THE ~ Borancat Macazine; . letieet Garden” Difplayed : : IN WHICH The moft Ornamental Forricn Puiants, cultivated in the Open Ground, the Green-Houfe, and the Stove, are ac- curately reprefented in their natural Colours. TO WHICH ARE ADDED, Their Names, Clafs, Order, Generic and Specific Characters, ace ‘to the celebrated Linnzus; their Places of Growth, and Times of Flowering : ~ TOGETHER WITH THE MOST APPROVED METHODS OF CULTURE, A 2. WO eee Le e 1 for the Ule of fach Lipies, Bee iciurs. and GarDENERS, a3 with to become fcientifically acquainted with the Plants they cultivate.. “By WILLIAM €U REiae Author of the Frora LonpINENSIS. VoL. vi@ “« Now let us range both far, and wide, — ‘* Thro’ all the gardens. boafted pride. *¢ Here Jafmines fpread the filver flow’r, ** To deck the wall or weave the bow’r, ‘* The Woodbines mix in am’rous play, * And breathe their fragrant lives away. ** There rifing Myrtles aes a fhade; ‘* There Rofes blufh, and {cent the glade; st The Orange, with a vernal face, ** Wears ev *ry rich autumnal grace; ; ** While the young bloffoms here unfold, *. ** There fhines the fruit like pendant gold; “® *¢ Citrons their balmy fweets exhale, “en ¢ “ And mee. TA the diftant gale. Corton. LONDON: PRINTED BY STEPHEN COUCHMAN, i For W.CURTI S, N° 3, St. George’s-Crefcent, Black-Friars-Road ; And Sold by the principal Bookfellers in Great-Britain and Ireland. M DCC XCIV. [219 J Bucunera Viscosa. CriamMMy Bucunera. | ¢ ’ eof JHMM EER Clafs and Order. DipyNAMIA ANGIOSPERMIA. Generic Charalter. * Cal. obfolete 5-dentatus. Corolle limbus 5- dus, -equalis: a lobis copatis Capf. a : Spe Charatter and Sy yuonyms. BUCHNERA. Ui ifiofe foliis Pisdaritanseolati laxe dentatis 4 fubglutinofis, floribus pedunculatis, caule fru- — ‘ticofo. L’ Herit. Strip. nov. tom. 2. tab. 34+ Ait, Kew. V. 2. P» 357- ES _ Buchnera isa genus of plants eftablifhed by Linnaus in honour of A. E. BucuNeR, a German naturalift. Of this genus, nine fpecies are enumerated in the sails | edition of the Sy/ema Vegetabilium, by Profeflor Murray. We learn from Mr. Arton, that the prefent fpecies (a native of the Cape) was introduced to the royal garden at Kew in 1774. It cannot boaft much beauty, yet as it occupies but little : _ room, grows readily from cuttings, and flowers during moft _ of the {ummer: it obtains a place in moft eae | Pub by Wo Curtnh Ceo: Crofcent Fat. 1793 SanfomSeudp MN oy Posie J ~DISANDRA PROSTRATA. TRAILING 7 DISANDRA. SHidteeebeinkibdeivistibaa Cla/s and Order. Herpranpria Monocynyta. a Generic Chara@er. Cal. {ub 7-partitus. Cor. rotata, {ubfeptem-partita. Czp/. 2 locularis, polyfperma. _ Specific Charaffer and Synonyms. DISANDRA proftrata. Linn. Sy. Vegetab. ed. 14. Murr. — Suppl. Pl. p. 32. 214. Ait. Kew. V. 1. p. 493. SIBTHORPIA peregrina. Linn, Sp. Pl. ed. 3. p. 880. The foliage of this plant greatly refembles that of Ground Ivy, and its branches trail on the ground fomewhat in the _ fame-manner, extending to the length of feveral feet; but it is not on the ground that it is beft feen, as its flowers are apt to be hid among the leaves: it appears moft -advantageoufly when growing in a pot, placed on a pedeftal, or in fome ele- vated fituation, where its branches may hang carelefsly down: thus treated, when fully blown, it becomes a moft pleafing objeét. : oo Linnaeus, the fon, in his Suppl. Plant. obferves, that the Difandra varies extremely in the number of its ftamina, as it does alfo in the divifions of its calyx, and corolla; in -this refpeét, indeed, we do not know its equal: fortunately for _thofe fyftems of Botany, which are formed from the number of certain parts of the fru€tification, few fuch inconflants exift. Profeflor Murray obferves, that feven is the moft pre- valent number of its ftamina, five the moft natural. Linnaus defcribes it as a native of the Eaft; Mr. Arron informs us, that it was introduced here about the year 1771, from Madeira. 3 : . : Peak: It flowers during moft of the fummer months; in the winter it muft be kept in the green-houfe ; in the fammer it will béar the open air, grows. readily from cuttings, fhould be planted in rich earth, and plentifully watered in dry weather, SEE Ss PE Deg Raat Te at fim Seudgp Lub by We Curtis bCeo Creofcent #eb.1. 1793 . - 2g J | Micuauxta CaMPANULOIDES. RoucH- — LEAv’D MICHAUXIA. 4 . FEE TNE TEE EEE ET MAE TEE BENE TE TEE ~ Clafs and Order. OcranprRiAa MonocGyNIA. Generic Charaéer. Cal. 16-partitus. Cor. rotata, 8-partita. NedZarium 8-valve, ftlaminiferum. Cap/ 8-locularis, :polyfperma. L’ Heritier Monogr. § Specific Charaé?er and Synonyms. MICHAUXIA campanuloides. L’ Heritier Monogr. eat 2 ame The celebrated author of the Hortus Kewenfis informs u that the plant here figured is a native of the Levant, -a was introduced to this country in the year 1787, by Mo L’ Herirrer, who firft gave it the name of Michauxia, wrote a Monographia, or particular treatife on it. We have before obferved, that when a plant has bee named in honour of any particular perfon, that name mu be retained in all countries, however uncouth its pronunci tion may be, and there are few of our readers but what wi think the prefent name fufficiently fo. Laft fummer 1792, in the month of July, we had th pleafure to fee a fine plant of this fort, -fully blown, in the - colle&tion of Meffrs. Grimwoop and Co. Kenfington; though in a fmall pot, it grew nearly to the height of fix feet, was branched almoft to the bottom, and loaded with a pro- fufion of bloffoms, fuch as are reprefented on the plate, and . which bore fome diftant refemblance to thofe of a paflion flower. : It is a biennial green-houfe side and, of courfe, onl to be raifed from feeds, which we are forry to find have no ripened in this country, though they are faid todo fo in France é 2 on Sip Sanfo 1 nefcent Heb. 1.1793 ; tit ep | [220 J Erica CERINTHOIDES. HONEYWORT: — FLOWER’D HEATH. 2 : S: Claft and Order. — ® ef Ocran DRI a Monocynia, | Generic: Obaratter, 3 Cal. 4-phyllus. Cor. 4-fida. * Filamenta receptaculo inferta. | Anthere bifide. Cap/. 4-locularis. —— Specific Charafter and Synonyms. ERICA cerintboides antheris muticis inclufis, corollis clavatis, groflis, fligmate inclufo cruciato, foliis guaternis. Linn. Syft. Vegetab. ed. 14. Murr. p. 368. dit. Kew. Vi 2. p. 22. : ee z * teeipnnilinns * The Erica cerinthoides is one of the moflymagnificent and fhewy of the genus, grows wild at the Caffe, from whence it was introduced to the royal garden at Kew, by Mr. Masson, in 17743 it is the more valuable, as it flowers during moft . of the year: its bloffoms are found to vary from a decp to _ a very pale red. It is a hardy green-houfe plant, and ufually propagated by cuttings. .z : ag To have this beautiful tribe of plants in perfe&ion, they muft be kept in pots proportioned to their fize, filled with that kind of bog earth in which our Britifh heaths grow fpon- taneoully, finely fifted; to which it may be neceffary fome- times to add a third part of the.mould of rotten leaves, or choice loam, partaking more of a clayey than a fandy nature we muft be careful not to let them fuffer for want of. water in dry hot weather, as fuch an omiffion, even for one day, — may be fatal; and to give them as much air as poffible at all — - times when the weather is mild. ~ (oe Ne20 Pub. by We Curbir St! Geo: Orfeant Mar 1.1993 Saspom lupp {iat ] Iroma@a Coccinza. ScaRLeT IpoMaA. (aa steieaeake-desleaesi desea si fee Clafs and Order. : PENTANDRIA MoNoGYNIA. oe Generic Charaéer. i : Cor. infundibuliformis. Stigma capitato-globofum, Capf 3- locularis. ——— 4 : ! Specific Charaéer and Synonyms. _ IPOMCEA coccinea foliis cordatis acuminatis bafi angulatis, -pedunculis multifloris. Linn. Sy/t. Vegetab. ed. 14. Murr. p. 204. Ait. Kew. V. 1. p. 215. CONVOLVULUS coccineus, folio angulofo. Plum. Amer. tals 8g. 7. 103. ee QUAMOLCIT americana, folio hederz, flore coccineo. Comm. var. 21. t. 21. teen The Ipomea is very nearly related to the Convolvulus, one principal difference confifts in the different form of its ftigma, which is globular, like that of the Primrofe; whereas in the Convoivulus it is divided into two fubftantes, as is obvioufly fhewn in the Convolvulus arvenfis and fepium, but all the plants of thefe two genera have not this charatter marked with > equal ftrength. The prefent {pecies is a twining plant, will run up a ftick to the height of fix, eight, or ten feet, and produce an abundance of flowers, of a rich orange colour tending to fcarlet, which renders it one of the molt ornamental annuals cultivated in our gardens, into which it is not as yet generally introduced, ~ though cultivated by Mr. Mixier, in1759. | | e Mr. Miter defcribes it as a native of Carolina, and the Bahama Iflands, Mr. Arron of the Weft-Indies; it flowers from June to September. pecs : It is cultivated in the fame manner, and with the fame eafe as other annuals; three feeds may be fet in the ground, about — four inches afunder, ir gm of atriangle ; when the feed- lings are fufficiently advanced, a tall ftick is to be thruft down — in the centre betwixt the three plants, for them to twine — around: the warmer and more fheltered the fituation, and the richer the foil in which they are placed, the taller the plants — will grow; by raifing them on a hot bed, you may anticipate — their natural time of flowering, and be more certain of ob-— taining good feed. se ae — @? rh oat Lub, by. Wilurtig I Geo: €: rofcent Mar: 4.17G3 Varefore Setthr “Saag; STRUTHIOLA ERECTA. SMOOTH STRUTHIOLA. ; Clafs and Order. . TETRANDRIA MoNOGYNIA - Generic CharaG&er. Cor. nulla. Cal. tubulofus, ore glandulis ‘8. Baeca exfucca, polyfperma. Linu. Mant. p. 4. Syft. Vegetab. ed. 14. Murr. 2.165, = oe Specific Character and Synonyms. STRUTHIOLA erefa glabra. Linn. Syft. Vegetab. ed. 14. : Murr. p. 164. Ait. Kew. V.1. p. 165. PASSERINA dodecandra. Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 3. p. 513. Amen. Atad. V. 4. p.%71- we PASSERINA filiformis. Mill. DiG. ed. 6. 4to. — PASSERINA. Burm. Afric. t. 47.f. 3. : The plant here reprefented appears to have been firft de- fcribed and figured by Burman, in his P/. Afric. under the” name of Paferina: Linn us introduced it in the gd edition _ of his Sp. Pl. by the title of Pafferina dodecandra; difcovering _ afterwards that it had in reality only four ftamina, and that _ the other eight fubftances, miftaken for fuch, were fo many glandular neétaria, he made in his Mantiff. Plant. a new genus” of it, by the name of Strutbiola, and affigned it the trivial name of ereGa; in the abbreviated generic defcription given of it. by Prof. Murray, an alteration is made in this generic cha- ra€ter, and what before was confidered as Corolla, is here re- garded as Calyx; no reafon is affigned for this alteration, and we are at a Jofs to account for the propriety of it. : Mr. Mixer, who cultivated this plant in 1758, defcribes it in his diétionary, and obferves very juftly, that though its branches when young are ereét, when loaded with bloffoms they incline to a horizontal pofition; hence the term ered/a becomes an improper one, and fhould be changed for one more expreffive. .This fpecies of Struthiola is a very common fhrub in our greenhoufes, will grow to the height of five or fix feet, and, though not fo ornamental as fome other plants, has the merit of flowering during moft of the year, and often in the depth of winter. — : S Is readily increafed by cuttings. N22 Sanfom Seuge Pub. by Wlurter S"Gpe0: Cpofeent Mar: 1.1733. [ 223 J Lycunts Coronata. Cuinese Lycunis, - TERE SEE ETE AE aie ah aie see ale a alta ale ake Clafs and Order, DecanpRiA PENTAGYNIA. Generic Charaéfter. : 4 » Gal, 1-phyllus, oblongus, levis. Petala 5, unguiculata: Limba a fub-bifido. Gap/. 5-locularis, : _ Specific Charaéer and Synonyms. LYCHNIS coronata glabra, floribus axillaribus terminalibuf- = que folitariis, petalis laciniatis. Thunéd. Japon, p. 187. Linn. Sy. Vegeiab. ed. 14. Murr. p. 435 — Ait. Kew. V. 1. p. 117- LYCHNIS grandifora floribus axillaribus terminalibufque . _ folitariis, petalis inaqualiter crenatis, — Jacq, = Colled?. Vi 1. p. 149. Icon. V.1. es . JAPONICE fen fjun ra, vulgo Ganpi. Kempf. Amen. Exot, : Fafc. V. p. 873. : The rich and elegant bloffoms of this Chinefe or Japanefe beauty, poffefs a flatnefs and ftiffnefs, which gives them an artificial air, to which their colour, which is exa@ly that of common red lead, may perhaps fomewhat. contribute ; they make their appearance towards the clofe of the fummer, and — as many (when the plant is in health and vigour) are pro- duced on the fame ftem, they continue a confiderable time in bloom ; its root is perennial, and its ftem, which rifes to th height of about two feet, herbaceous. ao We remember to have feen this plant in the colle@ion of the late Dr. Fornercitt at Upton, about the year 1774, _ by whom it was firft introduced to this country: Kamprer, the celebrated Dutch traveller, who faw it growing in Japan,” gives a very fhort defcription of it in his Amenitates exotica, and mentions a variety of it with white flowers: Profeflor Tuunserc, who faw it alfo in its wild ftate, as well as in ‘the gardens of that country, confines himfelf to defcribing the plant more at large: Profeffor Jacquin, in his Icones, _ has given an admirable figure of it. ; : Perfons here differ in their mode of cultivating this fpecies of Lychnis, fome treating it as a ftove others as a green- — houfe and others as a hardy herbaceous plant; the latter | mode is to be preferred, provided care be taken to plant it in a fheltered fituation, and to guard it againft the rch : of particular feafons : it is propagated by parting its roots, alfo_ _ by flips, and cuttings, but in this bufinefs more than ordinary care is required to be fuccefsful, ee Lub. by W. Curt SI" Geo: Crofecnt Apr t. 1743 Sagfor Seudp. c [pea] Puytica Ericorpes, Heatu-Leay'p Puytica, Clafs and Order. : PenTANDRIA Monoecynta. Generic Charager, Perianthium §5-partitum, turbinatum. Pefalao, Squame hy {tamina munientes. Cap/. tricocca, infera. Specific Charader and Synonyms. PHYLICA ericoides foliis linearibus verticillatis. Linn. Sy, ‘ | Vegetab. ed. 14. Murr. p. 235. Ait. Kew. Vi 1, a Se ee : ALATERNOIDES africana ericz foliis, floribusalbicantibus | et mufcofis. Comm. Hort. 2. Pp. 1.4.16 Mr. Mitrer, who cultivated this plant in 1731, informs. us, that it grows wild about Lifbon, where