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BOTAniCAL MAGAZI; 
O R, 
Flower-Garden Difplayed: 
IN WHICIt 
The mof Ornamm tal Fov.XCN PLANTS, cultivated in the 
Open Ground, tk Green-Houe, and the Stov% are ac- 
curately repreented ': their natural Colours. 
TO WHICH ARE ADDED) 
Their N'ames Clafs Or3r, Generic and Specific Chakaers, according. 
to the celebrated Lx,NUS; their Places' of Growth and 
Times of Flowering: 
THE MOST APPROVED M]: THODS OF CULTURE, 
A W O R K 
Intended for the Ufe of fuch LADs, GE.w 'LEM.% and GADts, as 
with to become fcientifically acquainted wit the PNnts they cultivate. 
By 
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WILLIAM 3URTIS, 
Author of the Fnov. t Lo: 
VOL. VII.- ' 
Now let us range both far, and wid , 
'hro' all the gardens boatted pride. 
Here Jafmines fpread the illvex flow'r, . 
To deck the wall or weave the bow'r 
The Woodbines mix in am'r.as play, 
And hreathe their fragrant live .... y. 
There tiring Myrtles form a /hade; 
There Rofcs bin/h, and fcent the glade  
The Orange, with a vernal face, 
Wears ev'ry rich autumnal grace; 
Whle the young bloffoms here unfold, 
There /hines the fruit like pendant gold; 
Citrons their bahny f-,qeets ehale, 
And triumph fn the cliff:ant gale. 
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JucHNIliA VISCOSA. CLAMMY BUCHNER , 
Cla ahd Order. 
Generic Charac?er. 
Cal. obfolete 5-dentatus. Corolle limbus 5-fidus, 
lobis cordaris. Capf -1ocula'is. 
aquali  
Specific Ch,.ra7er and SynonYms. 
BUCHNERA v?Fofa f)liis lneari-lanceolatis laxe dentatia 
fibglut'nofis, floribus pedunculads, caule fru- 
ticofo. L' Herit. Strip. nov. tom. 2. tab. 
lit. Ke. 1/. 2. p. 357- 
Buchnera is a genus of plants eftabliflaed by LINiWEUS in 
honour of A. E. BucxNz, a German naturalift. 
Of this genus, nine fpecies are enumerated in the 4th 
edition of the Syflema 1/egetabilium, by Profeffor 
We learn from Mr. AXION, that the prefent fpecies (a 
native of the Cape) was introduced to the royal garden at 
Kew in a774. 
It cannot boaft much beauty,'y.et as it occupies but little 
room, grows readily fi:om cuttings, and flowers during moR 
of the Ibmruer: it obtains a place in moR green-houfes. 
'i) i'S.A N D R A PROSTRATA. 
' DISANDRA. 
TRAIL'IN G' 
Cla' and Order. 
I-IEPTABI D R I A MONOGYN. IA. 
Generic Chara7er. 
Cal. rub 7-partitus. Cor. rotata, fubfeptem-partita. Capf. - 
1ocularis, polyfperma. 
Specific Chara7er and Synonyms. 
DISANDRA prollrata. Linn. S)fl. Feg'ctab.. ed. 4' Murr. 
Suppl. PL p. 32. gx4. _/lit. Kew. l. x. p. 493- 
SIBTHORPIA 'peregrina. Linn. Sp. P1. ed. 3' P' 880. 
The foliage of this plant greatly efembles that of Ground 
Ivy, and its branches trail on the ground fomewhat in the 
fame manner, extending to the length of feveral feet; but it 
is not on the ground that it is belt feen, 'as its flowers are apt 
to be hid among the leaves: it. appears molt advantageoufly 
when growing in a pot, placed on a pedeftal-, or in rome ele- 
'rated fituation, where its branches may hang carelefsly down: 
thus treated, when fully blown, it becomes a molt pleating 
obje6t. 
LxNNus, the fon,. in his SuppL Plant. obferves, that the 
1)ifandra varies extremely in the number of its llamina, as it 
does alfo in the divifidns of its calyx, and corolla; in this 
refpeC2, indeed, we do not know its equal: fortunately for 
thole fyllems of Botany, which are formed from the number 
of certain parts of the fru&ification, few fuch inconllants exill. 
Profeffor Muuu, obferves, that feven is the molt pre- 
valent number of its llamina, fiv the molt natural. 
LN,us defcribes it as a native of the Eall; Mr. Awo 
informs us, that it was introduced here about the year 
from Madeira. 
It flowers during moft of the rummet mbnths; in the 
xvinter it muff be kept in the green-houfe; in the rumruer it 
will bear the open air, grows readily from cuttings, thoulcl 
be planted in rich earth and plentifully xvatered in dry 
weather. 
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MICHAUXIA CAM?ANULOIDES- 
McHuxI. 
.$4- '3--$.-$-".-?$.$-:-$'$-"-i-' 
Claj3 and Order. 
.OcTAIq DRI A MONOCYNIA- 
ROUGH- 
Cal. i6-partltus. 
ftaminiferum. 
Monog,: 
Generic Charagler. 
Cot. rotata, 8-partira. ]Veglarium 8-valve, 
Cap./. 8-1ocularis, polyfperma. L' Heritier 
Specific hara7er and Synonyms. 
MICHAUXIA campanu Ioides- L' Heritier Monogr, 
The celebrated author of the Hortus Kewenfis informs us, 
that the plant here figured is a native of the Levant, and 
xvas introduced to this country in the year x787, by Monf. 
L' .tIEv, xxER, who firR gave it the name of Michauxia, and 
vrote a Monographia, or particular treatire on it. 
We have before obferved, that xvhen a plant has been 
named in honour of any particular perfon, that name mutt 
be retained in all countries, however uncouth its pronuncia- 
tion may be, and there are few of our readers but what ill 
think the prefent name fufficiently fo. 
Laft fummer x792, in the month of July, xve had the 
plealure to fee a fine plant of this fort, fully blown, in the 
colle&ion of Meffrs. GRMwoo) and Co. Kenfington; 
though in a fmall pot, it grew nearly to the height of fix feet, 
xvas branLhed almoit to the bottom, and loaded with a pro- 
furlon of bloffoms, fuch as are reprefented on the plate, and 
vhich bore rome dirtant refemblance to thole of a paflion- 
{lowel'. 
It is a biennial green-houfe plant, and, of courfe, only 
to be raifed from feeds, which we are lorry to find have not 
ripened in this chuntry, though they are faid to do fo in France. 
ERICA CER1NTHOIDES. HONEYWORT 
F w v. 
Cla and Order. 
Gene?ic CharacVer, 
Cal. 4-phy!lus- Cor. 4fica. Filamenta receptac1o inferta F 
Anthers bifi&e. Capf. 4-1ocularis. 
Specific Cha,racV,er and Synonyms. 
ERICA cerinthoides antheris muticis incluffs,-corollis clavatls 
groffis, Rigmate nclufo cruci. ato, foliis qqaternis. 
Linn. 83fl. 'I7egeta& ed. 2 4. Murr. p. 86.8. All. Kew, 
Y. p: 
The Erica cerinthoides is one of the tooif: magnificent and 
ewy of the genu. i, gro',s wild at the Cape, from whence ii 
xvas introduced to the royal garden at Kdw, by Mr. MASSOn, 
in 774; it is the more valuable, as it flowers'during moil: 
Of the yea.r: its bloffoms are found to vary from a deep to. 
a very pale rd. It is a ha..rdy gredn-houfe planb and ufually 
propagafd by cuttings. 
To have this beautiful tribe q[ plants in perfeXion, they 
muR b kept in poi prqportioned to theli' fize,' filled with 
that'kind of bog earth in ivhich our Briti{h heaths grow fpon- 
.taneoutly, finely rifted; to which it may be neceffary fome- 
timds to add a third part of .the mould of rotten leaves, or 
choice loam, partaking more Of a c!hyey ,than a randy nature: 
we muff: be careful not to let them fuff.er for want of water 
in dry hot weather, as fuch an omiflion, even for one day} 
may be fatal; and to give them as much air as poflible at all 
times when the weather is mild. 
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POM(iEA COCCINEAo SCARLET IPOM(iEAo 
-'.:,-.-.z3..-v..-..'?i.4:,......l. 
Clots and Order. 
Generic Charaer. 
Cot. infundibliformis. Stigma capitato-g]gbofum, Calf 
1ocularis. 
Specie Charaer and Synonyms. 
IPOMA coccinea foliis cordaris acuminatis bari angulatis, 
pedunculis multifloris. Linn. S)fl. Fegetab. ed. 
4. Mutt. p. 4. it. Kew. 
CONVOLVULUS coccineus, folio angulofo. Plum. mer 
8 9. t. xo3. 
QUAMOLCIT americana, folio heder, tigre coccineo. 
Comm. far.  x. I.  x. 
'The ]poma is very nealy related to the Convolvulus, one 
principal difference conrifts in the different form of its igma, 
which is globular, .like that of the Primrofe; whereas in the 
Convolvulus it is divided into two fubances, as is obvioufly 
thewn in the Convolvulus arvens andreplum, but all the plants 
of there tWO genera have not this charaer marked with 
equal rength. 
The prefent fpecies is a twining plant, will run up a flick to 
the height of fix, eight, or ten feet, and produce an abundance 
of flowers, of a rich orange colour tending to fearlet, which 
renders it one of the molt ornamental annuals cultivated in 
our gardens, into which it is not as yet generally introduced, 
though cultivated by Mr. Mtxu.w, in 759- 
Mr. MLLZW defcribes it as a native of Carolina, and the 
/Bahama Ifland.s, Mr. Axo of the Weft-Indies; it flowers 
from June to September. 
It is cultivated in the fame manner, and with the fame eafe 
as other annuals; three feeds may be fet in the ground, about 
four inches afunder, in the form'of a triangle; when the feed- 
lings are fufficiently advanced, a tall flick is to be thru town 
in the centre betwixt the three plants, for them to twine 
around: the warmer and more theltered the fituation, and 
the richer the foil in which they are placed, the taller the plants 
will grow; by raifing them on a hot bed, you may anticipate 
their natural time of flowering,. and be rnore certain of ob- 
taining good feed. 
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STRUTHIOLAERECTA- SMOOTHSTRUTHIOLAo 
Cla' and Order. 
TETRANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
Generic Charaer. 
Cot. nulla. Cal. tubulofus, ore glandulis 8. Bacca exfucca, 
polyfperma. Linn. Mant. p. 4. Syfl. t/egetab. ed. x4. Murr. 
. x65. 
Specific Charaer and Synonyms. 
STRUTHIOLA erea glabra. inn. Syfl. l/egetab. ed. 4. 
Murr. p.  64. _dit. Kew. F.. . p. x 65. 
PASSERINA dodecandra. inn. Sp. P1. ed. 3' P' 6i3  _dinran. 
Icd. I/. 4- P. 7 . 
PASSERINA filiformis. Mill. DiG. ed. 6. 4to. 
PASSERINA. Burro. _dfric. t. 47-f- - 
The plant here rprefented appears to have been firft de- 
fcribed and figured by/13UwMA, in his P1. Ific. under the 
name ofEafferina: Lus introduced it in the 3 d edition 
of his p. P1. by the title of Pafferina dodecandra; difcovering 
afterwards that it had in reality only four ftamina, and that 
the other eight fubRances, miRaken for fuch, were fo many 
glandular neEtaria, he made in his Mantiff. Plant. a new genus 
of it, by the name of Struthiola, and affigned it the trivial name 
of'erea; in the abbreviated generic defcription given of it 
by Prof. Mux, an alteration is made in this generic cha- 
raEter, and what before was confidered as Corolla, is here re- 
garded as Calyx; no reafon' is affigned for this alteration, and 
we are at a lofs to account for the propriety of it. 
Mr. Mz, who cultivated this plant in x758 , defcribes 
it in his diEtionary, and obferves very juftly, that though its 
branches when youn}g are ere&, when loaded with bloffoms 
they incline to a horizontal pofition; hence the term erea 
becomes an improper one, and fhould be changed for one 
more expreve. 
This fpecies of Struthiola is a very common fhrub in our 
greenhoufes, will grow to the height of five or fix feet, 
and, though not fo ornamental as rome other plants, has the 
merit of flowering during molt of the year, and often in the 
depth of winter. 
Is readily increared by cuttings. 
I 
LYCHNIS CORONATA. CHINESE LYCHNIS. 
Cla' and Order. 
Generic Charac7er. 
CaL -phyllus, oblongus, levis. elala 5, unguiculata : Lim 
fub-bifido. Capf. $-1ocularis. 
S)ecific Charaer and Synonyms. 
LYCHNIS coronata glabra, fl. oribus axillaribus terminalibu, 
que folitariis, petalis laciniatis. hunb. 
PA' x87' Linn. $yfl. Fegetab. ed. x4. Mutt. p. 435, 
it. Ke.w. F. x. p. xx 7. 
LYCHNIS randifiora floribus axillaribus terminalibufque 
folitariis, petalis inequaliter crenatis. Jac 
Collet. F. x. iv. 49. Icon. 
JAPONICE fen fjun ra, vulgo Ganpi. Kempf. Ama,n. Exot, 
F. ffc. F. p. 873.  
The rich and elegant bloffoms of this Chinere or Japanere 
beauty, poffefs a flatnefs and ftiffnefs, which gives them an 
artificial air, to which thdlr colour, whidh is exa&ly that of 
common red lead, may perhaps fomewhat contribute; they 
make their appearance towards the clofe of the rumruer, and 
as many (when the plant is in health and vigour) are pro- 
duced on the fame tem, they continue a confiderable time in 
bloom; its root is perennial, and its ftem, which riles to the 
height of about two iEet herbaceous. 
We remember to have feen this plant in the colle&ion of 
the late Dr. FOTHERGILL at Upton, about the year x774, 
by whom it was firR introduced to this country: K.esa, 
the celebrated Dutch traveller, who faw it growing in Japan, 
gives a very irhort defcribtion of it in his Ama,nitales exotica., 
and mentions a variety of it with white flowers: Profeffor 
TteutG, who faw' it alfo in its wild Rate, as well as in 
the gardens of that country, confines himfelf to defcribing 
the plant more at large: Profeffor J.cout, in his Icones, 
has given an admirable figure of it. 
Perfons here differ in their mode of cultivating this fpecies 
Of Lychnis, fome treating it as a ftove others as a green- 
laoufe and others as a hardy herbaceous plant; the latter 
mode is to be prelErred, provided care be taken' to plant it 
in a theltered fituation, and to guard it againff the inclemency 
o particular feafons: it is propagated by parting its roots, alfo 
by flips, and cuttingS, but in this bufinefs more than ordinary 
care is required to be fuccefful. 
II 
PHYLICA 
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ERICOIDE S:. HEATH-LEAV 
PHYLICA. 
'n 
CLa and Order. 
PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA 
Generic Charaler. 
]erianthium 5-partitum, turbinatum. Petala o.. 
lhmina munientes. Caf. tricocca, infera. 
$quame 5.. 
$pe.c. ific Cbaraler and $yno9,ns. 
PttYLICA ericoides foliis linearibus verticillatis. Linn. S)fl. 
Fegetab. ed. x4. Murr. . 35- dit. liew. F. x. 
.. . 68.' 
/kLATERNOIDES africana ericmfoliis, fi. oribus albicantibus 
et mufcofis. Comm. tto'rt. . p. . t. I. 
Mr. MILLER, who cultivated this plant in x73, informs 
us, that it grows wild about Li[bon, where it covers extenfive 
tra&s of ground, in the fame manner as the heath does in 
this country; it feldom rifes above the height of three feet, 
and is much difpofed to become bufhy; its flowers, which are 
flightly odoriferous, begin to appear in autumn, and continue 
during the winter and fpring; they grow in little heads on 
the fummits of the branches: their whitenels, contraRed 
with the dark colour of the .foliage, forms a pleating ap- 
pearance, and entitles this pl.ant, though a common and 
'1ong-eEablifhed inhabitant of the greenhoufe, to a place 
,,vith fuch as may boar more brilliancy of colour. 
Its leaves, which thickly cover the Ea!ks, do not wel ! 
accord with Lx,us's fpecific defcription. 
It'is ufually propagated by cuttings, which 1tfike readily, 
Cal: 'g-fidus. 
3-1ocularis. 
Generic Charat7er. 
Cor. x-petala, irregularis. Capf. infera, 
Specific Charat7er and Synotms. 
LOBELIA firinamenfis caule fuffruticofo, foliis oblongis 
glabris ferratis, floribus axillaribus peduncu- 
latis. Ait. Kew. F. 3' P' 't9 8' 8p. 1. 
LOBELIA hevigata foliis ellipticis ferratis glabris, capfulls 
groffis globofis, calycibus fubulati.s? corollis 
glaberrimis. Linn. $uppl. p. 
The Lobelia furinatnenfis, a plant newly introduced here, 
is minutely defcribed in the 8uppl. L of the younger 
us, under the name of Levigata, apparently from the 
fmoothnefs of its flowers: in the year x786, Mr. 
_Rnso fent this plant to the Royal Garden at Kew, from 
the WeR-Indies, where it grows fpontaneoufly, as well as at 
Surinam; and Mr. Axo has inferted it at the end of the 
Hort. Kew. affigning to it a new fpecific defcription, and a 
new trivial name: our drawing was mde from a plant which 
flowered in the Rove of Meffrs. G,uwoox) and Co. Ken- 
tington, to whom itwas imparted by Rdu^x) Mo.swoc, 
Efq. of Peckham, a gentleman liberal in his communications 
and anxious to promote the caufe of Botany. 
This fpecies of Lobelia is a ftove plant, having a fome- 
_hat thrubby ftalk, growing to the height of feveral feet; 
its b10ffoms are very large, of a pale red colour, and its 
Antherze, which might be miRaken for the ttigma, unufually 
hairy. 
