lesser Flowers than some others of its â—nd having its Leafs pointed six seven or eight in â—umber of a pale yellowish Blush-colour striped on â—e inside but more on the outside with Crimson the â—ot Grumous The double yellow Crow-foot This is called the Ranuncula of Asia having its Leafs â—reading and dividing like a Carrot from the Root â—e many small stalks each producing a shining yellow â—all double Flower The Ranuncula of Aleppo This Flower is of a curious Orange-colour'd tawney and and very double striped with Yellow Carolus This Flower is curiously marked and striped with â—ades of Murry-purple thro' the several Leafs of it â—â—e at bottom and Purple Tamis making a very cuâ—ous show The Indian Fig. This springs Leafs one out of another from one Leaâ— put half into the Earth Which taking Root puts ouâ— others being a Finger thick flat and round pointed anâ— of colour a pale green showing at first brown prickleâ— at the upper end and at the tops of the Leafs the Flowers break forth set with two Rows of pale yellow Leafs having a yellow thrum tipped with red in the middle 〈◊〉 after the Flower fades the head they stood on in thâ— middle grows large in the form of a Fig but in thesâ— Countries comes not to perfection it is a tender Planâ— and must be set in Pots so that it may be Housed in thâ— Winter lest the Frost rot and destroy it White Hellebore This makes its first appearance with a round largâ— head of a green whitish colour and afterwards opens iâ— many fine green Leafs signally pleated in every part-taking a compass about each other at the bottom from whence a Stalk rises about a Yard high small Leafs extending to the middle of it which dividing into manâ— Branches bears a considerable Number of Star-like Flowers small and so a yellowish green colour The double Purple Virgins-Power This hath many woody Branches covered with a thiâ— brown out bark and green underneath winding abouâ— what it takes hold on the Leafs are at the Joints coâ—sisting of three parts of it notched on one side and somâ— on both the Flowers appear from the Joints on lonâ— Foot-stalks standing like Crosses of a sullen dark Red the outward Leafs broad and in the inward folded likâ— a Button so that the outward ones fall off before the inward ones spread themselves this is proper to be supported against a Wall and such of the small Branches aâ— in the Winter prune off in the end of March. Marum or Herb Mastick This raises about a Foot high with hard stiff stalks â—nd the many Branches into which it divides it self are â—r with fine green small Leafs two at a Joint at the â—p of the Branches it sends forth small white Flowers â—d among the Tusts downy Threads all the Plant as â—ell as Flowers being of a curious Scent and may be â—proved by Slips set in April The Autumn Mountain Crocus This is of a pale blue Colour it stands on short Foot-â—lks appearing but little above ground but soon grows â—ttle higher and is prized because it comes when oâ—er Flowers are going out being of a curious softness The Silver cupped Spanish Moley This appears with two or three long Rush like Leafs â—ling when the Stalk is at its height that aspiring a â—rd or more bearing a considerable Head of Flowers â—t soon open grow on long Foot stalks and spread â—ch the Flowers being of the Colour of Silver with â—es down them on both sides the Leafs fashioned small â—d hollow in the manner of an Encrease-well with litâ— Trouble The great yellow Frutilary This has a stalk about two Foot high the Flower is â—g small and of a pale Yellow and is well in compoâ— of a Garden among May-flowers whose Number is 〈◊〉 numerous as various As for these last Reader I have given you most of â—em in the English Names as for the Months Flowers â—ow in I have set them down particularly as you will â—d in this Book in the Months adapted to the Flower-â—arden so that nothing may be omitted to satisfie the â—ader in his Curiosity THE Gardener's Almanack For what is necessary to be done in the Green-House and Conservatory in Preserving and welâ— Ordering choice Shrubs Plants Flowers c. with the Time of Housing