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fair teen. In the center there are many germlna colk^ed 



-johihare attended by a rreat number of Jhort 



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flower is pafl^ the germina become fo many naked ft 

 cMeh adherinz to the pedicle, and forming an chtufe fpi. 



This genus is by Dr. Linn<x^us ranged in the feventh 

 ieclion of liis thirteenth clafs, entitled Polyandrla 

 Polyginia, the flowers having many ilaniina and many 



aermnia. 



The Species are, 

 A DON' IS {Annua) floribus oftopctalis fruftibus 

 fubcylindrlcis. Hort. Upfal 156. The common Adonis, 



2. Adonis (^^ 



ovatis. 



fmall red f 



) floribus pentapetalis fruftibus 



ni:s with paleyello-w flowers. Ado- 

 nis Sylveitris Core luteo foliis longioribus. C. B. P. 



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AnoNis {Vernalis) flore dodecapetalo, fruftu ovato. 

 Lin. Sp. Plant. 771. Perennial Adonis with yellow 

 flo'wers, b\flome titled fennel-leaved black Hellebore. Ado- 

 nis Hellebon radice Buphdialmi flore. H. L. 

 There is a variety of the firft fort, which hadi been 

 Ion?- cultivated in the gardens -, the flowers of this 

 are1arp-cr, and the leaves fnorter, than thofe of the 



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they do not bear tranfplanting, efpecially if they are 

 not removed while the plants are very young : there- 

 fore they fiiould be fown in flnall patches in the bor- 

 ders of the flower garden, and when the plants come 

 up, they fnould be thinned, leaving three or four in 

 each patch, which will make a better appearance dian 

 where they grow Angle. 

 The third fort hath a 



perenn 



fl-alk. This grows naturally on the mountains of Bo- 

 hemia, Pruflla, and other parts of Germany, w^here 

 the root is often ufcd as the true Black Hellebore, 

 though from the defcriptions given by the antients of 

 that plant, this by tig means will agree with them : 

 this has b.en long cultivated in gardens. It produces 



wild fort ; but, from many repeated trials of fowing 

 their feeds ieparately, they appear to be only acci- 

 dental variations arifing from culture, and therefore 

 may be properly efl:eemed as fuch. 

 The fecond fort is undoubtedly a diftinft fpecies. 

 have cultivated both thefe forts above thirty years, and 

 have never obferved the fecond to vary either in the 

 Ihape of its leaves, colour, iriake of the flower, or 

 o-rowth of the plants, which are much taller than the 

 firft, the leaves thinner, fparingly fet on the ftalks, 

 and of a lighter colour. 



Both thefe forts are annual, and if the feeds are fjwn 

 in autumn, the plants will comxe up the following 

 fpring; but when the feeds are not fown till fpring, 

 they rarely come up the fame year : fo that when the 

 feeds are permitted to fall on the ground, they gene- 

 rally fucceed better than when fown by art. The firfl; 

 fort grows naturally in kent, particularly by the fide 

 of the river Medway, between Rochefl:er and Maid- 

 ftone, where it is found in great plenty in the fields 

 which are fown with w4ieat; but in the intermediate 

 years when the fields are fown v/ith fpring corn, there 

 is rarely a plant of it to be found, which Ihews the ne- 

 ceflity of fowing the feeds in autumn, for thofe fields 

 of fpring corn, if fufiered to remain undilurbed after 

 the harved, will abound with this plant the follov/ing 

 year. For fome years pad, great quantities of tiie 

 flowers of this plant have been brought to London, 

 and fold in the Ilreets by the name of Red Morocco. 

 Both thefe annual forts flower In the beginning of June, 

 and the feeds ripen in Augufl: and September ^ this 

 mufl; be underflood of tliofe plants wliich arife from 

 feeds fown in autumn, or fuch as hav£ fallen to the 

 ground ; for when any plants come up from the feeds 

 fjwn in the fpring (which fometimes happen) they do 

 not flower till July or Augufl:, and their feeds feldom 

 ripen before Odober. 