it covers extenfive’ _traéts of ground, in the fame manner as the heath does in this country ; it feldom rifes above the height of three feet, and is much difpofed to become bufhy ; its flowers, which are flightly odoriferous, begin to appear in autumn, and continue during the winter and fpring; they grow in little heads on the fummits of the branches: their whitenefs, contrafted — with the dark colour of the foliage, forms a pleafing ap- pearance, and entitles this plant, though a common and long-eftablifhed inhabitant of the greenhoufe, to a place with fuch as may boaft more brilliancy of colour, 2 Its leaves, which thickly cover the ftalks, do not well accord with Linn zus’s fpecific defcription. ; It is ufually propagated by cuttings, which ftrike readily, : M2024 Lub. by, Wi Curter SCeo: Crefeent Apr. t. 1793 pl} [ 295 ] Lope.ia SURINAMENSIS. SHRUBBY LOBELIA alee ese eee alesis ate seabed seat se Clafs and Order. Syncengesta MonocGAmia; Generic Charaéier. Gel. 5fidus. Cor. 1-petala, itregularis. Cap/. infera, 2 five g-locularis. _ : Specific Chavaéer and Synonyms. : ~ LOBELIA /urinamenfis caule faffruticofo, foliis oblongis glabris ferratis, floribus axillaribus peduncu- latis, Ait. Kew. V. 3. p. 498. Sp. Pi. ige20. LOBELIA Jevigata foliis ellipticis ferratis glabris, capfulis groffis globofis, calycibus fubulatis, corollis glaberrimis. Linn. Suppl. p. 392. The Lobelia furinamenfis, a plant newly introduced here, is minutely defcribed in the Supp/. Pl. of the younger Lin- Na&us, under the name of /evigata, apparently from the {moothnefs of its flowers: in the year 1786, Mr. ALEXANDER Anperson fent this plant to the Royal Garden at Kew, from the Weft-Indies, where it grows fpontaneoufly, as wellsas at Surinam; and Mr. Aiton has inferted it at the end of the Hort. Kew. affigning to it a new fpecific defcription, and a new trivial name: our drawing was made from a plant which flowered in the ftove of Mefirs. Grimwoop and Co. Ken- fington, to whom it was imparted by Rrcharn MoLesworTH#y _Efq. of Peckham, a gentleman liberal in his communications, — and anxious to promote the caufe of Botany, 5” This fpecies of Lobelia is a ftove plant, having a fome- what fhrubby ftalk, growing to the height of feveral feets its bloffoms are very large, of a pale red colour, and its” Anthere, which might be miftaken for the ftigma, unufually It begins to flower in January and February, and continues to bloflom during moft of the fummer. — Is increafed by cuttings. am Ca A b45 Puch. by Wlurts I treo: Croftent Apr 1. 1798. any om Siudp . _ feet. Arasis AtpiIna. ALPINE WaLL-CRESs, Clafs and Order. TrETRADYNAMIA SILIQUOSAs Generic Charafer. - Glandule neGarifere 4, fingulz intra calycis foliola, fqu ame inftar reflex. « Specific Character and Synonyms. ARABIS alpina foliis amplexicaulibus dentatis, Linn. Syft Vegetab. ed. 14. Murr. p. 599. Ait. Kew. Vol. 2 - — p. 399. Mill. Did. ed. é Alo. DRABA alba filiquofa repens. Baub. Pin. p. 109. & | An early-blowing plant, if it bas no great pretenfions to eauty, brings with it a powerful recommendation, mor¢ efpecially if its flowers are not of the more common hue fuch are the claims which the prefent plant has to a place in this work : it is perennial, hardy, herbaceous, of low growth rarely exceeding a foot in height, producing its white bloffom: in April and May: its fize renders it a fu;table plant for th border of a {mall garden, or*for the covering of rock-work. It is readily increafed by parting its roots in autummis Grows fpontaneoufly on the Alps of Switzerland, Auftria, and Lapland, @nd was cultivated (vid. Hort. Kew) in th Botanic Garden at Oxford, in 86s Se ° Pub, by We Curks 5 Ceo Crofcent May. 17G3. Sarfomsirndg [ 227 ] HELIANTHUS MULTIFLORUS. Many-FLow- © ERED OF PERENNIAL SUN-FLOWER. eS Clafs and.Order. ae NGENESIA PotyGaMita FRUSTRANEA. ~~ - Generic Charafer. Recepl'p Ale: aceum, : planum. Pappu $ 2-phyllus. catus, fubfquarrofus. aa “al. imbri- ey pecific Charaéfer and Synonyms. HELIANTHUS multifforus foliis inferioribus cordatis tri- a nervatis fuperioribus ovatis. Linn. Sy/. | Vegetab. ed. 14. Murr. p. 781. CHRYSANTHEMUM americanum majus perenne, floris folis foliis ‘et floribus. Mori/. Hif. — 3+ P+ 23+ The ‘Helianthus multiflorus, a native of North-America, is ahardy perennial herbaceous plant, arifing ufually to the height of five or fix feet, and producing a great number of largé yellow fhewy bloffoms, which renders it a fuitable plant to ornament the fhrubbery or garden of large extent; the variety with double flowers is the one moft commonly cultivated, and this we find in almoft every garden: it flowers from July to September, and is propagated by parting its roots inautumn. This is a hardy plant, of ready growth, will bear the fmoke — of London better than many others; if it continues in the fame fpot for a great number of years, the bloffoms are apt to become fingle. ¥ The fingle fort, according to Morison, was introduced before 1699 by Lord Lemsrer. Ait. Kew. 7 ~~ “ ri | Me teh Lub by Wo barbs S “Gee Crofcent May 7 Vis Saryors/ tude pose a8 vo van. aybaaigl Bexuis PeReNnIsS var. MAJOR FLoRE PLENO. Great DovusBte Datsy. Shee ei esksek ee eee _.. Clafs and Order. 3 SyNGENESIA PoLyGAMIA SUPERFLUA. _ | Generic. Charaer. Recept. nudum, conicum. Pappus nullus. Cal. hemifphericus : {quamis equalibus.. Sem. {ubovata. a ’ : Specific Charatter and Synonyms. 1m BELLIS perennis {capo nudo. Linn. Sy/?. Vegetab. ed. 14. _ Murr. p. 779. po. he 19 ae ‘BELLIS hortenfis flore pleno. Baub.. Pin. p. 261. . BELLIS minor hortenfis flore pleno. . ‘Double Garden Daify. Park. Parad. p. 322. The daify, a plant common to Europe, in its wild ftate delights in open fituations, which are moderately moift, its root is perennial, and increafes greatly; the ufual colourof — its flowers is white, the florets are fometimgs tipt with red, — but more frequently red on the under fide. 5 y When double, the daify becomes much more ornamental, — and in this ftate many varieties of it have long been cultivated, — very generally in gardens; thofe principally found in-our — nurferies are z cat gtr. gndcly inoy agelg am The large double daify with florets of a deep red colour — on the under fide, figured on the ‘plate; the flowers of this ‘fort will fometimes expand nearly to the fize of ahalf-crown Be and are the moft fhewy of any that we have feen; the — foliage of this fort is alfo proportionably larger. | wielg The pale red double daily, more delicate in its appearance, — but fmaller, varying in its fhades of colour; = The pure white double daify. hnideht ts Sighs Some The deep red double daify ; in this the petals are ufually tubular or quilled. 9-53 © bom inel i pshiw Go ’ Befides thefe, there are Rau Vyed: TH Beg _ ‘The coxcomb double daify, both red and white, in-which the flowering ftem rifes up preternaturally flattened, and — carries on its fummit a long-extended ridge of flowers, fre- quently of an enormous fize; this monftrous produétion feems — to arile from the coalefcence of two or more flowering ftems: and asit is of accidental origin, fo we find that a daily which bas been a coxcomb one year, {hall lofe that appearance’ entirely the next, and out of a long edging of duifies growing luxu- | se riantly, nfm Sealy ie L . Lub by Woo tor Te 3 [ 229 ) Primuta Acautis Fri. PLENo CARNEO, — DousLe LiLtac PRIMROSE. dite kab etek sea Clafs and Order. PenTANDRIA Monocynia, ; Generic Charaéter. - : Involucr. umbellule. Corolle tubus cylindricus ore patulo. Specific Charader and Synonyms. PRIMULA acaulis foliis rugofis, dentatis, fubtus hirfutis; ‘ {capis unifloris. Jacq. Mifc. Aufir. p. 158. Curt. Flor. Lond. Fa/fc. 6. e The Primrofe in its wild fingle ftate is frequently introduced _ into fhrubberies and plantations, for the purpofe of enlivening _ them in the fpring months; in its double ftate it has been — deemed peculiarly worthy of cultivation by the curious in — flowers. Of the double yellow Primrofe, which feems to have - been the firft known, we meet with a figure in the Hort, Eyf. — and in the Parad. Terrefir. of Parxinson, fince. thofe publi- | cations many new and perfeétly double varieties have been in- — troduced, as ns a The double white, rarely met with. | The double deep red or velvet, the bloffoms of this will fome- ~ _ times come fingle. ce. The double pink or lilac, here figured, a plant much admired. — The double crimfon, a new variety, which, in brilliancy of | colour, far furpaffes all the others, = o. The ved, commonly called the Scotch Primrofe, \efs orna- — mental than any of the preceding: befides thefe, we have ob- © ferved a variety with bloffoms of a dingy yellow inclining to — red, not worth cultivating. . = Thefe feveral varieties of Primrofe are admirably adapted _ to the decoration of the fhrubbery, plantations, or even the | north fide of rock-work ; they delight to grow in a ftiff loam, — a moift and fomewhat fhady fituation, fo planted they thrive 4 admirably, the double fucceeding almoft as well as the fingles every fecond or third year their roots fhould be divided, which — may be done either in {pring or autumn, they may be cultivated © alfo in pots for the convenience of removing them when im bloffom. | eee gees 7 Neag Pub. by Welurtr See: Crfient June 1.1793 Saryom tcf % ee | PLUMBAGO Rosea. RoseE-COLOURED : LEADWORT. ) Sei eee aeteae Clafs and Order. PENTANDRIA MonocyNIA,. Generic Charaéfer. Corolla infundibuliformis: Stamina fquamis bafin corolle clau- - dentibus inferta. Stigma 5-fidum, Sem. 1. oblongum tu- nicatum, : : Specific Charaé&er and Synonyms. PLUMBAGO 1o/ea foliis petiolatis ovatis glabris, fubdenti- culatis caule geniculis gibbofis. Linn. Sy. Vegetab. ed. 14. Murr. p. 199. Sp. Pl. ed. 3. p. 215. dit. Kew. v. 1. p. 205. e _ PLUMBAGO zeylanica, folio {plendento ocymaftri, flore ru- _ bro. Burm. Zeyl. 195. — oe RADIX veficatoria. Rumph. Amboin, 5. p. 453. t. 168. - 7 The Plumbago rofea, one of the moft ornamental plants which _ we keep in our ftoves, is a native of India, from whence it — was introduced to this country by the late Dr. FoTHERGILI, — in the year 1777, pofterior to the publication of the laft edi- — _ tion of Mr. Mixers Diétionary. ~ g- It is a fhrubby plant, which frequently grows to the height — of four or five feet, and is perpetually putting forth flowering — {pikes ; thefe continue a long while in bloffom, and hence, — with proper management, it may be had to flower during moft_ of the year, a very defirable circumftance in a plant of fuch fingular beauty, Seon See ee The ufual mode: of incyeafing it is by cuttinge; whic freely. : oe Its parts of fru@tification,. whether we regard their “di ” t ‘or - ftruéture, are highly deferving of notice, << © A ge Lub. by Weburtis S* eo. Croféente June 1793 Sanfor, seulp 3 [Cm Fumaria Souipa. Soxtip-Rooren FuMITORY. : SHH beeeeeebiek Clafs and Order. DIADELPHIA PENTANDRIA. Generic Charaéer. Cal. diphyllus. Cor. ringens. Filam. 2 membranacea, fingul Antheris 3. | a : Specific Chara&ter and Synonyms. FUMARIA /ilida, caule fimplici, braéteis brevioribus multi- fidis, radice folida. Mill. Did. ed. 6. 4to. | _FUMARIA éuldofa, caule fimplici, braéteis longitudine fl - rum. Linn. Syft. Vegetab. ed. 14. Murr. p. 636 © wp. Phied. 9. p. 983. Ait. KEW OUR 1, -FUMARIA éalbofa radice non cavamajor. Baub. Pin. p. 1446 Small hollow roote. Park Parad. p. 275. 279. f. 2. ee By the old Botanifts this {pecies of Fumaria, whofe root ‘is conftantly folid, was confidered as a diftinét {pecies from ano- ther fimilar to it of larger growth, whofe root is as conftantly hollow, and which will be figured in the next number of this_ work; Caspar BaunIne in particular, in his Pinax, defcribes” the characters in which they differ: Linn aus neverthelels makes them varieties of each other, uniting them under the name of buléofa ; from this union we have taken the liberty to diffent, choofing rather to follow Mirizr, who regards them as diftinét, and the Botanifts preceding him. — The Fumaria folida, a very old inhabitant of our gardens, is a plant of very humble growth, rarely exceeding three or four inches in height, and producing its fpike of purple ~ flowers in April, which continue in bloffom about a fortnight. _ In point of colour the flowers of this plant are not fubje& _ to much variation, we poffefs a variety of it with bloffoms of 2 much brighter colour than thofe of the common fort, and which, on that account, is much more worthy of cultivation. | As a {pring plant, it deferves a place in the garden; in point of ornament, itis applicable to. the fame purpofes as. the ~ Primrofe, will grow in almoft any foil or fituation, requires t0 be taken up in the autumn, and frefh-planted every two oF three years; if fuffered to remain in the fame fpot for a great length of time, it becomes fmaller, produces few or no flowers, and is fo altered in its appearance, as to look like anoth fpecies. : AN Pub: by We Curtis SI oe y Ser fame ree Sanfirr Study ee [ 292 J | -FuMARIA ‘Cava. Hoitiow-Roorenb ae? FuMITORY, 7 eE HEP HlHibk ih ict | — Clafs and Order. i ~DraperepHiA HEXANDRIA, : \ | Generic Charaéer. Cal. diphyllus. Cor. ringens. Filamenta 2 membranacea fin- gula Antheris 3. oe : 2 Specific Character and § Synonyms. FUMARIA cava, caule fimplici, braftcis longitudine florum oo integris, radice cava. : FUMARIA bulbofa radice cava major. Bauh. Pin, p. 143. RADIX cava major. Park. Parad. p. 275. ea wa . So e The hollow-rooted Fumitory differs from the /o/ida, already — _ figured, and that conftantly, in a variety of particulars ; its root” _ is always, as far as we have obferved, hollow, appearing fome- times, as Parkinson informs us, “ like a fhell, every part “ of which when broken will grow ;” frequently acquiring @ very great fize; the plant itfelf ufually grows to twice the height of the /olida, bearing foliage and flowers proportionably -large; its braétee or floral leaves, which in the /olida affume a kind of finger’d appeatance from the manner in which they — are divided, in this are entire or but flightly indented; it flowers alfo about three weeks earlier. eS oe Of the Fumaria cava there are three principal varie point of coiour, viz. the white, the blufh-coloyred, a purple, which, though plentiful in our gardens formerty, now rarely met with; Mr. Cuappztow informs me, that found them all this fpring, in an old plantati ddit where they produced the moft pleafing effe&. aes ee It begins to flower-in March and conti in bleom three ' weeks or a month, rarely produces any feed, fo thar it is to be propagated only by dividing its roots; it is a hardy her baceous plant, a native of Germany, and will grow in almol any foil provided it be planted in a fhady fituation.. _ oe a aia Lub by We Curter SG 00 Crofient Suby 1. 