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Show RO. R O Extremity of the fame Year's Sh in large Bunches, fo that their Branches muft not be fhortened in the Swmmer, left hereby the Flowers fhould be cut off. Thefe Shrubs will r nine Feet high, and muft n their Growth, if you intend they fhould flower’ well, fo that they fhould be placed where they may be allowed Room. The loweft Shrub of all the Sorts heremention’d, is the Scotch fe, which rarely grows above two Feet high, fo that this mutt be placed among other Shrubs of the fame Growth. The Red Rofe and the Rofa Mundi do commonly grow from three and do not form fo good Roots as if planted out the firft Year, and fo thereis more Danof not fucceeding a But the beft Method to obtain good rooted Plants, is to lay down the you x Branchesin 1 will take good Root by> the Cefpecially if they are wa. ; ter'd in very dry Weather) ; when they may be taken fi om the old Plants, and tr in{plant ed where they are to Phefe Plants may be tranfplanted any time from Oéfober to iJ; but when they are defien’d to flower the firft Yearafter plant nted early ; though, as theyfhould before, if > Spring, it will y are planted late ir caufe them to flowerin ovence, and F the Height of feyen o RU Pla wi, provided they s do delight in a rich moift Soil, and an open Situation, in which theywill produce a greater Quantity of Flowers, vigorous Sh to bud the [i> Vali ore tender ers do felbat it rs it prc F and thofe much fairer than when they upon adrySoil, or in a fhadySituation, The pruning which they require, is only to have dead Woodcut out, and the Suckers clear’d off, which fhould be done ever tumn ; and if there are any very luxuriant Branches which draw the Nourifhment from the other Parts of the P] nt, they fhouldbe taken out or fhorten’d, to caufe it to produce more Branches, if there be occafionfor t fupply a Vacancy ; but you mutt avoid iding them with Branches, whichis as inJurious to thefe Plants as to Fruit-Trees if the Bra propagated or by budding yers, of other Sorts of Rofes, thodis only praétis’d for fome peculiar Sorts, which do not grow very vigous upon their ownStocks, and fend forth kers very f{paringly ; or where a Perfon is ing to have more Sorts than one upon the fame Plant ; butthenit muft be obferved, to bud fuch Sorts upon the fa Stock as are y equal in their manner of Growth; for if there be a Bud of ay i and fome others of we one will draw all the é, which is a vigorous Gros e Buds muchbetterthan a ofe ; but you muft b a Stock after Budd and better expos’d circulate the ROSA SINENSIS; « ROSE THE GUILD ROSE-TREE ; v ROSEMARY; ROSMARINUS; {6 call’d of Ros, Dew, 5, Lat. belonging to the Sea, q.d. Jew, as fome fay, becaufe formerly grow- er, and entirelyftary The beft Sort for Stoc ces ftrong, clean S Air, they will not produce their the Sun and Flowers fo ftrong, nor in fo ereat Plenty as and prowill take Sort of in great Plenty near the Shore ofthe Mediter a” Sea, the Vapours thence arifing, ufed to fall on it in the Manner of Dew.] Rofer to keep , ticillate Pz of one Lea : are permitted to remain on, they fhort time, ftarve the Buds. “Fhe for budding of Rojfesis in Fune ; tl of doing it, being the fame’as for Fr need not be repeated here, @ Spoon ; out o Flower-cup rifes the I by four Embryos, « many Seeds, that are ro in the Flower-cup. where theyare to remain 3 for if theya Pan 1. Rosmarinus ; j Mor. Tor. Hiff, Broad-leav’d - Rosmarinus; orte If you would propagate them from Suck theyfhould be taken off annually in ¢ and tranfplanted out either into a Nurfer Rows, as hath beendir 1 for feveral other Sorts of flowering Shrubs) or into the Jants e ftand upon the Roots of the old more than one Year, they er ‘ow woody, ef Yo The Species are ; C.B.P. Narrow-leay’d Gard 3, ROSMARINUS 5 ffriatus, five aureus, Park. Theat. The Gold-ftrip’d Ro/emary. 4. ROsMARINUS 5 hortenjis, anguftiore folio, argenteus. H. R. Par. The narrow-leav’d Silver-ftrip’d Rofemary. lour, becaufe the Root of this Plant is ufed ia dying a red Colour.