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Show UM not be in Dangerof rotting in Winter with Moitfture. Whenthefe Trees are propagatedby Suckers taken from the Foot of old Trees, they are commonly lay’d into the Ground very clofe in eds, where, in dry Weather, they may be frequently water’d, to encourage their putting out Roots: In thefe Beds they are left two Years, by whichtime thofe that live will be well rooted (though a great many of them generally die); then they fhould be tranfplantedinto the Nurfery, and manag’das hath been direéted for the Layers There are fome who raife the Witch-Elm from Seeds, which it generally produces in great Plenty, and are ripe in April. Thefe thould be fown upon a Bedof freth, loamy Earth, and gently cover’d; in dry Weather fhould be water’d, and if the Bedis from the violent Heat of the Sun, it be of great Service to the Seeds (for I alway i when the ferve, the Plants to come up better than when expofed to the Sun) ; Plants come up they fhouldbe care- fully clear’d from Weeds, and after they have ftood two Years in the Seed-bed, they will be UR Se pos’d both of Rays and Pedicles, is call’d a Compound Umbel, UMBELLIFEROUS PLANTS, are fuch whofe Flowers are producedin an Um, l, on the Top ofthe Stalks, where they, in fome manner, reprefent an Umbrella ; of this Kind PB are Parfnips, Carrots, F URTICA, [fo call’d of urere, Lat. to bu becaufe this Plant being touch’d, burns very much.] The Nettle. The Ci It hath an ap c many Stamina included in an Empaleme thefe are 3 for the Embryo’s ar Plants, either on different of the fame Plant, without any ow to the Stature of either » fo that this fhould not be r the Timber ; therefore the beft be fure of the Kinds which a Perfon ‘ agate, is to have a Nurin order to furnith I ayers 5 are grubbed upfrom HedgeRows, there y ill often be many Sorts inter- for when th mix’d, efpecially if the People who go about ther ’em do furnith them, becaufe they ind rently where-ever they can proire them; fo that when they are planted out thus blended together, therewill be a confide- rable Diff nee in their Growths, which will deface the Pl: i el; is the Extre divided into feve- inning from the uch a manner as Whenthe Pedidivided, are fubfame Form, upon e difpos’d, Tp the gathering a Sprig from them to {mell tos after the Plants have taken Root, they will require no farther Care, but only to keep em clear from Weeds ; in Fune they will Hower, and their Seeds will ripen in Autumn, which, if permitted to fhed upon the Ground, will come up the following Spring, and Aourifh without any farther Care. , i i The Seeds of the third Sort are fometimes 1. Urtica ; wrens, maxima. greateft Stinging-nettle. Weed uponthe Sides of Banks, Ditch other uncultivated Places, where its will fpread and over-run the Ground, fo 1 from It is fometimes ufed in Medicine, but maybe eafily procured fromthe Fields at almoft any Seafon. The fecond Sort is alfo a Weed in Gardens andcultiy: it being an annual Plant, is not fo diffic eradicate as the former. The third, fourth, and fifth Sorts are ferved in many Gardens for Variet fourth, which is commonly call’d S; joram, is the moft common in dens, where it is cultivated for ma ignorant Perfons takingit for wyjoram, are often feverely {tung by fm to it; and others put it into the N Nofegays, amonett other Greens, w prefent to Perfons who not acquai the Plant, and f{ by fme in like manner as the former. The third Sort is mention’d to g in £ nd, but the other two from warmer Countries. All thefe Plants may be ea by owing their Seeds in March, of light rich Earth, and when ¢ 0am, together in Heaps, and well on, as any other Fault in a Walk can render it. The beft Gravel for Walks is fuch YATALKS: Inor 2. Urrica 3 urens, Gardens, lite bindi mix 1, will bind ike a Rock ; whereasloofe Gravel is as uncomfortable and uneafy to walk : The Species are ; it fhould always be carefully e for when they Binding ; or Gravel with a they be caft other times are fmall an Seeds. make Holes in the 7 once made in a new Walk, it will not be eafy to roll them out again. In order to lay Gravel-walks firm be neceffary to give them thr ee or four\ rollings ; that is, they muft be rc rains fo very faft, that the Walk Water; this will caufe the GS fo that when the 7 will be as hard as a Terrafs. Tron-mould Gravel is t amongft it, which latter, t apt to flick to the Heels of Shoes, in hot wet Weather, yet nothing binds better in dry Weather. “ When the Gravel is over fan ly o1 fharp, Loam is frequently mix’d with it, which, if ufed in Medicine. which afterwards become a bivalve See Jometimes gathered into round Head minor. fit to plant out into the Nurfery, where they leffer Stinging-n ettle. muft be manag’das the former 3. Urtica; m5, pilulas ferens, 1. DioSometimes the common £ 1g Elm will feo Jemine lini. C, B. P. Pill-bearing produce Seeds, but it is not fo conftantly Stinging-nettle, with a Seedlike Flax. fruitful as the Witch-Elm, which feldomfails Urtica ; aliera, pilulifera, Parietarie to produce great Quantities, when they have | H. R. Par. Another Pi bearing Stingarriv’d to a due Maturity, which Seeds will ing-nettle with Leayes like Pellitory, commonly fall to the Ground ; and when they light upon ?d Spanith Marjoram. a Spot which is not difturb’d, the Plants will { fera, folio anguftiori come up in great Plenty. Balearica. Salvad. + Narrow The Timber of the common Englifh Elin ill-bearing Stinging-nettle from is generally preferr’d to the reft, though that with a green Stalk. of the 7 lmis often as good, andis the The firft of thefe Sorts is avery com | when planted ona kindly Soil: Elmaffords the wortft Timber, “ome up, they fhouldbe tranfplanted out into Beds, or. the Borders of the Pleafure-Garden, interfperfing *em amongft other Plants, fo oe they may not be fo eafily difcover'd by Perfons whom there is a Defign to deceive, by V in Gardens, it will be very properthat the Bottomof them be fill’d with fome Lime- rubbith or coarfe Grav Flint-ftones, or othe r ky Stuff, which will be very ferviceable in Weeds from crowi rough the per es of Gravel; this Bottom fhould be laid eight or ten Inches thic k, over which the Coat of Gravel fhould be fix or eight, which abounds with fmooth Pebbles at Black-beath), which bei due Proportion of n, ier be gentlyfj over the laft is the Pra ithat is rak’d, D Garwill lie sr, and the coarfett St s will very ribute to too round, and fon not be walk’c ought to iat Eafe and Pl founding befides, Breadth of will : Rock, and is never injur’d by wet or dry Weather ; and the Pebbles being fmooth, are notfo liable to be turn’d up, and loofen’d by the Feet i ng, 3 as for Gravel fhould be fine, but yet not skre becaufe that fpoils it. This fhould be laid on a Heap, rounding, fo that th er, rough nes fay run down on tl which beevery nowand then rak’d off, the Gravel means will be fufficiently fine rt the Gravel has been laid to Thickfs above-mention’d, then Walks mutt be rak’d true and level, from all great Drips as e Holes; bythi f e Walks will be rak’d u (as is that d mix’d I are thofe which are where Walks are laid of irregular Stones, itly in a Day’s time after becaufe the Stones will rife upon the { whenev rer they are walk’d upon, but two the fmooth Pet ybles will remain handfome or three Days without Rolling. The Width of thefe Walks mutt always be proportion’d to their Length, and the Size of the Garden; but {mall are every where difagreeable ; t ’ the Walks were to be : LF I thould advife fourteen or fifteen Feet wide 5 er to have but few Walks in sarden, and thofe to be fpacious, many fmall Walks, as than is often to prac- in a Garden are both ornadelightful, in Swzmmer time and é rafs fine. frequently y rounding, to caft : Slope mutt cl ’d wit h rcthe |