17Q — Sanfom Senge Eas] Curronta BaccirerRA. BERRY-BEARING - CHIR ONTA. See sees ele sles seat sie-slesies ale sesh Clafs and Order. PENTANDRIA MoNoGYNIA.,. Generic Charaéer. Cor. rotata. Piftillum declinatum. Stamina tubo corolle in- — fidentia. Anthere demum fpirales. Peric. 2-loculare. : Specific Charaéer and Synonyms. E CHIRONIA baccifera frutefcens baccifera. Linn. Sy. Veget. : ed.14. Murr. p. 229. Ait. Kew. v. 1. p. 258. CENTAURIUM minus arborefcens pulpiferum. Comm. rar. — g. 7. Q. : CENTAURIUM nitinus africanum arborefcens anguftifoliun. — Old. afr. 26. a The Chironia baccifera, a native of Africa, is a plant not — unfrequent in our greenhoufes; its flowers are curious in — their ftru€ture, of a lively hue, and fucceeded by round feed- — veflels, which, when ripe, have the appearance of red berries, — whence its name of daccata ; if we carefully examine thefe feed- — veffels, we fhall find that they are not properly berries, for — on cutting them tranfverfly, they are found to be hollow and — to be divided into two cells (vid. Pi.) in which are contained — {mall black feeds, whofe furface is beautifully reticulated with impreffed dots; the fides of the feed-veffel are flefhy, and do — not appear to divide or fplit in any regular manner for the ~ difcharge of the feed; they muft however be regarded rather — as capfules than berries: in the genus Hypericum, the feed- — veffels are found to vary in a fomewhat fimilar manner; in this part of the fruétification there is not, therefore, that de- — viation which has been fuppofed, but there if a very great one — in the anthére, which do not ultimately become fpiral. a This plant, which grows to the height of a foot and a half — or two feet, becomes very bufhy, rather too much fo in point — _ of ornament, and produces both flowers, and fruit, during — moft of the fummer. a a Though regarded as a greenhoufe plant, it does not ripen — — its feeds well unlefs kept in the ftove ; is with difficulty raifed from cuttings, from feeds readily, by which it requires to be frequently renovated. = see _ Was cultivated by Mr: Mitten in 1759. Ait, Kew. Ai f ne.” by W: Cuirter S600, Cirfeent Siby 11793 dinforr seule Cla/s and Order. PENTANDRIA PENTAGYNIA, Generic Charaéer. Cal. 5-phyllus. Petalag. Capf. 5-valvis, 10-locularis, Sem. folitaria. : Specific Character and Synonyms. LINUM arboreum foliis cuneiformibus, caulibus arborefcenti- E bus. Linn. Syft.. Vegetab. ed. 14. Murr. p. 303+ Ait. Kew. v. 1. p. 388. . LINUM arboreum. Alp. Exot. 1g. t. 13. Contrary to what we obferve in moft of the plants of this — genus, the prefent very rare and no lefs beautiful fpecies of — Flax forms (if not a tree, as its name imports) a fhrub of the — height of feveral feet, which begins to flower in the green- — houfe in March, and continues to be more or lefs covered with bloffoms to the clofe of the fummer. a It is a native of the Levant, from whence it was intro- | - duced to this country in the year 1788, with a profufion of — other vegetables, by Jue Sintuorp, M.D. the prefent — celebrated Profeffor of Botany in the Univerfity of Oxford; — who, for the laudable purpofe of promoting the fcience in — which he is fo eminent, and of enriching the Oxford collec- — tion, already rendered moft refpe€table by his unwearied la- — bours, meditates, as we are informed, a fecond journey mto — Greece. Z Hitherto this plant has produced no feeds in this country, — and it is with difficulty increafed by cuttings. : oe Our figure was drawn from a plant which flowered in the fpring with Meffrs. Grimwoop and Co. Kenfington, _ Pub: by We Curlir S*beo broom Juky tpg? Sanfor iudy _ Clafs and Order. Potyanpata Potycyntas, % \ Generic Charaéter. . : Cal.o. Petalacirciter 14. Capfule plurime, ovate, poly{perme: + Specific Character and Synonyms. a t TROLLIUS afiaticus corolla patula, neétariis ftaminibus lon- — 3 gioribus. Linn. Syft. Vegetab. ed. 14. Murr. Pp. 518. Ait. Kew. v. 2. p. 271. ae , HELLEBORUS aconiti folio, flore globofo croceo. Amm: 4 Ruth, 101. a Of this genus, two fpecies only have as yet been difcovered, — the one a native of Great-Britain, the other here figured the produce of Siberia and Cappadocia, both hardy, perennial, herbaceous plants; the latter, more particularly, from t bright orange colour of its flowers, held in high eftimation an ornamental plant, and flowering in May and June. fpecies, as yet rare in this country, is ufually propagated by parting its roots in autumn; it may alfo be raifed from feeds, which ripen frequently on ftrong healthy plants: to fucceed in its cultivation, we fhould plant it in a compofition of loam and bog earth, and place.it in a north border, taking caré that it does not fuffer from want of watering in dry fummers? Was cultivated by Mr. Miter, in 1759. Ait, Kew, : z ae . ee M3 : SE dwarde del / Pub. by ©. Curts I Geo: brfient Aug. + TOS E296: 3 Verpascum Mycont. BoracE-LEAv’D | MULLEIN. = : Jeu eeieeieeb debe Clafs and Order. PentTanpria MonocyrYnNtas | Generic Charafer. Corolla totata, fubinequalis. Cap/. 1-locularis 2-valvis. Specific Charaer and Synonyms. VERBASCUM myconi foliis lanatis radicalibus, feapo nido, : Linn. Syft. Vegetab. ed. 14. Murr. ps 220. — : Ait. Kew. p. 238... — CORTUSA foliis ovatis feffilibus. Lian. Hort. Cliff: 50. SANICULA alpina, foliis boraginis villofa. Bauh. Pin. 243: AURICULA u7/ myconi. Dalech. Hifl. 837. AURICULA ur flore cceruleo folio Boraginis. Blew Beares — Eares with Borage leaves. Park, Parad. px 296. B37. f. 4. a ee ee Mott of the plants of this genus are tall and fhewy; the — ‘one here figured is however, of very humble growth, its — flowering ftem in the cultivated plant rarely exceeding fix — inches in height; its flowers are proportionably large, of @ blueifh purple colour, and highly ornamental; they make their appearance’in May, and continue fucceffively in bloffom fot — feveral months, hence it becomes a defirable plant to cultivate, efpecially for the decorating of rock-work; it is very hardys requires a north afpe&t in the fummer, and to be carefully watered in dry weather; will ‘grow in almoft any foil, and is — _ ufually propagated by planting its roots in autumn. — _ Grows {pontaneoufly on the Pyrenean Alps; in its wild ftate — it is more dwarfifh than our figure reprefents it, its foliage — more woolly, and enriched with various tints, which the plant — lofes on cultivation; fuch fpecimens I faw in the poffeffion of Dr. R. Hartrax, of Albemarle-Street, who gathered it of — its.native Alps. : a Was cultivated by Mr. Mriuza, in 1731, Ait. Kew. and _ moft probably long before that period by Parxinson, who- gives a figure and accurate defcription of it in his Parad. ter refiris. sors os Ene a oe r oa “ $ ‘ ve him £ dwar dr dad, 5, Ws by Wl urter SO Geo Crefient- Aug. 7 "G3 Sanforn,S cbf E #7]. | OxaLis Caprina. -Goar’s-Foor : Woop Sorreu. : ©) RBH enaninbiiaarae Ee CB and Order. = DecANDRIA PENTAGYNIA. Generic Chara&er. Cal. 52phyllus, Petala unguibus connexa, Cap/. angulis de hifcens, 5-gona. s ee Specific Charaéter and Synonyms. _ OXALIS caprina f{capis umbelliferis, foliis .ternatis glab = floribus ereétis, Thunb. Oxalis,.n.11. Lina. 8 Vegetab. ed. 14. Murr. p. 433. OXALIS Pes Capre {capo umbellifero, foliis ternatis fub “ bipartitis apice fubtus callofis. Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. “aes Pa Olas : — _ OXALITS bulbofa pentaphylla et hexaphylla, floribus magnis : _ luteis et copiofis, Burm. Afr. 80. t. 29. et t. 28 J. 3- _The Cape of Good-Hope, that moft fertile fource of curic and beautiful plants, affords numerous {pecies of Wood So and, among others, the prefent one, which is diftinguifhed fo the largenels of its bloffoms; they are of a fine yellow colour, _ and, when expanded by the influence of the fun, make a ver ~ conf{picuous figure in the green-houfe; it begins to fl early in April, and continues about two months in_ bloc many flowering ftems arifing from the fame root. This fpecies is of free growth, and increafes plentifully b bulbs, which are produced on the crown of the root, as wé . on'its fibres ; thefe, when the plant decays, fhould be tak _ up, and two or three of the largeft planted in the middle of 2 pot filled with a mixture of bog earth and rotten leaves, well _ mecorporated; towards winter, the pots fhould be placed - the green-houfe, or in a frame fo fecured as perfectly | out froft. : = Ges : - Was cultivated by Mr, Mixuzn, in 1757, dit, Kew Pubs by Wo Curtis 5 Geo: Crofeent Aug: 1.1793. JB wards ded PS anfom sale [ 238 J Senecio ELecans. Purpte GRrounpselL, ver RAGWORT:=° - ..., oe ~-Clafs and Order. — SYNGENESIA PoLyGAMIA SUPERFLUA. Generic Charaer. Recept. nudum. Pappus fimplex. Cal, cylindricus, calyculatus, - Squamis apice {phacelatis. \ Specific Chara&er and Synonyms. x SENECIO elegans corollis radiantibus, foliis pinnatifidis zqua- — libus patentiflimis margine incraffato réecurvato. _ Linn. Syft. Vegetab. ed. 14. Murr. p. 7 7° SENECIO elegans corollis radiantibus, foliis pilofo-vifcidis pinnatifidis zqualibus patentiffimis, rachi inferne anguftata, calycibus hirtis. Ast Kew. v, 3+ p. 193- ASTER africanus annuus fenecionis foliis. Comm. Horte 2. p» 59 #. 30. . Linn us has given to this charming annual the name of _ elegans, on account of the great beauty of its flowers, the 2 florets of the radius being of a moft brilliant purple, and thofe — of the difk bright yellow; colours regarded as peculiar to this — plant, till the Sen. venuflus deferibed in the Hort. Kew. was | -difcovered and introduced here; it is a native of the Cape. and other parts of Africa, grows ufually to the height of a footand — a half, or two feet; flowers from June to Augutt, grows readily, — requiring the fame treatment as. other annuals of the more nf tender kind; feedling plants raifed in the autumn in pots, and kept inthe green-houfe or under a frame during winter, will, — of courfe, flower much earlier than plants produced in thefpring. _ Within thefe few years, a variety of this Senecio with per- | fe€tly double flowers, equally brilliant as thofe of the fingle — kind, has been introduced, and is here figured ; this, from its _ fuperior beauty, is now cultivated, in preference to the fingle; there is double variety of it alfo with white flowers, which be- ing lefs fhewy is not fo much efteemed ; both of thefe are — raifed, and that readily, from cuttings, which as foon as well — rooted may be planted out in the open borders, where they — will be highly ornamental during moft of the fummer; as — young plants are moft defirable, we fhould take care to‘have 2 _ conftant fucceffion from cuttings regularly put in, and to pre- ferve pots of fuch in particular, in the green-houfe duri winter, for early blowing the enfuing fummer. a _ _ The fingle fort was cultivated here, by Cyarzes Dusol Efgq. in the year 1700, Git. Kew, See es ook Cre re Ma ree el ee i tee re N38 tub by Wtertr S Ceo: Crofeent Sep 1 1999S Edwards dod i Sanforn Se. [ Sd AmARYLLIs ATAMaSco. ATAMASCO LILY: si de dick i dediakei si dada daa Cla/s and Order. HixAnprid MonocyYntas Generic Charaéfer. 3 Cor. hexapetaloidea, irregulatis. Filamenta fauci tubi inferta, declinata, ineequalia proportione vel direttione. Linn. Fil. eg EOE ie Sr AeA es ee ceed te) yh Oe. eee Specific Character and Synonyms. : AMARYLLIS Aiama/co f{patha bifida acuta, flore pedicellato, — , corolla campanulata fubéquali ereéta bafi breve tubulofa, ftaminibus declinatis gequali- bus. Linn. Fil. Ait. Kew. p. 416. a AMARYLLIS Atama/co fpatha uniflora, corolla equali, pif- tillo declinato. Linn. Spec. Pl. cd 3. p. 420. LILIO-NARCISSUS Indicts pumilus monanthus albus foliis ; anguftiflimis Atamafco di€tus: Moris. ee on One. 13. 9: 966. t, dg. : LILIO-NARCISSUS virginienfis. Cate/b. Carol. 9. ps 122 f 12. oes a LILIO-NARCISSUS liliflorus éardlinianus flore albo fingu- Jari cum rubedine diluto. Pluk. Almi £20. t. 49. fi 3: a The Amaryllis Atamafco is a native of Virginia and Caros lina, in which countries it grows very plentifully in the fields — and woods, where it makes a beautiful appearance when it is in flower, which isin the fpring. The flowers of this fortare produced fingly, and at their firft appearance have a fine — Carnation colour on theit outfide, but this fades away toa pale or almoft white before the flowers decay. This plant is fo hardy as to thrive in the open air in England, provided the roots are planted * in a warm fituation and on a dry foil; it~ may be propagated by offsets from thé roots, which they put out pretty plentifully, efpecially if they are not tranfplanted oftner than once in three years. Miller's Di. eG _ It is ufual with the Nurferymen about London to keep this — - plant in the greenhoufe, where it flowers about the end of | April. | Zeeks : a Mr. Cuarres Harton cultivated here in 1680, Ait, Kews on the authority of Morison. oe “Crayon in Grovov. Fl. Virg, fays maddidis gaudet locis, it delights te grow in wet places. — ib. by Corts SCuo:Crofcent sSop. 7. 