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Show a RU Winter put into the Green-houfe ; but it fhould be plac’d where it may have free Air in mild Weather, and be conftantly water’d z In which Management, this Plant will fend forth Stems fix or eight Feet high, furnifh’d with Leaves from bottom to top, which in Fune will be clofely fet with Flowers upon their Edges, which do make a very beautiful and odd Appearance, and renders it worthy of a Place in every good Collection of Plants. This is alfo propagated by parting the Roots, as the former, which fhould not be done very often, becaufe if the Roots are not permitted to remain fome time to get Strength, theywill produce but weak Shoots, and very few Flowers ; and in the Strength of their Shoots, and Numberof Flowersthe greateft Beauty of thefe Plants confifts, Gardens in England ; tho’ the third, whichjg a Variety of the fecond, and only differing from it in having its Leaves varieg ated with White, is very commonin Englan d, being greatly cultivated by thofe Gardeners who fupply the London Markets with Plants in the Spring Seafon, at which Time this Plant makes a beautiful Appearance ; but as the Seafon advances, and the Plants increafe in Vigour , Rue, rhe ches are ; The Flower for the moft Part confifts o hollow Leaves, which are plac’d do expandin formof a Rofe ; ou of whofe Flower-cup vifes the Pointal, which afterwards beComes a roundifa Fruit, which is Zeuerally four= corner'd, and c sd of four Cells fix’d to an Axis, and full of {mail angular Seeds. The Species are ; 1. Rura ; major, bortenfis, latifolia. Mor. Hift. The common broad-leay’d Garden Rue. from Cuttings being the fame with Rojemary, &c. I fhall not repeat it here, but refer the Reader to that Article; and if they are propagated by Seeds, there needs no farther Care but to dig a Bed of frefh Earth in the Spring, making it level ; then to fow the Seeds thereon, treading them in, and raking the Ground {mooth: After which you mutt obierve to keep the Bed clear from Weedsuntil the Plants are come up about two Inches high ; whenthey fhould be tranfplanted out into frefh Beds, where they may remain for Ufe. All with White. 4. Ruta ; Chalepenfis, latifolia, florum petalis villis (catentibus. H. L. The broad-leav’d Aleppo Rue, whofe Flower-leaves are befet with Down. 5. Rura ; Chalepenfis, tenui Nia, florum are planted ona dry Soil. petalis, villis {catentibus. Mor. Hifi. Narrow- England. but thefe will endure our ordinary 1 very well inthe open Air, efpecially if they Thefe Plants were formerly ufed to plant for Edgings on the Sides of Borde are by no means properfor this U fhoot fo vigoronfly that there is them within the Bounds of an E ging 5 be- fides, when theyare kept clofely fheer'd they appear very ragged and ftumpy, and their Roots do fpread fo far, as to exhanft the Goodnef$ of the Soil, fo that the other I would be depriv’d of their Nouri which Reafons have caus’d them to be becomes a Fruit or oval Hi ky con, ABINA; The Savine-Tree, The Charatters are ; It bath compat, rigid, and prickly Evers green Leaves; the Bruit is (mall, {pberical, 7 and 3 1, aud the whole Plant bas a very of rank, The 1. Sanina; folio Zamarifci, Diofcoridis. C.B. P. ‘The Male or commonSavin. 2. SABina 5, folio Cypreffi. C.B.P, Berrying or Upright Savin, 3. SaBina ; folio variegato. RUTA CANINA; vide Scrophularia RUTA MURARIA; Wall-Rue or W Maidenhair 'The The ftrip’d Savini. ts are commonly cultivated for al Ufe; and are rarely planted in Gardens for Pleafure, becaufe their ill Scent renders them difagreeable in frequented Places ; bur yet they may be admitted for planting in Clumps, or to form Amphitheatres of Evergreen Trees; where if thefe are intermix’d amongft other low-growing Plants, they will add to the Variety. Thefe Plants may be propagated by laying down their young Branches in the Spring ; which if duly water’d in dry Weather, will take Root in a Year's time, and may then be tranfplanted out either into a Nurfery, or the Places where they are to remain: ‘They may alfo be propagated by Cuttings, which fhould be planted on a moift Soil, about the Beginning of April, which, if duly water’d, will take Root ; and the Spring following may be Temov'd, as was direétedfor the Layers. The Time for tranfplanting thefe Plants isthe fame with moft other Ever-green Trees, z.) in April ; obferving to do it in cloudy Weather, laying a little Mulch upon the Sur- face of the Ground about their Roots to prevent their drying: After they are rooted, they no farther Care but to keep them Weeds, and to dig the Ground about Roots every Spring, which