c. GReens as well as Flowers are to be considered and care taken of them because they are nâ— only pleasant to the Site of the Garden but serve foâ— many profitable Uses besides Adornment and Fragrancy Therefore In MARCH What things are proper to be done PLant Box in Parterres sow Bay-seeds Fir-seeds Phillyrea Alaternus and most Perennial Greens â—nd after the Equinox a few Days prune and Pine Firâ—rees sow towards the End of the Month Myrtle-berries â—eeped a while in warm Water Wrap with Straw-wisps the Tops of shorn Cyprus â—over with Straw or Pease hawm your exposed Everâ—reens as also Bays Cyprus Phillyrea Pine Fir c. â—hat are Seedlings till they have continu'd in the Nursery about three Years and are capable of being transplanted lest the sharp Winds too much dry and injure â—hem and uncover them not till the latter End of the Month or the tail of the Frost be pretty well over especially the Ever-greens lest the Wind and Sun conspire to wither and destroy them and this you may do a bleak Winds or sharp Frosts all the Winter At the latter End of this Month you may set your Orange trees Myrtles Lemmon-trees Ammammus Dates â—entisci Olenders Aloes and such like Plants that are â—ender and impatient of Cold in the Portico of your Conservatory And if the Weather be mild and warm the sharp Frosts and Winds being over you may open the Windows and Doors but do it gradually and not altogether and trust not the leaving them open a Nights â—nless the Season be very well settled and some hardy Ever-greens may be transplanted if the Season be warm â—nd temperate It is also a proper Time to raise stocks to bud Lemmons and Oranges on and to do it set the seeds early in the Month in Pots half a Dozen of the seeds of Sevil Oranges may be placed in a Pot filled with Earth viz. That Earth which is taken the first half spit under thâ— Turf in rich Pasture-ground where Cattle have much been fothered and mix of rotten Cow dung one parâ— with it and if then it happen to be too stiff sift moderately a little Lime and rotten Wood or sticks of Willows and for binding if occasion requires it add a little loamy Earth and plunge the Pots into Hot-beds which may be renewed in May and so e'er the Winteâ— the shoots will be near a Foot and in three Years fit tâ— inocculate which at the end of this Month you may also bud by placing two Buds opposite one to the other not above an Inch from the Earth In APRIL What Things are proper to be done THis Month sow Phyllerea Pine-kernels Fir-seeds Alternus and the most Sorts
and so being thinned they 〈◊〉 produce the fairer Flowers Protect your Ranunculas Pennash Tulips Auriâ—las Anemonies from storms of violent Rain Hail 〈◊〉 the too scarching Beams of the Sun by covering theâ— with Mats supported with Hoops or bent Wands Crâ—â—â—ewise Bring forth your choice and tender Shrubs in a faiâ— Day but the Orange-trees may be continued housed 〈◊〉 the next Month and when you water them let it be doâ— with Rain or Pond-water luke-warm but not too much at a time Flowers blowing or continuing RAnunculas of Tripoly white Violets Anemonies Auricula Ursi Caprisolum Crown Imperialâ— Caprisolum Gentianella Deus Caninus Bell-flowerâ— Tritillaria Double Hepticas Starry Jacinth Florenceiris Double Dasies white and tufted Double Narcissâ— Chamae-Iris Cowslips Primroses Pulsatilla Ladies smock Tulips Medias Radix Cava Geranium Peritaria Lurea Caltha Palustries Persian Lillies Laâ—rea Caltha Palustries Persian Lillies Lucoicum Pâ—onies Muscaria Reversed Double Jonquills Persiaâ— Jessamine Acanthus and some others Gemini ♊ or the Twins MAY â—â—ings proper to be done in the Flower-Garden this month â—Hade your Carnations and Gilliflowers about this Season when the Sun has passed the Meridian and at the Full Moon plant in Beds your Stock-gilliflowers tranâ—nt forth Aramanthus and water Ranunculus so Anmum or set it gather such Anemony-seeds as you 〈◊〉 to be ripe and preserve it for a new supply keep it 〈◊〉 dry to preserve it from moulding or mustying cut stalks of those Bulbous Flowers that you find dry About the latter End of this Month take such Tulips as