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Show a wale PL may be, in a great meafure, owing to the latter Sort being much eafier to propagate where ; then the Buds will begin to fhoot, fo than the former; for every Cutting of this, if planted in a moift Soil, juft before that you may fee fifty or fixty more Branches fpring up, making an agreeable as well as the Tree begins to fhoot, will take Root, and in a few Years make very large Trees : monttrc Mr. Fairchild of Hoxton had begun to put whereas the firft is only propagated from Seeds the fame i Practice, and he himfelf gives or by Layers. The third Sort, although by fome fupDirections for performing it as follows : Firft, to make Choice of a young Tree of pos'd to be a diftinét Species from either one Shoot, either of Alder, Elm, or Willow, of the former, yet isno more but a feminal or any other Tree that will take Root eafily Variety of the firft; for Ihave had many by Laying, and to bend that Shoot gently Plants which came up from theSeeds of the down the extreme Part in the Earth, and fo firft Sort, which ripen’d in the Phy/ick-Garto let it remain “till it has taken Root, fo that den, which do moft of them degenerate to the PJant then will refemble an Arch, or bent this third Sort, which, in the mannerof its Leaves, feems to be verydifferent from Bowabove the Ground. When this Top End has well ftruck new either, and might reafonably be fuppos’d a Roots, to dig about the firft Root, and raife diftinét Sort, by thofe who have not tracedits it gently out of the Ground, ’till the Stem Original. inclines to an Upright, and fo ftake it up, The fourth Sort here mention’d was fent from Carolina, by the Name of Button-Tree, otherwife it will incline to bend. Then to prune thofe Roots that are erected and by the Account fent withit, feems to be in the Air, from the Bruifes and Wounds which a Sort of Plane-Tree, though the Manner of they receiv’d in being dug up, and do over this Tree’s growing is verydifferent from any with a Brufh the prun’d Parts with the fol- of the other Sorts; but as it hath not prolowing Compofition, moderately warm. duced either Flowers or Fruit in England, fo Takefour Ounces of Tallow, four Ounces I cannot determine whether it be a true P/a of Bees-Wax, two Ounces of Rofin, and Tree or not two Ounces of Turpentine, melted together Thefe Trees delight to grow ona moift, rich Soil, on which they will arrive to a prodiin a Pipkin. After this prune offall the Buds or Shoots gious Size in a few Years, and during the lit le planted a noble Parcel of them at Verulam, Branches will take Root in the Joints every well-fifted Earth, This being done e which were there, very flourifhing, a few Years fince. But notwithftanding its having been fo long in England, yet there are but that are upon the Stem or Plant, and drefs the Wound with the fame Compofition, ro prevent anycol al Shootings, that may {poil the Beauty of the Stem. Befides, Care is to be taken that the new growing Rc ofthis revers'd Plant be well nourifh’d, and therefore that Part of the Shoot, which was the larger, is to be cut away a little belowthe Earth, that the Stem may be better nourifhed, and its Roots tranflated Summer Seafon do afford a glorious Shade; their Leaves being of a prodigious Size, efpecially on a goodSoil, fo that there is {carcely any Tree at prefent in England, which does afford fo good a Shade. But the Backwardnels oftheir coming out in Spring, together with their Leaves fading early in 4 nit, has occafionedtheir not being {o generally efteem’d, as otherwife they would be The firft Sort was brought out of the Levant to Rome, where it was cultivated with PLATANUS, [sadrax@ of aaczG@,, breadth] The Plane-Tree The Charaéfers are ; It bath an amentaceous Flov much Coft and Induftry: The greateft Orators and Statefmen among the Romans, toox great Pleafure in their ‘a's which were tur rounded with Platanus ; and their Fondr i this Tree became {o great, that we frequently read of their irrigating them with W: ftead of Water. Pliny af i that t is no Tree whatfoever whic vell defends us from the Heat of the Sun in S er, nor that admits it more kindly in // , Branches being produced at a proportion Diftance, to the Largenefs of their I Cwhich is what holds throughall the d 5, aut Plane. > The Weftern or Virginian 8 Plane-Tree, 3. Praranus ; Or Jongis ex Tree; alis, nafcentibus. Aceris folio. T. ‘The Button- of thefe Trees (though the firft known Sort in Hur pe) is lefs common than the fecond 3 which has been introd 1 fince the Englferred in Virginia ; Sorts of Trees yet known) fo that when @ Leaves are fallen in Winter, the Branc growing ata Diftance, doeafily aamit the Rays of This Tr where it w fi nk Sun. vated only by fo much was tl any of the Natives it, they exacted a few very large Trees to be feen ofit at prefent; which may, perhaps, be owing to the great Efteem the Perfons of the lait Age had for the Lime, which being much eafier to propagate, and of quicker Growth, during the three or four firft Years, than the Plane-Iree, thereby it became the moft common Tree for Planting of Avenues and fhady Walks near Habitations in England. But fince the