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Show PS PIF PS PU $$. 1. Pseupoacacia ; vulgaris. Tourn. Common Virginian Acacia. Psevpoacacia 3 American ifalia, flore if the Soil be moift » they will growto a con: fiderable Mag nitude: T have foenn fome of thefe Trees upwards of forty Feet high, which have divided ata little Diftance from the Ground, into three or four Branches, each of Which have been The firtt of thefe Trees is very commonin be planted too near other Drees, left, by its comes a Pod, oper are contained feve al kidney-foap’d § The Species are; England, efpecially in the Gardens near Loa- where are feveral very large old Trees, ch have been feveral Years ftanding : But at prefent, very rare in Trees may be propagated by fowing Seeds i e Spring, upon a Bed oflight fh Earth, and when the Plants are come up fhould be carefully clear’d from Weeds, in very dry Weather, if they be refrefh’d W. ater, it will greatly promote their equal to ala Tree ; fo thar it thould not great Growth, it over-fhadows ‘and ¢deftroys them. In many Gardens near Lond on, thefe Trees have produc ed good Seeds, from whence a great Number of Pants have been The Species ares Psytiium 3 majus, Greater upright F} eredium. C. B, P. . PsyuiiuM3 1 pinum. C. B. P. Greater Fleawort, hee Branches fpread to the Ground. Psytiium 3 Indicum, foliis crenatis, F. B. an Fleawort, with notch’d IL S. There are feveral other Varieties of thefe Plants, diftinguifhed by Writers in Botany 5 but fince they are of little Ufe or Beauty, I fhall pafs *em by without naming. Thefe Plants may be propagated by fowing t worthy of a Placein every good G: This Sort propagates it felf very faft Roots, which Ercan very far under Gach, fo that it fhould not beplantedtoonear other Fiaots left it over-run and deftroy them. The beft time to peeniblaat thefe Roots is that they may take Root before fo that they mil hein no Danger of fuffering from Drought the Spring following 3 and will be capable of producing ftronger Stalks, and a greater Quantity of Flowers. This Plant alw:ays makes the beit Appearance when its Roots are confined; b fe, of their Seeds in the Spring, on a Bed of when they are fuffered to fpread, the Stalks PSEU DO-DICTAMNUS5, [of Le5SQ-, litamuus, Dittany.| Battard- Dittany. The Charaers are; light Earth, and when they are come up they fhould be clear’d from Weeds, pulling out at the fame time fome of the Plants, and in ie fhould be tranfplanted out come up thin and ftraggling, andthegreateft Beautyof it is, to feeit growclofe in large Tafts, for Shieh Reafon many Perfons chute to plant it in Pots, flr 'd with light, fandy Earth, in which, if they are duly water’d in dry Weather, they will thrive exceedingly, and make a very handfome Appearance. It is June they will fower, and their Seeds will ripen a lia very proper to plant on fuch Borders as ry, in Rows, three Feet afunder, in a aifecand Sort will abide two or three Years, provided they are on a poor, dry ravelly and poor, (on which few other will thrive) where the Roots ofthis ill be confined, more than ifplanted It hatha labiated Flower ¢ where they ftand too clofe, leaving maining ones about eight or nine Inch wth; in this Bed the Plants fhould remain der; after which they will require no farther r End of March following, at Care, and the Plants eighteen Inches Diftance in the Roy obferving to lay a little Mulch upon the Surface of the Groundabout their Roots, to prevent the Earth’s drying too faft: PsEUDO-DICTAMNUS 3 4 C. B.P. lis Molucce. Baftard1-Dittany, with the Pan or Hollow of Molucca Balm. Daring the Summer Se ajon fhould carefully clear ?em from Weeds, d if they produce irregular Branches, they fhouk:ibe prun’d off, while young. The z follow the Ground between the Rows fhould be care- PsSEUDO-DIcTAMNUs; Hi/f : a. ph Spanith Baftard-Dittany, gwortei JDO-DICTAMNUS seat candicante & villofo. Tourn. Spanith fully dug, that the Roots of the Trees m ay a thieeshogle with a large, hoary, and the moree ealily extend themfelves every Way ; ety veaf, and in