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Show SE SE Securripaca ; lutea major. C.B.P. The greater Yellow Hatchet Vetch. ; This Plant grows amongft the Corn in Spain, Italy, and other warm Countries; but in EngJand it is preferv’d in Botanick Gardens for the Sake of Variety. This may be propagated by fowing the Seeds in Borders oflight frefh Earth in the Spring, in the Places where they are to abide ; for they feldom fucceed well if theyare tranfplanted : ‘Theyfhould be allow’d atleaft two Feet Diftance, becaufe their Branches trail upon the Ground: In June thefe Plants will flower, and in Ayguft their Seeds will ripen, when they fhould be gather’d, and preferv'd for Ufe. A few of thefe Plants may be admitted into every good Garden for Va- riety, tho’ there is no great Beauty in their Flowers. 14. Sepum 3 Afrum, montanun tundis, dentibus aibis ferratis, c Boerb. Ind. African A Mountain Houfeleek, with roundifh, indented, ferrated Leaves, with white Edges. 15. Sepum; 4 num, frutefe folit Fongo ferrato, confertim nato. Boerb. The Charaéfers are ; The Flower confips of feveral Leaves, which are plac’d orbicularly, and expand in formofa Rofe ; out of whofe Flower-cup rifes the Pointal, which afterwards turns to a Fruit, compos d, as it were, of many Seed-veffels, refembling Husks, which are collected into a Sort of Head, aud full of(mall Seeds, The Species are ; 1. Sepum; majus, vulgare, C. B. P. Commongreat Houfeleek. 2. SEpuM; minus, luteum, folio acuto. C. B. P. The moft ordinary Prickmadam, or fharp-pointed Yellow Houfeleek. 3. SEpuM ; minus, luteum, ramulis reflexis. C. B. P. Yellow Stonecrop, with reflected Flowers 4. Sepum; parvumacre flore luteo. F- B. Wall Pepper, or Stonecrop. §. Sepum;. minus, @ rupe Santi Vincentii. Raii Syn. Stonecrop of St. Vincent’s Rock. 6. SEDUM; minus, teretifolium album. C.B.P. White flower’d Stonecrop, with round-pointed Leaves. SeDUM 5 minus, circinato folio. Leffer Stonecrop, with round Leaves, 8. SepuM; majus, vulgari decidentibus. Mor. Hift. C. B. P. finile, globulis Ind. African Shrubby Houfeleek, with long ferrate d Leaves. The firft Sort is very common in England, being often planted upon the Tops of Houfes, and other Buildings, where being preferv’d dry, it will endure the greateft Cold of our Climate. This is directed by the College of Phyficians to be us’d in Medicine as a great Cooler. It may be propagated by planting the Off-fets (which are produc’din great Plenty from the old Plants) any time in Summer, SEDUM;; [fo call’d of Se Lat. fitting, becaufe this Plant docs, as it were, fit upon the Walls where it grows ; or of S land, appeafing, becaufe it appeafes the Pains of Inflammations.] Houfeleek. 7. SE requires to be plac’d Roots are moift, the Weather. The fecond, third, venth Sorts grow in Tr very dry; fer if its Plants will rot in cold fourth, fixth, and {Plenty upon Walls and Buildings in divers Parts of England, where they propagate themfelves by their trailing Branches, fo as ina fhort time to cover the whole Place, provided they are not cut off The fixth Sort is alfo preferib’d bythe College of Phyficians to enter fome officinal Compofitions; but the People who fupply the Mar- kets, do commonly {ell the \Vall Pepper inftead of this; whichis a very wrong Practice, becaufe the fixth Sort is a very cold Herb, and is accordingly directed to be put into cooling Ointments; and the Wall Pepper is an ex ceeding fharp acrid Plant, (from whence it receiv'd the Name of Wall Pepper) wh renders it contrary to the Intention of oe Phyfician; therefore whoever makes ufe of thefe Plants, fhould be very careful to have the right, otherwife it is better to ule the com- mongreat Sort, in which they are not fo liable to be impos’d on. ‘ The fifth Sort isa Native of St. Vincent's Rock in Coruwal, from whence it hath been taken, anddiftributed into the feveral Gardens of fuch Perfons as are curious in preferving a Variety of Plants, Thefé Plants are all extreme hardy, and will thrive exceedingly, if planted in a ary Soil, and an open Situation, where they Houfeleek, like the Propagate themfelves bytheir trailing Bran which take Root where-ever they touch the Ground. Mountain woolly Houfeleck, commonlycall’d, The eighth and ninth Sorts do propag Cobweb Houfeleek. themfelves by Off-fets, in the manner as the 10. Sepum; majus arborefcens. F. B. Greater common Sort, though the ejghth throws of Tree Houfeleek. the young ones fromthe Top ofthe old J 11. Sepum ; majus arborefcens, foliis elewhich, falling on the Ground, take Santiffime commonSort, throwing off the young ones, g- SEDUM ; montanum, tomentofum. C. B. P. variegatis tricoloribus. Boerb. Ind. therebyare increas’d veryplentif Greater Tree Houfeleek, with beautiful varie- are both very hardy, and if gated Leaves. 