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arc divided into many finaller branches, garnilKed 

 with wino-ed leaves, compofed of twelve or fourteen 

 pair of fmall, narrow, oval lobes, terminated by an 

 odd one ; thefe, and alfo the flalks, are covered with 

 a whitilli down. The flowers are very fmall, of a 

 purple colour, and ftand upon very long flendcr foot- 

 ftalks, each fuftaining three or four flowers ; thefe 

 are fucceeded by comprelfed pods little more than 

 half an inch long, which are a little bent like a fickle, 

 each containing a fmglc row of fmall kidney-fhaped 

 feeds. It flowers in June and July, and the feeds 

 ripen in autumn. This is a perennial plant, which, 

 if Iheltered in the winter, will continue feveral years ; 

 but the branches do not extend more than a foot in 

 length, and unlefs they are fupported, always trail 



upon the ground. 



The three firft mentioned forts are very hardy fiirubs, 

 which thrive in the open air extremely well, fo are 

 generally propagated for fale in the nurfery-gardens ; 

 but the firft fort hath been longer in England, fo 

 is more generally known and propagated than either 

 of the other, which have been but few years in the 

 Englifh gardens, nor has the third fort been long 



hot-bed in the fpririg, whereby they bring their plmig 

 fo forward as to flower in July, wii'ereby che feeds are 

 generally perfeded from theie plants. When ihc 

 plants are traniplanted, it Ihoukl always be done 

 while they are young, for they do not bear removin/ 



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when they are large. This fort will fomecimcs live 

 in the open air for th.rce or four years, when tlicy 

 ftand in a well (hekered htuation ; and thefe will o-row 

 to have large heads, and make a very fine appearance 

 when they are in flower •, they will alfo continue much 

 longer in beauty than thofe plants which are treated 

 more tenderly. 



The fifth fort grows naturally in warrri countries, fo 

 is too tender ,to thrive in the open air in England. 

 It is propagated by feeds, which muft be fown on a 

 hot-bed in the fpring ■, and when the plants are two 

 inches high, they fnould be each tranfplanced into a 

 feparate fmall pot filled v/idi light earth, and plunged 

 into a hot-bed of tanners bark, obferving to fiiade 

 them till they have taken frcfii root •, atter wiiich 



they muft be treaccd in the fame way as other plants 

 from the fame climare, always keepin':^' them in a 

 ftove, which fliould be of a moderate temperature 



known in this country. This is not mentioned in any of heat. 



of the botanic books ^ but as the feeds ripen here I The fixth fort is a low annual plant, which feldom 



very well, in a few years it may be in as great plenty 

 as the firft fort. 



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The three firft forts arepropagatedbyfowingtheirfeeds 

 any time in the fpring, in a bed of common earth; and 

 when the plants are come up, they muft be kept 

 clear from weeds ; and the Michaelmas following 

 they fhould be tranfplanted either into nurfery rows, 

 or in the places where they are defigned to remain j 

 for if they are let grow in the feedrbed too long, 

 they are very fubjeft to have downright tap-roots, 

 which renders them unfit for tranfplantation ; nor 

 fliould thefe trees be fuffered to remain too long in 

 the nurfery before they are tranfplanted, where they are 

 to remain for the fame reafon. 



The firft fort will grow to the height of twelve or 

 fifteen feet, fo is very proper to intermix with trees 

 of a middling growth in wildernefs quarters ; or in 

 clumps of flowering trees, where the oddnefs of their 

 flowers and pods will make a pretty variety, efpe- 

 cially as thefe trees continue a long time in flower ; 

 for they ufually begin flowering by the end of May, 

 and from that time to September they are feldom 

 deftitute of flowers, but efpecially the fecond fort. 

