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Flower-Garden DifPlayed: 
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The moff Ornamental Forzcq PnnqTs, cultivated in the 
Open Ground, the Green-HoUœe, and the Stove iire ac- 
curately repreœented in their natural Colours. 
TO WHICH ARE ADDED, 
Their Names, Claœs, Order, Generic and Specific CharaCters, according. 
to the celebrated Lx2us; their Places of Growth, and 
Times of Flowering: 
ß r o c .'r  E wi'rn 
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A W O R K 
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[ " The fple,en is fddom felt where Flora reigns; 
The low ring eye,' the petu}ance, the frown, 
And fullen fadnefs, that o erhade, difort, 
, Aud mar the face of beauty, when no caufe 
For fuch immeafurable woe appears; 
There Flora banJibes, and gives the fair 
Sweet fmiles aud bloom, lefs tranfient than her owm'"' 
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MoNSoNIA 
Svv. eos^, L^pOv. Fi, 
MoNO. 
Cla and Order. 
POLy.,bE LPHA DOIJECANIRIA, 
Generic Chara7er. 
Cal. 5-phyilus. or. 5-petala. Stare. x$. Connata in $ fiia, 
menta. Stylus 5-fidus. Capf 5<occa. 
Specific 6arac?er and $yno'yms. 
MONSONIAfpeciofa foliis quinatisi foliolis 
Lin. $yfl. I?egeta& p. 697, 
MONSONIA grandiflora. Burnt. prodr. 3, 
bipinnatis 
The genus of which this charming plant-is the roof[ di- 
. ilinguilhed fpecies, has been named in honour of Lady Anne 
Monn. The whole family are natives of the Cape, and in 
their habit and fru&ification bear great affinity to the Gera~ 
nium. The prefent fpecies was introduced into this country 
in 1,774, by Mr. MASSON. 
We received this elegant plant jul[ as it was coming into 
flower, from Mr, Co.v .[, Nurferyma% King's-Road, Chel- 
lea, who was tb obliging as-to inform me that he had fuc- 
ceeded beft in propagating it by planting cuttings of the root 
in pots of mould, and plunging them in a tan-pit watering 
them as occafion may require  in due time buds appear on 
the top, of the cutting, left out of the ground. 
It rarely or never ripens its feed with us. 
Should be treated as a hardy green-houfe plant; may be 
[heltered even under a frame, in the winter, 
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AqTiRRHNUM TRISTE,, MELANCt-OLY 
BLACKsFLOWEReD TOAD-FLAx. 
Cla. and Order. 
DIDYNAMIA ANGIOSPERMIA. 
Generic Charaller, 
CI. 5-phylius. Cot. bails deorfurn prominens, neaafifera. 
Cat> f. . 1ocularis. 
Specific 'Cbarat7er and Synonyms. 
ANTIRRHINUM trifle foliis linearibus fparlis inferioribus 
oppofitis he&allis fubulatis, floribus fub- 
feffilibus, Lin. *),fl. regeta3. p. 555. 
LiNARiA trillis hifpanica. :Dill. Elth. oo t. x64. f.. x99. 
Receives its name of trifle from the fombre appearance of 
its flowers; but this mull be utaderllood when placed at fome 
little dillance, for, on a near view, the principal colour of the 
bloff0ms is a fine rich brown,-inclined to purple. 
Is a native of Spain, and of courfe a green-houfe plant 
with us, but it mull not be too tenderly treated, as it lores 
much of its beauty when drawn up, it thould therefore be 
kept out of doors when the feafon will admit, as it only re- 
quires thelter from fevere froll, arrd that a common hot-bed 
frame will in general fufliciently afford it. 
It flowers during moll of the fUmmer months; as it rarely' 
or never ripens its feeds with us, the urinal mode of propaga- 
ting it, is by cuttings, which llrike readily enough in the com- 
mon way. 
M z L  t relates that it was firll introduced into'this c6untry 
by Sir C..ts Wc, from Gibraltar feeds, 
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POTENTILLA GRANDIFLRA. 
FLOVgH R'D POTENTILLA. 
LARGE- 
Cla and Order. 
ICOANDRA POLYYNA. 
Generic Charagler. 
Cal. o-fidus. Petala 5. 8era. fubrotunda, nuda, receptaculo 
parvo exfucco affixa. 
Specific ½haragler and Synonyms. 
POTENTILLA grandiflqra foliis ternatis dentaris utrinque 
fubpilofis, caule decumbente foliis 10n, 
giore, Lin. 8yd. Fegetab. p. 75 . 
ß FRAGARIA fierilis, ampliffimo folio et dore petalis cordatis, 
l/ailL Paris. 55' t. o. f. . 
Culture is well known to produce great alterations in the 
appearance of molt plants, but particularly in thole which 
grow fpontaneoufly on dry mountainous fituations, and this is 
firikingly exemplified in the prefent infance, this fpecies of 
otentilla, becoming in every refpe& much larger, as well 
much fmoother than in its natural {late. Fid. V,,... above 
quoted. 
It is a hardy herbaceous plant, a native of Switzerland, Si- 
beria, and other pa-ts of Europe and flowers in July. 
Lxs,as confiders it as an annual; M,.LR, as a bien- 
nial; we fufpe& it to be, indeed have little dbubt of its being. 
a perennial.; having propagated it by parting its roots, but it 
may be railed more fuccefsfully from feed. 
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]PILOBIUM ANGUSTISSIMUM, NAli:ROWES' 
LEAV'D WILLOW-HERB. 
Generic CharaNer. 
Cal. 4-fidus. Petala 4. Capf oblonga infera, Sero. 
EPILOBIUM ang'imum, foliis fparfis lineribus obfolete 
denticulatis avenii, petalis mqualibus integer. 
rimis, it. Hort. Kew. . p. fl. 
EPILOBIUM anglium, var. Lin. 8p. P1. 
EP1LOBIUM dore difformi, foliis linearibus. Hall, H, 
Helv. p. 497 n. xoox. 
Thqugh the Epiloium here figured has not been many years 
introduced into this country, it is  plgnt which has 10rig been 
well known, and defcribed.- 
Lus makes it a variety only of t}V Epilobium ang. 
tlium; Hamagi, a diRin& fpcies, and in our opinion, moR 
july, 
Thole who Mve cultivated the Epilobium angtffolium have 
caufe to know that ic increales progi0uy by its creeping 
roots. The prefent plant, fo far as we hav been able to 
temine from cultivating it feveral years, in out Garden, 
Lambeth-Mar, has not ewn the leaR' difpofitioo to in 
creafe in the fame way,' nor have any feedlings aftfen from 
the feeds which it has fpontaneoufly fcattered: we have, in- 
deed, found it a plant rather cult to propagate yet it'is 
highly probable that m a greater diRance from London, an4 
in a more favourable foil, its roots, though not of the creep- 
ing kind, may admit of a greater incrafe, and its feeds be 
more prolific. 
It is a native of the Alp of Switzerld, from whence it 
frequently diflodged, d rried into the plains by the 
petuofity of torrents.. 
It flowers with us in July and AuguR, and being a hardy per- 
ennial, and perhaps the moR elegant fpecies of the genus, ap- 
pears to us highly defeing aplacein the gardens of the curii 
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,CENTAUREA MONTANA. GREATER. BEUE-BOTTLE. 
Ch' and Order'. 
SYNGENESIA OLYGAMIA FRUSTRANEA. 
Generic Cha'acr. 
Rcceptacutm fctofum. Pappus fimplex. Co:ollm radii Jnfundi 
buli[brmcs, 1ongiorcJ, irregulares. 
specific an,l .t3,noo'ms. 
CENTAUREA montana calycibus firratis, (oliis lanceotatis 
lecurrentibus cau16 iimplici{fimo. Lin. y!. 
Fegctab. . 785 ß 
CYANUS montanus latifolius S. Vcrbafculum cyanoidcs. 
Bauh. Pi,.  73' 
cYANUS mjor. Lobcl. icon. 548- 
It has been fUggePted by rome of our readers, that too many 
common plants, like the prefent, are figured in this work, 
We wiih it to be underRood, that the profeffed defign of 
the Botanical Magazine is to exhibit reprefentations of fnch. 
We are defirous of putting it in the t5ower of all who culti- 
vate or amufe themtElves with plants, to become fcientifically 
acquainted with thcm, as far as our lab0urs extend; and we 
deem it of more conlkquence, that they flould be able to all 
certain ihch as are to be found.-in evcry garden, than fuch 
as tlSy may never have an opportunity of teeing. On view- 
ing the reprelintations of obje6s of this fort, a deftre of 
t.eing the original is naturally. exc_ited, and the plea{hre is' 
greatly enhanced by having t in our power to poffefs it. 
But, while we are dcfirous of thus crcating Botani{is, we are no 
lefs anxious to gratify the wifles of thole already fuch; and 
we believe, fi'om a perull of the Magazine, it will appear 
that one-third of the plants figured, have rome pretenfions to 
novelty. 
The Ccntaurea montana is a native of the German Alps, 
flowers during the greate{i part of the fummer, is a hardy 
pcrennial, and will grow ix any tbil or fituation, tbme x¾ill 
think too readily. 
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Ncssus oo. aus. Swz-SCZNZV, or. 
Cla and Order. 
Generœc Charac7cr. 
œctala 6-,-equalia. Ncc?ario infimdibuliforml, x-pbylio. 
mina intra nearium. 
S. pccific Clara,?er and Syno9,ms. 
N}kRCISSUS odorus fpatha fub-biflora, nec2ario campanulato 
rexfido lavi dimidio petalis brcviore, folii, 
femicylindricis. Lin. 3)fl. Ycgetab. p. 3t7, 
NARCISSUS angut2ifolius, five juncifolius maximus amplo 
calice. 
The Great Jonquilia with the large flow'er or cup. 2Vark. 
Parad. p. 8 9. fi.. 5- 
X, Ve flall be-thought, perhaps, too partial to this tribe of 
plants, this being the fifth fpecies now figured; but it flmuld 
b.e remembered, that as the fpring does not afford that va- 
.nety of flowers which the rumruer does, ,de are more limited 
m our choice ;. the flowers of this delighttiff feafon have alfo 
greater claims to our notice, they prefent themfelves with 
double charms. 
This fpecies which, as its name implies, poffeffe.q more 
fragrance than mmiy of the others, is a native of the South of 
Europe, flowers in the open border in April, is a hardy' 
perennial, thriving in aimoR any foil'or fituatio% but fuc- 
ceeds belt in a loamy foil and eaRern expofure. Variex 
:with double flowers, in which Rate it is often ufed for 
forcing. 
No notice is taken of'this fpecies by Mt.r4, except as 
a variety of the-N. eonfuilla from which it dit:rs toro ca'to. 
LOTUS 
v s. B,ACK-F.OW.R'V 
LOTUS. 
ClaJ and Order. 
DIADELPHIA DECAN DRI/. 
Generic CharafTer. 
œegumen cylindrlcum ftria urn, ,dl, e fuffum Iongitudlnaiitet 
conniventes. ½aL tubulofus. 
Specific Charailer and S.,,nonymso 
LOTUS ']acob,eus leguminibus fubtematis, caule herbaceo 
ere&o, foliolis linearibus, Lin. 8).lL Feg. 6o. - 
LOTUS anguftifolia, flote luteo purpurafcente infula S. Ja 
cobi. Comm. hort. 2. p. 65. t. 83... 
This fpecies of Lotus has been called blacl-flower'd, no 
that the flowers are abfoluteiy black, for they are' of a very 
rich brown inclined to purple, but becaufe they appear fo at 
a little diftance ;-the light colour of the fgliaõe contributes 
not 'a little to this appearance. 
"It grows naturally in the Iftand oœ St. James; is too 
"tender to live abroad in England, fo the plants muff be 
"kept in pots, and in the winter placed in a warm airy glafs 
"care, but-in the rumruer they thould be placed abroad in a 
"theleered fituation. It may be eafily propagated by cutting, 
'. during the rummet feafon, and atfo by feeds, but the plants 
"which have been two or three times propagated by cuttings, 
"reidore are fruitful." Miller's Gard. DiiL 
It continues to flower during the whole of the fummer as 
it is very apt to die off without any apparent caufe, care 
flxould be taken to have a fucceffion of plants from feeds, if 
poffible. 
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GELIA or WORM'GRASS, 
Cl ad Order 
PENTANDIA' MONOGYNIA, 
'Generic C3araer. 
oroYa inFundibuli[ormis, Ga/uYa didyma. -1ocularls 
ly[perma. 
SPIGELIA Mrilandca caule tetragono, [oliis omnibus oppo- 
fitis. . 8y. Feg'. p. 97-Mant. . y. 338. 
LONICERA Mri[andica, pec. . ed. 3' 
ERICLYMENI virginiani flo'e coccineo planta marilandica 
ticata erea oliis cojugatis, 
ram Rail 8uyyA y. 3 . Cat. Carol. 
t. 78. 
ANTHELMIA Indian pink, Dr. Lhdng'. 
md Literary, Fol. .. and 
This plant, not lefs celebrated for its fuperior efficacy in 
deftroying worms *, than admired for its beauty, is a native o[ 
the warmer parts of North America; the older- Botanifts, and 
even LNN,US, at one time confidered it as. a honeyJckle, but 
he has now made a new genus of-it, which he has named in 
honour o[ SvicE xg u s, a Botanift o[ confidetable note, author 
of the If agog. in rein herbar. publiihed at Lqden in x633. 
"This plant is not eafily propagated in Englands [br the 
"roots make but flow increafe, fo that the plant is not very 
common in the Englifh Gardens at prefent; for although 
"it is fo hardy as to endure the cold of our ordinary winters 
"in the open air, yet as it does not ripen feeds, the only 
"way of propagating it is by parting of the roots; and as 
"thefe do not make much increafe by offsets, fo the plants 
"are fcarce; it delights in a moift foil and muff not be often 
"tranfplanted." Miller's Di7. 
The fcarcity of this plant, even now, is a proof of the juft- 
nefs of Mr. MxiEa's obfervatio ; it is in faC"t a very fly 
plant, and fcarcely to be kept in this country but by fre- 
quent importation. 
It flowers .in June and July. 
* l'd. Zewis's Ma?er, ]¾Iedi½4, 
[ ] 
COLUTEA ARBORESCENS. TREE COLUTEA, 
or BLADDER. SENNA. 
Clafi and Order. 
DIAD2LPHIA D½AN DR. 1A, 
Generic Charafler, 
Ca,x 5-fidtls. Legumen in. flatum, bari fuperiore dehikens, 
Specific ChavatYer and Synoffm.s. 
COLUTEA arborefcens arborea foliolis obcordatis. Lin. 
Feg'etb, p. 668. 
COLUTEA veficaria. Baub. œin. 396. 
. The greater Baftard Senna with bladders. œark. Par. 440. 
Fhe Bladder Senna, a native of the South of France -red 
Italy, produces a p.r.oœufion of bloom' from [une to AuguR, 
when its inflated pods pieale from the fingularity of their ap? 
pearance; on there accounts, it is one of the moil common 
flowering flrubs cultivated in gardens and plantations. 
"It is propagated by lowing its feeds any time in the fpring 
"in a bed of common earth; and when the plants are come 
"up, they muil be kept clear from weeds, and the Michaelmas 
"following they flould be tranfplanted either into nurfery- 
"rows, or in the places where they are defigned to remain; 
"for if they are let grow in the feed-bed too long, they are 
"very,fubjecq to have tap roots, which render them unfit 
"for tranlilanting; nor fiould thelk trees be furlSred to 
"remain too long in the nurfery befor& they are tranfplanted, 
"for the fame reafon." Miller's Gard. Die7. 
We have learned by experience, that a very wet foil will 
prove fatal to there firubs. 
LACHENALIA TRICOLOR. THREE-COLOURED 
LAcHENALIA. 
CIO and Order. 
HXANDRIA MOOGYNA. 
Generic Charaer. 
calx fubtriphyllus, inferus, coloratus. Orolla 3-petala, re- 
ceptacu10 inferta. ' acquin jum in a. heW. vol. 9' 
8pecc Cbraer and Synyms'. 
LACHENALIA tricolor. Lin. 8yfl, Fegetab. ed. 
yacg. Ico. pz. rarior, t. 
PHORM!UM loides. Lin. 8yfl, Fegetab. ed. x. p. 
8uppl. o 5. 
To Mr. Lv., of the Vineyard, Hammerfinith, the firfl, and 
as we underltand, the only Nurliryman as yet in poffeffion of 
this pl.ant, which has but lately been introduced'into this 
country from the Cape, we are indebted for the prefent 
fpecimen, 
Mr. JAcuN, jun. who las figured and defcribed it in 
the .,t7a Helvetica, gives it the name of Lachenalia, in honour 
of WaRNERUS DE LA CHEN.L, a very eminent Swifs Bo- 
tanill, and the particular friend of the lfite illultrious H,XLL 
Our readers fllould be informed, that it had before been 
called by two other different names, viz. Hyacinthas orchi- 
oides, and Pharmium aloides, under the latter of which it now 
fiands in the x4th edition of the $)'j7ema Igetailium, as Well 
as that of Lachenalia. 
