the Lightnefs of yourSoil ; add that as the Weather becomes warmer ‘they to this about a fourth Part as much rotten may the better endure the open Air: In Tanne rs Bark: mix all well together, and let it lie in a Heap two or three Months be- te eeeeee rene manage them in thefees a fame ee he > pai (puring abroad with Myr tah Oban sal eee phd Green-houfe Plants, attfrlhe ne ee 5 where, oe bein® being artfully in‘ewitl ty Fs Va mite’ dont the Year. 7 all i cceine ple oa Ce oe theret There oan ber = oe of thefe Plants, you fhould san ee Fee eoue yO ould carefully gather their Seeds, (which they feldom fai] to pro_ rons i ee was directed Hot-bed, man ing icin allo ¢ Cae, with this D 23 pe h " ordingly, havele{s Water 3 and the Porsin wt ae a planted fhould be f{maller sateat firft, “t ned, ae etal naller, ise e{pecially for as they are Plants which make but {inall Roots, fo the putting theminto lay ge Pots is very pre- Judicial to them. 'Thek fore you have occafion for it, obferying to turnit over two or three times, that the Mix- tures maybe the better united ; and if before it be usd, you pafs it throuch a rough Screen al efteem’a & Beauty of their ret ie ae ; + Sweetnefs in the Events afte ne tea left : tnt them, for .before can has e aett raatts you Coie cannot perceive {trong Ais cn Bee becomes per ‘fan umeSane the AirtoiS fome Dia the — where they ftand. 'T his, Sme 101€ to us in Porpor tion thereto. ing lh Summer-feafon, s n, thefe thet Plants Pia© exposd, E > amongit amonef other I 3 Exoticks, N and is {plit into two Horns at the Lop; The Species are; ; Geum; palufire, minus foliis oblongis Tourn. Hairy Kidney-Wort, or -Sanicle. Geum; anguftifolium, autumnale, flore uttato. Tourn. Narrow-leav’d autumnal Sanicle, with a yellow {potted Flower. 3. Geum ; ‘rotundifolinm, majus. Tourn. Great round-leav’d {potted Sanicle. 4. Geum 5 folio fubrotundo majort, pifillo London Pride, or None flovis rubro. Tou fo Pretty. The firft of thefe Plants is found wild upon the Mountains of Wales and Weftmorland, but This alfo delights in a ftrong, moift , and a fhadySituation; nor fhould thefe thefe Plants are potted, you fhould carefully ny fome Stones or Shreds in the Bottom of the Pots, that the Water maythe better pals off; nor fhould you plant them in Pots too large; which is equally injurious to them, as was _before-mentioned, The 38th and 39th Sorts are Plants of fhorter Duration than thofe above-mentioned, rarely continuing above two Years ; fo that in order to preferve thefe, you fhould fave the Seeds every Year, which fhould be fown upon a moderate Hot-bed in the Spring, and manag'd as was direéted for the aft mention'd Sorts. Thefe do often produce Flowers and Seeds the fame Summer ; but the fecond Year, provided theyare defended from the Froft in Winter, they will flower early, and perfect their Seeds before Autumn, The goth Sort is annual: ‘This muft be be in to flower, muft be fer in the open A otherwife the Flowers will fall av wit Producing any Seeds. ‘This, tho’ a Pl no great Beauty, yet is worthy of a Fl every Collection of curious Plants. There are a great NumberofGé whict which ae I have not here mention d,1 ma nts be often tranfplanted, for they delight t in a poorSoil, and want verylittle Culture, therefore the beft Methodis to furnifh yourfelf with Roots from their natural Places of Growth, for their Seeds feldom fucceed if fown: Thefe fhould be taken up with as much Earth about their Roots as poffible ; then plant them in fome cold, fhady Part of the Garden, (but not underthe Drip of Trees) where, when they are once well fix'd, they continue without anyfarther Care for feeral Years, and will annually produce large Quantities of beautiful Flowers: And with thefe Plants mayfuch Parts of a Garden, where few other Things will thrive, be fupply’d to great Advantage ; fo that did we but confider well what Plants delight in moift and ftrong