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Show Tt TU trived for a fmall Expence; which being arch’d over with Hoops, may anfwer the Purpofe as well as the-Iren Frames, tho’ they are not fo fightlyer lattin “But after their Flowers are faded, their Heads fhould be broken off, to prevent their TU them which have arriv’d to any confiderable Stature. This Sort was formerly kept in P 4 Ots and Tubs, and houfed in Winter with reat and fown in Pots or Boxes fill’d with light, frefh Earth, and placed upon a moderate Hotbed, which fhould be covered only with Mats, but poor Progrefs, nor would ever have pro: and not have Glaffes over ’em, becaufe the Glaflés will caufe the Earth to dry too faft, Care, in which Management the Plants made duced Flowers. But about fifty Years ago feeding ; for if this is not obferv’d, theywill not flower near fo well the following Year, andthis will caufe their Stems to decayfooner a Wildernefs in the Gardens of the Right than otherwife they would do, fo that their Roots may be taken up early in Fune ; for Jons-Green near Fulham, which foon convine’d the Curious of their Miftake in the Culture of they fhould not remain in the Ground: long after their Leaves are decay’d. In taking thefe Roots out of the Ground, you mutt be very careful not to bruife or cut *em, which will-endanger their rotting ; and, if poflible, it fhould be done a day or two after Rain. Thefe Roots muft be clear’d from their old Covers, and all Sorts of Filth, and fpread upon Mats in a fhady Place to dry, after which they fhould be put up in a dry Place, where Vermin can’t get to’em, obferving to keepevery Sort feparated, but they fhould not be kept too clofe from the Air, norfuffer’d to lie in Heaps together, left they fhould grow mouldy, after which they commonly rot when they are planted again. The Odfets of thefe Roots, which are not large enough to produce Flowers the fucceeding Year, fhould be alfo put by themfelves, keeping each Sort diftinét; thefe fhould be planted about a Monthearlier in dutumn than the blowing Roots, in particular Beds in the Flower-Nurfery, where they may not be ex- pofed to publick View: But the Earth ofthe Beds fhould be prepared for ’em in the fame manner as for larger Roots, tho’ thefe muft not be planted above five Inches deep, may be and placd much nearer together than thofe which are to flower, and in one Year moft of them will become ftrong enough to flower, when they may be remov’dinto the Flower-Garden, andplacedin the Beds amongft thofe of the fame Kinds. TULIPIFERA, [of Tulipa, a Tulip, and fero, Lat. tod The Tulip-tree. The Ch The Flow : paves, which thought), to refemble « 7 Center of th lower 4 1 rifes in the by a great becomes a To thefe The Leaves, for the moft the upper Part is hollowed h Sciffars, terminating in two he Species are ; 1. TuLipiFeras arbor Vi TULIPIFERA ; p arle Virginiana rore Phyt. 1 The there was one of thefe Trees planted out in Honourable the Earl of Peterborough, at pe this Tree, by the great Progrefs it made, and in a few Years after, it produced Flowers, This Treeis yet itanding, and annually pro- duces a great Quantity of Flowers, tho? {ome of the Branches begin to decay, which perhaps may have been occafioned by its beins too clofely furrounded with other Trees, whofe Roots are fo much entangledwiththofe of this Tree, that they draw the Nourithment of the Ground from it. In fome Years this Tree produces Cones, but they have not ever been perfected fo as to contain good Seeds. There are fome other Trees of this Kind which have produced Flowers feveral Years, thoughI believe none of them are very large 5 the biggeft I have feen (excepting that at Parfons-Green) is not more than twenty-five Feet high; whereas my Lord Peterborough’s is upwards offifty Feet high, andis proportionably large in the Trunk; but this has a naked Body near forty Feet high, all the Branches growing near the Topof the Tree, which might be occafion’d by being fo clofely furrounded with other Trees ; for I have ob- ferved, where-ever they have a more open Situation, they are fubje€t to extend their Branches, and do not afpire upwards very much, though they generally haveone upright Shoot in the Middle, much after the manner of the Plane-tree, whofe manner of Growthis very like that ofthis Tree. The Flowers which thefe Trees produce, are by no means like thofe of the Tulip, though many Perfons have been fo incurious as to imagine them fo, efpecially the Inhabitants of America, who firft gave the Name ofTwlip-iree unto this Plant, by which Name it has been fince call’d by the Inhabitants of Europe, who received it from them with the Plants, many. Years fince; but I have not heard that any o thefe Trees have floweredin any Part ofEy except in England. : Mr. Catesby, in his Natural Hiftory of Caro- lina, &8c fays, There are fome of thefe Trees in America, which are thirty Feet in Circumference, that the Boughs are very unequal and irregular, making feveral Bends or Elbows, which makes the Trees diftinguifhable at 4 great Diftance, even whenthey have no Leaves upon them. They are foundin moft Parts o! The Virginian Tulip-tree. L Laurel-leay’d ey vulgo. | : ft Sort is very common in America, wacre it grows to a great Magnitude, but in England there are at prefent but very few of Fu the Northern Continent of America, from ¢ Cape of Morida to New-Engl Timber is of great Ufe. ; ; This Tree may be propagated from + which are often brought from America