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Show GR GR GR GR — Plumier fays, Thathe foundit in great Plenty in the Hedges, in the Ifland of Martin 05 where he obferv’d the Flowers conftantly open*d before the Rifingof the Sun, after w hich it feldom continued an Hour. He alfo fays, that it continues flowering almoft throughout the whole Year; but that the Birds, Lizards, and Ants are fo fondof this Fruit, that it is very difficult to find themintire when ripe. Theeighth Sort is a dura le ‘lant, grow- ing woody, andis more arbborefcent than any other feen. cies of this Plant which I have yet seeds of this are often brought over from Be s, where it is cultivatedin Gardens for the Goodnefs ofits Fruit, yugh the Flowers (which are finer than thofe of the commonSort) renders it worthy an a goer Garden, had the Plant ommend it. ’d by fowing the rected for the be afterwards tran{planted into Pots, and manag’d in the fame manner; but this never produces its Flowers fecond or third Year after fowing, fo it muft be ca refully preferv’d in Winter in a warm Stove with other tender Plants which come from t unr:3 but, iinthe SumAir, vill not open Air, This may alfo be propagated by Seeds o; Layers, as the formerSort, and muft be manag’d exactly in the fame manner; fo that I fhall not repeat it here, but only obferve, thar this will alfo grow from Cuttings, if planted in a Hotbed durihg any ofrhe Summer Months, Piere Plumier obferv’d this Plant in the Ife of t. Domi It flowers there in April, Pre tenth Sort is very common in mof Parts of the Caribbe Wands. I have alfo te. ceiv’d Seeds ofit from the Bahama Mlands, from which I have rais’d Plants of thi Kind that have produc’d Flowers and Fruits in the -Garden at It requires much the fame Management as the two former Sorts, tho’ I could never propagate this either by Cuttings or Layers. It oe a great Share of Water, efpecially in th Summers feafon, without whi ch it will sively flowerbut in Winter it muft have it more fparingly, tho? it will often require to be refrefh’d. This delights in the fame Degree of Heat with the mer. The Flowers of this Plant are very fmall, have a Place in great Collections of Plants, to add tothe Variety. oy laying down ing, which, Weft-Indies; but I have not as yet feen their old Plants : Dutting the S thefe Plants require Sas ( ef lly if they are kept warin) ; fhould not have too much fhouldoften refrefh them, them much at each Time. thrive beft in Wint , upon Mr. Fowle 5 bur, a Summe hon Wea havewritten yn its growing wild in "Gardens, to cover odnefs ofits F ruit, and is of 1 isco mmo only Flowers : Mann a moift Soil, maybepreferv’din the fame rmer; butdelightto growin therefore muft be often fh’ aE Water } her of thefe do { be of long Continuance, tho” Tam apt to believe, they ated by Layer The thircecnth Sortiis alto a perennial Plant, which is veoy common in divers ts of the Weft- TheFlowers of this Ki ripe. It requires the fame Manageme former, and may be propagated by downthe Branches early in the Spri Thefe areall the Sorts of the Pa/fia which I have, as yet, obfery’d in Gardens, tho’ there are other defcrib’d in the Books of curious Bol who have travelled in , have not heard of cee to what had been there, ae would, at shat Sindare very laroee, lining to purple, the Size of the former mer, > Flowers ar eer a fine and very fweer: of a middling hl ceable F] aAvour = have appear’d ; nordid I findtheir contriv’d, as to be capable of ma fomeof the very tender Kinds, fo apt to think that Gentleman was 1 his account, What hath been commonly enting t viour, is now too mt iny Thing more to be is of fo good a Y s, thatif they be they have that exquifite t ie cannot come up to in france, eral other Countries Green Walks and Green Plots are, for moft part, not made by fowi e Grafs Seed, but by laying Turfs; andindeeA th Turfs from afine C ommonare much preferable to fown Grafs. In fowing a fine Green-plot, there is a Difu Ity in gettir s good Seed: It ought not to be fuch as is taken out of a Hay-loft without Diftinétion ; at Seed fhocting too high, nd makinglarge Stalks, the lower Part tial b jaked and bare, and although it be mow’dever 1 baaty Grafs5 will be very great, and rce ever look handfome r to fow Grafi-Seed, the Ground muft : YW March, if the