The abridgement of the gardeners dictionary / [Philip Miller].

  • Miller, Philip, 1691-1771
Date:
1763
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    ture b'Jt to keep them clean from weeds, and thin the plants to one foot diftance. BUNIUM. Lin. Gen. Plant. 298. Pig Nut or Earth Nut. The Characters are, The involucrum of the great umbel, is compofed of many fkort narrow leaves. The proper empalement of the flower is farce dif¬ fer n able. The fowers have five heart Jkaped petals which are equal, and turn inward; they have fve faminathe oblong ger¬ men is (ituated below the receptacle, which afterward becomes an oval fruit dividing in two parts, containing two ovalfeds. The Species are, t. Bunium bulko globofo. Sauv. Monfp. 256. Earth Nut with a globular root. 2. Bunium radice turbinato. Earth Nut with a turbinated root. 3. Bunium foliis tripartitis fliformibus linearibus. Earth Nut with very narrosv tripartite leaves. The firft fort grows naturally in moift paftures, and in woods in many parts of England; of this there is a variety, fuppofed to be larger than that which grows commonly here. This hath a tuberous folid root, which lies deep 111 the ground. The leaves are finely cut, and lie near the ground. The ftalk rifes a foot and an half high, which is round, channelled, and folid ; the lower part being naked, but a- bove, where it branches out, there is one leaf placed below every branch. The flowers are white, and ihaped like thole of other umbelliferous plants; the feeds are linall, oblong, and when ripe are channelled. The roots of this fort are frequently dug up, and by the poorer fort of people are eaten raw, having much refem- blance in tafte to the Cheltnut, from whence it had the title of Bulbocaftanum. The fecond fort was difeovered by Dr. Tournefort in the ifland of Crete, but it grows naturally in many other parts of, the Levant. The third fort I received from the dips. This is a very low plant, feldom rifing above fix inches high. Thefe plants delight to grow among grafs, fo cannot with¬ out difficulty be made to thrive long in a garden. BUPHTHALMUM. Lin. GenPI. 876. Ox-eye. The Characters are, It hath a compound radiatedfewer, compofed of hermaphrodite and female florets. Ihe hermaphrodite fowers compofc the dijk, and are funnel-fhaped. In the center isfituated an oval comprejfed germen, which aft award becomes an oblong Jeed. The female fowers which compofe the rays are fi retched out on one fde like a tongue, and are indented at the top in three parts ; thefe have no famina, but a double headed germen, which becomes a fngle com- preffed feed, cut on each fde. The Species are,' t. BurHTHALMVM calycibus foliofs, foliis ccrdatis ferratis trinerviis baft hinc brevioribiCs. Sort. Upfal. 264. Ox eye with a leafy empalement, heart fhaped fawedleavtg, having three veins, and the bafe on one fide fhoi ter than the other. 2. Buphthalmum foliis lanceolatis fubdenticulatis glabris, calycibus nudis. Hort. Cliff. 415. Ox-e> e with fir.ooth fpear- lhaped leaves (indented Lelow) and naked empalemerits. 3. Buphthalmum foliis lanceolatis fubferratis vil/ofs caly- tibfusnudis. Host. Cliff. 414. Ox eye with fpear-fhaped leaves, fawed below and hairy, and naked einpalements. 4. Buphthalmum calycibus acute foliofs, ramis alternis, foliis lanceolatis amplexicaulibus iniegerrimis. Hort. Clff. A.\ 4. Ox-eye with acute leafy einpalements, branches placed al¬ ternate, and entire leaves embracing the fialks. r. Buphthalmum calycibus obtuse foliofs pedunculatis, ra¬ mis alternis, foliis cuneformibus. Hort. Cliff. 414. Ox-eye with blunt leafy empaleinents, having foot ftalks, alternate branches, and wedge-fliaped leaves. 6. Buphthalmum calycibus obtuse foliofs ffflilv.s, axil- larilus, foliis ollongis obtufs. Hort. Cliff. 414. Ox-eye with blunt leafy einpalements., fitting dole to the fide of the ftalks, and oblong blunt leaves. 7. Buphthalmum foliis oppofitis lanceolatis pet id at is hi- dentatis. Hort. Cliff. 415. Ox eye with fpear-lhaped leaves growing oppolite, with foot ftalks having two teeth. 8. Buphthalmum foliis oppoftis linead lanceolatis cr.ffs, glabris, forilus pedunculatis. Ox-eye with thick, finooth, nar¬ row, fpear-lhaped leaves growing oppclite, and flowtis having foot-ftalks. 9. Buphtha lmum foliis oppofitis lineari-lanceolatis craffs incanis, foribus fffhbus. Ox-eye with thick, hoary, narrow, fpear-lhaped leaves placed oppoflte, and flowers growing dole to the branches. The firft fort grows naturally in North America; this hath a perennial root, and an annual flalk, wh ch riles upward of fix feet high, garnifhed at each joint with two oblo.g heart-fhaped -leaves, which have three longitudinal veins, and the bale on one fide fhorter than the other. The flow¬ ers come out at the extremity of tl e b anches, having a lea'y empalement; thefe are of a bright ytliow colour, re- fembling a fmall Sun flower, from whence the inhabitants of America have given it that appellation. It propagates ea- fily by parting of the roots. Tne beft time to tranfplant and part the roots, is toward the end of October, when the ftalks begin to decay. Thefe fhould be removed every other year, to prevent their fpreading too far ; they are very hardy, fo will thrive in any fituation, and are proper for large borders on the fides of rural walks, or in fpaccs between Ihrubs. The fecond fort grows naturally on the Alps, as alfo in Aufria, Italy, and the fouth of France. This hath alfo a perennial root, and an annual fla k ; it grows near two feet high, with (lender branching ftalks, garnifhed with oblong fmooth leaves ; the flowers grow at the extremity of the branches, of a bright yellow colour, like thofe of Star- wort. There are two or three varieties of this, differing in the breadth of their leaves and fize of their flowers, but from the fame feeds t\\ thefe have been produced. This fort may be propagated by parting of the roots, at the fame time, and in the fame manner as is directed for the feccnd fort. The third fort is foinewhat like the fecond, but the leaves are broader and obthfc; the ftalks and leaves are alfo hairy, in which confifts their difference. The fourth fort is an annual plant, which grows natu¬ rally in the fouth -of France, Italy, Spain, and Sicily. The ftalks rife two feet and an half high, and divide into many branches upward, and the fide branches rife above the middle ftalk. They are garnifhed. with fpear-fhaped hairy leaves, placed alternately ; the flowers are produced at the end of the branches, on fhort fbot-fialks ; the empalement conflfis of feven long fliff fpear-lhaped lraves, ending in a fharp point. The flower fits clofe upon the empalement, the bord r or rays being compofed of many female florets. The middle or difk of the flower, is compofed of herma¬ phrodite flowers, which are tubulous and funnel-fhaped. They are of a bright yellow colour, and are fucceeded by oblong comprefted feeds. The feeds of thefe fhould be Town in April, on open bor¬ ders, where they are to remain, and will require no other care, but to keep them clear of weeds, and thin them to the difiance of a foot and an half, that their branches may have room to fpread. The fifth and fixth forts are alfo annual plants, which grow naturally in the fame countries with the two laft. Thefe feldom grow more than one foot high in gardens, but fend out many fpreading branches near the root; the leaves are oblong, blunt, and hairy. The flowers of thefe have much the appearance of thofe of the laft, but arc fmailer.