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10 CheiRAnthus {Seniftalis) foliis conferto-capitatis, 

 recurvaris, undatis. Lin. Sp. Plant. App. 1198. Chei- 



■ " yanthus with leaves growing clofe together in heads, which 



turn backward, and are waved. : ' - _ 



II. Cheiranthus {Littoreus) foliis hnceolatis, fubdeii- 

 tatis fubtomentofis fubcarnofis, petalis emarginatis, 

 .. filiquis tomentofis. Lin, Sp. 925. Cheiranthus with 

 fpear-Jhaped, indented, woolly leaves, vmarginated petals, 

 and woolly pods. Leucojum maritimum anguftifolium. 

 • C. B. P. 221. Narrow-leaved Sea Stock Gilliflower. 

 -I-2. Cheiranthus {Maritimus) foliis lanceolatis acuti- 

 ^ ufculis, caule diffufo, antheris eminentibus. Amcen. 

 .' Acad. 4. p. 280, Cheiranthus with acute fpear-Jhaped 

 • leaves, a diffufed Jlalk, and eminent anther at. Hefperis 

 >:•' rnaritima, lupina, exigua. Tourn. Inft. 223. 

 ; low, maritime Baraes Violet, commonly called Dwarf, or 



■ fj Virginia Stock Gilliflower. 

 13. Gheiranthus {Chius) foliis obovatis aveniis emar- 

 alnatis, filiquis apice fubulatis. _ Hort. Upfal. 187. 



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; 4- tridentatis foliis lyratis. Hort. Cliff. 335. Cheiranthus 



mth pods indented in three parts at the point, and lyre- 



::,Jhaped leaves. Hefperis rnaritima latifoliafiliqua tricuf- 



•*pide. Tourn. Inft. R. H. 223. Broad-leaved maritime 



^\ Barnes Violet^ with a three-pointed pod. 



.15, Cheiranthus {Sinuatis) foliis tomentofis obtufis 



i,,iubfmuatis, ramis integris, filiquis muricatis. Lin. 



i»8p. 9^^^' Cheiranthus with woolly, ohtufe, fmuated 



leaves, intire branches, and rough pods. 



maritimum finuato folio. C. B. P. 200. ■■■ . 



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fiof ibus feffilibus petalis undatis, caule fuffruticofo. 

 Loefl. Cheiranthus with linear indented leaves, flowers 

 clofe to the ftalk, waved petals, andajhrubby Jlalk. Leu- 

 cojum minus breviore folio, obfoJete flore. Barrel. 



it. gg^. 

 Cheiranthus {Lacerus) foliis lacero-dentatis acu- 



minatis, calycibus pilofzs, filiquis nodofis mucronatis. 

 Lin. %). 926. Cheiranthus with torn, indented, pointed 

 leaves, hairy empalements, and knobbed, acute-pointed 



Leucojum Lufitanicum purpureum, foliis ele- 

 ganter dentatis. Parad. Bat. 193. 

 /The firft fort grows naturally in the fouth of France, 

 -; in Spain and Italy ; this is an annual plant, which 

 ;<J . rifes a foot high, with an angular channelled ftalk, 

 ^*., which branches upward on every fide ; thefe are gar- 

 > vniflied with long, narrow, green leaves, refcmbling 

 . thofe of the common Wall-flower, but are fliarply 

 '. indented on their edges, fitting clofe to the ftalks -, 

 ' at the extremity of the branches the flowers are pro- 

 ..duced in loofe fpikcs; thefe are yellow, having four 

 ^.. petals fituated in form of a crofs, greatly refembling 

 thofe of the common yellow Wall-flower, but have 

 no fcent ; thefe are fucceeded by long four-cornered 



pods, filled with brown feeds, 

 and the feeds arc ripe in autumn. 



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The fecond fort grows naturally in Hungary and If- 



tria ; this is alfo an annual plant, rifing with an upright 



ftalk nearly the fame height as the other, but doth 



iiot branch out as that doth. The leaves are broader, 



/Smoother, and not pointed as thofe of the other ; 



they ftand alternately on the ftalk without any vifible 



■foot-ftalk, and are of a deep green. The flowers 



' come out in loofe fpikes at the top of the ftalks ; 



»thefe are fmall, and of a pale yellow without fcent, 



' -^nd are fucceeded by four-cornered pods like thofe 



* of jthe former. It flowers, and the feeds are ripe at 



■ the fame time with the former. 