â—r-stalks are dried covering the Roots you find bare prevent their being scorched by the heat of the Sun or â—hed up with sudden Showers and if any of these Roots 〈◊〉 take up be Cankered the best remedy is speedily to â—ry them in fresh Mould Flowers blowing or continuing c. RAnuncula's of all Kinds the latter set Anemonies Anapodophylon Chema-iris Blattaria Cirisus â—ranthes Heleborine Cyclamen Augustisoi Cyanus â—ellow Lillies Aspodel Froxinella Cullumbines Buâ—ns-iris Digitalis Grranum Horminum Caiticum Glaâ—us Double Cotyleden Caltha Plaustris Tulips of vaâ—s sorts and Colours Jacca Lychnis Double Bellis â—hite and red Millefolium Luteum Phalangium Orcliis â—panish Pinks Lillium Convallium Rosa common Guilder Cinamon and Centifol c. Cherrybay Oleaster Tâ—chellium Hisperis Cowslips Anterrhinum Sedums Sâ—ringa's Veronica single and double Musk Violets Valerian stock Gilliflowers Ladies-slipper Chalcedom Star-flowers Ordinary Crowfoot Red Martagom Campanellas white and blue Bugloss Homer's Maly Persian Lillies Bee-flower Purple Thalictrum Pansis Lucoium Bulbosum Secotinum Sysimbrium singlâ— and double Sambucus Peonies Sea Narcissus and somâ— others Cancer ♋ or the Crab. JUNE Things to be done in the Flower-Garden this Month. THis Month gather such ripe Flower-seeds as are valuable and proper to be saved as Narcissus Aâ—runculas Oriental Jacinth c. preserving them dry a shade your Carnations from the Afternoon's Sun transplant Autumnal Cyclamen you design to change for a place more advantageous take up Iris Chalcedon Now you may make a beginning to lay Gilliflowers also take up the best Sort of Ranunculas and Anemonies after moderate showers of Rain the stalks dry and withered and the roots in a good Temper Take up the Bulbs of Tulips cover those presently that lie naked on the Beds or transplant them to a cooler soil water dry or parched Beds as also the pots of Japan Narcissus prevent some Scabious from running to seed which now may be done by removing them and so the following Year they will produce very good Flowers Take up the Roots of such Flowers and plants as will endure not to be out of the Ground and immediately â—plant them in fresh soil as Oriental Jacinth Cyâ—men Frittilania Iris-crown Imperial Deus Caniâ— Muscaris Bulbous Jacinths c. Flowers blowing or continuing c. DOuble Poppies Phalangium Allobrogicum Amazanthus Asphodell Hedisarum Giadiolus Claâ—antis Panonica Blataria Millafolium yellow and â—ite Martagon Red and white Gentian Helebore Niâ—lla Astrea Atticus Bulbous-iris Hedisarum early â—rk-heel Genistia of Spain Pinks Orinthgalum Mount â—lies white and red with some others Leo ♌ or the Lyon JULY â—ings proper to be done in the Flower-Garden this Month. â—â—ip stocks the beginning of this Month with other Lignous plants and flowers lay Carnations and Gilâ—owers not suffering to remain above two or three spinâ—s for the Flowers Take away the superfluous Buds â—port those that remain with stays against the Wind â—stroy Earwigs and other Insects that annoy them Layers in a good light loamy Earth will take Root six Weeks set as many of them as may conveniently one pot to save room in Winter let not too much â—et come at them if it prove too wet lay the pots â—e-ways and shade those that blow from the Heat of â—e Sun in the Afternoons Take up early Cyclamen Bulbs and Tulips which you may immediately plant or if Conveniency permiâ— not you may do it any time within a Month after trim them and cut off the Fibres spreading in an early Place very dry but do not separate the off-sets of Tulips and the like till the principal Bulbs be fully dry Gather seeded Tulips and permit the seeds to continue in the Pods also the seed of early Cyclamen and immediately sow it pots or cases Remove Crocus that are seedlings of the last Septemâ—ber giving them wide Intervails till they come to Peâ—fection Take up some sorts of Aurunculas Persian-iris Crâ—cus Crown Imperial Frettillaria and Colchicums plaâ— the Iris and the two last as soon as you have taken theâ— up if you have conveniency else in August or September may do tollerably well or you may