RARE The source of this uncorrected OCR text may be viewed as a digital facsimile at: http://fax.libs.uga.edu/ (OLLECTION The source of this uncorrected OCR text may be viewed as a digital facsimile at: http://fax.libs.uga.edu/ THE LIBRARIES The University of Georgia THE The of THE BOTANICAL MAGAZINE; O R, Flower-Garden Diœplayed IN WHICH The molt Ornamental FOaXGN P.ANTS, cultivated in the Open Ground, the Green-Houfe, and the Stove, are ac- curately reprefented in their natural Colours. TO WHICH ARE ADDED Names, Clafs, Order, Generic and Specific Chara&ers, according to the celebrated LxN_us; their Places of Growth, and \ Times of Flowering: TOGETHER W I  TE MOST APPROVED METHODS OF CULTURr -'i/ A w o R K ,ed for the Ufe of fuch LADIES,. GNTLME, and G,r s, wi to become fcientificlly acquainted wi the Plants tly cultivate. By W I L L I A 3I C U R T. I S, Author o[ the FLOR, LONDNZSS. v o L. i. -.'- "A Garden is tl ff of human Pleafurcs," VEg. 'LA L' 0 N D 0 N: P_inted by Cot CH:,AN and FRY, Throgmorton-Street, For xN. C U RT I S, at his Bo rAc-GxRD, Lambeth2Marfl; AnO Sold by th principal Bookfellers in Great-Britain and Ireland. M DCC XC, T" ' .prefeft' pei4i91 Pubiltti)n-_ves ,'its com- mencement to the repeated {bllcitations 6f feverai Ladies and Gentlemen, Subfcr,ibers,,to the ,Authoi; Bo.T-IC 43aRnv. N, who were frequently lamenting' the want l  a work, which might. enable them,..not, only to acquire a fyttematic knowledge o'œ the Fori%,bl Plants gi'owing'in their gardens, but which might; at the fame time _affo. rd them the be information reœpeOing their culture m in facct, a work, ,in w.hicl! Botany and Gardening (fo far as relates to'the cultur 9_f ornamental Plants) or the Iabour of LNNaus-nd Mixx.t, might happily be combined. In compliance with their willaes, he has endeavoured to prefent them-with the united information of both authors, and to illuPtrate each by a let of new figures, drawn. always from the living plant, arid. coloured as near to 'nature, as the imperfeion of colouring will admit. He does not mean, however, to confine himfell folely to the Plants contained in the highly etteemed works of thole luminaries of Botany and Gardening, but P R E F A C E, but fhalI occafionally introduce ,.new ones,..a..s  they may- flower in his own garden, or thole 'Of  'e curious in any part. of Great,Britain, At the commentextent of this publiciation, ,he had no defign of dnterifig on the prtince b the Florift, by giving figures of double or .improved Flowers, Which rometimes owe their origin:_ to culture, '?equently to the f.brti.ngs of atff.fei but :he eami.ft entreaues of many'of hs Subfcnbers, have nduce4 himfo far'to 'dewate fron lal onganal mtentxoa' .aS tO promire-them one, ;., '.leaf'..,._ of '.e .F!bWe. tnof eeemed by Florifts, The eneoui'agement' 'given ;-td tli.: .work, beyond the Auiho's, warmeft:.pe..at:f6ris, ' deiaantla his molt grateful. acknowleage.merits; aad ill.i him'to perfevere in his humbie-.endeavours':to '.ecadd. Botany a laking. fotirc½, of;'ationa!- amUfem_oat public utility. LambethlV[arfll. 787 ß iris P.RSICA. Cla- and Order. TRIANDR!A MONOGYN!A ? Generic Charafter. Corolla 6-prti.ta: Petalis alternis, reflexis, Stigmata petali- formia. Specific CharaCter and $ynonyvs. IRIS per,fica corolla imberbi, petalis interioribus breviflimis patentiffimis. Linn. 3yfl. Fegetab. p. 79- 8,p. p1. p. 69, IRIS buibofa praecox minu, s odora Perfica variegata; Mov ,ifl. p. 857. XIPHIUM Perficum.. Miller Dial ed. 6. 4to. The Perfian bulbous Flower-de-lu..ce. Parkinf Parad. p, A native of Perfla. Flowers in February and Ma'ch. Its beauty, early appearance, and fragrant bloffoms, make it highly eleemed by all lovers of flowers; like the Hyacinth or Narcif- fus it will blow within doors in a water-glafs, but ftronger in a froall pot of tand, or fandy loam; a few flowers will fcent a 'hole apartment: it will alfo bloffom in .the open air, but re- quires warmth and thelter; it is propagated by offsets' and feeds; the bef flowering roots are imported from Hadand, they bear forcing well; and hence this plant may be had to flowc: a full month or fix weeks in fqcceflion. ' PARKI.NSON remarks, that in his time (69) it was very ;a.re and fcld. om bore flow,ers ? ': [2] RUDBECKIA PURPUREA. P. UDB E CK IA. PURPLE Cla and Order. SYNGENE$IA pOLYGAMIA FRUSTRANEAo Generic Charac7er. Receptaculum paleaceum, conicum. Pappusmarginequadri- dentato. Calyx duplici ordine fquamarum. Specific Chara7er and Synonyms. RUDBECKIA purpurea foliis lane.eolato-ovatls alternis ind- vifis, radii petalis biffdis. Linn. Syfl. Fegetab. p. 65. $p. PI. p. .8o. ,DRACUNCULUS virginianus latifolius, petalis florum Ion- giffimis purpurafcentibus. Morif. Hifi. 3, p, 4v-. f. 6. t, 9. f. t. Thi fpecies differs from the other plants of the genus, in the colour of its outermolt petals, which are long, narrow, purple, and pendulous, and not unaptly refemble [mall pieces of red tape. Notwithllanding it is a native of the warm cli- mates Carolina and Virginia, it fucceeds-very well with us in an :}pen border: but, as Mr. Mx.a very jufily obferves, it rill always be prudent to /helter two or three plants under a common l,.ot-bed frame in winteri  to preferve the kind, be- caqfe in vi-y revere winters, thole in the open air ai'e rome- times killed. -:- flowers in July. As it rarely ripens its' feeds with us, tt only mode of. propagating it, i's by parting the roots; but in that way the plant does not adm_.it of much inctea[e? ,, I I HELLEBORUS HYEMALISo WINTER HELLEBO RE Or ACONIT,E. ClaJ3 and Order.' POLYANDRIA POLY GYNIAo Generic Charaer. Calyx o. Petala 5 five plura. Ne&aria hilabiata, tuhulata. Capfilm polyfperma ere&iufcula. Specific Charailer and Synonyms, HELLEBORUS byemalls flore folio infidente. Linn. Syfl. Fegetab. p. 43x. Sp. P1. p. ?83. ACONITUM unifolium bulbofum. Bauh. Pin. x83. The Winter's Wolfeibane. Park. Parad. p. Grows wild in Lombardy, Italy, and Auftria, affe&s moun- tainous fituations,. flowers with us in February, and hence is liable to be cut off by revere frofis. "Is propagated by offsets, "which the roots fend out in plenty. There roots may be taken up and tranfplanted any time after their leaves decay, "which is generally. by the beginning of June till O&oher, "when they will begin to put out new fibres; but as the roots "are froall and nearly the colour of the ground, fo if care is "not taken to fearch for the m, many of the roots will be left in the _ground. There roots flaould be planted in œmall rlufters, otherwife they will not make a good appean nce, ,, engle flowers fcattred- about the borders of there qnall kin ts are fcarce feen at a diftance; but when th ' '-,nd the ', Snowdrops are alternately planted in bunches, they will have "'a good effeCt, as they flower at the. 'mne 'time, and are "much of a fize." Miller's Gard. D'i loft o : Hellebore vary greatly in the nimber of their plfiils, which in gen al are Few to jugit! the placing thole plant ; '=e order Polygynia.. œ4] CYCLAMEN COUM, ROU4nLAV'n Cla. fi and Order. I:ENTANDR I A MONOGYN IA. Generic CaratYcr. Corolla rotata, ,reflexa, tubo breviffim0 fauce prominente, Bacca teC"ta capfula. Specific CharafTer and Synonyms, CYCLAMEN Coum foliis orbiculatis planis, pediculis btevl- bus, florihus minoribus. Miller's DicY. CYCLAMEN hydroale orbiculatis foliis inferius rubentibus purpurafcente flore; Coum Herbariorum, Hort. reg'. _Paris. Herm. Cat, . CYCLAMEN orbiculato folio inferne purpuraœcente. Bauh, Pin. p. 307 . The common round-leav'd Sowebread. Park. Parad. p'. x98. Grows wild in many parts of Italy and Germany and s rometimes found with white flowers; if the feafon be mild, or the plante theltered from the inclemency of the weather, this fpecies will flower as early as February,, or much earlier by artificial heat. As it grows naturally 'in woods and flady places, it will thrive belt in a mixture of bog-earth and loam placed in a north border; if planted in the open border, it will require to be covered with a hand-glafs during winter, and in the fpring,, when in bloom; the more ufual method with gardeners isto preferve them in pots in a common hot-bed frame, the advan- tage of this method is that they may, at any time, be removed to decorate'the padour or the ltudy. The plants of this genus admit of but little increafe by their roots; the belt method of propagating them is by feed, whi'ch fiould be fown loon after they are ripe in boxes or pots, and covered about half an inch deep, placing them where they may have only the morning-fun, till the beginning of Septem- ber, when they may be removed to a warmdr expofure. [- 5 '] D.Ns C^Ns. DOGS-TooT, or DOGS-TOOT Clafi and 'Order, Generic CharafTer. Corolla 6-petala, campanulata: Neario tuberculis -peta- 1orum alternorum bari adnatis. Specific ½harat7er and Synods, ms. ERYTHRONIUM Dens Canis. Lin'. Syfl. l/eœeta& p. 9.69. $p. P1. p. 437- Dens Canis latiore rotundioreque folio œauh. Pin. 87. Dogs-Tooth with a pale purple flower. Park. Parad. p. 94. Of this genus Mr. Miller makes too fpecies; Linnaeus, per- haps vith more propriety, only one, for treadth of leav. es or colour of flowers can fcarcely be confidered as fufficient to contitute a fpecific difference. It is found in the gardens vith purple flowers of two different tints, alfo with vhite and yellow bloffoms, grows naturally in 'Hungary and romeparts of Italy, and blows in the open border at the beginning of April. "They are propagated by offsets from their roots. They  love a lhady fituation and a gentle loamy foil, but fhould not "be too often removed. They may be tranfplanted any time "after the beginning of June, when their leaves will be quite "decayed, till the middle of September; but the foots thould "not be kept very long our of the ground, for if they fhrink ' it ,,ill often caufe them to- rot. The roots of there flowers "flould not be planted .- ering in the borders of the flower- "garden, but in patches nar each other, where they will "make a good appearance." fi/Iiller's Gard. Die?. NARCISSUS MINOR; LEAST DAFFODIL. ½la and Order. HEXANDRA MONOGYN A. Generic Character. Petala 6, equalia: NeSario infundibuliformi, x-phyllo. mina intra neSarium. Sta- Specific Charafter and Synonyms. NARCISSUS minor fpatha uniflora, ne&ario obconico ere&o crifpo rexfido equante petala lanceolata. Lin. $p. PI, p. 45 . Syfl. Fegetab. p. 6. NARCISSUS parvus totus luteus. Bauhin. Pin. The leait Spanifla yellow baftard Daffodil. Park. Parad. p. xo 5. We are not a little furprifed -that Mr. Miller th6uld have taken no notice of the prefent fpecies, as it muff have been in the Englilh gardens long before his time, being mentioned by Parkinfon in his Garden of plearant Flowers: it is nearly re.- lated to the Pj2udo-Narciffus, but differs from it in many paru- culars except fize, rid. Lin. Sp. PL and ParkiOn above quoted.  ough its bloffoms are not fo large as thole of the other ,, yet when the roots are planted in a clufter, they make /aver .pretty fiew, and have this advantage, that they flower tbmewha arlier than any of the others. Like the ccmnu Daffodil it propagates very faft by the roots, and will thrive in altooft any foil or fituation. Though a native of I-ai.n, it is feldom injured by the feve- rity of our climate. CYNOGLOSSUM OMPHALODES. LUI NAVELWOaT. Cl and Orr. ETDRI MONOGYIA. Generic Charaer. Corolla in[unibuli[ormis, fauce claufa fornicibus. Semina preffa interlore tanturn latere ylo axa. 8pecc Char3er and Synobyms. CYNOGLOSSUM Omphalodes repens, foliis radidal{bus cor- daris , Lin. Sp. Pl.p. 93- Syfl. Vegatab. p. x57. Scopoli Fl. Cam. p. SYMPHYTUM minus borraginis facie.' Bauh. Pin. 59' BORAGO minor verna repens, folio lvi. Moris. h. P. 437'  x x, t. 6. fig. 3' A native of Spain, Portugal, and Carniola, and an inhabi- tant of woods and fhady fituations, flowers in March a .a ril: in the autumn it puts forth trailing thoots, which tar roo, at the joints, whereby the plant is molt plentifully diagated  thrives beft under a wall in a North border. * "Stolones repunt non caulis florifer, cul loth ovalia, et minime cordata. ,, TOURNEFORTIUS feparavit a SYnvH-;o, et dixit OMPHaLLODEM "'pumilam wernam, J)mphyti)lio, tl be e monet LINNAEUS folam fru&us "afperitatem aut glabdtiem, n _' fuf. cere acl novurn genus conftruendum." 8cooli Fl. Cam. . xz 4. NIGER. BLACK HELLBORf -ELLEBORUS or' CHRISTMAS RosE. Cla./3 and Order; POLefAN DRI X POLYGfNIA Generic Chra7er. ,Calyx nullus.. '?etaia 5 five plura. NeOatria bilabiata, tubulatm Capfuhe polyfperme, ereC'-tiufculze. Specific Chara7er and Synonyms. ttELLEBORUS niger fcapo fub-bifloro fubntido, foliis peda., tis. Lin.$yfi. Fegetab. p. 43. $p.œ1. p.