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Show JA 1 here are great Varieties of thefe Plants which are preferv'd in curious Botanick Gar. e, efpe- dens for Variety: But there being very fe to keep of themcultivated for Ufe or Beauty T thal! thrive beft upon not trouble myfelf or the Reader’ with ‘th h Situation they will Enumeration of their feveral Names here « si better than thofe above-mention’d being the handfomen d on a richer Soil, If ie d beft worth cultivating They are all propagated by Seeds, which g them by Cutt nould be fown in AZ planted in /pri/ or < in? a ? upon a Bedoflight Earth ; 1ey may be defended from the r d when they are come y they may be e Sun ; andbeing frequently t planted into a Nurfery-bed Loot in e Part of the sarden, at about in fome ten Inche a Foot afunder, where they ma ] the AMichaelunas following, at they may be tranfplantedinto ddle of large Borders in the Parterre de ie, two Feet Diff for they in to flower : I at Sort commonly us 2 preferv d Variety, bu ler, fhould be rd from great they are expos'd ixth Sort is an hich fhould be planted out emain, and known, is the far About ich wh s will ripen me of Eng- there is ion in Pafture Lands, »f Banks, or Foot upon € dat £ This is feldom cultivated in Gardens, fe Plants may deférye a Place inlarge y thought to | lant is now in Inhal f y are not pro- per for {mall Garde: up too much Roon having no gr anches taking d their Flowers to recommend them, it is hardly worth excluding better Plants to make Room for them. -C » [fo call’d of St. Fames, as ys Fobannes Bar 1S. grow about the Chapel Ragwort. caufe it is faid to zes in Spain.) derbe Capitate $ 1. JAcoBzA ; wort. 2. Jaco which, if carefully water’d, will take Root in a Month’s Time, whereby they maybe greatly increafed. amplo than amp Groundfel. under-part 7 white Le: Jacea an R Tt, V umbellated Wormwood. are but of little Be acufa, ACEA: 3 ~headed K ap-weed, a long Time, and growing in large Bunches, afford an agreeable Profpect. The third and fourth Sorts grow to the Height of five or fix Feet, and will abide feveral Years, if carefully preferv’d in Winter from extreme Cold: 'Thefe are commonly preferv’d in the Green-houfe among other Exotick Plants, for their Variety. All thefe Sorts may be propagated by Seeds or Cuttings: But if you propagate them by Seeds,you fhould fow them in March upona Bed oflight Earth ; obferving to water the Bed frequently in dry Weather, otherwife the Plants will not come up. About the Middle of May, if your Seeds fhould fucceed well, the Plants will be fit to tranfplant out; at which Time you fhould put fome of the three laft Sorts into Pots fill’d with light frefh Earth, fetting them in the Shade until they have taken frefh Root ; after which they may be expos’d in an openSituation until the latter End of O¢fober, when they muft be remov’d into Shelter. During the Winter-feafon they muft be frequently water’d, without which they will foon decay; and in Summer they muft beoften prun’d, efpecially the fecond and third Sorts, to make them regular, otherwife they are apt to be very rude and unfightly, for they grow very vigoroufly. The fecond Sort will produce Flowers and an Annual Plant; but if it be houfed in the Winter, it will live very well for two Years. They fhould be renewed every Year or two at leaft, otherwife they are fubject to decay. The Cuttings whereof maybe planted in a fhady Border, in any of the Summer Months, 7S z a of its fine purple Flowers, which do continue Seeds the firft Year, and is often treated as °y Lat. to lie along, beenlies on the Ground. ] ae Oranges, Myrtles, &c. in Green-houfes; of late it has been tranfplanted into the open Air, whereit isfoundto thrive exceeding well, and, if planted in a dry Soil, and warm Situation, will very well endure the fevereft Cold of our Climate. This Plant, tho’ there is no great Beauty in its Flowers, yet for the Odddefs of its hoary, regular, jagged Leaves, deferves to have a Place in every good Garden. The fecond Sort is preferv’d, for the Beauty themNatives of By in Gardens ; but thefe he fervea Place in every good Coll \ The firft Sort was ‘formerly nurs‘d great Care, and prefery’d in Winter The Sea Ragwort may be alfo propagated by Cuttings or Slips, which muft be planted and managed as the others, and, when they are rooted, maybe tranfplanted into a warm Situation, where they may continue to flower and feed. It is very fubjeét to degenerate when rais’d from Seeds, whereby the Whitenefs, which is the greateft Beauty of this Plant, 1s greatly diminifh’d, efpecially upon the upper Parts of their Leaves; fo that the fureft JA The Charaéters are ; It hath along, thick, flefoy, fucculent Root : The Leaves, which refemble thofe of Nightfhade, grow by Pairs oppofite upon the Branches : The Stalks and Branches are very full of Knots : The Flower confifts of one Leaf, andis foap'dlike a Funnel: In the Centre of the Flower is plac’d the Ovary, inwrappd in one of the Flower-cups, which becomes an oblong, five-corner'd, umbilicated Fruit, confifting of a mealy Nut. The Species are ; 1. Jarapa; flore flavo. Tourn. Falap, ov Marvel of Peru, with a yellow Flower. 2. Jatapa; fre purpureo, Tourn. Falap, or Marvelof Peru with a purple Flower. 3. Javara; flore exalbide. Tourn, Falap. or Marvel of Peru, with a whitith Flower. 4 Javapra; flore ex rubro, Iuteo & albo mixto. ourn. Jalap, or Marvel of Peru, with red, yellow, and white Flowers mix’d upon the fame Plant. 5. Jarapa ; flore ex albo & purpureo elegan- tiffime variegato. Jalap, or Marvel of Peru, with white and purple Flowersfinely variegated. 6. Jauapa; parvo flore. Tourn. F with a {mall Flower. 4, Javaea; offisinarum, frudl True Falap of the Shops, with a rough Fruit. Thefe Plants are all propagated by Seeds, which fhould be fown upon a moderate Hotbed in March; and when they come up, they fhould be tranfplanted into another Hotbed, at fix Inches Diftance from each other ; and when they have taken Root, the Glaffes mutt be rais’d every Day, that the Plants may have a great deal of Air, otherwife they are very fubjec&t to be drawn up tall and weak ; nor can they be recover'd to a fufficient Strength again in a Month’s Time, if once they are thus drawn. Whenthe Plants are grownto be a Foot high, they fhould be put into Pots fill'd with rich light Earth, which fhould be plung’d into a very moderate Hotbed, to facilitate their taking Root: Andin removing them, you muft be verycareful to preferve as much Earth to their Roots as you can; for their Roots have but few Fibres to retain it in a Ball, as many other Plants will do; And it fometimes happens, when the Root is left bare, it feldom takes frefh Hold of the Ground, at leaft not in a confiderable Time, {fo that the Plants will make but a poor Figure that Seafon. Whenthey are tran{planted into the Pots, and have taken Root again, they fhould be harden’d to endure the open Air; for they are not very tender; but on the contrary, they will not thrive well, if too much drawn or fore’d in the Hot-bed. In the Middle of May the Pots may be remov’d into the Places where they are defign’d to be continu’d for that Seafon; obferving to fupport the Branches witha ftrong Stake, and Methodis, to propagate it by Cuttings. to water them as often as they require it. You may alfo in May plant fome of them JALAPA: [It is call’d Marvel of Peru, aufe of its Beauty: Hence, by the French, is call’'d Merveille, and Belle de Nuit.) Jalap, or Marvel of Pern. into the Middle of the large Borders of the Pleafure-Garden, doing it carefully, and obferving to fhade and water them until they have taken Root; after which, they will reLIT quire |