defer their taking up till then and replant Colchicums remove Deuâ— Canius c. Sift your Beds from the Off-sets of Tulips toward the latter end of this Month also for Bulbous-roots Ranunculas Anemonies and the like which will preparâ— them for setting or plunging such Things as are in youâ— Pots and require to be set in the naked Earth till thâ— next Season some sort of Anemonies may now be soweâ— in Ground that is temperately moist cut away the withered stalks that incumber the roots of your Flowers covering the bared Roots with fresh Earth To destroâ— Worms and other Insects strew Pot ashes on your Grass plat and Carpet-walks and to the same end water youâ— Gravel-walks with Water wherein tobacco-Tobacco-stalks havâ— been boiled Flowers blowing this Month or continuing ASpodes Amaranthus Phalangium Delphium Veronicâ— Odoriferous and Purple Sultan Connalnusus Volabilis Thlapse Criticum Geranius Triste Fraxenela Hedisaurum Corn-flower Alkengi Double and White Jacca Scorpion Grass Monthly Rose Jacinths and some others Virgo â™ or the Virgin-Sign AUGUST Things proper to be done in the Flower-Garden this month THis Month take up Bulbous Iris sow the Seeds of them as also of Collumbines Candy-Tufts â—ark-heels Holyocks Iron-coloured Fox Gloves and other Plants that have strength to endure the approachâ—ng season Plant some Anemony-roots for Winter flowers take â—o the last Years seedlings
greatly encreases Rubented This is the great pale Red or Peach-bloom-coloured-Flower-de-luce being Bulbous-rooted and is more in â—eem than the many other Irises so called from their â—veral Colours resembling them in the Rain bow and adorned with small yellow Spots in each of the three â—ing Leafs The Spanish Yellow-Iris This Flower is of a curious Golden colour in all Parts 〈◊〉 the blowing Leafs there is yet another of this Kind â—th a pale yellow Flower with a deep yellow Spot and 〈◊〉 these there are indeed many diversities some paler â—me higger some lesser and others of a deeper yellow â—olour one with white falling Leafs except a yellow Spot â—hich is usual to all Bulbous Iris or Flower-de-luces â—lso the Spanish party coloured Flower-de-luce whose â—eafs are white that fall but the Arch'd ones of a Silver â—our and the Top-leafs of a bluish Purple another â—y-coloured arched with yellow-falling Leafs c. Hungarian Rose This Rose differs from the usual common red one in 〈◊〉 Green-shoots its Flower being of a pailer red haâ—ng faint Spots spread over the Leafs of the whole douâ—e Flower The Double Velvet Rose This Rose has its shoots of a saddish red green colour â—ttle thorney the Leafs being of a sadder green than the common red Rose the Flowers are consistent of two or three rows of Leafs of a dark red Velvet-colour having some distinction of lighter red in Velvet-colour having many Flowers The Marble Rose This resembles the former in growth but is larger and more folded being of a light red Marbled with a lighter blush grey-deline and gives a curious scent The Virgin Rose Is in the Leafs greener than the last being smooâ— and without any Thorn the Flower not very thick 〈◊〉 standing but spreading the Leafs and standing forwardâ— from each other the Leafs that are of a pale Red 〈◊〉 blush colour are streaked on the Faces the backsides bâ—ing of a whitish colour blowing usually fair and are 〈◊〉 a very fragrant Scent The Evergreen Rose This is so called because the Leafs fade not in Winteâ— but remain Green and continue till new ones come 〈◊〉 the Spring the Flowers are cluster'd four or five togâ—ther at each end of the Branches which consist but 〈◊〉 five Lea's single of a curious white colour having 〈◊〉 Musky Scent The Moley of Hungary This Flower is of two Sorts the first hath three or fouâ— long broad Leafs which grow up with the Stalk a Fooâ— high one above the other and are on the Top beset witâ— some reddish Bulbs of a pase Purple the Root small anâ— fit for encrease the second is in resemblance of the first only the Stalk bears smaller Leafs and a greater cluster oâ— dark green Bulbs the Flowers alike c. Spiderwort Those of Savoy and Italy of these Kinds