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ri;eir fpike?; of flowers are always >ery fliort, and have 

 not half the beauty ; therefore it is not worth while 

 to praftife this method, linlefs for thofe forts which 

 'cannot be obtained with any certainty from feed. 

 The eleventh fort grows naturally in the fouth of 

 France^ Spain, and Italy,, hear the fea coaft. This 

 rifcs near a foot high, with a ligneous ftalk, dividing 

 into many finall branches, garniflied with narrow 

 hoary leaveSj which are entire, and rounded at their 

 extren^iity \ the flowers are produced in loofe fpikes 

 at. the end oi the branches, which are fmaller than 

 thofe of either fort before-mentioned, of a bright red 



at their firft appearing, but fade to a purple before 

 they fall off. The ftalks, leaves, and the whole plant 

 is very white, and by its woody ftalks hath the ap- 

 pearance of z perennial plant, but it gerierdlly pe- 

 rilhcs in autumn. The feeds of this fort fhpuld be 

 fown in. autumn, upon a warm border, where the 

 plants' are defigned to remain ; when the plants come 

 vp, they will require no farther care but to keep 

 them clean froni weeds, and thin them where they 

 come up too clofe. Thefe autumnal plants will 

 flower early in June, fo will produce good feeds ; 



. but thofe which are fown in the fpring will flowdr in 

 July and Auguft, fo that from thefe there cannot be 

 any certainty of having ripe feeds : however, by fow- 

 iag the feeds at, two or three different feafons, there 



' uiay be a fucceffion of flowers continued for three or 

 four months. - ^.::, .' . . ■" 



The twelfth fort is .commonly fown in gardens, 



fometimes. as an edging for borders, but more gene- 

 rally in patches between taller growing flowers : it is 

 titled fometirnes Dwarf annual Stock Gilliflower, and 

 by others, it hath the appellation of Virginia Stock 

 Gilliflower; This feldom rifes more than fix inches 

 • high, fer»ding out many branches from the root, 



■■- which intermix and grow irregular i thefe are gar- 



niflied with fpear-fliaped leaves, rounded at tneir 

 ends, and fit clofe to the branches; the flowers come 

 Out in loofe fpikes at the end of the branches, which 

 are of a purple colour, compofed of four petals in 

 form of a crofs, and are fucceeded by flender pods 

 like thofe of the other forts. If the feeds of this 

 fort are fown in patches, at two or three different 

 times, the firfl; in autumn, the fecond the latter end 

 of March, and the third the end of April, or the be- 

 ginning of May, in the borders of the flower-garden, 

 they will make a variety, when intermixed with other 

 low growing annual flowers, for three months. 

 The thirteenth fort rifes near two feet high, fending 

 out many upright branches from the bottom, which 

 are thinly garniflied with fpear-fliaped leaves, the 

 lower ones being a little indented ; the flowers come 

 "out Angle, at great diftances from each other, toward 

 the upper part of the branches ; thefe are fmall, of a 

 purpliih red colour, and foon fall away, being fuc- 

 ceeded by long taper pods, with awl-fhaped points. 

 This is an annual plant, which may be treated in the 

 fam.e manner ias the lad mentioned fort ; but as it 



•hath little beauty, it is not often cultivated in gardens. 



-The fourteenth fort grows naturally on the fea coafl;s^ 

 in Italy, Spain, and Portugal. This is alfo an an- 

 hual plant, which branches out from the root into' 



. many declining ftalks; the lower leaves are about 

 two inches long, and three quarters of an inch broad, 

 very deeply flnuated on their edges, and hoary ; thofe 

 upon the ftalks are of the fame form, but much 



" fmaller ; the flowers are produced from the fides of 



_the ftalks fingly, and at the top in loofe 'fpikes ; the 

 iempalcments of the flowers are covered with a white 

 down, as arc alfo the end of the branches ; the flow- 

 ers are purple, compofed of four leaves placed in 

 form of a crofs ; the pods are about three inches long, 

 taper, woolly, and at their ends are divided into three 



frarts, which fpread into a triangle. It flowers in Ju- 

 y, and when the feafon is favourable, the feeds will 

 ripen in autumn j but if the feeds are fown in autumn 

 on a warm border, the plants will live through the 

 winter, and thefe will flower early in June, fo from | 



thefe good feeds may be obtained from them. 



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The fifteenth fort grows naturally on the fea coails 

 in the fouth of France and Spain, where it continues 

 .thfee or four years ; the ftalk is credt, and the whole 

 plant is covered with a white down \ the lower leaves 

 are broad, fpear-fliaped, obtufe, and alternately in- 

 dented; the flowers are flefli-coloured, compofed of 

 four petals like the other fpecies, and are fucceeded 

 by long woolly pods. 