$ a, .IffELLEBORU$ niger flore rofeo, Beuh.. Pin. 86. The true Black Hellebore or. Chriptmas flower, Parkin Parad, p. As our Publication feems likely to fall into the hands of fueh us are totally unacquainted with Botany/or botanical writings it mutt plead as an apology for our often explaining many cir- cumttances relative to plants, which may be well known to adepts in the fcience. This plant derives its flrll name from the black colour of it roots, its fecond from its early flowering, and the colour of itg petals, ,ahich though generally milk-white 'on tfieir firll appear- ance, yet have frequently a tint of red in them, which increales ß vith the age of the bloffom and finally changes to green; in rome fpecies of Hellebore, particula¾1y the viridis, the flower is green from firPt to lall, Black Hellebore grows wlld on the Appenine and other mountains, preferring fuch as are rocky. If the weather be unufually mild it will flower in our gaf- -tlens i.n the open border, as early as December and January; it may indeed be confidered as the herald of approaching fpring. Like moPt other alpine plants, it loves a pure air, a fituation moderately moill, and a tbil unmanured: as the beauty of its flowers is apt to be dettroyed by revere froits, it fhould be co- vered during the winter with a hand-glafs, or if it be treated in the manner recommended for the round-lcav'd Cyclamen, it may be had to flower in frill greater perfeOion. It is propagated by parting its roots in autumn': neither this fpecics nor the h. yemalis thrive very near London, Generic ½hara7ei'. t2otolia eX-partita :' Petalis alterhis, re flexiõ. formia ' S't{gmata petall-' 8pecific Cbara7er and Synonyms; IRIS pumila eorollis baibatis, caule foliis hreviore Unifloro, La. Syfl. Fegetab. p. 78. $p. Plant. p. 56. acq. Fl. Aufir.' t. . CHAM_/EIRIS minor flore purpireo; œauh. Pin. 33' Thk leffer purple dwarf Flower-de-luce. Park. Perad. Gardeners, in former day, n)t haVing that profufion of plants to attend to and cultivate, which we can at prefent boatt, ap- pear to have been more folicitous in increaring generally the ß ¾arieties of the feveral fpecies; accordingly we find in the Paradifus terreflris of the venerable Pa.q tx tq so. no lefs than fix varieties of this plant , moft of which are now ftrangers to the Nurfery Gardens. We may obferve, that varieties in ge- neral not being fo ftrong as the original plant, are confcquenfiy mtich fooner loft. The Iris pumila grows wild, in many parts of Hungary, fes open and hilly fituations, and flowers in our gardens in the month of April; it is a very hardy plant, and will thrive in aimoft any foil or fituation; is propagated by parting its root. s in autumn.  The leffer purple dwhrf Flowr-de-luce With white bloffoms   firaw colour dittm ...... pale blue ditto. "  - - .. blufh-colouredditto   yellow variable ditto. ' ' blue variable ditto, and the purple dwarf Sea Flower-de-lute of the fame author, is probably no other than a variety  I lli ................. [ ] AIqEMOIqE IEEATICA. HEPATICA or PoLYAN DRA POLYGYNIA. Generic Charaer. Calyx nullus. Petala 6. 9- Semina plura. Specific Charaer and Synonyms. ANEMONE Hepatica œoliis trilobis integerrimis. Lin. Syfl. Feœetab. p. 44 . Sp. ]l. p. 758. Fl. Suec. n. 480. TR! FO LIU M hepaticum flore fimplici et pleno. Bauh. Pin. 8 $' Red Hepatica or noble Liverwort. ]ark. ]arad. p. 6. Dillenius, Miller, and fome other authors, m/ke a diRin& genus of the Hepatica: Linnmus unites it with the dnemone, obferving, that though it differs froin the dnemone in having a calyx, yet that calyx is at fome diRance froin the flower, and" partakes more of the Nature of an Involucrum, which is not uncommon to the Anemonies. The Hepaticas, as Parkinfon obferves, flower foon after the xvinter Hellebore, "and making their pride appear in winter, "are the more welcome early gueRs." It is found wild in its tingle Rate, with red, blue, and white flowers, in the woods and flady mountainsof Sweden, Germany, and Italy; the red variety with double flowers is the.one moR commwnly cultivated in our gardens; the double blue is alfo not unfrequent; the tingle white is {els_common; and the double white Miller never faw, yet admits that it may exif fpontaneoufly, or be produced from feed: Parkinfon mentions a white variety. with red threads or ftamina. According to Miller, this plant delights in a loamy foil, and in an eafern pofition where it may have only the morning fun '/ the tingle forts are eatily raifed from feed; the double, increared. by parting the roots, which ought to be done in March when /hey are in bloom; they thould not be divided in[o very froall heads: there plants, if oRen removed and parted, ar'e apt to die, but left' undiRurb2 for many years, they will thrive exceedingly, and become very large roots. ,. .a the ct w&, ty g/ ttrt,totn 'Oar4en , œamet M-arch 8 7 . ERICA HERBACEA. HERBACEOUS HEATH. .,,, -$.-$,.$4'-4.,+ q,g- ,. g ß. -$ -$-$4-$* -'¾' Clafs and Order. OCTANDRIA Mo NOGYINIA. Generic Chara[ter Calyx 4-phyl lus- Corolla 4-flda. Filamenta recePtaculo in- ferta. Anthere bifi&e. Capfula 4-1ocularis- Specc CharaF/er and Sy.nqnyms. ERICA herbarea antheris muticis exfertis, corollis oblongis, . ftylo exferto, foliis quaternis, floribus fecundis, Lin. $yfl, Fegetab. p. 306. c4rnea Sp. Pl. ed. 3' P' 5 ø4' ERICA carnea. eacq. Fl. tuflr. v. x. tab. ?.. ERICA procurebens herbacea. Bau. h. Pin. p. 486. Since the day.s f Mr. Miller, who, with all his iraperle&ions, has contributed more to the advancement of pra&ical garden- ing than any individual whatever, our gardens, but more efpe- cially our green. houfes, have received rome of their higher[ ornaments from the introdu&ion ot a great nmnber of roof[ beauti[ul Heaths: the prefent plant, though a native of the Alps and mountainous parts of Germany, is of modern introduction here, what renders it particularly acceptable, is its hardinels and early flowering; its bloffoms are œora/ed in the autumn, continue of a pale green colour during the winter, and expancl in the fpring, flowering as early. as March, efpecially if kept in a green-houfe, or in a common hot-bed frame, which is the more ufual pra&ice. It fiay be propagated by feeds or cuttings, the latter is the mo ready way of increaring this and molt of the other fpecies of the genus: when the cuttings have ftruck root, they thould be planted in a mixture of œrefl loam and bog earth, either in the open border, under a wall, or in pots. The name of herbacea, which Linnaeus has given to this plant, ., not very charateriftic, but it thould be oh[erred, that Lin- meus in this, as in many other infiances, has only adopted tha name of fom"'older bothhilt; and it thould alfo be remembered, that in genera, whe. re the fpecies are very numerous, it is no eafy matter to give names to all of them that {hall be perf½tlyexpreffive- This fpecies does not appear to us to be fpecifically different rom the mrditerranea. DOD](,THEON I¾[E. ADIA. ME-AI)'S DOI)ECA- ., H:EON, or- AMERICAN- COWS LIP. Clafi" and Order. Generic Charer. drolla rot&ta, teflexa. Stamina tubo infidentia apfula' uni- "1ocularis, oblonga. . Specific raer ad"Synoyms. DODECATHEON Meadia. Zin. Soft.' Yegetab. p. x63. :,. ......  Pldnti p, x63. "MEADIA at. Car. 3' P' AURICULA urfi virginiana flofibus boraglnis inffar roffratis, cyclaminum more reflexis. Pluk. alto. 6. t. 79' This plant grows fpontaneoufly in Virginia and other parts of North America, from whence, as Miller informs us, it was fent by Mr. Banifter to Dr. Compton, Lord Biffhop of London, in whole curious garden he firft law it growing in the year  7o9 . It is figured by Mr. Catelby, in his Natural Hiftory of Caro- lina, among the natural produions of that country, who be- Rowed on it the name of Meadia, in honour of the late Dr. Mead, a name which Linnaeus has n.ot thought proper to adopt as a generic, though he has as  trivial one. "It flowers the beginning of May, and the feeds ripen in ".July, foon after which the ffalks and leaves decay, fo that the "roots remain inaive till the following fpring. "It is propagated by of[ets, which the roots put out free. ly "when they are in a 1oofe moiff foil and a fiiady fituation; "the beff time to remove the roots, and take away the oftets, "is in Auguft, after the leaves'and ftalks are decayed, that "they may be fixed well in their new fituation before the froit "comes on. It may alfo be propagated by feeds, which tle "plants "plants generally produce in.plenty; there fhould be fown "in autumn, loon after they are ripe, either in a fhady moift "border, or in pots, which fhould be placed in the thade; in "the fpring, the plants will come up, and muff then be kept "clean from weeds; and, !f the feafon proves dry, they mull c, be frequently refrefied iti water: nor fhould the), be ex- pofed to the fun; tbr while the plants are young, they are very impatient of heat, fo that I have known great numbers of them defttoyed in two or three days, which were growing to the tixll fun. Thefe young plants fhould lnot be tranf- planted till the leaves are decayed, then they may be care- tkdly taken up and planted in a thady border where the foil is loofe and moi{t, at about eight inches diftance from each other, which will be room enough for them to grow one year, by which time they will be ftrong enough to produce flowers, fo may then be tranfplanted into fome thady borders in the flower-garden, where they will appear very ornamental during the continuanceof their flowers." Miller's Gard. DiD. -I ORONILLA GLAUCAo SEA- GRE F, N DAY-SMELLING CORONILLAo or Clafi and Order. Generic Chiraer. Calyx bilabiatus: ' dentibus fuperioribus cormaris. Vexillum vix alis 1ongius. Zeguraen ifthmis intercepturn. Specific Charaer a.d $),noj, vas. CORONILLA glauca fruticoOa, foliolis feptenis, obtufiffimis, flipulis lanceolatis. Linn. Syfl. Vegetab. p. 557' Sp. Pl. o47. CORONILLA maritima, glauco folio. Tournef. ifl. 650. COLUTEA fcorpioid& maritima, glauco folio. ;Bauh. _Pin. 897' prodr. x57. This charming flrub, which is aimoft perpetually i n bloffom, and admirably adapted for nofegays, is a native of the fouth of France, and a conflant ornament to our green-houfes. Linnaeus has obffirved, that ihe flowers, which in the day time are remarkably fragrafft, iti the night are alm9ft without fcent. "It is propagated by lowing the feeds in the fpring, either ,' upon a gentle hotsbed, or on a warm border of light earth: "when the plants are come up about two inches high, they "thould be tranfplanted either into pots, or into a bed of frefl "earth, at about four or five inches diftance every way, where "they may remain' until they have obtained ftrength enough "to plant out for good,. which thould be either in pots filled "with good freth earth, or in a warm fituated border, in which, "if the winter is not too revere, they will abide ' very well, ." provided they are in a dry foil." Miller's Gard. Di. II [,4] [PRIMULA ¾ILLOSA. MOUNTAIN 9RIMULA' Clafi azd Order. Iurum umbcllul. Cdl tubus clindricus: ore patulo. 8pecc Charaer a Synonyms. PRIMULA vill? foliis obovatis dentatis rillotis, fcapo brevimo muhifloro. PRIMULA i. acqui l. Ar. spp. t. 2 7. Mr. Miller, in the Sixth Edition of the Abridgment of his Gardener's Di6tionary, mentions only four Primulas, exclufive of the Auricula, the two firft of which are named erroneoufly, and of the two ia{t not a fyllable is laid either as to their place of growth or culture. ' The plant here figured, has been introduced pretty generally into the Nurfery-Gardens in the neighboured of London within there few years: Mr'. Salifbury informs me, that a variety of this plant with white 'flowers, brought originally from the Alps of Switzerland, has for many years been cultivated in a garden in Yorklhire. It is not noticed by'L-innaus: Profeffoi Jacquin, in Flora Au{triaca, has figured and defcribed a Primula, which, though not agreeing fo minutely as could be wilhed with the one we have figured, is neverthelefs confider'ed by fome of the firR Botanifts in this country as the fame fpecies; he gives it the name of villo, which we adopt, though with us it is lb flightly villous as fcarcely to deferve that epithet. It varies in the brilliancy of its colours, flowers in April, and will fucceed with the method of culture recommended for the Round-Leaved Cyclamen. r [ t5 Ncssus JONC2ULXA. COMMON Cla and Order. IiXAN DRA MONOGYNIAo Generic Charat7er. t'etala fex. 1Vet7ario infundibuliformi, monophyllo- Stamina intra neftariumo Specific Charat7er and Synonyms. NARCISSUS d%nquilla fpatha multiflora, ne&ario hemif- pha:rico crenato, breviore Petalis, foliis femio teretibus. Lin. Spec. t'L p. x 7. The fragrant Jonquil is a native of Spain, flowers in the open ground, about the latter-end of/piil, 'or beginning of May, and will thrive in almoR any foil or fituation, but pre- fers, as moR bulbs do, a freth loamy earth; indeed fuch a foil is favourable to the growth of moR plants, as being exempt from a variety of fubterraneous infefts, which are apt to infer ground which has been long cultivated. It iõ found in the gardens with double flowers. Our plant accords exaftly with the defcription of Linmeus, above quoted, but muff be carefully diftingui/hed from rome ß others very timilar to it. I! IRI$ VARIEGATAo VARIEGATED IRIS. ½la and Order. TtIANIRIA Generic Charafter; Corolla 6-partita; Petalis alternis, reflexis. Stigmata petali- formia. S2eci. fic Charaer and Synonyms. IRIS variegata corollis barbatis, caule fubfoliofo 1onltudine foliorum multifloro. 