} Madder, The Charaéters are ; _ The Flower confifts ofone fingle Leaf, which as cut into four or five Segments, and expanded 5. Rosmarinus ; Almerienfis,flore majore, at the Top; the Flower-cup afterwards becomes fpicato purpurafcente.. Tourn. Rofemary of a Fruit compofed of two juicy Berries, clofely Almeria, with a large {piked purplith Flower. joined together, containing Seed, for the moft 6. ROSMARINUS 5 [pontaneus, folio eleganter part hollowed like a Navel; to which may be wariegato. Boerb. Ind. Broad-leav’d Rofemary, added, the Leaves being rough, and Surroun ding with an elegant ftrip’d Leaf, the Stalks in Whorles. co Thefe Plants grow plentifully in the Southern The Species are; Parts of France, in Spain and Italy, where, 1. Rusia ; Zinéforumfativa. C. B. P. Cul« upon dry rockySoils near the Sea, they thrive tivated Dyers Madder. prodigioufly ; but notwithftanding they are 2. Rusra; /ylueftris afpera, qua fylveftris produc’d in warm Countries, yet they are hardy Diofcortdis. C. B. P. Wild Madder, enough to bear the Cold ofourordinary Winters 3. Rusia; /ylveftris, Mon/pelu very well in the open Air, provided they are f. B. Great wild Madder of Montpelier. planted upon a poor, dry, gravelly Soil; on The firft of thefe Sorts was formerly culwhich they will endure the Cold muchbetter tivated in divers Parts of England, for the than upona richer Soil, where the Plantswill Dyers Ufes but of late Years it has been grow more vigoroufly in Swimmer, and fo be wholly negleéted, fo that at prefent I believe more fubject to Injury from Froft, and they there is fcarce any of it cultivated, except in will not have fo {trong an Aromatick Scent as {mall Quantities for Medicinal Ufe: Howthis thofe upon a dry barrenSoil. Plant came to be fo much neglected in Eng Thote Sorts with ftrip’d Leaves are fome- Jand \ can’t imagine, fince it will thrive as what tender, and fhould either be planted near well here asin any Country in Europe; and a warm Wall, or in Pots fill’d with light frefh the Confumption of it in ELuglandis pretty Earth, andfhelter’d in inter under a Frame, large ; for 1 have been informed, that we pay otherwife they will be fubject to die in frofty upwards of thirty thoufand Pounds annually Weather. for this Commodity, which might be eafily All thefe Sorts may be propagated byplant- fav’d to the Nation, were it cultivated here. ing Slips or Cuttings of them in the Spring of At prefent the greateft Quantity of itis cultithe Year, upona Bed ofa light frefh Earth; vated in Flanders and Holland, from whence and whentheyare rooted, they maybe tranf- we are annually furnifh’d with it, in three planted into the Places where they are defign’d different Manners, and diftinguith’d by the to grow, but it will be proper to do this about Names of Madder in the Branch, Madderinthe the Beginning of Augu/?,that they may take new Bundle, and Madder unbundled: 'The firft Sort Root before the frofty Weather comes on; for is brought to us in the Root, as it comes out if they are planted too late in Autumn, they of the Ground, without any other Preparation feldom live through the Winter, efpecially if than that of being dried, ‘The fecondSort is the Weather proves very cold; fo that if you that of Bunch Mc or fuch as is made do not tranfplant them early, it will be the into Bundles, which is Madder in Branch, firft better Method to let them remain unre- freed ftom the Bark andthe Pith, then ground moved until March following, when the Froft by a Mill into grofs Powder, as we buy it. is over, obferving never to tranfplant them at The third Sort is the Madder unbundled, that a Seafon when the dry Eaft Winds blow, but is, the Branched Madder groundinto Powder ; rather defer the doing of it until the Seafon is but the Bunched Madder, or that in Bundles more favourable; for if they are planted when is the beft, which for its Excellency, when it there are cold drying Winds, they’ are apt to is frefh, is made into Bales, or put up into dry up their Leaves, and kill’em: But if there Casks ; *tis of a pale Red, but as it grows happens to be fome warm Showers foon after older, increafes its Colour to a fine Red; that they are removed, it will caufe em to take of Zealand is efteem’d the beft for the Dyers Root immediately; fo that they will require Ufe. Inthe Year 1727. I obferved a great Quanno farther Care, but to keep them clear from i, betity of this Plant cultivated in Ho Weeds. Altho’ thefe Plants are tender when planted tween Helveet/luyce and the Brill, and it bein a Garden, yet when they are by Accident ing the firft Time I had ever feen any conTooted in a Wall, (as I have feveral times fiderable Parcel of it, I was tempted to feen ’em) they will endure the greateft Cold make fome Enquiries about its Culture, and of our Winters, though expos’d much to the take fome Minutes of it down upon the Spot, cold Winds ; whichis occafioned by the Plant’s whichI fhall here infert, for the Ufe of fuch being more ftunted and ftrong, and their Roots as may have Curiofity to attempt the Culture of it. being drier. The Flowers of the narrow-leav’d Garden Sort are ufed in Medicine, as are alfo the Leaves and Seeds. RUBIA, [takes its Name from its red Co- In Autumn they plough the Land, where they intend to plant Madder in the Spring, and layit in high Ridges, that the Froft may mellow it; in March they plough it again, and at this Seafon they work it very deep, laying 7D ae |