1798 i altos 5 Ps ls we have feen a few inftances, ‘there is generally one perfeé and four abortive, frequently all of them fail; the bloffoms vary in the number of their ftamina, four are moft ufually apparent, _ three faperior, and that very conftantly, one inferior and often two, we have never obferved feven, -the proper number of fertile ftamina in a Pelargonium: the. whole plant is covered with fhort white hairs which give to the foliage a fomewhat ° filvery hue. z Inftances have occurred in which one or more of the whit petals have had a ftripe of red in them, and we have obferved _ that the dark colour at the bafe of the uppermoft petals is, in a certain degree, foluble in water, for on the plants being watered the white petals have here and there become ftained by the colouring matter proceeding from it, and which, in a diluted flate, is of a purplifh tint’: as the flowers decay, this apparently black part, diftinguifhed by the roughnefs of its furface, arifing from prominent lucid points, and which effentially diftinguifh the {pecies, is fometimes perforated with numerous {mall holes, _ Mr. Masson, who is employed to colleé& plants at the Cape, for the Royal Garden at Kew, and in which employment he fo honourably acquits himfelf, as the Hortus Kewenfis bears ample - teftimony, fent hither feeds of this Pelargonium, which flow- ‘ered in that matchlefs colleGtion in the year 1792; a few plants of it have alfo been raifed from Cape feeds, by Mr. WiLtiams, - Nurferyman, at Hammerfmith, fome of which flowered this {pring with Mr. Corvitt, Nurferyman, Kings-Road. : It muft be feveral years before the lovers of plants can be “generally gratified with the poffeffion of this plant, moft of its. branches running out fpeedily into flowering ftalks, form few proper for cuttings, which are ftruck with difficulty, and per- feét feeds are fparingly produced. We ss It appears to. be equally hardy as moft others of the fame tribe, and-to require a {imilar treatment, PELARGONIUM TRICOLOR. THREE~ CoLourED Crane’s-BiLL. Cla/s and Order. MonabDevpHia HepTanpRiIas Generic Chara@er. ; Cal. 5-partitus: lacinia fuprema definente in tubulum capilla- rem, neGariferum, fecus pedunculum decurrentem. Cor, 5-petala, irregularis. Filamenta 10, inequalia: quorum 3 (raro 5) caltrata, Fru€tus 5-coccus, roftratus: roftra fpiralia, introrium barbaia. L’ Herit. Geran. Specific Charaéter and Synonyms. PELARGONIUM fricolor petalis. duobus fuperioribus pungtis : prominulis lucidis ad bafin feabris. _The Pelargonium tricolor, a fpecies perfeftly new, in point ‘ef beauty is thought to eclipfe all that have hitherto been .— introduced to this Country ; its bloffoms are certainly the moft fhewy, in a colleétion of plants they are the firft to atiraé the: -eyé, the two uppermoft petals are of a beautiful red, having. their bafes nearly black, the three lowermoft are whire, hence its name of tricolor ; this peculiarity of colour joined to their form, has induced fome to fancy a fimilarity betwixt its flowers and thofe of the, Heartseafe: to the bloffoms of the Laihyrus articulates in point of colour, they bear alfo a diftant refem- blance. = oe In our eagernels to lay before the public this ftriking novelty, we may poflibly omit fome circumftances relative to its hiftory and treatment, which future experience may develope, they will not, however, we truft be very material; the plants which we have had an opportunity of feeing have fcarcely exceeded a foot in height, growing up with a fhrubby ftem, and expand- a8 widely into numerous flowering branches, unufually difpofed to produce flowers in a conftant fucceffion, fo that — during moft of the fummer the plant is loaded with a profufion — of bloom; thefe flowers for the moft part go off without being followed by any feed, and when any feed is produced, of _ a . rs y is = a) Pteardeme? F Sayin Jf wey LWe Es W nels ons by cme: Sep. +. i; Cu é WE oe : | [ sit ] - Faconia CRETICA. CRETIAN FAGONIAs AR eae ae ae ese se ae ak eae ak Te a8 ae ae a Cla/s ail Order. Decanpria MonocyNias Pe Generic Charafer. - Cal. &- -phyllus. Petala 5, cordata. Cap/.'5- locularis, 10-Valvisi loculis 1-fpermis. Specific Charaéter aitd Synonyms. FAGONIA cretica {pinofa, foliolis lanceolatis planis levibus. ; Linn. Sp. Pl. cd 3. p. 553.. Mant. -p. 380. Lina. Sy. Vegetab. ed.14. Murr. 2 401. Ait. Kew. v. 1. p. 62. 7 TRIFOLIUM feinotin Creticum. Clu/. Hiff. 2. .p. 24a. J | Bauh. Pin. p. 330. FAGONIA cretica fpinofa, Tourn. Inf. p. 66. aeeree is the firft gohan who has defcribed and figured this plant, he is very minute in his defcription of it, noticing the exaé& number of its ftamina; it is the more furprifing, therefore, that he fhould have fo little idea of generic charac- ter, as to rank it with the trefoils merely from the form of its leaves: Tournerort, born to illuftrate the genera of plants, named it Fagonia, in honour of his friend and_ patron, Monf. Facon, privy counfellor and Bec phyfician to Lewis XIV. _ This fpecies is a native of the ifland of Candia, and was cultivated here by Mr. Mittens in 17393 it is an annual, and as it does not perfeé its feeds with us in the open air, unlefs in very favourable feafons, it is ufually treated as @ _ green-houfe plant, its feeds fhould be fown in the autumn, it thereby flowers earlier, and ripe feeds are with more ce tainty obtained. It bloffoms from June to A _ _ The plant from which our drawing ‘Das made, aevined this - feafon in the very rich colleétion of Mefirs. Lez and Kinnen¥s -Hammerfmith. | Its branches are. ufually procumbent, about a foot in le and require, if the plant be kept ina pot, to be tied to. Fub by We Curtis SO Cea:trofient Oct: h 1703, SE dwardr dat LL ange fuebp ee ee Veronica Decussata. Cross-Leav’p SPEEDWELL. HRS H na neuen iba Clafs and Order. ~Dianpria Monocynia. 7 : Generic Charafer. oo A Cor. limbo 4-partito: lacinia infima anguftiore. Cap/.e-locus laris apice émarginata, : \ Specific Charaéer and Synonyms. ; VERONICA decuffata Spicis terminalibus paniculatis, foliis oblongis integerrimis levigatis coriaceis, caule : : fruticofo. Ait. Kew. v. 1. p. 20. e VERONICA decuffata floribus racemofis axillaribus, foliis oo ovalibus decuffatis integerrimis. Moench. — Weiffenfein. p. 137. Linn. Syff. Nat. tom. 2. ed.13. Gmel. p. 30. | The plant here reprefented, is a native of Falkland’s Ifland, — and was introduced to this country by Dr. Foruercitt, about the year 1776; if permitted to grow, it will become a buthy fhrub of a confident ble fize: it has been chiefly ad-_ mired for the unufual and regular growth of its leaves, which are ever-green, and grow thickly on the branches, crofs-wile, affording an excellent example of the folia decuffita; but it is entitled to our admiration on another account, its bloffoms have a moft delicious fragrance (fimilar to that of the Olea Jragrans) not mentioned by authors, and we believe fcarcely known, having never heard it fpoken of by thofe who have — cultivated the plant; its flowers, which are white, are pro- duced on the tops of the branches, which, however, they do — not ftriétly terminate, but ufually grow out jut below th fummits, on fhort racemi; the corolla is fometimes divided into five fegments, and there is a greater equality in the feg- ments than is ufually found-in the flowers of the Veronica, the feed-vellel differs alfo in its form, being longer, more oval, and {carcely emarginate; thefe feveral deviations from the ftruétu -of the Veronica genus, joined to the fragrance of the bloffoms ‘of this plant, induce us to think, that it has more affinity with the Olea above mentioned. 6 ~ ae _ Cultivators complain, that it does not blow freely ; without any peculiarity of treatment, it flowers with us every year, ‘ about the middle of June; it is one of the more hardy gree houfe plants, which is ufually and readily increafed by cutting fas Nye ” Fab, by. WChrasr So CGeo: Crefeent Wee. ft, 993 sft EBdwardr del Sany m JC. : eS: _Charaéier. 2 Cor. 6-petala. Cal. 3-phyllus. Cap/. femivalvis, _ Specific Charafler and Synonyms, ARGEMONE mexicana capfulis fexvalvibus, foliis fpinofis, aS Linn, Syft. Vegetab. ed.14. Murr. p. 499. = ; Ait, Kew. v, 2. p. 225. PAPAVER fpinofum. Cluf. Hift. 2. p. 93. . -CARDUUS chryfanthemus ‘Peruanus. The Golden Thiftle of - Peru. Ger. Herb. p. 993. This {pecies of Argemone is a native of Mexico, and the — Weft-Indies, where we fhould fuppofe it to be a very common and noxious weed, from the name there given it of Fico del in-_ Jerno, or the Devil’s Fig: it has long been introduced to this — country ; Gerarp, who cultivated it with fuccefs, ludicroufly : attributes its nickname to a different fource: “ The golden “ Thiftle of Peru, called in the Weft-Indies, Fique del inferno. _ © a friend of mine brought it unto me from an iland there, called — “ Saint Johns Iland, among other feedes, what reafon the inha- “ bitants there have to call it fo it is unto me unknown, unlefs * it be bicaufe of his fruite, which doth much refemble a figge *‘in fhape and bigneffe, but fo full of fharpe and venemous — * prickles, that whofoever had one of them in his throte, doubt- _ * Jefs it would fend him packing either to heaven or to hell.” __ MILLER mentions it as a plant of no great ufe or beauty, 12 _ the latter point of view’Ciusius, who was one of the firft to. figure and defcribe it, and Gerarp, thought differently; it foliage is certainly beautiful, fomewhat like that of the ml thiftle, its bloffoms are large and fhewy, though not of Jong duration; like the Celandine, the_whole plant abounds with yellow juice, which flows out when it is wounded; it differ from the poppy, to which it is nearly related, in having 4 _ calyx of three leaves, - 2 ae ee See _ Though a native of a very warm climate, itis cultivated with as much facility as any annual whatever; in the gardens aD ‘London, where it has once grown, and fcattered its feeds, comes up fpontaneoufly every fpring, flowers in July an Auguift, and ripens its feeds in September; thefe are large fomewhat round, of a black colour, with a beautiful furface 2 light rich foil and warm fituation fuits it bef. | : [ 244 J: - Ipoma@a Quamocuiit. Whincep Leav’p , IpomMaa. | I, sie, ale, aie, sie se. ste, ale. ate, sie, cle, sie, ale, ate. sis, ale, ale sek ES IE HE HE TE HE BE ME HS ISIE EE EE Cla/s and Order. PeEnTANDRIA MoONOGYNIA, Generic Charager. Corolla infundibuliformis. Stigma capitato-globofum. Cap/. 3-locularis. 231 Fumaria folida. 232 ———— cava. 227 Helianthus multiforu - 221 Ipomoea coccinea, 244 —— Quamoclit, 234 Linum arboreum. 225 Lobelia furinamenfis. aXe a od Whe eRe ae atteate ate ale ate ele ate ae ake ate ake 2293 Lychnis coronata. 295 Lobelia’ fhrubby. 219 Michauxia campanuloidegs 223 Lychnis chinefe. ae 250 Myrtus tomentofa, 219 Michauxia rough-leaved. 237 Oxalis caprine = = 4 236 Mullein borage-leaved. 240 Pelargonium tricolor, — ¢ 250 Myrtle woolly-leaved. 224 Phylica ericoides. | § 248 Periwinkle Madagafcar. _ 230 Plumbago rofea Ss @ 224 Phylica heath-leaved. - 999 Primula‘acaulis fl. pl, carneo. 4 243 Poppy prickly. ‘= Scabiofa Rerae ; 229 Primrofe lilac double. ‘ - 998 Senecio elegans. > # 298 Rag wort purple. fe Struthiola wed. @ 247 Scabious fweet. 245 Teucrium lJatifolium, 4 242 Speedwell crofs-Jeaved. 235 Trollius afiaticus @ 209 Struthiola fmooth. 248 Vinca rofea, ° ‘ 997 Sunflower perennial. t 236 Verbafcum Myconi. | ’ * 226 Wall-crels alpine. 242 Veronica decuffata "237 Wood-forrel goat’s-foot, Me as < ok ee :. Boranicat Macazing; OR, | -Flower-Garden Difplayed : IN WHICH + The moft Ornamental Fors1¢n Pranrts, cultivated in the Open. Ground, the Green-Houfe, and the Stove, are ac- curately reprefented in their natural Colours. : TO WHICH ARE ADDED, _. ‘Their Names, Clafs, Order, Generic and Specific Charaéters, according : to the celebrated Linn.2us; their Places of Growth, ~ and Times of Flowering: Ape. TOGETHER WITH THE MOST APPROVED METHODS OF CULTURE. A MeO RK: Intended for the Ufe of fuch Lapizs, GentLeMen, and GARDENERS, as ’ with to become fcientifically acquainted with the Plants they cultivate. By WILLIAM CURTIS, anal ~ Author of the Frora LonpineNsis. eens ' VOL. VIL é ¢¢ Much I love © To fee the fair one bind the ftraggling pink, ** Cheer the fweet rofe, the lupin, and the ftock, “ And lend a flaff to the ftill gadding pea. . Ye fair, it well becomes you. Better thus _ ** Cheat time away, than at the crowded rout, ** Ruftling in filk, in‘a {mall room, clofe-pent, ** And heated e’en to fufion; made to breathe “* A rank contagious air, and fret at whift, ** Or fit afide to {neer and whifper fcandal.” _ 7 ; Vitrace Curate, py 54s LOND 0 N: . PRINTED BY STEPHEN COUCHMAN, For W. CURTIS, N® 3, St. George’s-Crefeent, Black-Friars-Road ; And Sold by the principal Bookfellers in Great-Britain and Ireland, M DCC XCIV,. : # , [ 253 ] | Latruyrus ARTICULATUS. JOINTED= | - PoppEep LaTuyrus. | Clafs and Order. Diapvereur1a DECANDRIA. Generic Charafer. ~ Stylus planus, fupra villofus, fuperne latior. Ca/. lacinie fu- periores 2-breviores. . - — Specific Charaéter and Synonyms. LATHYRUS articulatus pedunculis fubunifloris, cirrhis poly- phyllis; foliolis alternis. Linn. Syft. Veg. ed. 14. Murr. p. 662. Ait. Kew. v. 2. p. 41. oa _ CLYMENUM hifpanicum, flore vario, filiqua articulata. - Tourn. Inft. 396. : LATHYRUS hifpanicus, pedunculis bifloris, cirrhis polyphyl-° lis fofiolis alternis. Mill, Did. ed. 6. 4to. The feed-veffels are of the firft importance in afcertaining the feveral {pecies of Lathyrus, fome being naked, others hairy, . fome long, others fhort, fome having a {mooth and perfectly — even furface, others, as in the prefent inftance, affuming.an uneven or jointed appearance. Le : Of this genus we have already figured three annual fpecies, — common in flower-gardens, viz. odoratus, iingitanus, and fa-— tivus ; to thefe we now add the articulatus, not, altogether fo — _ frequently met with, but meriting a place on the flower-border, as the lively red and delicate white fo confpicuous in its blof- foms, caufes it to be much admired. It is a native of Italy, and was cultivated at the Chelfea — Garden, in the time of Mr. Ranp, anno 1995. 3 : It is a hardy annual, requiring fupport, and rarely exceed- — ing the height of two feet, flowering in July and Auguft, and — is readily raifed from feeds, which fhould be fown in the open border at the beginning of April. ee : - : _ Pub by We Curtis 8° Gee Crefeent Feb. 1 1904 Kdwards dl Nanforn revi : y / ———— oe Lab by Wo Curtis ae Geo: Crefeent Feb }. V7. Edwards del sane seule t ‘ ; ; | a tag 29 Asiib.: bos Lopezra Racemosa. MEXICAN Lopezia. . Cla/s and Order. * - Monanpria Monoeynta. ; Generic Chara€fer. _ Cal. 4-phyllus.. Cor. irregularis, pentapetala, duo fuperiora . 4 . ° ‘ ‘ geniculata, quintum inferne declinatum, plicatum, ungue’ arcuata. : sf a ce eee Specific CharaGer and Synonyms. . LOPEZIA racemofa caule herbaceo ramofo; foliis alternis | ah ovato-lanceolatis, ferratis; floribus racemofis. — wis Cavanilles Ic. et defer. Pl. i” ee , ‘Some plants have a claim on our attention for their utility, fome for their beauty, and fome for the. fingularity of their ftru€ture, and the wonderful nature of their ceconomy ; in the laft clafs we'muft place the prefent plant, the flowers of which We recommend to the examination of fuch of our readers as May have an opportunity of feeing them; to the philofophic Mind, not captivated with mere fhew, they will afford a moft _ licious treat. 