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Show a JR TO the Seeds; or by Cuttings, g which muft be planted in the Spring, upon a gravelly poor Soil, in which this Plant will endure the Cold of our ordinary Winters very well, bue in very fevere Frofts it is often deftroy’d. This is preferved in fome Gardens, more for the Sake of its Variety than Beauty. The fifth Sort may alfo be propagated either by fowing its Seeds or planting Cuttings, in the fame manner as the former, but mutt have a dry Soil, and a warm Situation, otherwife the Cold will deftroyit in Winter. This Plant Management thefe Plants will thrive and erow very large, but they feldom produce Flowers in this Country, The eleventh Sort was found by Monfieur Tournefort in the Levant, and by him brought urope by the Name here given tout though many curious Botanifts are not fatis. fied howit differs from the Tithymalus charg. cias rubens peregrinus of Cafpar Baubinus, This has a great deal of the Appearance of our Wood Spurge, but the Stalks are redder, and the Flowers are muchfairer : It may be propagated by Cuttings, which fhould be planted in Pots, filled with light fandy Earth, and in Wi muft be fhelter’d, otherwife it the Branches ofthis will many times extend is apt to perifh with fevere Cold. In March themfelves two Feet from the Root, fo that it lowers, at which time it makes a beautiful if it has not Room, they will rot and die Appearance, andis worthy ofa Place in every away. good Garden. trails upon the Ground, fo fhould be planted at a Diftance from other Plants, becaule if it be over-hung by’emit will not thrive, and The fixth Sort grows wild in marfhy Places in France, Italy, and Germany, but in £. Fume, which will fuffocate Animals when From the fecond Sort Monficur they are fhut up in a Room where it is burnt: fays, the Gum Adr agaut or Dragon is proAnInftance of this is mention’d in the Philo- duc’d in Crete ; of which he gives the following foprical Tranfattions by Dr. William Sherard, Relation in his Voyage to the Le i which was communicated to him ina Letter “* had the Satisfaction of fully obfery from New England by Mr. Moore, in which * Gum Adragant on Mount Ida tions fome People who had cut fome “ underitand how Bellonins comes to s Woodfor Fuel, which they were burn- « * pofitively, that there is no fuch tt and in a fhort time they loft the Ufe of ‘ Candia: Sure he had not read th r Limbs and became ftupid; fo that if a * Chapterofthe ninth Book of Tbeopi ibour had not accidentally open’d the Hiftory of Plants. Thelittle bald Hillocks and faw them in that Condition, it is © about the Sheepfold produce much ofthe ly believ'd they would foon have pe- : Tragacantha, and that too a very good d. This thould caution People from making Sort. Bellonius and Profper Alp ule of this Wood. doubtlefs acquainted with it; tho ly poffible, from their Defcriptions, TRAGACAN rSa of reaps, diftinguifh it from the other Kinds and duz»de, Thorn.| Goats-thorn. make mentionof. This,Shrub {pontanec TOAD-FLAX ; vide Linaria. land it is preferved in fome curious Botanick TOBACCO ; vide Nicotiana. Gardens, it being an officinal Plant. This TOMEN TUM,, is that foft, downy Submaybe propagated by parting the Roots, and planting Cuttings in the Spring, which muft ftance, which grows on the Leaves of fome be done ina light Soil and an open Situation, Plants, where it will grow four or five Feet high, and TOXICODENDRON, [of xis, Pribecome very fhrubby; fo that the Plants muft Jon, and dudes, a Tree.] Poifon-tree, valgs. be allowed at leaft two Feet Roomto grow, The Charaéers are ; otherwife they will over-bear each other, or The Flower confifts of five Leaves, which whatever Plants ftand near em. There is not much Beauty in this Sort, but as it is a mediinal Plant, it fhould have a Place in Phyfick Gardens. The feventh Sort is a very hardy Plant, and propagates itfelf by its creeping Roots, fo that if it be not confined in Pots, it will fpread over the Ground where-ever it is planted, fo as not to be eafily kept within Bounds. This being a medicinal Plant, fhould alfo have a Place in Phyfick Gardens, but there is not much Beauty in it to recommend it to the Curious, The eighth, ninth, and tenth Sorts are tender Plants, which come from warm Countries ; andin Englandare preferved with great Care in Stoves, amongft other curious fuccu- lent Plants. Thefe are propagated by Cutings, which fhould be cut fromthe old Plants a Joint, andlaid ina dry Part of the Stove a Fortnight, that the wounded Part may heal over ; then they fhould be planted in {mall Pots, filled with light fandy Earth, mix?d h Lime-rubbifh, and plungedinto a Hotbed of Tanners-bark, where they fhould re- main until they have taken Root, after which they fhould be inured to the Air by Degrees, and then be removed into the Stove, where they muit conftantly be kept, for they are too tender to be expos’d abroad in the Heat of Summer 5 therefore th y fhould be placed near the Glaffes of the Stove in Summe r, where they mayhave Air in very hot