Its trivial name of tricolor it receives from the three co- 
lours obfervable in the flowers; 'but it muff be noticed, that 
it is only at th'e middle period of its flowering, that there three 
colours are highly diftinguifiable; as it advances, the brilliarg 
orange of the top flowers dies away; the fpots on the leaves 
alfo, which When the plant is young, give it the appearance 
of an orehis, as it advances into bloom become leli' and le fs 
confpicuous. 
Like moll of the Cape plants the Lachenalia requires to 
be fheltered in the winter; duri.ng that feafon it mull tilere- 
fore be k_ept in a green-houfe, or hot-bed frame, ',veil recured. 
It flowers in tile fpring, but its blowing may be accelerated 
by the warmth of the Rove, for it bears forcing well enough. 
It is increared by offsets from the bulbs. 
HiBiscus SYRI.CVS. SYRIAN Hscus; 
commonly called Anrma Faurx. 
. and Order. 
Cri Crer._ 
Cx duplex, exterior 
lyfperml. 
HIBISCUS friu foliis cuneiformi ovafis fuperne incif- 
ferrati, caule arboreo. Eim. . C. . 63. 
ALCEA arborefcens fyriaca. ,. i. . 36. 
ALTHA frorex ore albo vel purpureo. r. r. . 369' 
The Hibius fyriacus, known generally by ,the name of 
41th,ea frutex, is a native of Syria, and forms one af the chief' 
ornaments of our gardens in autumn; we view it, however,.. 
with lefs delight,zs it is a fure indication 'of approaching xinten. 
There are many varieties of it mentioned by authors,. as the 
purple, red-flowered,. white-flowered, variegated red and white 
flowered, and theflriped-fiowered, to which may be added, ano 
ther variety, lately introduced, with double flowers: it varies 
alfo in its foliage, which is rometimes marked with white,. 
rometimes with yellow. 
As from the latene{ of its flowering, and the want of fuf 
ticlent warmth, it rarely ripens its feeds with us; the ufual, 
mode of increaring it is by layers, and fometi'mes by cuttings;. 
but the beft plants are raifed from leeds. MxxmzR obferves,. 
that the fcarce varieties may be propagated by grafting them 
on each other, which is he common method of propagating 
the forts with ftriped leaves. 
In the'time of P.Rvsb it was not looked on as a 
hardy firub: he thus writes," they are romewhat tende; 
"and would not be fuffered to b' uncovered in the winter 
"time, or yet abroad in the garden, but kept in a large pot 
"or tubbe, in the houfe or in a warme cellar, if you would 
"have them to thrive." 'Park..Parad. 
[ 
Tvssl..aoo , CorsooT. 
Cla and Order. 
SYNGENESIA POLYGAMIAo. 
Generic Chara7er. 
Receptaculum nudum. Pappus fimplex. 
d!ifcum equantes, fiabmembranacea. 
CaL fquame aquales, 
Specific Charac?er and Synonyms.. 
TUSSILAGO-alpina fcapo uniigoro fubnud% foliis cordat:o. 
orbiculatis crenatis utrinque virentibus. Lin.. 
$yfi. Vegetab. p. 755' 
TUSSILAGO' alpina, rotundifolia glabra. Bauh. Pin. 97' 
This fpecies, 'a hafive of the &lpsg'of Switzerland, and 
Auftria, is frequently kept in gardens for the fake of variety 
like ithe reft of the genus,, it flowers early in the fpring, in. 
Max:ch and April.;'is a very hardy 'perennial, increales /noR' 
readily in a moift/hady fituation,. is ufually kept in pots for 
the convenience of /heltering it in very fevere feafons; but 
it will grow readily enough in the open border. All plants 
that flower early, though ever fo hardy, require rome kind, 
of thelter, previous to, and d'firing their flowering.,. 
Is propagated by parting its roots in autumn. 
SPARTIUM 
 / 
JUCEUM, SPANISH 
ClaJ;- and Order. 
DIkDLPHIA D, ECAN DRI[A: 
Gcneric Charaer. 
tigma Iongitudina. le,. filpra villofum. Filamenta getmini acl,' 
herentia. Calyx deorfmr produus: ' 
Specific Cb.araer and Synou)ms, 
$PARTIUM junccum rami oppofitis teretibus apice floriferis, 
folii lanceo!atis. Z/n, 8yfi. Fegetab. p. 6-t3. 
SPARTIUM arborslochS, feminibus lenti fimilibus. Bauh, 
in. 396. ' ' '  
Spani Broom, Par}. Pqrad. p. 4. t. {43. fig, . 
Grows naturally in Fran. ce, Spain, Italy, and Turkey 
bears our climate ixtremely well; 'is a common flrub in oir, 
nurferies and plantations, which it much enlivens by its'yellox- 
bloffoms: 'flowers from june to Auguft, or 'longer in cooi 
feafonsl ..... - ß 
Is railed by feeds, which generally come up plentifully 
under th rubs.  . ß , 
M.,e mentions a ;eariety of it, which, is inferior to the 
common fort, does 'not aplear't o be worth cultivati.ng. 
us 
LAG? 
Cluff and Order, 
CQMMON., CORI - 
Generic .C. haraeYer. 
Gorolla fcxpartita, tingens. Stamina. adfcendentia t 
$2½cific Chara7er .(red Synonyms, 
GLAD.IOLU$ commu.n.is fcliis enfifo.rmibu, s floribus d. ifia, r 
fibus? 
,GLADIOLUS u. trinque floridus, ? ,Baub. Pin, 4., 
rgh.e Frnc.,h Cqrn,-Fla. g. ,Parks. Pqra d. p., 8@. t. 9. f , 
Grows wild. in the corn fields of molt of the warme.r parts 
.of Europe, varies with white and fl.e-coloured. blo.flbms 
ircreafes fo faf both by offsets and feeds, as to become 
troublefome to the ultivfitor; hence, hax;ing been fupplanted 
By the Greater Corn-Flag, the Byaniinus of MILLER,' whofe 
bloffoms are larger, and more ewy i it is n.o[ fo. generally 
,found in grdens' as forxnrlY. '" ' ' ' 
It flowers in June. 
HYOSCYAMUS AURV, US. GOLDEN-FLOWER') 
HENBANE. 
Cl- and Order. 
PENTAN DRIA DIGYNIA. 
Generic ½haraQer. 
Corolla infundibuliformis, obtufa. Stamina inclinata. 
operculata g-locularis, 
Capita 
Specific Carafler and Synonyms. 
HYOSCYAMUS aureus foliis petiolatis dentaris acutis flo~ 
ribus pedunculatis, frutibus pendulls. 
Lin. Sof t. t/egetab. p. 220. 
HYOSCYAMUS creticus luteus. major. Bauh. in. xg9: 
A native of Crete, and other parts of the Eff. 
"' Flowers mof[ part of. the fummer,' but feldom ripens feeds 
"in England; will continue for feveral years, if kept in pots 
"and theltered in winter, for it will not live in the open air 
' during that tatbn; ffplaced under a common hot-bed frame, 
:' xhere it may enjoy as much fre air as poffible in mild wea- 
"ther, it will thrive better than when more tenderly treated. 
, It may be eafily propagated by cuttings, which if planted 
"in a thady border and covered with hand-glaflhs, in any of 
"the fummer months, they will take root in a month or fix 
i, weeks, and ma3/ be afterwards, planted in pots and treated 
"like the old plants." Ma's Gard. Di. 
It i;, however, a more common praice to keep this plant 
in the fiove in the winter; one advantage, at leaf[, attends 
this method, we fecure it with certainty. 
'iARCISSU$ BULBOCODIUM. i-I O O P 
COAT NARCISSUS. 
Cla and Order 
IIEXADt Morocyborg. 
Generic Chara7er. 
Ptalia 6, aqualia: Ne7avio inœundibuiiœormi 
Stamina intra fiearium, 
-i0hyllo[ 
NARcISgU8 Bult3ocodium fpatha uniflora, neario turbinato 
petalis majore ftaminibus pillilloque declina 
tis. œin. Syfl. Fegetab. p. $7' 
NARCISSUS montanus junciœolius, ealyce aureo. œauhin. 
2. 53. 
The greater yellow Junquilia, or ballard Daffodil. 2park 
2parad. p. 6. t. xo 7. fig. 6. vat. min. fig'. 7' 
Grows fpontaneoufly in Portugal  flowers in the open 
border about the middle of May, is an old inhabitant of our 
gardens, but, like the triandrus, is now become fcarce, at 
leaft in the nurferies about London l in fome gardens in 
Hamplhire we have feen it row abundantly: Mxla calls 
it the Hoop 2Petticoat 2rciffus, the neC2ary, as he obferves, 
bein.g formed like the ladies hoop petticoats. 
It ce.rtainly is one of the no&reft d molt elegant of the 
enus, is propagated by offsets, and lhould' be planted in a 
oomy; foil xvith an Eaern expofure. 
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VIOLA PEDATA CuT-LEAv'D VIOLET. 
ClaJ and Order. 
SYNGENE$IA MONOGAMIAo 
Generic ½haratler. 
Calyx 5-phyllus. Cor. 5-petala, irregularis, 
Capfula fupera, 8-valvis, x-locularis. 
portice cornuta. 
Specific Charafter and Synonyms. 
VIO.LA pedata acaulis, foliis pedatis feptempartitis. Lin. 
S)fl. Feget. ed. 4. Murr. p. 8o. Spec. PL p. 
Gronov. Fl. Firg. ed. . p.  35- 
VIOLA tricolor caule nudo, foliis tenuius diffet"tis. Banifl. 
l/irg'. 
VIOLA inodora flore purpurafcente fpecioœo, foliis ad too- 
alum digitorum inciris. Clayt. n. 54. 
This fpecies of Violet, a native of'Virginia, is very rarely 
met with in our gardens; the figure we have given, was drawn 
œrom a plant which flowered this fpring in the garden of 
ToAs SYv:Es, Efq. at H'ackney, who poffeffes a very fine 
collet"tion of plants, and of AmeriCan ones in particular.' 
It is more remarkable for the fingularity of its foliage than 
the beauty of its bloffoms; the former exhibit a very good 
example of theblium pedatum of Li N   v s, whence its name. 
MILLEIt, who calls it multifida from a former edition of 
LxNvs's Species Plantatum, fays, that the flowers are not 
fucceeded by feeds. here, hence it can only be propagated 
by parting its roots. 
The beff mode of treating it, will be to place the roots 
in a pot of loam and bog earth mixed, and plunge the pot 
into a north border, where it muff be/hehered in the winter, 
or taken up and kept in a common hot-bed frame. 
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GORTFRA ROENS. RGD-LIAV'D 
GORTERIA. 
......  ' ' 3, 
SyNOENESIA POLYOAMIA FRUSTRANE.- 
Gerfe Cbrer; 
Reee/culm nudum. Pfu lanatus.. Cvrdf radii ligulatm- 
Cx imbricatus, fqu.amis fpinofis. 
GORTERIA rfge foliis lanceolatis. pinnatidis,, caulc dc- 
prcffo, fcapis unifloris. Lf. for. fez, b. f.- 
z4. Mrr. 783. fl. L el. 3- - z284. 
ARCTOTIS ramis dccumbcntibus, foliis lincari-lanccolatis. 
rigidis, fubtus argcntcis. Mfff. Offf. el fco. 
t. 49- 
ARCTOTH'ECA foliis, rigidis lcnitcr diffcis. ff]. ff.. 
z72B- - 9' 
The Goe..e.x, of which there are 'feveral fpecies, and. 
molt of them,. like the prefent, natives of the Cape, has been 
named in honour of DAvx> r Goe. T.e., author of the 
Flora Zut#anica and Ingrica  the trivial name of rigens is 
given to this fpecies from the- rigidity of its leaves, a term 
which.it is fometimes apt to exchange for the more common 
botanic name of rimgens  an inllance of fuch miRake occurs 
in the 6th edition of M..Ee.'s Gard. Di7. 
The greenhoufe, to which it properly belongs, can fcarcely 
boaIt a more thewy plant; its .bloff0ms, when expanded by 
the heat of the fun, and it is only when the fun thines on- 
them that they are fully expanded, exhibit an unrivalled 
brilliancy of appearance. 
ß It flowers in June, but rarely brings its feeds to perfec- 
non in this country, which is of the lefs confequcnce, as. 
the plant'is readily enough increafed by cuttings. 
It requires the common treatment of a greenhoufe plant. 
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IRIS SUSAA. CA.CVDOA IRIS. 
TRIANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
Generic CharacYer. 
Cor. 6-petala, inzequalis, petalis alternis geniculato-patentibus. 
$tigmata petaliformia, Cucullato-bilabiata. 
Specific Charaer and Synonyms. 
IRIS fufiana barbata foliis enfiformibus glabris, fcapo unifloro, 
letalis rotundaris. Lin. Syfl Fegetab. ed. x4. p. 88. 
IRIS fufiana riore maximo et albo nigricante. Bauh. Pin. 
The great Turkey Flower-de-luce. Park. Parad. x79. 
This fpecies, by far the molt magnificent of the Iris tribe, 
is a native of Perfia, from a chief city of which it takes the 
name 6f $ufiana: Lx,us informs us, that it was imported 
into-Holland from Conftantinople in x573. 
Though an inhabitant of a much warmer climate than our 
own, it thrives readily in the open borders of our gardens; 
and, in certain favourable fituations,-flowers freely about the 
latter end of May or beginning of June. It fucceeds belt in 
a loamy foil and funny expofure, with a pure air: moifture, 
which fayours the growth of molt of the genus, is injurious 
and fometimes even fatal to this fpecies. 
As it rarely ripens its feeds with us, it is generally pro- 
pagated by parting its roots in autumn. Thefe are alfo 
ufually imported from Holland, and may be had of the im- 
porters of bulbs at a reafonable rate. 
Being liable to be deltroyed by fcafons -unufually fevere, it 
x¾ill be prudent to place a few roots of it in pots, either in the 
greenhoufe or in a hot-bed frame during the winter. 
It bears forcing well. 
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$AXRAOA SARa.SOSA. 
SAXIFRAGE. 
STRAWBERRY 
Cla and Order. 
DECANDRIA DIGYNIA. 
Generic Charaer. 
Calyx 5-partitus- Cor. 5-petala. Capf. g-rottris, x-locularis, 
polyfperma. 
$peafic Charaer and Synonyms. 
SAXIFRAGA farmentofa foliis radicalibus fubrotundis cor- 
daris crenatis, farmentis axillaribus radicanti- 
bus, corolla irregulari, racemo compofito. 
Lin. 8yJt. Yeg'. ed. 4. P. 02. 8upp !. p. 240. 
This fpecies oF Saxifrage differing fo widely from the 
others, both in its habit and h-u&ification, as to create a doubt 
in the minds of rome, whether it ought not to be confidered 
as a diffin& genus, is a native of China, and one of the many 
plants which have been introduced into our gardens fince the 
time of MLL.R. 
Its round variegated leaves, and ftrawberry-like runners, 
the uncommon magnitude of the two lowermolt pendant pe- 
tals, joined to the very con{j)icuous glandular ne&ary in the 
centre of the flower, half furrounding the gemen, render 
this fpecies {trikingly dillin&. 
It is properly t greenhoufe plant; in mild winters indeed 
it will bear the open air, decially if placed at the foot of 
a wall, or among rock-work; but, in fuch fituations,' it is 
frequently killed in revere feafons. 
It flowers' in May and June, but does not produce its 
bloffoms fo freely as fome others. 
No diculty attends the propagation of it, for it increales 
fo fall by .its runners, as to be even troublerome. 
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SEMPERVIVUM Mo N ANTI-IES. DWARF 
Housv.vIc. 
Cl and Orden 
Doucua Douc. 
Generk Charaer. 
Calx 2-partitus. etala 2. Caful 2, polyfperm. 
ecc Charaer an ynonyms. 
SEMPERVIVUM monanthes [oliis teretibus clavatis conferris, 
pedunculis nudis fubunifloris, neaariis 
obcordatis. iton. Hort. Kew. 
It appears from the Hortus Kewes, the publication of 
which is daily expe&ed, that the plant here figured was firft 
brought to this country from the Canary Iflands, by Mr. 
Futcs MAsson, in the year x777. 
It is highly deferving the notice of the Boanift,, not only 
as being by far the lea fpecies of the genus, but on account 
of itsNe&aria; there, though not mentioned by L2eus 
in his chara&er of the genus, have been defcribed by other 
authors, particularly jt, cqu and Ht,,,]v,; and though 
not prefent in molt, and but hintly vifible in a few fpecies of 
8empervi'um, in this plant form a principal. part of the fruc- 
tification; they are ufually feven in number, but vary from 
fix to eight. 
