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both fresh and dried. In various authors the plant has the 
names of Dyers’-weed, Yellow-weed, Weld, Woud, Woold, and 
Wild Woad. The seeds are usually sown after barley is taken 
off the ground in autumn, or it is very commonly sown with bar- 
ley in the spring, but the first mode is the best, because the 
plants make some progress the first year, and in the following 
season they will be twice the size of those sown in spring. 
After the ground has been well ploughed and harrowed the seeds 
should be sown broad-cast, of which one gallon is sufficient for 
an acre. Unless the ground is very poor it will not require any 
dung. The best crops, however, will be the result of drilling 
and cultivating the crop alone. The drills may be a foot apart, 
and the plants 6 inches distance, inthe rows. The plants should 
be kept clear of weeds by hoeing. When seeds are required a 
small portion should be left standing for this purpose, and the 
plants should be pulled as the seeds ripen. The whole crop 
may be cleared off before the time of sowing wheat, which is the 
best crop to follow Dyers’-woold. The crop is taken by pulling 
the entire plant ; some pull it when in flower, others pull it ear- 
lier, but the last appears to be the best. In the execution of the 
work, the plants are drawn up by the roots in small handfuls, and 
set up to dry, after being tied with one of the stalks ; sometimes, 
however, they become sufficiently dry without being set up, by 
turning. These, after they have been completely dried, are tied 
up into bundles and sold by the name of Weld-cord. The de- 
mand for it is sometimes very little, while at others it is so great 
as to raise the price to a high degree. The herb is sometimes 
gathered green and treated like Woad or Indigo, but in general 
the dried herb is used by the dyers in a state of decoction. The 
chief disease of Weld is the mildew, to which it is very liable 
when young, and this is one reason that it is often sown with 
other crops. 
Dyers’-Weed. Fl. Jun. Aug. Britain. Pl. 1 to 3 feet. 
9 R. crispa‘ta (Link. enum. 2. p. 8.) leaves lanceolate, en- 
tire, waved, with 2-glands at the base. ©. H. Native of 
Spain. R. lanceolata, Lag. Flowers yellow, similar to those of 
R. Lutèola. 
Curled-leaved Dyers'-Weed. Fl. Ju. Aug. Clt. 1820. Pl. 1 ft. 
10 R. vire’scens (Horn. hort. hafn. 2. p. 501.) leaves li- 
near-lanceolate, smooth, quite entire ; capsules 4-toothed. ©. 
H. i Native of Spain. Flowers greenish-yellow, in long slender 
spikes. . 
Greenish Dyers’-Weed. Fl. Ju. Jul. Clt. 1820. Pl. 1 foot. 
11 R. Curne’nsts (Lour. fl. cochin. p. 299.) leaves broad- 
lanceolate, quite entire, smooth, calyx 5-parted; capsules 3- 
toothed. ©. H. Native of the south of China, in the suburbs 
of Canton. Flowers yellow, in spikes. This species and the 
following is very like the R. Lutéola, and like it affords a yellow 
dye. 
Chinese Dyers’-Weed. Fl. Ju. Jul. Clt. 1819. Pl. 1 foot. 
12 R. Cocutn-cnine’nsts (Lour. fl. cochin. p. 299.) leaves 
broad-lanceolate, 5-nerved, quite entire ; calyx 5-parted ; cap- 
sules 3-toothed. ©. H. Native of Cochin-china. Flowers 
trigynous, yellowish, in spikes. Petals jagged. Plant slender. 
Cochin-china Dyers’-Weed. Fl. Ju. Jul. Pl. 1 foot. 
§. 2. Leaves entire and trifid on the same plant. 
the petals inserted on the back of the claws. 
on one side, 
Segments of 
Torus much dilated 
13 R. Meprrerra’nea (Lin. syst. 448.) leaves lanceolate, 
entire, and trifid ; calyx 6-parted, larger than the petals. ©. H. 
Native of the north of Africa, Palestine, &c. J aeq. icon. rar, t. 
