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Show 3s T thefe Plants, to pare on the Ou ery juftly juftly reject rejected for that very thar Ule, Tim d for becanfe: there was a Neceffity of traniplantin g‘ thefe Edgingg z a TBIng every Year, otherwife they could not be kepe Bounds 3 1 as before directed. be houfed with O too tender to endure artificial n the open Air, but do Warmth in Winter; and 1 the Flowers of this Tree (which it land) are not very beau~ tiful, yet as it retains its Leaves all the ter, which have a very fhining Appearance, when the Trees are train’d up to regular Heads, it adds greatly to the B auty of a n-houle, when intermix’d with exotick and delerves a Place in every good Collection. where-cyer a C jowever, though they are not in ufeat pre- ent for that Purpofe, yet a few Plants of the init, third, fourth, and fifth Sorts fhould ive a Place in fome Part ofthe Flower. zarden, for Variety, elpecially the third and ourth, which are extreme hardy Plants, and will growin almoft any Soil or Situation, and their Flowers wiil continue a long ‘Time in 3eauty. A}l thefe Sorts may be propagated bypart ing their Roots, the beft ‘Time for which js in Autumn, that they may take Root before the Froft, which will caufe emto flower much flronger than thofe tranfplanted in the Spring, nd the Plants will not be in fo much Danger STAR-WORT; wide After. STAR-FLOWER; betidk ie noextraordinat y thing, ¢ a, which was N ere always appear’d a . re unfightly Gap, vide Ornithozalum. Ss {carrying as thofe are, efpecially when if Happens to prove dry. After thefe Plants have taken Root, theywill require no farther Care, but to keep themclear from Weeds, and the May following they will begin to flower, which will continuein Beauty three Weeks or a Month, provided the Seafon be not too hot and dry. ‘The Portugal Sort is not fo hardyas either of the former, tho’ ir will endure the Cold of wers, coi mpalementty the Poi our ordinary Winters very well in the open Air, providedit is planted ina dry Soil anda palement as in The Species a Statice ; Lugd. Thrift, Sea-Gillyr Sea-Cufhion. ; ana, minor. Tourn. Let ain Thrift or Sea-Gilly flower. . STATICE ; iS G us, flore ru. Boerh, . with red Flowers, 4. Srarice ; foliis anguficril us, flore atbo, Boerb. Ind. Narrow-leav’d ‘Thrift with a white Flower. 5. Statice; Lufitanica a mnariuo flore. Tou Shrubby Portugal ft with a large Flower. 7 The firft of thefe Plants grows wild in Germany, and fome other Inland Countries in g Plenty, from whence it hath been b: into England ; but the fecond Sort is found wild in great Plenty in the Salt Marfhes near the Sea, in divers Parts of England. The third and fourth Sorts have been brought into England from the Alps, or fome other mountainous Parts, and are preferv'd for the Beauty of their Flowers in fome old Gardens The fifth Sort is lef$ common in ngland thaneither of the former Sorts, and is only to be found in the Gardens of {ach as are curious in colle@ing rare Plants. warm Situation, but in very fevere Frofts it is often deftroy’d. This may alfo be propagated by Cuttings or Slips, which fhould be planted ina Bed of freth Earth in the Spring, and ter’d and fhaded until they have taken Root; er which they muft be kept clear from Weeds till Michaelmas, when they fhould be plantedeither into Pots to be fhelter’d in1 ter, or in tome warm Situation in the Ground, where they may remain to flower. This Plant will grow twoorthree Feet and become fhrubby, provided it be not Pedeftals, which may be adorn’d with Feftoons, Foliage, Mouldings, and other Ornaments. STATUES and VASES contribute ve much to the Embellifhment and Magnificence ofa Garden, and extremely advance the natural Beauties of it. r rent Materials ; the richeft are thofe of Cait Brais, Lead gilt, and Marble; the ordinary Sort are of common Stone or Stucco. Among Figures are diftinguifh’d Groups, which confift at leaft of two Figures togeth in the fame Block ; Figures infulate or detach that is, thofe that you can go quite round ; and Figures that are fet in Niches, which ar furnith’d on the fore Part only. a There are likewife Bufts, Termes, hali- length Figures, Figures half as big as the Life, and thofe bigger than the Life that ate call’d Coloffai, either on regular Pedettals, or in great Eitcem, but of | ate they have been times adorn Cafcades ; as do alfo Ba/s Re and Math Heads. Thefe fuch as are more flender, tapering, and_hollow’d, not to mention the Figures which fome- Flora and Cloris, Goddeffes of Flower s, and alfo Venus, Daphne, and Rucina the Godde fs of Weeding, in the Flower-Garden. The Dii Minores ought alfo to poffefs the Nitches, Vulcan with the Cyclops in a Center oflefs Note; andall the reft of the Deities in their particular Places and Order, Ceres and Pomona, andthe three HeJperides, Eagle and He/perathufa, who were