5 ase We firft faw this novelty in flower, towards the clofe of the year 1792, at the Apothecaries Garden, Chelfea, where Mr. Fatrsatrn informed me, that he had that feafon raifed. feveral plants of it from feeds, communicated by Dr. J. E. 2MiTH, who received them from Madrid, to which place they | Were fent from South-America, and where the plant as — onf. Cavaniuie informs us, grows {fpontaneoully near Mexico, In O&ober 1793, we. had the pleafure of feeing __ this plant again in bloffom in the aforefaid garden, raifed frome ce Veiea 7 ea g feeds which ripened there the preceding year, but unfortunately from the latenefs of their flowering, and the very great injury the plants had fuftained from the Cobweb Mite. (Acarus teliarius) vulgarly called the red Spider, there feemed little profpea that the feed-veffels would arrive at perfection. | The feeds were fown by Mr. Fairsparan, in March, and the plants kept in the green-houfe till very late in the fummer, - when to accelerate their blotving, they were removed into the dry ftave: it is worthy of remark, that thefe plants, even late in the autumn, fhew no figns of bloffoming, but the flowers at length come forth with almoft unexampled rapidity, and the feed-veffels are formed as quickly, fo that if the flowers were not very numerous, their bloffoming period would be of very fhort duration ; future experience may perhaps point out the means of making the plant blow earlier: in Spain, the blof- foms appeared later than here, Monf. Cavanrixe obferved | them in the Royal Garden, in November and December, moft: probably in fhe open ground, as no mention is made of the plants having been preferved from the weather. It was not till long after our defcription was taken, that we had an oportunity of feeing Monf. Cavanitye’s moft accu- _ rate and elegant work, above quoted, in which this plant is. ~firft figured and deferibed ; we have {clefted the moft effential parts of his generic charafter, and: adopted his fpecific defcrip- tion: there is one point, however, in which we differ from him; the part which he regards as the fifth Petal, we are in- _ clined to confider rather as that indefcribable fomething; called by Linn aus the Ne@ary, it is indeed of little moment whether we call it a Petal ora Neétary, but there are feveral reafons why, ftriétly fpeaking, we cannot regard it as a Petal: in ge- neral the number. of Petals correfpond with the number of : the leaves of the Calyx, thofe of the latter are four ; the bafe of this Ne@ary originates deeper than the claws of the Petals, fpringing in fa@ fromthe fame part as the Filament, its ftruc-~ ture, efpecially the lower part of it, ‘is evidently different from that of the Petals, correfponding indeed as nearly as” poffible Oe _ with that of the bafe of the filament.—Vid. Drscer. oe _ Monf. Cavaniuxe was induced sto call this plant Lopexia, in compliment to Tu. Lopez, a Spaniard*. oa: _ . * In honorem Licent. Taoms Lopez, Burgenfis, qui aliquot annos Regii Senatoris munere funétus in America, Caroto V. imperante, In patriam Te — verfus breviariam hiftoriz natoralis novi orbis feripfit fab. titulo de tribus eles” mentis Sacre, aqua, et terra; MS, apud eundem Mugnozium. a . ' "DESCRIPTION oF tus LOPEZIA, » ROOT annual. STALK five or fix feet iets, Mes feretot alifiot: to the ii. fquare, of a deep red colour, fmooth towards the bottom, flightly hairy above: Branches like the ftalk. _ LEAVES alternate, ovate, pointed, toothed on the edges, more fo on the larger leaves, flightly befet with foft hairs; veins “prominent on the under fide, ufually running parallel to each other and . unbranched: Leaf 3 2 fialks Wraity. 89" © F FLOWERS numerous, ee ie’ alee of the leaves, growing irregularly on hairy leafy” racemi, ftanding on long {lender peduncles, which hang down’as the feed-veffels are produced® in this and fome others of its charaéters, the plant fhews fome affinity to the Circea: CALYX: a Perianthium of four leaves, fitting on the Ccbade leaves narrow, concave, réddith, with green tips, the lowermoft one widely feparated from the others, and — | placed immediately under the Ne€tary, fig. 1. ‘ COROLLA four Petals of a pale red colour, forming in their mode of growth the upper half of a circle, the two - uppermoft linear, of a deeper colour near the apex, . jointed below the middle, with a fmall green gland | on each joint, ftanding on fhort round foot-ftalks, — which are hairy when magnified, the two fide Petals nearly orbicular with long narrow claws, the part be- | tween the bafe of the Petal and the claw. of a deeper red or crimfon, fig. 2. NECTARY fituated below the Petals, perfe€lly white, fome- what ovate, the fides folding.together, before the flower ~~ fully expands, nearly upright, embracing and contain- ing within it the Piftillum and Stamen, on touching it ever fo flightly with the point of a pin, ‘while in this ftate, it fuddenly fprings back and quits the Piftillum, - the lower elaftic part of it is then bent in the form -reprefented in a magnified view of the flower on the plate, fig. 4. this curious phcenomenon has not been noticed by CAVANILLE. STAMEN : Filament one, tapering and very flender jut Felon _' the Anthera, arifing from the fame part as (and placed oppofite to the bafe of) the Nettary the lower part of - it broader, fomewhat flefhy, cartilaginous, and of the _ fame nature as the inferior part of the Neétary, witha _ : groove as that has on the infide, fo that before the Aywer : ~ rs ¢ . flower expands, the bafes of each are like two half tubes, the fides of whieh, nearly touching each other, wholly enclofe the Piftillum; as the fruétification goes forward, the Filament, endowed alfo with an elaftic power, bends back foon after the flower is open, betwixt the two upper- moft Petals, and becomes invifible to an inattentive ob- ferver; the Anthera, which is large, is at firft yellow, and afterwards dark brown, fig. 5. PISTILLUM : Germen below the Calyx, round, fmooth, and PERI green; Siyle filiform, white, length of the Filament ; Stigma forming a {mall villous head, fig. 6. in fome of the flowers the Piftillum appears imperfe@, being much fhorter than ufual, and wanting the Stigma, perhaps fuch have not acquired their full growth, fig. 6. | CARPIUM (from Cavaniutz) a round Cap/ule, of four cells, and four valves, the cells many-feeded. SEEDS very minute, ovate, affixed to a four-cornered re- ceptacle. = [ 4255.6] . om 'Cytisus SEssiLiroLius. SgEssiLe-Leav’p, or ComMMON Cytisus.. - | | HBS HSS A HReRHSek Clafs and Order. = * DYADELPHIA DECANDRIA, | °° ee Generic Charager. Cal, 2-labiatus: 3 Legumen bafi attenuatum. ae Specific Charaéer and Synonyms. CYTISUS jefilifolius racemis ere&tis, calycibus braftea tri- ____ plici, foliis floralibus feflilibus. Linn. Sy, Vegetab. ed. 14. Murr. p. 666. Ait. Kew. v. 2. p. 50. CYTISUS glabris foliis fubrotundis, pediculis breviflimis. . _. Baub. Pin. p. 390. < ae ges _CYTISUS vulgatior, the common Tree Trefoile. Park. Parad. oo p. 440. : : 4 The term /efilifolius has been given to this fpecies of Cytifus, becaufe the leaves are for the moft part feffile, that is fit clofe to the branche’, without any or very fhort foot-ftalks; fuch — they are at leaft on the flowering branches when the fhrub is in bloffom, but at the clofe of the fummer they are ‘no longer — fo, the leaves acquiring very evident footftalks. | ‘It isa native of the more fouthern parts of Europe, and though in point of fize and elegance it cannot vie with its kindred Laburnum, it is a deciduous fhrub of confiderable beauty, rarely exceeding the height of five or fix feet, and producing a great profufion of bright yellow flowers, which continue in bloffom a long while; they make their appearance in May and June, and are ufually fucceeded by feed-veffels which produce ripe feeds, by thefe the plant is readily pro> pagated. ee _It is one of the moft common fhrubs we have, as well as one of the oldeft inhabitants of our fhrubberies, being mentioned _ by Parxinson in his Parad. Terrefris, 2 ee ae Lub. by Wo Curts SOE Sf Ceo. Crefeent Feb.+ 17; : G4 Eo Awerds fam “rene L256 J 1 © Ix1a Loncirrora. Lone-FLower’a at X 1A, X > HH Ssiniduk bea dope Be. re ; : . “ , ~ NN Gla/s and Order. ° . TRrANDRIA MoNnocyNIA, * ~~ Generic Charaer. Gor. 6-partita, campanulata, regularis, Stigmata 3. Hort. Kew. this {pecies was int ¢ ae ee ate froft, th Lub by i Ganliz Stew: Crefient Mar. / 1794. Ot es eee ae LycunisCHALceponica. ScarLet Lycunis, : Cla/s and Order, Decanpria PENTAGYNIA, - Generic Charaéer. €al, 1-phyllus, oblongus, levis. Petala g-unguiculata. Linbe fub-bifido, Cap/. 5-locularis, : ‘Specific Charader and Synonyms. - LYCHNIS chalcedonica floribus fafciculatis faftigiatis, Linn, Syft. Vegetab, ed, 14. Murr. p. 435. Ait. Kew. - VU. 2. p. 16. . LYCHNIS hirfuta flore coccineo major. Baxh. Pin. 203. FLOS Conftantinopolitanus, Dod. Pempt.178. 5: LYCHNIS chalcedonica flore fimplici miniato. Single Nonfuch, ~ or Flower of Briftow or Conftantinople. Parkinf. — Parad. 253. : The Scarlet Lychnis appears to have been a great favourite with Parkinson, he calls it a glorious flower, and in a wooden print of him prefixed to his Paradifus Terrefiris, we "fee him reprefented with a flower of this fort in his hand of — the double kind. It grows fpontaneoufly in moft parts of Ruffia, and is one | _of our moft hardy perennials. Soe i: _ The extreme brilliancy of its flowers renders it a plant, in its fingle ftate highly ornamental ; when doubie, its beauty is _ heightened, and the daration of it increafed. It flowers in June and July. | . a The fingle fort may be increafed by parting its roots im ~ autumn, but more abundantly by feeds, which fhould be fown _ in the {pring ; the double fort may alfo be increafed by di- -Viding its roots, but more plentifully by cuttings of the ftalk, — put in in June, before the flowers make their appearance; in firiking of thefe, however, there requires fome nicety, = This plant is found to fucceed bet in a rich, loamy, foil: and certain diftri&ts have been found to be more favourable — to its growth than others, . E te A white and a pale red variety of it in its fingle ftate were — nown to Ciusius, and fimila¥ varieties of the double kind are faid to exift; it is of little moment whether they do or nots as every variation in this plant from a bright {carlet is in eveTy fenfe of the word a.degeneracy,, Le ee Lub: by We Curtis, 5" Ceo. Creftent Har 11794. eam te | [ 258 J ~CoronitLa Varta. Purpte Coronitia, TEAR EIE IE Hea aes cede ak ae ae ae ae ale Clafs and Order. - Diapétpnta DecanprRia, ee Generic Charaéfer. : Cal. 2-labiatus: 4: dentibus fuperioribus connatis. Vesillum vix alis longius. Legumen ifthmis interceptum. Specific Character and Synonyms. CORONILLA varia herbacea, leguminibus ere€tis teretibus torofis numerofis, foliolis plurimis glabris, — Linu. Sy/}. Vegetab. ed. 14. Murr. p.670. Ait. Kew. v. 3. p. 59. 5 Be - SECURIDACA dumetorum major, flore vario, filiquis artis —a culatis. Baub, Pin. p. 349. SECURIDACA II. altera fpecies. Cluj. Hift. 2. cexxxvijs The greater joynted Hatchet Vetch. Park. Theat. p- 1088. Crustus, in his work above referred to; informs us that — he found this plant growing wild in various parts of Germany, - _ In meadows, fields, and by road fides, that it flowered in June, _tometimes the whole fummer through, and ripéned its feeds in July and Auguft ; the bloffoms-he found fubje& to mich vas ‘Tiation of colour, being either deep purple, whitifh, or even — wholly white: Cas. Baunine notices another variety, Mm Which the alz are white. and the roftrum purple; this variety, which we have had the honour to receive from the Earl of i Ecre MONT is the moft defirable one to cultivate in gardens, — as If 1s more ornamental than the one wholly purple, moft commonly met with in the nurferies, and correfponds alfo _ better with its name of varia; it is to be noted however that ~ _ this variety of colour exifts only in the young bloffoms. _ The Coronilla varia is a hardy, perennial, herbaceous _ Plant, climbing, if fupported, to the height of four or five feet, | _ otherwife {preading widely on the ground, and frequently ine — juring lefs robuft plants growing near it; on this account, as na well as from its having powerfully creeping roots whereby it greatly increafes, though a pretty plant, and flowering during — moft of the fummer, it is not to be introduced without caul> tion, and is rather to be placed in the fhrubbery, or outfkirts — of the garden, than in the flower border. 7 Se It will grow in any foil or fituation, but bloffoms and feeds moft freely in a foil moderately dry. © ae eee Parkinson in his Theater of Plants, mentions its being cultivated, as an ornamental plant. Att. Kew: (#7 ____ Its bitternefs, will be an objeétion to its being cultivated fi the ule of cattle, for which purpofe it has been recommer Pub. by W- Curtis S6 Geo. Crefeent. Mars gg ©" a | a Se ' Litrum Carespar. Cartessy’s Liny. ~Clafs and Order: | - - . Hexanpria Monocynia. - Generie Charaéter. « os . Gor. 6-petala campanulata: linea longitudinali ne¢ftarifera. - _ Cap/. valvulis pilo cancellato connexis. . _ aoe —-, Specific Charaéter and Synonyms. - ay LILIUM Cafe/bzi caule unifloro, petalis ereétis unguiculatis. Linn, Syft. Nat. ed. 19. Gmel. p. 548. oe LILIUM Caie/bei foliis fparfis, bipedali, flore unico ere@o, | we corolla campanulata, petalis unguibus anguftis lon- 3 gis. Walt. Fl. Carol. p. 123. a LILIUM Speéadile foliis fparfis; floribus folitariis ere@tiss : petalorum unguibus anguftis, alternis extus utrinque fulcatis, laminis revolutis. Salib. Ic. Stirp. rar. te 5+ a _ At the clofe of the year 1787, Mr. Rosert Squire, fent me from South-Carolina roots of the Lily here figured, many of which have fince flowered with various perfcns in thiskingdom. Carrssy in his Natural Hiftory of Carolina, gives a figure ~ and fhort account of it; Watrrer in his Flora Caroliniana defcribes it under the name of Lilium Catefbei; Mr. SALISBURY __ Inthe firft number of his very magnificent work, lately publifhed, ~ _ prefents us with a very highly finifhed likenefs of this lily, accom- — panied by a moft accurate and minute defcription of it, and judg- ing from fome appearances in Caressy’s figure, that it was not the Lilium Catcbei of Waxter, names it /pefabile ; but as we are aflured by Mr. Souiss, who affifted his friend WatTER: in his publication, that it was the lily figured by CarzsBy, we have continued the name given in honour of that Naturalift. Of the different Lilies cultivated in this country, this is to be numbered among the Jeaft, the whole plant when in bloom _ being frequently little more than a foot high; in its native foil it is deferibed as growing to the height of two feet; the ftalk is terminated by one upright flower, of the form and colour reprefented on the plate; we have obferved it to vary con- fiderably in the breadth of its petals, in their colour, and {pots. It flowers ufually in July and Auguft. : ee This plant may * raifed from feeds, or increafed by offsets, ~ - which, however, aremot very plentifully produced, nor is th plant to. be made grow in perfeétion without great @re, t -Foots in particular are to be guarded againft froft; the _. and fituation may be the fame as recommended for the 2 ‘men Coum. 3S 4. v, le i on i a zs a é NB Fuh. by We Curtes, S°C prefect Apr. A Tye eae [ 260 ] - METROSIDEROS CitRINA. -HArsH-LEAV’D — METROSIDEROS. | OS Glatt ang Order 2. - _ Icosanprra Monocynta, © Generic Charaffer. «.