Weather proves dry, it willn fo (oon make the Walks. or Quarters green. is alfo beft to fow it in a mild Day, aa nd clining to Rain, for that, by finking the Seediin the Earth, will caufe it to fhoot the fooner. After the Seed is well come up, and the Grajs is very thick, and ofa beautiful Green, it will require a conftant Care to keepit in Order: This confifts in mowing the ee often; for the oftener it is mow ‘d, the thicker and handfomerit grows: It muftalfo beroll’ d with a Cylinder, or Roller of Wood, Stone, or Iron, ia vel it as much as poffible. If G e neglected, it willrun into Quick- Grafs and W 55 and if it does fo, there is no Way to recover it, but either by fowing it, or laying it over again, andthat once in every two Years; but if the Groundbewell clear’d from the Roots of ftrong Weeds, and the Turf be taken from a fine level Common, it will continue handfome for feveral Years, provi it be well kept. In order to keep Grafs Plots or Walks handfome and in good Order, in Autumn you may but on th contrary, va cometo nothing bat Pufts of Weeds and| Grafs, very “Tittle better than that of the commonFields. If Walks or Plots be made by Sowing, the beft Way is to procure the Sced from thofe s naturally fine and { uble of keepingof it from his having feen aboveheey different Kinds ot this Plantin the Phy/fick-Garden at Am/lerdam, I cannot intire rely upon it; for when there, at Mic arv 1727, I did not fee 2 fourth-part of that Namber! whe hey ; 10€ upon the Flowers of a Parcel of Plants which were not known to grow in anyother Part of the World but America, (which was not difcover’d till many hundred Years after the Paffion of our Saviour) they have not yet attemoted to explain, tho’, I think, it would be a Curiofity worth their Examination, fince the Reprefentation of a Tranfaction, to a People who never heard any thing of it, nor could have any Conception of the Matter, would be of verylittle Ufe to them: But this is befides my Bufinefs, and therefore I fhall leavethis iViatter totat fuperftitious Perfons who can ; of every thing that fubfifts in siete ions. fo often, it will never make handfome Grafs, ical 1, and‘ofa greenifh Colour, without Sie andthe Fruit is of a a purple Colour w! Eur The Stalks are us Colour: rte but not¢ fothic orter, fa but why fuch Charaéters fhould be ftamp’d and offhort Duration ; nor is there anygreat eauty in the Plant, or any Thing valuabldle in its Fruit to recommendit; howevver, it may The eleventh and twelfth Sorts I have had come up in the Earth, which came fromthe i it, fince every one, who has besen at the Pains to examine the Flower, and the Stories related about it, has found it was a Fidtion of the 7e, whoadded many Thingstothe Figure they ave of it, and alter’d many that were really ere, fo as to makeaslively a Reprefentation soflible of their own fictitious Account of it 5 broken up with a Spade; and drefs’d and laid even, it muf y rak’d over, and all the Clod ken off, and cover’d over an Inch od Mould to facilitate the Growth This being done, the Seed is thick, that it may come up and it mutt rak’d n 1 cov = ey eee n offowing Gra a, good Time, but Moiftur fown till the ¢ Beginni fow fome frefh Seed over any Places that are not well fill’d, or where the Gra/i is dead, renew andfurnifh them again. GRAVELand Graf are natural Ornaments to a Country-Seat, and are the Glory of the Englifo Gardens, and Things by which we excel all other Nations, as France, Holland, Fi.ande &c. 2 are different Sorts of Gravel; but for thofe who can conveniently have it, I approve of that Gravel on de th, as preferable to moft that we havein England, it confifting of fmooth, even Pebbles, which, when mix’d with a due Quantity of Loam, will bind exceeding clofe, and look very beautiful, and continue handiomelonger a any other Sort of Gravel which I have yet { ee Some recommend a Sort OF Tron-mould Gravel, or Gravel with a little binding Lime among{t it, than which nothing, they fay, binds better whenit is dry ; but in wet Weather it is apt toftick to the Heels of one’s Shooes, and will never appear handfome. Sometimes Loam is mix’d w 7ravel that is over fandyor fharp, which t be Il ed together, and let lie in Heaps; after whichit will bind like a Rock. 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