Volume 2

A complete body of planting and gardening. Containing the natural history, culture, and management of deciduous and evergreen forest-trees ... also instructions for laying-out and disposing of pleasure and flower-gardens ... likewise ... rules for the management of a kitchen-garden ... to which is added the manner of planting and cultivating fruit-gardens and orchards. The whole forming a complete history of timber-trees ... as well as a general system of the present practice of the flower, fruit, and kitchen gardens / By William Hanbury.

  • Hanbury, William, 1725-1778.
Date:
1770-1771
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Credit: A complete body of planting and gardening. Containing the natural history, culture, and management of deciduous and evergreen forest-trees ... also instructions for laying-out and disposing of pleasure and flower-gardens ... likewise ... rules for the management of a kitchen-garden ... to which is added the manner of planting and cultivating fruit-gardens and orchards. The whole forming a complete history of timber-trees ... as well as a general system of the present practice of the flower, fruit, and kitchen gardens / By William Hanbury. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    H3 2; The fecond fpecies is, paniciild dicbo- -tviett- town, floribus rotundatis axtllaribus birflutis, feliis a cutis. In the Flora Lapponica it is term d, Gnapbalium caule credo dicbotomo, floribus in alls Jr jilt bin. Cafpar Bauhine calls it, Gnapbalium vulgar e mo jus • John Bauhine, Gnapbalium Gcr- rnanicum * anti Fuchfius Gnapbalium. It grows naturally by way - Tides, fteriie paftures, &c. in q England, and moft countries of Europe. 3. The third ipecies is, E/VEgo caule dicbotomo, c)<xfeu,floribus pyre midatis pentagenis ax IL ribus, jlojculis femineis flrratis. Cafpar Bauhine call's it, Gna¬ pbalium medium. It grows naturally in Spain. JlAcrvdt^'. 4- i he fourth Ipecies is, Filago caule credo di- -hjL. vijey Jloribus ccrjcis laterahlits axiilanbus. In the riora buecia it js termed, Gnapbalium caule credo apjifo, floribus pyramidatis axillaribufque. Haller cabs it, Gnapbalium caule credo ramojo, folds bre- v flams, glonuraiis flcJJiUbus diffllis props jummi- taici \ Caipar Bauhine, Gnapbalium minus repens •, and John Bauhine, Gnapbalium minimum. It grows naturally in mountainous, barren, gravelly places in England, and molt countries of Eu- r fa r°Pe- r .. UMitCA,. c. The fifth fpecies is, Filago caule eredo di- (J chclomp, floribus fubulatis axillaribus, floliis flli- for mi b up. (Vi onion calls it, Gnapbalium vulgar e medium , and Eiukenct, Gnapbalium minimum alte- vum no dr as, flcecbadis citrine floliis tcnuijjhnis. It grows naturally in England and Gaul. 6. J he fixth Ipecies is, Filago floribus ccnicis '.jU, laterahbus, caule paniculat0. In the Flora Suecia k is termed, Gnapbalium paniculatum hirflutum. Cafpar Bauhine calls it, Gnapbalium majus, an- gujto oblongo folio i Haller, Gnapbalium caule eredo ramcjifjimo, glomerulis florum ad alas longe fleffli- Iwus arid Vaillant, Filago me ana tomentofla ereda, It grows naturally among corn, and on fteriie plains, in molt countries of Europe. 7. 1 he leventh Ipecies is, Filago caule Jimpli- oC&ovGFd - cifjimo, capitulo terminali bradeis hirflutiJJimis ra~ diato. Cafpar Bauhine calls it, Gnapbalium Al- pinum, magno fiore, folio oblongo ; alfo, Gnapbalium magno flore, brevi folio. John Bauhine names it, Gnapbalium Alpinum pulchrum \ and Ciufius, Le- ontopodium. It grows naturally on the Alps of Helvetia, Vallelia, Auftria, and Siberia. Filago is of the clafs and order Syngenefia Poly- Clafs gamia Neceffaria and the chara&ers are, .and order s in the 1. Calyx. The general calyx is imbricated, Cmnsan and contains feveral hermaphrodite flowers in the „ oifk, and the females in the circumference fingly raaers within the calycinal fcales, 2. Corolla of the hermaphrodites is funnel- fliaped, and cut at the brim into four ere<5t parts. The females are extremely fmall, filiforme, nar¬ row, and bifid at the top. 3. Stamina of the hermaphrodites are four Imail, capillary filaments, having a cylindrical antfiera indented in four parts at the top. 4. Eistillum of the hermaphrodites confifts of fcarc.e any germen, a fimple ftyle, and an acute, bifid ftigma. In the females, it confifts of an oboval, large, deprefled germen, a filiforme ftyle, and a bifid, acute ftigma. 5. Pericarpium. There is none. 6. Semina of the hermaphrodites, none: Of the females, fmall, oboval, fmooth, coroprefledj, and have no down. CHAP. frank OF this genus there is one fhort-lived fpecies, called Broad-leaved Sea-heath, jdefenbed. d ftalks are (lender, fix or eight inches long, and lie on the ground. The leaves are oval, broad, retufed, and finely dufted on their under-fide. The flowers come out from the wings of the leaves at the tops of the ftalks j they are fmall and whitifh, appear in July, and the feeds ripen in September. Culture, This ipecies may be railed by fowing the feeds in the autumn foon after they are ripe, or the ipring following. The foil ihould be light and fandy* and after the plants come up, all the trouble they will require will be to thin them CXLVII. E N I A: ., ft . : I . where they are too clofe, and keep them clean from weeds; and if the feeds are permitted to fcatter, frefh plants will arife for a fucceflion without further care. This fpecies is titled, Frankenia floliis obovatis Title' retufls flubtus pulveratis. Sauvages calls it, Fran- g> / kenia floliis ovalibus; Micheli, Franca maritima quadriflolia flupina, chamafyces folio Gd facie ■, Clu- fius, Anthyllis Valentma j Caipar Bauhine, An- t by His maritima, chamafyce fimilis; and Tourne- fort, Alfim maritima flupina floliis cham^eflyces. It grows naturally on the coafts of Suffex, Nar, bonne, Italy, and Apulia. C BA P,