- Cal. g-dentatus, finu germen fovens. Petala 5, caduca. Stam. | difcreta, petalis multoties longiora, Cap/. 3-4 locularis, po- — lyfperma. Banks. Gariner. Specific Charafter and Synonyms. ge METROSIDEROS citrine foli s lineari-lanceolatis rigentibus. - Though many fpecies of this genus have been raifed from _ - feeds, brought within thefe few years from the South Seas, where they are faid to be very numerous; this is, we believe, _ the only one that as yet has flowered in this country: our drawing was made from a plant which bloffomed toward the clofe of laft fummer at Lord Cremoxnes, the root of which had been fent from Botany-Bay; previous to this period we -have been informed, that the fame fpecies flowered both at _ Kew and Sion-Houfe: as it is without difficulty raifed both from feeds and cuttings, young plants of it are to be feenin © not flower till they are at leaft five or fix years old. moft of the Nurferies near town; it would feem that they do Metrofideros is a name given originally by Rumputus in his _ _ Herb. Amboin to fome plants’ of this genus, the term applies to: the hardnefs of their wood, which by the Dutch is called "Yzerhout (Ironwood): Forster in his Gew. Pl. figures this and another genus on the fame plate, under the name of Lepio- . Jpermum ; SCHREBER in his edition of the Gen. Pl. of Lins n£us, unites Metrofideros, Melaleuca, Leptofpermum, and Fabri- cia, under the genus Melaleuca ; Gartner in his elaborate — work on the feeds of plants, makes feparate genera of thefe, _ agreeably to the ideas of Sir Josrpn Banxs and Mr. Dry- ANDER, who on this fubje& can certainly boaft the beft in- o formation. _ We cannot, without tranfgreffing the allotted limits of our letter-prefs, give a minute defcription of the plant figured> -. fuffice it to fay, that it is an ever-green fhrub, growing to the height of ffom four to fix or more feet, that its leaves on the eS old wood feel very harfh or rigid to the touch, and when _ bruifed give forth an agreeable fragrance, the flowers grow | {pikes on the tops of the branches, and owe their beauty whol} __ to the brilliant colour of the filaments. ee ET Lub. by We Curtis S! eo: Crefcent Apr Tyd Ret Me Beye nei r sn] -Eropium INCARNATUM. FLEsH-CoLourep CRANE’S-BILL. - ‘Cali and Order, Oe Le oh. ee MonADELPHIA PenTanpara. Generic CharaBer, Cal. echt Cor. 5-petala. Nec. Squamule 5 cum filamentis” alternantes; et glandule mellifera, bafi ftaminum infi- « dentes. Fruéfus 5-coccus, roftratus ; 3 roftra {fpiralia, intror- ‘eee barbata. L’ Herit. Geran. Specific Charaéer and Syeonyeis Fi : ! _ERODIUM incarnatum pedunculis paucifloris, foliis tripartitis Ys ternatifve trifidis f{cabris, caule fruticulofo. — L’Herit. n. 21. tab. 5. Ait. Kew. v. 2. P- 415+ vIUM incarnatum pedunculis bifloris, foliis tripartitis — trifidis glabris, pels integris, arillis glabris. ; Linn. Suppl. Pl. | ; incarnatum foliis inicifts quinquelobis punétatis a petiolis longiffimis, pedunculis trifloris, Cavamill, diff. 4. ene Vase eS e 4 n n the Soth number of this work we gave a figure of the = elargoninm tricolor, a plant very generally regarded as the. = oft beautiful of the genus; we now prefent our readers with és the reprefentation of an Erodium, which has to boaft nearly an _ equal fhare of admiration. ae This fpecies, as we learn from the Bivins Krivenfis; is a . “native of the Cape, and was introduced by. Mr. Masson in if _ the year 1787. , Its ufual time of Scwearinaks is July and Aug: 3; in chis point : it is inferior to the Pelargonium tricolor, which bloffoms oe ‘through the fpring as well as fummer months. a It produces feeds but {paringly ; cuttings of the ‘stare are ftruck with lefs difficulty than thofe of the Pelargonium above — mentioned, the famé treatment is applicable to both plants, they muft be regarded as green-houfe plants of the more tender kind, which are liable to be ‘detixeyed 3 in abe win feafon by a moitt ee desi Fa ie —— ag Lib by W. Curtes. §! Cee Crefeent A ipr. 7 Ty “Eat J | MesEMBRYANTHEMUM AUREUM Gotpen Fic-Marico.tp. Clafs-and. Order, IcosANDRIA PENTAGYNIA.« Generic Chara€er. ~ Cal. 5-fidus. ' Petala numerofa linearia. Capf. carnofa infera poly{perma. Le Specific Charaéer and Synonyms. MESEMBRYANTHEMUM aureum foliis cylindrico-trique- | oe tris pun@latis diftin&tis, piftillis atro purpurafcentibus. Linn. _ Sy ft. Nat. ed. 10. p. 1060. Ait, — Kew. v. 2. p. 190 . = a iF sg peo * It was firft defcribed in the 10¢b ed, of Linn. Sy/ft. Nat. and. afterwards inferted in the Hort. Kew. of Mr. Aiton, who in- forms us that itis a native of the Cape, and was cultivated by Mr. Mixxx, in the year 1750. Prof. Murray omits it ‘in his 12¢ ed. of the Syft. Vegetab. of Linn £us, as does Prof. GmeE tin in the laft edition of Linn. Syff. Nat. : ae The facility with which this tribe in general is increafed cuttings is well known; this is raifed as readily as the other eS | || Fuh. by W Curés S Geo € reftent Mary. ¢ “44. [ 263 a | a. Giycine Bimacutata. Purpite GLycine, KEREEREEREREEEE ag Clafs and Order. ; DiapEtpHia DecANDRIA. ; Generic Chara&er. : Z Cal. 2-labiatus. Corolle carina apice vexillum refle@tens. : Specific CharaGer. GLYCINE 4imaculata caule. volubili levi, foliis fimplicibus cordato-oblongis, racemis multifloris. = Of the many plants which within thefe few years have been : of an obvious charaéter in the flower: we might, ] have been juftified in altering the genus, as. its /c not appear to be peculiarly expreffive of a Glycin deed of any other genus in this numerous natural or It is raifed readily from feeds. 3 We think it highly probable, that in warm fheltered fituations, this climber might grow in the open ground ; to fuch as haye in abundance, we recommend them to make the experime NM 2b 3 Pub ¥ é. é i TE We 4 oe ? L; «© arifloris. * ree a i » _ The plant here figured, and very generally known tot _ Nurferymen, in the neighbourhood of London, by the name of Glycine rubicunda, is a native of New South-Wales, and was introduced to this country about the fame time as U Glycine bimaculata already figured. a oe It is a fhrubby, twining plant, running up to the height Toe five, fix, or more feet, producing bloffoms abundantly from April to June, which are ufually fucceeded by feed-vell which ripen their feeds with us. eee The flowers though large and fhewy, have a kind of dingy or lurid appearance, which greatly diminifhes their beauty- We have obferved the blofloms of fome plants more-brilliant ‘ than thofe of others, and we think it highly probable, that, _ fome future period, feminal varieties may be ‘obtained with - flowers highly improved in colour. 3 ee _ This fpecies is readily raifed from feeds, is of quick grow™ _ and may be regarded as one of our more hardy green-not _ plants: probably it may fucceed in the open air, if plant _a warm fituation, and fheltered in inclement feafons. _ \ ' NN 208 4 Pub. by WCurtis Seo. Croftent July t 794 ae [ 269 j OrnitHocaLum Nurans. NEAPOLITAN Star or BETHLEHEM. iS SS eS : Cla/s and Order. HEXANDRIA MoNoOGYNIA. Generic Chara&er. “4 } Cor. 6 petala, ereéta, perfiftens, fupra medium patens, Filamenta alterna bafi dilatata. — ; Specific Charaéer and Synonyms. oa ORNITHOGALUM uzutans floribus fecundis pendulis, nec- en ‘tario ftamineo campaniformi. Lina. + — _ Syft. Vegeta. ed. 14. Murr. p. 328. Ait. Kew. vv 1. P- 443- a ORNITHOGALUM exoticum magno flore minori innato. Bauh, Pin. p. 70. 2 ad ORNITHOGALUM Neopolitanum, the Starre-flower of 5. Sate g Naples. Park. Parad. p. 138. Pp» » 137. f. 8. Cluf. app. alt.p. 9. fg. Jo Authors have given to this fpecies of Ornithogalum the oe name of Neapolitan, following Ciustus by whom the plant 1s — figured and defcribed, and who fo called it, merely on recelv- ing it from Naples; it may perhaps be doubted whether it be originally a native of Italy. Prof. Jacgurn has figured it in his Flora Aujtriaca, the plant being common about Vienna, in _ garden-walks, under hedges, and in meadows, he does not however, from that circumftance, regard it as an original native there. Casp. Bauurn informs us that Honorivs Bex fent it him from Crete under the name of Phalangium, ~~ leaving its true habitat to be fettled more precifely hereafter, we fhall obferve, that it is one of thofe plants which fc accommodate themfelves to any country; producing a numerous progeny both from roots and feeds, and by no means nice a to foil or fituation ; it is not long before it becomes a weed I the garden, from whence it is apt like the Hyacinthus racemofu- already figured, to pafs into the field or meadow. ec. Its flowers, which if not beautiful are fingular and delicat _ make their appearance towards the end of April, they are of - long duration, feldom continuing above a fortnight, and are ceeded by feed-veffels which produce abundance of ripe feed, _. which, as well as by its bulbs, the plant may be increafed. _ In the Horius Kewenfis it is fet down as a Greenhoule p! one of the rare errors which occur in that moft ufeful we ee ok Gtycine Coccinea. SCARLET GLYCINE. - ‘ Jee bHnbbbe Cla/s and Order. | oe es DiapELPHIA DECANDRIA, Generic CharaGer. : 3 2 : ; } : Cal. 2-labiatus. Corolle carina apice vexillum refleGens. - Specific Charaffer. - GLYCINE coccinea foliis ternatis, foliolis fubrotundis es undulatis, ‘ Secs - We here prefent our readers with another Glycine, very lately raifed by feveral perfons in the neighbourhood of Lon- 2) don from Botany-Bay feeds, and which we have called _. coccinea from the colour of its bloffoms. : : It is a fhrubby, climbing plant, which, if fupported, flowers on its pendant branches; the leaves, which grow thre together, are nearly round, and, in the older ones efpecially, are crimped or curled at the edges; the flowers grow for the m part in pairs, are of a glowing fcarlet colour, at the bafe 0 the carina fomewhat inclined to purple, the bottom of the vexillum is decorated with a large yellow fpot, verging to gr _ which adds much to the beauty of the flower. © ene _ It bloffoms from April to June, and appears to be fully 4 ‘much difpofed to produce feed veffels, and perfeét f€eds, 2 the rubicunda, and by which alone it has hitherto be propagated. = 4 ; ee We mutt rank it among the more tender green-houfe p Pah. by Wo Curtes S Ceo: Crefient Suly f 744 : | Cg Cyrrantuus ANncusTIFOLIUS. NARROW- | Lreavep CyrTANTHUS, Ae epreddbneinekeek Clafs and Order. — HEexanpriAa Monoeynia,- Generic Charaéer. P, A - Cor. tubulofa, clavata, curva, 6-fida, lacinie ovato-oblongz. Filamenta tubo inferta, apice conniventia. Linn, Fil. Specific Chara&er and Synonyms. CYRTANTHUS angu/tifolius foliis obtufe carinatis re&tis, flo- : ribus cernuis, Linn. Fil. Ait. Kew. v. — | A. p. 414. , CRINUM angufiifolium foliis linearibus obtufis, corollis cylin: : - dricis: laciniis alternis interglandulofis. . Linn. Suppl. 195. | : silly, CyrtTantuus is a genus which takes its name fromthe curvature of its flower, was eftablifhed by the younger L1n- N#Us, and adopted:by Mr. Arron in the Hortus Kewenfis. The prefent: fpecies is a native of the Cape, and was added to the royal colle&ion at Kew, by Mr. Masson, in the year ' 1774. The plant from whence our drawing was made flow- ered the preceding May with Mr. Wart ey, Nurferyman, Old Brompton, who recéived it from Holland, and who has been fo fortunate as to obtain young plants of it from feed.. It flowers in May and June ; requires the fame treatment Ps — Cape bulbs, and may be increafed by offsets and — eeds. 3 : : At the extremity of each alternate fegment of the corolla there is a kind of {mall glandular hook, deferving of notice. Fub. by W Curtis 3 Geo- Crefeert Aug. 7 7d [ 272 ] | Giapio_us Tristis. SouarE-LEAVED Corn-Fiac. S EEK EREEERE EERE ER a Cla/s and Order. TRIANDRIA Monocynlia. 4 Generic Charaer. - Cor, 6-partita, ringens. “Stamina ad{cendentia. oe Specific Charaéter and Synonyms. GLADIOLUS ?rifiis foliis lineari-cruciatis, corollis campanu- latis. Linn. Syft. Vegetab. ed. 14. Murr. p. 86. Ait. Kew. v. 1. p. 63. eS ~LILIO-GLADIOLUS bifolius et biflorus, foliis quadrangulis. Trew. Ehret. t. 39. GLADIOLUS i#rifis foliis linearibus fulcatis, caule bifloro, ee tubo longiffimo, fegmentis aqualibus. Mill, — Did, ed. 6. 