This genus of plants is ranged in the fccond fedion 

 of Linn:tus's nineteenth clais, intitled Syngenefia 

 Polyp^amia fuperflua, the f:owers being compofed of 

 female and hermaphrodite florets, included in a com- 

 mon empalement. 



The Species are, * 



I. Bellis {Pcrennis) fcapo nudo unifioro. Hort. Gliff. 



ify with a naked ft alk^ having one fl. 



ify. 



2. Bellis {Annua) caule fubfohofo. Lin. Sp. Plant. 



Daify with leaves on the lower part of the ft, 



M 



p. 96. 



{Kortenfi. 



ify with a larger double fli 



but fuialler. 



I 



The firil fort is the common Daify, which grows 

 naturally inpafture land in mod parts of Europe, and 

 is often a troublefome weed in the grafs of gardens, 



fo is never cultivated. 



The fccond fort is a low annual plant, v/hich grov/s 

 naturally on the Alps, and the hilly parts of Italy. 

 This feldom rifes more than three inches high, with 

 an upright ftalk, which is garniflied v/ith leaves on 

 the lov/er part ^ but the upper part is naked, fup- 

 porting a fingle flower like that of the common Daily, 



This is preferred in fome botanic gar- 

 dens for the fake of variety -, it v/as fent me from Ve- 

 ona, near which place it grows wild. 

 The Garden Daify is generally fuppofed to be only a 

 variety of the wild fort, which v/as firil obtained by 

 culture. Tins may probably be true, but there has 

 not been any initance of late years of the wild fort 

 having been altered by culture ^ for I have kept the 

 wild iort in the garden upward of forty years, and 

 have conftantly parted the roots, and raifed many 

 plants from feeds, but they have confl:antly remained 

 the fame ; nor have I ever obferved the Garden Daify 

 to degenerate to the wild fort, where they have been 

 fome years negleded, tho' they have altered greatly 

 with regard to the fize and beauty of tteir flowers. 

 I have aifo obferved the feveral varieties of the Gar- 

 den Daily vary from one to the other, therefore I 

 jliall not confider them as diflinft fpecies, but fliall 

 only mention the varieties, which are cultivated in the 



gardens. 



1. The red and white Garden Daily, with double 



fiOwers. 



2. The double variegated Garden Daify. 



3. The Childing, or Hen and Chicken Daify^ 



4. The Cockfcomb Daify with red and white flowers. 

 The Garden Daifles flower in April and May, when 

 they make a pretty variety, being intermixed with 

 plants of the fame growth j they fl^ould be planted 

 in a fliady border, and a loamy foil without dung, 

 in wliidi they may be preferved without varying, 

 provided the roots are tranfplanted and parted every 

 autumn ; which is all the culture they require, except 

 the keeping them clear from weeds. 

 Thefe were formerly planted for edgings to borders, 

 but they are very unfit for this purpole \ becaufe where 

 they are fully expofed to the fun, they frequently die 

 in larcre patches, whereby the edgings become bald 





in many places.' 



BELLIS MAJ 

 BELLONIA. 



See Chrysanthemum. 



This plant was fo nam.ed by Father Plumier, in ho- 

 nour of the famous Petrus Bellonius, who has left 

 many valuable trafts on natural hifl:ory, &c. 



The Characters are. 



of one leaf 



five parts at the top\ the flower is wheeUftjaped^ of 



ftdort tube-, but fp 



ife fegments 



th five awl'fhaped ft 



fhort^ and crowned by ftjort ere£i fum 

 mils, which clofe together. The germen is fttuated tindt 

 the receptacle of the ficwer^ fupporting an awl-ftapedftyh 

 which is longer than theftanmh% and crozvned by an acta 

 ftigmd. The germen afterivard becomes an oval turbinate 

 fced'Veffely ending in a pointy having one cell filled wit 

 fmall rcmd feeds. 