'œinn. S2oec. Pl. . 5 6. IRIS latifolia pannonica, colore multiplici. Bauh. œin. The yellow variable Flower-de-Luce. Parltiin Parad. p. x8z. This fpecies of Iris, inferior to few in point of beauty, is a native of the hilly pallures of Hungary, and flowers in our gardens in the month of May, and beginning of June. It is a hardy. perennial, requires 'no particular treatment, and may be ealily propagated by parting its roots in Autumn. Ill CACTUS FLAGELLIFORMIs. CREEPINGCEREU$o Cla and Order. ICOS,N IRIA MONOGYNIA. Generic Charaer. Calx -phyllu, fuperus, imbricatus. Corolla multiplex. Bacca x-locularis, polyfperma. Specc Charaer. CACTUS fagel!rmis repens dcemangularis. Zinn. Vegetab. d. x4. p. 46o. CEREUS fagellormis. Miller Gard. Di. ed. 6. Grows fpontaneoufly in South-America, and the Veft- Indies, flowers in our dry froyes early in .June, is tolerably hardy, and will thrive even in a common greem!oute, that has a flue to' keep out the fevere froRs., It is fuperior to all its congeners in the brilliancy of it colour, nor are its bloffoms fo fugacious as many of' the other fpecie. No plant is more eafily propagated by Cuttings; there lvliller recommends to be laid by in a dry place for a fortnight, or three weeks, then to b' planted in pots, filled with a mixture of loam and lime rubbifh., having rome ftones laid in the bottom of the pqt to drain-off the moifture, and afterwards plunged into a gentle hot-bed of Tanners bark, to facilitate their rooting, giving them once a week a gentle watering: this bufinetk to be done the beginning of July. Ii'is feldom that this plant perfeets its feeds in this country Miller relates that it has borne fruit in Ghelfea gardens. x, 1 ,,ul i, III Monogynia. ] R.cAxrn. DwAxv Clafs and Order. MONADELPHI DECANDRIA. Ge ':: Charaer. Stigmata 5- Fruus'roRratus, 5-coccus. $pecc. Charaer and Synonyms. GERANIUM Reichardi fcapis unifioris, floribus-pentandis, foliis thbrcnifbrmibus incifo-crenatis. GERANIUM Reicrdi fcapis unifloris, foliis plerifque ob- longis trilobis vel quinquelobis incifo-crenatis. Zbm. Sy. F2geta& d, Mutt. 4.. 68. This fpecies of Geranium, fo firikingly different from all others at prefem cuhi:vated in our gardens, has been known for feveral years to the Nuffery-men in the neighbourhood of London, by the name of acale, a name we flmuld gladly have retainbd, had.not Profeffor Murray defcribed it in the 4th edition of Linmeus's S)ema Vegetabilitm, under the name of Reichardi,'a name he was difpofed to .give it in compliment to a French gentleman, who firlt difcovered Jt in the ifland of Minorca, and introduced it into the gardens of France. Linn,'eus defcribes many of the Geraniums, as having only five anthera,, though feveral of thole he thus defcribes have to our 'certain knowledge ten, the five lowermoft of which fhedding their pollen firfl, ofi.en drop off, and leave the filaments apparently barren: but in his fpecies (with us at leafi) there never .are more than fivh, but betwixt each amen, there is a broad pointed barren filament or lluamula, fcarcely to be diltinguifhed by the naked eye. The ufual and belt praEtice'is to make a green-houfe plant of this fpecies, though it has been known to remain in the open ground, during a mild winter, unhurt. h continues to have a fucceffion of bloffoms during the greateft part of the rummet, and may be propagated either by feed or parting.i roots. '-E M E R 0CALLIS' LA VA. 3 YELLOW DAY-LLY. ½la and Order. Ge.eric CharaCTer. Corolla campanul/tta, tubus cylindraceus. Stamina declinata. $pecifc ½haraer a.d Synoyms. EMEROCALLIS..flava foliis lineari-fubulatis carinatis, co rollis flayis. Limz. Syf. Ve$'. ed. x4.0. 889' LILIUM luteurn, afphodeli tadice: Bauh. Pin. 80. 'he Yellow Day,-Lily. Pavkb Parad. p. x48. This Genus has been called lremeroca. llis, in Englilh, Day. .Li, from the ihort duration of its bloffoms, but there are not uite fo fugacious in this fpecies as in thedva. It very rarely happens that Linna:us, in his fpecific charafter f a plant, has recourfe to colour, he has however in this in{'tance; but this feems to arife from his confidering them ra- ther as varieties, than fpecies. To us they appear to be per- feEtly di{'tinc, and in addition to feveral other charaEter?, the flays is diftinguithed by the fragrance of its bloffoms. This fpecies is an inhabitant of Hungary and Siberia, ahd confequently bears our climate exceedingly well; it requires a noi{'t foil, and a fituation fomewhat {hady, nd is eafily pro-' pagated by parting its roots in autumn. 7 GERANIUM. MONADELPHI.a. DECAlII)IlIA. Generic CharaCter. Monogyna. tigmataquinque. Fruusroratus. 5-coccus. Specc Clr&r. GERANIUM pellztm flycibus monophyllis, foliis 'quinque- . lobis integerrimis glabris fubpeltatis, Caule fru- xicofo. Zinn. S)fl. Vegelab. ed. x4. GERANIUM africanurn, foliis inferioribus afiri, fuperioribus flaphidifigri maculatis fplendentibus et acetorre fapore. Comm. Prl. 5. t.e. A native of Africa, as are moff of our fhewy Geraniums, i not fo tender'as many others, and may be propagated very readily from cuttings. A leaf, having its foot-ftalk inferted into the diflc or middle part of it, or near it, is called by Linnaeus, peltaturd, hence the Latin trivial name of this plant. It may be obferved, however, that 'fome of the leaves have this chara&er more perfe&ly than others. The African Geraniums differ much from the European, in the irregularity of their Petals, but exhibit the charaer of the Clafs Monadelphia much better than any of our Englifl ones, having their filam4nts manifeftly united into one. body; this fpeci½s has only 7 filaments bearing anthera,, but 3 barren ones may be difcovered upon t careful examination, xvhich makes it of the order Decandria. i k-l;i[1111 Generic Charaer. Corolla 6-petda, imequalis, petalis alternis geniculato- patentibus. Stigmata petaliformia, cucullato-bilabiata. Conf. Thunb. Dif. de Iride. IRIS IRIS Specific Charater and Synonyms. verficolor imberbis foliis enfiformibu, fcapo tereti fiexuofo, germinibus fubtrigonis. 1;bin. $yfl. Vegctab. ed. 4. Mutt. p. 9 o. $p. Plant. ed. 3' P' 57' Americana verficolor ftylo crenato. Dill. œ1th. x. x55. f. 88.  native of Virginia, Maryland, and Penfylvania, has a . perennial root, i.s hardy, and will thrive in almoft any lbil or fituation; may be increared by parting its roots in autumn. Our plant is the pigta of Miller, and the veficolor of Miller is, we believe, thefibirica of Linnaeus. This fpecies has, for the 'moft pait, a ftalk unufually crooked or elbowed, by which it is particularly dJgtinguifhcd. It flowers in June as do rnoft of thi beautiful tribe. NIGELLA DAMASCENA. OARDEN IENNEL FLOWER LOVE IN A MIST DEVIL IN A BUSH. ClaJ and Order. POLYANDRIA PENTAGYIA. Generic Charades. Cal. nullus. Petala 5' 2Vet?aria 5' trifida, ifitra corbllam. ½a3ful, e 5 connexe. Specific Charac?er and Synonyms. NIGELLA damafcena flor{bus involucro foliofo cinSis. Lin. $)fl. Kegeta& ed. 4. Murr. p. 506. $p. PL p. 753' NIGELLA anguRifolia, flore majore fimplici caruleo. Bauh, Vin.' x45- The great Spanifl Nigelta. ]ark. Parad. p. g87. Is an annual, and grows wild among the Corn in the fouthern parts of Europe; varies with white and blue flowers, both tingle and double. "May be propagated by fowing their feeds upon a bed of ". light earth, where they are to remain (for they feldom fuc- "ceed well if tranfplanted); therefore, in order to have them "intermixed among other annual flowers in the borders of the "Flower Garden, the feeds flould be fown in patches at pro "per diftances: and when'the plants come up, they muff be "thinned where they grow too clofe, leaving but three or "four of .them in each patch obferving alfo to keep them "clear from weeds, which is all the culture they require. in "July they will produce their flowers, and their feeds will "ripen in AuguR. "The feafon for fowing thefe feeds is in March; but if you fow rome of them in AuguR, foon after they are ripe upon a dry foil and in a warm fituation, they will abide through the winter, and {lower Rrong the fucceeding year; by fow- ing of the feeds at different times, they may be continued Miller's Gard. Du7. "in beauty moR part of the fummer." ed. 6. 4to. TROPEOL.UM CRESS, or NASTURTIUM. Cla and Order, )CTA-NDRIA /O N O G¾ lq I A* iNDIAN  Generic CharadeS, Calyx .x-phylIus, calcaratus. Petala 5 in equalia ;Bacce tres, fiecae. Specific Charafter and Synonyms. TROPJEOLUM majus foliis peltatis fubqulnq"uelobls, pe- talis obtufis. Lin. S)fl. Fegetab. ed. i4- Murr. p. 357' øVP: ]l. p. 49 o. .CARDAMINDUM ampliori-folio et majori flore. Grande Capucine ff'ournef. I. p. 43 o. . The prefent plant is a native o[ Peru, and is laid by Linnam. s to have been firft brought into Europe in the year 684; it is certainly one of the greateft ornaments the Flower-Garden can boaif: it varies in colour, and is alfo fotind in the Nurferies with double flowers. The former, as is well known, is pro- pagated by feed; the latter by cuttings, which thould be ftruck on a hot-bed. To have there plants,early, they thould be railed with other tender annuals; they ufually begin to flower in July, ahd continue bloffoming till the approach of winter  the ftalks eequire to be fupported, for if left to themœelves they trail on the ground, overfpread, and deftroy the neighbourinõ plants. Elizabeth Chriftina, one of the daughters of Linnaeus, is œaid to have perceived the flowers to emit fpontaneoufly, at certain itervals fparks like .thole of ele&ricity, vifit2te only in the du{k o[ the evening, and which ceafed when total dark-, neœs came on. The [lowers have the taffe of water-ctes, with a degree oœ œweetncœs, which that plant does not poffefs more particu- larly reftdent in the fpur o[ the calyx or neary; hence are fo,netimes uFed in fallads and hence the ptnt acquires its name of Nafiurtium. fkGROSTEMMA. COR¸EARIAo Rose CocKLS, or CAMPION. -, Cla and Order. DECANDRIA PENTAGYNIAo Genet'ic Chara7er. Cal. yx a-phyllus, coriaceus. œetala 5 unguiculata: limbo obtufo, indivifo. Capri x-locularis. Specific Charac7er and Synonyms: AGROSTEMMA coronaria tomentofa, foliis ovato-lanceo- lads, petalis emarginatis coronatis ferratis, œb. Syfi. l/cgetab. ed. 4. A/Iurr. p. 4905 , $p. œl. p. LYCttNIS coronaria diofcoridis fativa, Bauh, Pin. 3' The tingle red Rofe Campion. ParkiEL Parad. p. Grows fpontaneoufly in Italy and Siberia; Linna:us informs us that the bloffom is naturally white, with red in the middle. "The tingle Rofe Campion has been,long an inhabitant of "the Englifh gardens, where, by its feeds having fcattered, "it is become a kind of weed. There are three varieties of "this plant, one with deep red, another with flcfh-coloured, "and a third with white flowers, but fiefe are of tinall citeera, ß ' for the double Rofc Campion being a finer flower, has turned "the others out of molt fine gardens. The tingle forts pro- "pagate fart enough by the feeds, the fort with double flowers ß ' never produces any, fo is only propagated' by parting of the ß ' roots; the belt time tbr this is in autumn, after their flower "are par; in doing of this, every head which can be {lipped off "with roots fllould be parted; theft fllould be planted in a "border of frefl undunged earth, at the diftance of fix inclies, "o.b{krving to water them gently until they have taken root, "after which they will require no more, for nuch wet is inju- "rious to-them, as is alfo dung. After the heads are well rooted, they flould be- planted into the borders of the ß ' ',l,)wer-Garden, wheie they will be very ornamental during "tfic timt s of their flowering, which is in July and Auguft." -Gller's G rd. 1Dill ed. 6. 4to. Miller, by miRake, calls this plan[ C, eli%re,. DIANTHU CHINENSiS, CHINA D igDiA Cla and Order, DECA'NDRA DIGYNIA Generic CharafTer,  Calyx cylindricus, x-phyllus: bari fquamis 4. Petale & in guiculata. Caprule cylindrica, x-locularis. Specific CharacTer and Synonyms, DIANTHUS chinentis floribus folitariis, fquatnis calycinls fubulatis patulis, tuburn zequantibus, corollis crenatis. Lin. S)fl. tregetab. p. 4x8. Sp, PI, 588, CARYOPHYLLUS finentis fupinus, leucoji folio flore unico, qournef. at7. x7o5. p. 348.f. 5' This fpecies, unknown to the older botanifts, is a native of China, hence its name of China Pink; but, in the nurferiess it is in õeneral better known by the name of Indian Pink, Thotxgh it cannot boar the agreeable fcent of many of its tongenerss it eclipfes moff of them in the brilliancy of its colours there are few flowers indeed which can boaff that richnefs and variety found among the moff improved varieties of this fpecies; and as thefe are eafily obtained from feed, fo they are found in moff collections, both tingle and double. It is little better than an annual, but will fometimes continua two years in a dry foil, which it affects. Attempts have been made to force it,. but, as far as we have learned, with no great fuccefs, -:! k VARIEG ATA .STAPELIA. Clafs and Order, plaNTAN DRIA DiGYNIA VARIEGATED Generic CharaHer. Contorta, Nlrium. dupliei Rellula tegente genitaJia. 