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tl^THRA. Gron. FL Vilt 4^ 



The Characters arc; 



T ^ 



>' r J ■ 



I 4 P 



>M 'i- 



K- 



b- • « 





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i.y 



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489. ' " 



The Characters are,- : , ., _ 

 . ^hefiovjer hath a permanent emp'ahnmtof one leaf^ which 

 is cut into five parts'^ it hath five ohlongpetalsy which 

 'are longer than the empalement \ it hath tcnjiamina which 

 are as long as the petals^ and are ierminaied by oUovg 

 mElfiimmits\ in rhejenter isfttuatcda roundifi gerrnen 

 fupporting a permanent ereSl ftyle^ crowiied by a trifid 

 .jHgma. Thegermen afterward becomes a roundijh capfule 



inclofed hy the empalement^ having three cells ^ which are 



'full of angular feeds. 



This genus of plants is rahged in the firft feftion of 

 Linna:':.s's tenth clafs, ihtitled Decandria Moncgyma, 



ten ftamrha, and one ftyle-* -•»': 

 3ne Species 'of this "genus at pre- 



ttETHRA lAtnifclia) Gron. Virg. ^fr There /V no Englifh 



female flozvers in difft 



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OJ li^Jr-rr;-? 



* ^*v •,,' 

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t^ 



flowers have a fpreading enzpakment, compofed of 

 • fmall^ ovaU concave leaves. It hath no petals^ hut 

 \at mrdbcr of hairy upright ftamina, %vhich are the 

 h of the empalement^ terminated by compreffed^ oblon^y 

 fummits, "^he female flowers have a pennanent em- 

 nent^^ compofed of three leaves which are equals fitting 



the germen ; thefe have no petals, but the oblon^ 



fituatcd below the empalement^ fuppcrts 



ftigma 



flendcr^ feathered ftylt 



\ 



\ 



Aittfencana 



V 



flawed 



leaf^ and white five-leaved flo%mrs^ difpofed in afpike. 

 '-This fhrub is a native of Virginia and Carolina, where 

 ' It grows in moift places, and near the fides of rivu- 

 ■ lets, rifing to the height of eight or ten feet,' but in 

 this country it rarely rifes to half that height: the 

 ^ leaves are in Ihape like thofe of the Alder-tree^ but 

 are longer \ thefe are placed alternately upon the 



ipfule^ with two' cells crozvned by the empalement ^ in- 

 I . cWding one narrow taper feed. . . * 



: .This genus of plants is ranged in the tenth feftioh of 

 ; Linnasus's twenry-fecond clafs, intitled Dioecia Po- 

 . lyandria ; the/ plants of this, fedion and clafs have 

 '..male and female flowers on different plants, and the 



male flowers have a great number of ftamina. 

 3UO The Species are, . 



Iw-Cliffortia 



ifoh 



dentatis. 



rLin: Sp. PlantM^oS. Cliffortia ^ith heart-floaped in- 

 .•^dented leaves. . Arbufcula Afr. folio acuto ilicis cau- 

 -lem amplcxo rigido. Boerh. Ind. alt. 2. 



2. 



] 



' n I 



* branches : the -flowers are produced at the extremity 1 ':Cliff. 456. 

 i of the branches, in clofe fpikes : they are compofed 13" 



* Jof five leaves, are w^hite, and have ten ftamina in 



ifoliata) foliis ternatis, intermedid 

 tridentato: Prod, Leyd. 253. Three-leaved Cliffortiay 

 whofe middle leaf is cut in three parts, Myrica foliis 

 ternatis, intermediis cuneifbrmibus tridentatis. Hort, 



\. *, 



-F 



' ieach,' 'which arc nearly of the fame length with the 

 petals, this plant flowers in July, and jvhen thp au- 

 tumn proves favourable, there ai*e often' fome Ipikes 

 of flowers again inO<5bber: ^ Mi-S^"^^ /^l'-;- " '^^ 

 Tills is hardy enough to bear the open air m Eng- 



'Hand, and is one of the moft beautiful fhrubs at the 



• feafon of its flowering { which is very libtlfe later than 

 in its native country, being commonly in flower here 



i^ the " beginning of July, and if the feiifon is not 



• vei7 hot, there will be part of the fpikes in beauty 

 'till th^ beginning qf Auguft; and as moft of the 



branches are terminated wifh thefe fpikes of flowers, 



ifci folia) 



