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Show ST S T oT from the Fire-place to the End of the Houfe, be no Occafion of making a Back-wayinto the Flues are Jaid little rifing, it will caufe each of them, which otherwife muft be bethem to drawthe better; but this Rife muft caufe the Front Glaffes of the Stoves thould not be allowed in the placing them lower under the be open’d in cold Weather, if it can poflibly Floor next the Fire, becaufe the Floor muft be avoided on any Account, becaufe the cold be laid perfeétly level, otherwife it will appear Air rufhing in, will greatly prejudice the very unfightly. tender Plants. In this Stove there fhould be a Stand or But befides the Stoves here defcrib’d, and Scaffold erected for placing Shelves above the Greeu-boufe, it will be very neceffary to each other in the Manner an- have a Glafs-Cafe or two, where-ever there nex’d, that the Plants may be dif- are great Collections of Plants. Thefe may pos'd above each other, fo as to make a handfome Appearance in the Houfe; but thefe Shelves be built exactly in the Manner already defcrib’d for the Stoves, with upright Glaffes in or funk, according to the various Heights of the Plants, otherwife ir will be very troublefome to raife or fink every particular Plant according to their Heights, or every Year as they advance. In placing the Feet of this Stand, you muft be careful not to fet them too near the Fire, nor direétly upon the Top of the Flue, (efpecially at that End next the Fire) left by the conftant Heat of the Tiles the Wood fhould take Fire, which can’t be too much guarded againft, fince fuch an Accident would go near to deftroyall the Plants, if the Houfe efcap’d being burnt, This Stand or Scaffold fhould be plac’d in the Middle of the Houfe, leaving a Paffage about two Feet and an half in the Front, and another of the fame Width in the Back, for the more conveniently paf= fing round the Plants to water them, and that the Air may freelycirculate about them. In difpofing the Plants, the talleft fhould be plac’d backward, and the fmalleft in Front, fo that there will not be Occafion for more than five or fix Shelves in Height at moft ; but the Scaffold fhould be fo contriv’d, that there may be two or three Shelves in Breadth laid upon every Rife whenever there may be Occafion for it, which will fave a deal of Trouble in difpofing of the Plants. the Back of the Honfe, The Height, Depth, and other Dimenfions fhould be conformable Front, and floping Glaffes over the Top of fhould be made moveable, fo as to be rais’d them, which fhould run within four Feet of In the Erection of thefe Stoves, it will be of great Service to join them all together, with only Glafs Partitions between them, (as was before obferv’d ;) and where feveral of thefe Stoves and Greenboufes are requir’d in one Garden, then it will be very proper to have the Greenboufe in the Middle, and the Stoves at each End, either in the Manner direéted in the Plan of the Greeubou/e exhibited in that Article, or carry’d on in one ftrait Front: And in the Contrivance of thefe it maybe fo order’d, that upon opening an Iron Regu- to that of the Stoves, which will make a Regu- Jarity in the Building. Thefe may be placd at the End of the Range on each Hand beyond the Stoves ; and if there be a Flue carry'd , along under the Floor of each, which may be open’d in fevere Froft, (in the manner already direéted for that under the Greenhoufe) and the Smoak of the adjoining Stove made to pafs off through thefe, it will fave a great deal of Labour, and prevent the Froft from ever entering the Houfe, be the Winter ever fo fevere: But the upper Glaffes of thefe Houfes fhould have either Shutters to cover them, or elfe Tarpawlins to let down over them in frofty Weather; and if there is a Contrivance to cover the upright Glaffes in Froft, either with Mats, Shutters, or Tarpawlins, it will be of great Ufe in Winter, otherwife the Flue muft be open’d when the Froft comes on, which fhould not be done but upon extraordinary Occafions; becaufe the Defign of thee Houfes is, to keep fuch Plants as require only to be preferv’d from Froft, and need no additional Warmth, but, at the fame time, require more Air than can conveniently be given them in a Greenhoufe: In one of thefe Houles may be plac’d al] the Sorts of Ficoides, African Sedums, Cotyledons, Senecio’s, and other Succulent Plants from the Cape of Good Hope. In the other may be plac’d the feveral Kindsot Anemonofpermos, Facobaa’s, Doria’s, Alaternoides’s, and other woody or herbaceous Plants from the fame Country, or anyotherinthe fame Latitude. i Thus by contriving the Green-houfe in the Middle, and two Stoves and a Glafs-Calc at each End, there will be Conveniency keep Plants from all the different Parts of the World, which can be no otherwife maintain'd lator plac’d at the End of the angular Flue of but byplacing them in different Degrees o the Stove, and {topping another plac’d at the Heat, according to the Places of their native Entrance of the back Flue, the Smoak may Growth. be made to pafs thro’ the Greenbou/e in extreme hard Froft, which will be fufficient to STRAMONIUM; Thorn-Apple. prevent its ever freezing in the Houle: For want of which Contrivance, it ishardly poffible to keep out the Froft in veryfevere Winters. By this Contrivance in the Structure of thefe Houfes, a Perfon may pa{s from one to the other of them without going into the open Air; which, befides the Pleafure to the four Placenta’s or wutritive Membranes, to which feveral Kidney-fbap'd Seeds do adbere: The Species are 5 1, Srramonium ; frudtez /pinofo, rotundo, much by keeping the Glaffes clofé, which will render them very weak and unfit to ftand abroad: Therefore after they have taken Root, they fhould have Plenty of freth Ait when the Weather is warm, and in May they ‘a round prickly Fruit, and a fingle white fhould be inur’d to the open Air by degrees, Flower. 