A 



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This may be treated 

 fecond. 



In the fame manner as the 



A 



I 



pods Hiut up in the woolly empalements, having two 

 cells, containing three or four Iquare feeds in each. 

 It flowers in June and July, and the feeds ripen in I The eighth fort is 'a perennial plant, which gro//s 



autumn, foon after which the plajits decay. The naturally upon IiilK in leveral parts of En f^Iand, par- 

 feeds of this fliould be fown in April, on an open [ ticularly in the North. ^' ' ' 



border, where the plants are defigned to remain ; 

 and when the plants come up, they Ihould be thin- 

 ned, leaving them at leaft two feet afunder, and keep 

 them clean from weeds ; the fecond year they will 

 flower, and produce feeds. 



The fourth fort hath a perennial root, which fends 

 out feveral ftriated ftalks near three feet high, which, 

 if not fupported, proftrate thcmfelves towards the 

 earth. Thefe are garnifhed with winged leaves placed 

 alternately, at two inches diftancc, which are com- 

 pofed of about ten pair of oval fmall lobes, termi- 

 nated by an odd one. The flowers arife from the 

 wings of the leaves, upon foot-fl:alks two inches long, 

 in linall loofe fpikes, which are yellow, and fhaped 

 like the reft or this genus, and are fuccccded by 

 hairy, globular, fwelling pods, ending with a fiiarp 

 U)int, opening in two cells, in each of which arc 

 contained two or three hard reddilh feeds. It flowers 

 in July, and the feeds ripen in autumn. This grows 

 naturally in the fouth of France and Italy. It is eafily 

 propagated by feeds, which fliould be fown upon an 

 open border in the fpring -, and when the plants come 

 up, they muft be thinned and kept clean from weeds 

 till autumn, when they fliould be tranfplanted to the 

 place where they are to remain, and will afterward 

 require no other culture, but to keep them clean from 

 weeds. One or two of thefe plants in a garden by 

 way of variety, may be admitted, but they have lit- 



tle beauty. 



The fifth fort is annual. 



This fends out from the 



root two or three hairy trailing branches, which are 

 garniflied with winged leaves, compofed of ten or 

 twelve pair of blunt lobes, terminated by an odd 

 one : the flowers come out from the wings of the 

 leaves upon naked foot-ftalks, four or five inches 

 long, and arc gathered into a round head •, thefe are 

 fliapcd like the others, but are pretty large, and of a 

 deep purple colour, which are fucceeded by Ihort 

 pods rough on their outfides, and when opened, are 

 fhaped like a heart, ending in afliarp point, contain- 

 ing three or four feeds. 



l^he feeds of this fliould be fown on an open border 

 in April, where the plants are to remain, and treated 

 as the other annual forts bctore-mentioned. It flowers 

 in July, and the feeds ripen in autumn. It grows na- 

 turally in Spain and Portugal, from v/hence I have 

 received the feeds. 



Th<f fixch fort is a perennial plant, which grows na- 

 turally upon the mountains in Spain, from whence I 

 received it. This is a low plant, feldom riflng with 

 a fl:em more than^threc inches high, fending out 

 v/inged leu-ves on every fide, which are compofed of 

 many pairs of narrow lobes, fet very clofe together 

 on the midrib, terminated by an odd one. The 

 flowers grow upon lung foot-ftalks, which rife above 

 tlie leaves j thefe are large and of a purj^le colour, 

 growing in a loofe fpike, and ftandered, and are fuc- 



This is a low plant, feldom 

 riflng more dian tv/o or three inches liigh, havina 

 many winged leaves compofed of narrow woolly lobes^ 

 placed clofe on the mich-ib •, the flowers are pretty 

 large, of a purple colour, growing in loofe fpikes. It 

 flowers in June, and the feeds ripen in Auguft. This 

 may be propagated as the fourth fort, and fliould hav 

 a ftiadv fituation. ' 



Tlie ninth fort hath a perennial creeping root, fend- 

 ing out leaves, which are compofed of many pair of 

 oval lobes, terminated by an odd one -, the flower- 

 ftalks arc as lon*g as the leaves, which fupport a cy- 

 lindrical fpike of yellow flowers, which are fucceeded 

 by fwoUen pods, opening in two cells, containing fe- 

 veral greenilli feeds. This may be propagated as the 

 fourth fort, and muft have a ftiady lituation. It flow- 

 ers in June, and grows naturally in Siberia. 

