| Title: | Burning bush, dittany |
| Original Title: | Fraxinelle |
| Volume and Page: | Vol. 7 (1757), p. 292 |
| Author: | Louis, chevalier de Jaucourt (biography) |
| Translator: | Ann-Marie Thornton [Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey] |
| Subject terms: |
Gardening
Agriculture
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| Original Version (ARTFL): | Link |
| Source: | Russell, Terence M. and Anne Marie Thornton. Gardens and landscapes in the Encyclopédie of Diderot and D'Alembert : the letterpress articles and selected engravings. Aldershot: Ashgate, 1999. Used with permission. |
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| Citation (MLA): | Jaucourt, Louis, chevalier de. "Burning bush, dittany." The Encyclopedia of Diderot & d'Alembert Collaborative Translation Project. Translated by Ann-Marie Thornton. Ann Arbor: Michigan Publishing, University of Michigan Library, 2013. Web. [fill in today's date in the form 18 Apr. 2009 and remove square brackets]. <http://hdl.handle.net/2027/spo.did2222.0002.049>. Trans. of "Fraxinelle," Encyclopédie ou Dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers, vol. 7. Paris, 1757. |
| Citation (Chicago): | Jaucourt, Louis, chevalier de. "Burning bush, dittany." The Encyclopedia of Diderot & d'Alembert Collaborative Translation Project. Translated by Ann-Marie Thornton. Ann Arbor: Michigan Publishing, University of Michigan Library, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/2027/spo.did2222.0002.049 (accessed [fill in today's date in the form April 18, 2009 and remove square brackets]). Originally published as "Fraxinelle," Encyclopédie ou Dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers, 7:292 (Paris, 1757). |
Dittany, burning bush, a perennial which propagates from its roots or from seed. [1] It grows well in hot countries but is easy to cultivate because it needs only to be protected from the cold after having been sown in heat. It should be transplanted at the end of September so that it can strike root before winter: it will then produce more beautiful flowers than if it is transplanted in March. It requires soil which is cool and rich, but neither too rich nor damp.
When propagating this flower from seed, the rooted seeds should be replanted in new beds at intervals of half a foot, taking care not to damage them, and securing them firmly with soil on all sides in order to protect them from frost. They should be left for a year in these new beds, where they will thrive, and the following year they will flower, at which point they may be placed in the allées of your parterres, wherever you wish them to be permanently planted, and where they merit a place on account of their long-lasting beauty.
Notes
1. Dictamnus fraxinella.