In the fpecimens we have examined, and which perhaps 
have been rendered luxfiriant by culture, the number of fta- 
mina has been from twelve to fixteen; of ftyles, from fix to. 
eight; of flowers on the fame flalk, from one to eight. 
It flowers during moff of the fummer months, fucceeds very 
well with the common treatment of a greenhoufe plant in the 
,rumruer, but does beft in a dry Rove in the winter., 
Is readil 7 increared by parting its roots. 
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8ISYRINOHIUM IRIDIOIDESo 
SISYRINCHIUM. 
IRIS-LEAV'D 
Cla and Order. 
GYNANDRIA TRIANDRIAo 
Generic CharacTer. 
Monogyna. Spatha diphylla. Petala 6 plana. 
locularis, infera. 
Capfida tri- 
Specific Charat7er and Synonyms. 
SISYRINCHIUM iridioides foliis enfiformibus; petalis ob- 
longo-obcordatis, venofis; germinibus 
pyriformibus, fubhirfutis. 
SISYRINCHIUM œermudiana. Lin. Syfi. Iregetab. p. 8o. 
vat. .. Spec. P1. p. a353. 
BERMUDIANA iridis folio, tadice fibrofa.. Dill. JElth, 48- 
t. 4a-f. 48. 
SISYRINCHIUM Bermudiana foliis gladiolatis amplexicau- 
libus, pedunculis brevioribus. Miller's 
Di7. ed. 6. 4to. 
On comparing the prefent plant with the Bermudiana grami- 
nea riore rainore cwruleo of D x L L E  X U S, both of which I have 
growing, and now in pots before me, the difference appears 
fo ttriking, that I am induced with him and MXLLER tO con- 
rider them as diftin& fpecies; efpecially as, on a clofe exa- 
mination, there appear chara&ers fufficient to juftify me 
in the opinion, which chara&ers are not altered by culture. 
It is a native of the Bermudian Irantis, and flowers in the 
open border from May to the end of July; it is not uncom- 
mon to keep it in the greenhoufe, for which, from its fize, 
&c. it is very well adapted; but it is not neceffary to treat it 
tenderly, as it will bear a greater degree of cold than many 
plants ufually confidered as hardy. 
It may be propagated rnoft readily by feeds, or by parting 
its roots in the autumn; fhould be planted on a border with 
an eartern afpe; foil the fame as for bulbs. 
Pub,,aa te  a?tt  ;. et.r z?#O3y lK.ie. tloardc ardo, Jareth 
GE R Alii UivI RADULA. RAsP-LEAV'D 
GERANIUM. 
Cl' and Order. 
OADELPHIA DECADRIA. 
Generic Charaer. 
Monogyna. Stigmata 5' Fruus roratus, 5-coccus. 
Specc Chara,er and Synodfires. 
GERANIUM revolulum pedunculis fibbifloris, f61iis multi- 
fidis linearibus fcabris ad oras revolutis, caule 
arborco. ]acq. ic.  33- volleY. . p. 84. 
GERANIUM Radula. Cavanill. D 4. P- 6. t. xo. f. x. 
This is one of the numerous tribe of Geraniums introduced 
from the Cape fince the time of MXLLV. V. : it takes the name 
of Radula, which.is the Lati: term for a rafp or file, from the 
rough rafp-like firface of the leaves. 
There are two varieties of it, a major and a minor,. which 
keep pretty conttantly to their chara&ers; and as this fpecies 
is readily raifed from feeds, it affords alfo many feminal 
varieties. 
As a BotaniR, defirous of feeing plants dillin& in their 
charaaers, we could almof wi/h it were impoflible to raife 
thefe foreign Geraniums from feeds; for, without pretending 
to any extraordinary difcernment, ve may venture to pro- 
phecy, that in a few years, t¾om the multiplication of feminal 
varieties, fpringing from feeds cafually, or perhaps purpofely 
impregnated with the pollen of different forts, thch a crop 
will be produced as will baffle all our attempts to reduce to 
fpecies, or even regular varieties. 
Such as are partial to this tribe, vill no doubt wifl to 
have this fpecies in their colic&ion; the bloffoms are pretty, 
and the foliage is fingular, but it remains but a fixo't time 
in flower. 
It is readily propagated by cuttings. 
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LANTANA ACULEATA. 
PRICKLY LANTANAo 
Cla_ and Order. 
DIDYNAMIA ANGIOSPERMIA 
Generic CharaFler. 
Calyx 4-dentatus obfolete. Stigma uncinato-refra&um. 
nucleo ,z-loculari. 
Drua 
Spedtic CharaFler and Synonyms. 
LANTANA aculeata foliis oppofitis, caule aculeato ramofo 
fpicis hem!fphaericis. Lin. $yfl. I/eœ '. ed. x4. po 
566. 
According to M,LLv-, this fpecies-grows'naturally in 
Jamaica, and moft of the other Iflands in the Illeft-Indies, 
where it is called wild Sage; the flowers, which are very bril- 
liant, are fucceeded by roundlib berries, which, when ripe, 
turn black, having a pulpy covering over a tingle hard feed. 
It is readily propagated by cuttings. 
Different plants vary greatly in the colour of their bloffomsl 
and the prickliners of t. heir ftalks; the prickles are feldom 
tbund on the young fioots. 
This plant will bear to be placed abroad in the warmeft 
':{ummer months, the reft of the year it requires artificial heat. 
It is ufually placed in 'the dry Rove, to which, as it is feldom 
vithout flowers, it impatgs great brilliancy. 
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FUCHSIA COCCXNEA, SCARL,T Fucnsx,; 
1  Order. 
Ocr, Moox. 
Generic Charae 
Calyx  pyllus, coloratus corollifer maximus. Petala , parva 
8ca infera, -1ocularis, polyfpea. 
8pecc Charaer and Synonyms. 
FUCHSIA coccinea foliis oppofitis ovafis denticulatis; petfli 
obovatis, obtufis. Hort. Kew. 
THILCO euill& it. 8' P' ' t. 
The prefent plant is a native o Chili, and was introduced to 
the royal gardens at Kew, in the year x788, by Capt. Fx; 
it takes the name o Fuchfia from $uchs a ean Botani of 
great celebrity, author of the Horia 8tirpium jn fobs, pub- 
lied in x54, containing five hundred anti fixteen figures in 
ood; and which, though mere outlines, exprefs the objes 
they a3e intended to reprefent, infinitely better th many 
laboured engravings of more modern times. . 
Every perfon who can boa a hot-houfe will be anxious to 
poffefs the Fuchfia, as it is not only a plant of peculiar beauty, 
bm .produces its rich pendant bloffoms through mo of the 
fummer; the petals in the centre of th e flower are particularly 
deferving of notice; they omewhat refemble a froall roll of 
the richel purple-coloured ribband. 
Though this plant will not fucceed well in the winteb nor 
be eafily propagated unlefs in a ove, it will flower very well 
during the rumruer months, in a good green-houfe or hot-bed 
frame, and though at prefent from its novelty it hears a high 
price, yet as it is readily propagated, both by layers, cuttings, 
and teds, it will ton be within the purchafe of every lover 
of plants. 
Mr. L, of Hammeffmith, we under,and fir haft this 
plant for fale. 
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or 
Clad and Order. 
OCTANDRIA IV[oNOGYN IA. 
Generic Charat7er. 
al. -phyllus, calcaratus; Petala& inaqualia, Bacc,e tres, 
TROP/EOLUM minus foliis peltaris repandis, petalis acumi- 
nato-fetaceis. Lin.'yfl. Fegetab. p. 857- 
Indian-Creffes or yellow Larke's-heeles, Park. Parad. p. 
This fpecies of ropeolum (which like the majts already 
tqgured in this work, is a native of Peru) has long been an 
inhabitant of our gardens; it was the only fpecies we had in 
the time of Pt, RKNsON, by whom it is figured and defcribed; 
it appears indeed to have been a great favourite with that intel- 
ligent author, for he 'fays this plant "is of fo great beauty 
"and fweetneffe withall, that my garden of delight cannot 
c, bee unfurnithed of it, and again the whole flower hath a fine 
c fmall lent, very pleating, which being placed in the middle of 
*' rome' Carnations or Gilloflowers (for they are in flower at 
"the fame time) make a delicate Tuflimufie, as they call it, 
*' or Nofegay, both for tight and lent." 
/ks the lPa. ffiflora c,erulea, from its fuperior beauty and hardi- 
nels, has in a great degree fupplanted the incarnata, fo has the 
g'ropeolum majus the minus; we have been informed indeed that 
it was entirely 1ott to our gardens till lately, vhen it vas re- 
introduced by Dr. I.E. S=xI, vho b)/diftributing it to his 
friends, and the Nu[ferymen near London, has again rendered 
it tolerably plentiful. . 
Like the majis it is n annual, though by artificial heat it 
may be kept in a pot through the winter, as ufually is the 
variety of it with double flowers; but as it will grow readily in 
the open air, in warm theltered fituations, it thould be raifed 
on a hot-bed, like other tender annuals, if we wl'th to have it 
flower early in the fummer continue long in bloffom, and 
produce perfect feeds. 
ANTIRRHINUM PURPUREUM. 
ToAr)-FLAx, 
PURPLE 
and Order, 
.A.N oi o $P,P,liI Ao 
Generic Charac'ler. 
Calyx 5-phyllus. Coroll, e bails deorfum prominens, ne'taxifera. 
Capfula Aocularis. 
Specific CharaFter and Synonyms. 
ANTIRRHINUM purpureum foliis quaternis linearibus, caule 
ereao fpicato. Lin. 8yfl. Kegstab. p. 555' 
LINARIA purpurea major odorata. Bauh. Pin. 
LINARIA altera purpurea. Dod. Perupt. 
Though not fo beautiful as many of the genus, this -fpecies 
is a common inhabitant of the flower-garden, in which it con- 
tinues to bloffom, during moil of the rummet. 
It is a native of Italy, and delights in a dry foil and fituation  
it will even fiouriih on walls, and hence will ferve very well 
to decorate the more' elevated parts of rock-work. 
When once introduced it comes up fpontaneoufiy from 
feeds, 
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LATHYRUS TNOITANUS. TANOER 
Cla and Order, 
PEA, 
Generic Charaler. 
Stylus planus, fupra villofus, fuper.ne fatlot,. CaL !acinie fup½, 
riores ;-breviores 
Specific Charat7er and 8yronyms? 
LATHYRUS tingitanus peduncu. lis bifioris, cirrhis diphyllis 
foliolis alternis l.a. nceolatis glabris, ttiptths ltt- 
natis. Lin. $yfi. l/egetb? p. 
LATHYRUS ti.ngitaus, filiquis orobi, {lore amplo ru. ber- 
rimo. Moris. biff. . p. 55' 
The Tangier Pea, a native of Morocco, canno. t boa. ft the 
agreeable fcents or variety of colours of the fweet Pea; nor 
does it continue fo long' in flower; nevertheleli there is a 
richnefs in the colour of its bloffoms, which entitles it to a 
place in the gardens of the cu.ri. ous, in which it is ufua.!ly fown 
in the fpring, with other hardy .annuals. 
It flowers in June a.nd July. 
The belt mode of propagating it, is to, fow the feeds on the 
borders in patches, where the plants are to remain; thinning 
them when they come up, fo as to leave only t'o or three 
together. 
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ALYSSUM HALIMIFOLIUM. 
SWEET ALYSSUM. 
Cla and Order. 
TIilRADYN AMIA SI LICU LO-$A. 
Generic ½haragler. 
Filamenta qua:dam introrfum denticulo notata. Silieula emar- 
ginata. 
Specific Charafter and Synonyms. 
ALYSSUM halimijlium caulibus fuffruticofis, diffufis, foliis 
lineari-lanceotatis'integerrimis, vi!lofiufculis, fla- 
minibus fimplicibus, filiculis fubrotundis integris. 
Hort. Kew. l/. 2. p. 38 t. 
ALYSSUM halimlium caulibus procumbentibus, perennan- 
tibus, foliis tanceolato-linearibus,. acutis, inte- 
gerrimis. Linn. Syfl. liegetab. p. 590. 
Thla{i halimi folio fempervirens. Herin. lug:d. 594.- t. 595' 
Grows {)ontaneoufly in dry fituations, in the {buthernmo{t 
parts of Europe, where it is flrubby; and in timilar fituations 
it is fo in rome degree with us; but on our flower-borders, 
where it is ufually fown, it grows {b luxuriantly, that the {talks 
beconing juicy and tender, are generally defttoyed by our 
fro{ts; hence it is an annual from peculiarity of circum{tance; 
as fuch, it is very generally cultivated; the flowe?s exhibit a 
pretty, innocent appearance, and {trongly diffufe an agreeable 
honey-like froell. They continue to blow through molt of 
the rummet months. 
It is a very proper plant for a wall or piece of rock-work; 
care mu{t be taken, however, not to low too much of the 
{ed in one pot, as it fpreads wide, but it ma/eafily be re- 
duced at any period of its growth, as it does not creep at the 
root. 
The fpecific defcripti0n in the Hortus Kewenfis above re- 
ferred to, admirably chara&erizes the plant, but furely at the 
expence of its generic charaer. 
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CAMPANULA SPECULUM. VENUS'S LOOKING- 
G.ss. 
Cla and Ordev. 
Generic CharafTer.- 
Corolla campanulata, fundo claufo valvis ftaminifiris. Stigma 
trifidum. Capfula infera, poris lateralibus dehifeens.. 
8peritic CharaHer and Synonyms.. 
CAMPANULA Speculum caule ramofiffimo diffufo; f01iis 
oblongis fubcrenatis, floribus folit.ariis, cap- 
fulis prifmaticis. Linn. 8yfl. Fegetab. p._ o 9. 
ONOBRYCHIS arvenfis f. Campanula arvenfis.er.e&a. Baub. 
..Pin. z'x 5. 
Grows wild among the corn in the South of Europe, is an 
annual, and, like the Sweet Alyffum, generally cultivated in 
our gardens, and moft defervedly fo indeed, for when a large 
affemblage of its bloffoms are expanded by the rays of the 
fun, their brilliancy is fuch as aimoft to dazzle the yes of 
the beholder. 
Thole annuals which bear our winter's frofts without injury, 
are advantageoufly fown in the autumn; for by that means- 
they flower more early, and their feeds ripen with more cer- 
taintv; the prefent plant is one of thole: it ufually lows itfelf, 
and is therefore railed without any trouble. 
It begins to flower in May and June, tnd continues to 
enliven the garden till Augur or September. 
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pw[tag.ortuM Ac FTO, SU 
SORREL 
Cla' and' Order. 
Generic ½hara?ler; 
Calyx 5-partitus: !acinia fuprema definente in tabulure ca,. 
pillarem, neCariferum, fecus peduzculum decurrentem. 
Cot. 5-petala, irregyfiaris.. Filam. o.. in a:qualia::. quorum 
(taro 5) callrata. lCru7us, 5-coccus, rotIcarus: roftra fpi- 
r. alia, introrfum barbata. L'Hcrit. Geran. 
Sp.ecific Chara7er. and Synonyms. 
ELAR:GONIUM acetofum umbellis paucittnris, foliis obo,- 
vatis crenatis glabris carnofis, petalis li- 
nearibus,' L'Her. it. Monog'r.de Geran. n. 97- 
GE-R;A. NI:UM acetofitm calycibus monophyllis, foliis glabris.,. 
obovatis camoils crenatis,. caute'fvuticolb laxo,. 
Linn. S?fl. Feg'etab. ed.. at, Muvr. p. 6 3. 
Sp. P1; p. 947- 
3ERANI'UM Africanurn l¾utefcens, folio craffo et glauco. 
acetofa fapove. Comm. p.r, el. 53- t. t... 
Mon. L'H. ERITIER, the celebrated French Botahilt, who}. 
in the number, elegance,, and accuracy of his eng_ravings, 
appears ambitious of excelling all his cotemporarie. s, in a 
x¾ork now execu,ting on the family of Geranium,. has thought: 
it neceffary to divide that numerous. genus- into, three, viz... 
Erodium,. Pela:x'onium, and Geranium. 
The Erodium includes. thofc v. hich Lx 4 s z u s (who noticing 
the great difference in their appearance, had made three divi- 
fions of them) defcribes w. ith five fertile ftamina. and calls- 
My-"Sina; the Pelarg'onium thofe with feven fertile ftamina, 
his .4fi4cana. the Geranium thofe xvith ten fertile ftamina, his 
9atrachia. 
They 
They are continued under fle clafs Monadeliphia, in which 
they now form three different orders, according to the number 
of their ftamina, viz. Pentandria, Heptandria, and Decandrid. 
I f the principles of the Linnean fyffem had been ffrily adhered 
to, they flould'perhaps have been feparated into different- 
claffes; for though the Pdarg'onium is Monadelphous, the Ge- 
ranium is not fo; in confequence of thi'i alteration, the Gera- 
nium paltatum and radula, figured in a former part of this 
work, muff {ow be called Pdarg'ollium ]eltatum, and radula, 
and the Geranium Reicbardi be an dErodium. 
