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i}(;4Uty h in April and May, v/hen they have the 

 grc'^teft number of flowers vipon 'them ; but there is 

 cqnip:;only a fuccefllon of flowers late in the autumn, 

 riiough not in fo great plenty. This fort doth not 

 ortcjrproduce good feeds in Europe, but it is eafily 

 propagated by flips taken off from the heads, in the 

 p.ir.i^ manner ^s is praftifed for Thrift. They may be 

 plaiitcd any time in funimer, in pots^flllcd with light 

 frcfn earth, wliich may be plunged into a very mo- 



s 



iieratc hot-be45 ^Q forward their putting out root 



u: udierwiie xh,?, pats may be funk in the ground up 



to tlveir rims, and covered with a Melon-glafs, which, 

 in the middle of fummer, will anfwer full as well, 

 but in the fpfjng or autumn, the form.er method is 

 to be preferred : when thefe are planted, the glaflfes 

 mult be fliaded in the heat of the day, and the flips 

 muft be frequently refreflied with water, but it mufl; 

 not tie given them too liberally, for much wet will 

 rot them : after they have got fl:rong roots, they fliould 

 be each planted into feparate fmall pots, filled with 

 frefn light earth, a,nd placed in a flaady fituation, till 

 they have taken frefli root, when they may be placed 

 in the open air, in a flieltered fituation, where they 

 may remain till autumn, and then ihould be placed 

 in a dry, airy, glafs-cafe, for the winter feafon, or 

 under a conimon hot-bed frame; for thefe plants do 

 iiot thrive in artificial hear, they only require pro- 

 teftion from froil and wet, and flapuld enjoy the air 

 at all times when th,e weather is mild. The feeds of 

 this fort are he^f t;-fh^p^d, like thofe of the fifth. I 

 have fomctim,es ha4 otie or two heads of them ripen 

 in a feafon, But this is veiy rare ^ and if the feeds are 

 not fown in autumn, they feldom grow. 

 TKe eighth fort has been of late years introduced into 



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flowers, about the fize of thofe of the Field Daify; 

 which are fucceeded by long, flat, rough feeds. It 

 grows naturally in poor fandy ground, and flov/err, in 

 the fpring. This plant is annual; the feeds muft 

 be fown in the fpring upon a hot-bed, and when die 

 plants are fit to remove, they ftiould be planted in 

 pots filled with light fandy earth, and plunged into 

 a hot-bed of tanners bark, obfervine; to fliade them 

 until they have taken new root; then they muft have 

 ^, air admitted to them every day, in proportion to the 

 warmth of the feafon, and treated in the fame manner 

 as other tender plants from the fame countries. With 

 this management, the plants will flqwer in Augufl:, 



and the feeds ripen in Oftober. 



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inches high, fending out flender ftifF branches on 

 every fide^ thofe near the ground being much longer 

 than the upper; thefe are garniflied with oblong 

 hairy leaves without foot-flralks, placed oppofite. 

 From the wings of the fl:alk, arifes the foot-ilalk of 

 the flower, having two fmall leaves placed oppofite, 

 juft below the flower, which hath a fingle empale- 

 ment, like the other fpecies. The flowers are of a 

 yellowifli white colour, This fort was fent me v/ith 

 the Tormer from La Vera Cruz, by the fame gentle- 

 man, \ It is an annual plantj and requu'es the fame 

 treatment as the former fort, 



C A L F's SNOUT. See Antirrhinum. 



CALL A. Lin. Gen. Plant. 517, Wake Robin, or 



Ethiopian Arum. 



* The Characters are. 



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')cn fpatha of ont 

 ending in a point, 

 fingle upright fp. 



to which the 

 and female 



the Dutch gardens from the Cape of Good Hope. 1 flowers and f 



Yhis was fent me by Dr. Van Royen, profeflbr of] flp'tvers^ intermixed toward the upper part of the club { 



ale flov^ers confijt of many very fhort fi. 