Defeéts of that Tree have been more generally difcovered, the E/m has had the Preference, and isnow the moft commonly planted for fuch Purpofes. However, notwithftanding what has been faid of the Piane-Tree, of its Backwardnefs in coming out in the Spring, and the fudden Decayof irs Leaves in Autumn, yet, for the goodly Appearance, and great Magnitude to which it will grow, it deferves a Place in large Plantations, or fhady Receffes near Habitations, efpecially if the Plantation be defign’d ona moift Soil, or near Rivulets of Water; in which Places this Tree will arrive to a prodigious Magnitude, We read of one of thefe Trees which was growing at a Villa of the EmperorCaligula, whole Trunk was fo large, as, when hollow’d, to make a Room, therein capacious enough to entertain ten or twelve Perfons at a Repaft, and for their Servitors to wait upon them. And there is Mention made of one of thefe Trees, which was growing in the Eafieru Country, which was of fo great a Magnitude, that Xerxes made his Army (which confifted of Seventeen hundred thoufand Men) halt, for fome Days, to admire the Beauty and Procerity of this Tree ; and became fo fond Orit, as to take his own, his Concubines, and all the great Perfons Jewels to cover it; and was fo much enamour’dwithit, that for fome Days, neither the Concern of his Grand Expedition, nor Intereft, nor Honour, nor the neceffary Motion of his prodigious Army could diffuade him from it: He ftyld it, His Miftrets, His Minion, his Goddefs; and When he was obliged to part with it, he caufed 4 F gure of it to be {tamp’d on a Gold Medal, which he continually wore about him. And fuch was the Efteem which the People of dia had for this Tree, that where-ever they erected any fumptuous Buildings, the Porti- moift Place: And I fince find, that if thefe Seeds are fown {oonafter they are ripe, in a moift fhady Situation, theywill rife extremely well ; and the Plants thus obtain’d, will make a confiderable Progrefs after the fecond Year, being much hardier, and le{s liable to lofe their Tops in Winter, than thofe which are propagated by Layers. And {ince the Seeds of this Tree ripen well in England, they maybe propagated in as great Plenty as any other Foreft Tree. The Virginian Plane-Zreewill growextremely well from Cuttings, if they are planted the Beginning of March upon a moift Soil ; and if theyare water’d in dry Weather, will make a ptodigious Progrefs. So that in a few Years from the Planting, they will afford noble Trees for planting of Avenues, and other fhady Walks; and their Trunks are perfectly ftrait, growing nearly of the fame Size to a confiderable Height, there being the leaft Difference in the Girt of this Tree, for feveral Yards upwards, of any other Sort of Tree whatfoever. The Honourable Paul Dudiey, Ef; in a Letter to the Royal Society, mentions one of thefe Trees, which he obferved in Newe England, whofe Girt was nine Yards, and held its Bignefs a great Way up; which Tree, when cut down, made twenty-two Cord of Wood. He alfo fays, in the fame Letter, That he has propagated many of thefe Trees bycutting off Sticks of five or fix Feet long, and fetting them a Foot deepinto the Ground in the Spring of the Year, when the Seafon was wet ; and that they always thrive beft ina moift Soil. The Leaves of this Sort are larger, and lef divided than thofe of the Oriental Plane-Trce ; and the T'ree grows much fafter, and is hardier, and being thus eafily propagated, is now the moft commonin England. The Maple-leav'd Plane-Tree hathits Leaves lefs divided than the firft, but more than the fecond Sort, fo that it isa middle Kind, between both; tho’, as I before faid, it comes originally from the Eafern Sort. This is propagated very eafily by Layers, every Twig of which will take Root, if they are but cover'd with Earth; and when tranf- planted out in a moift Soil, will grow equally faft with the Virginian Kind. But whether this will take from Cuttings or not, I cannot £08, which open’d to the Air, terminated in fay, having never made ‘Trial of it; though from the Readinefs of the Branches caking Root, there is little Reafon to doubt ofir. The beft time to tranfplant thefe Trees is in The Eaftern Plane-Tree is propagated either March ; for if they are removed in Winter, and the Seafon fhould prove very fevere, the Groves of thefe ‘Trees, from Seeds or by Layers, the latter of which 6 generally practis’d in England; though the Plants thus rais’d do feldom make {folarge, tender Shoots are often kill’d by the Froft. PLUMB-TREE ; vide Prunus. 408 Trees, as thofe which are produc’d from *, 53 but it has been generally thought, that the Seeds of this ‘'ree were not productive, ccaufe they have not been fown at a proper Seafon, nor managed ina right Manner; for T have had thoufands of the young Plants ‘pring up from the Seeds of a large Tree, Walch {catter d upon the Ground in a PLUMBAGO; [This Plant is fo call’d, becaufe its Leaves are of a Eeaden Colour, and becaufe it colours the Hands of thofe that handle it of a leaden Colour: In like manner, it is call’d Molydana, of wats 5 Lead: It was alfo call'’d Dentillaria by the Antients, becaufe its Root not only 60 refembles |