It begins to flower in January and February, and continues 
to bloffom during mott of the thruruer. 
Is increared by cuttings. 
,ARABIS 
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ALrINA ALPINe. 
WALL-CRESS, 
laJ and Order. 
T?RAD1AXA SLXOSA 
Generic Charat7er. 
Glndulie neaarifere 4, fingule intra calycis foliola, .fquama 
' inRar reflexre. 
Specific Charat7er and Synoayms. 
ARABIS alpina foliis amplexicaulibus dentaris. Hnn. 
Fegeta& ed. 4. Murr. p: 599' .lit. Kew I/ol 
P. 399- Mill. Di[1. ed. 6. 4to. 
DRABA alba filiquofa repens; Bauh. Pin. p. xo 9, 
An early-blowing plant, if it has no great pretenfions to 
beauty, brings wiih it a powerful recommendation, more 
efpecially if its flowers are not of the more common.hue; 
fuch.are the claims which the prefent plant has to a place in 
this work: it is perennial, hardy, herbaceous, of low growth, 
rarely exceeding a foot in height, producing its white bloffoms 
in April and May: its fize renders it a fuitable plant for the - 
border of a froall gardent or for the covering of rock-work, 
It is readily increared by parting its roots in autumn. 
Grows fpontaneoufly on the Alps of Switzerland, Auftria, 
and Lapland, and was cultivated (vid. Hort. Kew). in the 
Botanic Garden at Oxford, in x658. 
I-IELIANTHUS MULTIFLORUS. MANY-FLow 
ERED or PERENNIAL SuN-FLOWER. 
C!aJ3 and Order. 
SYNGENESIA POLYGAMI. 4 FRUSTRAIEA 
Generic Charagler. 
Reeept. paleaceum, planurn. 2Vapus 2-phylus. CaL imbi' 
catu, s, fubfquar.rofus.' '" '' " ' 
Specific haratZer and S, ynonyv,s. 
I-IELIANTHUS multitorus foliis inferiorihus cordatis tri- 
nervatis fuperioribus ovatis Linn. 
liegetab. ed. x{. Murr. p. 78. 
CHRySANTH,EMU americanurn majus perenne, floris 
folis foliis et fior, ibu, s..Morif.. 
The Helianthu 
ahardy perennial herbaceous plant, arifing ufually to [he height 
of five or fix feet, and producing a great number of large 
yellow /hewy bloffoms, which renders it a fu. itable pl.ant to 
ornament the/hrubbery or garden of large extent; th'v, adety 
with double flowers is the one moil commonly cultivated, and 
this we-find in almoil every garde,n: it. flowers from .July to 
September, and. is propagate'd by parting its rot in autumn... 
This is a hardy plant, of ready.growth, will bear the fmoke 
of London Iett'er than many others; if it continues in the 
fame fpot for a great .pp.m.. be.:r of years, tlae b10ffoms are apt 
to become tingle. 
The tingle fort, according tO Mou,so, was introduced 
before 699 by Lod L.s.u. ,4it. I5w. ' ' ' ' 
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BELLIS PERENNIS vat. MAJOR FLOP. g P_LENO. 
Gur.v DouuI. 
Cla]3 and Order. 
NGINESlA POLY(}AblIA SUPERLUA.- 
Generic Character. 
Recept. nudum, conicurn. Pappus nullus. Cal. hem. ifphricus: 
fquamis .qualibus. Sero, tiihovata. 
Specific Charagler aud Synonyms. 
IELLIS perenn.i$ fcapo nudo. Linn. 8.y, fl. l&geta& eli. 4, 
Mum p. 77.0. 
ELLIS hortenfis tore pieno. Bauh. Pin. p. 
BELLIS minor hortenfi. s tore pieno. 
Double Garden Daify. park..Parad. p. 
The daily, a plant common to Europe, in its wild.ftat6 
delights in open fituations, which a.re moderately motif, its 
root is perennial, and increales greatly; the ufual colour'of 
its flowers is white, the {1orets are rometimes tipt with e.d, 
but mor frequently red oq the under fide. 
When double, the daily becomes much more ornamental,. 
and in this ftate many varieties of it have long been cultivated,,. 
very genera!ly in gardens; thole principally found in our. 
urferles are 
The large double daily .with florets of a deep red colour 
on the under fide, figured on the plate; the flowers of this 
ort will rometimes expand nearly to the fize of a half-crown: 
iece, and are the moft hewy of'any that we have feen; the 
fial5age of this fort is alfo proportionably larger. 
Th'e. pte red double daily, more delicate in its appearance,/ 
but ftnaller, varying in its hades of colour.. 
The pure white dotible daily. 
. The deep red do.u. bl.e d.aify i in thi.s t. he petals are Ufually: 
tubular or quilled. 
Betides there, there are 
The coxcomb double daily, both red and white, in whicl 
the .floweri.ng ttem riles .up preternaturally flattened, and 
carries on ns rummir a long-extended ridge of flowers, ire- 
quently of .an enormous fize; this monftrous produ&ion feems 
to arife from the coalefcence of nvo br more flow,'ing Items: 
andas it is ofactidetal origin, fo we find th3.t a da't vhich has 
been a coxcomb one year, fhall lore that appearance entirely 
the next, and ou.t of a !0rig edging of dairies growing lu:ku- 
ria. ntly, 
'tgtntiy, new ones fhai! here an d tllei'e afire; we cannot 
therefore depend upon the conRancy of this variety. 
Another fingular variety is the proliferous or hen anti 
thicken daily, in which a number of flowers ftanding on fhort 
footftalks fpring circularly Out Of the main flower; as this 
appearance for the moff part arifes from great luxuriance , 
this fort of' daily is alfo found occafionally to lore its piolifiv 
charaer: in my garden at Lambeth-Marfn, I once had a 
daify growing in an edging among a number of others which 
not only became proliferous, or of the hen and chicke kind, 
but its Ralk all'o, or fapus became b'ranched, producing fi:.. 
or feven flowering-hems, with flowers at their extremities 
of the fize of the common daify; thus we find that the molt 
i0el'manent chara&ers of plants are liable to be alteied, antl 
even deRtoyed, by accident, or culture. 
Dairies appear to thor advantage planted as an edgirtg to a 
border, not that they are fuperior, or even equal to box for 
the great purpofes of an edging; but in the fpring of the 
year they enliven the border snore, and 'add much to the ge- 
neral gaiety of the garden: in the formation of thefe, we fhall 
give our readers rome pra&ical inRruions, which will enable 
them to fucceed much better than by following the mode. 
commonly pratired, 
The laR week in September, or the firR in OOcober, take 
up your daily toots, and divide them into tingle plants; your 
border being dug, put down your line, and make a fhallow 
trench along ik as for the planting of box in this trench. 
place your plants three inches apart, fpreading out their 
fibres in the trench, and prefling the earth ciolly round them; 
in this way they will loon become rooted, and firmly.fixed 
in the ground before the approach of froR; fhould this buff- 
nefs be deftred later, as it frequently is, and the dairies be 
llanted with a dibber in the ufual way, in all probability the 
worms will draw out every plant before fpring, efpecially 
the earth has been rendered 1oofe by repeated frofts 
Edgings of this kind requ|re to be replanted in the' fame 
way every autumn, as the plants, if they grow well, fpread 
too wide; if the fummer prove dry, many of the roots fail, 
a0ad if they remain undifturbed in the fame fpot, they will de- 
generate and become tingle, notwithftanding Mr. 
informs us, that he never obferved them to do fo. 
Wo onc. e  a pedmen of a hen.ariel chicken laify gathereel on a hill i. 
mUCh irior in e to the dv2ffv a4t ufually row. 
PRIMULA Ac^vIS Ft. P.F. uo CAPNWO. 
DOUBLY. PImOS. 
Clafs and Orden 
PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
Geaeric C3araer. 
Iavolucr. umbellulm. Cdroll tubus cylindricus ore patulo. 
8edc Caraer aud 8ynouyms. 
PRIMULA aculis foliis rug0tis, dentatis, fubtus hirfutis; 
fcapis unifloris. yacq. . ufir. . 
Curt. Flor. Loud. hfc. 6. 
The Primrole in its wild tingle Rate is frequently introduced 
into fhrubberies and plantations, for the purpofe of enlivenlug 
them in the fpring months; in its double Rate it'has been 
deemed peculiarly worthy of cultivation by the curious in 
flowers. Of the double yellow Primrofe, which tems t6 have 
been the firR known, we meet with a figure in the Hort. E)fl. 
and in the Parad. ff'erreflr. of P.wxzxNsON, fince thole publi- 
cations many new and. perfe611y double varieties have been in- 
troduced, as 
The double white, rarely met with. 
The double deep red or velvet, the bloffoms of this will rome- 
times come tingle. 
The double pink or lilac, here figured, a plant much admired. 
The double crinn, a new variety-, which, in brilliancy of 
;olour, far furpaffes all the others. 
The red, commonly called the Scotch Primro, lefs orna- 
mental than any of the preceding: betides there, we have ob- 
ferved a variety with b!offoms of a dingy yellow inclining to 
red, not worth cultivating. 
There fexeral varieties of Primrole are admirably adapted 
to the decoration of the fhrubbery, plantations, or even the 
north fide of rock-work; they delight to grow in a Riff loam, 
a moift and fomewhat ady fituation, fo planted they thrive 
admirably, the double fucceeding almoft as well as the tingle; 
every tcond or third year their roots fhould be divided, which 
may be done either in fpdng or autumn, they may be cultivated 
alfo in pots for the convenience of removing them when in 
blotfom. 
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I 
PLUMBAGO ROSE. ROSE-COLOURED 
LEADIVORT. 
Clafs and Order. 
PEN'rAN DRIA MONOGYNIA. 
Generic Charaer. 
Corolla inundibuliformis: Stamina fquamis bafin corolle clau~ 
dentibus inferta. Stigma 5-fidurn. Sero. x. ob'longum tu~ 
nicatum. 
Specific Charat7er and Synonyms. 
PLUMBAGO rofea foliis petiolatis ovitis glabris, fubdentL 
' culatis caule geniculis gibbofis. Linn. Syfl. 
t/efetab. ed. x4. Murr. p. $99' Sp. PL ed. 3. 
p. v.x 5. All. Kew. v. . p. o.o 5. 
PLUMBAGO zeylanica, folio fplendento ocymaftri, flore ru- 
bro. Burm. ZeyL x 95. 
RA-DIX veficaioria Rumph. Amboin. 5' P" 453- t. x68. 
The Plum13ago roa, one of the moft ornamental plants which 
we keep in our Roves, is a native of India, from whence it 
was introdficed to this country by the late Dr. FOXCXLL, 
in the year 777, p?fterior to the publication of the laft edi- 
tion of Mr. M  L L v.'s Di&ionary. 
It is a thrubbv plant, which frequently grows to the height 
of four or five fet, and is perpetually putting forth flowering 
fpikes; thefe continue a long while in bloffom, and hence, 
with proper management, it may be had to tlower during ,mof 
of the year, a very &firable circumRance in a. plant of fuch 
fingul.a- beauty. 
The ufual mode of increaring it is by cuttings, which ftrike 
freely. 
Its parts of fruMification, whether we regard their colour or 
ru6'ture, are .highly deferving of notice. ' 
FuMARIA 
CaL diphyllus. 
lntheris 3- 
[ o,3' ] 
So.xnA. Soxn- Roo.n 
FUMITORY. 
Clafs and Order. 
DIADELPHIA PENTANDRIA- 
Generic Charaer. 
Cr. rinens. Filam.  membanacc fingula 
Specific Charac?er and Synonyms. 
FUMARIA folida, caule firrtplici, bra&eis brevioribus multi- 
fidis, tadice folida. Mill. Di. ed. 6. 4to. 
FUMARIA bulbof a, caule fimplici, bra&eis longitudine 
rum. Linn. Syfl. Fegetab. ed. 4. Murr. p. 636, 
Sp. PL ed. 3. P' 983  _/lit. Kew. v. 3' P' x. 
FuMARIA bulbofa tadice non cavamajor. auh. Pin. p. 44- 
Small hollow roote. Park Parad. p. 75' z79' f' ' 
By the old Botanifts this fpecies of maria, whole root is 
mttantly. folid, was confidered as a diRin& fpecies from ano- 
ther timilar to it of larger growth, whole root is as conftantly 
hollow, and which will be figured in the next number of this 
work; C^sv^ BAOUXN in particular, in his Pinax, defcribes 
ihe charagters in which they differ: La N s. U s neverthefs 
makes them varieties of each other, uniting them under the 
name of bulbofa; from this union we have taken the liberty to 
diffent, choofing rather to follow Mnn, who regards them 
as dillin&, and the Botanitts preceding him. 
The Fumarialida, a very old inhabitant of our gardens, 
is a plant of very humble growth, rarely exceeding three or 
four inches in height, and producing its ike of purple 
flowers in April, which continue in bloffom about a fortnight. 
In point of colour the flowers of this plant are not fubje& 
to much variation, we poffefs a variety of it with bloffoms of a 
much brighter colour-than thole of the common fort, and 
which, on that account, is much more worthy of cultivation. 
As a fpring plant, it'deferves a place in the garden; in point- 
of ornament, it is applicable to the fame purpofes as the 
Primrole, will grow in almott any foil or fituation, requires to 
be taken up in the autumn, and frefh-planted every two or 
three_years; if fuffered to remain in the fame fpot for a great 
.:ngth of time, it becomes fmaller, produces few or no flowers, 
md is fo altered in'its appearance, as to look like another 
''ecies. 
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FuMAP. IA 
C^v^. HooW-ROOTWD 
Clafs and Order. 
DIADELPHIA HEXAN DB, IA 
Generic Charaer. 
Cal. diphyllus. Cot. tingens. Filamenta  membranacea fin- 
.gula lntheris 3' 
Specific Chaea5fer and Synonyms. 
lvUMARIA cava, caule fimplici, braEteis longitudine florurn 
integ.';is, tadice cava. 
FUMARIA bulb.fa radice cava. major. auh. Pin. p. x43. 
RADIX cava major. Park.. Parad. p. 
The hollow-rooted Fumitor differs from the_!id--, already 
figured, and that conitantly, in a variety 9 f particulars; its root 
is a!wavs, as far as we have obferved, hollow, app. earing fome 
times, 'as P..:NSON informs us, ," like a flell, every part 
"of which when broken will grow ;" frequently acquiring a 
very great fize; the plant itfelf ufually grows to twice the 
height of the folida, bearing foliage and flowers proportionably 
large; its braEtea: or floral leaves, which in. the folida aftBrae 
a kind of finger'd appearance. from'the manner in which they 
are divided, in this are enure or but flightly indented; t 
flowers alfo about ihree weeks earlier. 
Of the Fumaria ca'va there are three principal varieties in 
oint of colour, viz. the white, the bluth-coloured, and the 
mrple, which, though plentiful in our gardens formerly, 'are 
,ow rarely met with; Mr. Cn.,,rrzow informs me, that he 
'rand them all this fpring, in an old plantation at Teddington, 
.,here th%' produ"d tl:e moPt pleating efteft. 
It begins to flower in March and continues in bloom three 
.... ': or a month. - -roduces any feed, fo ,' .t it lS tO 
c propa 4 ,,' .. c.nq its roots  it is a .l..rdy her 
-- o t, a . of G.' rmanv, an'd x ill ._5.,r : in altooft 
CHRONtA BACCtFERA. BIP.Y-BARtN 
CHIRONIA. 
_,-.,'..+..-,..+.-,..+,-..+.',+.'..-,,. ...). .- 
CI and Order. 
PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
Generic Chavaer. 
Co: rotata itfum declinatum. Stamina tubo corollm 
fidentia. ntherm demure fpirales. Peric. -1oculare. 
Specific Charaer and Synonyms. 
CHIRONIA baccera frutefcens baccifera. Linn. S)fl. efet. 
ed. 4. Muir. p. 9' Mit. Kew. v. . p. .8. 
CENTAURIUM minus arborefcens pulpiferum.. Comm. rav. 
9. t. 9. . 
CENTAURIUM minus africanurn arborefcens anguRifolium. 
Old. afr. . 
The Chironia baccifera, a native of Africa, is a plant not 
unfrequent in our greenhoufes; its flowers are curious in 
their Rru&ure, of a lively hue, an Tucceeded by round feed- 
veffels, vhich, when ripe, have the appearance of red berries, 
whence its name of baccata; if we carefully examine there feed- 
veffels, we /hall find that they are not properly berries, for 
on cutting them tranfverfly, they are found to be hollow and 
to be divided into two cells (vid. /.) in which are contained 
froall black feeds, whole furface is beautifully reticulated with 
impreffed dots; the fides of the feed-veffel are fle/hy, and do 
not appear to, divide or fplit in any regular manner for the 
difclarge of the feed; they muff however be regar&d rather 
as caprules than berries: in the genus Hypericum, the feed- 
reftels are found to vary in a romewhat timilar manner; in 
this part of the fruification there is not, therefore, that de- 
viation which has been fuppofed, but there is a very great one' 
in the anthera,, which do not ultimately become fpiral. 
This plant, which rows to the height of a foot and  half 
or two feet, becomes very bu/hy, rather too nuch fo in point 
of ornament, and produces both flowers, and .fruit, during 
moR of the rummet. 
Though regarded as a greenhoufe plant, it does not ripen 
its feeds well unlefs kept in the ftove; is with difficulty railed 
from cuttings, from feeds readily, by which it requires to be 
frequently renovated. 
Was cultivated by Mr; Mxx, rz in 759' .dit. Kew. 
.' 233 
II ILIlil'l ............ Ill 
p II 
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FLAX. 
