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Show E it was planted for edging of Border Shoots being very apt to root at their | render’d it very difficult to preferve in any ooting deep tolerable Order; and the P in the Ground, do greatly h he Goc od ar wholly nefs oftheSoil, fo th caft out of Gardens PH a Flower: 'Thefe arecall’d in Latin Petala, to diftinguifh them from the Leaves of Plant, which arecall’d F PETASITES; [it takes its Name of mny to extend, becaufe its Leaves are very broad ; or of mms a Cc 1p, becaufe its Leaves may ferve inftead of a Cap ; for it has a certain The fe fourth Sorts are Varieties from the firft, di ng only in the Colour of Hollowin the Middle, and a hollow Expanfion round that, fo that it refembles a Bonnet.} Flowers ; asarealio the fixth andfevent 3utter-bur. which differ in their variegated Leaves, which they are preferved in the Gardens of with a flofculous Flower, con thofe who admire ftr ip’d Plants. many Florets, dividedinto many Pale The fifth Sort produces fine double Flowers, on the Embryo, and contain'd in a cylin= which make a very handfome Appearance 5 dUvided alfo into many Parts: during its fon of Flowering, which renders becomes a Seedfurnify’ it worthy of a Place in every good Garden ; added, The The third Sort grows muchlarger than the wers appear before the Leav former, and produces large blue Flowers: This TheSpecies are ; is found in Woods and fhady Places in divers Parts of Ee . . exceedingly by whichtrailing upon the Gr Roots in a fhort Time, ff and tranfplanted where they are to rer : Andtho’ All thefe Plants. mu 1. Perasrres ; major, & vulgaris. C. B. P. Common Butter-bur, or Peftilent-wort. their Shoots from the Pr jor, floribus pediculislongis tibu ait Syn, Greater Butter-bur, with long F oot-{talks to the Flowers. 3. Perasites ; albus, angulofo folio. 7. B. they are not fo properfor a Flower-Garden, yet a few Roots ofe¢ rt maybe planted White Butter-bur, with angular Leaves. in fhady Border: other Plants neffes; in wh within Compafs, ler Pla the ‘Trees, where few or in imall Wilderif they are kept ake a pretty Variety The Jarge Sort maybe planted under Hedges, in Woods, £ re it w srow four or five Feet hi Time in flower. Thefe Plz ei ves by Roots fo plentiful tel dom produceFruit. Monf. Zor , He could never obm either in the Country adjoi ning to Pawis, or in Provence or Languedoc, where they are very common, or in the Neig bourhood of Lishor y Ofall the Botanical W riters before Zi fort, Cafalpin 5 is the only Perfon who found uit, which, he fays, ‘is Sects two forked Husks, arched and | yin Pa at their Extremities, containing, for Perasites ; folio. H.R. Par. minor, alter, tuffilaginis Leffer Butter-bur, with a Colt’s-foot Leaf. The firft Sort here mentioned is ufed in Medicine: This grows wild in great Plenty by the Sides of Ditches, andin moift Soils, in divers Parts of Ex gland. ‘The Flowers of this Plant appear in the“Beginni ng of March; and after theyarepaft, the green Leaves come up and growto be verylarge The fecond Sort was found by Mr, Facob Bobart in Oxford/bire, and fent to the Phyfick- the Flower-ftems of this Sort rife near two Feet high, and the Flowers grow ye long Foot-ftalks ; whereas the Stems of the Common Sort do feldom rife above eight or ten Inches high, and the Flowers do clofelyfurroundthe Stalks. The other two Sorts are preferv’d in Bo- Tohavethis Plant produceFruit, Monfieur Tournefort advifes its being planted in a Pot that contains but a {mall Quantity of Earth ; little Beauty, fo they are “feldom propagateed in other Gardens: Theydoall of them increaleé greatly bytheir creeping Roots, and, if Ss in a moift Soil, will in a fhort "Time over-ru PETALS, are the fine-coloured Leaves shi at the ~ which compofe moft confpicuous Parts of a large Compafs of Ground. PETROSELINUM; vide Apium. PEUCEDANUM, [rlevxéduver, of evan t8 to refemt Pine-Tree, bec.aufe the Leaves feem the Pine-tree ee ennel. The Charaéters are; It is a Plant with a Rofe and wi Flower, confifi Igeiat U . CuLarly, dens, for the fake of their Flowers; and tho” theyare not very beautiful, yet, for their long Continuance in Flower, they deferve a Place in the open Borders of every curious FlowerGarden. Thefe maybe propagated either fromSeeds, or byparting their Roots: The beft Timeto fowtheSeedsis in Autu foon after they are ripe, in the Manner directed for Bulbousrooted Flowers, with which thete Plants do agree in their Culture, and the fecond Year after fowing they will produce Flowers. The Seafon for parting their Roots is in September ; (whichis directed to be ufed in Medicine) is in doing of which, you muft obferve to preferve a ‘ood Head to each Off-fet, and not to found wild in wateryPlaces in feveral Parts of divide them too fmall, which will caufe them Latte 1. [hefe Plants may be cultivated by fowing their Seeds on a moift Soil in the Autumn foonafter they are ripe, in which Place they will come