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Show YU ts. (which ved in the Gardens re curious in collecting rare rey are eafily raifed from Seeds, may be obtain’d frefh from the Places ianiesennin of their Growth); thefe muft be fown upona ZI after: the i the Flower, s becomes a tricapfular Fruit as in the Aloe. The Species are; 1. Yucca; foliis Aloes. C. B. P. common2iicca. 2. Yucca ; foliis filamentofis. 2 with Threads growing from the Leay 3. Yucca; Arb > Ebe'Tree 4. Yucea; The Off-fets taken from the old Plaats The Hot-bed early in the Spring, and when the Plants come up, they muft be tranfplanted out each into a feparate {mall Pot, filled with light frefh Eart plunged into a moderate Hot-bed o s Bark, obferving to water lS VIN and fhade tl intil they have taken Root, &¢. POWs after which they fhould have Air and Water rolina Yucca, with Leaves fcarcely ferrated on the Edges. in Proportion to the Warmth of the Seafon, The firft of thefe Plants is pretty hardy, and the Heat of the Bed in which they are placed: For if they are tov much drawn, and whengrownftrong, will endure the Cold by keeping the Glaffes clofe down. in the of our ordinary Winters in the open Airvery Day-time, they will run up very weak and well, provided it be planted on a drySoil: flender, fo as not to be able to fupport them- This commonly produces its Flowers every felves, and if they are too muchexpofed to the Year, which grow veryfparfedlyon the Stalks, Air, they will not make any Progrefs in their and are lefs beautiful than thofe of the Tree Growth. Sort, which are produced in a long, clofe When the Plants are fo far advanced, as to fill the Pots with their Roots, they fhould be fhaken out and put into larger Pets, which fhouldbe filled with the fame light frefh Earth, and again plunged into the Hot-bed and managed as before; thus from time to time as Plants advance, they muft be removed into larger Pots, and as the Warmth of the Seafonincreafes, fo they fhould have a greater Share of Air; and when they are too tall to continue under the Glaffes of the Hot-bed Frame, they muft be removed into the Stove and placed in the Tan-bed, amongft other tender Exotick Trees and Shrubs ;_ in which Place the annual Sorts will produce their ‘Flowers in 7 m3; but theyrarely produce Pods in this Country. The Tree Kinds muft be continued in this Bark Stove all the Winter, and if they are placed with the //-/pice, Sea-fide Grape, and fuch other Weft-Indian Trees, obferving to keep the Air of the Houfe about ten Degrees above the temperate Heat mark’d on Mr, Fowler’s Botanical ‘Thermometers, they will thrive very well, provided they are often refrefbed with Water. The large Sik Cotton Tree is of quick Growth. I have raifed fome of thefe Plants more than feven Feet high in one Seafon, from Seeds, and had we Stoves capacious enough for this Plant, it would in a few Years, become a large ‘Tree in this Country. Spike, and make a very beautiful Appearance ; but thefe do not flower oftener than oncein four or five Years, which is always in Autumn, fo that they never produce any Seeds in this Country. The threaded Sort is not fo commonas the others in the Englifo Gardens; but as itisa Native of Virginia, it might be eafily procured in Plenty from thence. The Carolina Sort hath been raifed oflate Years from Seeds which came from thence, and is now pretty common in England; but the Plants are not as yet arrived to Maturity enough to produce Flowers in England; fo that I cannot fay howtheydiffer from thofe of the other Sorts, All thefe Plants are either propagated by Seeds, when obtained from Abroad, or elie from Offfets or Heads taken from the old Plants, after the Manner of Alves. When they are raifed from Seeds, they fhould be fownin Pots filled with light frefh Earth, and plunged into a moderate Hot-bed, where the Plants will come up in five or Weeks after, and when theyare two orthree Inches high, they fhould be tranfplanted e into a feparate {mall Potfilled with light frefl Earth, and’plunged into the Hot-bed, where the Plants fhould have Air and Water in Proportion to the Warmth of the Seafon, and the Bedin which theyare placed. In Fuly, they fhould be inured bydegr to bear the open Air, into which they n be removed, to harden them before placing them in a well-fheltered where they may remain until the Begit ae TREE; vide Taxus, YUCCA: The Ind ian Yucca; vulgd. The Charaéfers are ; It Laththe ding in a ha p Point, but 3 The Flower con Oétober, when they muft be removed Greenhoufe, where they 1 amongft the harder Sorts of . be treated in the fame Manr already directed for them, to w Reader is defired to turn for fu ftruétions. Whenthefe Plants have acquir they may be afterwards turned warm Border, where they Cold of our ordinary Wfuters cially the twofirft Sorts; and, I believe, the other two Sorts will bear the Cold pretty well, after they are grown ftrong and woody intheir Stems. fhould be laid in a dry Place