The leaves of this plant have fomewhat the taffe of forrel, 
xvhence its name, it flowers during moff of the fummer, and 
is readily propagated by cuttings. M rrR mentions a variety 
of it with fcarl.et flowers. 
I.t i.s a nativ of the Cape, and known' to have been ctrlti 
rated in Chetfea Garden, in the ,vear x74.- 
LYSIMACHIA 
BULBIFERA. BULB-BEARING 
LOOSESTRIFE. 
ClaJ and Order. 
PENTANDRIA MONOCYNIA. 
Generic Chakafler. 
Corolla rotata. Capfula globofa, mucronata, xo-valvis. 
$pecc Chara7er and Synonyms. 
LYS I MACH IA flrifla racemis terminalibus, petalis lanceolatis 
patulis, foliis lanceolatis feffilibus. Hort. Kew. 
p. x99. 
In the fpring of the year x78x, I received roots' of this 
plant from Mr. ROBERT SQUXB, then at New-York, which 
produced flowers the enfuing fummer, fince that time, I have 
had frequent 'opportunities of obferving a very peculiar cir- 
cumftance in its ceconomy; after flowering, inftead of pro- 
dhcing feeds, it throws out gemme ivaces, or bulbs of an 
unufual form, from the aim of the leaves, which falling off in 
the month of O&ober, when the plant decays, produce young 
plants the enfuing fpring. 
45s it is diftinguilhed from all the known fpecies of Lyfi- 
macbia by this ci. rcumftance, we have named it bulbifera inftead 
of flrita, under which i appears in the Hortus Kewenfi. 
Some Botanifts, whofe abilities we revere, are of opinion 
that the trivial names of plants, which are oi  thould be a kind 
of abridgment-of. the fpecific charaer, ought very rarely or 
never to be' changed :' we are not for altering them capri- 
cioufly on every trivial oqcafion, but in fuch a cafe as the 
prefent, where the fcience is manifeftly advanced by the 
akeration, it would furely have been criminal to have pre- 
ferred a name, barely expreffive, to one which immediately 
idntifies the planL 
The Lyfimachia bulbSra is a hardy perennial, grows fpon- 
taneoufly. in boggy or fwaip. Zgound, and hence requires 
a mofft foil. It flowers in ugt ': 
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TRADESCANTIA VIR. GINICAo VIRGINIAN 
TR. ADESCANTIA or SPIDERWORT. 
--,-'.-. -i',--.-----..-. 
Cla and Order. 
I-IV. XaDRIA Mooc¾Ia. 
Generic ChavaHer. 
Calyx triphyllus. Petala 3' Filamenta villis articulatis. Cap. 
fula 8-1ocularis- 
Specific CharaCter and Synonyms. 
TRADESCANTIA ?ivginica erea hevis, floribus congeptis. 
Linn. $)fl. Vegeta& ed. x,l. Murr. p. 3x4- 
$p. PL 4ix. 
ALLIUM five moly Virginianurn. Bauh. Pin. 506. 
PHALANGIUM Ephemerum Virginianurn Joannis Tradef- 
cant. 
The loon-fading Spiderwort of Virginia, or Tradercant his 
Spiderwort. Park. Parad. s5 ' 5' t. 5 ' f' 4. 
Under the name of $piderwort, the old Botanipts arranged 
many plants of very different genera: he name is laid to 
have arifen from the fuppofed efficacy of fome of there 
plants, in curing the bite of a kind of fpider, called Phalan- 
gium; not the Phalangium of Lzts, which is known to 
be perfe&ly harmlefs: under this name, PaRso mi- 
nutely defcribes it; he mentions alfo, how he firpt obtained it. 
"This Spiderwort," fays our venerable author, "is of late 
"knowledge, and for it the Chriptian world is indebted unto 
"that painful, induptrious fearchef, John Tradercant, who 
"firPt received it of a friend that brought it out of Virginia, 
and hath imparted hereof, as of many other things, both 
'" to me and others." 
TouRNvo}tx afterwards gave it the name of Ephemerum, 
expreflive of the thort duration of its flowers, which L- 
 v. u s changed to radeantia. 
Though a native of Virgina, it bears the feverity of our 
climate .uninjured, and being a.beautiful, as well as hardy 
perennial, is found in altooft every garden. 
Though each bloffom latts but a day, it has fuch a pro- 
furlon in Ptore, that it is feldom found without flowers through 
the whole of the fummer. There are two varieties of it, the 
one with white the other with pale purple flowers. The mopt 
ufual wa, of ro a atin itj b artingits roots in autumn; 
P Pg g YP 
to obtaid varieties, we ;rmttff9w its feeds. 
II 
IBERISUMBELLATA. PURPLE CANDY-TuFT, 
..4 ...4.. ,. _2,Z. . 
Cla and Order. 
TETRADYN AlIIA SlLICULOgA 
Generic CharaHer. 
t%i'olla irregularis: œetalis  exterioribus majoribus  $ilicula- 
polyfperma, emarginata. 
,gpecific Charac?er and Synonyms. 
IBERIS umbellata herbacea, foliis lanceolatis, acuminatis 
inferioribus ferratis; fuperioribus integerrimis. 
Linn. Syfi. l/eg. ed. x4. Murr. p. 58. 8p. PI. p. 9 o 
THLASPI umbellatum creucum, iberidis folio. Bauh, 
Pin. o6. 
DRABA S. Arabis S. Thlafpi Candiax Dod. perupt. 
THLASPI creticum umbellatum flore albo et purpureo 
Candy-Tufts, white and purple. Park. Parad. p. 89 o. 
The Candy-Tuft is one of thole annuals which contribute 
generally to enliven the bor.ders of the flower-garden: its 
ufual colour is a pale pmTle, there is atfo a white variety of 
it, and another with deep but very bright purple flowers, the 
moff defirable of the three, but where a õarden is large enough 
to admit of it, all the varieties may be fowm 
For want of due difcrimination, as Mtrr.a has before 
obfen, ed, Nurferymen are apt to colle& and mix.with this 
fpecies the feeds of another, viz. the amara, and which per- 
fons not much fldlled in plants conrider as the white variety 
but a flight attention will difcover it to be a very different 
plant, having fmaller and longer heads, differing alfo in the 
fitape of its leaves and feed veffels, too trifling a plant indeed 
to appear in the flower-garden. 
Purple Candy-Tuft is a native of the South of Europe, 
and flowers in Jun e and July :' it thould be fown in the fpring, 
on the borders of the flower-garden in patches; when the 
plants come up, a few only fhould be left, as they will thereby 
become ffronger, produce more flowe'rs, and be of longer 
duration. 
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Generic Charac?er. 
_.. ,,x 5-phyllus- Petala 5' Anthere fuperne 3 fteriles; 
fime 3 roffrate. Legumen. 
in- 
Specific Charaer and Synonyms. 
CASSIA Cham,ecrifla foliis multijugig, glandula petiolari 
dicellata, ftipulis enfitYrmibus. Linn. S)fl. l/egetab. 
ed. x4. Mutt. p. 394- Hort. Kew. p. 54- 
CHAMAZCRISTA pavonis major. Comm. Hort. x. p. 53- 
t. 37- 
A native of the Weft-Indies, and of Virginia according to 
Ll4zus; not common in our gardens, though 'cultivated as 
long ago as x699, by the DucH.ss of BE.UVOWT; (vid. 
Hort. Kew.) unnoticed b) MLLEt. 
Thi fpecies, fuperior in beauty to many of the genus, is 
m annual, and confequently railed only from feeds, thefe 
muff be fown in the fpring, on a hot-bed, and when large 
enough to tran[plant, placed feparately in pots of light loamy 
earth, then replunged into a moderate hot-bed to bring them 
torward, and in the month of June rem.oved into a warm 
border, where, if the feafon prove ihvourahle, they will flower 
*cry well towards Auguft; but, as fuch foldore ripen their 
'vdq, it will be proper to keep a few plants in the ftove or 
gre ,houfe ibr that purpofe, otherwife the fpecies my be 
loft. 
ANTHYLLIS 
TETRAPHYLLAo 
LADIEs-FINGER? 
FOUR-LEAV 
Cla and Order. 
Generic Charaer. 
Calyx ventricofus. Zegumen fubrotundum, te&umo 
Specific Chara,%r and Synonyms. 
A, NTHYLLIS .tetraphylla herbacea, foliis quaterno-pinnatis, 
Zinn. $yfl. I/egetab. ed. 4. Mutt. p. 5' Hort, 
Ifew. vol. 3. P. 5' 
LOTUS pentaphyllos v½ficaria. Bauh. tin. 
TRIFOLIUM halicacabum. Cam. Hort. 7 x. t. 47- 
An annual; the fpontaneous growth of Spain, Italy, and 
.8icily, flowers in the open border in July, and ripens its feeds, 
in September._ 
Long fince cultivated in our gardens, but more as a rare, 
r curious, than a beautiful plant. 
Its feeds are to be fown in April, on a bed of light eartha 
where they are to remain; no other care is nece!fary tha4t 
.thinning them, and keeping them clear of weeds. 
THE 
BOTANICAL MAGAZINE 
0 R, 
Flower-Garden Diœplayed: 
IN WHICH 
The molt Ornamental FazxG P.aTs, cultivated in the 
Open Ground, the Grecn-Houœe, and the Stove, a'e ac- 
curately reprorented in their natural Colours. 
TO WHICH ARE ADDED 
Their Names, Claœs, Order, Generic and Specific Chara&ers, according 
tO the. celebrated Lxtgt0s; their Places of 'Growth, and 
Times of Flowering: 
TOGETHER WITH 
THE MOST APPROVED METHODS OF CULTURE. 
A W O R K 
Inte'nded for the Ufo of fuch LADIES, GEITLEMEN, and GARDENERS, aS 
wifa to become fckntifically acquainted with the Plmts they cdltivate. 
By 
WIL L IA M C UR TIS, 
Author of the FLorta Lorl)xrENss,. 
VOL. IV. 
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Obferve the various vegetable race; 
'Yhey neither toil nor fpin, but carolers grow, 
Yet fee how warm they blufla! how bright they glow ! 
What regal reftmerits can with them compare ! 
What king fo lhining, or what queen fo fair. 
Trosor. 
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LAVATERA 
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TRIMESTRIS. 
LAVATERA. 
ANNUAL 
½la' and Order. 
IONADELPHIA 1O LYAN DRI A 
Generic ½hara7er. 
Calyx duplex: exterior 3-fidus. agrilli plurimi., m,0noœpermi, 
Specific Chara7er and Syno3ms? 
.LAVATERA trimeflris caule fcabro herbaceo, foliis glabris, 
pedunculis unifloris, fruEtibus orbiculo te&s. 
Linn. $p. PL 974' Hort. Kew. v. 2. p. 452. 
LAVATERA (altheeJlia) foliis infimis cordato-orbiculatis, 
caulinis trilobis acuminatis glabris,, pedunculis 
u, nifloris, caule herbaceo. Miller's Gard. 
ed. fl. 
MALVA folio_ vario. Bauh. Pin. 
MALVA Hifpanica flore carneo amplo. 
The Spanith bluth Mallow. Park. Parad. p. 
Our plant is undoubtedly the SpaniJh bluj Mallow of 
PARxisoN, and the Lavatera altheefolia of MtLLER; ac- 
cording to the formel; it is a native of Spain, according to 
the latter, of Syria. 
Mr. MILLgt confiders it as dillinEt from the trimeflris; 
Mr. ALTON has no althmelia in his Hort. tfew. we are 
therefore to conclude that the altheJlia of Mi LLEI, a, nd the 
'ngeflris of LINNEt0S are one and the fame fpecies. 
Of the annuals commonly railed in our' gardens, this'is one 
ß the molt fhewy, as well as the molt eafil¾ cultivated; its 
leeds are to be fown in March, on the bo:ders where they 
are to remain, the plants thinned as they come up, and kept 
clear of weeds. 
It varies with white bloffcms, and flowe.'s from July to 
September. 
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MIMOSA VERTICILLATA. VHORL'D-LEAv'I 
MMOSA. 
Clafi and Order. 
10 LY G Ali I A MONCECA. 
Generic Charac?er. 
HERMAPHROD. Cal. 5-dentatus. Cot. 5-fida. 8tam. 5' œ. 
plura..Piti. . Legumen. 
MASC. Cal, 5-dentatus. Cot. 5-fida. 3'tam. 5' io. plura. 
Specific Charaer and S),nonyms. 
MIMOSA verticillala inermis, foliis verticillatis linearibus 
pungentibus. L'Herit. left. angl. t. 4x. Hort. 
Kew. p. 438. 
The radical leaves of plants ufually differ in fhape from 
thofe of the ftalk, in rome plants remarkably fo; the Lepi- 
dium perliatum figured in the Flora Aj7riaca of Profeffor 
J.,cqts is a ftriking inPtance of this diffimilarity: the 
thyrus Aphaca, a Britifh plant, figured in the Flora Loud. is 
frill more fucb, as large entire leaf-like ftipule grow in pairs 
on the..t2alk, inftead of leaves, while the true leaves next the 
root, vifible when the plant firft comes up from feed, are few 
iu number, and thole pinnated. The prelnt plant no lefs 
admirably illuftrates the above remark, 'the leaves which firIt 
.appear on the feedling plants being pinnated, as is reprefented 
n the fma!l figure on the plate, while thole which afterwards 
come forth grow in whorl}. We have obferved the fame dif- 
pofition to produce diffimilar leaves in feveral other fpecies 
of Mimofa, which have ariln from Botany-Eay feeds, lately 
introduced. ' 
Thi.s fingula. r fpecies, on the authority of Mr. D.v NEt- 
sos, s a nauve of New South Wales, and wa introduced 
to the royal garden at Kew by'Sir Jostv_ t}aNXS, Bart. 
We firl[ {hw it in flower, and have fince feen it. with ri 
feed-pods, at Mr. MA.LCOLI{'S, Kennington. 
It is properly a green-houfe plant, and propagated only by 
feeds, which are to. be fown on a gentle hot-bed. 
It is rome years in arriving at its flowering Rate. 
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.LATttYRUS TUBEROSUS. TUBEROUS LATH¾- 
RUS, or PEASE EARTH-NuT. 
DIADELPHIA DECANDRIAo 
Generic Charac7er. 
Stylus planus, fupea villofus, fuperne latior, CaL lacinia 
fuperiores 2 breviores. 
Specific Charac7er and Synonyms. 
LATHYRUS tuberof us pedunculis multifloris, cirrhis diphyl- 
Ils: folioIls ovalibus, internodiis nudis. œinn. 
fl. I/egetab. ed. x4. Mutt. p. 663. 
LATHYRUS arventis repens tuberofus. Bauh. Din. 844. 
LATHYRUS arvenfis five terne glandes. Peafe Earth-Nuts. 
œarkinf. heat. p. xc6x. 
Grows fpontaneoufly in various parts of France and Ger- 
many; Mr. PXtLtV HurLocK lately thewed me fome dried 
fpecimens of this plant, which he gathered in the corn fields, 
on the Luneburg'h Heide, ih tpper Lufatia, where it grew 
plentifully, and afforded a pleating appearance to the curious 
traveller :--not fo to the huibandman, to whom it is as noxi 
ous as the Convolvulus arvenfis '(j3nall 13indweed) is with us, and 
equally difficult to extirpate, having powerfully creeping 
roots, which fomewhat like the Helimthus tuberof us (commonly 
:alled ]erufalem _drtichoke) produce large tubera, and which 
like thol of that plant, are in high elteem with fome as an 
article of food, and as fuch even cultivated abroad. 
It flowers from June to the end of Auguft. It is certainly 
a beautiful hardy perennial, timilar to (but of more humbl 
growth) than the everlafdne pea, yet muff be cautioufly intro- 
duced 3n account of its crep.ng roots, by which it is motk 
eadily propagated, rarely ripening its tcds xvith us. 
It is, perhaps, better fuited to decorate the unclip'd hedge 
of the pleafure-ground, than the border of the flowcr-gardea. 
CISTUS LADANIFERUS. GUM CISTUS, 
Clafi and Order. 
POLYANDRIA MONOGYNIA, 
Generic Charac7er.. 
Corolla 5-petala. Calyx 5-phyllus: foliolis duobus minoribus_ 
Capfula, 
Specific Charaer and Synodfires. 
CISTUS ladaniferus arborefcens ex t2ipulatus, foliis lanceo; 
latis fupra Izeyibus, petiolis bari coaliris vaginanti- 
bus. Linn. Syfi. Yegetab. ed. 4. MuPr. p. 497-' 
CiSTUS ladanifera Hifpanica incana. Bauh. 1)in. 467. 
CISTUS Ledon. The Gum Cifl:us or, Sweete ttolly Rofe. 
1)aPk. 1)arad, p. 42. 
