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Show Te TLE The Diftance of the Elms acrofs will be about twenty Feet, and they may be plac’d and Earthy, in a warm Situation ; but in a fevere hard Froft it is often de ftroy’ d, for whict Reaf t afunder in Lines. TERRENE ; par Earth, on the Plants are generally preferved in Pots, and removedinto the Green-houfe i; n Winter. ‘Thisis propa gated in the fame Man- or compos’d of ner as the former. TERRESTRIAL ; Earthy, or that be- The Sort with ftrip’d Leaves is Je {§ common longs to Earth. than the plain; a ETRAPETALOUS FLOWER, is one f ients the Flower ~cuip. d in the tame Manlace it in a warmer //4nter, at Beauty in thefe Preferve a who bring t this Plant into Ule.} Tree Germander. ters are ; up is dir is of the Be no Galea or Stamina occupy the or Lower-onyis cut inte middle Segment being ] 4is tbellot po Z he Flowyer This js fome- what tenderer than the plain Sort, but may be propagated and pre ner, only oO i Part of the Green-houfe es its Name of King Te d by thofe thar delig ht in vz epated Plants. which: is compos’d ofonly four fingle Flowerleaves, called ‘Peti oe M, THH ordinary 7/7inters, if plan ted on a dry Soil > a Manuicrip: two-fold manner ; in the y and Sars but now ; it has obtai a of its green Leaves adorning alfo call’d = nifts have claffed this EPlant dow Rue. l, the Flowers are c of the Leaves. muitis. to Sort here-mention’d was fotmerly with great Care n planted out aleisphone mney caotigh €na thofe of Columbine, Thefe Plants are propagated by parting their Roots; in September, the beft ‘Timefor this W orkis when their Leaves begin to decay, that they maytake frefh Root before the Froft comes on to prevent them. ‘They fhould alfo be planted in a frefh light Soil, and have a fhady Situation, in which they will thrive exceedingly, though they may be planted in almoft any Soil or Situa > pro- vided it be not too hot and dry. T hele Roots fhould not be parted or removed oftener than every other Year, butif they are permitted to for it. They may alfo be propagated by fowing their Seeds on an Eaft Border, foon after they are ripe, obferving to keep the Ground clear from Weeds; and the folllowing Spring the Plants will come up, when they fhould be fre- Regia, to prevent its freezing ; and the Mixture ting’d with a Solu- tion of Vitriol, to give ita Greennefs, afilling the Tube, Careis taken that there be fo much Air left in the Ball and Tube, as that when at its greateft Condenfation, in the Middle of Winter, it may juft fill the Ball; and yet in its greateft Rarefadtion in Summer, may not drive all the Liquor out of the Tube. To theother Extreme of the Tube is faften’d another Glafs Ball, E.F, open to the Air at F. Oneach Side quently refrefh’d with Water, and conftantly kept clean from Weeds; the Avtumnfollow- the Tube is apply’d the Scale B D, divided into any Number of equal ing they maybeplanted out into Nurfery-beds, about five or fix Inches afunder, where they may remain until they have Strength enough to flower, when they fhould be removed into the Borders of the Flower-Garden, placing Now, as the ambient Air becomes warmer, the Air in the Ball and the Top of the Tube 4 Thefe Plants flower the Beginning of Zune, lead, the Cap/ules, 1 fometimes wit and if the Seafon be moderate they will continue in Beauty along Time: 'This, together with their being hardy Plants, which require little Culture, renders them worthy of a Place in every good Flower-Garden; and their Flowers are very proper to intermix with others for Bafons to adorn Halls, Chimnies, &c. in the Summer ‘Time. pine and the Chi Colour, comm THAPSIA, [fo call’d of the Ifland Tbap- lumbine. fus, where it grew in Plenty. ] Carrot. ‘The Deadly ‘There are feveral Species of this Plant, LEY withou to them. are of little Ufe or Beauty, it would be needlef§ to enu- merate t rf{t bear they will {pread over whatever Plants are near Tree Germander. 2. Teucrium; Beticum. Cluf. Hif. Spanifh Tree Germander. ‘i 3. Teucrium; Nit, calice campanu7 égato. Boerb. Ind. Spanifh Tree Germander with a {trip’d Leaf. I 1¢ other Species of this P] ant, erved in curious Botanick Gar- The Plant from. large Growth, allowing them Room, otherwife F. B. Common dens for Variety; but as the-y thefe though their Flowers are very different there- Parts. them in the middle Line among Plants of expanding, will The Species are; Tevcrium ; ceived from the Similitude that the Leaves of Water, mix’dwith Aqua ftand three Years,‘theyy will fower much ftronger 3 [this Name is ancient, Lo -H i Meadow Rue white Chives to the which are kept in drive the Liquor into the lower Ball, and confequently its Surface will defcend ; on the con- trary, as the ambient Air grows colder, that in the Ball becoming condenfed, tthe Lsiquor will afcend. |The Conftruction of the Mercurial 'Ther- mometer In the fame Manner, and with the fame Caution as before, put a little Quantity of Mercury, not exceeding the Bignefs of a Pea, into a Tube BC, thus bent with W ele that taking up the lefs Height, it may be the more manageable, and lefs liable to Harm; divide this 7 ube into any Numberof equal Partsto fervefora Scale, Botanick Gardens, but as they are Plants oflittle Beauty, fo it is not worth while to enumerate themin this Place ; ing, ¢on a Bwe offre-th light Earth, obferving to fhade and water them until they have taken Root, after which they will require no farther Care, but to keep them clear from Weedsuntil the follo wing Spriing, when they may betrzan{planted out into the where they are to remain, being caren removing them, not to thake of:all the Earth fromtheir Roots, as alfo to water them until they havetakenfrefh Root, after which the only Care they require, is to keep the Ground clean about the a and to prune off Heads wil ape as are ill fituated, whereby their Z ar More regular, Sok is tenderer than the forat will endure the Cold of our but whoever has a mind to propagate them, may do it in the manner directed for Simyrneum ; which fee. forum | idow Rue v talk, Columbine Leaves, and w Chivees to the Flo 4 Tuaticrrum Park. Theat. R ue. ; Leffer Americanum American mi Me: Pe are many other Species of thiss Plant, ferved in Botan iety, fome of which ar but thofe above-mentioned are : Sorts which I have obferved tobecultivated in the_Flower-Gardens for their Bi thefe Sorts are commonly known taythe N of Feather’ if Columbin ng Gardeners, which Names, I fuppofe,they ceiy THERMOMETER, [enytuerep of seput, Heat, and ysteéo, to mea/fure.}) An Inftru- ment fhewing, or rather meafuring the Increafe and Decreafe of the Heat and Cold of he Air, Here the Approaches of the Mercury to Of which there are various Kinds; the Conftruétions, Defects, ‘Theories, &c, whereof wards the Ball A will fhew the Increafes of are as follow. the Degree of Heat. ‘The Reafon is the fame © Confiruttion of a Thermometer depending on the Rarefattion of the Air. Tube CF, to which is faften’d AC, is put a Quantity of common as in the former ; But both thefe Inftruments are defectivein this, that they are liable to be aéted on by a double Caufe: For not only a Decreafe of Heat, but alfo an Increafe of Weight of the Atmofphere will make the Liquorrife in the "X one, |