8œerific Claraer and Synonyms. STAPELlA variegata dentiulis ramorum patentibus. Zin $yfl. Fegetab. p. .6o. $p. PI. p. 3t6. ASCLEPIAS aizoides africana, œradl: fuc. 3. P. 8. t... This very fingUlar plant is a native of the Cape of Good Hope, where it grows and fiourifhes on the rocks with the 8tapella birfuta. If there plants be kept in a very moderate ftove in winter, and in rumruer placed in an airy glafs-cafe where they may enjoy much free air, but fcreened from wet and cold, they ill thrive and flower very well; for although they will live in the open air in fumme', and may be kept through the vinter in a good green-houfe; yet thefe plants will not flower fo well as thole managed in the other way. They tour have little water given them, efpecially in winter. It is very feldom that the variegata produces feedveffels in this country; Mi.t obfervess in upwards of forty years that he cultivated it, he never law it produce its pods but three times, and then on fuch plants only is were plunge.d into th tan-bed in the Rove, This plant may be propagated without feeds, as it grows raft enough from flips; treatment the fame as that of the Creeping Cereus, which'fee.  It takes its name-of $tapelia from Stapel, a Dutchman, auther of rome botanical'works particularly a Defcripti. on oœ Theophrafiu's plants. , I CONVOLVULUS TRICOLOR. SMALL CONVOL. -VULUS or BINDWEED. ...-'¾.. -,-,.-  --,-,_' ½.-,.-,,.-,.-' Clafi and Order. pNTANtA MO.NO6¾N!A, Generic Charail. en Corolla campanulata, p. licata. $tigmata 2. Caff. ula ,-1ocuta. fis f loculis difperms. Specific Charaer ad Synonyms. CONVOLVULUS tricolor foliis lanceolato ovatis glabrls caule declinato, floribus folitariis. Lin $yfl. l/egeteb. p. .0.3. $p. PL p. CONVOLVULUS peregrinus cruleus, folio oblongo. Bauh;. Pin. 95- Flore triplici colore infignito, Mori 3 hi_fl. .. p. 7' f' x. t. 4. f. 4. The Spani Small Blew Bin&wee&. ' Parkinf. Parad. p. .. This fpecies has ufually been called Convolvulus minor by gardeners, by way of diftingui.[hing it from the Convolvuluv purpureus, to which they have gven the name of major. It is a very pretty annual; a native of Spain, Portugal, and Sicily and very commonly cultivated in gardens. The moff ufual colours of its bloffoms are blue, whi. te, and yellow, whence its name of.tricolor; but there is a variety oœ it with white, and another with ftriped bloffoms. The whole plant with us is in general hairy, hence it does n  well accord with LxNNus's defcription. It is propagated by ed. winch thould be fown on the flower-borders in the fpring, where the plants are to remain: they require no_ care than to be thinned -nd weeded.. "'l PASSlFLORA CCERULEAo ColvllvlON PJ.SSION- FLOWER. GYNANDRIA AN DRI A. Generic Chara[ler. Trigyna. CaL 5-phyllus. etla 5' Wcarium corona. acca pedicellata. Specc Characr nd Synonyms. PASSIFLORA crulca' f61iis palmails integerrimis. Zin. )fi. Feg'etb. p. 8 3. Sp. l. p. GRANADILLA polyphyllos, fruuovato. 'Wourn. intl. FLOS PASSIONIS major pentaphyllus. 37oan. am. ht. , p. 9' The Pailion-Flower firt introduced into this'country was the incarnala of Linnaeus, a native of Virginia, and figured by Parkintbn in his lParadifus Werretlris, who there ftyles it the furparting delight of all flowers: the preœent fpecies, which, from its great beauty and fuperior hardinels, is now by far the molt common,' is of more modern introduction; and, though a native of the Brafils, reidore fuffers from the feverity of our climate; flowering plentifhlly during molt of the rummet monthd, if trained to a wall with a fourhem afpet, and, in fuch fituations, frequently producing ripe fruit, of the fize and form of a large olive, of a pale orange colour. This molt elegant plant may be propagated by feeds, layers, or cuttings; foreign feeds are molt to be depended on; .they are to be tbwn in the fpring, on a moderate hot-bed, and when the plants are grown to the' height of two or three inches, they are to be carefully taken up, and each planted in a feparate froall pot, filled with good loam, then plunged into a moderate hot-bed, to forwaid their taking new root; after which they flmuld be gradually inured to the common air: the younger the plants the more flmlter'they require, and if ever fo old or ftrong, they are in danger from revere fro. Rs. The layers and cuttings are' to be treated in the common as, but feedling plants, if they can be obtaineS, are .m many accounts to be prefe. rred. RESEDA ODORATA. SVEET-SCENED RESEDA  or 1V[IGNONETTE. Clafi and Order. DODECANDB. I A TRIGYNIAo Generic Charaler. CaL 1-phyllus, partitus. œetala laciniata. cens, x-locularis. Caœf. ore dehif~ Specific Charaler and Synonyms. RESEDA odorata foliis integris trilobifque, calycibus florera zequantibus. Lin. Syfl. t/egetab. p. 449- RESEDA foliis integris trilobifque, floribus tetragynis. Mignonette grows naturally in Egypt, it was unknown to the older Botanifts; Miller fays he received the feeds of it from Dr. Adrian Van Royen, Profeffor of,. Botany at Leyden, fo that it is rather a modern inhabitant of our gardens. The luxury of the plealure-garden is greatly heightened by the delightful 6dour which this plant diffufes; and as it is molt readily cultivated in pots, its fragrance may be con- veyed to the parlour of the reclufe, or the chamber of the valetudinarian; its perfume, though not fo refrefhing perhaps as that of the Sweet-Briar, is not apt to offend on continu- ance the molt delicate olfa&ories. Being an annual it requires to be railed yearly from feed; vhen once introduced on a warm dry border it will continue to low itfelf, and grow very luxuriantly, flowering from June. to the commencement of winter; but as it is defirable t ø have'it as early as poffible in the fpring, the her way is either to low the feed in pots in autumn, fecuring them through the winter in frames, or in a greenhoufe, or to raife the feeds early on a gentle hot bed, thinning the plants if they require it, fo as to have only two or three in a pot. _][,ILIUM CHALCEDONICUM, CHALCEDONIAN Cla. and Order: ß HEXANDRIA MONOGyNIAo Generic Charafler. Cor. 6-petala, campanulata: linea 1ongitudinali neEtarifera. Capf. valvulis pilo cancellato connexis. Specific Charaer and Synonyms. LILIUM chalcedonicum foliis fparfis lanceolatis, floribus re- flexis, corollis revolutis. Lin. $yfl. Fegetab. p. $24. LILIUM byzantium miniatum. ]?auh. Pin. 78. The Red Martagon of Conttantinople. Park. Parad. p. 34- This fpecies is belt known in the nurferies by the name of the Scarlet Martagon; but as it is not the Martagon of Lin~ nazus, to avoid c'onfufion it will be moll proper to adhere to the name which Linnaeus'has given it. It is a native not only of Perfia, but of Hungary; Profef- for Jacquin, who has figur. ed it in hi moll excellent Flora uflriaca, defcribes it as growing btwixt Carniola and Carin- thia, and other parts of Hungary, but always on the tops of the largePt mountains. It varies in the number of its flowers, from one to fix, and the colour in rome is found of a blood red. Authors differ in their ideas of its fmell: Jacquin defcrib- ing it as d!fagreeble, while Scopoli' compares it to that of an orange. It flowers in June and July; and is propagated by offsets, ß ,vhich it produces pretty freely and which will grow in aimoil any foil or fituation. The bell time for removing the roots is loon after the leaves- are decayed, before they have begun to flmot. .JAsMINUM OFICINALEo COMMON JASMll or JESSAMINE. Claf s .and Order. DANDRA MOOG¾XA. Generic Charaer? Cot. 5-fida. Bacca dicocca,. 8era. arillata. tnthere intra tuburn: Specific CharacVer and Synonyms. JASMINUM officinale folii oppofitis ;_ foliolis dittin.is: Lin. Sy]?. Fegetab. p. 56. JASM1NUM vulgariris flore albo. Bauh Pin. 897' Jarmine or Gelmine. Park. parad: œ. 406. There is an elegance in the Jafmine .w...hich added to it fragrance renders it an obje& of uniyerfal admiration. "It grows naturally at Malabar, and i.n fev. eral pa,rts of '' India, yet has been long inured to o.u.r climate, fo as "to thrive and flower .extremely wel L bu.t qever produce *' any fruit in England. It is eafily p.ropaga[ed by laying "down the branches, which will take root in one ye.ar, ant[ "may then be cut from the 0!d plant, and plante.d. her.e they *' are defigned to remain: it may al.fo be propaga. ted by cut "tings, which'fhould be planted early in the .autumn, and. 4, guarded againpt the effects of revere froRs. "When there plants are removed, they thould be planted "either againPt rome wall, pale, or other fence, where the "flexible branches may be fupported. Thefe plam trhould ' be lermi.tted to grow rude in the fummer, otherwife there "will be no flowers; but after the fummer is paPt, the luxu- "riant thoots fhould be pruned off, and the others mull be -' nailed to the fupport. "There are two varieties of this with variegated leaves,. "' one with white, the other with yellow Ptripes, but the latter "is the moll common: thefe are propagated by budding them ' on the plain Jafmine; they require to be planted in a warm *' fituation, efI3ecially the white-Ptriped, for they are much "more tender 'than the plain, and 'in very revere winters ' their branches/hould be covered with mats or ttraw to prex. "vent their being killed." Miller's' Gard. DirT. :1 .1 MESEMBRYANTHEMUM DOLABRIrORME, I-IATCHET-LEAV'D FIG-MARIG&LD, osN PNT- Generic Charaer. d- 5 -fi8us' Petala numetofa, linearly. Cap carnora in[era, polyfperma. 8pecc Charae and Synonyms. ESEMBRYANTHEMUM &labrrme acaule, foliis dola- ' briformibus punatis. Lin 8yd. Feg. p. 47 o- FICOIDES capentis humills, foliis ½0rnua c$'rvi re[erentibus, petalis luteis no&iflova, Badl,tc.  . p. x x. t. xo. Dillen Hort. lth. t, x91.  37- Tfiough many Latin nmes of plants, as Geranium, Hepatica, Cvolvulus, &c. are more familiar to te ear, and more gene- rally Ufed than their Engli ones, yet Membryanthemum. though ufed by rome, appes too long to be generally adopt- d, its 'Engli name of Fig-nariold i doubtlefs to be pre- ferred. The Fig-marigolds are a very numerous tribe, chiefly inha- bitants of the Cape of Good Hope; no lefs than thirty-tfiree fpeies are figured in that ineimable work the Hortus Eltha- fis of Dillenius. As mo of there plants grow readily' from flips, or cuttings, and require only the elter of a com- mon' greenhoufe, and a they recommend themfelves t.o our notice, either from e extreme fingqlarity of thew foliage, the beauty of their flowers, or the peculiarity o( their epan- fion, fo they are a favourite clafs of plants with many. The prefent fpecies is a native of the Cape of Good Hope, and is particularly diinguied by havipg.leaves romewhat re- fembling a hatthet, whence its name; t s as hardy as mo, nd flowers as freely, but its bloffoms fully expand in the vening and night only.  is er readily propagated by cuttings. ASTER TENELLUS. BRISTLY-LEAV'D ASTER. Cla and Order. SYNGENESIA ponYc.mxA Generic Charag]er. Recept. nudum. Pappus fimplex. Cot. radii ?lures Cal. imbricati fquame inferiores patule. ß Sœecific Charagler and Synonyms. ASTER tenellus foliis fubfilifo-'inibus aculeato-ciliatis, dunculls nudis, calycibus hemithasricis mqualibus, iin. $)fl. Fegetab. p. 760. ASTER parvus ethiopicus, chamemeli floribus, tamarifcl egvptiaci foliis tenuiflime denticulatis. Pluk. elm. 56 t. 27t. f- 4- Rail Suppl. x64. n. 84. Molt of the numerous fpecies. of this genus flower about Michaelmas, hence'their vulg.ar name of Michaelm43-Daify; a name exceptionable not onl)! on account of its length, but t¾om its being a compound word. After, though a Latin term, is now fo generally received, that we thall make no apology for adopting it. We are indebted to North-America for molt of our Allers, but the prefent fpecies, which is omitted by 1Miller, and is rattier a fcarce plant in this country, 'though not of'modern introdu&ion, being figured by Plukenet and defcribed by Ray, is a native of Africa, and, like:a few others, reqtfires in the winter the flelter of a greenhoufe. It is particularly diRinguithed by having very narrow leavens vith thort brittles on them, and by its bloflbms drooping be- fore they open, It is a perennial, flowers in September and O61ober, anti may be propagated by flips or cuttings. The plant from whence our drawing was made, came frora Meffr. Grdon and .Fhonron's Nurfery, Mile-End. ]RO WALLIA ELATA? TALL BROWALLIA, .and Or, ter.. II Iy N A1v I A GyMN..O,ERMIA: G. eneLic ha.rag(er: .--l. 5-dentatus.. ½or. limbus.. 