 Thefe flirubs make great ftioots annually, which are 

 frequently broken down by ftrong winds in the fum- 

 mer ; fo that if they are not fheltered by other trees, 

 their branches fhould be fupported, otherwife they 

 will be broken and fplit off, whereby the trees will 

 be rendered unfightly, . .: ; 



The third fort does not grow fo tall as the common, 

 but makes a more regular Ihrub and is lefs liable to 

 fplit. The flowers of this fort areof a dufky red colour,* 

 fpotted with yellow, fo it makes a Very pretty variety, 

 and is as hardy as the common fort, therefore may 

 be propagated by feeds in the fame manner. . . . 

 The fourth fort is tender, fo will not live through 

 the winters (when they are fevere) in the open air in 

 England ; but in mild winters, if they are planted in 

 a dry foil and a warm fituation, they will thrive very 

 well ; and thofe plants which live abroad will flower 

 much ftronger, and make a finer appearance, than 

 thofe which are preferved in the green-houfe ; for 

 thefe plants require a large fliare of air, otherwife they 

 are apt to draw up weak, fo feldom produce their 

 flowers in plenty •, therefore when any of the plants 

 are flickered in winter, they muft be placed as near 

 the window as pofllble, that they may have all the 

 advantages of air ; and in the fpring they muft be 

 hardened, to bear the open air as foon as pofllble. 

 This fort is propagated by feeds as the former. If 

 the feeds are fown early in the fpring upon a warm 

 border of light earth, the plants will flower in Au- 

 guft; and, if the autumn proves favourable, they 

 will fometimes ripen their feeds very well ; but there 

 are fome perfons who fow the feeds up9n a moderate 



grows more than a foot and a half in height ; th 

 ,- flowers being fmall, and having little beauty, it is 

 :. feldom preferved but in botanic gardens. The feeds 

 of this fort muft be fown upon a moderate hot-bed in 

 the fpring, and the plants muft be planted into fmail 

 pots, and brought forward in another hot-bed. In 

 July they will flower, when they may be expofcd in 

 the open air, in a warm fituation, where the feeds 

 will ripen in September, and the plants will foon af- 

 ter decay. 



The feventh fort may be raifed on a moderate hot- 

 bed in the fpring, and afterward expofed to the open 

 air in fummerj but in winter they muft be flickered 

 under a frame, otherwife the froft will deftroy them. 



C O L L I F L O W E R. See Brassica. 



COLUTEA SCORPIOIDES. SeeEMERus, 



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A U R E A. See Chrysocoma. 



MARUM 



The Characters are. 



Marfti 



ThefloTver hath a krgd fpreading empakment of one leaf, 

 divided into ten parts at the top^ which is coloured^ It 

 hath five oblong petals^ which are infer ted in the empale- 



h fmall er. It hath twenty or more per- 



fiamina^ which are inferted 

 ted ly moon-fJoaped fu 

 of fmall roundifh germt 



// hath a great 



tg fhort Jingle Jlyles arifing from their ftdt 



crowned by Jingle flig 



wan 



feeds 



flejhy h 



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This genus of plants is ranged in the fifth feftion of* 

 Linn^us's twelfth clafs, intitled Icofandria Polyg.y- 

 nia, the flower having many ftamina and a great num- 

 ber of ftyles. 



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Pentaphylloides 

 ed Marfh Bajlard 



Cinquefoil'y and the Quinquefblium pa 

 C. B. P. 326. Red Marfj Cinque foil. 

 There is another variety of this, which grows plen- 

 tifully in Ireland, and alfo in feveral places in the 

 north of England, from whence I have procured 

 many of the plants, which after one year's growth in 

 the garden, have been fo like the common fort, as 

 not to be diftinguiflied from it; io that the different 

 appearance which it has in the places where it grows 

 noturally, may be fuppofed to arife from the foil and 

 fituation. Tliis is by Dr. Plukenet titled Pentaphyl- 

 lum paluftre rubruin, craflis & villofis foliis Succi- 

 cum&IIibernicum. Aim, 284. Red Marfh Cinqucf oil 

 of Sweden and Ireland y with thick and hairy leaves. 

 This plant Iiath creeping woody roots, which fend 

 . out many black fibres, penetrating deep into the 

 ' ground^ from which arife many herbaceous (talks about 



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