ClaJ3 and Order. 
PENTANDRIA PENTAGYNIA. 
Generic Charaer. 
,7al. 5-phyllus. Petala 5' Capf. 5-valvis, xo-locularis. Sem 
folitaria. 
Specific Charaer and Synonyms. 
LINUM arboreum foliis cuneiformibus, caulibus arborefcenti 
bus. Linn. Syfl. t/eg'etab. ed. x4; Murr. p. 303 , 
_dit. Kew.. v. x. p. 388. 
LINUM arboreum. _dlp. JExot. x 9. t. x 3. 
Contrary to what we obferve in moR of the plants of this 
genus, the prefent very rare and no lefsbeautiful fpecies..of 
Flax forms (if not a tree, as its name imports) a flarub of the 
height of feveral feet, whikh begins to flower in the green- 
houfe in March, and continues to be more or [efs covered with 
bloffoms to the clo{k of the fummer. 
.It is a native of'the Levant, from whence it was intro- 
duced to this country in the year x788, with a profufion of 
other vecetables by' IoHz SxBwHoxr, M.D. the refent 
  7 J x - 
celebrated Profeffor of Boty in the Univerfity of Oxford 
who, for the laudable purpot of promoting the fcience in 
which he is fo eminent, and of enriching the Oxford collec- 
tion, already rendered moR refpeabie by his unwearied 
hours, meditates, as we are informed, a fecondjourney into 
Greece. 
Hieto 'this plant has produced no feeds in this country, 
and it is with dicuity increared by cuttings. 
Our figure was drawn from a plant which flowered in the 
fpring with Meffrs. Gwoo and Go. Kenfington. 
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Toi,,ius ASIATCUS. ASiATiC 
I, o w 
Cla and Order. 
POLYANDRXA POLCYNAo 
Generic Charafter. 
Cal. o. Petala circiter 1,1. Capful, e plurim% ovat% polyfperme. 
Specific Chara7er and Synonyms. 
TROLLIUS afiaticus corolla patula, neEtariis ftaminibus Ion 
gioribus. Linn. Syfl. Vegeta& ed. x4. Murr. 
p. 5x8. Ait. Kew. v. 2. p. 27x. 
HELLEBORUS aconiti folio, [lore globofo croceo. _/lmm. 
Ruth. 101. 
Of this genus, two fpecies only have as yet been difcovered, 
the one a native of Great-Britain, the other here figured the 
produce of Siberia and Cappadocia, both hardy, perennial, 
herbaceous plants; the latter, more particularly, .from the 
bright orange colour of its flowers, held in high efdmation as 
an ornamental plant, and flowering in May and June. This 
fpecies, as yet rare in this country, is ufually propagated by 
parting its roots in axttumn; it may alfo be raifed from feeds, 
which ripen frequently on frong healthy plants: to fucceed 
in its cultivation,- we thould plant it in a compofition of loam 
and bog earth, and place it in a north border, taking care 
that it does not fuffer from vant of watering in dry fummers; 
Was cultivated by .Mr. MILLEIls in 1759. tit. Kewl 
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VERBASCUM 
12 j 
MYCONI. BORAGE-LEAV'I 
MULLEIN. 
Clafs and Order. 
PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIAo 
Generic CharafTer. 
Corolla rotata, fubinaequalis. Capf. x-locularis 2-valvis. 
Specific CharafTer and Synonyms. 
VERBASCUM myconi foliis lanatis radicalibus, fcapo nudo, 
Linn. Syfl. ?egetab. ed. x4. Mutt. p. 
_/lit. Kew. p. 9.38. 
CORTUSA foliis ovatis feffilibus. Linn. Hort. Cliff. 5 o. 
SANICULA alpina, foliis boraginis villofa. Bauh. Pin. 243. 
AURICULA urfi myconi. Dalcch. Hifi. 837. 
AURICULA urfi [lore cceruleo folio Boraginis. Blew Beares 
Eares with Borage leave. arl. arad. 
3 6- v'37- f-, 3- 
Molt of the plants of this genus are tall and fhewy; the 
one 'here figured is however,-of very humble growth, its 
flowering item in the cultivated plant rarely exceeding fix 
inches in height; its flowers are proportionably large, of a 
blueifh purple colour, and highly ornamental; they make their . 
appearance in May, and continue fucceflively in bloffom for 
feveral months, hence it becomes a defirable plant to cultivate, 
epecially for the decorating of rock-work; it is very hardy, 
requires a north afpe& in the rumruer, and to be carefully 
watered in dry weather; will grow in almolt any foil, and is 
uually propagated by planting its roots in autunm. 
Grows fpontaneoufly on the,Pyrenean Alps; in its wild Prate 
it is more dwarfifh than our figure reprefents it, its foliage 
more woolly, and enriched with various tints, which the plant 
lores on cultivation; fuch fpecimens I law in the poffeffion of 
Dr. R. HALiFAX, of Albemarle-Street, who gathered it on 
ts native Alps. 
Was cultivated by Mr. Mt,t,R, in 73 , Aii. Kew. and 
m. oprprobably long before that period by P.-xXNSON, who 
gves a figure and accurate defcription of it in his Parad. ter- 
refiris. 
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OXALIS 
CAVRIA. G)^T'S-FOoT- 
WOOD SORREL.- 
Cla' and Order: 
DECANDRIA P.ENTAGYIq IA. 
Generic Charaglcr. 
Cal. 5-pbyllus. Petala unguibus connxa. Capf. artgulls 
hifces, 5-gona. 
Specific Charac7cr and Synonyms. 
OXALIS eaprina fcapis umbelliferis, foliis ternaris glabrii, 
floribus ereC--tis. g'huub. Oxalis, n.  x. Linn. Syfl. 
kgelab. ed. 24. Mutt: p. 433- 
OXALIS Pes Capre fcapo umbellifero, foliis ternatis rub 
bipartitis apice fubtus callotis. Linn..Sp. P1. e. 
3- P- 62. 
OXALIS bu. lbofa pentaphylla et hexapbylla, floribus magni 
luteis et copioils. 
The Cape of Good-Hope, that moff fertile fource of curiou. 
and beautiful t)lants, affords numerous fpecies of Xood Sorr 
and,-among others, the prefent one, which is diffinguifled fo' 
the largenel of its blotthins; they are of a fine yellow coloul 
and, when expanded by the influence of the fun, make a yen 
confpicuous figure in the green-houfe; it begins to flowe 
early in April, and continues about two months in bloom, 
many flowering ftems aftting from the fame root. 
This 'fpecies is of free growth, and increales plentifully 
bulbs, which are produced on the crown of the root, as well 
on its fibres; there, when'the-plant decays, flould be tak- 
up, and two or three of the large plamed in the middle ot 
pot filled with a mixture of bog earth and rotten leaves, 
incorpoi'ated; towards' winter, the pots fhould he placed i 
the green-houfe, or in a frame fo tk'cured as perfelly to 
out frofL. 
Was cultivated by Mr. 5/hIx. zrt, in 757. 1il. Kew. 
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SENECIO ELEGANS. PURPLE GROUNDSEL, 
or RAGWORT. 
Clafs and Ordeg 
SYNGENESIA POLYGAM!A SUPERFLUA. 
Generic 
Recent. nudum. Pus fimplex. Cal. cylindricus, calyculatu 
Squalls apace fphacelatis. 
SENECIO elefai corollis radiantibus foliis pinnatidis mqua. 
libus patentimis margine inctaft,to recurvato. 
Lfn. 7- fefetaA ed. 4. Mrr. p. 757- 
SENECIO elefas corollis radiantibus, foliis pilolb-vifcidis 
pinnatidis mqualibus patentimis, tach{ inferne 
anguRata, calycibus hirtis. Aft Ke. . 3. .  98. 
ASTER africanus annuus fenecioni foliis. Comm. 
59' t. 
LN.us has given to this charming annual the name of 
elegans, on account of the great beauty of its fiowers the 
florets of the radius being of a molt brilliant purple, and thole 
of the dirk bright yellow; colours regarded as peculiar to this 
plant, till the Sen. venuj7us defcribed in the Hort. Kew. was 
difcovered and introduced here; it is a native of the Cape and 
other parts of Africa, grows ufually to the height of a foot and 
a half, or two feet; flowers from June to AuguR, grows readily, 
requiring the fame treatment as other annuals of the more 
tender kind; feedling plants raifed in the autumn in pots, and 
kept in the green-houfe or under a frame during winter, will, 
ofcourfe, flower much earlier than plants produced in the fpring. 
Within thefe few years, a variety of this Senecio with per 
fe6'tly. double flowers, equally brilliant as thole of the tingle 
kind, has been introduced, and is here figured; this, from its 
fuperior beauty, is now cultivated, in preference to the tingle; 
there is double variety of it alfo with white flowers, which be- 
ing le fhewy is not fo much elteemed; both of there are 
railed, and that readily, from cuttings, which as loon as well 
rooted may be planted out in the open borders, where they 
will be highly ornamental during molt of the fummer; as 
young plants are molt detirable, we fhould take care to have a 
.conRant fucceffion from cuttings re.gularly put in, and to pre- 
ferve pots of fuch in particular, n the green~houfe during 
winter, for early blowing the enfuing fummer. 
The tingle fort was cultivated here, by guxg.zs Duos, 
Efq. in the year x 7oo, fitit. Kew. 
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AMARYLLIS A.MASCO. AAMASCO LILY, 
-,- -'. -,4-,--,-,-'.* -. -,-%,-x-. ,--..- 
Clafs and Order. 
Generic Charaei'. 
Cot. hexapetaloidea, irregularis. Filamenta aui:i mBi inl'ertt i 
declinata 3 imequalia proportione vel dire&ione. Linn. Fil. 
Specific CharatTei' and Synonyms. 
AMARYLLIS _/ttamaJ2'o fPatha bifida acura, flori/pedicellat0 
corolla campanulata fubequali ere&a bari 
breve tubuloa, ftaminibus declinatis a:quali- 
bus. Linn. Fil. _/tit. Kew. p. 
AMARYLLIS _/ttamafco fpatha dniflora, c6roila equali, pif- 
tillo declinato. Linn; Spec. P1. cd 3. P. 4 
]LILIO-NARCISSUS Indicus pumilus rfionanthus albus foliio 
mguftiffimis Atamafco dic2us. Moris 
H6r/. x . p: 366. t. v._ 
LILIO-NARCSSS virginienfis. CateJb. Carol. 3' P' 
t. 
LILIO-NARCISSUS iiliflorus carolinianus flore albo fingu- 
lari cum rubedine diluto.' 1uk. lhn. 
0. o. t. 43-f- 3; 
The tmaryllis ttamafco is a native of Virginia and Caro- 
lina, in which countries it grows very plentihlly in the fields 
and woods, where it makes a beauuhl appearance when i{ is 
in flower, which is in the fpring. The flowers of this fort are 
produced fingly, and at their firft appearance have a fine 
Carnation colour on their outfide, but this fades away to a 
pale or almo white before the flowers decay.. This plant is 
b hardy as to thrive in the open r in England, provided the 
roots are plaFted  in a warm fituation and on a dry foil; it 
may be propagated by offsets from the roots, which they put 
out pretty plentiftiily, efpeciaily if they are not tranlinted 
ortner than once in three years. Miller's Di. 
it is ufuai with the NurfeD'men about London to keep this 
ptmt in the greenhoufe, where it flowers about the end of 
April. 
Mr. C.qats Haxxo cultivated here in 68o, it. 
on the authority of Moso. 
* Ctaoh" in Grouov. Fl. Fix. fays maddidls gaudet Iocis, it delights to 
grow in wet places.. 
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PELAROONiUM TRICOLOR, 'THREE- 
COLOURED CRANE's-BILL. 
Clafi and Order. 
MONADELPHIA HEPTANDRIA 
Ge1eric Charagter. 
aL' .-partittis: lacinia fuprema definente in tubulum capilla- 
rem, nftarife'rum, fectis pedunculum decurrentem. Cor. 
/5-petala, irregularis. t71amena xo, inaqualia: quorum 3 
('taro 5) carrata, Fru&us &coccus, roffratus: roffra fpiralia, 
intrortim barbara. L' Herit. Getan 
Specific Charaler an Synonyms. 
i'ELARGONIUM tricolor pettlis duobus fuperioribus punftis 
prominulis lucidis ad bafin fcabris. 
 'The Pea'roniurn tricolor,  fFecies perlef fly new, in point 
0f beauty is thought to eclipfe all that have hitherto been 
introduced to this country; its bloffoms are certainly the molt 
thewy in a colleftion of plants they are the firIt to attraft the 
/ye, the two uppermolt petals are of a beautiful red, having 
their bafes nearly black, the three lowermolt are white, hence 
its name of ticolor; this peculiarity of colour joined to their 
[orln, has induced fome tO fancy a flmilarity betwixt its flowers 
nd thole of the Heartseafe: to the bloffoms of the Lathyrus 
articulatus in point of colour, they bear alfo a diitant relm- 
blance. 
In our eagernefs to lay before the public this flriking novelty, 
e may poflibly 9mir fome circumitances relative to its hiitory 
and u:eatment, which future experience may develope, they 
till not, however, we truit be very material; the plants which 
we have had an opportunity of feelug have fcarcely exceeded 
a foot in height, growing up with a flrubbv fiere, and expand- 
in. svidelv nto numerous flowering !ranches, unutually 
difpofed (o produce flowers in a conRant fucceflion, fo that 
during moft of the fummer the plant is loaded with a profufion 
of bloom; [hefe flowers for the molt part go off without being 
followed by any feed, and when any feed is produced, of which 
we 
we have feen a few i;ahanees, there is generally one perfe and 
four abortive, frequently all of them fail; the bloffoms vat 
in the number of their f[amina, four are mof[ ufually apparent, 
three fuperior, and that very conf[antly, one inferior and ofte 
two, we have never obferved feven, the-proper number 
fertile ftamina in a Pelar(onium: the whole plant is covered 
xvith thort white hairs which give to the foliage a fomewh 
illvery hue. 
Inftances have occurred in which one or more of the white 
pet.als have had a Ptripe of red in them, and We have obferved 
that the dark colour at the bafe of the nppermoPt petals is, in a 
certain degree, foluble in water, for on the plants being waterett 
the white petals have here and there become ftained by the 
colouring matter proceeding from it and which, in a diluted 
fiate, is of a purplith tint: as the flo.wers. decay, this apparently 
black part, difii.ngiflaed by the r0ughnes of its furface, arifing 
from prominent lucid points, .and which effentially diPtinguilh 
the fpeies, is fometimes perforated with numerous fmall holes. 
Mr. M^sso, vho is employed to colle plants at the Cape, 
for the Royal Garden at Kew, and in which employment he f0 
honourably a.cquits himfell, as the Hortus Kewenfis bears ample 
tetimony,, fent hither' feeds of this Pelaronium, which flo. 
ered in that matchiefs colle&ion in the year x79z; a few plants 
of it have altb been raifed From Cape feeds, by Mr. 
Nurferyman, at Hammerfmith, rome of which flowered this 
fpring with Mr. Cozvxzz, Nureryman Kings-Road. 
It mut be feveral years before the loyers of plants can be 
generally gratified with the poffeffion of his plant, mot of its 
branches rumting out fpedily into flowering falks, form few 
proper for cuttings, which ar Ptruck With difficulty, and per- 
re& feeds are fparingly produced. 
It appears to be equally h.ardy a.s mof others of the famu 
tribe, and to require a timilar treatment. 
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FAGONIA CRETICA. CRETIAN- FAGONIA. 
Cla and Ordei, 
DECANDRIA /ON OGYN IA 
Generic CharafTer. 
CaL &phyllus. Petal 5, cordata apf, 5~1ocularis, o-valvhl 
loculi x-fpermis. 
Specific Chara'gle aid Synonyms. 
FAGONiA cretica fpinofa, foliolis lanceolatis planis levibm, 
Linn, Sp. ,1. ed 3' P' 553- Mant. p. 380. 
Linn. 8yfl. Fegetab. ed, i4. Mutt. p. 4oi..dit, 
Kew. v. i. p. 
TRiFOLIUM fpinofum Creticum, Cluf H. v.. p, o4.. J; 
Bauh. Pin. p. 830. 
FAGONIA cretica fpinofa, frourn. Ifl. p. 65. 
CLustus is the firR author wh'6 has defcribed and figtre 
this plant, he is ery minute in his defcription of, it, noticin 
the exa& number of its ftamina; it is the more  ikrpriiing 
therefore, that he fnould have ib little idea of generic charac' 
ter, as to rank it ,-ith the trefoils merely from the form .of 
its leaves: TouNEvOX born to illuftrate the genera o 
plants, named it Fagonia in honour of.his friend and. patron 
Monf. F^co, privy counfeilor and confulting phyfician t 
LEWIS XIV, 
This fpecies is a native of the ifland 'of Candia, and 
cultivated here by Mr. MILEa, in 739; it is an annuab 
and as it does not perlea its feeds ,'ith us in the opetl 
air, unlefs in-very favourable feafons it is ufually treated as' 
green-houfe plant, its feeds thould be fown in the autunm, a 
it thereby [lowers earlier, and rife feeds' are with more cer- 
tainty obtained. 
It bloffoms from June to Augutt. 
The plant from which our drawing wa made, flowered this. 
feafon in the very rich colle ction of Meffrs, L:: and 
Hammerfmith. ' 
Its branches are ufually procumbent, about a foot in leng. t , 
and require, if the lant be kept in a pot, to be tied up to a fiilt- 
VERONICA DECUSSATA, CROss-LEAV'D 
-:... '- -'4.4 .'?....-'-..',....1,4,.',. 
Cls and 
Geeic Chanm 
limbo 4-part ito: lacinia infima anguRiore. Capf -1ocu- 
laris apice emargmata 
Specific Chaaer and Synonyms. 
