I could name, unless I had chosen to adopt brevity, a multitude of other hyhnd plants. 



It is more than probable, that Nature at first created but a few species, and by the mter- 

 mixture of these arose the extensive genera, or families of plants, and even by the union of 

 nearly allied genera, other kinds were produced : for Nature proceeds « from simple to more 



compound/' i +i.- 



The variety of plants arises, I think, chiefly from sexual intercourse : for, unless this were 

 the case when removed into different quarters, and changed in their soil, the vanety of the 

 Species would return to their original appearance; but nothing of this sort takes place, as is daily 

 seen in our most esteemed varieties of culinary plants. 



species of plants into another;" which shews, that in seeds as well as in buds, the embryon proceeas 



of the subsequent mature plant is in part dependent on the female. Tnhnrro\ with the farina of the Nicotiana Panicu- 



M. Koelreuter impregnated a stigma of the Nicotiana Rxisxic a {Common English Tobacco) with 



LATA (Panicled Tobacco), and obtained prolific seeds from it. ;„,nre^natincr their pistilla with the farina of the Nicoti- 



With the plants, which sprung from these seeds, he repeated the experiment, impregnating pistiiia 



ANA Paniculata. ^mnrwnatp them for many generations with the farina of the 



As the ™ixed plants, which he thus produced, were prohfic he conUnu d to tmpregnate the™ JJ .^ 



N.cox.... P...c...«, and the, became ™„re an ^^ ' ^ ;j^^^ ^ir fl ^ Ltt'the Nico,a.a Zuca. 



year 1782. 



The Mule Plants which have been ascertained are extremely numerous. 



M. Asclepias Vincetoxicum 



F. Cynanchum Acutum 



M. Primula lategrlfolia 



F. Cortusa Mathioli ■ 



M. Papaver Rhaeas 



F. Chelidonium Corniculatum. . 



M. Dracocephalum Thymiflorum 



F. Nepeta Sibirica . • • 



M Brassica Eruca 



F. Sinapis Alba 



M. Acta?.a Spicata 



F. Rhus Toxicodendron 



Mother, Arctotis tristis | Bastard, Arctotis Calendula. 



Fadier, Calendula pluvialis 3 



\ B. Asclepias Nigra. 



\ B. Primula Corlusoides. 



X B. Chelidonium Hybridum. 



\ B. Dracocephalum Nutans. 



\ B. Brassica Pesicaria. 



\ B. Actcea Spicata Alha. 



M. Trifolium Repens 1 q Trifolium Hylridum. 



F. Trifolium Pratense 3 



\ B. Rhus Vcrnix. 



\ B. Tussilago Hyhrida. 



\ B. Urtica Balearica. 



\ B. Thalictrum Contortum. 



X B. Alchimilla Hylrida. 



\ B. Veronica Hylrida. 



X B. Mentha Crispa. 



Mother, Poterium Sanguisorba (. Bastard, Poterium Hylridum. 



Father, Agrimonia Eupatoria 3 



M. Saponaria Officinalis \ B. Saponaria Hyhrida. 



F. Gendana Aliqua J 



F. Aquilegia Vulgaris KB. Aquilegia Canadensis. 



M. Fumaria Sempervirens 3 



F. Blitum Capitatum I B. Blitum Firgatum. 



M nlif nnnndium Rubrum 3 



1- 



Cochkaria Glastifolia. 



M. Rhus Toxicodendron 



F. Rhus Copallium 



M. Tussilago Pctasites 



F. Tussilago Alba 



M. Urtica Pilulifera 



F Urtica Dioica 



M. Thalictrum Aquilegifolium . 



F. Thalictrum Minus 



M. Alchimilla Alpina 



F. Alchimilla Vulgaris 



M. Veronica Spicata 



F. Veronica Officinalis 



M. Mentha Spicata. 



B. Arundo Arenaria. 



F. Mentha Aquatica 



M Mcnyanthes Trifoliata. . . . ' \ j^ Menyanthes Nymphceides. 



F. Nyraphsea Lutea J 



M. Chenopodium Rubrum. 



M. Cochlearia Officinalis . 



F. Brassica Orientalis. . . . 



M. Arundo Epigejos 



F. Elymus Arenarius 



M. Helianthus Annuus. . 

 F. Helianthus Tuberosus. 



M. Cyanus Orientalis. . . . 

 F. Centaurea Aliqua ..... 

 M. Carduus Oleraceus... , 

 F. Carduus Serratuloides. 

 M. Dipsacus Fullonum. . , 



F. Dipsacus PUsous 



M. Pyrola Rotundifolia \ £ Pyrola Minor. 



F. Pyrola Secunda i 



M. Thalictrum Minus \ £_ Thalictrum Angustifolium. 



F. Thalictrum Flavum 3 



M. Iris Graminea. . . 



F. Iris Sibirica 



M. Carduus Crispus. 

 F. Carduus Nutans. 



M. Di 

 F. Geum 



M. Urtica. . 

 F. Parietaria, 



>■ B. Helianthus MuUiJiorus. 



> B. Centaur ea Moschata. 



> B. Carduus Tataricus. 



> B. Dipsacus Lcciniatui. 



Kb. Iris Spuria. 



i B. Carduus Acanthoides. 



ryas Octopetala j ^ Dryas Pentapetala. 



!um Aliquod 3 



} 



Urtica AJienata. 



the Peloria. 



One of the most extraordinary hyhrids, unless it can be better referred to some of those very remarkable sportings of Nature, is seen in 



This hvlrid is so named from the Greek word ..x.f-», wonder, or astonishment, for when first presented to Linnjeus by one of his 



Ihis hybrid is so namea aItirehinom Linaeia (Common Toad-flax) in the shape of its leaves, its manner 



^7^»'t '°t;;euirs3 t it Toi: nseadlfZ ersonate, wit,! one spur-like nectary, and four ungual stamina, had five 

 : u^r: ti: tr;t^ikrlal, a corona formed HkeanLertedfunue,, with the neck of it revolute, more nearly, therefore, resem- 

 bfing Eh.c. {Heath) in its fructification, but yet differing from this as to the number of stamina. 



13 • 7 fLr.. ri;«finrt P-enera it cannot be propagated by seeds, but only by cuttings. 



Being a mule from distinct genera, c \/ ^ ' ^^^^^.^^ ,^^ j^i a and the Common Blue Passion, hence it most 



.sem^istf^rv^::::^^^^^^^^^^^ - - - ->- -- - -— --'--"" °^ 



the several Passion-flowers, and description 



Vide also our 



-nowers, anu ucsuhjji.i'j". , . . r ^ ^ ^- i i <-• „j 



Notes to the description of the Carnation, where a Mule Fink is m one of the notes particularly mentioned. 



Here 



