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Show PE. PE Plant entanglesit felf with ic felf, or a Perfons of weak Stomachs, and only properfor 2 neighbouring Plants,| Virgi Country People who ufe much Exercife. The Seeds ofthefe Plants are us’d as one of the four cold Seeds in Medicine. The other Sorts are preferv’d by fome curious Perfons for Variety, but are of little Ufe, old; expanded num 3 being good for nothing when grown but while they are very fmall, fome mcynum, as not to be by very > wt bath Perfons gather and boil them, like Turnips, or as they do the Squajbes, and are very fond of them. Thefe may be propagatedin the fame manner as was directed for the Gourds, to which I fhall refer the Reader, to avoid Repetition. ; ploca, with oblong Leaves, 2. Periptoca ; Monjpeliac PERENNIAL PLANTS, are fuch whofe Roots will abide many Years, whether they ribus, retain their Leaves in Winter or not: Thofe which do retain their Leaves, are call’d greens; but fuch as caft their Leaves, are call’d Tourn. Pirj- > firft is ry cor and, but the latter is, at prefent, pretty PERICLYMENUM [mexavusrov, of met about, andxvaie to roll, becaufe the Branches of thefe Plants roll or twift themfelves round fuch Plants as grow near them.] Honeyfuckle; vulgé. The Charaéers are ; Lt hath the « Trumpet fuckle, (from « a prefent, viz PericLyMenum, & florens. H.L. Virginianum, fempervirens Virginian Scarlet Honey- fuckle; vulgé. This Shrubis greatly efteem’d for the Beauty of its Flowers, which areof a fine Scarlet-colour ; the Leaves continue all the Year green, andit continues flowering moft Part of the Summer. It may be propagated by laying down the tender Branches in the Spring, obferving in rare. Thefe may be prop by laying down their Branches in the ing. which Wi ke Root ina Year’s tir when they may be taken off, and tranfplanted whe remain: Which fhould be either ag lofty Wall or Building, or elfe plac’d in Wildernefs Quarters amongft other tall Flower. trees, where they fhould be fupported by ftrong Poles, about which thefe Plants will twine and rife toa great Height. Thefe two Sorts are hardy, and will endure the Cold of our Win- ters very well, provided they are planted ina dry Soil. They produce their Flowers in une and Fuly, but do rarely perfect their Seeds in England. ‘Their Flowers are not very beautiful, but, for their Oddnefs, may have a Place amongft other hardy Shrubs in every good Garden. PERIWINCLE; Pervinca. dry Weather to refrefh them with Water, which will greatly facilitate their Rooting: The Spring following they will be fit to tran{- RERSICA: [fo call’d of Perf from whence this kind of Plant was plant; into our Climate.} when they fhould be cut off fromthe old Plants, and carefully taken up, fo as not to injure their Roots, The beft Time to remove themis in March, juft before they fhoot out; but you muft obierve, if the Seafon fhould prove dry, to water them, and lay a little Mulch upon the Surface of the Ground The Peach-Tree. Fers are 5 é Pointal, w from the C becomes a rou near their Stems, to prevent the Ground from 7 ply , drying too faft. It fhould have a ftrong Soil, rugged Sto and be expos’d to the South-Eaft Sun, but it is diftinguife’d from the Almond. of thefe Tr Variety great muft have the Affiftance of a Wall or Pale to There are a fupport the Branches, otherwife they will trail which are cultivated in the Gardens of thole upon the Grou who are curious in colleéting the feveral Sort pe: I This Plant, although a Native of Virginia, of Fruit in the different Parts of yet if planted in a clear Air, will endure the fevereft Cold of our Climate very well, but it will not thrive in clofe Places, or too near the City, the Smoak arifing from the Sea-coal Fires being very pernicious to it. PERIPLOCA : [merracxi, of met about, and qwarcxi a knitting or plaiting, becaufe this nament in a Garden early in the Spring, the Flowers being very large, double, and of a beautiful Red or Purple-colour. This may be planted in Standards, andif intermix’d amongft other Flowering-trees of the fame Growth, makes a very agreeable Variety: Or it may Garden, where the beautiful Appearance of its Flowers early in the Spring will be more but t all I have obferv'd ir ip 2. Persica; Africana, nana, flore incarnato, fimplici. Tourn. Dwarf-Almond, “with fingle Flowers; vulgé. #3, PERSICA Africana, nana, flore incarnato, Dwarf-Alpleno. Tourn. Double-flowering mond ;, vulgé. great Orvery a The firft of thefe Trees is be planted againft the Walls of the Pleafure- 25 of thi Deciduous or Perdifols. PE PE two fhall therefore firft beg Leave to mention for t or three Sorts which are cultivated Beauty of their Flowers; after whic hy. If enumerate the feveral Sorts of good Fr which have come to my Knowle 1. Persica; vulgaris, flore Peach-Tree, with double Flowers. acceptable in fuch Places than the choiceft Fruits, which muft be expos’d to Servants, and others, fo