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thirty yean cultivating it, lean aiErn^it never alters^, 

 ,and t]ie plants before they fliew their flowers are lb 



different as to be eafily diftinguilhed from the firit. 



There is a variety of this with a deeper blue flower, 



wJaofe feeds I received from Nice, and this hath re- 

 . stained its colour for three years, during which time I 



have fov/n it in the Chelfea garden. _ , . - 

 I :Thefc aie all annual plants wliicharife from feeds, and, 

 ^if fuSered to remain till their feeds, fcatter, will become 



weeds in the place ; fo that they are never cultivated, 

 . except in botanic gardens for variety. The firil and 

 . fccond forts are directed by the College. of Phylicians 



for medicinal ufe. 



The thirdfort isa very beautiful, fmall, perennial plant, 



producing great numbers of fine blue flowers, in 



April and May : this .may be propagated by feeds, 



.which Ihould be fown foon after they are ripe ; for if 



they are kept till fpring, they do not always fucceed : 



:;.this plant requires. to be flieltered from extreme cold, 



; .which v/ill fometimes deftroy it in winter. '■ 



:. The fourth fort was fent me from Spain by Mr. Hor- 



.....tega, intendant of the royal gardens at Madrid. This 



:. 15 a trailing annual plant, wich broad leaves and blue 



i. flowers. It v/ill cafily rife from feeds, and requires 



no .otlier care but to keep the plants clean from 



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Tl)ere are two varieties of the firfl fort, ,oae with a 



. .white, and the. other a flefh-coloured flower ; but as 



thqy.are not conilant, I have not inferted tliem as 



different fpecies. , There is alfo another with a worn- 



vout purple flower, Avhich has feveral years continued 



: .the. fame in the Chelfea garden -, but as there is little 

 jdiffereijce in the leaves of this and the firfl:, ;I have 



not enumerated it. ' • ■ - -^ ■■ 



A-N;AGyR'IS, Stinking Bean-trefoil. . 



- .r^The Characters are, / 



• ;// hath a bclU/hafed empakment^ which is cut into five 



i -^'farts at the brim^ the upper fegnicnt being much deeper 



: .cut than the ethers. The flo^joer is of the butterfly kind^ 



^tbe ftamiard is heart-JIoaped^ upright^ broady and indented. 



.This, is much longer than the empakment \ the wings are 



oblongs plain^ and longer than the flandard ; the keel is 



Jonz and upright : it hath ten Jlamina^ which rife dijtincl^ 



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eoj-ial^ crowned with Jingle fi. 

 i an oblong germen^ fupportim 

 fligma, ■ : The gernien afterv 

 wd^ which is reflexed at th 



-fl japed ft 



' Jingle ftyli 



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. .JDr. Linmeus ranges this genus in his tenth clafs of 

 , plants, entitled Decandria Monogynia, the flower 

 /having ten fl:amirxa, and one Ilyle. .. . . 



The Species are, . ' ' 



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1. Anagyris (F^tida) foliis ovati^ floribus lateralibus. 



■ Stinking Bean-trefoil with oval leaves^ and flowers pro- 

 ceeding from the wings of the ftalks. Anagyris fcetida. 



. -C. B. P. 391. ^ 



2. Anagyris, (Cretica) foliis oblongis racemis longicri- 



bus. Stinking Bean-trefoil with oblong leaves^ and. longer 



■ fpikes cffl.Gwers. Ahagyris toetida Cretica oblongis to- 



■ liis.luteis floribus. Barrel. Icon. 



', The firfl fort grows wild in the fouth of France, in 

 Spain and Italy : this is a flirub which ufjally rifes 

 ■to the height of eight or ten feet, and produces irs 



■ flowei-s in April and May, which are of a bright yd- 

 lov/ colour, growling in fpikes, fomewhat like thofe 

 of the Laburnum : the feeds are nc^er pcrfefted in 

 this country, which is the reafon of its prefent fcarcity 



in England. ;." 

 ,. The other fort is a native of Candia, and fome of th 

 . iflands of tlic Aixhipelago, and at prefent very rar 

 in the Englifn gardens. This fort hath longer leaves 

 tlianthe former, and flov/ers later in the fummer, fo 

 tliat it never produces feeds. 