ERONICA deeata fpicis termina!ibus panicUlatis, folii 
oblongis integerrimis lvigatis coriaceis, caule 
fruticofo. Ait. Kew: v. 
VERONICA decata floribus racemoils axillaribus, 'foliis 
ovalibus decuffatis integerrimis. Moench. 
We,ein. p. 37- Linn. 
ed. x 3. Gruel p. 30, 
The plant here reprefented, is a native of Falkland's Ifland 
anti was introduced to this Country by Dr, FOHEV. GtZx, 
abr;ut the year x776; if permitted to grow, it will become a 
bu/hy thrub of a confidetable fize: it has been chiefly ad- 
mired for the unufiml and regular growth o its leaves, which 
are ever-green, and grow thickly on the branches, crofs-wife 
affording an excellent example of the folia decuff7ta; but it ia 
entitled to our admiration on another account, its bloffoms 
have a molt delicious fragrance (timilar to that o the Olea 
5'ag*'azs) not mentioned by authors, and we believe fcarcely 
:nown, having never heard it fpoken of by thole who have 
:ulfivated the plant; its flowers, which are white are pro- 
duced on the tops of the branches, which, however, they do 
ot ftrialy terminate, but ufually grow out it, ll below the 
fummits on thort racemi; the corolla is fonretimes divided 
into five fogmerits, and thei'e is a greater equality in the feg- 
hien's than- is uually found in the flowers of the Veronica, 'the 
':ed-veffel differs alfo in its form, being longer, more oval, and 
['carrely emarginate; there feveral deviations from the llruk-ture 
fthc Ve:cnlca genus, joined to the fragrance of the bloffoms 
of this plant, induce Us t6 think, that it has more' affinity with 
he Olea above mentioned. , 
Cultivators complain, that it does-not blow freely; without 
any peculiarity of treatment, it flowers with us every ye'ar, 
bout the middle of_June  it is one of the more hardy green 
,Oufe plants, ' which is ufually ar, d readily increared by cuttings, 
E 43 
MONE or PRICKLY POPPY. 
OLYANDRIA MONOGYNIA, 
Generic Charafter. 
Cot. fi-peta]a. CaL 8-phylS. Cap femivalvis. 
Specie Charaev and Synonyms. 
RGEM'ONE mexicana capfulis'fexvalvbu s, foliis fpinofis. 
Linn. S)fl. Fegetab. ed. . Murr. p. 
it. Kew. v. . p. 5' 
pAPAVER fpinofum. Ch H. . p. 3' 
CARDUUS chryfanthemus Peruanus. The Golden Thile o 
Peru. Get. Herb. p. 
This fpecies of Argemone is a native of Mexico, and the 
WePt-Indies, where we ould fuppofe it to be a very common 
and noxious weed, from the name there given it of' Fico del in- 
ferno, or the Devil's Fig :.it has long been introduced to this 
country; GER^v,D, who cultivated it with fucces, ludicroufly 
attributes its nickname to a different fource: "The golden 
"Thiftle of Peru, called in the WePt-Indies, Fique del inferno, 
' a friend of mine brought it unto me from an iland there, called 
"Saint Johns Iland, among other feedes, what reafon the inha- 
' bitants there have to call it fo it is unto me unknown, unlefs 
"it be bicaufe of his fruite, which doth much refemble a figge 
"in Rape and bigneffe, but fo full of :rpe and venemous 
' prickles, that whofoever had one of them in his throte, doubt. 
' lefs it would fend him packing either to heaven or to hell." 
M_xR mentions it as a plant of no great ufe or beauty, in 
the latter point of view -Czvsxus, who was one of the firit to 
figure' and defcribe it, and Ge^, thought differently; its 
foliage is certainly beautiful, romewhat like that of the milk 
thiPtle, its bloffoms'are large and fhewy, though not of long 
duration; like 'the Celandine, the whole plant abounds with a 
yellow juice, Which flows out when it is wounded; it differs 
from the: poppy, to which it is nearly related, in having a 
calyx of three leaves. 
Though a native of a very warm climate, it is cultivated with 
as much facility as any annual whatever; in the gardens about 
London, .where it ha once grow.n, and fcattered its feeds, it 
comes up fpontaneoufly every fpring, flowers in July and 
AuguPt, and ripens-its feeds in September; there are large, 
tbmei, vhat round, of a black colour, with a beautiful furface  
qght rich foil and warm fituation fuits it bef, 
IOMCEA 
QUAMOCLIT, W!NG. ED 
IPOM(EA. 
LEAV'D 
ClaJ3 and Order. 
PENT. ANDRIA MoNOGYNIA. 
Generic CharacTer. 
Corolla in[hndibuliformis. Stigma capitato-glfibofum? Capri 
34oculari. s. 
Specific CharaCTer and Synonyms. 
IPOMFFEA O, ouamoclit foliis pinnatifidis linearibus, floribm 
 fubfolitariis. 1.inn. Syfl. Yegetab. ed.. x. Mu?, 
p. 2.04. Ait. Kew. v. , p. 2x 5. 
QUAMOCL!T fJafminum Americanurn. Clu Poflh. 9' 
CONVOLVULUS tenuifolius Americanus. The red Be!l, 
flower of'America. Park. Parad. iV. 358. 3' 
In a former number of thls work, we gave a figure of tho 
Scarlet Ipomcea, which every one poffeffing a garden, at lea( 
in the more tbuthern parts of this kingdom, might gratify 
them[elves with a fight of, it being hardy enough to flower 
and ripen its feeds in the open border; but the prefent fpecie,, 
an annual alfo, and equa!13/ beautiful, with greater fingularit 
of foliage, can b brought to perfeX[ion only in the [tore o 
hot-houfe. 
Its feeds fhou!d be [own early in the fpringi two or three i 
a [mall pot; when the plants are fo far advanced as to thew 
a difpofition to climb, they flmuld'be removed with a ball d r 
earth into a middle-fized pot, in which one two, or three 
Licks, Four or five Feet high flould be ffuck, fO.r the plants to 
climb up; in the months of Juoe and July they will flower, and 
ripe feed will be produced in September. 
This elegant fpecies' a native of both the Indies, was cU lu' 
rated here by P,xuxxso, who minutely delLribes it in h 
]arad tevr. When [peaking of the feed, he obferves, "with 
"it will feldom come to flower, becaufe our 'cold nights and 
- fro[is come fo foone, before i.t anro[ ha. re comfort enough 
*' of the f[tn to ripell it," 
TEUCRIUM LATIFOLIUM. BROAB-LEAv' 
SIIRUBBY GERMANDER. 
Ch and Order. 
DIDYNAMIA GYMNOSPERIA 
Generic Charaler. 
Cor. iabium fuperius (nullurn) ultra bafin v.-partitum, divari. 
catum ubi ftamina. 
Specific Chara7er and Synonyms. 
TEUCRIUM latifolium foliis integerrimis rhombeis acutis 
viilofts fubtus tomentofis. Linn. Syfl. Fkgetr;3. 
ed. 4. Murr. p. 526. Ait. Kew. v. 2. p. 76. 
TEUCRIUM fruticans beticum ampliore folio. Dill. Elth. 
379. t. 284. f. 367  
The g'eucrium latifoum as well as the fruticans, which 
is nearly related to it, is a native of Spain, and was cul- 
tivated in this country in x7x4, by the Duchefs of BzAuVOk*, 
vial../tit. Kew. 
It is a flrubby plant, growing to the height of feven or 
eight feet (it may be trained to a much reater height) noV 
common in our green-houfes, and fomeffmes plantfit in the 
open border 'in warm fituations, where it will bear about the 
fame degred of cold as the myrtle; it flowers during molt of 
the rummet months, and is readily increared by cuttings. 
AOUlLECIA C^^DENSIS. CAI* AD IAN 
COLUMBINE. 
Clafs and Order. 
POL,N I)RXA PINTA(;1qXA. 
Generic CharafTer. 
Cal. o. Petala 5' Netaria 5 corniculata, inter petala. Capf. 
5' diftine. 
Specific CharafTer and Synonyms. 
AQUILEGIA canadenfis ne&ariis re&is, ftaminibus corolla 
longioribus. L)nn. S)fl. Peg. ed. 4. Murro 
P- 535- _dit. Kew. v. 2. p. 248. 
AQUILEGI:A. pumiia precox canadenfis. Corn. Canad. 
fiQUILEGIA precox cnadenfis; flore externe rubicundo, 
medio luteo. Motif. -H. x. p. 457- t. 
AQUILEGIA Virginiania flore rubefcente pracox. 
The early red Columbine of Virginia. _Park. "h. p. 367. 
PARKINSON WaS not acquainted with this plant when he 
wrote his arad. terr. but in his larger and more general 
work, the '"heaL L publifhed in :t64o, he defcribes and 
figures it as a plant newly introduced from Virginia, by Mr. 
Jo Ta)ssc. x: Co v xvs, in his account of the plants 
f Canada, gives us a reprefentation and a defcription 'of this 
lant afo; according to him, its ufual height in that country 
s about nine inches; in the gardens here it nearly cqua! the 
:ommon Columbine, which it confiderably refembles in the 
ppearance of its foliage, but differs in the form and colour of 
ts flowers, the horn of the neftary is ftraighter, and the bloffom 
in rome of its parts  inclines more to orange, which i'enders it 
highly ornamental. 
It is a hardy perennial, and may be eafily propagated by 
parting its roots in autumn or fprqng; it may alfo be railed 
from feeds, which ripen readily here; there are found to be a 
long time in vegetating, as are others of this genus. 
We have obferved in rome gardens, a Columbine of more 
humble growth than the one here figured, called by the name 
fcanadenfis, and which moft probably is a variety of our 
plant, its bloffoms fpread wider, ae of a pale red colour 
ithout any orange, and hence being Iefs beautiful, is, of 
:0Urfe, lefs worthy 'of culture.- 
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'A'BiOs,k A Tio'RUR,A; SIV,T 
 -  ..... ,   .  , - ._ ' 
'C d Okder. 
Generic Cbaraer. 
GaL ro'finis lyphyllus; ropris duplex, fup'rhs: 
paleaceum nudmn. 
radmntlbus, 
SCABIOSA atropurptrea cor011ulis quinqtfefidi& ' ;' " 
foliis difffiis, teeptaculis floffmn fibhlatis 
Linn. 89fl. Fegeta& e& i 4. MuPP, p. 45. Air. 
'K. v. . p. x37- 
scABisA p6regrina rubra capit6 oblonggl auh. Pin. 
SCABIOSA vi: indica. Clu Hfl. . p. 3. 
REd flowered Indian Scablobs. Park; Parqd. 
it is not a little fingular that we fhould have no ceriairi 
accohnt of what Country this fpecies of SeabioUs is a native 
C.usius who defcribes and figures it accurately, relates th 
he reeeived feeds of it from Italy, Under the name of Ind. iah 
8cabious; he informs us aifo that he received f6eds of a Scabioti 
[rom Spain, which the fane year produced flowers of a timilar 
colour3 but paler; PA, gKINSON fays this plaut is verily thought 
io grow naturally in Spain and Italy; .does he borrow this ii:lei 
from What C.usus has advanced? he certainly gives nd 
nut!ioi'ity for his ftppofition: LINN;U$ mentions it as a nativ 
of India with a note of doubt; Mi..E. do6s the fame, omi 
ting any doubts about it; Mr. Axo'/ leaves itg place of growtl 
Unfettled 
The Sweet Scabious has long and defervedly held a place 
ts an ornamental plant in our gardeni, the fiower are w  
tdapted for nofegays, have a fweet mtdky fmell, and are 
produced in great profufion from June to OOober. 
It i a hardy biennial, requiriug yearly to be railed frr 
feeds, thefe ould bE fown about the latter end of M.v, 
beginning of June, on a fhady border of frefli earth, thifinin 
the plants as they advance to the diltance of three or 
inches; in autumn they .fhould be removed into the borde. 
xvhere they are intended to flower, thus treated they .... ' 
become good Rrong plants againlt wiuter, flower early' 
enfuing fimmer, and prodn& abundance of perfeli feeds. 
The bloflbms vary in colour, towards autumn the edge o 
tlm florets become paler. 
p.,rv.sos, deviating from his ufual accuracy, defcrib 
the flowers without fcent. rid, Para&. 
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INCA ROSEA. 
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MADAGASCAR PERIWINKLE 
'Generic Charav. 
Olticl   erei. Semina nuda. 
SPecific Charaer and Synonyms, 
CA 'rea Caul frutefcente ereo, foliis ovato 6blongis, 
petlolls bari 'bidentatis, floribus geminis felibffs. 
Linn. Soft. Pg'et. ed, . Mutt. p. 5. it. 
Ke. v. . p. 96. 
iNcA foliis oblongoiovatis intcgerrimis, tubo floris lon- 
gimo, caule ramofo fruticofo. Mill. Icon. 86. 
The inca 'rofea was firR cultivatei:l in this country by_ Mr. 
xsx_te MxLx.g in t757, he obferves that it deferyes a'place 
m tle Rove as much as any of the exotic plants we have in 
England, becaufe 'the'flowers are very beautiful, and there is 
t c6nR/nt fucceffion of them all .the fummer. 
The following account is extracted from his Diionary; 
"This plant grows naturally in the Ifland of Madagafcar, from 
"xvhence the teds were brought to the Royal Garden at Paris, ' 
"Where the plants were firPt railed, and produced their flowers - 
' the following fummer; from there 'plants good feeds were 
"obtained, which were. fent me by Mr. RICH.ARD, gardener 
to the King at Verfailles and Trianon. It riles to the height 
' of three or'four feet; the branches which when young a. re 
"fucculent be. come ligneous by age: thefe flowers which 
"pear early in the fumn/er produce ripe feeds in the autumn. 
"This fort is propagated by feeds or cut'tings in the ufual 
' aay; unlefs the fummer proves warm thefe plants fhould not 
' be placed abroad, for they. xvill not thrive if they are expofed 
' to cold or wet, therefore during the fummer they flmuld be 
"placed in an airy glafs-cafe, and in winter they muPt be 
"removed into the Ptove, where the air is kept to a temperate 
"heat, without which they will not live through the winter in 
"Engl, and. Mill. Di7. 
There 'is a variety of this plant having white b!effoms with 
a purple eye. 
The flowers do not always grow in pairs. 
Clafs and Order. 
SyNGENE$IA POLYGAMIA SUP:EKFLV*. 
Generic Charat'let. 
Recept. nullurn. pappus fimplex,. Cal. fimplex .p.oypbyll- 
a:qUalis. 
Specific Charat'ter and 
'CINERARIA _dmelloides Fedunculis unifioris, foliis oppoftis., 
' ovatis'nudis, caule fufh-tticofo. Linn. 
l&getab. ed. 4-' Murr. p. 765 - ' _dit Ke, wi 
v. 3' P' 
ASTER afi-icanus fi-utefceus ramofus, f(oribus caruleis, oliis 
' oppoftis minimis, caulibus et ramulis in ped. unculo4 
nudos exeuntibus. Raii Supp!.  58. 
aSSTER caule ramofo fcabro perenni, .oliis ovails feffilibus, 
' ' pedunculis nudis u. nioris. Mill. Icon. 7 6. f. 
The Cineraria _dmelloides a plant common in every green- 
houfe ,as {ntroduced by Mr. p,tn, /[aLLER- as long finc 
th' ),ear i'53, being' railed by him from Cape feeds; it 
)rms a bufi;'ihrub, of the hight of two, oothree fet, pro- 
uces numero'ns bloffoms, which Rand figly on long fo0t-R,,lks, 
and ard of a pale blue colour; they make rome amends for 
their ,ant of brilliancy b3 flowering during moil of the year. 
The plant is . afil propagated either by .theds or cu. tdngg. 
I RTUS TOMENTOSA? WOOLLY-LEAvl 
Cla and Orr, 
Ios.6Nngx6 MoNoqYNx4. 
Genic Charaer 
CqL 5-fids fuperus etalq fl. Bacca . f. 3 fperma. 
Sffecffc Charaer. and Synonyns. 
YRTUS toent(a peduculis unifloris,. foliis trip!inervii 
fnbtus tomentofis.- it. Kew. v. . p.  5.' 
RBOR findntis canell foli rainore, trinervi, prona part 
yillofo, fr&u caryophylli aromatici majoris villi 
fimiliter obdu&o' luk mqlth. x. t 37.  
In the third edition of the Species Plaet, of LtNus 
publifiaed in x764, thirteen Myrtles are defcribed; in the 3 t 
{:dition of the Syfl. Natur. publimed by GEIN in 9_, forty, 
one are enumerated; thus in twenty-feven years this genus ha. 
gained an acceffion of twe.nty-eight fpe_cies: moR of there ara 
natives of warm climates, and few comparatively have been 
introduce 4 to this country, fix fpecies only being mentioned. 
in the Hort. Kew. of Mr. AON, in that work the tomentofa 
here figured, not known to LN.ets or MLLEV, is fpecifica. lly 
defcribed, and there Mr. Azxo informs us that it i a natira 
of China, and was introduced by Mrs_. Nov,^ about th 
year x766. 
Since that period it has fallen 'into the hands of vario.u 
cultivators, and flowered perhaps i greater perfeO. ion than i 
did originally at Kew; the peduncles, in the various fpecimen 
we have feen ufually fupporting more' than one flower. 
It is a {hrub of great beauty both in refpe6't to its foliage 
and flowers, bearing but little fimilitude to the common Myrtle, 
if fuffered to grow, acquiring the height of many feet. 
Its bloffoms are produced in June and July, the buds ,re 
covered with 'a white dowb as is alfo the underfide of th 
leaves, whence its name of-t0ment0fa. 
