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C.v/xW pots vvith their roots by the middle of Augufl, 

 ai which time it will be proper^ to fliift them into 

 pots one fi/e large'r, that they may have time to take 

 good root again, before the cold weather comes on. 

 \Vhen tjide are new potted, the tan fliould be turned 

 over to renf'w the lieat; and if it is wanted, fome 

 ficfli tai^ rfiuft be added to the bed, to encoyr^ge 

 the roots of the plants. In this bed they may remain 

 :till autumn^ when they mull be removed into the 



, ftove, and plun jei^ into the tan- bed ; where they muft 

 CQpiftantly remain, for they are too tender to thrive in 

 this country, if they are not fo treated. . During the 

 winter they muft have but little v/ater, and fhould be 



■ Kept warm ■, ]put in fummer th?y Ihouid have fr^ili 



air admitted to them conflantly when the weather is 

 warm, and frequently fprinkled all over with water. 

 \Yith thi5 management, the gjants will fio>yer t;he 

 fp^irth year from feeds, and continue fq to do every 

 ear after, and will make a go^d appearance In the 



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See Anchusa, and Lycopsis, 





ove. ■ . . . ' 



BUGLOSSVM- 



]^ U G U L A. fourn. Inft. R. H. 208. tab. 58. Ajuga. 

 Lin. Gen. Plant. 624. Bugle. ^ -lurii^-^it.-'v 



^ The Characters a^-e, ;:{: ?ri;-'-rM; ' .^ ^^ ■ ^^. 

 // h0Sb a fmrt permanent empalement of one leaf 'which 



v ^^ fiig^^^h ^^^ ^'^^^ fi'^^ P^^^^ ' ^^^^ flo'wcr is of one leaf 



of the lip kind^ having an incur%;ed cylindrical tube \ the 



: . Vpp^^ ^(? '-^ V^^y fa^^^i ersSy and bifd y the under lip or 

 heard is large^ open^ and divided into three obtufe feg- 

 inents, the md4lf bji^^g l^^g^.t .^-pA^.k^ two fides fm4l\ 



ilk^jhjpur erep^ Jiamim^ ^Ijpoof^ti^hich are longer than 



the upper lip^ and two'fljorter^ terminated by double fum- 



: tnits, Injfj^ center isjti(at^ii ihe.ffiur germn^^ 



. & fender; jiyle th^ l^'^S^k ^f ^^^ fiaminq^ crowned by 



iwo Jlender Jligma:' The germen afterward become four 



■/Tl^is genujs of gla/its is ranged in tlje firft fection of 

 -', Linna^us's foumenth clafs, intitled Didynamia Gym- 

 * eijmU? the flower having two long, and two 



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1 ■ , 



gioi;t ftaiTjinajj^ apd i^ fucceeded by naked feeds. 



Thg Specibs are, 

 IJuguIh {R%iqns) foliis caullnis femiamplexicauli- 



bus, ftolo{y|)USJ5p^tricibus, Bugle whofe leaves half 

 embrace ite Ji,alksy^ and Jhoots "which put out roots* Bu- 

 gula. Dod. Peii>pt. 135. Common Bugle, - 



2. l^\jqvLA^{Dc^,myfis) foliis qblpngo-oyatis, caulibus 



- decumbentibus, verticillis diftantibus. Buzle with ol- 

 long o-val leaves^ declining ft alhy and the whorls of flowers 

 wide afnnder,^^xigu\d, folio n7^^;!cimo flqre pallide cas- 

 nileo. BoVrh. Ind. alt. i. 184. . ', r\y'\ - ;-;■ 



3. BuGULA (Pyramidalis) fohis obtufe-dentatis, caule 

 . fimplici. Bugle with blunt indented leaves^ and a Jingle 



JlalL Ajuga tetragono pyramidalis. Lin. Sp. Plajit. 



4. BuGutA {Gcnevcnjis) foliis oblongis tomentofis, ca- 

 lycibus hifjluisj. Bugle with oblong woolly leaves^ and 

 hairy flower-cups, Bugula carneo flore. Cluf. Hift, 2. 



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^UGVi^A {Oncnt aUs) ^^ v;lIofa, folds Qvato-dentatis M- 

 fiiibus, fioribus refupinatis. Hairy Bugle with oval in- 

 dented leaves^ pla'ced clofe to theftalksy and inverted flow- 



ers. 