Cliffortia with fpedr-flj 



.'I 



ftron 





pearance at that feafon. ■ ■ 

 This will thrive much better in moift land than in 

 dry ground, and requires a flieltered fltuation, where 

 It may he defended from flroilg winds, which fre- 



which are entire^ Frutex ^thiopic _ , 



parvo, fparfim intra folia rufci^ . fcminibus cylin- 

 draceis. - ^.. :. . :- . , ; . ^a ■ ■:^: 



The firft fort grows naturally at the Cape of Good 

 Hope, but hath been long cultivated in many of tJi.e 

 Englifh gardens ; however it was not redviccd to ajiy 

 genus, till Dn Linnaeus eftablifhed this, and gave 

 it the title. " 



% 



Camp} 



By fome former writers it was called 



weak 



too 



much expofed to its violence. It is propagated by 



before 



get root, fo that at prefent it is rare in England. 

 The finefl Ihrubs of this kind, which I have yet feeh, 

 are in the curious garden of his grace tlic late duke 

 of Argyle, at Whitton near Hounflow, where they 

 thrive as well as in their native country.-" They may 

 alfo be propagated by fuckers, which arc fent out 

 trom their roots ^ if thefe are carefully taken off with 

 '^res in the autumn, and planted into a nurfery-bcd, 

 they will be ftrong enough in two years to tranfplant 

 >^hcre they are to remain. . ^ ^r- V::.? . ,. 



It may alfo be propagated by feeds, which muft be 

 procured from the countries where it grows naturally, 

 for the feeds are not perfected in England. ;But as 

 thefe feldom arrive, here till fpring, fo when they are 

 lown at that feafon, the plants will not come up till 

 the following fpring. Therefore the feeds Ihould be 

 lownin pots, and placed in a fliady fituation till au- 



high, fending out many difFufed branches, which 

 fprcad out on every fide^ requiring fome fupport : 

 thefe are garniflied with leaves, which are heart- 

 Ihaped at their bafc, but broad at their ends, where 

 they arc Iharply indented.- They are very ftiiF, of 

 a grayifti colour, and clofely embrace the flalks \yith 

 their bafc, and arc placed alternate on the branches % 

 from the bofom of thefe arife a fingle flower, fitting 

 dole to the branch, having no foot-ftalk. Before 

 the empalement is fpread open, it forms a bud, jh 

 fhape and fize of thofe of the Caper; this empale- 

 ment is compofed of three ^reen leaves, which af- 

 terwards fpread open, and then the numerous fta- 

 mina appear ftanding ereft ; thefe, as alfo the inner 

 furface of the empalement, arc of a yellowifli green 



colour. 



guft 



year 



June, July 



tunin, then placed under a frame in winter; the plants 

 will come up the next fpring, and in auuimn may be 

 tranfplanted into a nurfery-bed, to get ftrength before 

 they are placed to remain for good. 

 CLIFFORTIA. Lin. Gen. Plant. 1004. 

 The name was given to this genus of plants by Dr. 

 Linnaeus, in honour of Mr. George Cliflx)rd of Am- 

 iterdam ;^ a great colleftor of plants, and a patron 

 ot botanifts, wlio has printed a folio book of the 

 plants m his garden, with fcveral copper-plates, ex- 

 hibiting tne figures of many of the moft curious plants. 



We have nn Fnrri;rK ..^^w. ir^^ :. t ^ 



All the plants which I have fecn of this fort, either 

 in the Englifti or Dutch gardens, were male, nor 

 have I heard of any female plants being in any of the 

 European gardens. 



This plant is eafily propagated by cuttings, which 

 may be planted in any of the fummer months; if thefe 



Ihiall ^ 



plunged into a very moderate hot-bed they will foon 

 take root, provided they are fcreencd from the fun 

 - and duly watered ; when they have taken root, they 

 muft be gradually inured to bear the open air, to 

 w^hich theyfliould be expofed, to prevent their drawing 

 up weak : therefore they Ihould be placed abroad till 

 they have obtained fome ftrength, then they may be 

 each tranfplanted into a fcparate fmall pot, and placed 

 in the Ihade until they have taken freih root; after 

 which they may be placed witli other of the hardy 

 kinds of exotic plants in a fheltered fituation till Oc- 

 tober, when they Ihould be removed into the grccn- 

 lioufc, or placed under a common hot-bed frame, 

 where they mav be fcreencd from the hard froft, but 



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