One of the molt ornamental hardy fhrubs we poffes; as 
once pleating to the eye, and grateful to the froell; for, as 
MLLER obferves, the whole plant in warm weather exudes 
a fweet glutinous fubftance, which has a very Rrong balfamic 
fcent, fo as to perfume the circumambient air to a grea 
diRance. 
Its bloffoms, which appear in .June and .July in great pro- 
rution, exhibit a remarkable inftance of qui. ckly-fading beauty 
opening and expanding to the morning fm, and before nigh 
frewing the ground with their legaht remains: as each fuc- 
ceeding day p?oduces new bloffoms, this deciduous difpofi- 
tion of the petals, common.to the genus, is the.lefs to be re 
gretted. 
Is a native. of Spain and Portugal, prefers a dry foil and 
warm fleltered tituation, and in very fevere leafohs requires 
rome kind of covering. 
Cultivated x656 , by Mr Jo TtI)ESCIT, jun. _/tit. 
l-Jori. -ew. .- 
Is readily increared from cuttings; but MLLER remarks, 
that the be plants'are raifed from leds. 
Varies with waved leaves, and in having petals without a 
fpot at the bale, 
Is not the plant from Whence the Ladanum of the fh.9p.s is 
produced, though affording in warmer countries than ours  
timilar gum, hence its name of ladanif era is not Rri&ly proper. 
Generic CharafTer. 
Corolla campanulata-, plicata. $tigmata . Capfula -IocUlarls 
ioculis dil)ermis. 
Specific CharaIet ad Synonyms. 
CONVOLVULUS purpureus foliis cordatis indivifis, fru&i- 
bus cernuis, pedicelli incraffatis. Linn 
Syfi. ?egotab. ed. 4. Mutt. p. v. oo. 
CONVOLVULUS purpureus folio fubrotundo. 23auh. Pin. 
'95'. 
CONVOLVULUS ceruleus major rotundifolius. 
The greater blew Bindweede or Bell-flower with round 
leaves. Park. _Parad. p. 358. 
"Is an annual plant which grows naturally in Aria and Ame- 
rica, but has been long cultivated for ornament in the 
Englilh gardens, and is generally known by the title 
Convolvulus major. Oœ this there are three or four laPting 
varieties the molt common hath a purple flower, but there 
,s one with a white, another with a red, and one with a 
whitil'h-bPue flower, which hath white feeds. All there va- 
rieties I have cultivated many years, without oblrving them 
to change. If the feeds of there forts are fown in the fpring, 
upon a warm border xYhere the plants are defigned to re- 
main, they w:ill require no other Culture but to keep them 
clear from weeds, and place rome tall flakes down by them, 
for their Ptalk' to twine about, otherwife they will fpread 
on the ground and make a bad appearance. There plants, 
if they are properly fupported, will rife ten or twel;ve feet 
high in warm Summers: they flower in June, July, and 
AuguPt, and will continue till the froIT kills them. Their 
feeds ripen in Autumn." Ivliller's Gard. Di. ed. 4to. 
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SILENE pENIULA. 
PENDULOUS CATCHFLY, 
ClaJ and Order. 
DEcANDRIA TRIGYNIA, 
Generic Charac'Ier. 
Ealyx ventricofus. Pe. tala 5, unguicutata coronata ad faucem, 
Capfula 3-1ocularis, 
Specific Charac7er and Synonyms. 
$ILENE pendula calycibus fru'tiferis pendulls inflatis: ahgulis 
decem fcabris. Linn. $yfl. l/eg'etab. ed. 4. Murro 
p. 4x. 
gISCAGO hirfuta ficula, lychnidis aquatica: facie, fupina. 
DilA Mort. Elth. 4gx. t, 3x2. f. 4,04. 
Grows fpontaneoufly in Sicily and Crete; is an annual of 
humble growth, and hence a fuitable plant for the borders of 
the flower garden, or the decoration of Rock-work, as its 
bloffoms are thewy, .and not of very lhort duration. 
It flowers in June and July, and if once permitted to 
[catter its feeds, will come up yearly without any trouble. 
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LATH¾tUS' SATVUS. 
LATHYRUS, or CHICriLING-VETcH. 
Cla' and Order. 
DIADELPHIA DEC_ANDRIAo 
Generic ½harat7er. 
$tulUS planus, fupra villofus, fuperne latior. Calycis lacinla 
periores v. breviores. 
Specific Chara7er and Synonyms, 
LATHYRUS fativus pedunculis unifloris, cirrhis diphyllis 
tetraphyllifque, leguminibus ovatis compreflis 
dorfo bimarginatis. Linn. $yfi. l&getab. ed. 4, 
Murr. p. 662. 
LATHYRUS fativus, flore fruOufque albo. 13auh. œin. 843, 
A native of France, Spain, and Italy, .and diptinguiflable 
vhen in flower by the blue colour of its bloffoms, which are 
fometlme-s, however, milk-white; but its feed-pods afford a 
more certain mark ofdiptinOfion; being unufually fhort, broad, 
and winged on the back. 
This fpecies grows to the height of ßabout two feet, and is 
ufually fown in the fpring with other annuals'; though not fo 
beautiful, it forms a contraPt to the fweet and Tangier Pea, 
and may be introduced where there is plenty of room, or a 
deftre of poffeffing and knowing moft of the plants of a 
gCBHS. 
It flowers in June and July. 
Cultivated. x739, by Mr. Pai]? MLLa. tit. Hort. Kew. 
i 
For this rare plant I am indebted to the very laudable exer~ 
tions of a late Gardenei' of mine, [.M.s Sxx, who, in the 
)ring of the ),ear x788 , examinifig attentively the bog earth 
which had been brought over with. rome plants of the Dionw 
JIuipul, found feveral finall tooth-like knobby roots, which 
being placed in pots of the fame earth, and plunged into a tan- 
pit having a gentle heat, produced plants the enfuing rumram; 
two of which flowered, and from the firongeft of thole our 
figure was taken. 
From this circumftance. we learn, that this fpecies is a 
native of South Carolina, and properly a bog plant, growing 
fpontane0ufly with .the Dionea kfuJi'ipula. 
Both Mr. DRYANDER and Dr. J. E. S.MITH affure me, 
that it is the true Lhnodorum tuberof urn of Lx NUS; the one 
ufually called by that name is a native of the Welt-Indies, 
and treated as a ttove plant. 
Frown the little experience we have had of the management 
oF this fpecies, it appears to us to be fcarcely hardy enough for 
the open border, yet not tender enough to require a ttove. We 
have fucceeded belt by treating it in the manner above men- 
tioned; we may obferve, that the tan-pit fpoken of was bui}t 
in the open garden, not in a ttove, and was fi).r the putpole of 
fairing plants or feeds by a gentle heat, as well as for ftriking 
cuttings and fecuring plants from cold in the winter. 
Our figure will make a defcription of the plant unnecef- 
fary, its flowering fiem with us has arifen to the height of 
a foot and a l.alf, the number of flowers has not exceeded 
five. In.-i'&'mof[ luxuriant ftate it will probably be found 
much 1:' ..'i', and t.q .roduce more 'flowers. 
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CAMPANULA CARPATICA. CARPATtAN 
B,L-FLow 
Clafs and Order. 
PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
Generic Charagler. 
Corolla campanulata fundo claufo valvis ftamlniferis. 
trifidum. Capfula infera poris lateralibus dehifcens. 
Stigma 
Specific .Charaer and Synonyms. 
:CAMPANULA carpatica fbliis g!abris cordaris ferratis 
' tiolatis, pedunculis elongatis, calyce reflexo 
glutinofo. Linn. Syfl. l/egetab. ed. x4. Murr. 
p. o.o 7. Suppl. 
t. 57. 
This fpecies of Bell-flower, which takes its name from its 
ß place of growth, is a native of the Carparian Alps, and was 
introduced into the Royal Garden at Kew, by Profear J, Ac- 
gux, of l/ienna, in the year x774.' 
It flowers in June and July. 
As yt it is fcarce in our gardens, but deferyes to be more 
generally knovn and cultivated; its flowers, in proportion to 
-the plant, are large and ihewy: like many other Alpine plants, 
it is well fuited to decorate certain parts of rock-work, or 
fuch borders of the flower garden. as are not adapted for large 
plants. ' 
It is a hardy perennial, and propagated by parting its roots 
in autumn. 
Our figure, from a deficiency in the colouring art, gives a 
,ry inadequate idea of its beauty. 
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ANACAMPSEROS. 
F, VERGREEN 
Cla and Order. 
Dzc. ). P.NTAOYN IAo 
Generic Charaev. 
1. 8-œdus. Cor. 5-petaa. 8quame ne&arifera: 5, ad bafin 
g:rminis. Capf. 5' 
Specific Chara7er and Synonyms. 
ß DUM 4nacampros foliis cuneiformibus bari attenuatis 
œubfeffilibus, caulibus decumbentibus, floribus co- 
rymbofis. _/lit. Horn I&w. p. xoS. 
SEDUM _,InacampJ?ros foliisc uneiformibus integerrimis cau- 
libus decumbentibus, floribus corymbofis. œinn. 
Vegetab. ed. Murr. p. 430. 
ELEPHIUM repens folio deciduo. Bauh. Pin. 
ELEPHIUM tertlum. Dogon. Perupt. p.  
Grows fpontaneoufly out of thc crevices of the rocks in the 
uth of France; flowers i our gardens in July and AuguIt; 
a very hardy perennial, and in fhelt.ered fituations retains 
leaves all the year. 
The fingular manner in which the leaves are attached to 
e flowering ftem, deferves to be noticed. 
/ks many of the fueculent plants are tehder, and require a 
'reen-houfe in the winter, cultivators of plants are apt indif- 
'riminate!y to extend the fame kind of care to the whole 
tribe, 
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tribe, hence it is not uncommon to find this and many Other 
timilar hardy plants,. hurled up in the Green-houfe or Rove, 
when they would thrive much better on a wall or piece oœ 
rock-work, for the decoration of which this plant in particular' 
is admirably adapted. 
Like moR of the Sedum. tribe it may readily be propagated 
by guttings, or parting its roots in autumn. 
D o  oz½/ u s' figure admirably reprefents its habit; 
According to the Hort. Kew. it was cultivated in this coun. 
try by Ga.t,, in 96. 
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REGIN71.' CAN NA'LEAVED 
STRELtTZIAo 
Clad and Order.- 
IItNTAI DRI A M O1',10 G Y 1"11A.'. 
Generic Charafter. 
SiVathe. Cal. o. Cot. 8- petala. NetYarium triphyIlt/m3 denitalia 
ß involvens. Peric. 8~1oculare, polyfpermum'. 
STRELITZIA Regin Air. Hort. Kew. v. 
It'ELICOIIA Bitmi Y. Mill. ic. tab. 5, 6. 
- In. ord that we may give our maders' an t;ppormnity 
feein g a coloured reprefentation of one 6f the molt fcarce and 
magnificent pl'ants introduced into this countt'y, 'we have in 
this number deviated from our ulhal plan, -wi'th' ret'pea to the' 
plates,. and though in fo doing we Illall have the pleaffir of 
gratify, ing the warm willaes of many of out' readerg, we aid 
not without our apprehenfions leatt others may not t:eel prfealy 
ß ,yell fatisfied; thould it prove fo, we with fuch to rett affixred 
that this is a deviation in which we thall very rarely indulge, 
and never.' but when lbmethilig uncomnionly beautiful or 
intererring prefents itfelf: to avoid the imputation of intercited 
motives. we with' our readers to be apprizcd that the expences 
attendant on the prefent nunber,- in conlquence o[ fuFh de- 
ß 3iatioh, -14a-v been confi.derably'augmentcd, not lowered. 
It is well known to many B0tanifts; and others, .who. have 
experienced Sir Josvn BAtqv. s's well' known liberality, that 
revious to the publication of the ttortus//:eza ' .;he' made a 
rtv -.enus of thiplant,. w. hich had betbr ø ' tid,.fed as 
ff'etlconia, and named it $treli ,our. o[ ur 
molt gracious Queen CHARLOTTE t coloured engravings o 
which, executed under his dire&ion, he prefented to his 
particular friends; impreffions of the fame. plat,e haye been 
givefi in the af0refaid Work, in which we are informed that 
this plant was introduced to the royal garden at Kew, by Sir 
josrx4 BAxcs, Bart. in the year x773, where it lately. 
floweredroof fome other plants introduced after that period 
from the Cape, of which it is a native,' One flowered in the 
Pine /love of B,xuev, GAsco¾se, Efq. feveral years ago, 
from whence Mr. M..,u drew his figure, and the plant from 
which our drawing was made flowered this fpring, in the bark 
ltove of the garden belonging to the Apothecaries Company 
at Chelfea, where it will.allb foon fl9wer again. 
This plant has ufually been confined to the Rove, where R 
has been placed in a pot, and plunged into the tan, as the 
plants in fuch fituations ufually are; it has been found that 
when the roots have been confined to the narrow limits of 
pot, the plant has rarely or never flowered, but that when the 
roots have by accident extended into the rotten tan, it has 
,eadily thrown up flo0ering Items. the belt pra&ice therefore, 
not only with this, but many other plants, is to let the roots 
have plenty of earth to ltrike into. As it is a Cape plant it 
may perhaps be found to fucceed beR in the. confervatory. 
It has not, that we know of, a s yet ripened its feeds in this 
country; till it does, or good fe. eds of it/hall be imported, it 
tour remain a very fcarce and dear. plang"as it is found to 
increafe very flowly by. its roots: plants are fd to' be fold at 
the Cape for Three Guineas each. 
General Deription of Ihe $ ff'RELI'ZIA REGINa'E. 
From a perennial Rringy root f/oot forth a confiderable 
nmnber of leaves, ltanding upright On, long footffalkss from 
a /heatli of fome ond Of Which, near its bafe, fprings the 
{lowering Rem, arifing fomewhat higher than the leaves, and 
t0rminating in an' aimoR horizontal long-pointed fpath% con- 
taining about fix'or eight flowers, which becoming vertical as 
they fpring forth, 'form a kind Of creft, Which the'glowing 
orange of the Corolla; and fine azure of the Neary, renders 
truly 
,ruly. fuperb. The outline in the third plate of this number, 
a intended to give our readers an idea of its general habit anc 
mode Of; growth. 
Particular Defcription of the fame. 
ROOT perennial, Rringy, romewhat like that of the tawny 
Day-lily (Hemerocallis fulva); ltrings. the thicknef$ 
of the little finger, blunt at the extremity, extending 
horizontally, if not confined, to the diltance of 
many feet. 
LEAVES numerous, {landing upright on their footRalks, 
about a foot in length, and four inches in bleadth, 
ovato-oblong, coriaceous, romewhat fieflay, rigid, 
fmoo{1% concave, entire on the edges, except on 
one fide towards the bale, where they are more or 
lefs curled, on the upper fide of a deep green co- 
lour, on the under fide covered with a fine glaucous 
meal, midrib hollow above and yellowl/h, veins 
unbranched, prominent on the infide, and impreffed 
on the outfide of the leaf, young leaves rolled up. 
LEAF-STALKS about thrice the length of the leaves, up- 
right, i'omewhat flattened, at bottom furni{hed with 
a/heath, and received into each other, all radical. 
$CAp. US. or flowering Rein unbranched, romewhat taller 
than the iaves,. proceeding from the {heath of one 
of them, upright, round, not perfe&ly ltraight,' nearly 
of an equal thicknefs throughout, of a glaucous hue, 
co. vered with four or five/h&aths which clofely em- 
brace it. Two or more flowering items fpring from 
the fame root, according to the age of the plant. 
SPATHA .terminal, about fix inches in length, of axglaucou 
ß ' hue, with a fine bright purple at its bale, running' 
out to a long point, opening above from the bale to 
vithin about an inch of the apex, where the edges 
roll over to one fide, forming an angle-of about 
forty-five degrees,. and containing about fix 
FLOWERS 
lvLoWERs oi  a bright o'}ange' colour, becomihg uPfighi 
when perfe&ly detached from. the fpatha, which eacli 
flower is a confidetable time in accOmplifhing. ' In 
.the plant at Chelfea, the two back petals, or, more 
properly fegments.'of the. firIt flower, fprang forth 
with the nePary, and while the former became ira. 
reedlately vertical, the latter formed nearly the fame 
angle as tle fpatha; four day aftelwards the i'emaln.. 
ig fegment of the firR.flower, with the two fegmen{s 
and neEtary of the fecond came forth, and in the 
fame manner at fireilar intervals all the flowers, which 
were fix in number, continued to make their ap. 
pearance. 