R 



This genus of plants is ranged in the firft feftion of 



Linna^us's fifth clafs, intitled Pentandria Monogynia, 

 the flower having five ftamina and one ftyle. 

 We have but one Species of this genus, viz. 

 Bellonia. Lin. Sp. Plant. 172. Bellonia frutefcens, fo- 

 lio meliif^ afpero. Plum. Nov. Gen. 19. 

 This plant is very common in feveral of the warm 

 illands in America, from whence I have received the 

 feeds. 



It hath a ligneous fl:alk, which rifes ten or twelve 

 feet high, fending out many lateral branches, o-ar- 

 nifhed with oval rough leaves placed oppofite^^the 

 flowers come out from the wings of the leaves, in 

 loofe panicles, which are of the wheel fliape, of one 

 leaf, divided into five parts i thele are fucceeded by 

 oval capfules, ending in a point, which are full of 



fmall round feeds. 



It is propagated by feeds, which fhould be fown early 

 in the fpring, in a pot filled with light frefli earth, 

 and plunged into a hot-bed of tanners barks, ob- 

 ferving to water it frequently, as the earth appears 

 dry; but ycu mAid be careful not to v/afh the feeds 

 out of the ground. When the plants are come up 

 half an inch high, they fnould be carefully tranf- 

 planted into pots filled with light frefla earth, and 

 plunged into the hot-bed again, obferving to water 

 and fhade them until they have taken root ; after 

 which timetheylhould liave airadmittedto them every 

 day, when the weather is warm ; they mull alfo be 

 frequendy watered. When the plants ha^-e filled 

 thefe pots with their roots, they fliould be carefully 

 iliaken out of them, and their roots trimmed, and 

 put into larger pots filled with light frefli earth, and 

 plunged into the hot-bed again. In warm weather 

 they fliould have free air admitted to them every 

 day; but in auturhn they muft be plunged into the 

 bark-fl:ove, ' and treated in the fame manner as other 

 tender exodc plants. The fecond year thefe plants 

 will fomedmes flower, but they rarely' produce good 

 feeds in this climate ; however, they may be propa- ' 

 gated by cutdngs in the fummer months, provided 

 they are planted in light earth on a moderate hot-bed, 

 and carefully watered and fliaded until they have 

 taken root. Thefe plants muft be conftantly kept in 

 the ftove, and fliould have a large' fhare of free air in 

 warm weather; but if they are fet abroad, they will 

 not thrive in diis clim.a'te. 

 BELVEDERE. See Chenopodium. 



1 



BENZOIN, the Benjamin-tree. See Laurus. ' 

 BERBERIS, the Barberry, or Pipperidge-bufli. 



r 



'1 



The Characters are, 



f hath a coloured empalement.^ whii 

 ofed of fix concave leaves., three cf 



fp 



'difto 



flower is of fi: 



faftened to the baft 



of each petals and fix obtufe^ compreffed^ ere£fft 

 two fummits faftened on eachfiide their 



is cylindrical., the length of the ftamina., having no 



ftyle., but crowned by' an orbicular ft igma broader than the 



The germen 



'ft 



Jh 



I feeds 



This genus is ranged in Linna^us*s firft feftion of his 



Mono 



having fix ftamina and one ilyle. 

 The Species are, 



1. Berberis {Vulgaris) pedunculls racempfis. Mat. Med, 



290. Barberry with branching footftalks, Berberis du- 

 metorum. C. B. P. 454. The common Barberry. 



2. Berberis {Canadcnfis) foliis obverse-ovatis. Barberry 

 with oval obverfe leaves, Berberis latifllmo folio Ca- 

 nadenfis. FI. R. Par. 



3. Berberis {Cretica) pedunculis unifioris. Lin. Sp. 



/ 



fijjgle fiower on each f 



The firft fort grows naturally in the hedges in many 

 parts of England, but is alfo cultivated in gardens 

 for its fruit, which is pickled, and ufed for garnifti- 

 ing diflies. ■ This ftirub rifes with many ftalks from 



K k the 



