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Show FL FUL FL Varieties: 'Thefe may be propagated by graft. ceive the Populace and the Ignorant, withfic- ing or budding them upon the common Apple titions Images fhap'd from the frefh Roots of Brioiy and other Plants: And what is reported be early enough, provided it be done before the Buds appear above-ground. FOL Apples; but thefe fhould be obtain’d from Kernels, and not Suckers taken from the Woods, which are generally ill-rooted, and feldom make a handfome Stock ; nor will they fo readily join with the Cyon, for which Reafon they fhould not be planted. The Paradife Apple hath, of late Years, greatly obtained for Stocks to graft or bud or Crab-Zree ; but they fhould not beplanted ina very rich Soil, which would caufe them to grow very free, whereby their Leaves would becomeentirely green again. MALUS ARMENIA ; vide Armeniaca, upon ; but thefe are not of long Duration; nor will the Trees grafted upon them ever grow to anySize, unlefs they are planted fo low as that the Cyon may ftrike Root into the Ground, when it will be equal to no Stock, for the Graft will draw its Nourifhment from the Ground ; fo that it is only by way of Curiofity, or for very {mall Gardens, that thefe Stocks are proper, fince there can never be expeGted any confiderable Quantity of Fruit from fuch Trees, The Virginian Crab Tree with {weet Flowers, is preferv'd by fuch Perfons as are curious in collecting great Variety of Trees: It may be propagated by Budding or Grafting it upon the common Crab or Apple-Tree ; but it is fomewhat tender while young, wherefore it fhould be planted in a warm Situation, otherwife it will be fubjeé& to fuffer by an extreme hard Winter. The Flowers of this Tree are faid to be exceeding {weet in Virginia, where it grows in the Woods in great Plenty ; but I could not obferve much Scent in fome of them which flower’d in Engiand the laft Year ; fo that I am in doubt whether the Sort at prefent in the Gardens is the very fame with that of Virginia, or perhaps it may have degenerated by fowing the Seeds, which, I fuppofe, is the Way it was firft obtain’d in England, The Fig- Appleis fuppos’d, by many Perfons, to be produc’d without a previous Flower. But this Opinionis reje&ted by fome curious Obfervers, who affirm, there is a fmall Flower precedes the Fruit, which is very fugacious, feldom continuing above a Day or two. Now, which of thefe Opinions is the right, I have not, as yet, had an Opportunity to determine, not having a Tree in my own Poffeflion whichis arriv’d at Maturity to produce Fruit ; tho’ it might reafonably be expected, that fuch, who have had Trees of this Kind feveral Years, might have determin’d this Point long ere this Time. Iremember an Account ofa large Tree of this Kind, mention’d in a Letter from NewEngland, written by Paul Dudley Efq; to the Royal Society, and publith’d in the Philofophical Tranfattions, Numb. 385. which was exceeding large, and produc’d great Quantities MALUS AURANTIA ; vide Aurantia. MALUS LIMONIA ; vide Limonia. MALUS MEDICA ; vide Citreum. MALUS PERSICA ; vide Perfica MALUS PUNICA ; vide Punica. MANDRAGORA: Mandrake. The Charaéfers are ; The Flower confifts of oue Leaf, in the Shape of a Bell, and is dividedat the Top into feveral Parts: The Poiutal afterwards becomes a globular foft Fruit, in which is contain'd many Kidney-fbap'd Seeds. The Species are ; 1. Manpracora ; frudiu rotundo, C. B. P. Common Mandrake, with a round Fruit. 2. Manpracora; flore [ub ceruleo purpurafcente. C. B. P. Mandrake, with a purplith blue Flower. Thefe Plants are propagated by Seeds, which fhould be fown upon a Bed of light Earth foon after they are ripe; for, if they are kept until the Spring, they feldom fucceed well ; and, in the Spring, the Plants will appear above-ground, whentheyfhould becarefully clear’d from Weeds; and, in very dry Weather, they muft be refrefh’d with Water, which will greatly promote their Growth: In oO Bed they fhould remaintill the Latter-en of Auguft Cobferving always to keep a clear from Weeds) at which Time they ie be taken up very carefully, and tran{plante into the Places where they are to remain which fhould be a light deep Soil, for a Roots do always run downward very deep ; 4 that, if the Soil be wet, theyare often as in Winter ; and, if it be too nearthe pe or Chalk, they feldom thrive well; but, ! ee Soil be good, and they are not difturb d, Lg Plants will growto a large Size in a few baie and will produce great Quantities of F Wa and Fruit, and they will abide a great man) Years. anol I haye been inform’d, by fome Per fe Credit, that one of thefe Roots will a it grew at fome Diftance from his Habitation, found above fifty Years, and be as ar ea and he having no other Opportunity to oba young Plant ; but they fhould nevet say ferve it ftriGtly himfelf, but by vifiting the mov'd after their Roots anny Place two or three times about the Seafon of confiderable Size, which have would breax © Flowering, and not being appriz’d of the lower Fibres, and foftunt the Plants, — i fudden Decay of the Flowers, they former streng® their might they will not recover €afily be fuppos'd to have appear’d, and two or three Years. 