5-fidus: qualis, patens: um. bi? |ic0 cla. ufo Antheris , majoribus: ½aPf. x-loculari: Specific Chargler and $yno1ms BROWALLIA data pedu. nculis unifloris mu. ltiflorifque: Lin. $yfl. l/egetab: p. 57 $p? Pl? BSq., Mill. Diff. Of this genu s there are only two fpecies, both .natlyes of South-America, the data, fo called from its being a much taller plant thin the demiffa is a very.. beautiful, and not un :ommon Rove or green-hot!re ]lant? t i impoffib!e by any Colours We hve, to do juRice 'to th brilliancy of its flowers, Beh.g an annual, it requires to be raifed yearly from feed ß ,vbich muff be fowfi on a hot-bed in the fpring, and the plants brought forwar d on another, otherwife they Will not' perfe& their feed in this Country. Some of'thefe may be. tranfpianted into the horders Of the flower-garden which are warmly fitu- ated, where, if the feafon prove favourable, they will flower nd ripen their fee4s; but, fo' fecurity's fake, i't will b e pru.- 4e'it to keep' a' few plants in th Rove or green-hou, fe. As thefe plants have not been diftinguifhed by any parti- cula Englilh name, Mt'hxv. very prc/perly ufes. its Latin 0{e; a pr'61ice which fhould as much as poflible be. adhered to, where a genqs is nacd. in honour of a BotaniR of eminence. x ] CREPIS BARBATA. BEAR-DED CREPIS or PURPLE-EYED SUCCORY-HAWKWEED. SYNGENESIA POLYGAMIA dEqUALI$. Generic Charat7er. Reeept, nudum. CaL calyculatus fquamisdeciduis. Pappus plumofus, ftipitatus. Specific Charaer and Synonyms. CREPIS araata involucris calyce longioribus: fetaceis fparfis. Lin 8)fl. Fegetab. p. 7 x 9. HIERACIUM proliferum falcatum, Bauh. Pin. HIERACIUM calyce barbato. CoL ecphr. e. p. 8. t. 7' f' I-IIERACIUM boeticum medio nigro. Herm. Parad. Bat. x8 5. t. x8 5. fquami$ Grows fpontaneoully in the fouth of France, about Mont pelicr; allb, in Spain, Italy, Sicily, and elfewhere in the fouth of Europe: is one of the moff common annuals culti- vated in our gardens. It begins flowering in,July, and con- tinues to bloffom till the froft fets in. No other care is neceffary in the cultivation of this fpecies than fowing the feeds in the fpring, in little patches,. on the borders where they are to remain, thinning them if they prove too numerous. M  L r  P calls this fpecies etica, and improperly defcribes the centre of the flower as black, .as alfo does H e R  ^N : in all the fpecimens we have feen, it has evidently been of a deep purple colour, or, as L   N  u s expreffes it, atroœur- ]If - LILIUM LILIUM LILY. ne6tarifera. LILIUM BULBIFERUM. ORANGE 4. _._..,...,.---.-i.- .  ½- .--. ½lafs and Order. HEXANDRA MONOOyNIAo Generic Cbaraler. Cot. 6-petala, campanulata: linea 1ongitudinali Capri valvulis pilo cancellato connexis. Specific Charaler and Synonyms. LILIUM bulbiferum foliis fparfis, corollis campanulatis ere6tis: intus fcabris. Lin. $yfl. Ffgetab. p. Jacq. Fl. 4uflr. t, 6. purpureo-croceum majus. Bauh. Pin. 76. aureum, the gold red Lily. œark. Parad. p. 37- ß ' The common orange or red Lily is as well known in the "Englith gardens as the white Lily, and has been as long "cultivated here. This grows naturally in Auftria and rome "parts of Italy. It multiplies very far by offsets from the "roots, and is now fo common as altooft to be reje&ed; "-however, in large gardens there {hould not be wanting, ' for they make a good appearance when in flower, if they "are properly difpofed; of this fort there are the tbllowing "varieties: "The orange Lily with double flowers, "The orange Lily with variegated leaves, "The fmaller orange Lly. "There varieties have been obtained by culture, and are "preferveal in the gardens of florifts. hey all flower in "June and July, and their ftalks decay in September when "the roots may be tranfplanted and (heir offsets taken off, "which {hould be done once in two or three years, otherx41 "their branches will be too large, and the flower-ftalks "weak. This doth not put out new roots till towards fpring, "fo that the roots may .be tranfplanted any time after the "fialks decay till November. It will thrive in any foil or "fituation, but will be ftrongeft in a loft gentle loam, not too "moift." Mill. DigA Bern  the fmoke of London better than many plants. Varies with and without bulbs on the {talks. CHIRONIA FRUTESCENS. SHRUBBY CHIRONIA. Cla and Order. PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Generic CharafTer. Car. rotata. ]iflillum declinatum. Stamina tuba corolla in- fidentia. 4nther, e demure fpirales. Peric. 2-1oculare. Specific CharacTer and Synonyms. CHIRON!Afrutefiens, foliis lanceolatis fubtomentofis, caly- c?bus campanulatis. œin. Syfl. Fegeta& p. v.v. 9. CENTAURIUM foliis binis oppofitis anguftis linearibus, flare magna rubente. tlurm. _/lfric. v.o 5. t. 7 4. fig. . Of the genus Chironia  ten fpecies are enumerated in Prof. MuvvAx,'s lall edition of the 8yfl. Fegeta& of Lx N lq 2us, ex½lufive of the Chironia Centaurium which we firft added to this genus in the 4d number of the Flora Londinenaqs. Of thefe, the fruteens is the molt fhewy, and therefore the moll cultivated. It is a native of different parts of Africa. The flowers are produced from June to autumn, and the feeds ripen in O&ober. This plant lhould be placed in an airy glafs cafe in winter, where it may enjoy a dry air, and much fan, but will not thrive in a warm flare, nor can it be well preferved in a common greenhoufe, becaufe a damp tooill ai: will foon caufe it to rot. The feed of this plant fhould be fawn in fmall pots filled xvith light fandy earth,- and plunged into a moderate hot-bed; fametimes the feeds x.ill lie a long time in the ground; fo that if the plants do not appear the fame feafon, the pots fhouid not be difturbed, but preferveal in lhelter till the following pring, and then plunged into a frelh hot-bed, whieh will ring up the plants in a lhort time if the feeds are good. When the plants are fit to remove, they lhould be tranfplanted into froall pots, four or five in each pot, then plunged into a moderate hot-bed, where they mull have a large lhare of air in warm weather; when they have obtained fame 1trengtb, Ihey tour be gradually inured to the open air; when expofed abroad, they thouid he mixed with fuch plants as require little water, placed in a warm fituation, and fcreened from heavy rains, which are apt to rot them. The cuttings of this fort will take root if properly managed. iller's Gard. Di7. [ ] VLRUM TU$. COMMO LURUSTU$. _..,... .½- .--;', ..  .. -,-,'.', ..  4'-'-'' Clafs and Order. pENTANDRIA TRIGYNIA- Generic CharatIer. Ca/.,vx &partitus, œuperus. Cor.' 5-fida. œacca -œperma. Specific Charailer and Synonyms. VIBURNUM ff7nus foliis integerrimis ovatis: ramificationibus venarum fubtus villofo-glandulofis. Lin. Syfl. Fegetab. p. 94. LAURUS fylveftris, corni famine foliis fubhirfutis. Bauh. Pin. 46x. The wild Bay-tree. Park. Parad. 'p. 4oo. We fcarcely recolle& a plant whole bloffoms are fo hardy as thofe of the LauruRinus, they brave the inclemency of our 5vinters, and are. not deftroyed but in very revere fealbns. The beauties of this moR charming thrub can be enjoyed by thole only who cultivate it at rome little diftance from town, the fmoke of London being highly detrimental to its growth. It is a native of Portugal, Spain, and Italy. Botanifts enumerate many varieties of the Lauruftinus, and fo contiderably do rome of there differ, that M L L sr has been induced to make two fpecies of them, which he diRinguifles by the names of l/irburnum ff'inus and l/. lucidurn; the laft of there is the molt ornamental, and at the fam time the moft tender; there are rome other trifling 9arieties, betides thole, with variegated leaves, or the gold and filver-Rriped. It is only in very favourable fituations that there th/,ubs ripen their feeds in England, hence they are molt commonly propagated by layers, which readily Rrike root: MILLER. lkys, that the plants railed from feeds are hardier than thole produced from layers. It thrives bcl in theltered fituations and a .dr), foil. Ill flJllllillJ i1 -F ik A N:K L I N'S TAR'TA R- , ....... , . .,. , : ; .... ß ", i ' .7-' . i;--.  -Te" rnatibn: .:re 'xbibited -'is a' eedfing railed by M. 'FS'ANKLtN, Of Lambeth-Martin,} an igenious cultivator o[' there 'bers, iOfe;'ne it bes: W'have not gured k'as the moR pe[e' owe o tl' nd, 'either in orm or z'e; 'but';a½ bei  very ne pecimen'of the fort, and one whole ½orm. and colours ½ iS in the. bW o (he arti rett e.xaly t0 imitate; , The Dianthus Cbpb311k) 0r Wild'Cl'e. i-.;generally c9-- fidered as' the 'parent. of tk Carnation; and"may be found, if not in 'itg',ild ffate,' :? tea ngle, ' 0n th'w&lls of RocheiIe. Caffle; where it has bden 1oog known t6'floui, and wherq iX vroaas to' varieties in'.oim of.,.10ur, the pale agd deep Yed:.* " - Flowers which ae c616atdTro m age t: ge are continually' P}6"&ing"new 'rietie;' hencd there s.no aandard as tO. name,:-e,; or p'?b;-amongk thefit, 'but wlmt is perpe- tually fluuating; .thus the,red Hlo, the Aloe Hulo, the greateft Granado:, with feal': otrs celebrated in the time of Paaxso,, have long,.Once been configned to oblivion; an'.it:is probable, that te variety now exhibited, may, ia a few years, are  timilar fat&; for it would be vanity in us t fuppofe, 'that the Carnation,: by aduous culture, may not, 'kn' the eye of the FloriE, be yet confiderably improved. " To fucceed in the culture of the Carnation, w muE ad- yea to the fituation in which it is found wild, and this is obferved to be dry and elevated; hence exceve moiaure is foun'd. to be one of the greateE enemies this plant has to en- counter; and, on this account, it is found to fucceed better, when planted in a pot, than in the open border; becaufe in the'former, any fuperfluous moiRure readily drains off; but, in guarding againE too much wet, we muE be careful to avoid the oppofite extreme. To keep any plant in a Rate of great luxuriance, it is ne- cea that the foil in which it grows be rich; hence a mixture oflight-lom, and perfelly rotton horfe or cow dung, in equal ' propor- p:oportions, is found to e a Pr6Pr C'ompof[ for the Ca/naiioh' Care/houltl b6 taken that no wo/'ms, grabS, or o/her infects/ be introduced with the dung; to prevent' this, .the dung, when rifted fine, timdid be expofed ib th'e rays bf the fun, on a hot fummer's day, till perfectly dry, and then put by in a box for afe; frill more to increafe the luxuriance of the plants,. water it in the fpring and fummer with an. infufion of fleep's dung. The Carnation is propagaied by feeds, layers, an pipings new varieties can only be railed from feed, %hich, however, is fparingly produced from good flowers, becaife the petals to are fo multiplied. as nearly ex, clude the parts of the fructi fication effential to their produO,on. cc The feed muir be fown in April, in pois of boxds, very "thin, and placed upon an EaR border. "In July, tranfplant them upon a bed {n aft open fituation, ' at aboutfour inches afunder; at the end ofAugutt tranfplant 'c them again upon another bed, at about ten inches afunder,  and ther4 let them remain till they flower: thade them till a they have taken root, and in very fevere weather in Winter, "cover the bed with mats over fome hoops. "The aeollowing rumruer they will flower, when you muff; c mark fuch as you like, make layers from, and pot them." :Ellis's Gardener's Pocket Calendar. The means of increaring there plants by layers and plpings,, are known to every Gardener. Such as wifl for more minute information concerning the' culture, properties, divifions, or varieties, of this flower, than; the limits of our Wo.rk will admit, 'may confult Miller's Gardo: DitL or the Florifl ½atalogue. [403 TRILLIUM SESSILE. SESSILE TRILLIUM. Cla and Order. Generic Charaer. CaL 8phyltus. Cot. 3petala. acca 3-1ocularis. Specific Charaer and Synonyms. TRILLiUM flore feli ereo. Lin. {fi. Fegeta& p. 349. PARIS foliis ternaris, flore felfili ereo. Gfon. virg. 44- SOLANUM tviphyllum. luk. alm. 35. t. xxx.f 6. Cat, car. t. 50. OF this gert'us there are three fp'ecies, all o which are na- tives o Nor. th'-Ameri'ca, nd defcribcd by Muuza, in his Gardener's Diiony, where the genus is called merican Herb aris; but as the Paris and riltium, though romewhat timilar in the yle of their foliage, are ve different in their parts of frui'fication, we have thought it mo expedient to angli- cife Tffllium, it being to the full as eafily pronounced as Geranium, and many other Latin name now thmiliar to the Engli ear. ß *This fpecies takes it trivial name o.le, from the flowers having no footalk bt fitting a it were immediately on the end of the alk. xx The figure here exhibited was taken from a plant which flowered in my garden ta tring, from roots lent me the pre- ceding autumn, by Mr. Roax Suga, Gardener, Charleaon, South-Carolina, who is not only well verfed in plants, but indehtigable in difcovering and colleing the more rare fpecies o;that count, and with which the gardens of this are likely loon to be enriched. It grows in ady fituations in a light foil, and requires the hme treatment as the DodecaIheon and round-leav'd Cyclamem Ve have not yet had a hit opportunity of obferving whether this tecies ripens its teds with us: though of as long and ing in this country as the Dodecatheon, it is hr lefs common hence one is led to conclude that it is either not fo readily protagated, or more eafily det(royed. .