It has been cuftomary to treat it as a Rove pla.nt, fuch it ' 
confidered in the Hort. Kew. there is great reafon however t 
believe, that it is by no means tender, and that it may fucceeCl 
as molt of the Chinere plants d6 in a good greenhoufe. 
It is ufually increared by cuttings which are ftruck wit.- 
difficulty. 
II II 
CTARLICKo 
C/a  and Orden 
HEXADRIA MONOGYNIA. 
Generic CharadeS. 
Cor. 6-partita, pts. Spaha multiflora. mbclla congefL. 
Capf fupera. 
Sec Charaer a -- S'oms; 
ALLIuM ds'endc" aule fubteretito,o umbellifero, pedun 
culis ext'-:aibus bre4oribus, aminibu'tricu: 
pida. tis. Lin] Sgjt. etab. ed. . 
3  e. , Jit. Kew. v. . p. '45. 
LLIUM flaminias alterne trifidis, lBliis flulofis, capi 
fphmrico non bulbifero atropurpureo. Hall. Jll 
ab. . f p. 355- - i& 
6ao H : in his moR admirgble ,5onographia on th 
plants of this genus, publiflmd 'in his Op'ula Botanic 
defcribes and figures this fpecies, a hardy prennial, beinb 
ativ of Switzerland, and cultiYated acco[ding to Mr. 
ih the garden t Oxford in 766. 
It ufua!lv c"-' to the height of three feet, thriging 
almo gny tb I or 5tuaton, its flowers as in many other fpecx 
grow in a capimlm or little head, not an umbel, ri& 
fpeaking, as Lt: .  defcribes it; ,h' hea is at fir covere 
with a whiti meabr  wearing .nc relmb-lance to a 
night-cap, on the hlling t.[ of vhh the .hole of the capi 
re!am is perceil. 1 to be of a green colour, fimrtly the crown 
 i becomes of a fine reddi purple, this colour extends 
iffelf gradually dowm.,ards, prt r. ntlv we fee he upper half ot 
the head purplfi, the lo 'r half green, in this ate it has 
mo pleating apcerate; the purple ill extending downward 
the whole ead finally becomes Oni[ormly fo, and then 
flowers begin to 'open, and emit an odour rather agrceah. 
han otherwile; on djfling a_ flo,, we find three of 
lamina ia each or  than the othersi and bearing two litt ' 
points, which proc, cd not from the anthers, but from the 
of the filaments, it is thrc[ore one ot  th [e Alliums whk 
Lxz us ddribc, as having thcr  b: .... rs. 
This .le{ i increales readily by ofl{ rs, which flmuld 
feparated and t;.ant, in Aurarim. 
We know n why I.x*r; ould gix)e it the ham{ 
dfcende3' unlefs tom its bem one o[ thole plants 
rootsin p '-cc; of time dcfcend leepb, to the e'mh. 
,,,l 
GREAT-FLoW a 
,,tloro. rio  
Fr 
ani.qoro, fo!iis fuNan- 
.rolla patentis. Jacq. in 
ternis oblongis ferratis, catfie 
atulo. LAtz. SuppL p.  40. 
t 4- Jurr. p. o 7. it 
p. 8. 
flor J^c- ,, we believe, tie firPt author who has 
du, ti_: _ of Campanula, which he has done in his 
...debonas; L  .  s the Son afmrwards inferred it 
t Pl. agning it the charaers fpecified above in 
royres, and expreng his doubts WhOther it was not a 
f the Campa-,t-a carpati already figured in this 
7- ProL .lc i c; .... y demonfirates that it c- 
tb, as it differs moR c, 'dly fi-om that plant in a 
of particulars, via Li,m agJ . PXet. ed. 4. Mgrr. 
ific defcription there glen, agrees much better with 
ant we have feen flowerqere, than that of L.vl 
there being generally more than one flower on a flail:, 
leayea rarely growing three t%etl er. 
bloffos 'of this plant when it grow{in peneaton, are 
,% nearly twice the fize of thole of the Campanu/a 
, whenc its name of grandflora; previous to their 
full)', they romewhat refemble an air balloon, from 
:u-'fiance it has been called by me the Balloon plant. 
a hartIv perennial, a native of 'ber.ia and Tartary, and 
troducea to this ountry by Mr. joia Bzzz in the year 
_.s in July, is as ,et a rare plant in this country, ansi 
to continue fo, , ; not eafilv inc'reared, multiplying 
.Lie by its roots, fc to be ftuc.k from cuttings, and 
"oducing per[e ,. 
-THE 
BOTANICAL MAGAZINE; 
O R, 
Flower-Garden- Difplayed: 
iN WHIqH 
Themoft Ornamental FoaF PL.,TS, cultivated in the 
Open Ground, the Green-Houfe: and the Stove, are ac- 
curately rcprefented in their natural Colours. 
TO WI"IICI"I ARE AD, DED 
Their Names, CIas, Order, Generic and Specific Chamc"ters, according 
to the celebrated LqN.vs; their Places of Growth, 
_ and Times of Flowering: 
THE MOST APPROVED METHODS OF CULTURE. 
A W. O R K 
Intender for the Ufe of fuch LAvs, GeiTLSaN, and GAt)ts, aa 
' viih to become fcienfificaily acquainted with the Plants they cultivate. 
By WILLIAllI CURTIS, 
Author o tim FLoe LoN)tu,sts. 
V 0 L, VIII. 
' Much I love 
To fe the fair one bind the t'traggling pink, 
Cheer the fweet role, the lupin, and the lock 
.And lend a llaff to the t'tiIl gadding pea. 
Ye fair, it well becomes you. Better thus 
Cheat time away, than at the crowded rout, 
RuPding in filk, in a froall room, clofeopent 
And heated e'en to furlon; made to breathe 
A rank contagious air, and fret at whit't, 
Or fit aftde to fneer and whirper fcandal-  
VLcz Cu.xz p. 74. 
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PRINTED BY STEPHEN COUCHMAN 
-r W. CURTIS, N  3, St. George's-Creent, Black-Friars-Road; 
tknd S01d by the.'pfincipal B0okfellers in Great-Britain and Ireland, 
M DCC XCIV. 
 "3 J 
Cla and Order. 
DIADELPHIA DECANDRIA. 
Generic Charat7er. 
StyJus.planus, fupra villofus, fuperne latior. 
perlores g-breviores. 
CaL lacinke 
Specific Charat7er and Synonyms. 
LATHYRUS' articulatus pedunculis fubunifioris, cirrhis poly. 
phyllis; foliolis alternis. Lin. n. Syfl. l/eg. bd. 4. 
Mutt. p. 66g. Zit. Kew. v. .. p. 4x. 
CLYMENUM hifpanicum, dore vario, filiqua articulata; 
riourn. Ind. 396, ' 
LATHYRUS hifpanicus, pedunculis bifloris, cirrhis polyphyl. 
lis foliolis alternis. Mill. Dit7. ed. 6. 4to. 
The feed-veffels are of the firft importance in afcertaining 
the feveral fpecies of Lathyrus, fome being naked, others hairy 
rome long, others/hort, fome having a finooth and perfe&ly 
even furface, others, as' in the prefent inftance, affuming an 
uneven or jointed appearance. 
Of this genus we have already fig,ured three annual fpecies 
common in flower-gardens, viz. oaoratus, tingitanus, and fa- 
Iivus; to there we now add the articulatus, not altogether fo 
frequently met with, but meriting a place on the flower-bordr, 
as the lively red and delicate white fo confpicuous in its blof- 
foms, caufes it to be much admired. 
It is a native of Italy, and was cultivated-at the Chelfea 
Garden, in the time of Mr. Ra,. anno 739- 
It is a hardy annual, requiring fupport, and rarely exceed- 
ing the height of two feet, flowering in July find AuguR, and 
is readily railed from feeds, which fhould be fown in the 
open border at the beginning of April. 
oi' 
LoPEZIA 
RACEMOSA. 'MExiCAN 
LOPEZIA, 
ClaJ3 and Order. 
MONANDRIA MONOGYNIA - 
Generic Charac?er. 
4_phyllus. Cot. irregularis, pentapetala, duo fuperiora 
eniculata, quintum inferne declinatum, plicatum, ungue 
.rcuata. 
Specific Charac?er and Synonyms. 
LOPEZIA racemofa caule.herbaceo ramofo; foliis altcrnis 
ovfito-lanceolatis, ferratis; floribus racemofis. 
Cavnilles Ic. et defcr. PL 
Some lants have a claim on our attention for their ut. ility, 
rome for xheir beauty, and fome for the fingularity of their 
ruure, 'and the wonderful nature of their (economy; in the 
'_ft dafs we muff place the prefent plant, the flowers of which 
xe recommend to the examination of fuch of- our readers as 
may have an opportunity of feeing them; to the philofophie 
nund, not captivated with mere ihew, they will afford a moi 
del,cious treat. 
We firft law this novelty in flower, towards the clofe of the 
'-x792, at the Apothecaries Garden, Chelfea, where 
FAw^w informed me, that he had that feafon railed 
ral plants of it from feeds, communicated by Dry. j. E. 
 who received them from Madrid, to which place they 
'* from South-America, and where the plant as 
v-xs informs us, grows fpontaneoufly near 
aco In Oaober x793, we had the pleafure of feein$ 
' ')lant again in bloffom in the aforelaid garden railed from 
feed 
II '11 I 
"1,1111111: 
I1! 
'1 
.,!l 
feeds which ripened there the pr.eceding year, but unfortunatdy 
from the latenefs of their flowering, and the very great injury 
the plants had fuftained from the Cobweb Mite (4cart,5 
te!iarius) vulgarly called t_he red Spider, there feereed little 
profpe& that the feed-veitels would arrive at perle&ion. 
The feeds were fown by Mr. F.itniws, in March, and 
the plants k'ept in the green-houfe till very late in the fumme h 
when to accelerate their blowing, they were 'removed into 
the dry ftove: it is worthy of remark, that thefe plants, even 
late in the autumn, fhew no figns of bloffoming, but the flowers 
at length come forth with almoR unexampled rapidity, and the 
feed-veffels are formed as quickly, fo that if the flowers were 
not ver numerous, their bloffoming period would be of very 
/hort duration; future experxence may perhaps point out the 
means of making the plant blow earlier: in Spain, the bl0f- 
foms appeared later than here, Monf. C.V.NILLS obfervetl 
them in the Royal Garden, in November and December, _a0tt 
probably in the open ground, as no mention is made of .he 
plants having been preferred iom the weather. 
It was not till long after our defcription was taken, that we 
had an oportunity of feeing Monf. C.V.ffILLS'S moft accu- 
rate and, elegant work, above quoted, in Which this plant is 
firft figured and defcribed; we have fele&ed the molt effential 
parts of his generic charaSer, and adopted his fpecific defcd 
tion: there is 6he point, however, in which we differ from 
him; the part which he regards as the fifth Petal, we are in- 
clined to conrider rather as that indefcribable romething, called 
by L  -u s thk NeOary, it is indeed of litfie moment whefiaer 
we call it a Petal or a Ne&ary, but there are feveral reaf0ns 
why, firi&ly fpeaking, we cannot regard it as a Petal: in g 
neral the number of Petals correfpond with the number 
the leaves of the Calyx, thofe of the latter are four; the ba 
of this Ne6Lary originates deeper 'than the claws of the Petal 
fpringing in fa& from the fame part as the Filament, its ftruc- 
ture, efpecially the lower part of it, is evidently different from 
that of the Petals, correfponding indeed as nearly as poffible 
with that of the bale of the filament.//id. Dsscsw. 
Monf. C.xv.sis was induced to call this plant Loezia, 
in compliment to Tu. Lovsz, a Spaniard . 
DESCRIPTION 
DESCRIPTION o E LOPEZIA; 
RoOT annual. 
STALK five or fix feet high, branched filmoft to the bottom, 
fquare, of a deep red colour, fmooth towards the bottom, 
Rightly hairy above: Branches like the ftalk. 
LEAVES alternate, ovate, pointed, toothed on the edges, 
more fo on the larger leaves, flighdy befet with loft 
hairs, veins prominent on the under fide, ufually 
running parallel to each other and unbranched: Leaf- 
fialks hairy. 
FL(WERS numerous, from the ale' of the reaves, growing 
irregularly on hairy leafy raceme, ftanding on long 
'fierider peduncles, which hang down as the feed-veffels 
are produced: in this and fome others of its chara&ers, 
the plant fhews 'rome anity to the Circea. 
CALYX: a Perianthium of four leaves, fitting on the Germen, 
leaves narrow, concave, reddifh, with green tips, the 
Iowermoft one widely feparated from the others, and 
placed immediately under the Neary, fig. . 
COROLEA four Petals of a pale red colour, forming in their 
mode of growth the upper half of a circle, the two 
uppermolt linear, of a deeper colour near the apex, 
jointed below the middle, with a fmall green gland 
on each joint, anding on thort round foot-Ralks, 
which are hairy when magnified, the two .fide Petals 
nearly orbicular with long narrow claws, the pad be- 
tween the bale of the Petal and the claw of a deeper 
red or crimfon, fig. . 
NECTARY fituated below the Petals, perfe6'tly white, fome- 
what ovate, the fides folding together, before the flower 
.fully expands, nearly upright, embracing and contain- 
mg within it the Piftillum and Stamen, on touching it 
ever fo Rightly with the point of a pin, while in this 
Rate, it fuddenly fprings back and quits the Piftillum, 
the lower elaRic part of it is then bent in the form 
reprefented in a magnified view of the flower on the 
plate, fig. 4- this curious phcenomenon has'not' been 
noticed by C.v.i LLEo 
$ FAMEN: Filament one, tapering and very fiender jt(ft below 
the Anthera, arifing from the fame part as (and plaed 
.oppofite to the bale of) the Ne6'tary the 'lower part of 
it 'broader, fomewhat flefhy, cartilaginous, and of the 
fame nature as the inferior part of the Ne6'tary, with a 
groove as that has on the infide, fo that before the 
]ower 
flower expands, the bafes of each are like two half tubes, 
the fides of which, nearly touching each other, 'holl 
enclofe the Piftillum; as the fru6ification goes for'ard 
the Filament, erdowed alfo with an elaftic power, bends 
back felon after the flo'er is open, betwixt he two upper- 
mft Petals, and becomes invifible to an inattentive ob- 
ferver;' the Anthera, which is large, is at firR yellow, and 
afterwards dark brown, fig. 5- 
PISTILLUM: Germen below the Calyx, round, fmoofl, and 
green; Style filiform, white, length of the Filament; 
Stigma forming a froall villous head, fig. 6. in fome of 
the flowers the Piftillum appears imperfe6, being much 
fhorter'than ufual, and wanting the Stigma, perhaps fuch 
. have not acquired their full growth, fig. 6. 
PERICARPIUM (from CAVAXLLV.) a round CapJde, of 
four cells, and four valves, the cells many-feecled. 
SEEDS very minute, ovate, affixed to a four-cornered re. 
ceptacle. 
CYTISUS 
.[ 3 
SESSILIFOLIUS. SESSlLE-LEAv'D, 
or COMMON CYTISUSo 
Cla and Order. 
DIADELPHIA DECANDRIA. 
Generic Chara7er. 
,a/. 2-1abiatus: 3 Legumen bari attenuatum. 
Specific Chara7er and Synonyms. 
CYTISUS fqlilius racemis ere&is, calycibus bra/5'taea. tri- 
plici, foliis floralibus feffilibus. Linn. Syfi. ?egetab. 
ed. 4. Murr. p. 666. Air. Kew. v. 2. p. 50. 
CYTISUS glabris foliis fubrotundjs, pediculis breviffimis. 
Bauh. Pin. p. 89 . 
CYTISUS vulgatioi, the common Tree Trefoile. Park. Parad. 
p. 44 . 
The termflilius has been given to this fpecies of Cytifus, 
becaufe the leaves are for the molt part fertile, that is fit clofe 
to the branches, without any or very /hort foot-ftalks; fuch 
!hey are at lear on the flowering branches when the lhrub is 
In bloffom, but at the clofe of the fOmmer they are no longer 
fo, .the leaves acquiring very evident footftalks. 
It is a native of the more fouthern pans of Europe, and 
though in point of fize and elegance it cmnot vie with its 
kindred Laburnum, it is a deciduous lhrub of confidetable 
beauty, rarely exceeding the height of five or fix feet, and 
producing a great profufion of bright yellow flowers, which 
.Continue in bloffom a long while; they make their appearance 
in May and lune and are ufuall fucceeded b feed veffels 
wL-- a , , y . Y - 
paCthe.roduce ripe feeds, by there the plant s readily pro- 
It is one of the molt common lhrubs we have,. as well as one 
older inhabitants of our/hrubberies, being mentioned 
fytphv, xx.ois in his Parad. 5rerreflris. ., 
T'RI;AN DR I A MONOGyNA.. 
Generic Char,.Yer.. 
Cot. 6-partira, campanulata: r.egularis: $tigmok , 
Specific CharaCTer and Synonyms, 
IXIA longiflora foliis enfiformibus linearibus firi&is,, tuba 
filiformi Iongiffimo. 41lt. Yew. v. 4. P. 5 8- 
GLADIOLUS longiflorus caule tereti, tubo 1ongiffimo, fpath[ 
foliifque linearibus glabris. Linn. 8up1. p, ,6. Gruel.. 