'COROLLA deeply d;ivided i. mo three fegnSets, which are 
ovato4anceolate, fl!ght. ly keel'ed:, and' fomewhat con- 
eave, at the bafe w. hite, flefhr, and. covered with a 
glutinous fubRance flowing in great quantities from 
the ne&ary. 
i;ECTA. RY of a fi.ne a, zure blue ald moR fingular form, 
compofed: of two petals, the. tpper petal. very thort 
and broad, with a. whi.tifh mucro or point, the fides 
of which lap over the bafe of the other petal,,-. infe- 
ß riot peta. l abou two i-nches and a hai'f in length,' the 
lo.er half fomewhat' triangular, grooved' on the two' 
lov'erm3 fides and keeled: at bottom, the keel 
running ftraight to its extremity, the upper half 
gradaa!ly d.lating owards the bale, runs out into 
two lobes more' or lefs obtufe, which give it an 
avrow-fhapod form bifid at the apex, hollow, and 
eontain'ig- rh½ anthera,, the edges of the duplicature 
ß erifped and: fo..'vning a k4nd: of frill from the top to 
the bottom. 
STAMINA five Filaments arifing from the bafe of the ne&a- 
vy; fi0rt nd d'iin&; Anthera long 'and. linearg 
attached to a.n.d' cthering, by their tips-to. the apex 
of the nc&a'y./ ß 
ST;LE -filif0rm, white.; lefigth. of t,he nery. 
STIGMA 
STIGMA three quarters of an inch long, attached to, and 
hitched on as it were to the tip 'of the ne&ary, 
roundlib, white, awl-lhaped, very vifcid, becoming 
as the flower decays of a deep purple brown colour, 
and ufually fplitting into three pieces, continuing 
attached to the ne&ary till the neEtary decays. 
Mr. FAxv,,xzt½, to whole abilities and indu'.ftry the Com- 
panies Garden at Chelfea is indebted for its prefcnt flourliking 
Kate, being defirous of obtaining ripe feeds, I had no oppor- 
tunity of examining the germen. 
Such were the appearances which prefented hemfelves to 
us in the plant which flowered at the Chelfea !Garden; that 
they are liable to confiderable variation is apparent from the 
figure of Mr. Mxxxxv,, which appears to have been drawn 
from a very luxuriant fpecimen, as wo fpatha grow from one 
flowering Rein, the Rigma is alfo remarkably convoluted, 
many other appearances are likewife reprefented, which our 
plant did not exhibit: in the figure given in theHortus Kewenfis, 
the ftigma appears to have feparated from the ne&ary on the 
fi opening of the flower, and to be fplit into three parts, 
neither of which circumRmces took place in our plant till 
lthcy were both in a decaying Rate, 
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NARCISSUS NC'OMPAl%ABILIS. PEERLESS ')AF 
HEXANDRIA dON OGYN I- 
Generic Chattier. 
Petala ' mqualia: Neario infundibnliformi, x-phyI}o: Stamina' 
intra ne&arium. 
8pecific Charaer ad Synonyms. 
ARCISSUS inaomparilis fpatha uniflora neSario cam 
pannlato plicato crifpo petalis dimidio bre- 
viore foliis planis. 
ARCISS-US 'latifolius omnium maximus amplo' .calice 
five Nompareille. The great Nonefuch Daffodil,. 
o r incomparable Daffodil. Park. Par. p. 68. 
This fpecie's of Nard flus, though well defcribed and figured 
by the ol-d Botanifts, efpecially P.v.KxsoNi has been over-, 
looked by Lxemus. 
It is undoubtedly the in?qmparable Dadil of 
figured in his Garden of Pleafant Flowers; and th'e incompa- 
rabilis of MxlLZlt's Dill. ed. 6. 4/0. the laiter haforms uss 
ha.t he received roos of it from Spain and Portu'gal, which' 
fixes its place of growth. 
It is a very hardy bulbous plant, and flowers in April; in' 
i:ts tingle irate it is very ornamental, the petals are ufually pale 
yellow, and the neEtary inclined to orange, whieh towards the 
brim is more brilliant in rome than in others; in its double' 
irate,. it is- well known' to Gardeners, by the name of Butter and 
Egg Narciffus, mad of this there' are two varieties, both of 
which produee large thewy flowers, the one with colours fimi - 
lar to what we have a'bove defcribed which is the molt com- 
.mon, the other with petais of a pale fulphur colour, almofl/ 
vhi-te,. and the neary bright orange; this,. which s one of 
the molt ornamental of the whole tribe, is named in he Dutch 
½atalogues,, the Orange Pheenix; its bloffoms are fo large as 
frequently to require fupporting; -its bulbs may be' had of 
many of the' Nurfcries about London, and of-thole who, 
profiting by the fu.pinenefs of our Englifh Gardeners, import 
bulbs from abroad. 
Like moil of the tribe, this fpecies will grow well withou 
any careg the bulbs of the double fort thould be taken up 
yearly, otherw. ife they are apt to degenerate.. 
j lill i'l!"'i 'llh! 
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H4FACiNTi-i JJ S Rac M o S U s. S TAi:C 
CI and Order. 
H:xin:i Mooc::i. 
Generic Charaer. 
0toiia Campanulaa: pori 3 melliferi germinis 
Specie Charaef and nonyms. 
YACINTHUS racemus corollis ovatis, fmmis feiibui 
foliis laxis. Linn. 8yfl. Feg. ed. x4. Murr, 
p, 886. Pl. 
HYACINTHOs racemofus cruleus minor juncifoliusa 
Bauh. Pin. p. 3' 
HYACINTHUS botryodes x. Car Clus.'Hifl. p. 
HYACINTHUS racemorns. Dodon. Perupt. p. zx 7. 
HYACINTHUS botroides minor cruleus obfcurus. The 
darke blew Grape-flower. Park. Par. p. 
The Hyacinthus raceroof us and botsvoides are both cultivated 
in gardens, but the former here figured is by far the moff 
common; raceroof us and botyoides, though different words, are 
expreflive of the fame meaning, the former being derived from 
the Latin term racemus, the latter from the Greek one 
both of vhich fignify'a bunch of grapesl. the form of which 
the inflorefcence of there plants romewhat refembles, and 
hence thev have both been called Grape Hyacinths, but as 
confufion'thereby arifes, we h'ave thoug, ht it better to call this 
fpecies the Starch Hyacinth, the fluell of the flower in the 
general opinion refembling that rubfrance, and leave the 
name of Grape Hyacinth for the botyoides. 
The Hyacinthus raceroof us grows wild in the corn fields oœ 
Germany, in which it increales fo fait by offsets from the 
root as to prove a very troublerome weed, and on this ac-, 
count it muit be cautioufly introduced- into gardens 
It flowers in April and May. 
We have found the Nurferymen very apt to mitlake it for 
the botryoides, a figure of whieh it is our imention to give in 
rome f,.,.ture 'u.m,ber: 
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Clafi aad Order. 
Generic Chara7er. 
Cal. o. Petala 5--9- Semina plura. 
ANEMONE 
ANEMONE 
ANEMONE 
ANEMONE 
ß $pvcific Cbarat7er and Synonyms? 
hortenfis foliis digitaris, feminibus lanatis. :Lin 
$yfi. Fegetab. ed, Murk.. œ. 5xo. ./lit. Hort: 
Kew. vol. . p, 5 6. 
Geranii r0tundo fol!o, purpur. a. fcen& œauh. 
œin. x73. 
prima. Dodon. Perupt. 434- 
latifolia purpurea ftellata five papaveracea. The 
purple Star-Anemone or Windflower. Park. 
œarad. p. .o,4. 
We are more and more convinced, that in our eagernefs. 
for novelties, we daily lore plants by fit.'m0re ornamental. 
than the new ones we introduce; the prefent: a moft charm- 
ing fpring plant, with which the Gardens abou..nded ,in the 
time of P.xRx,soN, is now a great rarity;. its bloff9ms, 
which are uncommonly brilliant, come forth in April, and, 
like thole of ma. ny other l?la. nts; appe to advantage only. 
when the fun flfines. 
It may be propagated either by eds, or by parting its 
roots in Autumn, in the former way we my, obtain many' 
beautiful varietie&, 
it prefers a light loamy foil and moderately expofed 
[ituation. 
Roots of a variety of this plant with fcarlet double flowers 
re imported kom Holland, undd'.r. the. name, of temo:noidqs=7 
nd fol? at a high p, fic.e. 
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!BERIS IBRALTARICA. 
CANDY-TuFT. 
IBRALTAR 
½la and Order. 
TETRADYNAMIA SILICULOSA, 
.Generic Charac7er. 
Corolla irregularis: Petalis  exterioribus majoribus. 
polyfperma, emarginata. 
Silicula 
Specific Charagler and Synonyms. 
IBERIS Gibraltarlea frutefcens foliis apice dentatis. Linn. 
Syfi. Keg. ed. 4. Murr. p. 589. 
THLASPIDIUM Hifpanicum, ampliore flore folio craffo 
dentaro, Dill. Elth. 382. t. 287. fi 87- 
The flowers of this plant, a native of Gibraltar, bear fome 
refemblance to thofe of the Common Candy-Tuft, but when 
they blow in perfeftion, they are ufually twice as large l 
hence they are highly ornamental in the green-houfe, which 
early in the Spring, the time of their coming forth, Rands 
n need of fome fuch thewy flowers, 
This plant is eafily railed from cuttings, and eafily pre- 
ferved;. it may be kept through the Winter in a common 
hot-bed frame, and in mild Winters will ftand abroad, efpe- 
cially if fheltered amongft rock-work; its greateft enemy is 
moilture in the Winter feafon, this often proves fatal to it, as 
indeed a long continued damp atmofphere does to many 
others; the Nurferymen about London complain of 1ofing 
more p!ants the hit mild Winter, from this caufe, than they 
generally do from revere frogs. In a l'ittle green-houfe which 
1 had in my late garden, Lambeth-Marfh, moft of the plants 
became abfolutely mouldy; in fuch feafons then, though in 
point of cold the plants may not require it, we mug diflipate 
.h½ fuper. fluous moigure bya gentle heat. 
ALSTRCEMERIA LIGTU. STRIPED-FLOWER'D' 
ALSTR(EMEIA. 
Cla and Order. 
HEXANDRXA MONOGYNIA.. 
Generic Charaer. 
Corolla 6-petala, fub-bilabiata-. petalis . inœerioribus bari 
bulofis. Stamina declinata. 
Specific Charaer and Synonyms. 
ALSTR(]MERIA Ligtu caule ere&o, foliis fpathulato- 
oblongis, pedunculis umbelke involucro 
longioribus, corolla bilabiata. Linn. 
$yfl. Feget. ed. x4. Mutt. Suppl. p. 207. 
Im,en. tcad. Y. 6. p. 247. 
HEMEROCALLIS floribus purpurafcentibus Rriatis. Few. 
œeruv. 2.. p. 7 x o. t. 4. 
This plant receives its generic name from CLunus 
ALSTR(EMER (fon of Sir jo^s ALSTR(EMER, amoR refpe&- 
able Swedifh Merchant) who firft found the other mof beau- 
tiful fpecies the Pelegrina in Spain, whither it had been tranfc 
mitred from Peru; its trivial name Ligtu is a provincial one. 
According to FEWILLEE, who has. written on the plants of 
Peru, this fpecies is found on the banks of the rivers in Chili: 
we treat it, and fuccefsfully, as a Rove plant; its flowers, which 
uYually make their appearance in February and March, emit 
a fragrance fcarcely'inferior to Mjgnonet; its leaves, con- 
trary to moR 9hers, grow inverted, which is effe&ed by a twirl: 
of the footftalk, and afford an excellent example of Lx- 
4us's lium repinalum; the filaments, after the pollen is 
difcharged, turn upwards, and the anthera become almoft 
globular. 
It. is ufually propagated by parting its roots in Autumn.  
Our figure wasdrawn from a plant which flowered _extremely 
vell in the Rove of Meffrs. Gwxxwoo) and Co Kenfington 
ALYSSUM DELTOIDEUM. PURPLE ALYSSUM. 
Cla and Order. 
TETRdkDYNAMIA SILICULOSA. 
Generic Charalter. 
Filamenta qua:dam introrfum denticulo notata. Silicula emaro 
ginata. 
Specific Charalter and Synonyms. 
ALYSSUM deltoideum caulibus fuffrutefcentibus proftratis, 
foliis lanceolato-deltoidibus, filiculis hirtis. Linn. 
Syfl. l/egetab. p. 59a- Sp. Pl. p. 908. 
LEUCOJUM faxatile thymifolio hirfutum ca:ruleo-pur- 
pureurn. Bauh. Pin. 2ox. 
Plants which flower early, and continue a long while in. 
bloom, are defervedly preferred, more efpecially by thofe xvho. 
content themfelves with a partial colleion; of that number 
is the prefent fpecies of Alyffum, which begins 'to flower in 
March, and continues to bloffom through April, May, and. 
June, and, if favourably fituated, during moR of the fummer. 
It is properly a rok plant, being hardy, forming with very 
little care a neat tuft of flowers, and not apt to encroach on 
its neighbours. 
May be propagated by parting its roots in Autumn, or by 
.Cuttings. 
Is a native of the Levant, according to Mr. Aro; .anti 
cultivated by Mr. MLLZR, in x739, but omitted in the 6tl 
h4to. edition of his Diionary: has ufually been confidered by 
the Nurferymen about London a the hyper$oreum.- 
IXlA FL.XUOSA. 
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BNDg-STALK'D 
Cla and Order. 
TRI.xRIA Moo½¾tgxAd 
Generic Charagler. 
Cot. 6-partita, c.ampanulata, regularis., Stig'mata 3 
Specific Charagter and Synonyms. 
IXIA flexuofa foliis linearibus, racetoo flexuofo multiflorol 
Linn. S p. Dl. p._ 5 t: ,,tit. Hort. Kew. p. 5 8. 
The Ixias'are a numerous tribe, chiefly natives' of the 
Cape, and in general remarkable either for their delicacy, or 
brilliant colours. . 
The one here figured appears to be a variety of theflexuo 
with a purple eye, its blotfoms are fi'agrant, and come forth 
in April or May. 
"All the forts multiply very' fall by offse,', fo that when 
"once obtained, there will be no occafion to raife them 
"from feeds: for the roots put out offsets in great plenty, 
½' moff of which will flower the following feafon, whereas 
"thole from feeds are three or four years before they flower. 
"There plants will not thrive through the winter in the full 
"ground in England fo /hould be planted in pots, and 
'½ placed under a frame in winter, where they may be pro- 
"te&ed from froft, but in mild weather/hould enjoy the free 
'½ air; but they muft be guarded from mice, who are very 
"fond of there roots, and if. not prevented ,sill devour 
' them." Miller a Gard. DitY. 
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SCILLA CAMPANULATA, 
and Order. ' 
.I XAN I)RiA MONOGYNA. 
Generic Chara?ler. 
Cor. 6-_petala, patens, decidua. Filamenta filiformia, 
$pecc Charat2er and Synonyms. 
$CILLA campanulata bulbo folido, racetoo mulufloro oh 
longo-fubconico, corollis c'ampanulatis re&is 
bra&'eis bipartitis, pedunculo longioribus, foliis 
lanceolatis. Ait. Hort. Kew. p. 44't- 
HYACINTHUS Hifpanicus major flore campanu, lze inftar. 
The greater Spanlib bell-floyred Jacinth. Park. Par. x23. 
q here are few old gardens which do not abound with this 
p!ant;- it bears great affinity to our Hare-bell, with which it 
appears to have been confounded by molt Botanifls. œarknj3n 
thus difcriminates it: "This Spanlib bell-flowred .Jacinth is 
"very like the former Engliih or Spanlib Jacinth, but 
"greater in all parts, as well of leaves as flowers, many 
"growing together at the toppe of the ftalke; with many ihort 
"greene leaves. among them. hanging doune their headx wnh 
"larger, greater, and wider open mouths, like unto bels of 
"a darke blew colour, and no good lent." Park. Farad. 
Though not remarkable for the finehers Of its colours, or 
pleating from its fragrance, it contributes with other bulbous 
plants to decorate the flower border or plantation in the fpring, 
xvhen flowers are molt wanted. 
It is ve hardy,. and increafes abundantly by offsets; its 
feeds alfo ripen well. 
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]SxMARYLLIS VITTATA. SUPERB AMARYLLIS, 
CI{ and Order. 
HgXANRA MON.OYN  A. 
. Generic Chara7er. 
Corolla hexapetaloidea, irregularis. Filamenta fauci tun in- 
ferta, declinata inaequalia proportione vel dire&ione, 
Linn. ill. 
Specific Charagler ahd Synonyms. 
AMARYLLIS floribus pedicellatis, corollis cuneiformi-in- 
fundib.uliformibus, petalorum exteriorum 
rachibus interiorum margini adnatis, œcapo 
tereti, ftigmatibus fulcatis. Linn. ill. 
MARYLLIS vittata. L'Herit. Serf. fngl. t. 5' fit. 
Hort. Kew. p. 4 x. 8. 
LIN'g;OS, the Son, took much pains in new nodelling the 
generic and fpecific charagters of this genus; as may be feen 
in the Hort. Kew; Mons. L' H;PxT v.P, when in England afew 
years fince, law this fpecies, defcribed and named it Fittara . 
Of what country it is a native is not known with certainty, 
molt probably of the Cape, was firff introduced into England 
by Mr. M.rcoLa. 
