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a frame in winter to |:)rote£t them from froft. The 

 lollowing ipring the plants will rife, and when they 

 are Ilrong eiiough to remove, they fliould be each 

 plaiiteu in a fmall pot f'llcd with light earth, and 

 placed in the fliade till they have taken new root ; 

 after whicli, they may be placed with other hardy 

 exotic plants, in a flieltered fituation, where they 

 may remain till Oftober, when they mufl be removed 

 into flicker. Thefe plants are always houfed in winter, 

 yet [ have liad fomc of them live abroad three or four 

 yeai-s, which were planted againft a fouth-weft af- 

 pcdcd wall. It may alfo be propagated by cuttings, 

 which may be planted during any of the fummer 

 n-ionths, oblerving to v/ater and fliade them until they 

 havtf talsien root. V/hen the cuttings have taken good 

 root, they fnould be planted in pots, and treated in 

 the fanie manner as the former. 

 The feventh fort is a low llirab, feldom rifing above 

 two feet high, but fends out many flender branches, 

 jarniihed with hoary leaves, which are fometimes 



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iingle, but generally have three o\- \ lobes, the middle 

 being longer than the other two; the flowers are 

 yellow, and come out from the fide of the branches, 

 three or four joined together, having woolly empale- 

 ments, but thele are rarely fucceeded by feeds in 

 England. It may be propagated by cuttings or feeds. 

 In the iam.e manner as the former fort, and treated as 

 hath been direfted for that. This has been an old in- 

 habitant in the Englifli gardens, 

 Tl;e eighth fort grows naturally in Spain and Portu- 

 gal, from whence I have received the feeds. This 

 iS a flirub which grows nine or ten feet hio-h, havino- 



Whin, but it 

 It will live in ^^^At 



hath round leaves m*owInp- Iingle. 



open air in mild Vv'inters, but hard frolt v/ill deilroy it. 

 It is propagated by feeds only. 

 The ninth fort grows naturally in Crete, and alfo in 

 Paleftine ; this was formerly in fome of the EngliOi 

 gardens, but the fevere winter of .17^!, deftroyed 

 moft (if not all the plants) in this country, fince which 

 time I have not feen it. This ihrub grows five or 

 fix feet high, the branches are garniflied with oblono- 

 ternate leaves ; the flowers, which are yellow, are pro^ 

 duced in fmall clufters on the fide of the branches ; 

 thefe appear in July and / 

 ceeded by feeds in this country" 

 This is propagated by cuttings, v/hich fhould be 

 planted the beginning of June, and if they are clofcly 

 covered with a bell-glafs, and properly fhaded, they 

 will put out roots by the end of Auguft, when they 

 fhould be carefully taken up, and each planted in a 

 fmall pot,_ filled with light earth, and placed in the 

 fhade until they have taken new root; when they 

 may be placed in the open air till Oaober, and then 

 lliould be removed into fhclter, and treated in the 

 lame way as- other hardy green-houfe plants. 

 The tenth fort grows natunilly in Portugal and Spain: 

 tills is a very low ilirubby plant, whofe branches Ipread 

 Hear tlic ground, garniih;:d with filvery v«nged leaves, 

 w^hich are acute-pointed ; the flowers are^produced 

 toward the extremity of the branches ; thefe are not 

 lucceeded by fl-eds in England, but the plant is pro- 

 pagated by cuttings in the lame manner as the for- 

 mer, and th.e plants require tlie fame treatment 



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lv,il 



in compofidon fome- 

 times indicates a likenefs, ' kyxiy^-.vov, of «\t1 and 

 tlie noilrils, becauie it reprelents a nofe:] Snap- 

 dnigon, or Calves-lhout. 





i1ie Cmaract]:Rs are, 



upper i':^mcnts 



fi' 



fiozi-cr 



, . .. I'-i'-'g lorricr , than the lQ-~jjer'. .,..._,._., 



IS ringatt, having en ohlo,ig tube, divided at the tcp into 

 tivo bps^ -i-hnh crcclofcd at thejaio. The upper lip is 

 ciit n.to t-zvo, and rcflcxed on cr.ch fide ; the under Up is 

 divuiCu into three chtnfc parts : in the bottom is fituated 

 en cotule ncttariuni, lohicb is not prominent. There are 

 J cur fti-mma ivhich^ are included in the upper lip, tzvo being 



mnits. In 



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fupportin? a fi. 



which are full of fmall angular feds. 