This may be propagated by feeds in the fame manner 

 as the other forts ; and if the plants grow in rubbifh 

 they will live through the winter better than in rich 

 earth. 



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The fixteenth fort is of humble growth, feldom rifin 

 above eight or nine inches high ; the leaves are very 



narrow, and indented on their edges ; the ftalk be- 

 comes flirubby, to which the flowers grow very clofe ■ 

 thefe are of a worn out purple colour, fo make but 

 little appearancci It grows naturally in Spain and 



■ Italy, and is not fo hardy as the other forts, therefore 

 requires fome protection in winter. 

 The feventeenth fort grows naturally in Portuo-aj. 



.This is a low annual plant with pointed leaves, whofe 

 borders are indented as if torn ; the empalement of 



. the flower is hoary ; the flowers have four purple pe- 

 tals placed in form of a crofs, which are fucceeded 

 by knobbed-pointed pods inclofing flat feeds. 

 If the feeds of this kind are fown in the fpring upon 

 flieltered borders, where the plants are to remain, and 

 they are thinned and kept clean from weeds, the 



plants will flower in July, and produce ripe feeds in 

 autumn. 



CHELIDONIUM. Tourn. Jnft. R. H. 231. tab. 

 116. Lin, Gen. Plant. 572. Chelidonium majus. Raii ' 

 Meth. Plant. 100, Glaucium. Tourn. Inft. R. H. 



tab. T30. Celandine, or Greater Celandine, in French 

 Cheliodine or Eclair. 



The Characters are^ 

 The flower hath a roundijh empalement^ compofed of two 

 concave obtufe leaves^ which fall off-^ it hath four large 

 roundifh petals^ which fpread open and are narrow at their 

 hafe ; in the center is fttuated a cylindrical germen^ at- 

 tended by a gretit number of ftamina^ which are broad at 

 the topy and are terminated by ol-bng, ccmpr^Jfed^ troin 

 fummits. Upon the germen isJitvMed^a bifid fligma in 

 form of a head, "The germen afterward becomes a cylin- 

 drical pod^ with one or two cells^ cpening with twovahes^ 

 and filled with many fmall feeds. 



This genus of plants is ranged in the firft feftion of 

 Linnseus's thirteenth clafs, intitled Polyandria Mo- 

 nogynia, the flpwcr having many ftamina and one 

 ftyle. To this genus he has joined the Glaucium of 

 Tournefort, whofe charafters very well agree with 

 thofe of Celandine, fo are very properly brought 

 together. . 



The Species are, 



1. Chelidonium {Majus) pedunculis umbellatis. Lin. 

 Gen. Plant. 505. Celandine with anumbcllatedfoot-ftalh 

 Chelidonium majus vulgare. C. B. P. 144. Greater 

 common Celandine. 



2. Chelidonium [Laciniatmn) foliis quinque lobatis, 

 lobis anguftis acute laciniatis. Celandine whofe leaves 

 are compofed of five narrow lobes^ which are cut into many 

 acute figments. Chelidonium majus laciniato flore. 

 Cluf Hift. 203. Greater Celandine with a jarred fio'iver* 



3. Chelidonium {Glaucium) pedunculis uniiioris, fcliis 

 amplexicaulibus finuatis, caule glabro. Lin. Sp. ."^lanr. 

 500*. Celandine with fingle flowers on the foot ftalks^ flnu- 

 ated leaves which embrace the ftalks^ and a fmcoth ftalL 

 Glaucium flore luteo. Tourn. Inft. R. H. 351. Gbu- 

 ciumwith a yellow flower ; and the Papaver cornicula- 

 tum luteum. C. B. P. 171. Tellow horned Poppy, 



4. Chelidonium (C£7rw/Vz^/^//f»2) pedunculis unitloris, fo- 

 liis feflilibus pinnatifidis, caule hitpido. Lin. Sp. 

 Plant. 506. Celandine withfin;yleflo%i)ers upon ihe frJ- 

 flalkSy leaves fet clofe to the ftalks which have wirged 

 points^ and a rough ftalk. Glaucium hin.'rurn fiore 

 Phoenicio. Tourn. Init. R. H. 253, Haify Glaucium, 

 or horned Poppy y with' a fcarlet flower. 



5. Chelidonium {Glabruni) pedunculis unifioris, foliis 

 I femiamplexicaulibusj dentatis, glabris. Celandine with 



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