Thefe plants will thrive befl: in a light foil, but may 

 be fown in any fituation, fo tliat by lowing fome in a 

 warnifituation, and others in the Ihade, they may be 

 continued longer in flower. The feeds ou^ht to be 

 fown w^liere the plants are to remain to flower, for 



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its fl.owers the latter end of March, or the bcginnin'^^ 

 of April, according to the forwardn^fs of the fcafon : 

 the ifalks rife about a foot and a half high, and v/hen 

 the roots are large, and have flood unremovetl for 

 fom-e years, they will put our a great number of fl:alks 

 from each : t\\Q{c are garniflicd w^ith fine flcnder leaves,- 

 which are placed in clufl:ers at intervals. At the top 

 of each fcalk, is produced one large yellow flower, 

 compofcd of an unequal number of petals, the center 

 of which is occupied by a great number of germen, 



furrounded by many flamina ; after tlie flowers drop, 

 the germen become naked feeds, clofely adhering to 

 the foot-flalk, forming an obtufe fpikc. Thefe ripen 

 in AugLiit, and fliculd be fown loon after, otherwife 

 they feldom fucceed. 



When the plants come up, they muil be carefully 

 kept clean from v/eeds, and, in very dry weather, if 

 they are now and then refreflicd with w^ater, it 'will 

 promote their grov/th. They Ihould remain in th.e 

 place where they are fown until the fecond year, for 

 they make but flow progrefs while young. The belt 

 time to tranfplant them is in autumn, when they ought 

 to I')e planted where they strc to remain, for if often 

 removed, they w^ill not produce many flowers, nor 

 thofe flowers be fo ftrong as on the plants which are 

 unremoved. 

 A D O X A. Lin. Gen. 450. MofchatelHna. Tourn. 

 Infl:. Tuberous Mofchatel, or Hollow Root. This 

 is ranged in Linnr^us'seighth clafs, entitled Cftan- 

 dria Tetragynia, the flower having eight fl:amina and 



four ftyles. 



The CuARACTErvS are. 

 The empalemcnt of the fl.cwer is bifid a"! d permanent., upon 

 zvhich refts the germen ; the flower is of one leaf tvhich is 

 cut into four acute fgments. The germen is fituated in 

 the center., fiippcr ting four ere£l ftyles., thefe are attended 

 ly eight flamina.^ crowned by roundiflo fummits •, after the 

 fl.owcr is paft.y the germen becomes a round berry., refting 



en the empalement, which hath four cells, each containing 



a Jingle comprejfed feed. 

 There is but one Species of this genU5. 

 Adoxa. Hort. ChiF. 152, Bulbous Fumitory Hollow Roolj 

 or tuberous Mofchatel. Radix cava minima viridi flore 



of Gerard. ^ ■ 



This plant grows naturally in fliady v/oods in divers 

 parts of England : I have frequently gathered it on 

 t!ie top of I-Ianipfl;ead amiong the bufhes, near the 

 wood i it is a veiy low plant, feldom rifing more than 

 four or five inches high, the leaves refemble thofe of the 

 bulbous Fumitory, the flower-fl:alk arifes immediately 

 from the root, upon the top of v/hich is placed four 

 or five fmall flowers of an herbaceous white colour; 

 thefe appear the beginning of i\pril, and the berries 

 ripen in May, foon after v/hich the leaves decay. 

 There is little beauty in this plant, but as fome perfons 

 are fond of collecting the feveral kinds of plants in 

 their gardens, which are not commonly found, it is 

 mentioned here. I'he roots may be tranfplantcd any 

 time after the leaves are, decayed, till winter; thefe 

 are tuberous, and fl^aped fomev/hat like a tooth. 

 They muil be planted in the fnade, under flarubs ; 

 for if they are cxpofed to the open fun, they will not 

 thrive. The leaves and flowers fmell iike Mufl<, from 

 whence it has been byfome called Mufl^-Crowfoot. 



yEGILOPS, Wild Feftuc, a fort of grafs which grows 

 naturally in many parts of Europe, fo is rarely culti- 

 vated except in botanic gardens. 



iEGOPODIUM, Small Wild Angelica, or Goutv/ort ; 

 this plant grows naturally in feveral places near Lon- 

 don, but the roots run fo fall in a garden, as to ren- 



der it a troublefome v/eed. 

 3i S C H y N O M £ N E. Lin. Gen. Plant. y6c). Baf- 



tard Senfltive plant. 



This aenus of 

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plants is ranged in the third fcction of 



nteenth clafs, entitled Diadclphia de- 



the flowers of this clafs have ten fl:amina> 



nine of which are united, and the other is feparate, 



' The Characters arc, 



The mpalement of the fewer ccnffts of one leaf ^ cut 



into twl equal fegmcnts, the upper being bifid, and the 



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