Weath er, but they muft not have much Wet, being very full of Moifture, and fubjeé to rot if over watered. In Winter they muft be fet in a Warm’ Patt of the Stove, and fhould have veryl ittle Wet dnring that Seafon: With this are placed orbicularly, and expand in Form of a Rafe; out of whofe Flower-cup rifes the Pointal, which afterwards becomes a round for the moft part, furrowed Fruit, in wh is contain’d one compre/i?d Seed. The Species are 3 1. Toxicoprnpron ; fripbyllum, glabrum. Tourn. ‘Three-leav’d fmooth Poifon-tree. 2. Tox1copENDROon 3 fripbyllum, folio fi- nuato pubefcente. Tourn. Three-leav’d Poifontree with a finuated hairy Leaf. 3. Toxicopenpron ; innatis, Cai floribus minimis be UII is Carolina Poifon Ath, v ulso. The two firlt Species were brought from a, many Years fince, where they grow in great Plenty, as it is probable they do in moft other Northern Parts of America. The firft Sort feldomadvances in Height, but the Branches trail upon the Ground, and fend forth Roots, by which they propagate in great Plenty. The fecond Sort will grow uprigh make a Shrub about four or five Fee CR ub b afterwa Pod, filld with Kidney- Zo thefe growby Notes muft be added, rs on a middle Rib, 1 yields the Gum Adragant towards * of Fune, and in the following M which time, the nutritious Juic Plant, thicken’d by the Heat, burfts moft of the Veffels wherein it is conte It is not only gather’d in the H ‘Trunk and Branches, but alfoir {paces of the Fibres, which are {prea FB. Goats- the Figure of a Circle like Rays of the Sun . TRAGACANTHA; Cretica, incana, flore 10, lineis purpureis firiato. I. Cor. Hoary by little and little, according as they are This Juice is coagulatedinto { ts-thorn of Crete; with a {mall Flower {trip’d with purple Lines. 3. Tracacanrua; humilis Balearica, fohis parvis vix incanis, flore albo. Sabvad. Low Balearic Goats-thorn, with {mall Leaves and a white Flower. There are manyother Species of this Plant which grow wild in the Iflands of the Archipelago ; but thofe here mention’d are all ‘the Sorts I have yet {een cultivated in the Engli/b Gardens. Thefe Plants maybe propagated either from Seeds or by Cuttings, but as they rarely pro- duce Seeds in this Country, fo the latter Method is only ufed here, The beft Time for this Work is in April, juft as the Plants begin to fhoot ; at which 'Time the tender Branches of the Plants fhould be taken off, and their lower Parts divefted of the decay’d Leaves ; which paffing through the ad Ba ¢ protruded by the frefh Supplies of Juice arifing from the Roots. This Sub{tance being expos’d to the Air, grows hard, and is form’d either into Lumps, or flender Pieces, curl’d and winding in the Nature of Worms, more or lefs long, Matter offers, It f of the Fibres ofthis Plant contributes to the expreffing of the Gum. 1 delicate Fibres, as fine as Flax, be uncover'd, and trodden bythe Feet of the Shepherds and Horfes, are by the Heat fhrivell’d up, and facilitate the Emanation of the extra vafated Juices.” But notwithftanding what faid concerning the Gum dr, duc’dfrom that particular ( 3, many Au- thors are of Opinion, that it is taken from feveral other Species, but particularly that of Marfeilles, from whence that Gu brought into England. o then they fhould be planted on a very moderate Hot-bed, which fhould be cover’d with Mats, to fcreen themfrom the great Heat of the Sun by Day, and the Cold by Night: TRAGOPOGON, [ress myer, of 7 fy O Thefe Cuttings fhould be frequently water’d a Goat, and, mmyav, a Beard, becaufé the papuntil they have taken Root; after which they pous Seed, while ic is included in the Calin, may be propagated by Layers, and is eq as hardyas the former. The third Sort was rais’d from Seeds, W may be expos’d to the open Air, obferving always to keep them clear from Weeds, and in very dry Weather they muft be refrefh’d refembles the Beard of a Goat.] Goats-beard. were fent from Carolina by Mr. Catesby. with Water. is fomewhat tenderer thaneither of the for- On this Bed they may remainuntil the fol- mer, but will endure the Cold ofour ordinary lowing Spring, where, if the Winter fhould be very fevere, they maybe cover’d with Mats, as before, and in April they may be trani- but rarely exceeds that in this Country. Winters very well, efpeciallyif. it be p nearthe Shelter of other Trees. Thefe Plants are preferved by the Cu in Botany, for the Sake of Variety, bt there is little Beauty in them, fo they are not much cultivated in England. The Wood thefe Trees, when burnt, emits a ed out either into Pots fill’d with fandy, it Earth, or into warm Borders, where, f the Soil be d gravelly, and poor, they hefevereft Cold of our Climate; y are planted in a very richSoil, they The Ch ‘fers are ; ucluded im one common maity= leavd Flower-cup, which is not fealy, a it Scorz s are Befiretch a out Scorzonera, wicapaes above the Florets be Embryos afterwards JoVers OF ~ become ob ug and have a th to them. The Species are ; I. TRAGOPOGON; tense, Ju 5 MAUS C B.P. Greater Meadow Goats-beard, with 3B a yellow |
