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^ countries than in England j thcfe are propagated by 

 feeds, which lliQuld be fown upon a border of light 

 earth where they are to remain, and will require no 

 other culture, but to thin them if they come up too 

 clofe, and keep them clean from weeds. The feeds 

 niay be fown either in the fpring or autumn 5 thofe 

 ■ which are fown in autumn will grow much larger, 

 and flower earlier than diofe which are fown in the 



V jpring, and from them there will be a greater cer- 



' tainty of having ripe feeds. If the feeds fcatter, the 

 plants will come up, and, if kept clean from weeds, 

 diey will tlirive without farther care. 

 The fecond fort is a perennial plant, fo fliould be 



^.. fown upon a warm border and on a dry foil. This 

 grows naturally on the borders of the fea, io the fouth 

 of France and Italy ; but when it is cultivated in a 

 garden, if the foil is rich and moift, the plants gene- 

 rally grow luxuriant in fi\mmer, and are thereby too 



,.' replete with moifture, fo that they are frequently 

 killed by the froft in winter y but when they grow on 

 a poor, dr)', gravelly foil, their ftalks will be fhort, 



, ligneous, and tough, fo will endure the cold of this 

 climate, and continue feveral years. This is propa- 



. gated by feeds, which fhould be fown where the 

 plants are defigned to remain ; or if any of them are 

 removed, it fhould be done when the plants are 

 young, for they do not bear tranfplantingwell, when 



'r they are grown pretty large. 



CNEORUM. Lin. Gen. Plant 47- Chamelaea. 



s, Tourn. Inft;R. I^. 651. tab. 421. Widow-wail. 

 The Characters are, 



*' %hc fio'ivcr hath a /mall permanent empalement^ inaented 



.^ in three pr.rts. It hath three narrow oblong petals^ 



'; v)bkh are ere^ly and three Jlamina which are Jhorter 



*- ' than th^ petals^ terminated by fmall fumm^^s. In the 

 tenter isfituatcdan ohtufe three-corHire4 gertnen^ fupport- 



■: ing a firm ere^ftykj crowned by a trifidfpreading ftigma. 

 1 be germ en afterward kwrnes^ifglohtikr dry berry ^ with 

 three lohes^ having tbm (ellh !^^fk mtaining one round 

 ff{d. 



N 



. flirub, will not want to be removed : it rifes bettef 

 from fcattered feeds, than if fown with care. 

 This was formerly preferved in green-houfes, and 

 thought too tender to live in the open air in England i 

 but of late years people have planted it in the full 

 ground, where it refifts the cold of our ordinaiy win^ 

 ters very well, and is feldom injured but by extreme 

 hard frolVs j nor do thefe kill the plants which crrov/ 

 upon dry, rocky, or rubbilliing foils, where their 

 lliopts are generally fliort and firm ; but in moift rich 

 ground, where the Ihoots are more luxuriant, they 

 are fometimes injured. 



It is propagated by feeds, which fhould be fown in 

 autumn foon after they are ripe, and then the plants 

 will come up the following fpring ; whereas thofe 

 which arc not fown till the ipring, will remain a year 

 in the ground, and often mifcarry : thefe feeds may 

 be fown in a bed of common earth, covering them 

 half an inch deep, and will require no other care but 

 to keep the plants clear from weeds the following 

 fummer; and in the autumn following, the plants 

 may be tranfplanted where they are to remain. 

 C N I C U S. Lin. Gen. Plant. %^^. Tourn. Inft. R. H, 

 450. tab. 257. Bleffed Thiftle. 

 The Characters are. 



fcales. 



of (he flower is compofed of 



branching fp 





thofe toward the top are 

 The flower is compofed of 

 feveral hermaphrodite florets^ which are uniform ; thefe 

 are funnel-fhaped^ and cut at the top into five egualfeg- 



ftanding ereU^ each having five fhort hairy fiamina^ 



terminated by cylindrical fmimits. 



fit 



fl)ort gertnen^ crowned with down^ fupportiyig aflender 



flyky terminated by an oblong flig 



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This genus of plants is ranged in the firft feftion 



./; of Linnasus's third clafs, intitled Triandria Mono- 



* gynia, the flower having three ftamina and one 



1": ftyle. / _ \ 



. £,.We have but one Species of this genus, viz. 



jCneorum {XricGcciim). Hort. Cliff. 18. Widow-wail. 