-'4 0 '1 _Publiahl bv,. Uartr]totanicambet31iteh ' ALCEOLARIA PINNATA. SLIPPER-WORT, PINNATED Clafs and Order. D .N DI{ A MOrOOWN A- Generic Charat?cr. Cot. tingens inflata. Caps. oAocularis, -valvis. Cal. 4-partitus equalis. Specific Charagter and Synonyms, CALCEOLARIA pinnata foliis pinnatis. Lin, $yfl. l(.egetab. p, 64. CALCEOLARIA foliis fcabiofa: vulgaris. Fewill Ieruv. 8, t. xp. fg. 7. There being no EnglHh name to this plant, we have adopted ß that of $lipper-wort, in imitation of Cakedaria, which is de- 'rived from Calcedus, a little hoe or flipper. This fpecies of Calceolaria is one of the many plants intro- duced into our gardens, fince the time of Mt.L.a: it is an annual, a native of Peru, an4, of courfe, tender: though by no means. a common plant in our g.ardens, it is as eafily raifed from feed as any plant whatever. Thefe are to be fown on a gentle hot-bed in the fpring; the feedlings, when of a proper fi-ze, are to be tranfplanted into the borders of the flower- arden, where they will flower, ripen, and fcatter their feeds; ut being a fmall delicate plant, whole beauties require a clofe infpe6'tion, it appears to molt advantage in a tan ftove, in :which, as it will grow from cuttings, it may be bad to flower all the year through, by planting them in fuccefiion. This latter mode of treatment is ufed by Mr. tto¾, Cardener to his Grace of Northumberland, at Sion-ttoufe, where this plant may be'feen in great perfeOdon, ] CAMELLIA JAPONICA. ROSE CAMILLI., .$,.,. -,,.-',..-'¾, -..- #...;v-2,..-,$ .. + CI and Order. MOADELPHIA POLYANDRIA, Genic Charaer. qx'imbricatus, polyphyllus: foliolis interioribus majorlbus. CAMELLIA japonica foliis acute ferratis acuminads. Lin. yfi.-Vegetab. ed.' '. p. 632. unberg Japon. t. TSUBAKI Kempfer Ammn. 850. t. 85 x. ROSA chinentis. Ed. av. . p. 7' t. 7' THEA chinentis piment jamaicenfis folio, tore rofeo. Pet. Gaz. t. 83-fig' ' This moil: beautiful tree, though long fince figured and defcribed, as may be feen by the above fynonyms, was a firanger to our gardens in the time of MXLER, or at lear it is not noticed in the laft edition of his DiEtionary. It is a native both of China and Japan. TwuxBRc, in his Flora eaponica, defcribes it as growing every. where in the groves and gardens of Japan, where it becomes a prodigioufly'large and tall tree, highly efteemed by the natives for the elegance of its large and very variable bloffoms, and its evergreen leaves; it is there' found with tingle and double flowers, which alfo are white, red, a.nd purple, and produced fi'om April to Oober. Reprefentations 'Repreœe'ntations of this flower are. frequently met With in Chinere paintings. With us, the Camellia is ge.ner.ally treated as a flove plant, and propagated by layers; t s rometimes placed in the greenhoufe; but it appears to us to be one of the properef plants imaginable for the confervatory. At fome future time it may, perhaps, not be uncommon to treat it as a œauruflinus or Magnolia: the high price at which it has hitherto been fold, may have prevented its being hazarded in this way. The bloffoms are of a firm texture, but apt to fall off long before they have loft their brilliancy; it therefore is a pra&ice with rome to flick.fuch deciduous bloffoms on fom'e frelh bud, where they continue to look well for a confidetable time. PzTxvzu confidered our plant as a fpecies of Tea tree; fgture obfervations will probably {;QnfilTIl his conje&urc. CISTUS INCANUS. HoARy, or Rose CiST us. Cla and Order. POLYANDRIA ONOGYNIA. Corolla 5-petala. bus. CapJla. Generic Charac7er. Calyx $-phyllus, foliolis duobus minori- Specific Charaer and Synonyms. CISTUS incanus arborefcens exftipulatus, foliis fpatulatis tomentofis rugotis inferioribus bari cormaris vagi- nantibus. Lin. Syfl. l/egetaA ;. 497' CISTUS mas anguftifolius. œauh. Pin. 464. Few plants are more admired than the cirrus tribe; they have indeed one imperfeOdon, their petals loon fall off: this however is the lefs to be regretted, as they in general have a great profufion of flower-buds, whence their 1ofs is daily fup- plied. They are, for the molt part, inhabitants of warm cli- mates, and affeCCt dry,/helteced, though not/hady, fituations. The prefent fpecies is a native of Spain, and the fouth of France, and being liable to be killed by the feverity of our winters, is generally kept with green-houfe plants. It may be propagated either by feeds, or cuttings; the for- mer make the belt plants. [ 44] CYCLAMEN pERSICUM. PERSIAN CYCLAMEN. Cla and Order. PENTANDRIA 1V[ONOG¾ N IA. Generic Charatler. Corolla rotata, refiexa, tubo breviflimo: Bacca te&a capfula. fauce prominente. Specific Charafter. CYCLAMEN perilcure foliis cor_datis ferratis. 4to. ed. 6. Miller's DiD. L  /eus in this, as in many other genera, certainly makes too few fpecies, having only two; Mt,.,.u, on the contrary, is perhaps too profufe in his number, making eight. The afcertaining the precife limits of fpecies, and variety, in plants that have been for a great length of time objes of culture, is often attended with difficulties fcarcely to be furmounted, is indeed a Gordian Knot to Botanifts.-- Our plant is the Cyclamen perilcure of M xx E u, and has been introduced inio our gardens long fince the European ones; be- ing a native of the EaR-Indies, it is ofcourfe more tender than the others, and therefore requires to be treated more in the ftyle of a green-houfe plant. It is generally cultivated in pots, in light undunged earth, or in a mixture of loam and lime rubbith, and kept in frames, or on the front theIf of a green-houfe, where it may have plenty of air in the fummer, but guarded againft too much moifture in the winter. May be raifed from feeds in the fame manner as the round- leaved Cyclamen already figured in this vork, p- n. 4- Flowers early in the fpring, and is admirably well adapted to decorate the padour or ftudy. Varies with fragrant flowers, and the eye more or lefs red. CROCUS VERNUS. SFRING CROCUS. ClO and OrWer, TRIAN9RIA Generic CharaWer. Cordia 6-partira, mqualis. 8zigmata tonvoluta. 8?ecc Chattier and 8nonyms. O0US vers foliis latioribus margine patulo. ]acq. FL ur. ol. 5' app. . 86, tin. 8/. Yegeta& p. 8. vat. fmiv. CO0US remus latifolius. b. Pin. 65, 66. The Yellow Crocus. Pariin/ParM. p. LiN.u's confiders the Crocus, or Saffron of the /hops, which blows invariably in the autumn, and the fpring Crocus, with its numerous varieties (of which P^rrissos, in his Garden of Pleafant Flowers, enumerates no lefs than twenty- feven) as one and the fame fpecies:' other Botaniffs have confidered them as diffin&, particularly Pa o '. J ^cQu [ Nj whofe opinion on this fubje& we dcem the moff decifive. We have figured the yellow variety, which is the one moff commonly cultivated in our gardens, though according to the defcription in the Flora triaca, the Crocus vernus, in its wild ttate, is ufually purple or white. The cultivation of this plant is attended with no ditticulty; in a light' fandy loam, and dry fituation, the roots thrive, and multiply fo much as to require fi-equent reducing; they ufually flower about the beginning of March, and whether planted in rows, or patches, on the borders of the flower-garden, or mixed indifcriminately with the herbage of the lawn, when expanded by the warmth of the fun, they produce a molt brilliant and exhilirating ere&. , The molt mifchievous of all our common birds, the l'parrow is very apt to commit great depredations amonglt them when in flower, to the no froall mortification of tholE-who delight in their culture; we have fucceeded in keeping there birds off, by placing near the obje.i to be preferveal, the fldn of a cat pr. operly ttuffed: a live cat, oi' fome bird of the hawk kind confined in a citge, might perhaps anfwer the purpofe more effegtua!ly, at lear in 1ooint of duration. I Lucoj v. SPo Sow-K EXADRI OOGYIA Gcneic Charaer. Corolla campani0rmis, -partita, apicibus  inctaffata, Stigma fimplex. 8pecc Charaer and Synonyms. LEUCOJUM vernum fpatha uniflora, fiylo clavato. )fl. Fegeta& p. 3x6. LEUCOJUM bulbofum vulgate, Bauh. Pin. 55' The great early bulbous Violet. Park.'Parad. The bloffoms of the Leucojum and Galanthus, or Snow-Dmp are very timilar at firft fight, but differ very effentially when examined; the Snow-Drop having according to the Linmean defcription, a three-leaved ne&ary, which is wanting in the Leucojum; the two genera then being very diftin&, it becomes neceffary to give them different names; we have accordingly beltowed on the Leucojum the name oœ Snow-Flake, vhich, 'hile it denotes its affinity to the Snow-Drop is not inappli- cable to the meaning of Leucojum. As the fpring Snow-Flake does not increafe fo far by its roots, as the Snow-Drop, or even the fummer Snow-Flake, to it is become much fcarcer in our gardens; it may, indeed, be almof confidered as one of our plante rariores, though at the fame time a very &firable one. I t does not flower fo loon by almoft a month, as the Snow- Drop; but its bloffoms, which are ufually one on each foot-ftalk 'rometimes two, are much larger, and delightfully fragrant. It is found wild in thady places and moift woods in many parts of Germany and Italy. The molt proper fituation for it is a north or eaft border, foil a mixture of loam and bog earth; but by having it in different ale&s, this, as well as other plants, may have its flowering forwarded or protra&ed, and, eonfequently, the plealure of feeing them in bloffom, confl- derably lengthened. In a favourable foil and fituationl it propagates tolerably 'fai. by offsets. Ill [47'] AtRYLLS FOMOSSSMt. JACO^ AARYLLIS, ClaJ3 and Order. H .x A .N'DRI A MOROGYIq I'A? '-Geneic ½ha)aYer. Corolla 6-petala, campanulata. Stigma trifidum Specific Chara,Vler and Synonyms. AMARYLLIS Jrmffima fpatha uniflora corolla imequali petali tribm, ftaminibus piftilloque declinatis œin. )ft. l/eg,etab. p, 3 '0' LILIO-NARCISSU. S jacobaus, flore fanguineo nutante, Dillen. elth.  5' t.  fig. f  9fl. The Indifin Daffodil with , red flowei'. Park. Par-. 7 ' f' 8' A native of South-America: according to Lœmus, firl lnown in Europe in 593, figured. by PxaIZX so in &'9, and placed by him among the Daffodils  froyes and green-houfes were then unknown, no wonder therefore it did not thrive long. "Is now become pretty common in th'e curious gardens in "England, and known by the name of Jacobea Lily; the ** roots fe.nd forth plenty of offsets, efpecially when they are * kept in a moderate warmth in winter; for the roots of this *' kind will live in a good gr.een-houfe, 'or may be preferred *' through the winter under a common hot-bed tYame; but ** then they will not flower fo often, nor fend out fo many ' offsets as when they are placed in a moderate ftove in "winter. This fort wil 1 produce its flowers two or three '* times in a year and is not regular to any feafon; but from ' March to the beginning of September, ,the flowers will be * produced, when the roots are in vigour. "It is propagated by offsets, which may be taken off every *' year; the belt time to ift and part thefe'roots is in Auguft, "that they may take good root before winter; in doing of "this, there fhould be care taken not to break off the fibres "from their roots. They flmuld be plamed in pots of a '* middling fize, filled with light kitchen-garden earth; and, if "the 7 are kept in a moderate degree of warmth, they'will *' produce their flowers in plenty and. t, he ..ro0. ts will make. ' great increa[e," 3ffiller's Gard. 1)il. b ] h  b,C ' ota. tY m.dei zg'arn bWe2go:'zlt - petala rex, Stamina intra TRIANDRUS? .ARCISSUS D^ODXL. Clots and Order. HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA- Generic Chauer. ,qualia. ario hffundibuliformi, nearium. NARCISSUS NARCISSUS REFLEXED -phyll% Specific Chara7er and Synonyms. triandrus fpatha fub-bi{lora, floribus cernuis, petalis reflexis, ftaminibus tribus longioribus. triandrus fpatha fub-uniflora, ne6tario campa-- nulato crenato dimidio petalis breviore, lta- milfibus ternis. Lin. Syfl. Feœetab. p. 3t7, NARCISSUS juncifolius, albo {lore reflexo. Cluf. app. alt. The yellow turning Junquilia, or Rufi Daffodil. Parkin.t, lParad. 93' fig' g, 3' The prefent fpecies ofiVrciffus is confidered by the Nur(ery2 men near London as the triandrus of Ltqtq:zvs, which it no doubt is, though it does not accord in every particular with his defcription: his triandrus is white, ours is pale yellow, but colour is not in the lear to be. depended o,n, tbr it is found to vary in this as in all the other fpecies; his triandrushe defcribes a  having in general only three Ramina, whence the name he has given it; ours, fo far as we have obferved, hts conftantly fix, three of which reach no further than the mouth of the tube, a circumttance fo unufual, that L tq  .u s might overlook it without any great impeachment of his difcernment; he fays, indeed, that it has fometimes fix: perhaps, the three lowermolt ones may, in fome inftances, be elongated fo as to equal the others; if he had obferved the great inequality of their length, he would certainly have mentioned it. This fpecies is found wild on the Pyrenean mountains; was an. inhabitant of our gardens in the time of P.,s sot4 (who has very accurately defcribed it, noticing even its three ftamina,) to which, however, it has been a Rranger for many years: t has lately been re-introduced, but is as yet very fcarce. Our figure was taken from a fpecimen which flowered in Mr Lt'a Nurfery at Hammerfmith. It grows with .as much readioefs as any o.t5 the others. of the ge.n. us., owers in March and April, IIII SOLDANELLA ALPINAo ALPINESOLDANELLA. Clafi and Order. PENTANDRIA MONOGYN IA. Generic Chara7er. .Corolla campanulata, lacero-multifida. Capf. x-locularis, apice multidentata. Specific Chara7er and Synonyms. 