Our figure was drawn from a fine fpecimen which flowered 
this tring with Meffrs. Gv.riwoor and Co. Kenfington. 
It ufuallv flowers in April or May, but may be forwarded 
by artificiai heat. 
It rarely puts forth offsets from the root, but readily pro- 
duces feeds, by which it is propagated without difficulty. 
When it bloffoms in perleOrlon it truly deferves the name of 
fuperb, which Mr. AiTo.has given it, the ftem rifing to the 
height of three feet or more, and producing from two to five 
flowers. 
* From the ga;½ty oœ its flowers, whkh, œrom their tH?cs, aFFcar l{kc an 
ebjc decorated wih ribbands.--?/, a ribband; ,vRaa,'drcffcd wkh ribbands. 
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ALYSSUM UTRICULATUM. BLatma-Potm 
ALYSSUM. 
Cla and Order. 
TœTRADYNAMIA SILICULOSA. 
Generic ½haraer. 
Filamenta qmedam introrfum denticulo notata. 
ginata. 
Silicula emar 
Specific CharacTer and Synonyms. 
ALYSSUM utriculatum caule herbacco ereao, f61iis levibus 
lanceolatis integerrimis, filiculis inflatis. l.inn. 
Syfi. ?eget. ed. x 4. Murr. 
ALYSSOIDES fruticofum, leucoji folio viridi. ourn. 
A native of the Levant, and cultivated by Mr. Mirtea 
in the year 739- 
Is 'a hardy and beautiful perennial, flowering from April 
to June, at which titne it begins to form its curioufly inflated 
pods. 
Like the Alyffam deltoideum, it is well. adapted to the deco- 
rating of walls, or rock-work, and Is readily propagated 
either by feeds or flips. 
13o 
.4Vubl,rAg a.te 4t direct &?& i.l?o bj l.Vœurti . Oo(e œreent 
CATESBE- SPINOSA. THORNY CATESBEA 
or L i LY-TI-I. ORN. 
Generic Charat7er. 
½or.-1-petala, infundibuliformis, longiitima, fupera. 
intra faucem. ;Bacca polyfperma. 
_Stamina- 
Specific Charat7er and Synonyms. 
CATESBAA fpinofa. Linn. Syfi. Fegetab. ed. 4. Murr. 
i5. $p. P1. p. i59. Ait. Hort. Kew. p. i5 
Frutex fpinofus, buxi foliis plurimis fimul nafcentibus, flore 
tetrapetaloide pendulo fordide flavo, tubo longiffimo, .fruau 
ovali croceo femina parva continente. CateJb. Carol, 
iV. xoo. t. loo. 
Of this genus there is only one fpecies defcribed by 
authors, and which Lqqus has named in honour of our 
countryman MARxc C.Tsn, Author of the Natural Hittory 
of Carolina. 
"This thrub was difcovered by Mr. C  :  s , near 
"Naffau-town, in the Ifland of Providence, where he law 
"two of them growing, which were all he ever law; from - 
"there he gathered the feeds and brought them to England. 
"It is propagated by feeds, which mug be procured from 
"the country where it naturally grows.. If the entire fruit 
". are brought over in fand, the feeds will be better preferved; 
"the feeds muff be fown in froall pots filled with light randy 
"earth, and plunged into a moderate hot-bed of Tanner's- 
 bark. If the feeds are good, the plants will appear in 
"about 
"about fix weeks; thefe plants make little progrefs for four 
"or five years. If the nights fhould prove cold the glaffes 
"muff be covered with mats every evening. As there plants 
c, grow flowly, fo they will not require to be removed out of 
"the feed-pots the firft year, but in the Autumn the pots 
"Paould be removed into the /to. ve, and plunged inio the 
"tan-bed; in fwing the plants Paould be carefully taken up 
"and each planted in a feparate froall pot, filled with light' 
"fandy earth, and plunged into a freth hot-bed of Tanners- 
"bark. In Summ,er when the'weather is warm, they Paould 
"have a good/harg of air admitted to thein, but in Autumn 
"mu/t be remox/ed into the. ftove where they lhould con, 
"/tantly remain, and muff be.treated afterwards in the fame 
"manner as other tender exotic plants." _Miller'$ Dic. 
It is'mort ufual with Nrferymen to iocreafe this. plant 
by cuttings. 
Our drawing was made from a plant which flowered this 
Spring, with Mr. Co t. vx .z, Nurferyman, King's-Road, 
Chelfea. 
It flowers moft pa.rt of the Summer, but not fo freely as 
many ot, hcr Rove-plants, 
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RUBUS ARCTICUS. DWAa BRAMB.t,g. 
Cla and Order. 
ICOSANDRIA POLYCYNIA. 
Generic CharaHer. 
Cal. 5-fidus. Petala 5- œacca compofita acinis monofpermls, 
Specific Charac7r and Synonyms. 
RUBUS arcWcus foliis ternaris', caule inermi unifloro. Linn. 
$yfl. Fegetab. p, 476. 
RUBUS humilis flore purpureo. tuxb. Cent. 5' P' 28' t. 26. 
RUBUS trifolius humilis non fpinofus, lapore et odore frao 
gariae, fru&u rubro polycocco. lmm. Ruth. 85. 
The Rubus ar&icus grows wild in the northern parts of 
Europe and America, in moiR,' fandy, and gravelly places. 
LN.us has figured and minutely defcribed it in his Flora 
Lapponica, out of gratitude, as he expreffes himfell, for the 
benefits reaped from it in his Lapland journey, by the ne&a- 
reous wine of whofe berries he was fo often recruited when 
finking With hunger and fatigue; he obferves that the princi- 
pal peop!e in the north of Sweden make a fyrup, a jelly, 
and a wne, from the berries, which they partly confume 
themfelves, and.pa. rtly tranfmit to Stockholm, as a dainty of 
the moR delicious kind; and truly he adds, of all the wild 
Swedith berries this holds the firl place. 
Our figure does ,ot correfpond altogether with Lx  ,us's 
defcription, but it is drawn as the plant grew; culture doubtlefs 
made it produce more than its ufual number of flowering 
gems and petals. 
It grows readily and increafes rapidly in bog-earth, on a 
north border, and,owers in May and June, but very 'rarely 
ripens its fruit in ('ardens. 
I-iYACINTHUS 
or 
[ :33 
Coaosus. Two COLOUPEb 
TASSEL HY..AClNTHi 
, Cfa and Ordm 
HEXANDRI . MONOGYNIA, 
Generic Charaex 
Corolla camtanuiata: pori 3-melliferi gera/inls, 
$pecfc Chara7cr and $ynonyms 
HYACINTHUS comofi,s corollis angulato-cylindricisi fum 
mis lterilibus 1ongius pediceltatis. Linn, 
$yJL Fegetab. ed. i4. Murk: 336. 
HYACINTHUS comofus raajor purpureus. Bauh. Pin, 4 
The purple faire haired Jacinth; or Purfe gaffels. Park, 
Parad. p. x 17' 
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Moff of the old Botaniffs arranged this plant, the racmofits, 
and others.having altooft globular flowers with the Hyacinths. 
Tov v0xx, Rruck with the difference of their appearanc% 
made a diltin6't genus of them under 'the name of Mari, 
in which he is followed by MtiL% and /hould have been 
by Ltizus, 'for they dffer fo much that no ftudent would 
conrider the prefent plant as belonging to the farae ,genus 
with the Hare-bell. 
This fpecies grows wild in the. corn-fields of Spain, Portu. 
gal, and tbme parts of Gerraany, and flowers in May and 
Junc. 
It is diffinguifhed more by its fingularity than beauty, the 
flowers on the fummit of th ltalk differing widely in colour 
from the others, and being moltly barren: P.xxsor fays, 
"the whole 1talke with' the flowers upon it, doth fomewhat 
"referable a long Furfe taftell, and thereupon divers Gentle 
"woraen have fo named it." 
it is a hardy bulbous plant, growing readily in moft, foils  
and fituations, and ufually propagated by offsets, 
ADONI, S VERNALIS; 
Clafs and Order, 
POLYANDRIA POLYCYNIA 
Generic Charaler. 
'2al. 5-phyllus, Petala qunis-plura abfque neaario.' Semi 
nuda. 
Specific Charac7er and Synonyms, 
ADONIS vernalis riore dodecapetalo, fruu ovato. Linn 
$yfi. Fegetb. ed. Murr. p. 5x4 . Ait. Hort. Kew. 
VoL . p. 64. 
tELLEBORUS niger tenuifolius, Buphthalmi flore. Batch. 
 Pin. 86. 
BUPHTHALMUM Dodon. PeruPt. 6. 
HELLEBORUS niger ferulaceus five Buphthalmum. The 
great Ox-eye, or the great yellow Anemone 
Jarkinf. Parad. p. e9f. f. 6, 
Of this plant LINN:US makes two fpecies, viz. the vernalis 
and appenn&a, differing in their fpecific character merely in 
the number of their petals, which are found to vary from 
fituation and culture; ars the fire name taken from its time of 
flowering is the moft expreflive, we have followed Mr, 
]VI.L and Mr. AITON in'adopting it. 
It is an old inhabitant of the Engli/h gardens, and a moft 
defttable one, as it flowers in the fpring; produces fine. thewy 
bloffoms, which expand wide when expofed to the fun, is 
hardy and readily cuhivated.  
Gi'ows wild on the mountainous paRures of rome parts of 
ß Germa.ny. 
It may'be increafed 13y parting its roots in Autumn or' 
Spring, or by feed. M_zzr recommends the latter mode. 
LADIOLUS CARDINALIS. SU?ER GLAD!O ' 
xus; or, Co-FLO. 
Cl and Order. 
TRIANnRIA MONOOYNIA- 
Generic Charaer. 
Corolla 6-partira, irregularis, inqualis. 8tig'mata 
8pecc Charaer. 
GLADIOLUS cardinalis coroll erea limbo campanulato, 
floribus fecundis, fcapo multifloro, [oliis 
fi[ormibus multinerviis. 
This new fpecies of Gladiolus, of whole magnificence our 
figure can exhibit but an imperfe-idea, was introduced 
into this country from Holland,'a few years fince, by Mr. 
Gv,^FF.t, at prefent Gardener to the King of Naples; and 
firft flowered with Meffrs. L.wis and M^CKXE, Nurferymen, 
at Kingfland; a very Rrong plant of it flowered alfo this 
rumruer at Meffrs. GtiMwooDs and Co. wlich divided at 
top into three branches, from one of which our figure was 
drawn. 
It obvioufly differs'from the other more tender pl'ants 
this genus, in the colour of its flowers, which are of a fine 
fcarlet, with large white fomewhat rhomboidal fpots, on 
feveral of the Iowermoft divifions of the C6rolla; ftrong 
llants will throw up a ftern three or four feet high. 
_ It is moft probably a native of the Cape, flowers with us 
in July and AuguPt, and is increafed by offsets from the 
bulbs; _muff be treated like the Ixias and other !irailar Cape 
plants. 
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PELAROONIUM 'TETRAGONUM. SQUARE 
STALKED GERANIUM. 
Clafi and Order. 
MONAX)ELPHXA HEXaTAN DRIA. 
Genc Charaen 
CaL -partitus, lacinia fuprema definente in tubulum capilla. 
rem, nearierum, fecus pedunculum decurrentem. Coy. 
-petala, irregularis. Filamenta xo, inqalia: quorum 8 
(taro 5) ca,rata. Fruus 5-coccus roratus: rra fpira 
lia introffum barbara. 
Specific Charaer and Synonyms. 
PELARGONIUM tetragonum pedunculi bifloris, ramls te 
tragonis camotis, corollis tetrapetalis. 
.L'Herit. n. . t. 
GERANIUM' tetvagonum. Linn. Suppl. p. o 5. 
A vein of fingularity runs through the whole of this plant, 
its ffalks are unequally and obtufely quadrangular, fometimes 
more evidently triangular; its leaves few, and-remarkably 
fmall; its flowers, on the contrary are uncommonly large, 
. and what is more extraordinary have only four petals; 
previous to their expanfion they exhibit alfo an appearance 
fomewhat outr, the body of the filaments being bent fo as 
to form a kind of bow) in which ftate we have reprefented 
one of the bloffoms in our figure. 
When it flowers in perfe&ion, which it is not apt to do in 
all places, the largenefs of its bloffoms renders it one of the 
molt ornamental of the genus. 
There is a variety of it with beautifully coloured leaves, 
of which we have availed ourfelves in its reprefentation. 
It flowers from June, t) Auguit, and September; requires 
the fame treatment as the more common Geranimns, and is 
readily propagated by cuttings. 
Was firit introduced to the Royal Garden at Kew, by 
Mr, MAssoN, in 2774, from the Cap% of 'hich it i.s a 
aative0 dit. Hort. Iiew; 
, 
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HYPER! CUM BALEARCU1Vf. rART¾ 
ST. JOUN's-WoRT. 
Clafi and Order. 
Po L ABELP'HIA POLYANDIA 
Generic Charaer.. 
eaOx 5-phyll'us. Retala 5' Nearum o Capfla.. 
Oecc Charaer and 
HYPERICUM balearicum oris pentagynis, eaule Duticofo, 
foliis ramifque cicatrizatis. Lin,. 
MYRTO]CISTUS penni CI H. . p. 68. 
Is according to Ll,tus a native of Majorca; MILLER 
fays that it grows naturally in the Ifiand of Minorca, from. 
whence the feeds were lent to England by Mr. 
ß an Apothecary at Barcdona, in the year 78. 
The Ptalks of this fpecies are u,fually of a bright red colour 
and covered with little warts ;. the leaves are fmall with many 
depreflions on their upper fides like fcars; the flowers a.re not: 
always folitary, but frequently form a kind of Corymbus. 
It is a hardy green-houfe plant, and readily propagated by 
cuttings. 
It flowers during moft of the Summer. 
Cusxus informs us in his Hifi. pL far. p..68. that he' 
'received from To.s PE4¾, a Phyfician of London, in 
-the year x58o, a figure of this elegant plant, and who the 
next year lhewed a dried fpecimen of the fame' in Londou, 
which had been .gathered in the Illand of Majorca, and 
named by him I-o-,%u, or Myrtle-Cirrus *; it appears there 
fore that this plant has long been known, if not cultivated in 
this country.. 
5Ve may remark that Cusxus'S figtre of this plant. is not 
equally expreflive with many..of his others, 
The leaves being romewhat like thole of the Myrtle3 and a. gummy 
fubfance exuding from the. plant a in the Gum Ciftu 
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KALMIA 
Cla and Order. 
D'CAN mr.  A MONOOYNIA. 
Generic CbaraYer. 
½a/yx 5,-partitus. 'Corolla hypocrateri,formis: limbo 
qu,inquecornL Caœf. 5-1ocularis 
$ecc Cbarac?er. 
I(ALMIA bfrfutq folii, s ovato4anceotatis. hi-rfutis 
floribu's racemofis.. 
HIRSUTA. HAIRY K.A L M A. 
fub tus 
fparfis,. 
This new fpecies of Kalmia which we have called hirfieta, 
the ftalk, leaves, and calyx, being covered with ftrong hairs,. 
was imported from Carolina n the Spring of x79o, by 
Mr. W,XSON, Nurferyman at Iflington, with whom tveral 
plants of it flmvered this prefent Autumn, about the middle 
of September, from one of which ou.r drawing was made. 
The plants were brought over with their roots enclofed n 
balls of the earth in which they naturally grew, which on. 
'cbeing examined appeared of a blackith colour, and full of 
glittering pardities of land; timilar indeed to the bog-earth 
which we find on our moors and heaths; there is therefore 
little doubt. (for no account accompanied the plants) but this 
Kalmia grows on moorith heaths, or in fwamps. 
In its. general appearance it bears fome refembhnce to the 
Andromeda Dabcecil ' from the fpecimens we have feen its ufual 
height would appear to be from two to three feet; it grow. s 
'upright; the flowers which are about the fize of thole of the 
Kalmidglauca, are of a puiple colour, and contrary to all the 
other known Kalmia's grow in racemi. 
It is propagated by layers, and requires the fame-treatment 
as the reft of the genus, that is, to be planted in bog-earth, 
on a north border: as this however is a new,. and of courfe a 
dear plant, it will be molt prudent till we know 'what degree 
of cold it will bear, to keep it in a pot of the fame earth,. 
plunged in the fame fituation, which may be removed in the 
'Winter to a green-houl or hot-bed frame. 
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ALSTR(EMERIA PELEGRIN. SPOTTED- 
F LO¾E R'D kLSTRCEME R IAo 
Cs n Oder. 
HXAN DRIA 'MoN OGYN 
Generic Oaraer. 
Corolla fi-petala, fupera, irregularis. Stamina declinata. 
' Specific Charaer and Synonyms. 
ALSTRMERIA Pelegrina caule ere&o, corollis campa- 
nulatis re&is, foliis lineari-lanceolatis fef- 
fillbus. Linn. 8yfl. Keg. p. 888. ed. Murr. 