8yfl. l&g'eta& ed. . M.lrr. iv. 86: 
XvVe are not acquainte with a tribe <3f plants xhich ftant} 
more in need of elucidation than thole of this genus; of t 
raft numbers imported from the Cape within (hefe few years,. 
vhere they are chiefly natives, and that for the molt paft by 
,'ay of Holland, few comparatively are well afcertained; rome 
of them appear fubjegt to great variatiot_, both in the fize and 
colour of their bloltbms (whether in their wild Rate they are 
thus ineonftant, or whether there are feminal varieties raifetl 
by the perfevering induftr of the Dutch FloriLs, we have not 
yet had it in our power fatisfaorily to afcertain); others like. 
the. prefent ore iave their charaEiers ftrongly marked, and 
lefs variable.; in general they are plants of eafy culture, re- 
quiring chiefly to be proteted from the effeOts of froft, the 
leat degree of which is prefently fatal to molt of them- 
The treatment [ecommeu,ded for the Ixia fiexuo is appli- 
cable to this and the other Cape fpecies. 
According to. the Hort. Kezz,. this fpecie$ was iotrodu. ced 
by Mr. Masso8 i.n the year 1774: 
It flowers tom. A)ri! o ju he: ' 
LyCHNIsCHALCEDONICA. SCARLET LYCHNIS. 
Claj2 and Order. 
Generic Charav?er. 
Cal, lphyllus, ohlongus, lavi, t'etala 5-ung3ficulata. .Lin 
fb-bifido: Cap 5-1ocularis, 
Specific Cbaraer and Synonym& 
LYCNIS cbalcedonica floribus fafciculatis faRigiatis, Znn. 
Syfl. Fegetab. ed, x 4. Muvg . 435- it. 
v..p. 
LYCHNIS hirfuta tore coccineo major, Bauh. in. 
FLOS ConRantinopolitanus. Dod. Pemp& 78. 
YCHNiS cbalcedonica tore fimplici miniato. Single Nofiach, 
or Flower of BriRow or ConRantinople, arkb 
parad. 
- i he Scarlet Lychnis appears to have been a great favourite 
with PAxsox, he calls it a glorious flower, and in a 
,ooden print .of him prefixed to his Paradifus ff'erreflris, we 
fee him reprefented with a flower of this fort in his hand of 
the double kind. 
It, grows fpontaneoufly in moil: parts-of Ruffia, and is on 
oi  our mo{t hardy perennials. 
The extreme brilliancy of its flowers renders it a plant, in 
its tingle ftate highly 6rnamental; vhen double, its beauty ia 
heightened, and the dur.ation of it increafed 
It flowers in June and July. 
The tingle fort may be increaFed by parting its roots in 
.,tumn, but more abundantly by feeds, which Ihould be fown 
,n the fpring; the double fort may alfo be increared by di, riding it.s rodts, but more plentifully by cuttings of the {talk,. 
put in in June, before the flowers make their appearance; in 
(riking of there, however, there require rome nicety. 
This plant is found to fucceed belt in. a rich, loftmy, foil; 
certain diitrits have been found to be'more ltvourable 
 its growth than others. 
t white and a pale red variety of it in its tingle ftate were 
kn ..n to CItstus, and timilar varieties of the double kind 
=;d to exit; it is of little moment whether they do or not,. 
rv variation in this plant from a bright fcarlet is in every 
 o}' the xvord a deg,enera. cy,. 
] 
PURPLE CORONILLA 
CORONILLA VARIA. 
Clq[s and Order. 
DIADELPHIA DECANDRIA. 
Generic CharaZYe: 
Pal. -labiatus: -: dentibus fuperioribus connatis. .Ve).illum 
vix alis longius. Leg'umen illhnfis intercepturn. 
Specific CharacTer and Synonyms. . 
CORNILLA .varia herbacea, leguminibus ereis teretibus 
toroils numerofis, foliolis plurim. is glabriso 
inn. Sift. Pgetab. ed. 24. Murr. p. 670../lit, 
t;ew' v. 3. P. 59' 
8ECURIDACA dumetorum major, flore vario, fitiquis arti- 
culatis. Bauh. Pin. p. 349- 
$ECURIDACA II. altera fpecies. Cluf. H. . ccxxxvij0 
The greater joynted Hatchet Vetch. Park. q-heat. p. 2088. 
Cusus, in his work above' referred to, informs us that 
he found this plant growing wild in various.parts of Germany, 
in meadows, fields, and by road fides; that it flowered it; June, 
rometimes the whole fitminer through, and ripened its feeds in 
July and Augu{t; the bloffoms he found fubjc& to much va- 
riation of colour, being either deep .purple, whitifh, or even 
lvholly white: Ct, sr. BAUHINE nonces another variety, in 
which the ake are white and the roftrum purple; this variety, 
which we have had the honour to receive from the Earl of 
EC. REMONT is the molt ddfirable one to cultivate in garciens, 
as it is more ornamental than the one wholly purple, moll 
commonly met with in the nurferies, and correfpon'ds alta 
better with its name of varia; it is to be noted however that 
tiffs variety of colour exifts only in the young bloffoms. 
The Coronilla varia is a hardy, perennial, herbaceous 
plan% climbing, if fipported, to the height of font or five feet, 
otherwife fpreading widely on the ground, and frequently in- 
juring lefs robuft plants growing near'it; on this account,- as 
well as from its htving powerfully creeping roots whereby it 
greatly i_ncreafes, though a pretty plant, and flowering during 
moll or'he fimmer, it is not to be introduced without cau- 
tion, and is rather,to be placed in the {hrubbery, or outfidrts 
of the garden, than in the flower border. 
It will grow in any foil or fimation, but aloftores and feeds 
molt freely in a foil oderately dr. - . mentions 
PARKINSON in his heater  t'lams, its being 
cultivated, as an ornamemal plant..dit. Kew. 
Its bitternefs, will be an objec2ion to its being cultivated for 
e'ufe of cattle, for which purpofe it has been recommended. 
Clafi' ad Order. 
HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIAo 
Generic Charac%r. 
Cot. 6-petala ampanulata: ' linea 1o.ngitudinali. ne&ariera; 
Capf. valvulis pilo cancellato connexis. 
Specific Chara7er and Synonyms. 
LILIUM CateJb,ei caule unifloro, petalis ere&is unguiculatis. 
Linn. S)fl. Nat. ed. x 3. Gruel. p. 545- 
LILIUM CateJbaei foliis 'fparfis, bipedall, flore unico ere&o, 
 corolla campanulata, petalis unguibus angultis lon- 
gis. lalt. Fl. Carol. p. '3' 
LILiUM Spec?abile foliis fparfis; floribus folitariis ere&is; 
letalorum unguibus angultis, alternis extus utrinque 
fificatis, laminis revolutis. Sal?Jb. Ic. Stirp. car. t. 5' 
At the clofe of the year 787,, Mr. RoBx S(2uxB, lent 
me from South-Carolin'a roots of the Lily here figured, many 
xYhich have fince flowered wiih various perforts in this kingdo m. 
Cxzs in his Natural Hiltory of Carolina, gives a figure 
and fhort account of it; W^['rlt in his Flora Carolinian:-, 
defcribes it under the name of Lilium Cateaei; Mr. 
in the firg number of his very tnagnificent work, lately publifhed, 
prefents us with a very highly finifhed likenels of this lily, accom- 
panied by a molt accurate and minute defcriptio, of it, and judg- 
ing from fome appearances iu C^'rsu,/s figure, that it was not 
the Lilium CatrJbei of W  [x  g,'names itfpeZ?abile; but as we 
are affured by Mr. SouxsB, who aflilted his friend 
in his publication, that it was the lily figured by Cr.ssv, we 
have continued the name given in honour of that Naturalift. 
Of the different Lilies cultivated in this country, this isto 
be numbered among the leapt, the whole plant when '!n bloom 
being frequently little more than a foot high; in xts native 
foil it is defcribed as .growing to the height of two feets, the 
ftalk is terminated by one upright 11ower, of the for 'and 
colour reprefe. nted on the plate ;' we have obferved it to vary con- 
riderably in the breadth of its petals, in their colour, and fpots. 
-It tlowe;s ufually in July and. Augur. 
This plant may be raifed from feeds, or increared by offsets, 
vhich, however, are not very plentifully produced, nor is 
plant to be made grow in perfeXion without great care, the 
roots in partic(fiat are t8 be gnattied againft frol; the foil 
and fituation may be the fame as recommended for the Cycla- 
men Coam. p. 4. v. x. 
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METROSDEROS ClTRINA. HARSH-LEAv'B 
METROSIDEROS. 
Clafs and Order. 
IcoSANDRA MONOGYNA. 
Generic Chara[ler. 
.Cal. 5-dentatus, finu germen fovens. Petala 5, caduca. Sram. 
difcreta, petalis multoties longiora. Capf. 8-4 locularis, 
lyfperma. Banks. Gerther. 
Specific Charat7er and Synonyms. 
METROSIDEROS citrina foliis lineari-lanceolatis rigentibus. 
Though many fpecies of this genus have been railed from 
feeds, brought within there few years' from the South Seas, 
where they are faid to be very numerous; this is, we believe, 
the only one that as yet has flowered in this country: our 
drawing was made from a plant which bloffomed toward the 
clofe of laR fummr at Lord CwaoaEs, tho root of which 
had been, lent from Botany-Bay; previous to this period 
have been informed, that the fame fp'ecies flowered both at 
Kew and Sion-Houfe: as it is without difficulty railed both 
from feeds and cuttings, young plants of it are to be feen in 
moR of the Nurferies near town; it would feem that they do 
not flower till they are at lear five or fix years old. 
Metrofideros is a name given originally by Ruavxus in his 
Herb. Amboin to rome plants of this genus, the term applies to 
the hardnefs of their wood, which by the Dutch is called 
Yzerhout (Ironwood): Fov. sxEv. in his Gert. PL figures this 
and another genus on the fame plate, under the name of Lepto- 
fpermum; SCXV. EBw in his edition of the Gem PL of 
 2sus, unites Metrofideros, Melaleuca, Leptofpermum, and Fabri- 
ria, under the genus Melaleuca; Gcv.xqEv. in his elaborate 
work on the feeds of plants, makes feparate genera of there, 
agreeably to the ideas of Sir ]osvx BaqKs and Mr. DB- 
_x)v., who on this fubje& 'can certainly boar the belt in- 
formation. 
We cannot, without tranfgreffing the allotted limits of our 
letter-prefs} give a minute defcription of the plant figured; 
fuffice it to fay, that it is an ever-green thrub, growing to the 
height of from four to fix or more feet, that its leaves on the 
old wood feel very harth or rigid to the touch, and when 
bruifed give forth'an agreeable fragrance, the flowers 
fpikes on the tops of the branches, ad owe their beauty 
to the brilliant colour of the filaments; 
k 
:'r 
_. 
. '5' 
ERODIUM '[NCARNATU. LEsH-CoLOURED 
CRANE's-BILL. 
Clafs and Order. 
MONADELPHIA PENTANDKIA. 
Generic Charaer.. 
Cal. 5-phyllus- Cot. 5-petala. Ne. Squamul, e 5 cum filamenti 
alternantes; et glandule mellifera, bari  itaminum 
dentes. Fruus 5-coccus, roftratus; roitra fpiralia, intror- 
rum barbata. L'Herit. Geran. 
Specific Charaer and Synonyms. 
ERODIUM incamature pedunculis paucifloris, foliis tripartitis 
ternatifve trifidis fcabris, caule fruticulofo. 
"L'Hcrit. n. . tab. 5' /lit. Kew. v. . p. 4x 5. 
GE'<ANIUM incarnatum pedunculis bifloris, foliis tripartitis 
trifidis glabris, petalis integris, arillis glabris. 
Linn. SuppL PL 
GERANIIJM incamature foliis inciris' quinquelobis punEtatis 
petiolis 1ongiflimis, pedunculis trifloris. Cavaill. 
d/fl. 4-P- 23- n. 3x4. t. 97'f' 3' 
In the Both number of this work we gave a figure of the 
Pelargonium tricolor, a plant very generally regarded as the 
rnoR beautiful of the genus; we now prefent our readers with 
the reprefentation of an Erodium, which has to boaft nearly an 
equal fhare of admiration. 
This fpecies, as we learn from the Hortus Kewenfis, is a 
at,re of the Cape, and was introduced by Mr. M,sso in 
 year t 787. 
'ts ufual time of flowering is July and Augur; in this point 
inferior to the Pelargonium tricolor, which bloffoms 
ugh the fpring as well as fummer months. 
It produces feeds but fparingly; cuttings of the plant are 
{truck with lefs difficulty than thofe of the Pelarg'onium above 
ncntioned, the fame treatment is applicable to both plants, 
tour be regarded as. green-houfe plants of the more 
r kind, which are liable to be defttoyed in the winter 
on by a moift cold atmofphere. 
II 
ESEMBRYANTHEMUM AUREUM, 
Go Ft aOL I). 
Cla.J3 and Order. 
Generic Chara7er. 
Cat. 5-fidus. Petala numerofa linearia. Capf. carnora in[era 
polyfperma. 
Specific Chara7r and Synonyms. 
MESEMBRYANTHEMUM aureum foliis cvlindrico-trique- 
tris punCCtatis diftinCCtis, piftillis 
atro purpurafcentibus. Linn. 
Syfi. Nat. ed. xo. p. xo6o. _dit, 
Kew. v. 2. p.  9 . 
This Mefembryanthemum is one of the taller and more 
upright fpecies, as well as the earlieft in point of flowering, 
producing its bloffoms froin February to May; thefe are 
large and of a bright orange hue, the piftilla in the centre 
are purple, and ferve at once to diftinguith and embellith 
them. 
It was firfl: defcribed in the oth ed. of Linn. Syfl. Nat..and 
afterwards inferted in the Hort. Kew. of Mr. AiToN, who in- 
forms us that it is a native of the Cape, and was cultivated 
by Mr. MILLEa, in the year 75 . Prof. MtraaA'Z omits it 
in his 9. th ed. of the Syfl. FeEeta& of L,us, as does prof. 
GEx, xN in the laft edition of Linn. $yfl. Nat. 
The facility with which this tribe in general is increared by 
cuttings is well known;, this is railed as readily as the other s' 
'i' 
GLYCINE BIMACULATA. PURPLE GLYCINE, 
ClaJ3 and Order. 
DIADELPHIA DECANDReA. 
Generic Chara?ler. 
Cal. -labiatus, Coroll, e carina apice vexillum refle&ens. 
Specific Chara?ler. 
GLYCINE imaculata caule volubili levi, foliis fimplicibus 
cordato-oblongis, racemis multidoris. 
Of the many plants which within there few years have been 
railed from Botany-Bay feeds, this is one of the firf which 
flowered in this country, and one of the moPt ornamental; to 
the greenhoufe it is indeed an invaluable acquifition: we re- 
gret that the fize of our paper and the imperfeCtion of {he 
colouring art, will not admit of our giving a reprefentation o 
it more adequate to its beauty. 
It riles up with a twining fhrubby falk to the height of 
fix, eight, or more feet; there multiplying reatly by age, 
become loaded with a profufion of purple flowers, growing in 
racemi, the richnefs of which is enlivened by the appearance 
0f t,o green fpots at the bale of the vexillum; for the moil: 
part the bloffoms go off with us without producing any feed- 
reftels; in rome inlances, however, perfeCt feeds have been 
proG,ced, and we have feen a plant in bloom railed from fuch 
in the harming retreat of JouN O.D, Efq. Walham-Green. 
^ .great excellence of this plant is the duration of its {lowering 
per' d, it begins to put forth its blo'ffoms in February, and 
co, aues to do f6 during moil: of the fimmer. 
In the Nurferies about town, it is known by the name 
of Glycine vgirens, a name given the plant originally by Dr. 
$ON0'ER; the latter' of there terms we have taken the 
liberty of changing to bimaculata,. as being more expreffive 
of an obvious charaCter in the flower: we might, 'perhaps, 
'beenjuPdfied in altering the genus, as its charaCters do 
appear to be peculiarly expreffive of a Glycine, nor 
of any other genus in this numerous natural order. 
I, is railed readily from feeds. 
We think it highly probable, that in warm fhelteredfituations, 
: climber might grow in the open ground; to fuch as have it 
undance, we recommend them to make the experiment. 
CISTUS 
ORMOSUS. BEAUTIFUL 
CISTUSo 
Cla and order. 
POLYANDRIA MoNOGYNIA- 
Or. 5-petala. Cal. 
Generic Charac'7er. 
5.phyllus, foliolis duobus 
minoribu. 
Mr. L;;, Nurferyman of Hammerfmith, informs me, that 
'in the ear 178o, he raifed the Ciptus here figured from tkeds, 
the produce of Portugal, and as its flowers were uncommonly 
beautiful, he was induced to name itJrmofus. 
It approaches fo near to the Cifits halimifolits in pointof 
habit, in the form and colour of its leaves and flowers, that 
xve are inclined rather to regard it as a variety of that plant. 
than as a diPtin& fpecies; at the fame time it muff be allowed 
to be a very ttriking variety, the flowers being at leapt thrice 
as large as thole of the halimifolfi.s ufually are, and the whole 
plant more hairy: as an ornamental thrub, it is high!y de- 
ferring a place in all curious colleions. 
It will grow very xvell in the open border in warm thehered 
fituations, it may be kept nifo in a pot, by which means it 
may more readily be flmltered during the winter, either in 
the greenhout or under a frame. 
It flowers early in May, and may be increared by cuttings. 
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IXA BULBOCODIUM. Caocus-LEAV'D IXA. 
-*-- 
Claj5 and Order. 
TRINmRIA MONOOYNI,q. 
Generic Charat7er. 
 +etala, tubulofa; tubo reRo, filiformi; limbo 6-partito, 
campanulato, equali. Stigmata tria, fimplicia. ;hunb. 
de Ixid. 
Specific C3arat7er and Synonyms. 