ftrong the fucceeding Spring, when fhould be carefully weeded, and drawn out where they are too clofe, otherwife they will draw each other up very weak ; andthe following they maybe taken up, and Aut tranfplanted where they are to remain, in which Place they fhould beplanted at jealt. two Feet afunder ; for their Roots will grow very large, and branch out greatly, when they have acquir'd Strength. The fecond Year after fowing they will produce Flowers and Seeds, but the R cots will abide many Years. PHALANGIUM ; [this Plant is fo call’d, becaufe the Antients usd it in Curing the Pricking or Stinging of Spiders ; Spider-wort. The Charaéte It is a Plant x 1 Ceells, the former in its manner of Flowering; for tanick Gardens for Variety ; but as they have pating and{pending itfelf upon nourifhing new Shoots, will mount the Stems, and {well the Pointal which becomes the Frui ts andthis, he fays, was the Method wherebyhe obtain’ d the Fruit of this Plant, of which he has given a Figure in his Elements * Botany. But notwithftanding what Monf. Zournefort has related concerning this Matter, yet I have often obferv'd the Frui tupon fuch Plants as have grown fingly on a good Soil; tho’ where their Shoots are p mittedto entangle with each other, and grow very clofe, there is feldom any Fruit produced. Thereare feveral other Species of this Plant, which are prefemedin fome curious Botanick Gardens: But as they are Plants of little Zeauty or Ufe, fo it would be needlefs to enumerate their feveral Varieties in this Place. The firft Sort here mention’d is not very commonin England, being only to be found in fome-curious Gardens : “But the fecond Sort arden at Chelfea: ‘This differs greatly from the moft part, two oblongSeeds in eac h. fo that the Sap being prevented from diffi- The Species are ; GQ BOF. Italict 1. PevcepANuM; majus, Greater Hogs-Fennel. nicum. F.B. 2. PEUCEDANUM ; minus, Ge Leffer German Hogs- Fennel, ) ’ Sulphur- wort. fibrofe Root, Omihovalany C Marks mmufe be added it from the he Species are PHALANGIUM 3 B.P, Branched Spider- yort, with a fimall Flower. 2. PHALANGIUM; parvo flore, non ram C. B. P. Unbranched Spider-wort, with a {mall Flower 3. PHALANGIUM3 Afi 1M floribus InRaii Hift. African Spider- wort, with {m all yellow Flowers. PHALANGIUM ; parvo flore ramofum, H.L. Annual-branchhulofis, ann J ing Spider-wort, withfiftulous Leaves, and a {mall Flower. 5. PHALANGIUM5 Nn Afrifpicatis aureis. Boerb ceis, Spider-wort, with Onion Leav es, and Flowers, growing in Spik / an Aloe. PHALANcium ; Zthiopicum, ramofur i 2 Hort. Am white anchy E thi opian Sp der-wort, Flowers, hofe Petalsarett irn’d backward The firft and fecond Sorts are abiding Plants, which are propagated in curious Gar- to flower weak the following Summer: 'They delight in a frefh light Earth, and an open Situation. The third Sort is an annual Plant, which fhould be fown ona Bed of light Earth in March ; and when the Plants are come up, they muft be man(blantee where they are to remain, in which Place they muft ‘be kept clear from Weeds, which is all the Culture they require : They producetheir Flowersin FH andtheir Sceds are perfected in Augu/t. The fourth Sort is alfo annual, but grows very large, in comparifonto the lait : This commonly rifes two Feet high, and divides into many Branches, each of which produces a Spike of Flowers: It isa very hardy P lant 5 andif the Seeds are permitted to fallin 4u- tumn, they wil come upin the Spring, and producee much ftronger Plants, than if fown at that Seafon, and will flower much fooner : This muft havea light dry Soil. The fifth Sort is preferv’d in Green-houfes, with other fucculent Plants, amongft which it makes a pretty Variety, there being {carcely a Monthin the Year when there are not fome of the Spikes of Flowers in Beauty. ‘This was formerly call’d an Aloe, which Name is {till retain’d by unskilful Perfons, tho’ it is vaftly different therefrom in its whole Appearance. This Plant multiplies very faft by Offfets, which tho’ produced at fome Diftance from the Earth, yet do emit Roots of a confiderable Length ; and when planted, do immediate ly take in the Earth: They fhould be planted it fandy Earth, and houfedin in Pots of Winter, with Ficoides’s, and other hardy fucculent Plants, where they may have free open Air ; for they are hardy, and requireonly to be protected from Froft. The fixth Sort is alfo preferved in fome curious Gardens, with other Exotick Plants, in the Green-houfe; This is multiply’d by parting the Roots ; this is in Auguh the beft Seafon for doing when the Leaves are dec as they fhould be planted in Pots fill’d with light fandy E sett and houfed in Winter sith, the laft: This produces large-branching Stems, whicharethinly be {et with Flowers, thait have Co-« their Petals reflex *d, and,are of a whitifh lour, but continue a long ‘Timein Beauty PHASEOLOIDES, [of Phafeolus, Lat. and Eige , Gr. Shape.) Kidney-bean Tree ; vulgé. ‘Lhe |