4to. a _ Linneus gave to this fpecies of Gladiolus the name of _triflis, from the colour of its flowers, which however poflefs {earcely fufficient of the fombre to juftify the appellation; ftill” lefs fo if they vary in the manner reprefented in Trew’s Ehret, ‘where they are painted in gay and lively colours: in the fpe- cimens we have feen, the bloffoms have been of a fulphur- colour, fhaded in particular parts with very fine pencillings, efpecially on the under fide: -moft authors defcribe the flower- ing ftems as producing only two flowers, Linn aus has obferved that they fometimes produce many, we have feen them do fo where the plant has grown in perfeétion ; in their expanfion, — which ufually takes place in April and May, they give forth a_ are highly deferving of notice, inftances of fuch rarely occur; as the bulbs produce numerous offsets, the plant is propagate¢ _ by them without difficulty, and requires the fame treatment other Cape bulbs. Se ee Pub. hy We Crurtes MS eo Cravcent Anug.7 1704. . of the anthere, near the bottom; the anthere are as long as the filaments, of a brown purple colour, bending over the ftigma, and opening inwardly, each carrying on the upper part of its back a gland-like fubftance, of a pale brown colour: befides thefe parts there are five filamentous bodies alternating with, and of the fame length as the ftamina, of a white colour, and hairy, each dilating at its extremity where it is of a reddifh hue, and prefenting towards the anthere an oval fomewhat concave furface, which fecretes a vifcous liquid; in fome flowers that we have examined, and we regret feeing but few, we have obferved thefe neétaries (for fuch they may be ftriétly called) clofely adhering by their vifcous fummits to the glan- dular fubftances at the back of the anthera*; the germen is | ftudded with a conftellation of little glands, which pour forth, and almoft deluge it with neétar; the ftigma is compofed of five little round knobs: feed veffels we have not feen. * What the ufe of this very extraordinary apparatus may be we can at prefent - fearcely conjefture, future obfervation may perhaps enable us to {peak more decifively ; when we figure the Dio/ma ericoides we thall probably have more to fay of this fpecies. ie 4 aire ee). es DrosMA UNIFLORA. ONE-FLOWERED — DIOsMA. : ape eeaesedses ai decease eae -Clafs and Order. PENTANDRIA MonocGynla. { Generic Charaéter. Cor. 5-petala. Nearia 5, fupra germen. Capf. 3. fr be a coalite. Sem. calyptrata, ee ~ Specific Charaffer and Synonyms. DIOSMA uniflora foliis ovato oblongis, floribus folitariis — . terminalibus, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 3. p. 287. Sy. Vegetab. ed. 14. Murr. p. 239. Ait. Kew. v.16 “Ds 276. ae ; CISTUS humilis zthiopicus, inferioribus foliis rofmarini fylveftris punétatis, ceteris autem ferpylli fubro- tundis, flore carneo. Pluk. mant. 4g. t. 342-f¢ 5+ The Dio/ma uniflora another native of the Cape, that never failing fource of vegetable riches, was introduced to the Royal 5 _ Garden at Kew by Mr. Masson inthe year 1775, it flowers in our Green-Houfes from April to June, and is ufuadly pro- pagated by cuttings. . “oe a ee ee This plant forms a fmall bufhy fhrub, the leaves are thickly _ and irregularly fet on the,branches, quite up to the flowers, which ftand fingly on their fummits, and are larger than thofe — of any other known fpecies of. Diofma, expanding as we have ’ found on trial beyond the fize of half-a-crown, which the bloffom does in our figure, though it will not appear to do fo to the eye of moft obfervers; they are without fcent, the calyx is large and continuing, ¢ompofed’ of five ovato-lanceolate leaves, reddifh on the upper fide, and if viewed from above _-vifible between the petals; the petals are five in number, much larger than the calyx, and deciduous, of a white colour with @ ftreak of red running down the middle of each, furface highly _ glazed, the {tamina are compofed of five fhort filaments, white and flightly hairy, broad at their bafe and tapering gradually to a fine point, by which they are inferted into the hind pa . 2 a)” 3 eo “73 ; Luh. by We Curtis S Geo: € refcetl. A ug. 7 V794- [ 274 J] Borsonta CRENATA. HEART-LEAVED © fee = BORBONIA. ; SHHCHSHEHE HEHEHE + Clafs and Order. DIaADELPHIA DECANDRIA. Generic Charaéfer. — Cal. acuminato-fpinofus. Stigma emarginatum. Legume mucronatum. Specific Charader and Synonyms. BORBONIA crenata foliis cordatis multinerviis denticulatis. 7 Linn. Syft. Vegetab. ed.14. Murr. p. 643. Ait. Kew. v. 2. p. 9. | ae FRUTEX ethiopicus \eguminofus, foliis rufci majoribus in — ambitu fpinulis fimbriatis. Pluk. dim.159- PLANTA leguminofa ethiopica, foliis rufci. Breyn. Cent, — t. 28. | ee leg pad eer eae Borbonia is a genus of plants eftablithed by Linnaus inthe — 6th edition of his Genera Plantarum ; of this genus there are — fix {pecies enumerated in the 9d edition of the Species Plant. — and two in the Hort. Kew. the latter of which, the crenata, introduced from the Cape by Mr. Masson, in 1774, is here figured. oo : ap It is a {mall fhrubby plant, rarely exceeding the. height of a three feet, producing its flowers in a {mall clufter on the fum- mits of the branches; thefe are of a yellow colour, and have nothing about them peculiarly fingular, or beautiful ; it 33_ _the foliage alone which renders this plant defirable ina le€tion. ; oa __ It flowers from June to Auguft, and in favourable feafor ripens its feeds, by which the plant is ufually propagated. | Lid, hy W Curtis SE Coo: Crofient Nap 1 170d. , eee LE 2d LIRIODENDRON TULIPIFERA. COMMON TULIP-TREE, SEEN HE TE ee TEE MEE EE ETE =e 'Clafs and Order. s, PoLY¥ANDRIA PoLyGYNIA, Generic Chara&er. Cal. 3-phyllus. Petala6, Sem. imbricata in ftrobilum. . “Specific Charaéter and Synonyms. i LIRIODENDRON Tuhpifera foliis lobatis, Linn. Syft. Veg, —< ed.14. Murr. p. 507. Ait. Kew. v. 2. 2506 TULIPIFERA virginiana, tripartito aceris folio: media laci- . nia velut abfcifla. Pluk. Alm. 379. #. 117- J. 5 SF t. 248. f. 7. Cate/b, Carol, 1, pe = 48. Z. 48. : ; LIRIODENDRON foliis angulatis truncatis. Trew. Ebret. t.x. The Tulip-tree is a native of moft parts of North- America, Marsua t defcribes it as often growing to the fize of a very large tree, 70 or 80 feet in height, and above 4 feet.in dia- meter ; he mentions two varieties, one with yellow and the other with white wood; that with yellow wood is foft and brittle, much ufed for boards, heels of fhoes, alfo turned into bowls, trenchers, &c. the white is heavy, tough, and hard, and is fawed into joifts, boards, &c. for building. Ray informs us in his Hi. Pi. that this tree was culti- — _ vated here by Bifhop Compton, in 1688: and from MILLER we learn, that the firft tree of the kind which flowered in ~ this country, was in the gardens of the Earlof PereRBOROUGH, at Parfons-Green, near Fulham; in Mr. Orv’s garden, at Wal- ham-Green, there is, among other choice old trees, a very fine — tulip-tree, which is every year covered with bloffoms, and which — afforded us the fpecimen here figured. It flowers in June and — July, rarely ripens its feeds with us, though it does readily 1m America, _ = ee, oe The foliage of this plant is extremely fingular, moft of the: & _ Jeaves appearing as if truncated, or cut off at the extremity; they vary greatly in the divifion°of their lobes, the flowers dif ee fer from thofe of the tulip in having a calyx, but agree asf the number of petals, which is fix; and fo they are defcribed ey in the fixth edition of the Gen, Pl. of Linn. but in Profefor — Murray's Syft. Veg. Ait. H.K. Linn. Syft. Nat. ed. 135 by GMELIN, g are given, this in the firft inftance muft be a mete _ typographical error arifing from the inverfion of the 6. pe: This tree is found to flourifh moft in a foil moderately i and moift, is ufually raifed from feeds, the procefs of which 1 _ amply defcribed by Mizier in his DiGionary. = 7 7 Y Gd. vil 4 Ven Lub. by. WCrcrtas SE Geo. Crofe | 1 96) 4 BLITuM VIRGATUM. STRAWBERRY BLité; ae oeakakebobabak abate 3 Cla/s and Order. Monanpria Dicynta. Generic Charaéer. = Cah: 3-fidus. Petalao. Sem. 1. calyce baccato. Specific Chara&er and Synonyms, BLITUM virgatum capitellis fparfis lateralibus. Linz. Sy. : _ Vegetab. ed. 14. Murr. p. 53. Ait. Kew. v.1. 2. ATRIPLEX fylveftris mori fru€@tu. Baub. Pin. p. 519. ., ATRIPLEX fylveftris baccifera. Clu/. Hiff. cxxxv. _ This plant, not unfrequently met with in gardens, is known ‘ to moft cultivators by the name of Strawberry Spinach ; the leaves fomewhat refembling thofe of the latter, and the fruit ee that of the former: C. Bauuine likens its berries to thofe of — the Mulberry, to which they certainly bear a greater refemb- — lance: in moft of the fpecies of this genus’ the calyx exhjbits — a very fingular phenomenon, when the flowering is over, it - increafes in fize, becomes flefhy, and finally pulpy, containing the ripe feed, which however it does not wholly envelopes — thus from each clufter of flowers growing in the ale of the leaves are produced fo many berries, of a charming red ca- lour, to which the plant owes its beauty altogether, for the © flowers are fmall, herbaceous, and not diftin@ly vifible to the naked eye; they can boaft however of being of the firft clafs in the Linnean fyftem Monandria, to which few belong... — _ Strawberry Blite is a hardy annual, growing fpontaneoufly in — _ fome parts of France, Spain, and Tartary; is not a very O10 — inhabitant of our gardens, Mr. Arron mentioning it as being — firft cultivated by Mr. Miter in 1759. Its ‘berries are pro- — duced from June to September; in their tafte they have nothing — to recommend them, though not pleafant they are harmlefs. | Ciustus we believe to be the firft author who’ gives a figure and defcription of it. ee ' It affeéts a dry foil, and open fituation; in fuch there is 10 neceffity to give any particular dire@tions for its cultivatio as it comes up readily from feed: {pontaneoufly feattered, much fo as fometimes to prove a troublefome weed. wy AN ee Pub. by We "ULTULS Yr bw Crefcen! J Sep. > g T}4 Levhiperrvis del. Sanfom SU. E73 MAHERNIA PINNATA. WINGED MAHERNIAg Se On oe Oe oe es an Oe a oe Clafs and Order. PENTANDRIA PENTAGYNIA. Generic CharaGer. Cal. 5-dentatus. Petala 5- Neéarias obcordata, filamens tis fuppofita. Cap/. 5-locularis. Specific Charafer and Synonyms. MAHERNIA pinnata, foliis tripartito pinnatifidis. Lin. Sy/. Vegetab. ed. 14. Murr. p. 308. Ait. Kew. v. 1. oe P- 398. | | cuaigoe eater tripartitis, media pinnatifida. Linn. Sp. ; - €d. 3. D. 943. HERMANNIA frutefcens, folio multifido tenui, caule rubro. Boerb, Lugd. 1. p- 273. Linnavus, in his Spec. Pi. regarded this plant as a fpecies of Hermannia; finding afterwards that it differed ‘materially = in its fruétification from that genus, he made a new one of it in his Mantiffa, by the name of Mabernia ; ftill, however, the two genera are very nearly related: one principal difference confifts in the netaria of the Mabernia, which are very Te markable. : ee This fpecies was introduced from the’ Cape, where it isa a native, by Mr. Masson, in 1774, and is now very generally met with in our green-houfes. It produces its little bells, of a lively red. when they firft open, from June to Auguft, or September ; is a fall delicate plant, and’ eafily raifed from cuttings, . AG AY Bas ) hy W fi 7 ' yor: 2 rls LS. age e Wf be i wel yy ; uv ene. /_ tc a G4 leaves, as conveying an idea of ficklinefs, that complaint can- not be urged againft the foliage of the ftriped Lily, to which ‘ the borders of the flower-garden are indebted for one of their chief ornaments during the autumnal and winter months; early in September thefe begin to emerge, and towards: fpring ano- - ther fet rifes up in their centre, of more upright growth, and which announce the rifing of the flowering ftem. _ Befides thefe varieties, Linn aus has confidered the Lilium album flortbus dependentibus f. peregrinum of C. Bauuine, the ° Sultan Zambach of Crusius, and the Hortus Eyflettenfis, as - one of its varieties alfo: Mitter regards this plant asa diftin& fpecies, and thofe who have attentively examined the figures and defcriptions of CLusfus and the Fort. Ey/ft. will be of the fame opinion. The Lily increafes'moft abundantly by offsets, hence it be- comes neceffary that the bulbs fhould be taken up, and re- duced every fecond or third year; but the ftriped leaved va- riety increafing much more flowly, fhould remain unmolefted for a greater length of time. | ag F «= There is fearcely a foil or fituation in which the Lily will not grow, it will thrive moft in a foil moderately ftiff and | moift; though a native of a warm climate no feverity of wea- ther affeéts it with us: we may learn from this, not to regu- late the culture of plants invariably by the climate in which - they grow fpontaneoufly. zs The beft time for removing the bulbs of this plant is about’ ~ the middle of Auguft, before they fhoot forth their leaves; © but they may be tranfplanted any time from September ta {pring. : | ; te ye Littum Canpipum. WhuiTtsE LILY. Se oe ae a ee ~Clafs and Order, HEXANDRIA MonocGyYNIA. Generic Charaéfer. Cor. 6-petala, campanulata: linea longitudinali neflarifera. Cap/. valvulis pilo cancellato connexis. Specific CharaGer and Synanyms. “LILIUM candidum foliis {parfis, corollis campanulatis, intus : glabris. Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 3. p. 433. Syft. Vegetab. ed. 14. Murr. p. 324. Ait. Kew. v. 1. p- 429: LILIUM album flore ereéto et vulgare. Baub. Pin. 76. LILIUM album vulgare. -The ordinary White Lily. ‘Park. Parad. p. 39. t. 37. f. 4- —anieaigi _ We may rank the White Lily among the very oldeft inha- bitants of the flower-garden; in the time of Gerarp it was very generally cultivated, and doubtlefs at a much earlier - period; a plant of fuch ftatelinefs, fo fhewy, fo fragrant, and at the fame time fo much difpofed to increale, would of courle _ foon be found very generally in gardens, into which its intro- _ duétion would be accelerated on another account; it was regarded asa plant of great efficacy; among other extraordi- nary powers attributed to it, we are gravely told that it taketh away the wrinkles of the face. - Linnaus makes it a native of Paleftine and Syria; Mr. Aton of the Levant. Its bloffoms, which open early in- July, continue about = | three weeks, and when they go off leave the flower-garden greatly thinned of its inhabitants. Of the White Lily there are three principal varieties : 1. With double flowers. 2. With flowers blotched with purple. 3- With ftriped leaves, or leaves edged with yellow. The two firft of thefe are to be efteemed merely as curiofities s : in the third the plant acquires an acceffion of beauty which it — has not originally ;*though many perfons objeét to ale — | he a | [ 279 ] Prumerta Ruspra. Rep PLUMERIA. AHHH HEHE R RE: ~ Clafs and Order. : ; . Pentanpria Monoeynia. Generic Charaétere Contorta, Folliculi 2. reflexi. Semina membrane proprie inferta.. ; | Specific Charatter and ‘Synonyms, ‘PLUMERIA rubra foliis ovato-oblongis, petiolis biglandu- lofis. Linn. Sy/t. Vegetab. ed. 14. Murr. p. 254. = Ait, Kew. v. 1. p. 298. : : PLUMERIA flore rofeo odoratiffimo. Tourn. Inft.659. Trew. : Ebret. Tab. xli. : Plumeria is a genus of plants named by TournerorT in honour of his countryman the celebrated Prumier, it comes ‘near to Nerium or Oleander, and contains feveral fpecies, all "natives of warm climates. 