IXIA Bulbocodium fcapo unifloro breviffimo, folils angulatis 
caulinis, ffigmatibus fextuplicibus. Linn. S.3fl. Nat. ed. 
x3. p. 76  
IXIA Bulbocodium fcapo ramofo, floribus folitariis, foliis ful- 
catis reflexis. Thunb. Diff. n. 8- 
CROCUS vernus anguftifolius. x.  x. Cluf. Hifl. . p eo 7. 
,violaceo flore, goB. ejufd. 
There are three plants cultivated in the gardens of the cu- 
rious to which Bulbocodium is applied, either as a genetic or a 
trivial name, viz. Narciffus Bulbocodium, Bulbocodium vernum, 
alread9 figured, and the prefent plant: the fxia Bulbocodium 
and B;dbocodium vernum are given in this work, not fo much 
for their beauty as their rarity, not fo mucl to gratify the eye, 
s to communicate a knowledge of two 'plants but little known, 
and liable to be confounded from a fimilarity of their names. 
Thi is one of the few hardy fpecies of the genus, and grows 
wild in many parts of Spain and Italy; it is laid to have been 
found in Gurfey: it a'ffeRs hilly and dry fituations, will grow 
r- lily in altooff any foil, efpecially if frelh, and not infeRed 
lth vermin: it flowers about the middle of April, the blof- 
toms do not expand-fully unlefs expofed to the fun, and are 
0 of long duration: authors defcribe the wild plants as 
,g greatly in colour, vid. Cluf. they are moff commonly 
I blue. 
Like the Crocus, it increales readily by offsets. 
, Was cultivated by Mr. MILLERs in X739, Ait. Kew. Bul- 
-dium, 2. in the 6th edition of his Diionar7 in 4to, is not 
mr, but the Atthericum fcrotinum, tacq . Fl. Aufir. v. 5' 
38. 
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RANUNCULIJS AMPI.,EXICAULISo 
LEAVED CROWFOOT. 
PLANTAIN. 
Clafs and Order. 
Generic Charat7er. 
Cal. deciduus. 8 phyllus, (rarius 3-phyllus) Petala' 8, (rarius; 
8, aut 8) intra ungues fquamula vel poro mellifero. 8tyli 
perfiitentes. Sero. incruttata, ere&a. Linn; 8yfi. Nat. ed. 
Gruel 
8pecc Charaer and Synonyms.. 
RANUNCULUS amplexicaulis foliis ovatis acuminmis am- 
plexicaulibus, caule multifloro, radice faf- 
ciculata. Linn. Syfl. Fegetab. ed. x4. Mum 
P. 55' it. K. v. . p. 65. 
RANUNCULUS montanus foliis plantaginis. Bauh. Pin. 
RANUNCULUS pyrenmus albo flore. Clu app. alt. au& 
2c. 4 ta. Ger. emac. 963 . fig. .. 
The leaves of the Ranunculus amplexicaulis in part furround 
 the italk at their bale, whence its trivial name; in colour they 
differ from moit others Qf .the genus, being of a greyer or 
more glaucous hue, which peculiarity joined to the delicate 
whitenefs of the flowers, renders this fpecies a very defirable 
one to add to a colleEtion of hardy, ornamental, herbaceous 
plants, more efpecially as it occupies but little fpace, and'has 
no tendency to injure the growth of others.. 
It is a native of the Apennine and Pyrenean mountains, 
and flowers in April and May 
CLusxus is the firit author who defcribes and figures this 
fpecies. JosNsoN in his ed. of G.}t^wx) copies his figure, 
and mentiohs it as being then made a denizen of our gardens. 
It is readily pr9pagated by parting its roots in AutUmn, 
and provided it has a pure air will fucceed in molt foils and 
fimations. 
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PYRUS SPECTABILIS. 
CmNss Avvns 
Clafi and O'rder. 
ICOSANDRIA PENTAGYNIAo 
Generic Chara[ler. 
C,l. 5-fidus. Petala 5' Poreurn inferum, 5-1oculare, poly- 
flelTflUm o 
Specific Charac7er and Synonyms. 
PYRUS fpetIabilis umbellis feffilibus, foliis ovali oblongis 
ferratis levibtts, unguibus calyce longioribus, itylis 
bari lanatis. _/lit. Kew. v. . p. x75- Linn. $yfl. 
]Vat. ed. x 3. Gruel. p. 84g. 
The Chinere Apple-Tree when it bloffoms in perfection, 
ers truly to the name of .fpeabilis; a more thewy or 
ornamental tree can fcarcely be introduced to decorate the 
tnabbery or plantation; its beauty like that of moit trees, 
,,hole ornament conflits chiefly in their bloffoms, is however 
but of thort duration, and depends in fome degree on the 
favourablenefs of the feafon at. the time of their expanfion, 
vhich ufually takes place about the end of April or beginning 
ot: May; the flowers are large, of a pale red when open, and 
feIni.double, the buds are of a much deeper hue, the fruit is of 
little account, and but fparingly produced. Trees of this 
fpecies are to be met with in rome gardens of the hoight of 
twenty or thirty feet. 
Dr. Fo:Huox, is regarded as the firit who introduced 
thio Chinere native, he cultivated it in the year 78o; fuch 
plants of it as where in his colle&ion, paffed at his deceafe 
'"' the hands of Meffrs. GoRno and Tuoxvso, in whofe 
and elegant Nurfery, at Mile-End, this tree may be feen 
teat perle&ion. 
hough perfe&ly hardy, as its bloffoms are liable to be 
ared by cutting winds, it will be molt proper to plant Jr'in 
.elter'd fituation. 
is ufually increared by grafting it on 'the Crab fto:k. 
(LYCINE 
PUBICUNDA. 
] 
DI. NC.Y-FLowERED 
GLYCINE. 
Clafs and Order 
I)IADELPHIA DECANI)RIA. 
Generic Charagler. 
Cal. -labiatus, Coro]he carina apice vexillum refle&ens. 
Specific Chara7er. 
GLYCINE rul, icunda caule perenni volubili, foliis ternaris, 
folioli ffibovalibus integerrimis, pedunculis fub- 
trifloris. 
 ( 
The plant here figured, and very generally known to the 
Nurferymen, in the neighbourhood of London, by the name 
of Glycine rubicunda, is a native of New South,Wales, and 
was introduced to this counti T about the fame time as the 
Glycine bimacuata already figured. 
It is a thrubby, twining plant, running up to the height of 
 five, fix, or more feet, producing blollbms abundantly from 
April to June, which are ufually fucceeded by feed-veffels 
which ripen their feeds with us. 
The flowers though large and thewy, have a kind of dingy 
or lurid appearance, which greatly diminithes their beaut). 
We have obferved the bloffoms of fome plants more brillian 
than thofe of others, and we think it highly probable, that, at 
rome future period, feminal varieties may be obtained with 
flowers highly improved in colour. 
This fpecies is readily raifed from feeds, is of quick groWt?, 
and may be regarded as one of our more hardy green-hqu!_e 
plants: probably it may fucceed in'the open air ifplantett m 
a warm fituation, and fheltered in inclement feafons. 
0RNITHOGALUM NUTANS. NEAPOLITAN 
STAR OF BETHLEHEM. 
Cafs wzd Order. 
HEXANDRIA MONOCYNIA. 
Geeffc Charac?er. 
fi petala, erea, perfiens, fupra mediu patens, Filmenla 
fitema bari dilatata. 
Specific Charac7er ad Synonyms. 
ORNITHOGALUM nutans floribus fecmdis pendulls, nec 
'ratio amineo campaniorml. Li,n. 
S)fl. Vegeta& cd. x. urr. p. 38. 
Ait. Kew. v. . p. 3. 
[ITHOGLUM. exoticurn magno flora minori innato. 
Bauh. Pin. p. 7 o. 
ORNITIOGALUM Neopolitanum, the Starre-flower of 
Naples. Park. Parad. p. 38. _p. 
 37-  8. Ch app. alt.p. 9' fi' 7' 
Authors have given to this fpecies of .Ornithogalum the 
name of Neapolitan, following CLUSXUS by whom the plaat is 
fitured and defcribed, and who fo called it, merely on receiv- 
;' g :t from Naples it may perhaps be doubted whether it be 
riginally a native of Italy. Prof. JACQUXN b/as figured it in 
Fl, Auflriaca, the plant being common about Vienna, in 
o-- a-walks, under hedges, and in meadows, he does not 
h, Ter, from that circumltance, regard it as an original 
ha-, there. C.sv. gAu,.informs us that HoNogus 
g] fent it him from Crete under the name of Phala,zgium, 
kav 4 its true habiit to be fettled more precifely hereafter, 
 dl obferve, that it is one of thofe plants which foon 
a ,nmodate themfelves to any country; producing a numerous 
p, eny both from roots and feeds, and by no means nice as 
to or fituation; it is not long befor it becomes a weed in 
tt 'den, from Whence it is apt like the Hyaci. Ihus raceroof us, 
ah dy figured, to pal into the field or meadow. 
- flowers, which if not beautiful are fingular and delicate, 
rn their appearance towards the end. of April, they are of no 
10 duration, feldom co_ntinuing above a fortnight, and are fuc- 
tee, ,-d by feed-veflkls which produce abundance of ripe feed, by 
' , ai well as b its bulbs, the plant may be increared. 
, lhe Hortus Kdwes it is let down as a Creenhoufe plant 
r the rare errors which occur in that molt ufeful work. 
:GLYCINE COCCINEA.' SCARLET GLYCINE, 
Clafi and Order. 
)IADELPHIA DECANDRIA. 
Generic CharafTer. 
aL a-labiatus. Cordhe carina a. pice vexilium refieaens. 
Specific CharafTer.-. 
;LYCINE coccinea foliis ternaris, 'foliolis fu.brotundis 
undulatis. 
We here prefent our readers with another Glycine, very 
lately railed by feveral perfons in,the neighbourhood of Lon- 
don' fr6m Botany-Bay feeds, and which we have called 
'occinea from the colour of its bloffoms. 
It is a fhrubby, climbing plant, which, i,f fupported, will- 
grow to the height of many feet, producing a great number o 
.flowers on its pendant branches; the leaves, which grow three 
together, are nearly round, and, in the older ones efpecially, are 
crimped or curled at the edges; the flowers grow lbr the mot 
part in pairs, are of a glowing fcarlet colour, at the bale of 
:he carina fomewhat inclined to purple, the bottom' of the 
 xillum is decorated with a large yellow fpot, verging to green, 
 hich adds much to the beauty of the flower. 
It bloffoms from April to June, and appears to be fully as 
Jch difpofed to produce feed veffels, and.perfe feeds, as 
-rubicunda, and by which alone it has hitherto been 
ropagated. 
We mull rank it among the more tender green-houfe plants. 
CYRTAN. THUS ANGUSTIFOLIUS. NARROW- 
LEAVED CYKTANTHUS: 
Clafs and Orter. 
IEXAN DRI A MONOGYNIA- 
Generic Charat7er. 
Cot. tubuloh, clavaia, curva, 6-fida, laciniae ovato-oblonga. 
. Filamenta tubo inferta, apice conniventia. Zinn. 
Specific Charat7er and Synonyms. 
CYRTANTHUS aegtifolius foliis obtufe carinatis re6'fis, fib- 
ribus cernms, Linn. Fil. ;!it. Kew. v, 
i. p. 44- 
CRINUM anguflifolium foliis linearibus obtufis, corollis cylin- 
dricis: laciniis alternis interglandulofis. Linn. 
8uppL  95' 
CyaT^q'rus is a genus which takes its name from the 
curvature of its flower, was eRablithed by the younger Lnq- 
.us, and adopted by Mr. AtToN in the Hortus Kewenfis. 
The prefent fpecies is a native of the Cape, and was added 
to the royal collection at Kew, by Mr. M.assoq, in the year 
 774. The plant from whence our drawing was made flow- 
'ered the preceding May with Mr. xVtXLS, Nurferyman, 
Old Brompton, who received it from Holland, and who has 
been fo fortunate as to obtain' young plants of it from feed. 
It flowers in May and June; requires the fame treatment 
as other Cape bulbs,. and may be increared by offsets and 
feeds. 
At the .extremity of each alternate fegment of the corolla 
there is a kind of fmall glandular hook, deferving of notice. 
GLADIOLUS TRISTIS. SQUARE-LEAVED 
CORN-FLAG. 
Clafs and Order. 
TRANDRIA MONOGYNA- 
Generic Charagler. 
or. 6-partita, tingens. Stamina adfcendentia. 
Specific Charagler and Synonyms. 
GLADIOLUS trifiis foliis lineari-cruciatis, corollis campanu- 
latis. Linn. Syfi. Fegetab. ed. x4. Mutt. p, 
86. Ait. Kcw. v. x. p. 63. 
LILIO-GLADIOLUS bifolius et biflorus, foliis quadrangulis. 
5rew. hret. t. 39' 
GLADIOLUS triflis foliis linearibus fulcatis, caule bifloro, 
tubo Iongiffimo,. fegmentis equalibus. Mill. 
Digl. ed. 6. 4to. 
I,s.zus gave t6 this fpecies of Gladiolus the name of 
trifiis, from the colour of its flowers, which however poffefs 
fcarcely fufficient of the fombre to jullify the appellation; trill 
lefs fo if they vary in the manner reprefented in TR;v's Ehret, 
;vhere they are painted in gay and lively colours: in the fpe- 
cimens we have feen, the bloffoms have been of a fulphur 
colour, fiaded in particular parts with very fine pencillings, 
efpecially on the under fide.: molt authors def/:ribe the flower- 
ing Items as producing only two flowers, Lx  s mu s has obferved 
that they rometimes produce many, we have feen them do fo 
;vhere the plant has grown in perfecqion; in their expanfi0n, 
vbich ufually takes place fin April and May, they give forth a 
moll agreeable fragrance. 
It is a native of the Cape, and other parts of Africa; was 
cultivated by Mr. Mxzr, and flowered in the Chelfea Gar- 
den in the year 745. Air. Kew. 
The leaves vhich fo characqerillically diftinguifh this fpecies 
are highly deferving of notice, inftances of fuch rarely occur; 
as the bdlbs produce numerous offsets, the plant is propagated 
by' them without difficulty, and requires the fame treatment as 
other C,ape bulbs. 
..r 
t? 
PIOSMA UNIFLORAo 
DIOSMA. 
' 
ClaJ3 and Order. 
PENTANDR. IA MONOGY NIA. 
Generic Charat7er. 
07. 5-petala. Nec7aria 5, fupra germen. 
coalira,. Sero. calyptrata. 
DIOSMA 
CISTUS 
] 
caps 
Specific Charat7er and Synonyms. 
uniflora foliis ovato oblongis, floribus folitariis 
terminalibus. Linn. Sp. 2PL ed. 3. P. 87. Syfl. 
Kegeta& ed. 14. Mum p. 39' ./lit. Kew. v. 1. 
p. 7 6. 
humilis ethiopicus, inferioribus foliis rofmarini 
fylveftris pun&aris, ceteris autem ferpylli fubro-, 
tundis, -flore cameo..2Pluk. mant. 49. t. 34. f. 5' 
The Diona uniflora another native of. the Cape, that never 
lea ' ag fource of vegetab16 riches, was introduced to the Royal 
C trden at Kew by Mr. MAsso in the year 775, it flowers 
in ,ur Green-Houfes from April to June, and is ufually pro- 
Vgated by cuttings. 
Tiffs plant forms a froall bufhy fhrub, the leaves are thickly 
irregularly tier on the branches, quite up to the flowers, 
ftand fingly on their fummks, and are larger than thofe 
ny other known fpecies of Diofma, expanding as we have 
found on trial beyond the fize of half-a-crown, which the 
bh from does in our figure, though it will not appear to do fo 
t,,, eye of molt obfervers; they are without fcent, the calyx 
and continuing, cornpored of five ovato-lanceolate 
 reddifh on the upper fide, and if viewed from above 
: between the petals; the petals are five in number, much 
,' than the calyx, and deciduous, of a white colour with a 
of red running down the middle of each, furface highly 
l, the ftamina are compofed of five fhort filaments, white 
;ghfiy hairy, broad at their bafe and tapering gradually 
fine point, by which they ar6 inferted into the hind part 
of 
of the anthera,, near the bottom; the anthera are as long as 
the filaments, of a brown purple colour, bending over the 
ftigma, and opening inwardly, each carrying on the Upper 
part of its back a gland-like fubftance, of a pale brown colour: 
betides there,parts there are five filamehtous bodies alternating 
 'ith, and of the fame length as the ftamina, of a white colour 
and hairy, each dilating at its extremity where it is of a reddilh 
hue, and prefenting towards the anthera an oval rome. what 
concave furface, which fecretes a vilous liquid;, in fome 
flowers tha we have examined, and we regret lein but fe% 
we have obferved thefe neEtaries (for fuch they may be ftri&ly 
called) clofely adhering by their vifcous fummits to the glan- 
dular fubftances at the back of the anthera ; the germen is 
Rudded with a conftellation of little glands, ,'hich pour lbrth, 
and aimoft deluge it with neEtar; the ftigma is compofed of 
five little round knobs: feed veffels we have not feen. 
* What the ufe of this very extraordinary apparatus may be weean at prefent 
fcarcely conjec"ture, future bferation may perhaps enable ns to fpeak 
decifively; when we figure the Dina ericoi-des ae thall probably have 
fay of this fpeies. 
BORBONIA CRENATA. HEARTLEAvED 
BORBONIA. 
Cla and Order. 
D!ADE.LPH I- DECANDRIA. 
Generic Charaer. 
Cal. acuminato-fpinous. Stigma emarginatum. Legumen 
mucronatum, 
. Specific CharatIer and Synon. yms. 
BORBONIA crenata foliis cordads muliinerviis denticulatis, 
Linn. Syfi. t'kgetab. ed. x4. Mutt. p. 643- ,4it. 
Kew. v. 2. p. 9. 