475. Lindl. coll. t.22. R. tetragyna, Forsk. descr. 90. Flowers 
with white petals, the 2 superior ones-are $-parted, the two la- 
teral ones 2-parted ; the two lowest ones linear. Capsules 3- 
RESEDACEZ. 
I. RESEDA. ~ 
horned. Both leaves and stems are scabrous ; the uppermost 
cauline leaves trifid. 
Mediterranean Mignonette. Fl. June, Oct. Clt. 1791. Pl. 
1 foot. ` 
14 R. opora`ra (Lin. spec. 646.) leaves lanceolate, bluntish, 
entire or trifid ; calyx 6-parted, equal in length to the petals, 
which are finely cleft into many club-shaped divisions ; the two 
lowest simple; capsules 3-toothed. ©. H.- Native of the 
north of Africa, Egypt, &c. . Mill. fig. t. 217. Curt. bot. mag. 
t. 29. Plant diffuse, with a few hairs on the stems. Flowers 
with yellowish- white petals and saffron anthers, disposed in loose 
racemes. The two upper petals and the two lateral ones are finely 
fringed, the two lower ones are very narrow. The luxury of the 
pleasure garden, says Curtis, is greatly heightened by the de- 
lightful odour which this plant diffuses ; and as it grows more 
readily in pots, its fragrance can be conveyed into the house. 
Var. B, frutéscens (Ker. bot. reg. 227.) this plant does not 
appear to differ from the common Mignonette, unless that the 
stems are shrubby, but it is known that if the common Migno- 
nette were kept as a green-house plant, and trained up in the 
same way, it would also become shrubby. ; 
The Mignonette is a well known and universal favorite. 
The flowers are highly odoriferous, and there are very few to 
whom this odour is offensive. The plant in pots is in great 
demand in London for rooms and placing in balconies, and forms 
for these purposes an extensive article of culture among florists 
and market-gardeners. The seeds are either sown in pots, or 
transplanted into pots, 4 or 6 plants to a pot 4 inches in diame- 
ter. “ To obtain plants for flowering from December to Febru- 
ary, a sowing should be made in July, in the open ground, and 
the plants potted in September. The crop for March, April, and 
May, should be sown in potsnot later than the 25th of August ; 
the plants from this sowing will not suffer from exposure to rain 
whilst they are young; they must, however, be protected from 
early frosts, like the winter-crop; they are to be thinned in 
November, leaving not more than 8 or 10 plants in a pot; and 
at the same time the pots should be sunk 3 or 4 inches in some 
old tan or coal-ashes, and should be covered with a frame, which 
it is best to place fronting the west, for then the lights may be 
left open in the evening, to catch the sun whenever it sets clear. 
The third, or spring-crop, should be sown in pots, not later than 
the 25th of February. These must be placed in a frame, on 
a gentle heat; and as the heat declines, the pots must be let 
down three or four inches into the dung-bed, which will keep 
the roots moist, and prevent their leaves turning brown, from 
the heat of the sun in April and May. The plants thus ob- 
tained will be in perfection by the end of May, and be ready to 
succeed those raised by the autumnal sowing.” (Rishon. hort. 
trans. 2. p. 375.) 
_ The Tree-Mignonette should be propagated from seeds sow? 
in spring ; it may also be increased by cuttings, which strike roci 
readily. The young`plants should be- potted singly into sma 
pots, and brought forward by heat on a gentle hot-bed, but they 
will grow well without artificial heat. As they advance they 
should be tied to a stick, taking care to prevent the growth 0 
smaller side shoots by pinching them off, but allowing the leaves 
of the main stem to remain on for a time. When they have at- 
tained the height of ten inches, or more, according to the fancy 
of the cultivator, the shoots must be suffered to extend them- 
selves from the top, but must be occasionally stopped at the 
ends, to force them to form a bushy head, which by the aut 
will be eight or- nine inches in diameter, and covered Wit 
bloom. Whilst the plants are attaining the proper size, ved 
should be shifted progressively into larger pots, and may be ulti 
mately left in those of about six inches in diameter at the top: 
(Sabine, hort. trans. 3. p. 181) 