are the chiefest in esteem they are very secure Plants against Weather and prosper in almost any Soil especially wherâ— it is moist bearing a Star-like Flower white and something inclining to blushing This is called the Queens Gilliflower and by some the close Sciences there are two Sorts of them both single one of a pale Blast the other white producing but four Leafs The double White Gilliflower This is accounted the nobler having many Branches on Stalk and many Flowers on a Branch standing close toâ—ether in a long Spike the Flowers being of a curious â—hite colour thick and double and give their choicest â—ent in the Evening on the declining of the Sun Double Poppies These are not to be omitted tho' they give no fragrant â—ent since their Beauties are an Ornament to the Flower-â—arden they are of various Colours tho' of one Kind â—ome red other purple some white others scarlet and â—me again white-blush others party colour one Leaf â—alf scarlet and half white some striped with the same â—olour but those chiefly esteemed are of Gold yellow â—ouble flowering and produce much Seed Bastard Britany This grows about two Foot high bearing a reddish â—lower having many brownish woody Stalks and on â—e lower part of it are winged Leafs seven nine or â—even together resembling those of a young Ash tho' â—mewhat larger longer and purpled about the edges â—eing of a sad green colour Male Cistus This has not its growth above a Yard high small and shrubby compos'd of many brittle slender woody Branâ—hes bearing Flowers of a fine reddish purple like single â—oses each having five small round Leafs many yellow Threads in the middle that soon fall away c. Virgin Silk This with one or more round Stalks rises near 4 Foot â—igh set wiih two long broad Veins at several Joynts green and round pointed and on the Top of the Stalks out of the skinny Hose a great tuft of Flowers issue sometimes thirty or forty hanging down on long Fooâ— stalks each containing five small hollow Leafs of a Puâ—ple colour which fading are succeeded by long crooâ—ed Cods standing upwards which produce flat broâ— Seed Indian Scarlet Jesamine This comes up from a large spreading Root with oâ— two or more flexible Branches which must be supporâ—ed when they put forth their Tendrills by fastening 〈◊〉 any woody Substance and there will come forth 〈◊〉 winged Leafs much like them of Roses and at the eâ—â— of the Branches come forth the Flowers many in Nuâ—ber long like a Fox-glove and at the end opening in fine fair broad Leafs with a stile and small threadinâ— in the middle of the colour of Saffron some of theâ— Plants have on the inside the Flower small and râ— Leafs others veined with small yellow lines the Grounâ— being a deep Scarlet The Rose Bay-Tree This is of two Sorts one bringing red the otheâ— white Flowers not otherways differing its Stem growing to the bigness of an Inch and half compass dividinâ— into three Branches at each Joynt bearing long hard thick and dark Leafs at the end of the Branches thâ— Flower issues of a white in the one and deep blush iâ— the other containing four long narrow Leafs yet rounâ— pointed falling away without Seed Candy Tufts These are small Plants whitish green Leafs theiâ— Stalks set with narrow long notches and at the Top iâ— produced many small single Flowers placed close together some white and others with purple Spots in thâ— middle others all of a purple colour they are produced of Seeds the Roots Yearly perishing Flower Gentle of many Colours This produces a Flower of a lighter colour of Purple-â—â—arlet and Gold-colour Lemmon Orange some Straw-â—olour and crimson they have a thick stalk with maâ—y large green Leafs of many Branches c. The Shrub Spicara This Flower rises a Yard or something more in height â—ith divers wooden Stalks set with long green Leafs â—cked on the edges and the top of the Stalk produces â—any Flowers of a pale Peach-bloom colour close togeâ—er in a long spike lessening by degrees like Pyraâ—ids the wooden Root despises the Winter's rage and â—ay be propagated by Layers The Cloth of Silver coloured Crow-foot This produces