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Show SM dere re The Seafon for fowing the Seedis in the Beginning of Fel réary, and upon a moift m, pentaphyllum, um. H. L. Indian ickly. SinapistRuM ; Zigypt acum, beptaphyl Ui ? 0 majus {pinofum, H. L. Greater Prickly feven-leav’d Egyptian Sinapif? a Flefh-colour’d Flower. Zeyh rich Soil, which fhouldbe well dug and loofen’d andbeing laid level, the Seeds fhoul d be fown thereon, and then trod in, after the common Method of fowing Ra 5, Taking the Ground over them {mooth, ; _In April the Plants will come up, at which The Cha is the andto cut out the Plants where they are he clofe, leaving them the firft hoeing about three Inches afunder; but at the fecond hoeing. which fhould be perform’d about a Month after the firft, they fhould be cut out to fix Drill crofs the Spot of Ground with a Spade, in a ftrait Line, about eight or nine Inches deep, into which youfhould place the OfF{fets, about fix Inches apart, as upright as poffible ; the Drills at a Foot Diftance, L rat the Roots are fo join dto Head. is Plant, viz. 1» CBP. This is one of the wholefomeft and moft nourifhing Roots that is cultivated in G ardens, and yet it is at prefent very rare to meet with it in the Gardens near London : What have been the Caufe of its not being may more through the whole Spot of Ground; and if the Seafon fhould prove very dry, it will be proper to water them until they have taken Root in the Ground ; after which they will require no other Care, but to keep the Weeds conftantly deftroy’d as they are produc’d, in the manner before direéted for the feedling Plants, and whentheir Leaves decay, theywill be fit 4 ufe, as before; but after any of thefe I have feeded, theyare fticky, and good for commonly cultivated, 1 can’t imagine, fince nothing, fo that they fhould never be more than one Yearold, chiefly recommend, becauf e the SMILAX ; [focall’d of sudo, Gr. t becaufe it isa rough Plant. It is alt ium, becaufe at firft it bears but Leaf.} Bindweed there are many Kitchen Gardens which are proper for this Plant. _ It may be propagated two either by fowing the Seeds, or Ways, viz. Slips: The former Methodis planting the what I would Roots which come from Seeds are much larger than thofe produc’d from Off-fets, and are much ten- The Species are ; 2. SMILAX 5 WViticulis afperis, foliis Jongis anguftis, onatis levibus auriculis ad bafim dioribus. Pluk. Phyt. Rough Bindweed, practis'd for Carrots) to deftroy the Weed: which came out of it, and at a Foot Diftance from the firft make another Trench, laying the Off-fets therein, as before, and fo continue becomes a Fruit, fe Pointal afte 's becomes a Fruit or foft roundifo Berry, containing oval-hap'd Seeds. 1, SmiLax ; a/pera, fruttu rubente. C.B. P. Rough Bindweed, with a red Pruit, then fill the Drill up again with the Earth es its Flow feveral Leaves placid it Horm of a Rofe; 2. SMyRNIUM; peregrinum, n form of a Time the Groundfhould be hoed over. (as is _Inches apart at leaft, obferving to cut downal "se l leav'd vi the Weeds; and during the Symm er Seafon, ‘ylon, with a yellow Flower, the Weeds fhould be diligently hoed down as The firft and fecond Sorts are v ery common faft as they are produced, forif thee Plants 3 » Barbadoes, and other warm Coun- are ftifled by Weeds, &c. they feldom come tries in the Wef but the third Sort I to good. > Who had it from When their Leaves are decay’d, their Roots curious Seeds may be taken up for Ufe ; but this fhould be ants are preférv’d as Curiofities by done only as they are wante d, for if they are thofe who delight in Botanick Studies; but as Kept long above Groundtheywill be good for theyare not verybeautiful, nor of any great little. The Leaves commonly decayin O Ufe, fo they are rarely cultivated in other ber, fo that from that Timetill the Middle of Gardens. Theyare all annual Plants, which Mars h, when they begin to fhoot dgain, they perifh foon after their Seeds are ri and in are in Seafon ; but after they have thot forth Ei / muft be raisid in a Hot-bed in the green Leave s, the Roots become fticky, and pring, and when the Plants have acquir’d are not fo good, Strength, they fhould be planted into Pots, The Methodofpropagating this Plant from and manag’d as hath been direéted for the -fets. is as follows: About the fatter end of f mines, to which Article the Reader wary or Beginning of March, you fhould 3 n, to avoid Repetition. In Fuly dig a moift rich Spot of Groun d, inSize prothefé Plants may be placin the open Air, portionable to the Quantity of Plants intendt which Time t will fower, and in Sep- ed; then you fhould carefu lly dig up the