 This genus is ranged in Linnsus's fourteenth clafs 

 of plants, entitled Didynamia Angioiperma, the 

 flower having two long and t^^'o fnort (lamina, and 

 many feeds included in a capfule. To this genus 

 Linnsus has joined the Linaria and Afarina-, but as 

 the flowers of the Linaria luve fpurs to their petals 

 and the neclarium being very prominent, which are 

 not fo in this genus, fo it fhould be feparated from it. 

 The Specie 



s are 



1. Antirrhinum {Minus) foliis lanceolatis obtufis al- 

 ternis caule ramofifTimo diftufo. Hort. Cliff. 324. 

 Snap-dragon with ohtife fpcar-flmped leaves growing al- 

 ternate, and a diffufed branching fialk. Antirrhinum ar- 

 venfe minus. C. B. P. 212. 



2. Antirrhinum {Orontimn) floribus fubfpicatis, caly- 

 cibus digitatis corolla longiorlbus. Hort. Upfal. 176. 



h fpiked flowers, and fi. 



C. B. P. 212. 



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Antirrhinum arvenfe majus. 



3. Antirrhinum {Mafis) foliis lanceolatis petiolatis 

 calycibus brevifTimjs racemo terminali. Vir. ChfT. 61. 

 Snap-dragon with f pear fo aped leaves having fcot-^ftalks, 



. and very floor t flower-cups, terminated by a fpike cf flowers. 

 Antirrhinum majus aiterum folio longiore. C. B. P. 



211. 



4. Antirrhinum 



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ifol 



calycibus hirfutis racemo longifTimo. Snap-dragcn zvitb 

 fmcoth fpear-Jhaped leaves^ harry fi^ 



fpike of fi. 



Antirrhinum larifolium amplo 



paliido flore. Bocc. Muf 2. 49. 



5. Antirrhinum (//^//V/^;;?) foliis lineari-lanceolatis hir- 

 futis racemo breviore. Snap-dragon with narro-w, hab'\\ 

 fp ear -p aped leaves, and a fiorter fpike cf flowers. An- 

 tirrhinum longifolium majus Italicum flore amplo 

 niveo laftefcente. H. R. Par. 



6. Antirrhinum {Sictdum) foliis linearibus floribus pe- 

 tiolatis axillaribus. Snap-dragon with narrow leaves and 

 flowers^ with foot-fialks proceeding from the wings of the 



leaves. Antirrhinum ficulum linaria folio niveo flore. 

 Bocc. Muf 



The two firfl: forts grow naturally on arable land in 

 many parts of England, fo are feldom admitted into 

 gardens ^ thefe are both annual plants, which come 

 up from fcattered feeds. They flower in June and 

 July, and their feeds arc ripe in September. 

 The third fort is not a native of England, but having 

 been firil brought into gardens, the ieeds have fcat- 

 tered about in fo great plenty, that it is become very 

 common upon walls and old buildings in many parts 

 of England. Of this fort there are feveral varieties, 

 which difler in the colour of their flowers, fome having 

 red flowers with v/liite mouths, fom.e with yellow 

 mouths, others liave white flov/ers, with yellow and 

 vv-hite mouths. There is alfo one widi fl:ripcd leaves. 

 The lafl is propagated by flips and cuttings, which 

 readily take root any time in the fpring or fummer. 

 The different colours of the flowers are variable from 

 feeds. 



The fourth fort grows naturally in the iflands of the 

 Archipelago, from whence I received the {qz^%. 



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leaves of this are much broader, the flov/ers greatly 

 larger, and the fpikes longer, than in any of the other 

 forts. The colours of the flovrcrs are as cliangeable 

 in this fort as tlie former, v/hen railed from ieeds •, 

 but as this is tlie moft fpecious kind, fo it better ce- 

 ferves propagating than the common, efpecially as it 

 is equally hardy. 



The fifth fort has long narrow leaves, which are hairy; 

 . the flowers are large, and the fpike is fliorter than 

 the former; there are fome varieties in the colour of 

 the flov/ers of this fort, bat it is equally hardy with 

 the common fort. 



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Thefixth fort is an annuahplant, which feldom grows 

 more than a foot high-, the leaves of this are very 

 narrow and fmooth; the flowers come out from die; 

 wings of the leaves fin^-:le, flandji^p- on lono- foot- 

 n:alks ; thefe are very wliite, v/ith a dark bottom, If 



ifte-r- I the feeds of this fort arc permitted to fcatter, the 



plajiD? 