Bugula crientahs villofa flore inverfo candido 





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cum oris purpureis. Tourn. Cor. 14. - ,. ,, \- 



The hrft fort grows naturally in woods, and fliady 



jnoiil places, in moft parts of E^ngland, where it 

 Ipreadsand mcreafes greatly by.the fide flioots, which^ 

 put out roots at their joints. There are two varieties 

 of this, one witli a white, and the other a pale purple 

 flower, which I obfervcd growing in fevcral parts of 

 Weftmorcland ; but thefe do not differ in any other 

 refpeft than in the colour of their flov/ers from the 

 common^ therefore I have only mentioned. them as 

 varieties, • - 



The common Bugle Is greatly efteemed as a vulne- 



.rary herb, and is ufed both internally and extcrnallyj 

 it enters as an ingredient into the vulnej-ary decoc- 

 tions of tJie furgeons, and is commended externally, 

 applied to ulcers. This is confl:antly mixed with 

 the vulnerary lierbs, imported from Switzerland* It 

 is titled Confolida Media, or Middle Confound. As 



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this grows' naturally wild in great plenty, fo ir \s 



-feldom admitted into gardens. 

 The fecond fort grows naturally on the Alps; tl;c 

 leaves of this are much longer than thofe of tlie com- 

 mon Bugle, the fl:alks are weaker, and decline on. 

 every fide, and the whorls of flowers are much fmaller, 

 and are ranged at a greater diflance. This is ad- 

 mitted into fome gardens for the fake of variety, and 

 propagates in plenty by its trailing ftalks. This re- 

 quires a m.oift Ihady fuuation. - . ,. 1 

 The third fort grows naturally in France, Genxuny, 

 and other countries, but is not a native in England. 

 This grows about four or five inches high, with a 



, Cngle fl:alk, which is garniflied with leaves at each 

 joint, placed oppofite ; thefe are oval, and indented 

 bluntly on their edges. The flowers grow in whorls 

 round the ftalks, and toward the top form a clofe 

 thick fpike; and are of a fine blue colour. 



. The fourth fort grows naturally in many parts of 

 Europe. This approaches near to the common Bugle, 

 but the leaves of this are woolly, and the flower-cups 

 are very hairy, in which the chief difference confifts. 



,- There are two varieties pf this,^ one with a white, and 

 the other a red flower, '- 



The fifth fort was brought from the Levant by Dr. 

 Tournefort, and ip preferved by thofe who are curious 

 in collefting rare plants. There are two or three va- 

 rieties of it, which only differ in the colour of their 



flowers. ,' - • ■ , 



This fort requires a little protection in winter, there- 

 fore the plants iliould be planted in pots filled with 

 ,^ iQ^anfiy foil, and placed in a fhady fituation in fum- 

 mer^ but in the winter they muft be reqioved under 

 a common frame, where they may enjoy as much 

 free air as poffible in mild weather -, but in hard froft 

 l]i<5uld be, covered, otherwife they will not live thro* 

 the winter in this country, unlcfs it proves very fa- 

 vourable. - / ' . 



_ This may be propagated, by feeds, which fhould be 

 fown foon after it is ripe, in a pot filled with loamy 

 earth, and placed in a fliady fituation till autumn, 



. when it fhould be removed under a frame, where it: 

 may be fcreened from hard froft. In the fpring the 

 plants will come up, which fhould be tranlplantcd 

 into feparate pots as foon as they are ftrong enough 

 to remove, and, in fummer, placed in the Ihade, and 

 treated as the old plants. It flowers in May, and the 



• feeds ripen the latter end of July. It may alfo be 



^increafed by ofi'sets, but this is a flow method, be- 

 caufe the plants put out but few of them, efpecially 

 while they are young, fo the other method is chiefly 

 praftifed. \ ., ■ 



. All the other forts are hardy enough, and are eafily 

 multiplied bjr their fide fhoots -, thefe delight in a moift 

 fhady fituation, where they are apt to fpread too 



' much, efpecially the mo firft forts. 

 BULB [Bulbus^^ Lat, o'f BoaSo?, Gr.'] Bulbous roots are 

 of two forts, viz. tunicated (or coated) and fquamous 

 (or fc%.) A tunicated root confifts of many coats, 

 involving each other ; as m the Onion, Tulip, &c. 

 whofe roots, if cut through the middle, plainly fhew; 

 the feveral coats. A fquamous root confifts of^many 

 fcales, lying over each other like tiles upon a houfe, 

 or fcales on fifh ; of this Jcind are the Lily, Marta- 



&c. 



gon, 

 BULBINE. 



See Anthericum. 





BULBOCASTANUM. See Bunium. 



BULBOCODIUM. Tourn. Cor. 50. Lin. Gem 

 Plant. 368. 



The Characters are, 

 The flower hath no empalement^ it is funnel-fljaped^ and 

 compofed of fix petals^ which are concave^ having long^ 

 narrow nccks^ connected at the mouthy but are fpear- 

 fljaped above. It hath fix awUfhapedftaminafljorter than 

 the petals^ and are inferted in their middle^ having in- 

 cumbent furnmits. It hath an oval^ blunt^ three-cornered 

 germen^ fupporting a fender flyle^ crowned by three ob- 

 long ere£l fligma. The germen afterward becomes a 

 triangular pointed capfuky having three cells, which are 

 filed with angular feeds. 



This 