'SOLDANELLA alpina. Lin. Syfl. Fegetab. p. x94. SOLDANELLA alpina rotundifolia. œauh. Pin. 295. Of this genus there is at prefent only one known fpecies, the alpina here figured, which is a native of Germany, and, as its name imports, an alpine plant Its bloffoms are bell-fhaped, of a delicate blue colour, rometimes white, and Rrikingly fringed on the edge. It flowers ufually in March, in the open ground; requires, as moR alpine plants do, fhade and moiRure in the fummer, and the fhelter of a frame, in lieu of its more natural covering fnow, in the winter; hence it is found to fucceed beft in a northern afpe6't: will thrive in an open border, but is more commonly kept in pots. May be increared by ptrting its ro6ts early in autumn. [50] IRIS SIBIRICA. SIBERIAN IRIS. Ci d Order. TRIANDRIA ONOGYNIA. Generic ½hara7er. (7o'. 6-petala, inaqualis, petalis alternis geniculato-patentibus- 'Stigmata petaliformia, cucullato-bilabiata. 5[hunb. 'D.ff. de Iride. Specific Charac7er and Synonyms. IRIS fibirica imberbis foliis linearibus, fcapo fubtrifloro tereti, germinibus trigonis. Lin. Syfl. l&getab. p. IRIS pratentis anguftifolia, non fcetida altior. œauh. Pin. 3 . IRIS bicolor. Miller's Dic7. ed. 6, 41o. ? The greater blue. Flower-de-luce with narrow leaves. Parkinf. Prd. p: x85. fig. . This fpecies of Iris is a native of Germany and Siberia, and is dillinguifhed from thole ufually cultivated in our gardens by the fuperior height of its Rems, and the narrow- nefs of its leaves; from which lall charaaer it is often, by mirtake, called graminea; but the true graminea is a very different plant. The Iris f, birica is a hardy perennial, and will thrive in almoll any foil or fituation; but grows molt luxuriantly in a tooill one, and flowers in June. Is propagated moll readily, by parting its roots in autumn. II '[ ] NARCissus MAJOR. GRAT DAFFODIL. Clafi and Order. HEXAII DRIA MOblOGYN IA. Generic Cbarac7er. œetala 6 mqualia: NeIario infundibuliformi, l-phyllo. Sta- mina intra ne&arium. Specific Charafter and Synonyms. NARCISSUS major foliis fubtortuofis, fpatha uniflora, nec- ratio campanulato patulo crifpo equante petala. NARCISSUS major torus luteus calyce pra:longo. Baubin Pin. 52 . 'NARCISSI fylveRris alia icon. Dodon. $tirp. p. 227. The great yellow Spanlib BaRard Daffodil. Parkinf. Parad. to 101. fi. h. The prefent fpecies of Daffodil is the largeft of the genus, and bears the molt magnificent flowers, but, though it has long been known in this country, it is confined rather to the gardens of the curious. It is a native of Spain, and flowers with us in April. As its roots produce plenty of offsets, it is readily propagated. It approaches in its general appearance very near to 'the Narciffus Pd9udo-Narciffus, but differs in being a much taller plant, having its lea'es more twitted, as well as more glaucous, - its flowers (but efpecially its Netary) much larger, and its [etals more fpreading; and there chara.-ters are not altered y culture. It anfwers to he bicolor of LNtq,vs in every refpe& but colour, and we flmuld have adopted that name, had not the flowers with u been always of a fine deep yellow; we hae therefore taken BuuxN's name as the molt expreflive. It varies with double flowers. GENTIANA ACAULIS. LARGE-FLOWERED ß GENTIAN O1" GENTIANELLA. Cla, lg ad Order. Generic Charaer. Corolla monopetala. Caffula bivalvis, x-locularis. Recqtacdis g-longitudmalibus. Secific Chattier and Synonyms. GENTIANA aculis corolla quinquefida campanulata caulem excedente; Zinn. Syfl. geta& , .67. GENTIANA alpina latifolia magno flore, Bauh. Pin. x87. Small Gentian of the .Spring. Par& Par. . 35 e. t. 35x. 31 Plants growing.in mountainous fituations, where they are co,{tautiy expofed to ftrong-blowing winds, are always dwarfi; in fuch fituations, the prefent plant has no ftalk, xvhence its name acaulis, but cultivated in gardens it acquires one. Molt of the plants of this family are beautiful, nd, cultivated in gardens, in brilliancy of colour none exceed the prefent fpecies. As molt Alpine plants do, this loves a pure air, an elevated fituation, and a loamy foil, moderately moift; 'it is however romewhat capricious, thrivihg without the lear care in rome gardens, and not fucceeding in others; at any rate it will not, profper very near London. It flowers ufually in May, and fometimes in the autumn. Is propagated by parting, its roots at the clo{'e of rummet; but MILLgit fays, the firongeff aud heft'plants are produced from feed. Claf azd Order.- YNGENESIA POLYGAMIA SUPERFLIJAo Generic Charafter. Reeptaculum 'nudum, œaiOpus fimplex. Cal fimplex, poly- phyllus, aqualis. CINERARIA Specific CharaHer azd Synonyms. lata caule fuffruticofo, foliis fubqumque- lobis, fubtus tomcntofis; foliolis ad pedun- culos lanatis. In the beauty of its bloffoms, this fpecies.of Cineraria, lately introduced from Africa, by far eclipfe.s all the'others culti- vated in our gardens; its petals exteriorly are of a moil: vivid purple, interiorly white; this change of colour adds much to the brilliancy of the flower. Vhat renders this plant a more valuable acquifition to the green-houfe, is its hardinels, its readineh to riowe G and the facility with which it may be propagated, It flowers earl in the fpring, and, by pr9per management, may be made tO flower the whole year through; it is fome- times kept in the Rove and may be made to flower earlier by that means; but it fucceeds better in a common green-houfe, with no more heat than is juR neceiTary to keep out the froR, indeed it may be preferved in a common hot-bed frame through the winter, unlefs the weather prove very revere. Certain plants are particularly liable to be infefied with Aohides, or, in the vulgar pbrafe, to become 1oufy, this is one: the only way to have handfome, healthy, ftrong-fiowering plants, is to procure a conftant fucceflion by cuttings, for there is no plant [trikes more readily; there fiould be pla. ced in a pot, and plunged into a bed of tan. ./ t/ [54] ANEMONE SYLVESTRIS, SNOWDROP ANEMONY. and Order. POL¾,N DRIA POLYGYNIA. Coneric Charat7er. Calyx nullus. Pctala 6m 9. Semina plura. Specific Charafter and Synonyms. ANEMONE lvefiris pedunculo nudo, feminibus fibrotundls, ß hirfutis, muticis. Linn. $yfi. Vegetab. p. ANEMONE fylveftris alba major. Bauh. Pin. p.. 76. The white wild broad-leafed Wind-Flower. Park. Par. 2O2o ]PARKISOI very ,accurately notices the. firiking charaEters. of this fpecies of Anemone, which are its creeping roots, its lage white flowers Randing on the tops of the fiower-fialks, which rometimes gro two together, but mo commonly fingly; the leaves on the fialk; he obferves, are more finely divided than thole of the root, and its feeds are woolly. MLLSR defcribes it as h. aving little beauty, and therefore but feldom planted in gardens; it is true, it. does not recom- mend itfelf by the gaudinefs of its colours, but there is in the flowers, efpecially before they expand,. a timpie elegance, romewhat like that of the Snowdrop, and which affords a pleating contra{t to the more they flowers of the garden. It flowers in May, and ripens its feds in June. It will grow in almoR any foil or fituation, is propagated by offsets from the root, which it puts out mo{'t plentifully, fo as indeed foractim½ to be troublefome, I a native of Germany. ' IMll , [ 55 C_-ERANIUM STRIATUM. ] Claj ' and Order. MONADELPtlIA DECANDRI-- Generic. Charat?er. Monogy,nia. $tigmata 5. Fruglus roRratus"5-coccus- Specific Charaler and Synonyms. C ERAN IUM firiatum pedunculis bifloris, foliis quinquelobis: 10bis medio dilatatis, petalis bilobis venofo- reticulatis. Linn. Syfl. fegetab. p. 616. GERANIUM riatum pedunculis bifloris, foliis caulinis trilo- bis, obtufe crenatis. Miller's Dit?. GERANIUM Romanurn verficolor five ftriatum. .The variable' ffriped Cranefbill. Park. Parad. p. 9' This fpecies is diffinguifhed by having white petals, finely reticulated vith red veins, and the corners of the divifions of the leaves marked with a fpot of a purplifh brown colour, which PAV, Kt/qSON has long fince noticed. Is laid by LllqNmvs tO be a native 'of Italy, is a very hardy plant, flowers in May and June, and may be propagated by parting its roots in Autumn, or by feed; prefers a loamy foil and fhady fituation. I# IIIlfl I LACEOATV. Monogyna. GERANIUM SPEAR-LEAVED G'ERANIUM. Cleft and Order. loIqADE LPH IA DECABI DRIAo Generic Charagter. $tigmata 5. * œrugtus rollrams 5-coccus. ß $10ecific CharaCter and Synonyms. glaucum calycibus .monophyllis, foliis lanceola- tis integerrimis glaucis, cable erefto fuffruticofo. œinn Syfl. Vegetab. p. 64. Supp. t'l.o. 306. This elelant and very fingular fpecies of Geranium appears to have been firit cultivated in this country; its introduaion was attended with circumftances rather unufual. Mr. Lee, Nurferyman of the Vineyard, Hammerfmith, in looking over rome dried fpecimens in the Pofl'ffion of Sir Josv- BANKS, which he had recently received from the Cape of Good Hope, ß 'as ftruck with the fingnlar appearance of this Geranium, no fpecies having before been feen in this country with fpear- lhaped leaves; on examining the fpecimens attentively, he per- ceived a few ripe feeds in one of them, thofe he folicited, and obtained; and to his fuccefs in making them vegetate, we are indebted for the prefent fpecies. The thape of the leaf readily fuggefled the pame of lanceo- leturn, an epithet by which it has been generally ditinguiflled in this country and wl'dch, t?om its extreme fitnefs, we have continued, notwithftanding yoi, mg Profeffor Li4Nmvs has given it that ofglaucum, though, at the fame time, his illuffrious father had diftinguifled another fpecies by the fynonymous term of glaucohyllin. This fpecies rarely r. ipens its feeds with us, and is therefore to be railed from cuttings, which however are not very free to ftrike. It has been urinal to keep i i'n the Rove, but we have found by experience, that it fucceeds much better in a common green- houfe, in which it will flower during the whole of the fummero Sm11 yotmg plants of this, as well as moff other Geraniums, make the belt appearance, and are therefore to be frequently' obtained by cuttings. PAPAVER ORIENTALE. EASTERN POPPY. Cl.a and Order. Po,,YANA MoNocYsn. (;erietie Charafter. Cot. 4-petala- Ca/. ,phyllus. Cap.]la, l-locularis fub ftigmate perfiilente poris dehifcens.- PAPAVER Specific Charafter a,zd $yno,yras. orieztale capfulis g!abris, caulibus unifloris fca- bris folioils pinnatis ferratis. 1;inn. Syfl. Vegetab.' p. 49 o- Papaver orientale hirfutiffimum, magno flore. Tournor. or. x 7. itbu 3' P' xe7' t. 1- 7. Molt of the plants of tiffs tribe are difiinguifhed by'the fplendour. of their colours, moil of them affo are annuals, in gaiety of colour none exceed the prefent fpecies; but it differs in the'latter character, in having not only a perennial root, but one of the creeping kind, whereby it increales very much, and by which it is moil readily propagated. Though a native oœ the Eail, as its name imports, it bears the feverky of our. climate without injury., flowers in May, and as its bloffoms are extremely fimwy, t gives great bril: fancy to the fiower-garden or plantation; prefer. a dry foil, IRiS S?UPLIA. S?URIO'US iR. IS, Clafi and Order, TRIANDRIA MOIIOGYN IA. Generic CharacTer., Corolla 6-petala, ina:qualis, petalls alterriis geniculato-patend bus. Sliœmata petaliformia, cucullato-bil_abiata. Conf, ff'hunb. Diff. de lride; $p.ecific Chara7er and Synonyms, IRIS liguria imberbis foliis linearibus, œcapo fubtrifl0ro tereti germinibus hexagonis. Linn. 5]I. Feœ'e . p. 9t. ]acqo Fl. mr. tab. 4. IRIS pratenil} angutti?olia, folio fcetido Bauh. Pin. The greater blue Flower-de-luce with narrow leaves. t'ak Parad. p. Som& plants afford fo little diverfity of chara6'ter, that a exprefiive name can {arcely be affigned them; {hch is the - prefent plant, or L3----:-- ..- .-.½- -..-$-..:v--. GYNANDRIA PNTAOIA, Ggf CDr.. Tfigyna. C=L &phyllu. Pgfd 5. Ng=vfum corona.  