Is, and a fhady Situation ; and what rere a drylight Soil, and a Sunny Expoture, need never be at a Lofs for Plants to emGarden, be the Soil or Situation what d’tis for want of rightly confidering pt the proper Plants toeach Soil andSiwe often fee Natives of alowValley ipona dry barren Soil, and thofe of dry “ftrong rich Soil; in both which id come to nothing. iird Sort is feldom planted in Gardens, a GILLIFLOWER, of STOCK-GILLI- FLOWER ;. vide Leucoium, ny {mall Seeds. People, for I am fure it is doing a great deal of Damage, (as was fhewn underthe Article Abies) : When fown on a moderate Hot-bed, and the Plants “p brought forward in the Spring; but when they with any is omy Create al J ree while the He at is butwhen when the et Cool1 approaches, thefe BY, ol of tk 1¢ Evening oe 4 are of larger Bulk, and become pr e = if, becames a bicap(ular Seed-VefJel containing will grow, if tranfplanted into a cool moift Place in a Garden. The fecond is found in fome Parts of Che- Warmth of die Sun ache = R — ue {0 as to be too minute e ftrike oon 3 leétions of Plants, but yet deferves a Place amongft the former in a cool fhady Border, where it will thrive very well. The fourth Sort is the moft common inthe Gardens, and was formerly in greater Requeft thanat prefent, it having been in great Ufe for bordering of Flower-beds; but as it increafes veryfaft, fo itis apt to fpread too far, and fomeGERMANDER ; vide Chamedrys. times decays in Patches, which rendersit very ; [is fo call’d of 7%, the Earth, q. d. unfightly: befides, it muft be tranfplanted at leaft b, or growing near the Earth, becaufe Once a Year, otherwife it cannot be kept in any touch the Ground.] Hairy Kidney- tolerable Order ; however, a few Plants of this its I kind maybe preferv’d as proper Furniture for wort or Sanicle. fhady Borders; but it will grow upon a drier ters are; of the Flower is quinquifid: The Soil than any of the former Sorts. of five Leaves, which expand im GILLIFLOWER, or JULY-FLOWER ; 1 Role, having eight or ten Stamina or unding the Ovary: The Fruit is vide Caryophyllus, which are Natives of England, and others were brousht from divers other Parts of Europe ; thefe for the moft part are annual but Plants of no Beauty or Ufe, fo thought it neediefs to trouble myfelf or the Reader therewith. to take out all large Stones, Roots, &ec. it will be the better; but by no means fift the Earth sa ea g moft Part of fine, as is the Practice of many thev GL GE the Owners are curious in Col- GILLIFLOWER, the Qucen’s or Dame’sViolet; vide Hefperis. GINGER ; vide Zinziber. GINGIDIUM vide Vifnaga. GLADE, is an open and light Paffage made through a Wood, by lopping off the Branches of Trees along that Way. GLADIOLUS, [takes its Name of Gladius, Lat. a Sword, q. a. little Sword, becaufe the Leavesof this Plant refemble a Sword. ] CornFlag. The Charaéters are ; It bath a flefoy, double, tuberofe Root; the s are like thofe of the Flower-de-Luce ; the Flowerconfifts of one Leaf, i Lily, /preading open at the Topinto tw upper one being imbricated, andth oblong Fruit dividedinto three Cells, fil'd with roundif Seeds wrapt up in a Cover. The Species are ; 1. GrapioLus; “tringu oO Bers Corn-flag, with Flowers on both Sides the Stalks. Guapronus ; carnei coloris. Swert, Flor- Flefh-colour’d Corn-flag. 3. Graproxus ; floribus uno ver/u difpofitis; major, floris colore purpurec-ruvente. C. B. P. Great Corn-flag, with reddifh Purple Flowers rang’d on one Sidethe Stalk. ; 4. Grapioius ; Great Corn-flag of major, Byzantinus. bite ied Conftantinople. 5. GraprioLus; utringue floribus, floribus albis. H. R. Mon/p. Corn-flag, with white Flowers rang’d on eachSide the Stalk. 6. GrapioLus; maximus, Indicus. C. B. P- The 1: There which are pret Gardens, but thefe here mention’d are what I have obferv'din the Engli/b Gardens. ‘Thefe are all propagated by their tuberofe , which the firft, fecond and fifth Sorts |