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Show GN GR Ground with a Breaft-plough, which will greatly leffen the Expence of Labour. Thefe Plants fhould remain three Years from but in very fharp Frofts they are generally deftroy’d. take up for Ufe, which fhould not be done GOOSEBERRY, vide Groffularia. GORZ, vide Genifta Spinofa, until the Stems are perfectly GOSSYPIUM, vide Xylon. the Time of planting, when they will be fit to decay’d 5 for whenit is taken up too foon, it is fubjeé&t to fhrink. greatly, andlofe of its Weight. The Ground near London being rich, increafes the Bulk of the Root very faft ; but whenit is taken up, it appears of a very dark Colour, and not near fo fightly as that which grows upon a fandy Soil in an open Country. GNAPHALIUM, [takes its Name of yragazrcy, Gr. Flocks, or Clipt Locks of Wool ; or of KuaaJa, Gr. to Comb ; becaufe its external Downlooks like Combings] Cud-weed. The Charaéters are ; y Leaves; the Cup of the Flower neither lhining or Jpecious; the Flowers vided or cut in form of a Star. The Species are ; . GNAPHALIUM; Anglicum. Ger. Long’d, upright Cud-weed. GNaPHALiIuM 5 minus, feu berba impia, CERT GRAFTING : In order to Grafting, you fhouldbe provided with thefe Fools following. 1. A neat, {mall Hand-faw, to cut offthe Heads of large Stocks. 2. A goodftrong Knife with a thick Back, to make Clefts in the Stocks. 3. A fharp Penknife to cut the Grafts, 4. A Grafting Chiffel and a fmall Mallet. 5. Bals Strings, or woollen Yarn to tie the Grafts with, and fuch other Inftruments and Materials as you fhall find neceflary, accord- ing to the Manner ofGrafting you are to perform. 6. A Quantity of Clay which fhould be prepared a Monthbefore it is ufed, and kept turn’d and mix’d like Morter every other Day, which is to be made after the following Manner ; Get a Quantity of ftrong, fat Loam(in Proportion to the Quantity of Trees intended Common Cud-weed. to be grafted) then take fome new Stone3. GNAPHALIUM 3 maritimum. C. B. P. horfe Dung and break it in amongft the Sea Cud-weed, or Cotton Weed. Loam, and if you cut alittle Straw or Hay The two firft Sorts are foundwildin diverfe very fmall, and mix amongft it, the Loam Parts of England, upon moitt, ftony. Heaths, will hold together the better ; thefe mutt efpecially in fuch Places where the Water be well ftirred together, putting Water to ftood during the Winter. The fecond Sort is placed in the Catalogue of Simples annex’d them after the Manner of making Morter: It fhould be hollow’d like a Dith, and fill’d to the College Difpenfatory, but is not often ufed in Medicine: Thefe Plants are feldom with Water, and kept every other Dayftirr’d; but it ought to be remember’d, that it fhould propagated in Gardens, except for the Sake of Variety ; for they have no great Beauty, nor are of much Ufe: There are alfo many moreof this Kind, fome of which grow wild in not be expos’d to the Froft or drying Winds, and that the oftner it is ftirred and wrought, the better. There are feveral Ways of Grafting, the Principal of which are Five. England ; but as they are never cultivated, I fhall pafs them over without naming, and 1. Grafting in the Rind, called alfo Shoulde proceed to the third Sort, which is often preGrafting, whichis only proper for large Trees ferved in curious Gardens, for the Variety of this is call’d Crown Grafting, becaufe the Grafts its fine Silver-colour’d Leaves, This Plant is are fet in form of a Circle or Crown, and is found upon the Sea GR GR The Manner of performing thefe feveral with many others of the like Kind ; fome of Sorts of Grafting being fo generally known, which I have already try’d, and find them all Miftakes, or at leaft they did not mean the and they having been fo often defcrib’d in the various Books of Husbandry and Gardening, fame Plants which at prefent are call’d by it will be needlefs to repeat any Thing more thofe Names: Tho’ I can’t help thinking we on that Head in this Place: I fhall only take are apt to pay too much Deference to the Notice in general of the feveral Sorts of Trees Writings of the Antients, in fuppofing them which will grow when grafted upon each feldomto be miftaken, or to affert a Falfhood; other. Whereas, if their Works are carefully exaAll fuch Trees as are of the fame Tribe, min’d, it will be found that they often copy’d i.e. which agree in their Flower and Fruit, will Take upon each other : For Inftance, all the Nut-bearing Trees may be fafely grafted on each other, as may all the Plum-bearing Trees, under which Head I reckon not only the feveral Sorts of Plums, butalfo the A/mond, Peach, Neélarine, Apricock, &c. which agree exactly in their general Charaéters, by which they are diftinguifh’d from all other Trees : But as thefe are very fubje& to emit large i f Gumfrom fuch Parts of the as are deeply cut or wounded, which, in Method to Budor Inoculate thefe Sorts of Fruits. Vide Inoculation. Then all fuch Trees as bear Cones will do well upon each other, tho’ they may differ in one being ever-green, and the other fhedding Sun cutcheon-way, which is practifed in june, andin about two Fuly and Augu/t. Months they will berooted enough: to tranfur t, at which Time you 3. Whip-grafting, whichis alfo call’d Tongue fhould provide a grafting : This is proper for fmall Stocks of an el of fmall Pots, which fhould be filled ey Earth, planting