pcdiccl]aa. Specifir Charaer pASSIFLORA alata foliig indivifis cordatis integerrimis petiolisquadriglandulofis, cauli membranace0 . tetragono. This fpecies of Paffion-flower is'one of thole which have been introduced into the EnglHh gardens fince the time of MLLzv.; if it does not equal the crulea .in elegance, it eels it in magnificence, in brillian W of co!our, and in fra- grance, the bloffoms being highly odoriferous: as yet, it is by ho means fo general in this country, as its extraordinary beauty merits, w,.e have feen it flower this year, both fummer and autumn, in great perfe&ion in the Rove of our very worthy friend J^as vv., Efq. Kenfington-Gore; at the Phyfic Garden, Chelfea; and at Mr. M^Lcoa's, Kenningtoni at Chelfea, in particular, it afforded .th.e ldche affemblage of foliage and flowers we ever faw.. It appears to the greater adva.ntage, when trained up an upright pole, nearly to the height of the ba..c.k of the Rove, and then fuffered to run along horizbntally. ]By fome it has been confidered as a variety only of the 'Pa.fiorafuadrangularis, others, with whom we agree .in opinion, have no 'doubt of its being a very diRin& fpecies; it differs from .the quadrangularis, in having leaves more perfet?tly heart- illaped, and lefs 'veiny; in having four glands on the foot- ftalks of the lea. yes, inRead of fix; and in not producing fru. it with us, whi.eh ,the quadrangu.l.aris has been known fre- qu_ently to do. . The Nurfery-men repqrt, that $his fpeeies was firR raifed in this country, by a gentleml in Hert. fordflfire, from VCR-India feeds. The ufual mode of propogating i,t here, is by ctlttings. '1, [ 67 MESEMBRYANTHEMUM PINNATIFIDUMo GED-LEAVED Fm-MgxOOLD. JAG Cla and Order. ICOSANDRXA PENTAGYNIAo Generic Charaer. Cal. 5-fidus. Peala numerofa linearia. Capf. carnora infera polyfperma. Specific Chara'ler. MESEMBRYANTHEMUM pinnatifidum foliis pinnat[fidis. Linn. $yfl. Vegetb. p. 47 o. $uppk 2' 6o. This fpecies of Memt3ryanthemum, fo different in the fhape of its foliage from all the others hitherto introduced into this country, is firft defcribed in the Supplementurn Plantarvin oœ the younger Lxmtss, from which we learn that it grew in the Upfal Garden, into which it was molt probably introduced by profeffor T}uswc, as on his authority it is mentioned as a native of the Cape of Good Hope.- . Mr. Zxa,'Apothecary, of Ca[lie-Street, was fo obliging 'as to prefent me this furnmer with the feeds of this curious plant, I rowed them in a jpot of earth, plunged in a tan pit, xvhofe heat was nearly exhaufted; they quickly vegetated, and though the rummet was far advanced; they proceeded rapidly' into [lower, and bid fair to pr6duce ripe feeds, as the Capfule have long fince been formed. The whole plant is fprinkled over with 'glittering particles like the ice plant, to which it bears rome affinity in its dura- tion, being an annual and requiring the fame treatment. The bloffoms are fmall and yellow, and if the weather be fine, .open about two or three o'clock in the afternoon, the ftalks are of a bright red colour and the foliage yellow[lb green. -& ,I IIIII : 1 II I I ,I  I--68 ] SEMPERVIVUM ARACHNOII)EUM. HOUgELEEK. ½la and Order. DOX.CANDRA Cal. -partitus. COBWEB Generic CharatYer. ]'etala x. Caps. x. polyfperma. Specific CharatYer. $EMPERVIVUM arachnoideum foliis pilis intertextis, pro- I paginibus globofis. Linn. yJt. tZegetab. p. 456. SEDUM montanum tomentofum. Bau3. Pin. 84. By the old Botanifb, this plant was confidered as a Sedum; and to this day it i generally knbwn in the gardens by the name of the Cobzieb Sedum, though its habit or general ap- pearance, independent of its fru&ification, loudly proclaims It a Houfeleek. In this fpecies the tops of the leaves are woolly; as they expand they carry this woolly rubfrance with them, which being thus extended, affumes the appearance- of a cobweb vhence the name of the plant. Like moft of the Houfeleeks it is belt kept in a pot, or it xvill grow well and appear to great advantage on a wall or piece of rock-work; the more it is expofed to the fun, the more colour will enliven its {talks and foliage, and the more brilliant will be its flowers; the latter make their appearance in July. It is propagated by offsets which it fends forth in abundance. It is no uncommon praice to treat this beautitel fpecies of Houfeleek, as a native .of a warm climate; under fuch an idea we have feen it hurled up in {roves, while the plant fpontaneoufly bravc the cold of the Switzerland Alps. E.6] Rosa MUSCOS,. Moss Rosw. Clafi and Order. ICOSANDRIA POLYGYNIA. Generic Charaer. 7etala 5' Cal. urceolatus, 5-fidus; carnofus, collo coar&atusl Sero. plurima, hifpida, calycis interiori lateri affixa. Specific Charaer and Synonyms. ROSA mufiofa caule petiolifque aculeatis, pedunculis calyci- bufque pilofiffimis. Miller's Dit7. If there be any one genus of plants more univerfally ad-' -mired than the others, it is. that of the Role--where is the Poet that has not celebrated it ? where the Painter that has not made it an objeEt of his imitative art ? In the opinion )f MILLER, the Mofs Rofe, or Mofs Pro- vince, as it is frequently called, is a perfe&ly di[tin& fpeeies; LNN.eus confiders it as a v, ariety only of the centzfolia: a it is found in our Nurferies in a double ttate only, and as we are ignorant of what country it is the produce, the decifion o r this matter mutt be left to future obfervation and inquiry, Though it may not increafe fo far by fuckers, nor be increared fo readily by layers, as the centlia, there is no difficulty in propagating it either way.; the latter mode is ufually adopted. ,I I [70] MœSEMBRYANTHEMUM BARBATUM. BEARBED Fio-MARIOOLI). Cla and Order. IC0SAN)RXA PENTAGYNIA. Generic Charagler. Cal. 5-fidus. Petala numerofa, linearia. fera, polyfperma. Capf. ca,rnofa, in- Specific Charafter and Synonyms. MESEMBRYANTHEMUM $arbatum, foliis fubovatis papu- lofts diftin&is, apice barbaris. œin. $yfl. I/egetab. p. 469. MESEMBRYANTHEMUM radiatum, ramulis prolixis re- cumbentibus. Diilen. Hort. œ1th. 245. t. 9o.f. 234. The leaves of this fpecies have froall hairs, iffuing like rays from their points, whence its name of barbatum; there are two others figured by DxxLENxVs, whole leaves have a great fimilarity of ftru&ure, and vhich are confidered by IJxN,vs as varieties of this fpecies; our plant is the Stella. tam of MLu's DigL ed. 6. 4to. Like moft of this tribe it inhabits the Cape, flowers in .July, and is readil,)! propagated by cuttings t ."1 7 o ,[ 71 . $TATICE 8INUATA. PURPLE-CUP'T STATI:CE Or THRIFT. Cl ad Order. PENTANDRIA PENTAGYNIA. Generic Charaer. CaL -phyllus, integer, plicatus, fcariofu. Petala 5' m. fuperum. Specific araer and Synonyms. STATICE finuata caule herbaceo, Foliis radicalibus altema- tim pinnato finuatis: caulinis ternis triquetfis fu- bulatis decurrentibus. Lin. Syfl. Fegetab. p. LIMONIUM peregrinum foliis afplenii. Bauh. Pin. LIMONIUM Rauwolfii Mar Bfigloffe. ParkiZ arad. p. 5 ¸. That this fingular fpecies of $tatice was long fince an inha- bitant of our gardens, appears f¾om PaRv. xNsox% who in his Garden of 2Vleafant Flowers, gives an accurate defcription of it, accompanied with an expreffive 'figure; fince his time it ap- pears to have been confined to few gardens: the nurferymen have lately confidered it as a ncwlyintroduced fpecies, and fold it acco?dingly. It is one of thofe few plants whofe calyx is of a more beautiful colour than the corolla (and which it does not lore in drying); it therefore affords an excellent example of the calyx coloralus., as alfo of J?ariofus, it being fonorous to the touch. Being a native of Sicily, Paleftine, and Africa, it is of courfe liable to be killed with us in revere feaœons, the com- mon praC"tice i therefore to treat it as a green-houfe plant, and indeed it appears to the greateft advantage in a pot; it is much difpofed to throw up new flowering fiems; hence, by having feveral pots of it, fome plants ;bill be ix}. bloffom throughout the rumruer; the dried flowers are a pretty orna- ment for the mantle-piece in winter. Though a kited of biennial, it is oftn increared by parting its roots, but more adv. antage.oufly by feed; the latter, how ever, are but fparingly produce d with us, probably tBr the xvant, as P,xv.r;so expreffcs it, "of futcient heate of the Stlnlle." HELLEBORU LVOUS. LIv D HELLEBORE. or PURPLg C!afi and Order. POLYAN DRIA POLYGYNIA? Generic Charaler. Cal. nullus. PetaIa- 5. five plura. Netaria bilabiata,. tubu-. la.t. Capri polyfperme, ere&iufcule $pecic Charaer. HELLEBORUS lividus caule multifloro foliofo, foliis ter- natis. Ait, Hort. Kew, ined. ,. p. 7 . It is not a little extraordinary that this plant which has for many years been cultivated in this country fhould have efcaped the notice of' L. NEus it is equally wonderful that we fhould at this moment be/[rangers to its place of growth. Having three leaves growing together, it has ben con, fidered bY many asthe triliatus of LiZu h btit his' tri- liatus is a very different plant, a native of Canada, producing fmall yellow flowers. ' ..... " It has been ufual to treat this fpecies as a green-houfe plant, or at leaft to /helter it undler a frame in the winterl )robably il is more hardy than we ima. gine. It is propagated by parting its roots }n autumn, and by feeds, though few of the latter in general ripen nor do the roots make nuch increafeto there eaures we mu doubt- left-attribute its prefent comparative fearcity: It flowers as early as February; on which account, as well as that of its fingularity, it i a. very defirable pl.ant in col- le&ions. ' ' ' .\ 7 2 iNDEX. . in which: the Latin Names of the Plants contained in the Fir. fl Folume, are alpha- betically arranged. PI. e 4 Agrof[emma Coronaria. ao Anemone Hepatica. 88 After tene!lus. 84 Brows!Ils data. 7 Ca&us flagelliformis. e 7 Convolvulus tricolor. 8 Coronilla glauca. 85 Crepis barbats. 4 Cyclamen Coum. ? Cynogloffum Omphalodes. u S Dianthus chinentis. 2 Dodecatheon Meadia. 2 Erica herbacea. ,5 .Erythronium Dens Canis. 8 Geranium Reichardi, ao Geranium peltsturn. 8 Helleborus hyemalis. 8 He!leborus niger. 29 Hemeroca!lis flava. g Jafminum officinale. a Iris pertics. 9 Iris pureils. a6 Iris variegata. et Iris verficolor. 8o Lilium chalcedonicmn. 36 Lilium bulbiferum. 8e Mefembryanthemum dolabri- forme. 6 Narciffus minor. 2,5 Narciffus a%nqudla. '22 Nige!!a damafceua. e8 Paffiflora ccerulea. ' Primula villofa. 0 Refeda GriGrata.  R4beckia putpines. 26 Stapella variegata. '8 Tropeolum mains. INDEX. In which the Englilh Name of the Plants contained in the Firfl l/olume are al phabetically arranged. PI. After briftiy-leav'd. Browallia tall. Cereus creeping. Cockle role. Coroni!!a fea-green. Convolvulus fmall. Crepis bearded. Cyclamen round-leav'd, Daffodil !effer. Day-lily yellow. , Dodecatheon Meads. Dog's-tooth. Fennel-flower garden. Fig-marigold hatchet-lear'& Geranium dwarf. Geranium ivy-leav'd. Heath herbaceous. Hellebore black. Hellebore winter. Hepatica. Jarlnine common. lndian-crefs greater, Jonquil common. Iris dwarf. Iris particolouredo Iris perilart. Iris variegated. Lily chalcedoniin. Lily orange. Navel-won blue. Pailion-flower common. Pin.k china. Primula-mountaln. Refeda fweet.fcented, Rudbeckia purple. Stapelia variegated. I N D E X. INDEX. In qhich the Latin Names oœ} In which the Eng!i{h Names the Plants contained in thee of the Plants contained in. econd Volume arc alphabeti- the Second Volume are alpha.- call¾ arranged. . beticail¾ arranged. PI. ½ PI. 47 Amaryllis formofiffima. ',- 47 Amaryllis Jacobean. ,54 Anemone fylveftris. $, 54 Anemony Snow-drop. St Calceolaria pinnate. {* 42 Camellia Role, 42 Camellia japonica. ' 43 Centaurea woad-leave& 62 Cemaurea glaftifolig. $" 37 Chlronia lhrubby. 87 Chironia frutefcen. s. _? 53 cineraria woolly. ,53 Cineraria lanata. ? 43 circus, hoary or role. 43 circus incanus. ½i" 65 Clematis, or Virg,in's-bwel 65 Clematis in. tegdfolia. ½" ' entire-leaved, 45 Crocus vernus. .i 45 Crocus fpring. 44 Cyclamen perficum.  544 Cyclalgen Pefian, 9 Dianthus Car¾opyllus var, ' Daffodil great 63 Fragaria monphylla. ,?, 48 -- reflexed,  Gentlena acaulis,  6a Day-lily tawny.' fig Ger'anium firiatum. 3 Franklin's Tartar. 56 - ianceolatum, ½:. 7 ø Fig-marigold bearded. - J gg . 7 Helleborus lividus. {, 67 . 'a ed-leavedo  two-coloured. 64 Hemerocallis fu!vi, {.` 59 6t Iris ochroleuca. t;.`52 Gentian larg½-flowered Or ,50 - fibirica.- { Gentianella, ,58 - tpurta.  5o Geranium fpear-leavedo 6o Lathyrus odoratus.,  55 firip ed? ' 46 Leucoium vernum.  68 Houfeleek cobweb, ß 70 Mefemhryanthemumbarbatum.  72 Hellebore, livid 9r purple. ' .   b, coiorum. , 50 Iris Siberian. 59 . . , 67 .... ptn3ttlqdum. ½:- 58 , fpurious. ß ' ' ' : 61 - tali, ' ,5  Narciffus majorß 48 '  triandrmt, ,.` 88 Lauruflinus' corrrmon. Pallion-flower winged. ,57 Paperer orieutale, 6 0 pea:or Vetchling fwee/. 66 Paffiflora alata, /59 Rofa mufcofa' '*" 57 Poppy eaftern. .9 Soldanella alpina. ]! 69 Rofe mofs. t58 Sempervivum arahnoldeumo Slipperwort pinnated. 71 Statice finuata. ' '  46 Snow-fiakefpring- 4 o- Trillium fele. '; Soldanella alpine'2 . {.,49 8 Vibtlrnurn Tinus. 4 63 Strawberry one-leav'd. ' ' {:. 4o Tiilllum fdflile. t.½ 7  Thrift purple-cupS[