that they feldom can be pre- ferv’d in large Families until they are ripe. This Tree may be propagated by budding it onthe Almond or Plumb Stocks, in the fame manner asthe other Sort of Peaches, and fhould be planted in a good frethSoil that is not over moift. The other twoSorts are of humbler Growth, feldom rifing above five Feet high: Thefe may 5, OF propagated be budded upon Aln by Layers; they will alfo take upon PlumStocks; but they are very apt to canker, after they have ftood four or five Years upon thofe Stocks, efpecially that with double Flowers, which is tenderer than the other. Thefe Shrubs make a very agreeable Variety amongft low Flowering-ttees, in {mall Wildernefg Quarters. ‘The fingle Sort flowersin the Beginning of April, and the double is commonly a Fortnight later. I fhall now proceed to mention the feveral Sorts of good Peaches which have come to my Knowledge 5 and though, perhaps, a greater Number ofSorts may be found in fome Cata- in Length of Time, are loft, or the Trees come into the Poffeffion of other Perfons, who not knowing the true Name of the Fruit, do often give them new Names, whereby there is fuch a Confufion in the Names of Fruit, as is impoffible to rectify : And hence fome Perions havefuppos’da much greater Variety of Peaches than ‘there is in reality; tho’ as the ¢ Part of thefe have been obtain’d from Seex fo their Varieties may be multiply’d annually until there be no End of the Sorts. However, I fhall content my felf with enume principal Sorts now knownin & wd, ‘which are fufficient for any Gentleman to make a Colleétion to continue through the whole Seafon of Fruit. The White Nutmeg (call’d by the French, Avant-Pefcbe) is the firft ripe Peach; Its Juice is musky, if well expos’d, and is ripe the Beginning of July: Ivisa great Bearer, and if planted in two different Afpects, the Fruit may be continu’d three Weeks in PerfeGtion, otherwife ’tis foon gone after it is ripe, as is the Cafe with moft other SummerFruits. This fhould have a South-Eajt and South-Weft Afpect. 2. The Red Nutmeg (or La Pefche Troy) is ripe towards the End of July. This isa great Bearer, and if well expos’d, is an extraordinary good Fruit: It is fomewhat larger than the White, and is of a beautiful red Colour towards the Sun, 3. The Yellow Alberge ripens foon after the Red Nutmeg, but is not efteem’d fo good a Fruic: It is generally a good Bearer; the Flethis yellow within ; and for Variety, there may be cne Tree planted where there is Room enough. 4. The Red Magdalaine (or Magdalene Rouge) is a middle-fiz’d Fruit; the Flefh or Pulp is very delicious 5 it parts from the Stone where the Flefhis red, and the Tree isa good Beat logues of Fruits, yet I doubt whether many of This ripens the Beginning of Augy/t, and fhould themare not the fame Kindscall’d by different Names: For, in order co determine the various Sorts, it is neceffary to oblerve the Shape as well as the different andSize ofthe Flov Parts of the Fruit; for this does fometimes dethe Kind, whenthe Fruit alone is not ifficient: Befides, there is a vaft Difference in the Size and Flavour of the fame Peach, when planted on different Soils and Afpeéts ; fo that ’tis almoft impofiible for a Perfon, who is very converfant with thefe Fruits, to diRingwith them, when brought from various -nt Confufion of the Names of ry times owing tothe Fruits hath been ging over Trees from France; for the Pere generally en ployed to bring over Trees for Sale, are intirely ignorant of their various Sorts, and do themfelves take ’em upon Truft from the Perfons, who make it r Bufinefs to propagate great Q ies to 2, whither they the Markets of F re brought in Waggons, and fold out in Parcels to thofe Perfons who bring them into It alfo happens many umes, that if Exgland. they arereceiv’d by right Names, that thefe, have a South or South-Eajt Afpect. 5. The White Magdal. Ma Blanche)is a fine Jarge Fruit, when planted in a good Soil; the Flefh is white, except near the Stone, where itis of a reddifh Colour; it is very full of a rich viny Juice, and eafily melts in the Mouth it is a great Bearer, butis very fubject to drop its Fruit, and is often invaded by Infeéts, as are many other Sorts oj rich Peaches. This ripens the Beginning of dugu/. 6. The Mi (or, as it is commonly call’d, Minion) Peach, is an excellent fine Fruit; the Side next the Sun is‘of a beautiful red Colour, is alfo the Fleth next the Stone the Pulp is very firm, and full of a rich Juice; it isa plentiful Bearer, and ripens the Begin- ning of Augu/. ’ " 7. The Lalian Peach (or Pefebe a'Ttalié) is ofan oval Shape fomewhat pointed ; the Fleth is very delicate, andfull of Juice, and red to- wards the stone, which1 flat, and fharp pointed; itis a good Bearer, a hardy Peach, and ; ripens the Middle of Auguft. 8. The Early Newington (or Smith's Newington) is a ve ry good Peach; the Pulp. is firm, of a rich fugary Flavour, and clofely |