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buildings in many parts of England ; it is alfo cul^ 

 tivated m gardens for the fragrancy of its flowers' 

 ^When thefe plants grow upon wails or buildings* 

 they feidom rife more than fix or eipht inches hilh' 

 having very tough roots and firm ftalks ; the leaves 

 are fliort, alnd fliarp-pointed, and the flowers are 

 fmall, but in gardens the plants will grow two feet 

 high, and branch out wide on every fide ; the leaves 

 are broader, and the flowers much lar?:;cr-, but in fe- 

 yere winters, when thefe plants are frequently killed 

 ' in the gardens, thofe upon the walls will receive n6 

 injury, though they are much more expofed to the 

 winds and frofts ; for as thefe plants are ftunted, and 

 of a firmer texture, having but little juice, the cold 

 never affcfts them. 



There is a variety of this with veiy doulDle flowers; 

 which is propagated in the gardens from flips planted 

 in the fpring, which readily take root. There is 

 one fort of this with variegated leaves, which is pre- 

 ferved in the gardens, but this is not quite fo hardy 

 as the plain. 



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proved by culture ; and this I am inclinable to be- 

 lieve, becaufe I have frequently obferved many of 

 them degenerate to the common fort ; but although 

 I have many years fowed the feeds of the commoii 

 fort from the walls, yet I could never find them alter^ 

 except in being larger, but not any of them approach- 

 ed toward the other varieties. The large bloody 

 Wall-flower will frequently rife with double flowers 

 from feeds, if they are carefully faved from fuch 

 plants as have five- petals- and thefe double flowers 

 may be propagated by flips as the common fort, 

 but the plants fo raifed will not produce fuch larc^e 

 fpikes of flowers as thofe which are propagated by 

 feeds. 



Thejre is alfo another variety with double blood-co- 

 loured flowers, whofe petals are fliorter and more nu- 

 merous, approaching nearer to the common double 

 Wall-flower, but mucii larger. This is called the 

 Old Bloody Wall-flower. It is propagated from flips,' 

 in the fanie manner as the other double, forts. There 

 are fome intermediate varieties of thefe flowers, dif- 

 fering in the fize and colour of their petals, which 

 the florifts diftinguifti as different; but as they 

 .conftantly vary from feeds, they do not deferve 

 notice. 



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The fourth fort grows naturally upon the Alps, and 

 the mountains in Italy, where it rarely rifes above fix 

 inches high ; the leaves are very narrow, and the 

 flowers grow in clofe fpikes at the end of the 

 branches ; they are of a pale yellow, or brimftone co- 

 lour, and the necks of the petals are much longer 

 than the empalement; thefe have but little fcent. 

 When this fort is cultivated in gardens, it grows as 

 large as the common Wall-flower, and makes a finer 

 appearance, for the fpikes of flowers are longer, and 

 they grow much clofer together ; but they have little 

 fcent, w^hich occafioned their being firft neglefted, 

 and at prefent there are few, if any, of the plants re- 

 maining in the Enghfli gardens. It was titled the 

 Straw-coloured Wall-flower by the gardeners. 

 The forts with fingle fl,ov/ers produce feeds in plenty, 

 from which the plants are raifed ; but the largeft and 

 deepeft coloured flowers fliould always be fele£led 

 for feeds, becaufe from feeds carefully faved, there 

 will be fewer of the plants degenerate. The feeds 

 fhould be fown in April, upon poor or undunged foil, 

 and when the plants are fit to remove, they fliould be 

 tranfplanted into nurfery-beds, at about fix inches 

 diftance each way, obferving to water and fliade them 



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Thefe two plants have by fome perfons been fuppofed I until they have taken frefh root ^ after which they will 

 the fame, but I have cultivated them thirty years, I 

 -and have never found them alter. If their feeds are 



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permitted to fcatter, the plants will come up without 

 care, and will thrive on any foil or fituation, and up- . 

 on walls, or in rubbifii, in the fame manner as the 



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 v^ecds all the fummer i and at Michaelmas they may 

 be tranfplanted into the borders of the flow^er-garden 

 where they are defigned to remain, that the plants 

 may get good roots before the froft comes on. This 

 is the method which is commonly praclifed with thefe 



■ flowers i but if the feeds are fown upon poor land, 



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