5 into which they may betranfplanted in Fune, 2. Strramonium ; frultu [pinofo, obiongo, obferving to raife the Plants with a large Ball caule 8 flore wviolaceo. Boerb. Ind. 'Thorn= of Earth, and plant them in a rich Soil, givApple, with a longifh prickly Fruit, and ing them Water until they have taken Root, Violet-colour’d Stalks and Flowers. In Fuly thete Plants will fower, and their Seeds 3. STRAMONIUM ; ferox. Boccon. ‘Thorn- will ripen in Augu/t. Apple, with very long, fharp Prickles. The fourth Sort will grow larger than the STRAMONIUM ; Americanum, ‘minus laft mention’d. This is prefery’d morefor the Alkekengi folio. Tourn, Leffer American fake of its long, tubulous, white Flowers than Thorn-Apple, with a Winter-Cherry Leaf. any other Beauty in the Plant. It is fomeflore albo fimplici. Tourn. g. Stramonium ; Thorn-Apple, with Malabaricum, frutia glabro, flore fimplici violaceo. Tourn. Malabar Thorn-Apple, with a fmooth Fruit, and a fingle Violet-colour’d Flower. 6. Strramonium; frudtu {pinofo rotundo, flore violaceo duplici vel triplici. Tourn. 'ThornApple, with a round, prickly Fruit, and Violet-colour’d Flowers, which are two or three times double. There are fome other Species of this Plant which are preferv’d in fome curious Botanick Gardens, but as they havelittle Beauty or Ufe, fo I fhall not enumerate them in this Place. ‘The firft Sort is ufed to make a cooling Ointment, which is by many Perfons greatly efteem’d. This, tho’ not a Native of this Country, yet is now become fo common upon Dunghills and other rich Grounds, as not to be eafily eradicated. The Seedsfalling, do continue all the /znter in the Ground, and in Spring the Plants will come up, and, if faffer’d to ftand, will fpread over the whole Spot of Ground, and produce fuch Quantities of Seeds as to leave a Stock to furnifh the Ground for fome Years. The fecond Sort is not as yet quite fo common as the former, tho’ it is equally as hardy ; and where the Seeds are permitted to fall, the Plants will come up in great Plenty the following Summer. 'This Sort will grow much larger than the former. I have meafured one of thefe Plants which grew upon rich Soil upward of fix Feet high, and divided into many ftrong Branches, which fpread almoft eight Feet Diameter ; fo that ’tis unfit to ftand in {mall Pleafure-Gardens, and only to have a Place in fome outward Part of a Garden or Yard, becaufe it takes up too much Room. The third Sort is fomewhat like the former in the Appearance of the Plant, but the Fruic is {maller, and befet with very long, fierce Thorns ; for which Variety it is preferved in the Gardens of thofe who are curious in Botany. This Species is by fome fuppos’d to be the what tender, and fhould be fowed on a Hot- bed in the Spring, and manag’d as the former, otherwife, if the Seafon proves cold, the Seeds will not ripen; tho’ 1 have fometimes had Plants of this kind which came up from Seeds that featter’d in Autumn, and ripen’d their Seeds very well ; fo that I believe, in a few Years, it may be inur’d to this Climate, fo as to thrive withlittle Care. The fifth and fixth Sorts do produce very beautiful Flowers, which afford an agreeable Scent at fome Diftance, but if {melt to very clofe is offenfive to the Head. The Flowers of thefe Kinds are Violet-colour’d on the Outfide, but are white on the Infide ; and thofe of the fixth Sort have two or three Flowers within each other, in the manner of the Primrofe, which is called Ho/e in Hofe. ‘Thefe two Sorts are much more tender than either of the former, and muft be fownearly in the Spring on a Hot-bed ; and when the Plants are come up, they muft be tranfplanted into a frefh Hot-bed to bring them forward ; and as the Heat of this Bed declines, there fhould be a frefh one prepar’d, in which fhould be plung’d Pots fill’d with light, rich Earth, into which the Plants fhould be plac’d, obferving to water and fhade them until they have taken Root ; after which they fhould have Air given to them, in Proportion to the Heat of the Seafon, and muft be often water’d, being very thirfty Plants. Thus they muft be pufhed on by Heat, in the manner directed for Amaranths ; to which the Readeris defir'd to turn for their farther Culture. In Fuly, if the Seafon be warm, they may be remov’d into the open Air, placing them in a warm Situation, where they will produce their Flowers plentifully ; and if the Autumn be warm, their Seeds will ripen very well ; but it will be a fure Method to preferve one Plant of each Kind under Glaffes, left thofe in the open Air fhould not perfeét their Seeds. Dutro of the Perfians, with the Seeds of which the Flower-cup rifes the Pointal, which, weet they ufe to intoxicate Perfons on whom they have any Defigns. This Sort is not quite fo hardy as the two former, fo muft be fown on a moderate Hot- the Flower decays, becomes a rounaiff Fruit, bed in the Spring ; and when the Plants are armed for the moft part with fharp Thoritss ay come up, they fhould be tranfplanted on a STYLE: The Style of a Flower is a Body accompanying the Ovary, either arifing from divided into four Celis form’d by a Partitie new Hot-bed to bring the Plants forward, bur you muft be careful not to draw them too the Top ofit, or ftanding as an Axis in the Middle, with Embryons ofthe Seeds round ic. The Characters are; a The Flower confifs of one Leaf, foapd like @ Funnel, and cut into feveral Segments; ot d Owner, is alfo of great Ufe, becaufe there will difpos'd in the Figure of a Cros, furnifa¢ STRAWBERRY ; vide Fragaria. STRAWBERRY-TREE ; wide Arbutus, STYRAX ; |