it Cones ; thefe fhould be taken out in the 577 and thereby fpoil the Seeds. Thefe Pots fhould be frequently refrefh’d with Water, and when the Plants are come up, they fhould be plac’d in a fhady Situation during the Summer fon, but in Winter they muft be put into a Frame, where they may enjoy the open Air in mild Weather, but muft be fhelter’d from Froft. In the following Spring the Plants fhould be taken up, and eachplantedin a feparate fmall Pot, fill’?d with light, frefh Earth, and if thefe Pots are plunged into a moderate Hotbed, under Mats, it will promote their Rooting ; in Summer thefe Plants muft be remov’d into the Shade, and in Winter into a Frame as before : After this manner they may be treated three or four Years, until they have acquired Strength, when they may be turn’d out of the Pots in the Spring, and planted where they are to remain, which fhould always be near the Shelter of other Trees, where they will grow sh better than in an openSituation, proed they are not too much crowdedor overhung by large Trees. : There are fome People who propagate this Tree by Layers, but they are commonly two or three Years before they take Root, and thefe do feldom make fo ftrait Trees as thofe rais’d trom Seeds, though indeed they will produce Flowers fooner, as is always the Cafe with ftunted Plants. This Tree fhould be planted on a light loamy Soil, not too dry, on whichit will thrive much better than upona {trong Clay, or a dry gravelly Ground 5 for in America they are chiefly found upon a moift deepSoil, where they will grow to a prodigious Size. Though it will not be proper to plant thefe Trees in a Soil which is too moift in Exgland, becaufe it might endanger the rotting ofthe Fibres of the Roots, by the Moifture continuing too long about them, efpecially if the Bottom be a Clay ora ftrong Loam, which will detain the Wet. l-lear is at prefent very though formerly there were Trees in the Gardens of the it Fulham, and thofe of the tchefs of Beaufort at Chel/ea ; but thefe have been fince loft, fo that there are very few of them to be feen in the Englifh Gardens. The largeft Tree of this Kind, which 7 at prefent, is in the Gardens of Mr. llinfon at Peckham, which has produeat Number of Flowers the three t. This Sort is propagated by Layers, ds do never come up if fown in ; the Layers fhould remain undiftwo Years, by which time they will oot, and may then be taken off in the g, and planted in Pots fill’?d with freth, t Earth, andplac’d upon a moderate Hot- to promote their taking Root; after which they fhould ftand in a fhady Situation during the Heat of Summer, but in Winter they fhould be thelter’d from the Froft, efpecially while young, though when they have acquired Strength, they may be planted out in a warm Situation, where they may be fhelte r’d by other Trees, in which Places, with alittl e Care, they will endure the Cold of our Winter s very well, and in a few Years will produce Flowers. Though I have inferted this Tree under this Title (which is the Name by which it was firft brought into England), yet it does not ftriétly belong to this Place, there being a Genus under which this Plant fhould be ranged, which was eftablith’d by Pere Plumier, by the Name of Magnolia, in Honour to the learned Botanift Peter Magnol, Profeffor of Phyfick and Botany in the Univerfity of Montpelier. his Plant is curioufly figur’d in the third Part of Mr. Catesby’s Natural Hiftory of Carolina, by the Name of Magnolia lauri folio fubtus albicante; he defcribes it to be a {mall Tree, feldom growing morethan fixteen Feet high, that the Wood is white and fpongy, cover’d over with a white Bark ; the Leaves are in Shapelike thofe of the common Bay, of a pale green Colour, and white on their Back- fides. In May they begin to produce their Flowers, which are white, and very fragrant 5 thefe are continued the moft part of Summer; during which Time the Woods are perfum’d with their Odour. When the Petals of thefe Flowers are decay’d, the Pointal becomes a conical Fruit, about the Size of a large Wal- nut, thick fet with Knobsor Rifings from each of which when the Fruit is ripe, is dif harged flat Seeds, of the Bignefs of French Beans, having a Kernel within a thin Shell, cover’d with a red Skin. Thefe red Seeds, whendifcharged fromtheir Cells, fall not to the Ground, but are fupported by {mall white Threads, of about two Inches in length, which makes a very beautiful Appearance. The Fruit is at firft green; when ripe, red ; and when declining, turns brown: The Tree grows naturally in moift Places, and often in fhallow Water ; and what is very extraordinary, they being remov’d on high dry Ground, become more regular and handfome, and are more prolifick of Flowers and Fruit. They ufually lofé their Leaves in Winter, unlefs it be moderate, It is call’d by fome The Sweet Bay, There is alfo another Species of this Tree, which hath been lately brought into England, which is called by Pere Plumier, Magnolia ‘ i ampliffimo flore albo, fruédlu tiful Trees in efteem’d one of the America, where ey ufually grow in moift fwampy Woods, and do often rife to the Height of fixty Feet, or more; the Leavesare much larger than thofe of our common Laurel, andare of alight-green Colour; the Flowers, I am told, are very large, of a whitifh Co The Fruit is fhap’d lour, and very fragrant. Sort, but is much former that of the ike and does emit the Seeds in like manner; yer, fo that it is in Beauty from Muy to November, and |