 The tenth fort was dif(;overed by Dr. Tournefort in 

 the Levant, who fenc the feeds to the royal garden at 

 Paris, where they fucceeded, from whence I was fur- 

 niflied with them. This fends up ftalks near th 

 feet high, v/hich are large at bottom, and gradually 

 diniinifla to the top ; the leaves alfo at bottom are 

 very long, and diminifli upward, fo as to form a fort 

 of pyramid i thefe are v/inged, and compofed of 

 many large oval pair of lobes, which are placed thin- 

 ly on the midrib, and terminated by an odd one ; 

 the flowery come out in clufters from the wings d( 



root where 



each leaf, 

 foot-ftalks 

 ward, 



beginning near 

 the loneeft, 



the 



are 

 diminifliinor 





and continuing 

 m tneir number. Thefe 



led by oblong crooked pods opening in two cells, 

 filled with fquarc feeds. It flowers in June, and the 

 feeds ripen in Auguft. This is propagated by feeds, 

 which Ihould be fown, and the plants treated in the 

 Jf'ime manner as the fourth fort, but fliould have a" 

 {ludy fituation and a ftrongerfoil. 

 The feventh fore is annual. This fends out feveral 

 trailing branches near two feet long, which are gar- 

 nifned with winged leaves, compofed of about ten 

 pair of blunt lobes, fet thinly on the midrib, termi- 

 rvited by an odd one: at thev/ing of each leaf conies 

 gut a foot-ftaik near two inches lonp;, fuftaining four 



pr five yellow flowers at the top, which are fucceeded 

 by triangular brown pods, fliaped hke a prifm, grow- 

 ing ereft, and open in tv/o cells filled with greenifli 

 fquare feeds. It flowers in July, and the feeds ripen 



ia autumn, foon after which the plants decay.] i;) the Levant, who feni the feeds :o the royal garden 



at 



the 



up. 



are 

 large, of a briffht yellow colour, and are fuc- 



r Ceeded by cylindrical pods opening in two cells, 

 .filled with fquare yellow feeds. It flowers in July, 

 and in very favourable feafons will perfeft feeds in 

 England. It is propagated by feeds, which ftiould 

 be fown, and the plants afterward treated as hath 

 been directed for the fourth fort ; with this diffe- 

 rence only, to plant them in a warm border and a dry 

 foil, otherwife the plants will not thrive well in this 

 climate. The- third year from feed the plants will 



. flower, and continue many years in a proper foil. 

 The eleventh fort grows naturally in Egypt, from 



: whence the feeds were fent to the royal garden at Pa- 

 ris, and Dr. Juflleu was fo good as to fend me part 



, of the feeds; this is an annual plant, which rifes 

 wicri upright ftalks a foot and a half high, thinly gar- 

 niflied v/ith winged leaves, compofed of about twelve 

 pair of oval lobes, terminated by an odd one ; the 

 foot-ftalks of the flowers arife from the wings of the 

 leaves, and are extended beyond them ; thefe are ter- 

 minated by loofe fpikes of yellow flowers, which 

 fucceeded by fickle-lliapcd pods. It flowers in July, 

 and the feeds ripen in autumn, foon after which the 

 plants decay. It may be propagated by feeds in the 

 fame manner as hath been before diredled for the an- 

 nual forts, putting the feeds in a warm border and a 

 dry ioil, where the plants will perfedl their feeds very 

 well. 



The' tv/elfth fort grows naturally in Italy, and the 

 fouth of France, from whence I received the feeds. 

 This is an annual plant, which fends out feveral weak 

 ftalks without any order, garninicd with winged 

 leaves, compofed of ten or twelve pair of lobes, and 

 fometimes terminated by an odd one ; thefe are hairy ^ 

 at the foot-ftalks of the leaves the flowers come out 

 in fmall clufters, fitting clofe to the fide;, of the ftalks, 

 which are of a copper cokrar, and are fucceeded hv 

 awl-fliaped pointed pods growing erecft, and reflect- 

 ed at their points. This is propagated by feeds in 

 the fame manner as the other annual forts before men- 

 tioned i it flowers in July, and the feeds are ripe in 

 autumn. 



The thirteenth fort was dif:overed by Dr. Tournefcrt, 