Summer, the Weeds fhould be con- ftantly hoed down, to prevent their injuring he Trees have remain’d in this NurTears, hey fhould be tran{p lanted eeere they aree defign *dto grow ; for if the y are pert to remain in the Nurfery too long, they will not bear tranfplanting, their Roots creeping very far juft under the Surface of the Earth, aes when too much cut, do feldom ab ide long in Vigour. Thefe Trees are very hardy, in refpect to Co me theywill not endure to be ex pofed too machto ftrong Winds, which continually break their brittle Branches, and render ’em unfightly ; fo that many People have neglected to cultivate thefe Trees on ‘that Account ; but when they are intermix’d with otherlarge growing Trees, in great Wilder- neffes, tthey make abeautiful Variety, and in 4. Psgupo-picTamnus ; verti C. B. P. oe I. which would caufe them to have a ragged App e, by the continual {napping of their Branches: Nor are they very proper to plant in Gardens, becaufe their Roots do extend to a great Diftance, and emaciate the Soil; and the Numbers of Suckers, which = @pt to produce, render them very sclome in open Gardens; but for large Wildernefies, they are very proper ; where, neverufedin *becauie thend sad a ins iad. jerTeo . long The beft FB. Common Gree zwort, ferrated Leaf, and a wshite 2, PrargMica; Common 7 is, § neezwort, Thefe thould be planted in a poors a double r_ Sneezwort, ed Sneezwort, during any ofthe Summer 1s, upon a Bed of ligght, frefh Earth, obferving to water and thadethemuntil they have taken Roots after which they will require no farther Care, but onlyto clear them from Weeds, until Septem j ip » by fome call’d Double Pellitory. Pragmica ; the Spring, before they ‘begin to grow, that the Off-fets may take Root before the dry rated. Vern ber following; when they fhould be carefully aken up, preferving a Ball Earth to Roots of each Plant, and planted in a warm dry Si if it | or rubbif with hoary PULEGIUM: [This Plant takes its Name of Pulex a Flea, becaufe being burnt, it is meation them in this Pl! faid to drive aay Fleas.] Penny-Royal or Pudding- Gra PSYLLIUM, Fl but was knownlong t the Seeds ofthis Plant was the aicHin of the Shops ; but it is now 2d to be the Seeds of fome nat Kind. But however, thi Plaace in every good Garden, a sr-colour’d Leaves, together with its long Continuance in flower. {t may be propagatedbyplanting Cuttings, time to tranfplant and part their Roots is in Weather. ir Tournefort, Many of the old Botanifts were of Opinion sig7 Si fo it will be needlefs to enumerate themin this Place. All thefe Plants may be propagateed by Seeds, parting of their Roots, or Cuttin 3 but the two laft being the mo dy Methods, are generally they will flower very h Sort was brought from the Lev is ufed for Snuff; it , becaufe it has much dens, but as they |have little Beauttyor U fe, Plants, but as they are fometimes prefeerved by curious Perfons, I thought it proper atly expofed to the Wind, well. The d and fourth Sorts are feldompreerved in Flower-Gardens, being Pl: little B Thefe ma parting their Roots, ei and will grow upon almoft any Soil, any Situation. . Ps EUDO-DICTAMNUS ; > font 5 E atten Batftard-Dittany, with found I 4 There are ral other Varieties ofthis Plant, which are ferved in Bo 5 ing Av ens s, were for they would be in a better Soil, and Year, The firft Sort, which is the moft common, is ufed in Medicine ; but the other two are Whorled Baftard- Dittany without dry Soil, where they will endure the Cold much better than if planted in a rich Ground. The no great Beautyin thele which was the great Ufe they pane to, finceiin fuch Places Soil; but the other two Sorts perifh every » inodorus, é they covered with large Bunches of fweet-fme lling Flowers. Indeed, I can’t recommendthemfor plant- but to clear em from Weeds; GE Eiencinal eepee its fecond Sort is as accident. of this Kind are v 2 : ariety »btain’d: ouble of the firft, Flowers generally together renders It hath a labiate raf, whofe Uppe ided into three Pointal, attended by me [Oo m That the Ft |