 tmninatei iy fmall yelloi^ifh fummits ; the ft 



botany at Leyden, fome years pafl:. It hath a flender, 

 tllrubby, perennial fl:aj.k, which rifes to the height 

 of feven or eight feet, but requires fupport ; this 1 flowers have a compreffed fiyle^ rejting upon an obtuft 



fends out ;i great number of weak branches, from 

 the bottom to the top, which hang downward, unlefs 

 they are fupported; they ate garniflied with oval 



flrft 



■dfiig 



fl^ 



Thefe fli 



'h foon falls off ^ leaving the ftyh 



The germen 



leaves, having fliprt flat fopt-fl:alks; mofl: of thefe 1 afterward becomes a globular pulpy fruity comprejjed 



are flightly ir*dente4 toward the top, and many of 

 'tiiem are entire ; they are of a fliining green colour 

 on their upper fide, but paler underneath ; the flow- 

 ers come out at the encf of the branches, on Ihort 



fldes^ inclofing two or three obtufe feeds 

 This genus of plants is ranged in the feventh fedlion 

 of Linn^eus's twentieth clafs, intitled Gynandria Po- 

 lyandria. This clafs includes thofe plants whofe male 



naked foot-ftalks, and are in fize and colour like thofe J and female flowers are intermixed ; and this fe6tioo, 

 of the fixth fort ; thefe are fometimes fucceeded by 



flat lieart ftiaped feeds, 

 the fumrner months. 



The flowers appear during 



I'liis Is eafily propagated by cutdngs, which may be ' 

 jjlanted any time in fummer in a fhady border, or ' 

 ^ otherwife Ihadcd with mats in the heat of the day : 

 in five or fix Aveeks, thefe. will have taken root, when ' 

 they flipuld bc carefully taken up, and each put into 

 4 ieparate pot, fiUed with light fandy earth, but not 

 dunged, and placed in the flaade till they have taken 

 frefn root ;^ then they may be placed with other hardy 

 exotic plants in a flaeltered fituation where they may 

 remain till the frx)fl: begins, when they muft be re- 

 moved into the* green-houfe, placing them near the 

 windows that they may enjoy die free air, for this 

 plant only requires protection from frofl:. The earth 

 in which thefe are planted, fliould be light, but very 

 poor, for in rich eartli they grow too luxuriant, and 

 leldom flower. -^ 



The ninth fort was fent me from La Vera Cruz, in 

 New Spain, by the late Dr. Houft:ouh, where he 

 found it growing naturally in great plenty. This 

 fends out many herbaceous (talks from the root, which 

 arc h^iry, a,nd trajl upon l\\t ground. The leaves 

 are placed by pairs oppofite ; thefe are long, narrow, 

 and, indented on their edges in two or three places 

 oppofite to each other, fo as to appear like three, 

 five, or fcvcn lobes: they are rough, and of a deep 

 green on their upper fide, but hoary on their under, 

 covered v/ith flcnd<jr hairs, From the divifions of 

 tlie brandies and the wings of the leaves, come out 

 long n^kcd fopt-fl-^lks, terminated by fingle yellow 



^ . , ^ fl:am ., 



The Species are, 



1, Calla i^Mthiopicd) foliis fagitato-cordatis, fpatha 

 cucullata, fpadice fuperne mafculo. Hort. Clifi\ 436. 

 Calla with arrow-headed h'eart-fhaped leaves^ a hooded 

 fpatha or floeath^ and male flowers fttuated en the upper 



part of thefpadix. Arum Africanum flore albo odo- 

 rato. Par. Bat, Prod, 



2, Calla (Palufiris) -foliis cprdatis, fpatha plana, fpa- 

 dice updique hermaphrodito. Hort. Cliff, 436. Calla 

 with heart-Jhaped leaves, a plain fheatby and evoy part 



ofthefoohftalk hath hrmaphrodite flowers. Dracunculug 

 aquatiUs, Dod. Pempt. 330, 



3, Calia {Orientqlis) foliis Qvatis. Gron. Orient. 282; 

 Calla with oval leaves. Arum minus Orientalej ro* 

 tundioribus foliis. Mon Hifl:. 3. p. 544. 



This plant hath thick, flefliy, tuberous roots, which 

 ^re covered with a thin brown Ikin, and fl:rike down 

 many fl:rong flefliy fibres into the ground. The leaves 

 arife in clutters, having foot-fl:alks more than a foot 

 long, which are green and fuccu]ent. The leaves arc? 

 ftiaped like the point of an arrov/, they are eight or 

 nine inches in length, and of a ftiining green, ending 

 in a fliarp point, which turns backward; between 

 the leaves arife the foot-ftalk of the flower, which is 

 thick, fmooth, of the fame colour as the leaves, anci^ 

 rifes above tHem, and is terminated by a fingle flower, 

 Hiaped like thofe of the Arum ; the hood or fpatha 

 being twift:ed at the bottom, fpreads open at the 

 top, and 15 of a pure white cplour. In the center of 

 this is fituated'the fpadix or club, which is of &n 



herbaceous, yellow colour, ugon "^hith the fmall her* 