7 | se The prefent plant is a native of Jamaica, where it is known by the name of Red Jafmine, from whence feeds and large cuttings are often fent to this country ;' here they require the {tove to bring them to flower: feed-veffels they are never known to froduce. : The flowers, which are very odoriferous, are produced in July and Auguft in large bunches, on the fummits of the branches, from whence the leaves alfo proceed; the ftems, — which grow to a confiderable height as well as thicknefs, are _ naked, and the whole plant lofes its foliage from the middle of winter till about the beginning of May; the branches and other ,parts of the plant, when broken off, give forth a- _ milky juice, the leaves are handfome, and the veins remarkable. — ' Being too tender to bear the open air of this climate, it 18 _ kept in the ftove even during fummer, in hot weather it mult have plenty of air, and in cold feafons be fparingly watered. | Is propagated by feeds, but more frequently by cuttin which Mitrer recommends to be put by for two month: ten weeks, previous totheir being committed tc art Pub, by WOrurte, S” Ceo: Crofeent, Ott GE Bitwarts tt Sagi aufp NG Pie by by W Pub, i Curtis a “a f - Crefe A, ” COL Vo OV. oe G4 Be flowering plants: it is not new to this country, being known fed 28th hase Tae ApocynuM ANDROS&MIFOLIUM. “Torsan=. Leav’ D, OF Fiy-CaTcHinG Docsbane. ae ae oo JebMnaeeeidies ee Clafs and Order. - PenranbriA Dicyntias . Generic Charager. Cor. campanulata. Glandule 5 cum ftaminibus alterna, Specific Charaéer and Synonyms. APOCYNUM androfemifolium caule reétiufculo. herbaceo, ; ‘foliis ovatis utrinque. glabris, cymis termi- ee nalibus. Linn, Sy/. Vegetab. ed. 14. Murr. “*" p. 258. Ait. Kew. v. 1. p. 303. -Aroernumt ehdtnie foliis androfemi majoris. tie = zz . Seg: (ioe te eS oe Morif. Hift. 3. p. ae ms , J: 1: 7-407, 16. In addition to the powerful recommendations of beauty and fragrance, the Tutfan-leav’d Dogfbane interefts us on account ~ of the curious ftru€ture of its flowers, and their fingular _ property of catching flies. This fpecies is a native of different parts of North-Amefiéa 3 as Mr. W. Ha es, of Alton, Hants, who refided at Halifax in — _ Nova-Scotia feveral years, brought me fome feeds of it gars __ thered in that neighbourhood, which vegetated, and produced _ to Morison who figures it, and to MriLtieR who cultivated tin 1731. | _ It is a hardy perennial plant, growing to abou the height = of a foot and a half, or two feet, and flowering from the ee beginning of July, to September; it has a creeping root, whereby it increafes greatly in light dry foils, and warm fituations, fo as even to be troublefome; it will not thrive in & wet foil; with us it produces feed-veffels but rarely; is | propagated by parting its roots in Autumn or Spring; MILLER) _ recommends March as the molt proper feafon, or it may be — sraifad, from feeds, which in certain fituations and fealous ne The flowers of this Apocynum have a fweet honey-like — fragrance, which perfumes the air to a confiderable diftance, and no doubt operates powerfully in attracting infe&is; when a plant of this fort is fully blown, one may always find flies caught in its bloffoms, ulually by the trunk, very rarely by — the leg; fometimes four, or even five, which is the greateft — poflible number, are found in oné flower, fome dead, others : endeavouring to difentangle themfelyes, in which they are | now and then fo fortunate as to fucceed; thefe flies are of © different {pecies, the mujfca pipiens, a flender variegated fly with thick thighs, is a very common viétim, the mu/fca domeftica, or houfe fly, we have never obferved among the captives. Previous to our explaining the manner in which it appears _ to us that thefe infe&ts are caught, it will be neceflary that we fhould defcribe, in as plain a manner as poflible, thofe parts ne the flower which more particularly conftitute this fatal y trap. as : ~ On looking into the flower we perceive five Stamina, the _ Antherz: of which are large, of a yellow colour, and converge — inta a kind of cone; each of thefe Anthere is arrow-fhaped, towards the top of the cone their fides touch but do not | adhere, below they feparate a little, fo as to leave a very — _ Marrow opening or flit between each, they are placed on very fhort filaments, which ftand fo far apart that a confiderable opening is left between them, which openings, however, are _ clofed up by proceffes of the corolla, nicely adapted to, and projecting into them; at the bottom of, and in the very © centre of the flower, we perceive two germina, or feed-buds, the rudiments of future feed-veffels, furrounded by glandular fubftances, fecreting a fweet liquid; on the fummit of ‘thefe _ germina, and betwixt the two, ftands the ftigma, in the form _ of a little urn, the middle of which js encircled by a glandular ring, which fecretes a vifcid honey-like fubftance, to this part — _ of the ftigma the Anthere interiorly adhere moft tenacioufly, — fo as to prevent their feparation unlefs confiderable force be applied; it is, as we apprehend, the fweet vifcid fubftance — thus fecreted by the fligma, within the Anther, which:the fly — endeavours to obtain, and to this end infinuates its trunk fir — into the lowermoft and wideft part of the flit, betwixt each of — the Anthere above defcribed, pufhing it of neceflity upwards ris when gratified, not having the fenfe to place itfelf in the fame — _ pofition as that in which it ftood when it inferted its trunk, | and to draw it out in the fame dire@ion downwards, unfor- — tunately for it, it varies its pofition, and pulling its trunk — upwards, draws it into the narrow part of the flit where tt 2 becomes clolely wedged in, and the more it pall ee | fecurely it is caught, and thus this heedlefs infe&, as Tomson calls it, terminates its exiftence in captivity moft miferable. In the incomparable poem of Dr. Darwin, entitled the Botanic Garden, there is a figure given of this plant; and in | s Supplement we have the following account written by Mr, *. Darwin, of Elfton. ey eee “ Inthe Apocynum Androfemifolium the Anthers converge — over the neflaries, which confift of five glandular oval corpufcles, furrounding the germ, and at the fame time admit air to the neétaries at the interftice between each « anther; but when a fly ‘nferts its probofcis between thefe « anthers to plunder the honey, they converge clofer, and with fuch violence as to detain the fly, which thus generally * perifhes.” _ This explanation of a phenomenon entitled to much atten-— tion, is widely different from ours; which of the two is moft confonant to truth and nature, we fhall leave to the deter- mination of future obfervers. : In explaining the preceding appearances, to prevent con- fufion we called thofe parts which form the cone in the middle of the flower Anthere, but ftriflly {peaking they are not fuch, ~ the true Anthere being fituated on the infide of their fummits, | where they will be found to be ten in number, making in fa the Apocynum a decandrous plant. ‘ « ra “ r « Cal. 5-fidus, infundibuliformis, exterior 2-phyllus. Petala 5 — which Micrer, who cultivated it about the year 1773, alfo : afferting, from the experience of | thirty years, that plants raifed from its feeds have conftantly differed from thofe of : the ulmifolia ; this is our plant, which on his authority we have f are fhewy, but of fhort duration, and are remarkab leav'd Turnera, its foliage however does not anfwer to the > figures indeed are fo fimilar that they look like copies of each - Martyn's Cent. there is given a very excellent figure of what “> Sd TurNeErRA ANnGuSTIFOLIA. NARROW- EAV’D TURNERA. | 1 ate ale sls, ala sie sis sis. sb Saks als stp ale ate als ld of pe Seale ape ake sie sleskealenale ak ale ake se ale ale sleet Clafs and Order. PENTANDRIA ‘TRIGYNIA, Generic Charaéfer.. ~ = calyci inferta. Stigmata multifida. Cap/: 1-locularis, 3-valvis. 3 Specific Charaéer and Synonyms. TURNERA angufiifolia floribus feffilibus petiolaribus, foliis _ lanceolatis rugofis acuminatis. Mill, Dis ed. 7 6. 4to. ~ S , TURNERA Frarelceni folio longiore et mucronato. Mart. Cent, 49: 42-49." : : This plant here reprefented is generally known to the Nurferymen about London as the Yuruera ulmifolia, or Elm- name, nor to the figures of the plant as given by Marryn in ent. Pl. and Linnavs in his Hortus Clifortianus, which other, thefe reprefent the true elm leaf; on the fame plate of _ a he confiders as another f{pecies of Turnera, vide Synon. and defcribes as a diftin& {pecies, under the name of angujfifolia, given as a {pecies, though *‘LInN2Zus regards it as a variety. ; PLumMier gave to this genus the name of Turaera, in _ honour of Dr.-Witttam Turner, a celebrated Englifh Botanift and Phyfician, who publifhed an Herbal, black letter, folio, in 1568. $ Mee The prefent fpecies is a native of the Weft-Indies, and is commonly cultivated in our ftoves, where it rifes with a femi-fhrubby ftalk, to the height of feveral feet, feldom — continuing more than two or three years; young plants generally come up in plenty from feeds {fpontaneoufly f{cattered, — fo that a fucceffion is eafily obtained. ee It flowers from June to Auguft. se Its foliage has a difagreeable fmell when bruifed; its flowers growing out of the footftalk of the leaf. x Ve; Pi, oe “lL ZY Pub. by Wurta SX Geo Crefeent Nov nove [ 282 } -HepysaruM OpscuRUM. CREEPING ROOTED HEDYSARUM. Si abe wb ale als abe ate dp sle dp SRE eR She lata = ee Clafs and Order. DIaApvpELPHIA DECANDRIA. Generic Chara@er. ~ Cor. carina tranfverfe obtufa. Legumen articulis 1-f{permis. — Specific Charader and Synonyms. HEDYSARUM obfcurum foliis ,pinnatis, ftipulis vaginalibus, caule ereéto flexuofo, floribus pendulis, Linn. “ Syft. Vegetab. ed. 14. Murr. p. oe. Mant. | — 447. facq. Fi. Aufir. 0. 2. t. 168. = HEDYSARUM caule re€to, ramofo; foliis ovatis; Biquis = pendulis, leviffimis, venvlis: Hall. Hif. ee. Me 395- L235 ONOBRYCHIS femine clypeato levi. Baub. Pin, 350. Prof. Jacquin, in the fecond volume of the Flora aufiriaca, gives an excellent figure and accurate defcription ~ of our plant, a native of the Alps of Germany and Switzer- land, and points out the. charaéters in which it differs fro the alpinum, for which it has fometimes been miftaken, | -Itis a hardy perennial, rarely exceeding a foot in heig produces its {pikes of pendulous flowers, which are of a molt _ beautiful purple colour, in July and Auguft; hitherto thefe have not been fucceeded by feed-veffels with us, though we have cultivated the plant for {everal years. » Its fize renders it a fuitable plant for rock-work, on which it will grow readily, increafing by i its roots, which are of t creeping kind. | Haier mentions a variety of it with white fle wa} Lich by W Cortes 5 Ceo. Crrfient Nov 1 Gof Eiwute del Nagin seulp Ba. ee Mimu.us Rincens. Narrow-LEAvED> MonkKEY-FLOWER. deiideeksvictsieetete Cla/s and Order. DipyNAMIA ANGIOSPERMIA. Generic Charaéer. Cal. #dentatus, prifmaticus. Cor. ringens; labio fuperiore lateribus replicato. Cap/. 2-locularis, polyfperma. Specific Chara&er and Synonyms. ' MIMULWUS ringens ere€tus, foliis oblongis linearibus feffilibus. | Linn. Syft. Vegetab. ed. 14. Murr. p. 575. Ait. Kew. v. 2. p. 361. - Baa ., EUPHRASIA floridana ly fimachiz glabre filiquofe foliis, qua- : : drato caule ramofior. Pluk. Amalth. 83. t.393- f- 3+ (gt, LYSIMACHIA galericulata f. Gratiola elatior non ramola, “peer &c. Gron. Fl. Virg. p..97. “te, =DIGITALIS perfoliata glabra flore violaceo minore. Mori/. Ps ee : Hifi. 2. DP. 479- Se 5. 1. S.f. 6. Crayton, in the Fi. Virg. publifhed by Gronovius, defcribes this plant as a native of Virginia, and fays of it, “ maddidis gaudet locis,” it delights in wet places: Linn#£us makes it a native of Canada alfo. eee _ It isa hardy, perennial, herbaceous plant, growing with us to” > the height of about two feet, and producing its flowers, which © . are of a pale violet colour, in July and Auguft; thefe are fre- quently fucceeded by capfules containing perfeét feeds, by which the plant may be propagated, as alfo by parting its roots in Autumn; Miitier recommends the feeds to be fown as foon as ripe. ; = —- ae The plant fucceeds beft in a moift and fomewhat fhady fituation, with a loamy foil. a ee ie, perufal of the fynonyms will fhew to what a variety of genera this plant has been referred by different authors ; Lin- n£us firft gave to it the name of Mimulus, of which term we’ find in his Philofopbia Botanica the following concife explana- tion:—“ MrmuLus mimus perfonatus;” in plain Englith, be ma{ked mimick : Mimmulus is a claffical word for the Pedi- cularis, or Loufewort; the Englifh term Monkey flower a probably been given it, from an idea that mimulus ni from juima a monkey, as in mimufops monkey face. A Bee Lich oly Wil urts, S Gee, Crekent tre 1 G4 hod ‘ ys Sao ee Eee] é Rosa SeMPERFLORENS. Ever-Biowinc Rost. eu olen deedetedee de Cla/s and Order. — IcosanpDRIA PotyGyYNta. cot: Pie Generic Charaéfer. , : Petala 5. Cal. urceolatus, 5-fidus, carnofus, collo coarétatus, - demum baccatus, coloratus. Antrum duplicatum, 1-loculare, . fuperne apertum, pericarpiis offeis intus nidulantibus. | Specific Charadfer. ae ROSA /emperflorens caule aculeato, foliis fubternis, pedunculis {ubunifloris aculeato-hifpidis, calycis laciniis integris. — ‘We are induced to confider the rofe here reprefented, as. one of the moft defirable plants in point of ornament ever - introduced to this country ; its flowers, large in proportion to the plant, are femidouble, and with great richnefs of colour — inite a moft delightful fragrance ; they bloffom during the © whole of the year, more fparingly indeed in the winter months; the fhrub itfelf is more hardy than moft greenhoufe plants, and_ __will grow in fo {mall a compafs of earth, that it may be reared _ ___ almoft in a coffee cup; is kept with the leaft poflible trouble, — and propagated without difficulty by: cuttings or fuckers. _ For this invaluable acquifition, our country is indebted to the late Gitpert Siarer, Efq. of Knots-Green; near Layton- _ ftone, whofe untimely death every perfon muft deplore, who 269 Star of Bethlehem Neapolitan. * 275 Tulip-tree common. : 9 281 Turnera narrow-leaved, Otro of the Plants contained in ©