will greatly Promote their Growth, SAFFRON; vide Crocus, neglected for this Purpofe ; fo that, fent, they are chiefly cultivated for N : Ufe, or to furnifh the Balconies of the Citi zens in the Spring. The Charaéfers are ; The Flowers confit of feveral Leaves, which are plac’d circularly, anddo expand in form ofa it can’t be cultivated in Gardens, fo as to Rofe; thefe Leaves are preduc’dfrom the Inci= grow to Advantage, I fhall not fay any thing Sures of the Flower-cup ; from the Centerof the more of it in this Place, Flower-cup rifes the Pointal, which afterwards ufed in Medicine ; though, oflate Years, the thefe Plants muft have a drySoil, otherwife theyare very fubje& to be deftroy’d in 7; The two Aleppo Rues, and the Wild Rue are fomewhat tenderer than the commonSort ; leav'd Aleppo Rue, whofe Flower-leaves are befet with Down. 6. Ruta; fylvefris, major, Cc, BP Greater Wild Rue. There are fome other Varieties of thefe Plants which are preferv’d in curious Botanick Gardens, but thofe here mention’d are all the Sorts which I have feen cultivated in the Englifb Gardens, The firft Sort here mention’d, is that which the College of Phyficians have direéted to be ufed in Medicine, ‘and is the moft commonly cultivated in whereit is gathered for Medicinal Ufe ; but as they appear almoft green, but their Colour returns again in Winter, The two Sorts of Aleppo Rue are only preferv’d in fome curious Gardens, being rarely 2. Rura; bortenfis, minor, tenuifolia. Mor. Hift. The leffer Garden Rue, with narrow Leaves. 3. Rura; hortenfis, minor, tenuifolia, foliis vartegatis argenteis. Boerb. Ind. The leffer Garden Rue, with narrow Leaves, variegated This Plant is found growing out of the Joints of old Walls in divers Parts of England, fo the Variegation of the Leaves goes off, and broad-leav’d Sort was become fo plenty, as to be brought to the Markets inftead ofthe It is generally fuppos’d, that it was one of firft Sort: But it being much ranker, and of thefe Plants which the antient ViGtors were a more offenfive Smell, it was neglected. crown’d with ; and fince from the Pliablenefs The greater Wild Rue is les commonin of their Branches, wherebytheyare very pro- England than either of the former. ‘This I per to wreath into any Figure, as alfo from rais‘d from Seeds, which were fent me by my the Refemblance thofe Coronets, which we Honoured Friend Mr, Henry Hopkey, from fee furrounding the Heads of fome antient Gibraltar, where this Plant grows upon the Butts, have to the Leaves of thefe Plants ; fo Hills in great Plenty. that it is a probable Conjecture at leatt. All thefé Plants may be propagated either by fowing of their Seeds, or byplanting Slips RUTA; [This Plant is call’d Ruta, of evs, or Cuttings, both of which mutt be done in to preferve, becaufe it is a Plant very good to the Spring. The Manner ofpropagatin g them preferve Health] SA The fecond Sort is Propagated but in few SAGE ; vide Salvia. SALICARIA; [takes its Name of Salix, fe it grows on the 5 r Willows. ; e its Lea thofe of the Hyfi Ked Lofe-ftrife, The An- ing of two Cells, andgenerally full of {mall Seeds, whic adhere to the Placenta, and are Commonly wraps ped up in the Flower-cup. The Species are ; i. Sarrcarra; vulga purpurea, foliis oblongis. Tourn. Purple-fpiked Willow-herb or Lofe-ftrife, with long Leaves SALicaria ; purpurea, foliis fubrotundis. Journ. Purple-fpiked Willow-herb or Lofes ftrife, with roundifh Leaves, Thefe Plants are very common by the Sides of Ditches and other moift Places in divers Parts of England, and are rarely cultivated in Gardens; yet for the Beauty of their long Spikes of purple Flowers, they deferve a Place in a good Garden, as alfo for their long Continuance in Flower: However, if there happens to be a moift bogey Place in a Garden where few other Plants will thrive, thefe may be plac’d there to Ad ge, and will afford a great deal of Pleafure. They propagate themfelves very faft bytheir creeping Roots, fo that if they delight in the Soil, they will, in a fhort time, multiply excee ingly. Thefe produce their Flowers in and Fuly, and dooften continuetill Beauty. SALIX; [ q or dance, becaufe of its quick Growth. ] Sallow or Willow-Tree. The Charaéfers are ; It hath amentaceous Flowers, veral Stamina but are barr 1! different Trees from the Male Fi afterwards become a Frui a Cone, oper downy Seeds. “The Species are ; 1. SAL1x; ri. a arborefcens. C. B. P. The common White Willow. 2. Satix; folio lan Jal bro odo rato. Pbyt. Brit, Willow. 3. Sarrx; foli rato. ‘The lor corticem leav’d Willow 6. Sarix ; folio auriculato, Cat. Cant. The Willow. {weet |