three Sifters , feign’d to havean Orchard of Golden Apples , kept by a Dragon, which Hercules flew, when Figures and Vajes are ufually fet along the he took them away, fhould be placed in the Palifades in the Front, and upon the Sides of a Parterre, in the Nitchesand Sinking of Horn- Orchard: The Fauns and Sylvans fhould be placed in the more remote and rural Centers beamor of Lattice-wotk made for that Purpofe. and Parts of the Wood-work. Theyare placed in Groves in the Center of Bacchus, the God of Wine, andSilenus, in a Star or St. Andrew’s Crofs, in the Spaces be- tween the Walls of a Goofe-foot in the Middle of Halls and Cabinets, among the Trees and Arches of a green Gallery, and at the Head of a Row ofTrees or Palifades that ftand free or detach’d. In Woods and Groves, Sylvanus, God, and Ferona, Goddefs of the Woods; Aeon the Hunter, who chancing to efpy Diana bathing, fhe transform’d him into a Hart, and he was devour’d by his own Dogs: Alfo, Eccho, a Virgin rejected of her Lover, who pined away in the Woods forGrief, where her Voice ftill remains, anfwering the Outcries of every Complaint: Alfo, Philomela transform’d into a Nightingale, and Jtis into a Pheafant. They are alfo placed at the lower Ends of Walks andVifta’s, to fet them offthe better. Jupiter, Mars, and Bellona fhould poffefs the largeft open Centers and Lawns ofa grand Defign, elevated upon Pedeftals, columnal andother archite€tonical Works, with their immediate Servants and Vaffals underneath, Fupiter with his Mercury, Mars with Fame, and the reft of their Attendants, ‘Lhe firft four Sorts have been promifcuoufly planted -in G irdens, to make Edgings on the Sides of Borders in the Flower-gardens, for which Purpofe© they were former , ly and Dryades, in the Groves; Sacrifices, Bac- chanals, and Childrens Sports are likewife reprefented in Bafs Relievo upon the Va/es and Alfo Minerva andPallas, Goddeffes of Wifdom, with the feven liberal Sciences; the three Deftinies, Clotho, Lachefis, and Altropos; jur’d by Cold. Theyare made of feveral Fo or. Thefe Figures reprefent all the feveral Deities, andilluitrious Perfons of Antiquity, which thould be placed properly in Gardens. The River Gods, as Naiades, Rivers, and Tritons, fhould be placed in the Middle of Fountains and Bafons. The Gods of the Woods, as Sylvans, Fauns, Tellus the God of the Earth; Priapus the God of Gardens ; Pytho the Goddefs of Eloquence, Vifta the Goddefs of Chaftity. Neptune in his Chariot fhould poftefs. the Center of the greateft Body of Water, whether it be Fountain, Bafon, or whatfoever of that Kind, and attended with the Naiades, Tritons, and his other Sea Attendants. For Canals, Bafons, and Fifh-ponds, Pal, Panifcus, and Oceanus, Gods; Dione, rta, Thetis, and Mi » Sea-Goddefles ; » Goddefs of the Water; Naiades, Pairies of the Water; and the Syrens, Par- Vineyards. Daphne and Diana, Flora and Venus, fhould have their Places in the Flower-Garden. fZ0lus, God of the Winds, and the Oreades, Fairies of the Mountains, fhould be placed on high Mounts, Terras Walks, €9c. The Goddefs Vallenta in Vallies, Harpocrates and Angerona, the former the God, andthe latter the Goddefs of Silence, and Mercury the God of Eloquence, in private Cabinets in a Wildernefs or Grove, Comus, the God ofBanquetting, in Places for that Purpofe. Arifizus, the Patron of Bees, near an Aviary. Morpheus and Pan, Gods of Sheep, Pales the Goddefs of Shepherds, and Bubona the Goddefs of Oxen, in fmall Paddocks of Sheep in a Wildernefs. Robigus, a God who preferv’d Corn from being blafted, Ceres the Goddefs of Bread Corn, and Tutelina a Goddels, who had the Tuition of Corn in the Fields, in fmall Enclo- fures for Corn in a Wildernefs. STELLATEPlants, are fuch as have their Leaves placedat certain Intervals of the Stalks in Formofa Star; ofthis Tribe are Madder, Goofe-Grafi, Ladies Bedftraw, 8c. STERILITY fignifies Barrennels, STOCK-GILLY-FLOWER; vide Leucojum. STOECHAS ; [focall’d ofcertain IfMes in the Mediterranean Sea, by the French, where this Plant was firft found. In the Shopsit is call’d Stechas Arabica, not becaufe it grows there, but becaufe the Arabian Phyficians do y commend this Herb.] Caflidony, French Lavender, or Stickadore. Menope, Lygia, and Leujfia. d r conjifting of one hofe upper Lip is upright, and cut in ler Lip (or Beard) is cut into ; but both are fo divided as at firft a Flower cut into five ments 5 lower-cup rifes the Pointal, at- aus fhould be placed among the Graces, ia, Thalia, and Eupbrofyne; Cupid, &c. It may alfo be proper to place Apollo with the Mujes, Clio, Melpomene, Thalia, Eutez Ter] Erato, Calliope, Urania, and fF bymn 2, in the Nitches; and Minerva wi Liberal Sciences, & andin all the Jefler Cen- ters of a Polygonal Circumfcription, 1 comes {0 many Flower-cup. To aE rovi yards be- ds inclofed in the Marks mujft be added, that |