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Show OM v ON $$ from the old Plants, and tranfplanted either into Pots fill’d with freft into the open Ground in a warm Situation. Thebeft Seafon for trar ing them is the Beginn Ff Apri y hould, if poffible, tal Opportunity of a moift Seafon, and th which are planted in Pots, fhould be plac’d in a fhady Part of the Green-houfe until they have taken Root; but thofe planted in the Ground fhould have Malchlaid about their Roots, to prevent the Earth from drying too fa d nowand then refrefh’d with Water, but you muft by no means let them have too much Moifture, which will rot the tender Fibres of their Roots, and deftroy the Trees. Whenthe Plants have taken frefh Root, thofe in the Pots may be expos’d to the open Air, with other hardy Exoticks, with which they fhould be hous’d in Winter, and treated as Myriles and other lefs tender Trees and Shrubs; but thofe in the open Air will require no farther Care until the Winter following, when you fhould mulch the Groundabout their Roots, to prevent the Froft frompenetrating deep into it: And if the Froft fhould prove very fevere, you fhould cover them with Mats, which will defend them from being injur’d thereby ; but you mutft be cautious not to let the Mats continue over themafter the Froft is paft, left by keeping them too clofe, their Leaves and tender Branches fhould prove mouldy for want offree Air, which will be of as bad Confequence to the Trees as if they had been expos’d to the Froft, and many times worfe, for it feldom happens, if they have taken much of this Mould, or have been long cover’d, fo that it has enter’d the Bark, that they are ever recoverable again; whereas it often |} appens, that the Froft only deftroys the tender Shoots, but the Bodyandlarger Branches remaining unhurt, do put out in the fucceeding 8, q. Thefe Tres are generally brought over from Italy every Spring, by the Perfons who . oi the ranges Fa whomthey may be procur’d prétty 5, &c. from reafona they may be defended from ft rong Winds: In this Place they fhould remain till O¢ ober following ; when they muft be remoy’d into the Green-houfe, as was before direted Having thus manag’d thefe Plant s until they have acquir’d ftrone Roots, and made tolerable good Heads, you may draw themout of the Pots, pre ferving the Earth to their Roots, and plant cher in the open Air ina warm tion, where you muft managethem as was efore directed for the young ones, and thefe will in two or three Years produce Fruit, provided they do well. The Luca and Boxleav? i Oliv sare the hardieft, for which Reafon ey fhould be preferr’d to plant in the open Air, but the firft Sort will grow to be the largeft Trees. The Oleafter is very hardy, andwill endure the fevereft Cold of our Climate, provided it have a dry Soil, and is not too much expos’d to the cold Winds. This will grow to the it of fixteen or eighteen eet, and make ge Head; and if planted among other xotick Trees in Wildernefs-Quarters greatly add to their Variety by its colour’d Leaves; and during the Seafon of its Flowering, (which is in Fue) it perfumes thecircumambient Air to a great Diftance, tho’ the Flowers are very fmall, and oflittle Be This fometimes produces Fruit in £ when the Trees are pretty old, but it often happens, that if they bear any Quantity of Fruit, they die foonafter. This Tree may be propagated by laying down the tender Branches, which will take Root in one Year’s time; at which time they may be taken off from the old Plants, and plac’d where they are to remain, for they do not care to be often tranfplanted. The beft Seafon for removing themis the latter End of March, or the Beginning of April, juft before the Leaves come out; when you fhould alfo obferve to mulch the Ground about their Roots, and refrefh them with Water, as they may require it; and after they have taken good Root in the Ground, theywill grow very which is a b ae Method ean ede from Layers in this Country, that being too tedious; and thofe which are thus broucht quick, and in two or three Years will produce Flowers. . arrive in is hollow’d becaufe the Calix like the human Navel.] Venus Navel-wort. over, have many times very large Stems,to whichSize young Plants in this Country would ten-or twelve Years Growth. Bae Cobar 1 ( Cater , ng foak’d their Roots Rene twentyfour Hours in Water, and clean’d them from the Filth they have contraéted in their Paffage) plant them in Pots fill’d with frefh, light, OMPHALODES, [of susen@, 2 Navel, The two firft are Varieties which only differ in the Colour of their Flowers, the fame Seeds often producing both Sorts, th fav’d from one Plant: As there is alfo anot The Seeds of Variety with a white Flower, which doth come ime in the Englifh Gardens. this kind are fold in the London Shops, as a fromthe fame Seed, fo that they may pafs for Dwarf annual Flower, to be us’d for Edgings ; one Plant. This is an abiding Plant, which if fown for which Purpofe it is by no