RUTEX ethiopicus leguminofus, foliis rufci majoribus in. 
ambitu fpinulis fimbriatis. Pluk. '_dlm. x59. 
PLANTA Ieguminofa aethiopica foliis rufci. l].reyn, C>nt: 
J?orbonia is a genus of plants eftablifhed by L.Vs in the 
6th edition of his Genera Plantarum; of this genus there are 
fix fpecies enumerated in the 3d edition of the Species Plant. 
and two in thf Hort. Kew. the latter of which, the crenata, 
introduced from the Cape by Mr. Masson, in x774, is here 
figured. 
It is a froall flrubby plant, rarely .exceeding the height of 
three feet, producing is flowers in a froall clufter on the rum- 
mits of the branches; t.hefe are of a yellow colour, and have 
nothing about them peculiarly fingular, or beautiful; it is 
the foliage alone which renders this plant defirable in a col- 
le6tion. 
It flowers from June to AuguR, and in favourable feafos 
ripens its feeds, by which the plant is ufually propagated. 
'IODENDRON TULIPIFERA. COMMON 
Clafs an Order. 
POLYANDRIA POLYGYNIA, 
Generic Charat7er. 
3-phyllus. Petala 6. Sero. imbricata in llrobilum. 
Specific Charaer and Synonyms. 
RIODENDRON qulipifera foliis lobaris. Linn. Syfl. 
ed. 14. Mum p. 507. lit. Kew, v. 
LIPIFERA virginiana, triparfito aceris folio: media laci- 
niavelut abfciffa. 1uk. llm. 379' t. 
f' 5' U t. v.48. f 7' Catelb. Croh 
48. t. 48. 
L'RIODENDRON foliis angulatis truncatis. rew. JEhret. t. x_ 
The Tulip-tree is a native of moff parts of North-America, 
Ma-sx-r..rL defcribes it as often growing to the fize of a very 
large tree, 7  or 80 feet in height, and above 4 feet in dia- 
mxer; he mentions two varieties, one with yellow dnd the other 
. white wood; that with yellow wood is fort and brittle, 
I ,ch ufed for boards, heels of fh0es , alfo turned into bowls, 
tr :nchers, &c. the white is heavy, tough, and hard, and is 
.fawed into joiffs, boards, &c. for building. 
R.. informs us in his H/fl. P1. that this tree was cult'i- 
=d here by Bifhop Covxos, in 688: and from 
 learn, that the firff tree of the kind which flowered in 
th, country, was in the gardens of the Earl of 
: arfons-Green, near Fulham; in Mr. O.'s garden, at \Val- 
h, Green, there is, among other 'choice old trees, a very fine 
 ')-tree, which is every year covered with bloffoms, and which 
fl ,rded us the fpecimen here figured. It {lowers in .June and 
 fly, .rarely ripens its feeds with us, though it does readily in 
letlea. 
e foliage of this plant is extremely fingular, molt of the 
1, :s appearing as if truncated, .or-cut off at the extremity; 
. ary greatly in the divifion of their lobes, the flowers diff. 
'ore thole of the tulip in having a calyx, hut agree as to 
rambet of petals, which is lix; and fo they are defcribed 
in ! fixth edition of the Gen. IPL of L! N N. but in lProfeffor 
' .*.'s $yfi. I/eg. Ait. H.K. Linn. Sfi. ]Vat. ed. '3, by 
u, 9 are given, this in the firll ihfiance tour be a mere 
.,'aphical error arifing from the inverfion of the 6. 
 tree is found to flourilia molt in a foil moderately Riff 
'ift, is ufually raifed from feeds, the procel of vqhich is 
' defcribed by Mxz.z. in his Diaionary. 
BLITUM VIRGATUM. STRAWBERRY BLiTE 
CaJ3 and Orden 
{ONANDRIA DIGYNIA. ' 
Generic araer. 
aL 3-fidUs. Peala o. Sero. x. calyce baccato., 
Specific Charaer and Synonyms. 
BLITUM virgatum capitellis fparfis lateralibus. Zinn. Sy. 
Fegetab. ed. x4. Iurv. p. 53- it. Kew. v. x. p. i 
ATRIPLEX fylveRris mori ruu. Bauh. in. p. 5x9. 
TRIPLEX fylveRris baccifera. Ch m. cxxxv, 
This plant, not' unfrequently met with in gardens, is known 
to moff cultivators By the name of Strawberry Spinach  the 
leaves fomewhat refembling thole of the latter, and the fruit 
that of the'former: C.B.xOtNE likens its berries to thole of 
the Mulberry, to which they certainly bear a greater refemb. 
lance: in moft of the fpecies of this genus the calyx exhibits . 
a very fingular phenomenon, when the flowering is over, it 
increales in fize, becomes flefhy, and finally pulpy, containing 
the ripe feed, which however it does not wholly envelope; 
thus from each cluftr of flowers growing in the. aloe of the 
leaves are produced fo many berries, of a charming' red co- 
lour, to which the plant owes its beatty altogether, for 'the 
flowers are froall, herbaceous, and not diftin&ly vifible to the 
naked eye; they can boaft however of being of the firft clafs 
in the Linnean l-ftem Monandria, to which few belong. 
Strawberry Blite is a hardy annual, growing fpontaneoufly in 
rome parts of France, Spain, and Tartary; is not a very old 
inhabitant of our gardens, Mr. AtxoN mentioning it as being 
firft cultivated by Mr. M.x.v. in. 759- Its berries are pro- 
tluced from .June to September; in their tafte they have nothing 
to recommend them, though not plearant they are harmlefs. 
C.vstvs we believe to'be the firft author who gives a 
figure and defcrip({on of it. 
It affe6ts a dry foil, and open fituation; in fich there is no 
ece.ty to give any particular dire&ions for its cultivation, 
it comes up readily from feed fpontgneoufly fcattered, fo 
uch fo as fornetimes to prove a troublerome weed. 
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VAHEaNIA PINNATA. WINGED MAHERNIA. 
Clafs and. Order. 
IENTANDRIA PENTAGYNIA. 
Generic Chara7er. 
aL $-dentatus. Petala 5' lVaria 5 6bcordata, iliamen- 
iris fuppofita. Capri 5-1ocularis. 
Specific Chara7er and. Synonyms._ 
MAHERNIA pinnata, foliis tripartito pinnatifidis. Linn. 
l&getab. ed. x4. Mutt. p. 308. Air. Kew. . . 
p. 398. 
HERMANNIA foliis tripartitis, media pinnatiff&. Linn. Sp. 
P1. ed. 3. P. 943- 
HERMANNIA frutefcens, iblio multifido tenui, caule rubro. 
oerh. Ld. x. p.  73' 
LNNmus, in his Spec. PL regarded this plant as a fpecic 
of Hermannia; finding afterwards that it differed materially 
in its fru&ification from that genus, he made a new one of it 
in his Mantiffa, b the name of Mahernia; Rill, however, the 
two genera are very nearly related: one principal difference 
conrifts in the ne&aria of the Mahernia, which are very re- 
markable. 
This fpees was introduced from the Cape, where it is a 
native, by Mr. Masson, in 774, and is now very generally 
met with in our green-houfes. It produces its little bells, of 
a lively red when they firIt open, from June to Anguft, or 
September; is a mall'del[cate plant, and eafily railkd from 
cuttings. 
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LILIUM CANDIDUM. WHITE LILY. 
-,.--.-.--..-., ...-+-, 
Cla ad Order. 
I-Ilgx AN DRI A MONOGYNA. 
Generic CharaCter. 
0v. 6-petala, campanulata: linea longitudinali 
pf. valvulis pilo cancellato connexis. 
netarifera. 
Specific Charaler and Synonyms. 
'LIUM candidurn foliis parfis, corollis campanulatis, intus 
glabris, Linn, Sp. PL ed. 8. P. 458- Syfl. Fegetab. 
ed. x4. Mum p. 34. lit. Kew. v. x. p. 49. 
IUM album flore ereo et vulgare. Bauh. Pin. 76. 
IUM album vulgare. The ordinai'y White Lily. Park. 
]'arad. p. 39' t. 37- f' 4- 
Are may rank.the White Lily among the very older inha- 
_nts of the flower-garden; in the time of Gv. aAR)it was 
) generally cultivated, and doubtlefs at a much earlier 
'od; a plant of fuch Ratelinefs,'fo/hewy, fo fragrant, and 
e fame time fo much difpofed to increat, would of courfe 
i be found very generally in gardens, into which its intro- 
5ion would be accelerated on another account; it was 
'arded as a plagt of great efficacy ;'among other extraordi- 
y powers attributed to it, we are gravely told that it taketh 
y the wrinkles of the face. 
LINN/gUS makes it a native of Paleftine and Syria; Mr. 
 XTON of the Levant. 
Its bloffoms, which open early in July, continue about 
roe weeks, and when they go off leave the flower-garden 
teafly thinned of its inhabitants. 
O the White Lily there are three principal varieties: 
. rith double flowers. 
. rith flowers blotched with purple. 
3- rith Rriped leaves, or leaves edged with yellow. 
two firPt of thefe are to be eReemed merely as curiorifles  
 third the plant acquires an acceflion of beauty which it 
not originally; though many perfons obje to variegated 
leayes, 
leaves, as convey!rig an idea of tickliners, teat complaint can- 
not be urged againit the foliage of the ftriped Lily, to which 
the borders of the t16wer-garden are ind&bted for one of their 
chief ornaments during the autumnal and winter months; early 
in Septemler thefe begin,to emerge, and towards fpring ano- 
ther fet rifes up in their centre, of more upright growth, and 
 ,vhich announce the riffrig of the flowering ftem. 
Betides thefe varieties, Lx N N u s has confidered the Lilium 
albumfloribus dependentibusf. percgrinum of C. B.uHN., the 
 ultan Zambach of Cxtssxtss, and the Hortus yflettenfs, as 
one of its varieties alfo: M x L xww'regards this plant as a diPtin& 
fpecies, and thole who have attentively examined the figures 
and defcriptions of Cxtssxtss and the Hort. fl. will be of the 
fame opinion. 
The Lily i'ncreafes molt abundantly by bffsets, hence it bE- 
comes neceffary that the bulbs flould be taken up, and re- 
duced every fecond or third year; but the ftriped leaved va- 
riety increaring much more flowly, fixould remain unmolefted 
for a greater length of time.. 
There is {:arcel)/a foil or fituation in which the iiy will 
ndt grow, -it will thrive moft in a foil moderately ftiff and 
rnoift; though'a native of a warm climate no feverity of wea- 
ther afters it with us: we may learn from this, not to regu- 
late the culture of plants invai4abl by the climate in which 
they grow fpontaneoufly. . 
'Ihe beft time for removing the bulbs of this plant is about 
the middle of Auguft, before they floot forth their leaves; 
but tlqey may be tranfplanted any time from September to 
fpring. 
l- e79 
PLUMERIA RUBRA. RED PLUMERIAo 
 
-..--.-..-'---'w --.-';-.-'-'-,.,, -'.',-- ,,,'-','-' '"- 
Ordt. 
PENTANDRI.x IONOG, YN IA. 
Generic Charaer. 
"ontorta. Folliculi o.. re flexi. Semina membrana proprie 
inferta. 
Specific Charaer and Synonyms. 
PLUM,RIA rura foliis ovato~oblongis, petlolls biglandu- 
lofts. Linn. $yJL l'getab. ed. x 4. Murr. p. 254. 
_/tit. Kew. v. 2. p. 298. 
?LUMERIA flore rofeo odoratiffimo., 'ourn. Intl. 659. 'rew.. 
Ehret. Fab. xli. 
])lumeria is a genus of plants named by Tovzvo:r in 
.mour of his countryman. the celebrated i:'LUZR, it comes 
ar to Nerium or Oleander, and contains feveral fpecies, all 
oativcs of warm climates 
The prefent plant is a native of Jamaict, where it is known 
by the name of Red Jarlnine, from whence feeds and large 
uttings are often lent to this country; here they requirethe 
ftove to bring them to flower: fccd-veffels tfiey are never 
mown to produce. 
The flowers, which are very odoriferous, are produced in 
lucy and Augur in large hunches, on the rummits of. the 
anches, from whence the leaves alfo proceed; the Rems, 
rich grow to a confidetable height as well as thicknors, are 
ked, and the xhole plant lores its foliage from the middle 
winter till about the-beginning of May; the branches 
nd cther parts of-the plant3 when broken off, give forth a 
filky juice,, the leaves are handfome, and the veins remarkable. 
eing too tender to bear the open ai? of this climate, it is 
t in the Rove even during fumrner, in hot-weather it ruft 
,e plenty of air, and in cold leafohs be fparingly Watered. 
- propagated by feed% but more iYequently by. cuttings, 
ach M: recommends to be put by for txvo months or 
weeks,' previous to their being committed to the earth. 
'iocyNui 
LEAV'D, 
ANDROSMIFOLiUM. TUTSAN 
or FLY-CATCHING DOGSBANE. 
lay) ahd Order. 
PNTANDRIA 
Gegeric Chara.er. 
Cot. campanulata. Glandulw 5 cum ffaminibus alterme. 
Specific CharacVer and Syncg, ms. 
POCYNUM ndrofwm(olium caule r .... ufculo herbaceo 
foliis ovatis vtrinq",b glabrL, cymis termi- 
nalibus. LD- Syfi. Fe' ab. ed. x. 3Iurr. 
p. 58.. _git. Aw. v. x. p. 303. 
POCYNUM canadenfe; Fliis andrufmmi majoris. Bocc. 
rice. 35' t. 6. f. 3' BIor Hi. fl. 8' P" 609' 
f' 5' t. 8' f' 
[n additi6n to the powerful recommendations OF beauty and ' 
,grance, the Tutfan-leav'd Dogfbane inter.efts us on account' 
the curious ftru&ure of its flowers, and their fingular 
operty of catching flies. 
This fpecies is a native of different parts of North-America 
r. W. I-Iar, of Alton, Hvnts; who refided at Halifax in 
ova-Seotia Feveral yc:_t_;, brought me Fome feeds of it 
-'ed in that neighbourhood, xhich vegetated, and produced 
vering plants: it is not' new to this country, being known 
Moatsos who figures it, and to MILLER ,who cultivated 
i73x. 
t is a hardy perennial plant, growing to about the h'ei. ht 
a Foot and a haiF, or wo Feet) and flowering from the 
ginning of July, to September; it has a creeping r , 
o"eby it increafes greatly in light dry foils, a. nd warm 
[ions, Fo as even to be troubletbme; it vfill not thri4e in 
,et Foil; with .us it p3oduces Feed-veffels bm rare'v; is 
aga'tdd by parting its .roots in Autumn or  -' :- -: 
ramends March as the tooif'proper Feafc be 
:d from feeds, which in certain fituatic... ,ns 
pen here, The 
, li I llll 
The flowers of this Apocynum have a fweet honey-like 
fragrance, which perfumes the air to a confidetable diRance, 
and no donbt operates powerfully in attra&ing infe&s; when 
a plant of this ibrt is fully blown, one may always find flies 
caught in its bloffoms, ulhally by the trunk, very rarely by 
the leg; ibmetimes four, or even five, which is the greatell 
poflible number, are found ih one flower, ibme dead, others 
endeavou,;-g to ditbntangle themfelve c', in which they are 
now and t  []fo fortune' as to thcceed; there'flies are of 
different ti3ecies, the muJ?? :picns, a fl.en. der variegated fly 
with thick thighs, is a very common vi&im, the mufca domefl. ica, 
or houfe fly, we have never obferved among the captives. 
Previous to-our explaining the manner in which it appears 
to us that thefe infe&s are caught, it will be neceffary that we 
thould defcribe,, in as plain a manner as poffible, thofe part 
of the flower which more pa'ticularly conftit.ut this fatal 
fly trap, 
On looking into the flower we perceive five Stamina, the 
Antherae of which are large, of a yei[0w colour, and converge 
into, a kind of cone; each of t.h.efe Anthera is an:ow-fhaped, 
towards' the top of the cone .their fide touch but do not 
adhere, below they feparate a littl% fo as to leave a very 
narrow opening or flit between e'ach, they are placed on very 
thort filaments, thich Rand ib far' apart that a confiderable 
opening is le{ between them, which openings, however, are 
clofed. up b/ proceRes of the corolla, nicely adapted to, and 
proje0ting into them; at the bottom of, and in. the very 
centre of the flower, we perceive two germina, or feed-buds, 
the rudiments of fut0re ibed-veffels,'ihrrounded by glandular 
fubflances, ibcreting 'a fweet liquid; on the ibmreit of the. fe 
germina, and betwixt the two, Rands the ftigma, in the form 
of a little 9rn, the middle of which is encircled by a glandular 
,ing, which fecret-_; a vifcid honey-like fubftance, to this part 
of the Rigroe the Anthere interiorly 'adhere moff tenacioufly, 
fo as to prevent thcir feparation unlefs confiderable force be 
applied; it is, as, we apprehend, the fweet viikid .fuNlance 
tllus Ikcreted by the ftigma, 'within the Antberne, .whichthe fly 
endearours to obtain, and to this end infinuates its trunk 
into the l(wennolt and wider part of the flit, betwixt each of 
the Anthera above. defcribed, pufning it 'of neceffity upwards 
vhen gratified, not having the fenfe to place itfelf in the fame 
pofidon as that in which it Rood when it inferted its trunk, 
and ,to draw it out in the fame dire&ion downwards, unfor- 
tunas/ely for iti it varies its pofition, nd pulling its trunk 
upwards, draws it into th'e narrow part of the flit, where it 
lacorncs cloIkly wcdgcd i% and the more it p.dls the more 
 ' fcurel 
recurely it is caught, 'and thus this beetilers infet, as Toasog 
calls it, terminate