^ Chamelrea Tricocccs of DodoniEUs and Calpar 



.^^,3auhin. • " • 



/^ ..This is an humble flirub, which feldom rifes more 



.;-:^ti^ftn two feet ^^d ^ half high in this country, but 

 / fe^-^ds out qn every fide with n^any lateral branches, 

 - fo jsis to fqrm a thic^ bulh. The ftems are ligneous, 

 and almoft as hard as thofe of the Bpx-tree, and the 

 ., wood is of a pale yel]ow colour under the bark : the 

 -y; branches are garnilhed with thick fliff leaves, of an 

 vj ioblong oval fnape, about an inch and a half long, 

 r/.and a quarter of an inch broad, of a dark green co- 

 Jour, having a fl:rong vein or rib through the middle. 

 The flowers arc produced fmgle from the wings of 

 ^the leaves, tov/ard the extremity of the branches, 

 which are of a pale yellow colour, compofed of three 

 petals, which Ipread open, and a round- germen at 

 the bottom, having a. fmgle fl:yle, which dpth not 

 jife above half die length of the fl:amir;ia, which are 

 three in number, ftanding ereft, and are fitu^ted be- 

 tween the petals. After the flowers are fallen, the 

 gcrnien bcconies a fruit, compofed of three feeds 

 joined togctlier after the fame manner as thofe of Ti- 

 thymalus or Spurge ; thefe are firft green, afterwards 

 turn of a brown colour, and when ripe are black. 

 The flowers begin to appear in May, and are fuc- 

 ceeded by others during the fummer months ; and, 

 when tlie autumn proves favourable, thefe llirubs 

 will continue in flower till the end of OtStober. 

 As dvis is a low evergreen flirub, it may be very or- 

 Mmcntal, if placed in die front of plantations of 

 evergreen trees and flirubs : for as the branches orrow 

 pretty compact, and are well garniflied with leaves, 

 Jt will hide the ground between the taller flirubs bet- 

 ter ;haxi inoft other plants ^ an(J, being a durable 



I. 



fingle feed^ crnmed with down^ andfhtit 

 up in the empalement. 



This genus of plaqts ]s ranged in the firft feftion of 

 Linn^us's nineteenth clafs, intitled Syngencfia Poly- 

 gamia^Equalis. The plants pf this feftion have only 

 hermaphrodite flowers, which are fruitful. 

 The Species are, 



Cnicus {Eriftthales) eaule eredo, foliis inferioribus 

 laciniatis, fuperioribus integris concavis. Hort. Cliff'. 



394 



upright ft alk^ whofe 



are laciniated^ the upper entire and concave. Cnicus 

 pratenfis, Acantlii folio, flore flavefcente. Tourn. 



-A' 



Inft. 450. 



2. 



ojiffi 



pinnatis, fpinofis, caule fimplici, floribus feflilibus. 

 Lin. Sp. Plant. 826. Cnicus with winged. 



ftnuated^ 



ftalk 



3 



curled 



flowers fitting 



clofe on the top. Cirfium Alpinum fpinofifllmum, flo- 

 ribus ochro-Ieucis inter flavefcentia folia congeftis. 

 Haller. tab. 20. 



Cnicus (Cernuus) foliis cordatis, petiolis crifpis fpi- 

 nofis amplexicaulibus, floribus cernuis. Hort. Upfal. 

 251. Cnicus with heart-fhaped leaves^ having 

 prickly foot-ftalks which embrace the ftalks ^ and a nod- 

 ding flower. Carduus foliis ex cordato-lanceolatis, 

 margine fcrratis & fpinofis, fquamis calycum membra- 

 naceis, laceris fpinofis, capitulis nutantibus. Flor. 

 Sib, 2. p. 47. 



The firft fort grows naturally in the northern parts of 

 Europe. Mr. Ray found it growing on the Rhine 

 nearBafil. This hath a /perennial root, which fends 

 out many long jagged leaves, fp reading on every 

 fide near the ground, fo as to form a thick tuft ; 

 thefe are jagged almoft to the midrib, in form of a 



The ftalks are ftriated, fmooth, and 



r 



fmalier branches 

 ftalks 



em* 



winged leaf. 



rife above four feet high, dividing at the top into 



: the leaves which grow upon the 

 are entire, heart-ftiaped, concave, and 

 brace the ftalks, and are fawed on their edges, each 

 indenture ending in a weak fpine : the ftalks are ter- 

 minated by large heads of flowers, growing in cluf- 

 ters ; they are of a whitifh yellow colour, and inclofed 

 in a fcaly empalement, and are fucceeded by fmall 

 oblono; feeds, crowned with a briftly down. It flow- 



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