Thcfc may be both propagated by laying down their 

 tender branches in the fpring, obferving to tongue 

 them in the fame manner as the layers of Carnations, 

 beinyc Careful in dry weather to fupply them with 

 watcfi which if duly performed, the layers will have 

 taken root by the follov/ing fpring, when taty fnould 

 be cut off from the old plants, a little time before 



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^.ey begin" to put out their leaves, and planted In a 

 warm fitiuation ; for if they are too miuch expofed to 

 cold winds, they will be in danger of being ddlroyed 

 ; in a hard winter. This method of propagating thcfe 

 ■ plants, is to fupply their dcfed in not producing ripe 

 iceds in this country •, for the plants which are pro- 

 duced from feeds, will be much handfomer,- and will 

 rife to a much greater height. ■ . • 



If you propagate thefe plants from feeds, you fl^ould 

 fow them on a moderate hot-bed the beginning of 



March. If the feeds are good, the plants will appear 

 in a month after the feeds are fowii ; when they fliould 

 be inured by degrees to the open air, into wliich they 

 'ftiould be removed toward the end of May, placing 

 them in a flieltered fituation ; for this purpofe the 

 . feeds ftiould be fowed in pots, and plunged into a 

 . .hot-bed, becaufe the plants do not bear tranfplanting 

 j". iwell-till the fpring following: and as tliey are impa- 

 tient of cold while young, fo the two firfl: v/inters it 

 ' ■ willbe proper to flielter them under a common frame, 

 ,' where .the glafl^es may be drawn off every day in mild 

 .. weather^ '"that the plants may enjoy the open air, 

 ^ ■ which will prepare them for planting abroad when 

 they have acquired proper fl:rength : k .will be very 

 ■proper to keep thefe plants in pots three years, in 

 which time they will have advanced to be in proper 

 .condition for planting them into the places where they 

 are intended to remain •, the befl: time for this is about 

 :the beginning of April, jufl: before the plants begin 

 .to put out new leaves : at \vhich time they fliould be 

 turned out of the pots, preferving good balls of earth 

 ..ito -their roots, planting fome of them againfl: warm 

 afpefted walls, where they will not be in danger of 

 'fuficring by frofl: ^ and the others may be planted ia 

 .warm iituations, where, if they areprotefted in fevere 

 '.winters, by covering the furface of the ground about 

 their roots with tanners bark, and fcreening their 

 heads v/ith miats, they may be preferved feveral years. 

 The fourth year from feeds thefe plants will begin to 

 produce their flowers, and will continue flowering 

 every year after, fo will be very proper to intermix 

 with other flowering flirubs of the fame growth in 

 v/arm fituations. 

 ANANAS, the Pine-apple. 



The CHARActERs are, . .^ 



The flower co7jfls of three oval petals^ which are pro- 

 duced from the protuberances of the pyramidal fruity and 

 are ftretched cut beyond the empalonent, Thefe have Jix 

 awljhapedjlamina^ which ft and zvithin theflozver^ crozvned 

 zvith fpear'fl:aped fummits : the germen is Jtuated below 

 ■ the flower^ fupporting afiender ftyle^ crowned with a trifid 

 ftigma. The germen afterzvard becomes a cell^ in which 

 is lodged feveral angular feeds: 



Dr. Linnaeus has joined this to the Bromelia of father 

 Plumier, to which he has alfo. added the Karatas of 

 the fame author, fuppofing them to be of the fame 

 genus \ which miftake he may have been led into, by 

 Plumicr's figures, for he has joined the fruit cf the 



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Caraguata to the flowers of the Karatas, and vice verfa. 

 The other diflirences will be exhibited under the ar- 

 ticle Karatas. • 



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The Varieties of this are, 



1. Ananas (Ot'^i'/.a) aculeatus, fru£lu ovato, carne al- 

 bida. Plum. Oval-ftjaped Pine-apple^ with a whttip 

 flefh, - ' 



2. Ananas {Pyramidalis) aculeatus, fruftu pyramidato, 



carne aurea. Plum. Pyramidal Pine-apple^ zvith a 

 - yelhwiflo fluflj^ called the Sugar-loaf Pine. 

 . Ananas (Glabra) folio vix ferrato, 'Boerh. Ind. Alt. 



2. 83. Pine-apple with finocth leaves. 



4. Ananas {Lucidus) lucide virens, folio vix ferrato. 

 Hort. Elth. Pine-apple zvith fhining green leaves^ and 

 fcarce any fpines 071 their edges. 



5. Ananas {Serotinus) frudlu pyramidato oliva^ colore, 

 intus aureo. Pyramidal Olive-cokwed Pine-apple^ with 

 a yellow fleflj. 



6. Ananas {Viridis) aculeatus, fruftu pyramfidato ex 

 viridi flaveiccnte. The green Pine-apple. 



There are feveral other varieties of this fruit, fome of 



which may have been obtained from feeds ; and I 



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