old r their Seeds will ripen, when theythould Roots , from which you fhould flip off all the rd, and prefery’d in their Pods until Offer s, preferving their Buds on the Crown on for fowing them. : of each intire; after this you fhould open a SISARUM ; [fo call'd on account ofits fweet Tafte, fearce any Plant being of a fweeter.] Skirret, 4 ratiers ave ; The Flower confifts of feverc 6. y an SMALLAGE Mpide Apium. with long, narrow-pointed, {mooth Leaves, having round Ears at the Bate. 3. SMILAX ; Viticulis afperis Virginiana, folio hederacea levi, Zarza nobiliffima nobis. Pluk. Phyt. Rough Virginian Bindweed, 3- rotundo folio. Foreign Alexanders, with a round SMYRNIUM ; peregrinum, folio oblongo, C.B.P. Foreign Alexanders, with an oblong Leaf. 4. Smyzntum ; Creticum, Paludapii foliis I. Cor. Candy Alexanders with a Smallage Leaf. The firft of thefe Sorts (which is that order'd by the College for medicinal Ufe) grows wild in divers Parts of England, and at pre{ent is feldom cultivated in Gardens ; tho’ formerly it was greatly ufed in the Kitchen, before Seilery was fo muchcult vated, which hath taken Place of Alexanders in moft Peoples Opinion. The other Sorts are preferv’d in Botanick Gardens for Variety, but may either of them be cultivated for the Ufe of the Kitchen. The fecond Sort is much preferable to the firft for blanching, as I have try’d, and will be tenderer, and not quite fo with a {mooth Ivy Leaf, commonly call’d Zarzaparilla. There are feveral other Species of this Plant, which grow wild in Virginia, Carolina, and other Parts of America, in the Woods, where they climb round the Stems of Tr and itrong. Shrubs to fupport themfelves, for their All thefe Plants maybe propagated by fowBranches are very weak and trailing, andif ing their Seeds upon an open Spot of Ground not fupported, do lie upon the Ground. in Auguft, fo foon as they are ripe; for if Thefe Plants are preferv’d in the Gardens they are prefery'd till Spring, they often mif= of fuch as are curious in Botany for their Va- carry, or at Jeaft do not come up until the riety ; but there is no great Beauty or Ufe in fecond Year ; whereas thofe fown in 4 them, fo that they are not very commonly do rarely fail of coming up foon after Chi cultivated in other Gardens. mas, andwill make much ftronger Plants than ey are moft of them hardy enoughto the other. endure the Cold of our Climate, if. planted in In the Spring thefe Plants fhould be hoed alight Soil, and under the Shelter of ‘Trees, where they delight to grow: They may be eafily propagated by Offtaken from the old Roots in March, juft before they begin to fhoot, and tranfplanted where theyare to remain, where if it be in a goodSoil they will flower very well, but they feldom produce Fruit in this Country. But as the Seeds are often brought into England, fo they may be fownin Pots oflight rich Earth, and plac’d in a fhady Situation but in Winter they muft be re- out, fo as to leave them ten Inches or a Foot apart each Way ; and during the following Summer they muft be conftantly clear'd from Weeds, which if permitted to grow amoneft them, will draw them up flender, them good for little. and render In February following the Plants will fhoot up again yigoroufly, at which Time the Earth muft be drawn up to each Plant to blanch em ; andin three Weeks after, theywill be fit for Ufe, when they may be dug up, and the white Part preferved, which may be ftew’d, and eaten as Se/ery. mov'd into Shelter, obferving always to keep the Earth moift, and the following Spring the SNAP-DRAGON ; vide Antirrhinum. Plants will come up, when the Pots fhould be again remov’d into the Shade, and kept clear SNEEZ-WORT; vide Prarmica. from Weeds, watering them in dry Weather 5 and the Spring following they maybetranf- planted where they are to remain. SMYRNIUM; [of cutee, Myrrba, becaufe it refembles J in Tafte and Smell ; or becaufe that Plant which the Antients call’d rhium, by Incifion yielded alike Liquid. ] Alexanders. _ The Chara af ter compos'd of two one C. B. P. Leaf, SNOWis defin’d to be a Meteor form’d in the middle Region of the Air, of Vapour raisd by the Aétion of the Sun or fubterraneous Fire ; there congeal’d, its Parts conftipated, its fpecifick Gravity increafed, and thus return’d to the Earth in the Form of little Villi or Flakes. The Snow we receive may properly enough be afcrib’d to the Coldnefs of the Atmofphere through whichit falls : When the Atmofphere is warm enough to diflolve the Snowb it ; if it preferves undiffolv’d, we call it . Snowis very ufeful ; it fr 1e Ground, it guards Corn or other Vege 2s from the intenfer Cold of t the cold piercing Winds. |