1 dropt off between the Times of his vifiting the Asto the feigned Refemblanceof a Beas Place. Form, which the Roots of this cans 7 The two Sorts of Fruit, without any previous Flowers ; but with ftrip’d 7 7% fery’d byfiach a8 are curiou oooes ee s in collecting tuch to carry, ‘tis all Impofture, owing fo ht) ning of Quacks and Mountebanks, Toward the End of this Month, you may as to the Mannerof rooting up this Plant, by plant new A/paragus-beds, if the Ground be tying a Dog thereto, to prevent the certain dry ; but, ifit be wet, it will be better to de= Death of the Perfon who fhould dare to at- fer it till the next’ Month, tempt it, and the Groans it emits upon the Continue to make Hot-beds for Cucumbers, Force offer’d, ce. *tis all a fulfome Fable, for Melons, &c. to fucceed thofe which were made I have caken up feveral large Roots ofthis the laft Month ; and fow Melon and CucumberPlant, fome of which have been tranfplanted feeds, to ridge out, under Bell or Hand-glaffes into other Places, but could never obferve any the fucceeding Month. particular Difference in this from any other Sow Celery for early blanching about the deep--rooting Plant. Middle of this Month, which fhould have a warm Situation ; for if the Weather fhould MAPLE ; wide Acer. prove bad when the young Plants are juft up, they are fubject to be greatly injur’d, if too MARACOCK ; vide Granadilla. much expos'd to cold Winds. DrefS your Artichoaks, obferving to leave MARCH: Work to be done in the only two or three ofthe cleareft and beft fituKitchen-Garden. ated Plants upon each Root, flipping the reft The Weather, in this Month, is generally clean off; the beft of which maybe nowplantmore unfettled than in any other Month in ed for a new Supply in Autumn, after thofe the Year ; fometimes it proves dry and frofty; upon the old Rootsare gone. Sow all Sorts of young Sallet-herbs, as Turat other times cold and wet, with Storms of Hail and ftrong Winds, which makes a dili- nip, Rape, Radifh, Muftard,. Creffes, Lettuce, <c. upon warm Borders, at two different times gent Attendance upon the Hot-beds of Cucumbers and Melons abfolutely neceffary, other- in this Month, that there may be no Want of Sallet at the Table; for it will foon young wife they often mifcarry, or, at leaft, lofe all their firft Crop of Fruit: To avoid which, if growtoo large for Ufe. Sow Chardoons to be tranfplanted in May, your Beds have very muchdeclin’d their Heat, you fhould add a new Liningof freth Horfe- and tranfplant Silefia, Imperial, Cos and Brown dung round the Sides, to give them frefh Heat ; Dutch Lettuces, from the Beds in which they as alfo obferve to cover the Glaffes very clofe had remained all the Winter. with Mats every Night; but, inthe Day-time, Produt ofthe Kitchen-Gardenthis Month. you muft let them have frefh Air, byraifing the Glaffes in Proportion to the Heat ofthe Winter Spinage, Cabbages, Sprouts, BrocWeather and the Beds ; otherwife the Steam coli, Savoys, Coleworts, Red Beets, Carrots, of the Beds being pent in, will occafion the Parfuips and Turnips. Plants to grow mouldy and decay. Uponthe Hot-beds ; Cucumbers, A/paragus, You muft nowplant Beans, and fow Peasto Peas, Kidney-beans, Purflain, &c. And, on the fucceed thofe which were put in the JaftMonth, warm Borders, Radifbes, and young Saziletas alfo Cabbage, Iinperial, Silefia and Cos Let- berbs ; as alfo Mint, Tanfey, Tarragon, &c, if tuce's; plant out Cauliflower-Plants from their Winter-beds ; and thofe Cvuliflowers which were fown the laft Month upon a Hot-bed, Gn order to fucceed thofe fown in Augup) thould nowbe prick’d out upon a frefh Hotbed, to bring them forward. Sow Carrots, Parfinips, Onicns, Leeks, &c. if you have not already fown enough ; as alfo Radifhes, Spinage, and young Sallet-herbs, to fucceed thofe fown in the former Months. Sow Cabbages and Savoys for Winter Ufe, as alfo Beets, Borage, Buglo{s, Endive, Burnet, Dill, &c, and, toward the latter End of the Month, if the Weather be mild, you may fow mott Sorts of fweet Herbs, as Thyme, Hy[fop, Marjoram, Bafil, and Lavender. Tranfplant and flip Mint, Tarragon, PennyRoyal, Camo ile, Skirrets, Balm, Savory, Sage, Rofem ry, and moft other aromatick Plants, obferving to do it when the Weather is moift. About the Middle of this Month, you mutt fork the Afparagus Beds, being very careful hot to hurt the Crown of the Roots; but you maydefer raking them fmooth, till the Begin- wee of next Month, whereby youwill retard te Growth of Weeds, and that Seafon will planted upon a moderate Hot-bed the Begin- ning of February. Work to be done in the Fruit-Garden ang Nurfery, You muft nowfinifh pruning all the tender Sorts of Fruit-trees, as Peaches, Neétarines, Apricocks, &c. which were not prun’d the foregoing Months ; and this being the Seafon when moft of the early Fruits bloffom, you muft carefully guard them from Frofts, by covering them every Night with Mats or Canvas, but donot fuffer them to remain coverd all Day, except the Weather fhould prove very bad: And, if this Month fhould prove verydry, you fhould gently {prinkle your Fruit-trees with Water, which will be of great Service to them, provided it be done early enoughin the Day, to be intirely dry before the Cool of the Evening comes on. You mayyet tranfplant Fruit-trees upon a moift Soil ; but if your Ground can’t be made ready by the Middle ofthe Month, you fhould take up the Trees out of the Nurfery, andlay the Roots in the Ground ing the Surface with fome Litter, to pr heir Roots from being dry’d by the Sun and Wind; and ud Wit |