means proper, for it often happens, that not a tenth Part of upon a dry, gravelly, or chalky Soil, will the Seeds do grow, though they were fav’d continue eighteen or twenty Years; but if it with all poflible Care, fo that the Plants will be fown upon a deep, light, moift Soil, the 1 in Patches; but however, it Roots will run down into the Ground, and in beverythin, is a pretty Ornament to the Borders of. the the Winter Seafon the Moifture will rot the nes, as hath Roots, fo that it feldomlafts above two Years Pleafure Garden, if fownin | directed for the D 5, and other in fuch Places. This is efteem’d one of the beft Sorts of th, amongft h this Plant makesa pretty Variety. he Fodder for moft Cattle, and is a great Improvement to fhallow, chalk Hills, upon of it fhould be fown in Autumn, foon after they are ripe; at which Seafon they will whichit fucceeds better than in any other Soil, the Roots come up very well, ( s thofe fownin the and will continue many Years ; do feldom fucceed) and the Plants will ofthis Plant, when plou eh’d in, 55 and inrich the Ground. ide the Cold of our ordinary W% Thebeft Seafon for fowing ofthis Sec ing Spring, from will flower early the fuc youwill have goodSeeds in Julys the Beginning or Middle of March, (according as the Seafon isearly or late) obferving always but thofe fownin the Spring do very often fail to do it in dry Weather, otherwife the Seed of ripening Seeds. The fecondSort is only in fome curious Bo- will be apt to burft with Moifture, and fo tanick Gardens at prefent, though it is equally never come up. Thefe Seeds being large, IPHALODES 5 Pl na, Symphiti ». Tourn. .ow Vernal Venus Navel-wort, ith a Comfry-leaf, or Leffer Borage, Plants hath been a Jong The firft of thefe ashardy as the firft, and muft betreated in the fame Manner. This ¢ taller, and hath broader Leaves thanthe firft, in which Refpects the only Difference between themconfifts. Plant, and The third Sort is an abiding multiplies very faft by its trailing Branches, which take Root at their Joints as they lie off, and upon the Ground, and may be t nted to make new Plants. Thefe res0ift Soil and a fhadySituation, where and produce > Flowers early iefly valued. ONOBRYCHIS; [of ovG Tt bath The Charaéfers are; The Flower confifts of one Leaf, w ular Order, andis cut into Jfeveral 8¢ ments; the Pointal, which rifes in the Mid es into a moderate Pieler ee to fkreen them from the ; nin the Heat of the Day, the Flower, hollow, umbilicat Ps, “el Dik hen is ane let them Shion. lesa a “ the Warmth of the See a ney have made pretty good ots, you fhould inure them to the open Air by degrees; into which they ft Id 1. OmpnaLopes; Lujita Venus Navel-wort; vulgé. 2, OMPHALODES ; glo Tourn. with a Flound’s-rongue t a Bafket in each ofw and alfo to refreth them with Water, as you flat Seed adbering to the Placenta, ‘ thal find the Earth in the Pots dry. In this midal and four-corner’d. ee te eee to fhoot in a Month The Species are ; Pemoy dy » £Foplncine8 them les in Gale,a Situation Giclee ss where 3 an Jf, and joyea to make a Noifé ay, becaufe the Scent of this Plant makes Aes bray; or becaufe when Ajés eat thefe sks, they are UL always to Cock’s Head, or SaintFoin. The Chara Onosrycuis ; P. Smaller C Medick Vetch there will require a greater Quantity to fow an Acre: Thecommon Allowance is four Buthels to an Acre, but I would not advife above three at moft: Andif this Seed were fown in Rows, (in the manner direéted for the Medica) it would be a great Improvement to the Plants ; for when they have Room enough they are very fubjeét to branch out on every Side, and become very ftrong ; fo that when they are in Rows, that the Ground between them can be ftirr’d with a Hand-Plough, it will caufe them to fhoot much ftronger than when they grow fo clofe that there can be no Culture beftow’d on them. I have taken up Rootsofthis kind, where they have grownfingly, and kept clear from Weeds, whofe Shoots have fpread near two Feet wide, and were much ftronger than thofe which grew nearer together upon the fameSoil. There are fome Perfons who recommend the fowing Oats or Barley with this Seed, but that is a very bad Method, for what is gain’d from the Crop of Corn will be doubly loft in andthis generally holdstrue in the Saint Fo moft Sorts of Grafs-Seeds, for the Corn growing overit, doth fo weaken the Crop beneath, that it fearcely recovers its Strength ina Year’s Time after. e The Ground in which this Seed is fown, fhould be well ploughed and made veryfine ; and if you fow it in Rows, the Drills fhould iteen Inches afunder, and about be made ten Inches deep, in which the Seed fhould be fown indifferently thick ; for if the Plants come up tooclofe, it will be very eafy to hoe them out, foas to leave the remaining ones fix or ioht Inches afunder; for the Ground fhould be hoed, after the Plants are come up, to deftroy the Weeds, which if fuffer’d to grow, would foon over-bear the young ones, and 6C : deftroy |