12. Sedum; maximis. H. A. the Canaries, Canarinum, foliis 'The greateft Houfeleek of 13. Sepum; Afrum, faxatile, foliolis fedi vulgaris, in rofam vere compofitis. Boerb. Ind. African Rock Houteleek, with {mall Leaves, like the common Sort, collected like a Rofe. Ww pla rubbifh Soil will thrive, and endure th omnium Cold of our Climate. The tenth Sort is propagated by pi Cuttings during anyofthe Swimmer which fhould be laid in a dry after they are cut from the old I their wounded Parts may heal they are planted, oth e o% torot. Thefe fhould be planted in Pots fill’d Pots, will come up the Summer following, with light, frefh, fandy Earth, and plac’d in from whence a great Stock of the Plar Ly a fhady Situation, (but not under the Drip of be produc’d ; tho’ as they do{0 eafily take Trees) obferving to give *em now and thena Root from Cuttings, there will be no occafi on little Water, when the Earth is dry ; but you to propag ate them any other Way muft be very. careful not to let them have too The twelfth Sort feldom produ ny Si much Moifture, which will rot em Branches, but grows up to one fingl e large Whenthey have taken Root, they may be Head, with removd into a more open Situation, placing *em amongft other Exotick Plants, in a Place where they may be defended from {trong Winds ; in which Situation they may remain until Autumn, when they muft be remov’d into the Confervatory, to be preferv’d from Cold in Winter, which will def roy ’em. Tho’ they do not require anyartificial Heat, but only to be protected from Frott, yet do they require to have as much free Air as poffible very large Leaves. ‘This is only propagated from Seeds, for when the Plants produce their Flowers, they always decay fo foonas the Seed is ripe; therefore the Seed fhould either be fown in Pots d with light, fandy Earth as foon as it is Tipe, or permit ted to fhed upon the Pots where they grew ; which muft be thelter’d from the Froft in Winter, and the Spr ng following the young Plants will come up in Plenty ; when they fhould be tranfplanted into Pots fill'd with in mild Weather therefore the beft \\ ay of freh, light E arth, and expos’d in Swm referving thefe Plants, is to have an airy with other Exotick Plants, in fome well-thelcafe, in which manySorts of Ficoides’s, ter’d Situation, where they may remain until and other fucculent Plants, maybe intermix’d Ottobe r, when they fhould be hous’d with the with thefe, where they will thrive much bet- forego ing Sorts, and m inag’d in the fame ter than if placed amongft Oranges, Myrtles, manner as hath been directed for them. Thefe and other Trees in a Green-houfe ; becaufe the Plants will flower in four or five Years from Perfpiration of thofeé Trees renders the Air Seed, provided they are well manag’d, after of the Place damp, and when the Houfeis which(as wasbefore {aid) they ufu lly decay, clofely fhut up, this Air is often ran¢ id, which therefo re it is neceflary to have ucceffion of being imbib’d by the Houfeleeks, will caufe young Plants, that there maybe annu lly fome their Leaves to fall off, and the Plants will decay foon after ; whereas in an open airy Glais-cafe, where there is none but ficculent Plants, there will never be near fo much damp inthe Air andin fuch Places they will thrive and flower almoft every Winter, when the Plants have gotten fufficient Strenoth. Thefe Plants in moift Weather will fend forth long Roots from their Branches, four or five Feet from the Ground, andif the Earth is plac’d near to thefe Roots, they will flrike intoit, and the Branches maybe afterwards feparated from the old Plants. The eleventh Sort is a Variety of the tenth, which was < ccidentally obtain’d in the Gardens ofthelate Dutchefs of Beaufort at Badmington, from a Branch which brc off from one of the plain Sort of Hou/eleek 'I by accident, and being planted in Lime Rubbith afterwards, ecame beautifully variegated ; from which Plant there hath been vaft Numbers rais’d, and diftributed into m iny curious Gardens, both at Home and Abroad. ‘This is propa- gated in the fame manner as the former, and requires the fame Management in Winter ; but theSoil in which it is planted fhould be one half freth fandy Soil, and the other half \ubbifh and Sea Sand, equally mix’d, will thrive much better than in a il: You muft alfo be very careful not it teo much Water in Winter, which caufe it to caft its Leaves and decay. ‘this Management thefe Plants will grow to be eight or ren Feet high, and will produce utiful Spikes of Flowers every Year, which commonly in Beauty in Winter, and are teby more valuable for coming at a Seafon n few other Plants do flower. Sometimes € Plants will produce ripe Seeds, which, Permitted to fall upon the Earth ofthe to flower. The thirteenth and fourteenth Sorts z f {maller Growth: Thefe do r arely rife above fix Inches high, but fend forth a great Ouantity of Heads from their Sides, which if taken off and planted in frefh, light, fandy Earth, will take Root, and makefreth Plants, which maybe preferv’d in Pots, and hous’d in Winter with the otherSorts before me ntion’d, and require to be treated in the fame Way. The fifteenth Sort grows to be fhrubby, and may be propagated by planting the Cut- tings in the manner direéted for the Tree Houfeleek, and mutt 0 be hous’d in Wi and treated in the fame manner as hath been already directed for that Sort, Thefe are all of them very ornamental add greatly to Plants in the Green-houfe, < the Variety, when plac’d amongft othercurious Exotick Plants. SEED. The Seed of a Pls Embryo, with its Coat or Cover. bryo, which contains the wholePlant niature, and whichis called the ¢ is rooted in the Placen makes the Coat or Jvc “um, and ferves fame Purpofes as the Secund the Chorion and Amnis in Animals. The Placenta or Cotyledon of a Plant is always double; and in the Middle and common Centre of the two isa Point or & peck, which is the Embryo or Plantule. This Plzn- tule being aéted on and mov’d by the Warmth of the Sun and the Earth, begins to expar d, and protrudes or fhoots out its Radw/e or Root both upw and downy rd 3y this it abforbs the nutritious Juice from the Earth, and fo grows and increafes, and the re quifite Heat contim the Growth continues |