Amen. Acad. 6. p. u4- cure icone. 
HEMEROCALLIS floribus purpurafcentibus maculatisvulgo 
Pelegrina. Feuill. Peruv. . p. 7 x . t. 5' 
Father F F. IJILLvA figures and defcribes three fpecies of 
,llfirmeria, viz. œelegrina, Ligtu, and Salfilla, common names 
by which they are feverally diRinguithed in Peru: the prefent 
tecies, which is much valued by the natives on account of its 
beauty, he informs us is found wild on a mountain to the 
north of, a.nd a mile dittant from Lima. 
From Peru, as might be expe6'ted, the prefent plant found 
its way into Spain, from whence by the means of his beloved 
frienc ALSTROMF.R, LNUS firll received feeds of it; the 
value he fet on the acquifition is evident from the great care 
he took of the feedling plants, preferving them through th 
-xinter in his bed-chamber. 
'According to Mr. Axxos, this fpecies was introduced to 
the Royal Garden at Kew, by Meffrs. Kv.t)Y and L, 
as long ago as the year x753. 
Being a mountainous plant, it is found to be much more 
hardy than the Ligtu already figured, and is generally treated 
as a'green-houfe plant; it 'is found, however, to flower and 
ripen its feeds better under the glal of a hot-bed frame, 
xvhere air is freely admitte& 
It flowers from June to Otober, and, though a perennial, 
is generally railed from feeds, yet may rometimes be increafed 
by parting' its roosts, which fdmewhat refemble thofe of the 
afparagus: thd feeds fhould be fown in the fpring, in a Dot 
of light earth,. on a gentle hot-bed, either of dung or tan. 
. des Obfervati0ns Phyfiques. Mathematiques, et Botaniques, 
In his Journal ........ _. ...... ;a,,,ale- &c, rinted in a74' 
Saltes far le C6tes Onentaes 
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LUPINUS LUTEUS. YELLOW Luvz4,. 
Clq/5 and Order. 
DIADELPHIA DICAN DRIA. 
Generic ½hariler. 
Cd. yx -labiatus. .tinthere 5 oblongae, 5 fubrotun&e. Leo 
gumen coriaceum. 
$t)ecific Charac'ter and Synonyms. 
LUPINUS luteus calycibus verticillatis appendiculatis: labio 
fuperiore bipartito; inferlore tridentato. Linn. 
Syfi. I/egetab. ed. x4. Murr. p. 555. 
LUPINUS fylveftris, flore,luteo. Bauh. Pin. 348- 
The Yel16w Lupine. Park. Parad. p. 33& 
The prefent, with many other fpecies of Lupine, is very 
generally cultivated in flower gardens, for the fake of variety, 
being ufually fown in' the fpring with other annuals; where 
the'flower-borders are fpacious, they may with propriety be 
admitted, but as they take up much room, and as their blof- 
forns are 'of {hort duration, they are not fo defirable as many 
other plants. 
It is a native of Sicily, and flowers in June and July. 
We have often thought that the management of the kitchen 
garden; in point of fucceffion of crops, might b advanta- 
geoufly tranfplanted to the flower garden; in the former, 
care is taken to have a regular fucceffion of the annual de- 
licacies of the table, while in the latter, a tingle fowing in 
the { tin is thoueht to be all-fufficient; hence the flower 
P' g ' er and art o., - 
garden, which in Auguft, Septemb ß P - ' 
might be covered with a profution of bloom, exhibits little 
more than th dccayed fieres.of departed annuals: 
flELIOTROPI'UM 
PERUVIANUM. 
TURNSOLE. 
PERUVIAN 
Clafs ,nd  .tr. 
PEN. MONOGYNIA 
Generic Charac7er.' 
Corolla hypocraterifofinis, 5-fida, interjecq. is dentibus: fauce 
claufa tbrnicibus. 
tELIOTROPIUMperuvianum foliis lanceolato-ovatis, caule 
fruticofo, fpicis humetoils aggregato- 
corymbofis, Linn. Sfffl, P½gctab. .  84. 
HELIOTgOPIUM foliis ovato-lanceolatis, fpicis plurimis 
contrtis, caule fruticofo. Mill. Di, 
ed. 6. 4to. I&on. t. a43- 
This plant recommends itfelf by its fragrance i'ather than. 
ts beau, y, fo delicious indeed is the odour it diffufes, that 
[ is confidered as effential to every grcen-houfe and Rove. 
"It grows naturally in Peru, from whence the feeds were 
lent by the );ounger ]uffieu to the royal garden at Paris, 
xgherl: the plants produced flowers and feeds; and .from the 
ß curious garden of the Duke d'Ayen, at St. Getmain's, I 
"was fupplied with fome of the feeds, which have' fucceeded 
"in the Chelfea garden, where the plants have flowered and 
"perfe&ed their feeds for fome years." Miller's Gard. Diff. 
You may conrider it either as a Rove or a green-houfe 
,lant, the former is more congenial to it in the winter leafore 
A pure atmofphere is effential to its exittence, as I expe- 
rienced at Lambeth-Marfh, where I in vain endeavoured to. 
cultivate it. 
It is propagated by cuttings as eafily as any Geranium: 
and requi?es a fi!nilar treatment; in hot weather it muff be 
vell fupplied with water, and in winter Carefully guarded, 
agai.n![ fro, fo fatM to mof[ o,f the natives of Peru... 
li11fl 
4 II 
.j 
or Gss. 
0] and Order. 
S¾cEEsz^ Pox¾c^Mz 2Equxs. 
Generic Charafter. 
Receptaculum nudum. Pappus plumofus. Calyx imbricatus, 
fquamis margine fcariofis. 
Specific Charafter and Synonyms. 
SCORZONERA tingitana foliis omnibus runcinatis. ample:i- 
caglibus. Linn. S)fl. Feg. ed. 4. Murr. 
p. 711. 
SONCHUS tingitanus papaveris foli% Raii SuppL 37- 
CHONDRIœLA tingitana, floribus luteis papaveris hortenfis 
folio. Iterm. lugdb. 657. t. 659. 
I am indebted for feeds of this plant to my very worthy 
and liberal friend Nxci. GxvyN, M.D. of Ipfwich, to whofe 
penetrating genius, and learned refearches, Botany owes 
Inucho 
As its name implies, it is a native of the province of 
Tangier, on the Barbary coaft; appears to have been culti- 
vated here, according to the Hort. Kew. in a7x3, but is not 
mentioned in the 6th 4to. edit. of M.x's D. ikfionary. 
It may be confidered as forming a valuable addition to 
our frock of annuals, being a beautiful plant, and eafily cul- 
tivated: it thrives belt on a moderately dry foil, warmly 
fituated: thould be fown in the fpring with other annuals. 
I have obferved, that in the middle of rummet, a hot un- 
clouded fun, which' is favourable to the expanfion of molt of 
the flowers of this clafs, is too powerful for thole of the pre- 
fent plan.t, which then appear to the greateft advantage in 
warm hazy weather. 
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PELARGONIUM GLUTINOSUM. 
CRANE'S BILL. 
CLAMMY 
Cla and Order. 
/ MONADELPHIA I-IEPTANDRIA. 
Generic Charafler. 
Calyx 5-partitus: lacinia fuprema definente in tubulum ca- 
pillare neC?tariferum fecus pedunculum decurrentem. Co- 
rolla pentapetala, irregularis. Filamenta xo inmqualia, quorum 
3 taro' 5 caRrata. Fruflus pentacoccus, roftratus, roRra 
fpiralia introrfum barbata. 
Specific Charafler and Synonyms. 
PELARGONIUM glutinom umbellis paucifloris foliis 
cordaris haRato-quinquangulis vifcofis. 
L'Herit. Ger. tit. Hon. Kew. v. v.. p. 4v. 6. 
GERANIUM glutinofum. :yacq. ic. collefL x. p. 85. 
GERANIUM viofum. Cavanill. Di. 4. P. v-46- t. xoS.f. 
The leaves of this fpecies exhibit, on being touched, a 
manifeR vifcidity, or clamminefs, vhich, independent of their 
fhape, ferves to charaC?terize the fpecies; the middle of the 
leaf is alfo in general Rained with purple, which adds confi- 
derably to its beauty; but this tour be regarded rather as the 
mark of a variety, than of the fpecies. 
With moR of its congeners, it is a native of the Cape, and 
of modern date in this country, being introduced to the royal 
garden at Kew, by Meffrs. KzNznY and L., in the year 
777' 
It flowers from May to September; is readily propagated 
by cuttings, and fometimes railkd from feeds, from whence 
tkveral varieties have been produced. 
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FERRARIA UNDULATA. CURLED FERRARI,S, 
Cla and Order. 
GYNANDRIA TRIAN DRIA 
Generie Charaer. 
Monogyna. Spafhm uniflorm. elala 6, undulato-crifpat 
IimaIa cucullata. Cap 8-1ocularis, infera. 
Specific Charaer and Synoms. 
FERRARIA undulata caule multifloro. inn. 
p. 8o. ed. 4. Mu. Mit. Kew. p. 305. v. 3- 
FLOS INDICUS e violaceo fufcus tadice tuberofa. L 
Fear. Flora. ed. n. p. 
GLADIOLUS INDICUS e violaceo fufcus tadice tuberofa 
nobis. Mor h. . t. . 7' 
NARCISSUS INDICUS flore faturate purpureo. udb. 
IRIS ellata cyclamine rade pullo flore. 
The old Botanifts appear to have been wonderfully at a lofs 
to what family they /hould refer this very fingular plant, as 
will appear on confulting the fyimnyms; B-t.N at length 
made a diftin& genus of it, naming it Ferraria in honour of 
Joy. Btv:r:ra Faus, by w. hom it was defcfibed, and 
very well figured, in his Flora Ju de Florurn Cullura, publi/hed 
at Amilerdam, in 
Mr. Mx.xx informs us, that he received roots of this plant 
from Dr. Jo Bas:rz, F. R. S. of Zirkzee, who obtained 
it from the Cape, of which it is a native. 
In the vegetable line, it is certainly one ot the moil fingular 
nd beautiful of nature's produ&ions; much it is to b.6 re- 
,.'retted that its flowers are of very /hort duration, op'ening 
n the morning and finally clofing in the afternoon of the 
fame day; a ftrong plant will, however, throw out mny 
bloffoms in fucceffion. 
In its ilru&ure and cec6nomy, it approaches very near to 
fie Sifyrinchium. 
It flowers very early in the fpring, from February to May, 
and is ufually propagated by offsets, which its bulbs produce 
in tolerable plenty. It requires a treatment timilar to the 
Ixias and other Cape bulbs, Our figure was drawn from a 
plant which flowered this tring, in the poffeffion of 
R. Fov, s:rza, Efq. of Turnham-Green. 
INDEX. ½, I N D E X. 
In which the Latin Names of 0 In which the Englifh Names 
the Plants contained. in the;5 of the Plants contained in 
ff'hird Folume are alphabeti.!! the hird Folume are alpha- 
cally arranged. ' ';' 
½:. betically arranged. 
PL  
,.,. PL 
o2 Alyffum haljmifolium, 0 2o2 Alyffima fweet. 
o8 Anthyllis tetraphylla. 
74 Antirrhinum triPre. 
99 ß purpureum. 
aoa Campanula fpeculum. 
m 7 Caffia ChamacriPra. 
77 Centaurea montana. 
8x Cointea arborefcens. 
76 Epilobium anguPriffimum. 
97 Fuchfia cocoinca. 
95 Geranium Radula. 
86 Gladiolus communis. 
9 o Gorteria rigens. 
88 Hibifcus fyriacus. 
87 Hyokyamus aureus. 
o6 Iberis umbellata. 
9a Iris furlaria. 
8a Lachenalia tricolor. 
96 Lantana aculeata. 
 o Lathyrus tingitanus. 
79 Lotus jacoNeus. 
ao 4 Lyfimachia bulbifera. 
78 Monfonia fpeciofa. 
88 Narciflhs Bulbocodium. 
;8 ' odorus 
o Pelargonium acetofiun. 
76 Potentilia grandiflora. 
9a Saxifraga farmentofa. 
93 Sempervivum monanthes. 
94 Sifyrinchimn iridioides. 
85 Spartium junceum. 
8o ,pigelia marilandica. 
q5  radefcantia virginica. 
98 Tropeolum minus. 
84 'Tuflilago alpina. 
89 Viola pedata. 
0 77 Blue-bottle greater. 
0 85 Broom Spanifh. 
-- m6 Candy-raft purple. 
207 Caffia dwarf. 
0 
, 84 Coltsfoot alpine. 
82 Colurea, or Bladder-Senna tree. 
; 86 Corn-flag common. 
.-. 2o 8 Crane's-bill forrel. 
0 97 Fuchfia fcarlet. 
-* Geranium rafp-leav'd. 
v 95 
{, 9 ø Gorteria rigid-leav'd. 
0 87 Henbane golden-flower'& 
'0' 8a H,Nfcus Syrian. 
Y 93 'Houfe-leek dwarf. 
}* 9 t Iris chalcedonian. 
 . 
 78 1onmul great. 
..., 8 Lachenaha three-colour d. 
, m8 Ladies finger four-leav d. 
 96 Lantana prickly. . 
ß .* 2o Looking-glafs Venus's. 
{. 204 Loofeftrit'bulb-bearing. 
' 79 Lotus black-flower'd. 
* 7 Monfonica large-flower'& 
* 88 Narciffim hoop-petticoat. 
ß  xoo Pea Tangier. 
0 Potentilia large-flower'd, 
 75 
;; 9 Saxifrage Strawberry. 
v Sifyrinchium Iris-leav'd. [land. 
-', 94 
., 8o Spigelia, orWorm-grafs Mary- 
0 74 Toad-flax black-fiower'd. 
. 99 purple. 
{ 2o S TradefcantiaVirginian.[œmall. 
 98 Tropceolum, or Indian creœs, 
89 Violet cut-leav'd. 
 76 Willow-herb narroweff-lcav'd. 
INDEX. 
In which the Latin Names 
the Plants contained in the 
Fourth Volume are/flphabe- 
tically arranged.. 
PL 
ß 31 Adonis vernalis. 
ß aS Alttreem.eria Ligtu. 
ß 39 Pelegrina. 
ß e6 Alyffum deltoideum. 
t8o - utriculatum. 
ta 9 Amaryllis vittata. 
ß a 3 Anemone hortenfis. 
x 7 Campanula carpatica. 
t 3  Catefl:ea fpinofa. 
ß a Cittus ladaniferus. 
ß 3 Convolvulus purpureus. 
44 Ferraria' undulata. 
ß 85 Gladiolus cardinalis. 
ß 4t Heliotropium peruvianurn. 
ß ee Hyacinthus racemofus. 
33 comof us. 
ß 37 Hylricum balearicum. 
t 4 tberis gibraltarica. 
ß e 7 Ixia flexuofa. 
t38 Kalmia hirfuta. 
a t  Lathyrus tuberofus. 
ß t 5 fativus. 
tc 9 Lavatera trimeflris. ' 
t6 [imodorum tuberofum. 
ß 40 Lupinus luteus. 
ß to Mimofa verticillata. 
ß eß Narciffus incomparabilis. 
ß 36 Pelargonium tetragonmn. 
t43 glutinofum. 
t3 Rubus ar&icus. 
ß a8 Scilla campanulata. 
ß 4a Scorzone tingitaha. 
ß a8 Sedum Anacampferos. 
ß t 4 Silene pendula. 
t t 9 Strelitzia Regine. 
INDEX. 
In which the Englifa Names 
of the Plants contained in 
the Fourth Volume are alpha- 
betically arranged. 
34 Adonis Spring.. 
l e 5 Alffroemeria riped-flwere& 
39 fpotted-flowere& 
te 9 Amaryllis fuperb. 
3 o Alyffum bladder-poddeck 
a6 - purple. 
e3 Anemone liar. 
ti 7 Bell-flower Carpatian. 
  3 Bindweed purple. 
t3g Bramble dwarf.. 
" Candy-tuft Gibraltar 
t4 Catchfly pendulous. 
t3 Catefbaa thorny. 
tg Ciftu/gum. 
43 Crane's-hill clammy. 
et Daffodil peerlefs: 
t44 Ferraria curled. 
36 Geranium fquare-ftalke& 
t35 Gladiolus fuperb. 
tea Hyacinth tarch. 
33 two-colourerL 
a 7 Ixia bending-flalked. 
38 Kalmia hairy. 
t  t Lathyrus tuberous. 
t 5 blue-flowered. 
o9 Lavatera annual. 
 6 Limodorum tuberods-rootecK 
4o Lupine yellow. 
 o Mimofa whorl'd-leaved. 
80rpine evergn'een. 
4 a Scorzonera Tangier. 
St. John's-wort warty. 
.9 Strelitzia Canna-leaved. 
-ø8 Squill bell-flowered. 
 4  Turnfole peruvian.