for a Week or ten Days before they are planted, that their Wounds mayheal, otherwife they will be fubject to rot with Moifture. they muft be placed in a Bark Stove; for altho’ their Leaves do decay in Autumn, and their Roots {eem to remain in an unadtive State moft part of the Winter; yet, if they are not preferved in a very warm Place during that Seafon, they will entirely rot, as I have more than once obferved: Nor do thefé Roots abide the Winter fo well when placed upon Boards in the warmeft Stove, as whenthey are plunge d in the Bark Bed, tho’ theyare preferyed in the fame Degree of Warmth; which I conceive to be owing to the Moifture of the Bark, which in Fermentation afcends, and entering the Holes at the Bottom of the Pots, affords an agreeable Nourifhment to the Roots, preferving them always plump and full ; whereas thofe in a dry Stove, do often fhrink for want A [Zivyigeer,] Ginger. The Charaéters are ; The Flower (for the moft part) confifts offive Leaves, which are foapd lomewhat like thofe of the Iris; thefe are produc’d in a Head or Club, each coming out of a feparate leafy Scale: The Ovary afterwards becomes a triangular Fruit, having three Cells which containthe Seeds. The Species are ; 1. Zinziper; C. B. P. ‘The common Ginger. 2. Zinzrwer; Latifolium; Sylvefire. H. L: Broad-leav’d wild Ginger, or Zerumbeth. Thefirft of thefe Plants is cultivated in the warm Parts of the Wef-Indies in great Plenty, from whence we are annually furnifh’d with the dried Roots for Ufe. The fecond Sort is of Moifture, and fo many times decay; for it is not very fafe to give them much Water after their Leaves are decay’d, becaufe they are very apt to rot withtoo much Moiftureat that Seafon. When their Leaves are decay’d, is the proper Time to take up thefe Roots; but thofe that are defign’d to plant again, fhould not be difturb’d till the Spring, juit before they begin to fhoot; which, as was before obferved, is the beft Time to tranfplant them, becaufe they foon after fend forth their Fibres, which will preferve them from rotting. ZIZIPHUS ; the Jujube. The Charatfersare; The Flower confifts of feveral Leaves, which are placed circularly, and do expand in Form of a Rofe, out of whofe Empalement rifes the moft commonin the La/-Indies, tho’ it grows Pointal, which afterwards becomes an oblong, wild in fome Parts of the We/t-Indies; there Slefby Fruit, foapd like an Olive,including a hard are {mall Quantities of this Root brought into Shell divided into two Cells, each containing an Europe for medicinal Ufe, but it is never ufed oblong Nut or Kernel. in the Kitchenas the other. The Species are ; Thefe Plants are preferved as Curiofities in the Gardens of thofe who delight in rare Plants: They are both propagated by parting of their Roots; the beft time for which is in the Spring, before they begin to fhoot, when each large Shoot may be divided into feveral Parts, obferving always to preferve two or three Eyes to each Piece: Thefe fhould be planted into Pots filled with rich, light Earth, and plunged into a Hot-bed of Tanners Bark, where they muft be frequentlyrefrefh’d with Water, and in hot Weather the Glaffes fhould be rais’d with a Brick, to give them Air in proportion to the Warmth of the Seafon, and 1. Z1z1enus; Dod. The common manured Jujube. 2. Zrzipuus 5 Syluefris. Tourn. The wild Jujube. 3. Zizrpuus ; que Fujube Americana, Spi- nofa, Loti Arboris foliis & facie, fructu rotunda parvo dulci. Hort. Beaumont. Prickly American Jujube, with Leaves like the Nettle Tree, and f{mall, round, fweet Fruit, commonlycalled in the Weft-Indies, Mangofteen. ; 4. Zizreuus; argenteo Zeylanica, [pinis cavens, Walembilla Zeylanenfibus ditta. P. B. P. Silver-leav’d Jujube of Ceylon without Spines, commonly called, Walembilla. the Heatof the Bed in whichtheyare placed ; The firft of thefe Plants is cultivated in the for when their Leaves are come vp, if they Gardens of Italy, and the South Parts of are too much drawn, they will grow verytall and weak, and the Roots will make but very indifferent Progrefs. But when they have a due Proportion of Heat, Moifture, and free Air, their Roots will thrive fo faft, as in one Seafon, from a {mall Head, to {pread over a large Pot, and fometimeswill produce Flowers in this Country. But thefe Plants muft be conftantly kept in a Hot-bed of Tanners Bark, for they are too tender to endure the open Air in England, in the warmeft Part of Summer ; and in Winter France, from whence the Fruit was formerly brought into England for medicinal Ufe ; but of late Years it has been verylittle ufed in the Shops, fo that there is rarely any ofit brought over at prefent. | In thofe warm Countries they preferve the Fruit for the Table in the Winter Seafon, when few other Kinds are in Perfection, at which Time thefe, and Services, and fome other Sorts, do furnifh their Deferts. The Fruit is fomewhat like a {mall Plum, but it has not a great Share of Flefh upon the 9 Zz Stone, |