Inch, half an Inch, or lefs, Diameter; this is your young the moft effeétual Way ofany, and that aoe » fhading them again until they y ave taken new Roots, after which they may which is moft in Ute. a ese until the End 4. Grafting by Approach, or Ablattatin + of Ofober, when this is to be performed when the Stock you OU 10uld re he PD, a Winter > iea ke a Shelter for the planting thefe Plants ‘An o aye advifed have a Stock of them : . bat foe of them Abroad und ir i ea a noe they) will ftand ver ~ a xeun - aly where y well in mild Winters ; would Graft on, and the Tree from which you take your Graft, ftand fo near together, that they may be join’d: This is to be perform’d in the Month of April, andis alfo called In ing, andis chiefly ufed for 7. andother tender Exotick Trees obferv’d, from many repeated Trials, that however Plants may refemble each other in the Shape and Make of their Leaves, Manner of Shooting, &e. that unlefs they agree in their Manner of Fruiting, and their other diftinétive Charaéters, they will not grow upon each other, tho’ grafted with ever fo much Art. GRANADILLA [fis a Diminutive of ftruments of our Saviour’s Paffion.] a great Quantity of Refin, which is apt to evaporate from the Graft, if feparated from the Tree before it be join’d with the Stock, whereby they are often deftroy’d. All the Matt-bearing Trees will alfo take upon each other 3 and thofe which havea tender foft Woodwill do well if grafted in the common Way ; but thofe that are of a more firm Contexture, and are flow Growers, fhould be grafted by Approach. Byftri@ly obferving this Rule, we fhall feldom mifcarry, provided the Operation be Method that many Kinds of Exotick Trees inthe Middle of the Day, or from the fup- well : But thefe muft be grafted by Approach ; be preferved in a common Frame fromthe Severity of Froft, it will thrive very well: This 1s propagated byplanting its Cuttings in any of the Summer 2. Cleft Grafting, which is alfo call’d Stock their outward Appearance, pofed Virtues of them : Which Method is now juftly exploded ; and it hath been for they abound with rightly perform’d, and at a proper Seafon, or Slit-grafting : This is proper for Trees of Stocks of a leffer Size, from anInch to two Inches or more Diameter ; this Grafting i be perform’d in the Months of Feb Months, obferving to water and fhade them from the Violence March, and fapplies the Failure of t of the Experiments to prove the Truth of their Affertions: And it is well known, that the Ranging of Plants before Ce/alpinuss Time (which is but about 150 Years fince) was, by Granada, or rather Granata, h ving many Grains or Kernels ; because the Fruit of this Plant is full of Seeds. It is alfo call’d the Paffion-Flower ; becaufe, if Allowance be given to Imagination, it exhibits all the In- its Leaves in Winter, as is obfervable in the Cedar of Libanus, and the Larch-Tree, which are found to fucceed upon each other very Coafts of Cornwal, and generally perform’d about the latter End of fome other Parts of England; but yet will March or the Beginning of April. rarely abide he Cold of our Winters near London, if planted in the open Air ; but ifit from each other’s Writings, without making ulefS the Weather fhould prove very bad, asit metimes happens, whereby whole Quarters of Fruit-Trees mifcarry ; andit is by this are not only propagated, but alfo render’d Paffion- Flower. The Charaffers are; It hath a double Calix, the firft confifting of three Leaves, the other of five Leave: i expand in Form of a Star: The Flowers conjift of five Leaves each, and are of a rojaceous Form: In the Centre of the Flower ariles the Pointal, with a Crown ringed at the Bottom, but furnife'd with a tender Embryo at the Top, on which fland three Clubs, unde the Stamina with rough, obtufe A, bich are which always iicline downwards : The Embryo turns to an oval or globular Fruit, fiefby, and conjifting of one Cell, which is full of Seeds adbering to the Sides, and cover’d with a fort of Hood or Feil. hardy enough to endure the Coldofour Climate in the open Air 5 for being grafted upon The Species are ; I, GRANADILLA 3 pentaphyllos, latioribus Stocks of the fame Sort which are hardy, the Solis, flore ceruleo magno. Boerb. Ind. ComGrafts are render’d more capable to endure the monorbroad-leav’d Paffion-Flower. Cold ; as hath been experienc’d in moft of 2. GRANADILLA ; pentaphyllos, anguftioour valuable Fruits now in England, which ribus foliis, flore ceruleo magno. Narrowwere formerly tranfplanted hither from more leav’d Paffion-Flower. Southerly Climates, and were at firft too 3- GRANADILLA 5 pentaphyllos, auguftiorient of our Cold to fucceed well Abroad, bus foliis, flore minore pallida ceruleo ferotino. ve n, by Budding or Grafting upon Late narrow-leav’d Paffion-Flower, with a ardy Trees, render’d capable of refitting lefler and paler Flower. our fevereft Cold. 4. GRANADILLA; Fiifpanis, Flos Paffonis And thefe different Graftings feem to have been greatly in Ufe among the Antients ; tho’ they were certainly miftaken in the feveral Sorts of Fruits which they mention to have ded upon each other, as the Fig upon Mulberry, the Plum upon the Che/nut, Ite Col. in Recch. Three leav’d Paffion- Flower. 5. GRANADILLA 3 folio tricufpide, flore parvo flavefcente. Tourn. Paffion-Flower, with a three pointed Leaf, and Flower. a fimall yellowifh 6. GRANA- |
