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ftfcer whichj tliofc which are planted out for good, will 

 require no other treatment but ro keep them clean 

 from weeds ; and as they advance in height, they 

 Ihould be fupported by iticks, otherwifc the ftrong 

 winds in autumn often break them ^ and tliofe which 

 wcTQ placed in a, nurfery-bed, when tliey have obtained 

 proper ftrength, fliould be taken up and tranfplanted 

 with balls of earth to their roots, where they arc de- 

 figncd to ftand for {lowering. 



As thefe plants continue to produce flowers till the 

 froft puts a (top to them, they merit a place in eveiy 

 curious garden, efpecially thofe which do not ramble 

 and fpread too much. Tht firft is the lealt deferving 

 of either, fo is feldom preferved, but in botanic gar- 

 dens for the fake of variety. 



CORI ANDRUM. Lin. Gen. Plant. 318. Tourn. 

 Inft. R. H. 316. tab. 16S. [of Kopta Jpo;/, of Kcp^i Gr. 

 a tick ; h called, either becaufe it has the fcent of this 

 infedt, or, as others fay, becaufe it drives away or 

 kills them ; and ^AvJp(g>^, Gr. the ille where it grew 

 plentifully.] Coriander. 



The Characters are, 

 // is a plant with an umbellated flo'voer ; the unherfal 

 umbel hath but few rays^ the partial timbch have 

 many, "Thefirft hath 7io involucrum^ but the latter hath 

 a three-leaved one\ the proper empalement is divided into 

 five parts \ the rays of the principal umbel are difform. 

 The hermaphrodite flo'xers v:hich form the dijk^ have five 

 equal heart-fijaped petals^ which are infiexed, but thofe of 

 the rays have five unequal petals of the fame form \ they 



.' have each five fiamina^ terminated by roundtfh fummits. 

 The germen which is fttuated under the flower^ f^pPM^^ 

 twoftyles^ crowned by fmall radiated ftig?nas\ the germen 

 afterward becomes a fphe^ical fruity divided into two 

 parts^ each having a hemifpherical concave feed, : ^■. ,.j 

 This genus of plants is ranged in the fecond feftion 

 of Linn^us's fifth clafs, intitled Pentandria Digynia, 

 the flower |iaving five ftamina^and two ityles, ' ^^^ 



i. CoRiANDRUM {Sattvum) fruftibus globofis. Hort. 

 ; Cliff. 100. Coriander with globular fruit, Coriandrum 

 :, majus. C. B. P. 158. Greater Coriander, 



ft, Coriandrum {TeJiiculatum)h\^&^\h^^s,^i\dyml%, Hort. 

 i* Cliff. 100. Coriander with twin fruit. Coriandrum 

 minus tefticulatum. C. B. P. 158. 



COR 



f petals^ and in the center are phcc^ 

 five pointalsy which turn to a berry y inclofing fivekij-m 



in die ninth fe^tion of Linn^us' 



ICV 



fijaped J 



This is ranged 



twenty-fecond clals, intitled Dicecia Decandria, the 



plants having male and hermaphrodite liowers on dif- 

 ferent roots. 



The Spectks are, ^ ■ 



1. CoRiARiA [Aiy7'tifolicz) foliis ovato oblongis. Hort. 

 Upfal. i(^<). Myrtle-leaved Sumach^ with chlong cval 

 leaves. Coriaria vulgaris mas. Nilfol. Aft. 1711. 



2. Coriaria {Ftvmina) vulgaris ftx^mina. Lin. Hort. 

 Cliff. Female MrrtleAeaved Sumach. 



The fort with male flowers has been the moft com- 

 mon in England, the other having been very rarely 

 raifed in our gardens : a few years paft, when fonie 

 plants w^ere raifed from feeds, which came from Italy, 

 in the Chelfea garden, where the plants fo raifed 

 ' have moft of them proved of the hermaphrodite forr, 

 and have produced great quantities of feeds, which 

 have grown, though there is not one plunt of the 

 male fort at prefent in the garden j the not findincr 

 any plants in the Englifli gardens, but thofe widi 

 male flowers, occafioned my writing abroad for di 





feeds. Thefe grow wild in great plenty about Mont- 

 pelicr in France, where ir is ufed for tanning of lea- 

 ther ; and, from this ufe, has been titled by the beta- 

 nifts, Rhus coriariorum, i. e. Tanners Sumach. 

 Thefe flirubs feldom e-row^ more than three or four 



The Species are. 



*"'^ii. 



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The firfl of thefe fpecies is the moft common kind, 

 which is cultivated in the European gardens and fields 

 for tlie feeds, which are ufed in medicine. The fe- 

 cond fort is lefs common than the firfl, and is feldom 

 found but in botanic gardens in thefe parts of Eu- 

 : rope. Thefe plants grow naturally in the fouth of 

 France, Spain, and Italy ; but the firfl fort has been 

 • lono; cultivated in the Gardens and fields, though at 

 ' prefent there is not near fo much of it fown in Encr- 



- land as was fome years pafl, 



- Thefe plants are propagated by fowing their feeds 



■ in the autumn, in an open fituatlon, on a bed of 

 . good frefli earth -, and when the plants are^fome up, 



■ they fliould be hoed out to about four inches diftance 

 ! every way, clearing them from weeds; by which 

 ^ ipanagement thefe plants will grow flrong, and pro- 

 duce a greater quantity of good feeds. The Jirll fort 



.';^was formerly cultivated in the gardens as a fallac:! 

 herb, and in the Eaft-Indies is ftill much cultivated ; 



- /or the plant is of great ufe in mofl of their compound 

 difhes, as a culinary herb, and the feeds are alfo much 

 efleemed for the like purpbfes ; but in Europe neither 



- of them are now much ufed. . \^. : . 



. The fecond fort will rife eafily from feeds, if they are 



. fown in the autumn \ but thofe which are fown in the 



fpring rarely fucceed, or at leall do not come up till 



- the following fpring. 



CORIARIA. Lin. Gen. Plant. 45S. NlfToL Aft. 

 Reg. 171 1. Myrtle-leaved Sumach, vulgo. 



The Characters are, 



// is male and hermaphrodite in different plants \ the male 



flowers have a five-leaved empalement ; the flower has 



. five leaves^ which are joined to the empalement-^ thefe 



have tcnflender ftamina^ terminated by oblong fummits \ 



the hermaphrodite flowers have the like empalement^ and 



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feet high •, and as they creep at the root, they knd 



forth many flems, whereby they form a thicket, fo 



.; may be planted to fill up vacancies in wildernefs qwai- 



: ters ', but they are improper for fmall gardens, where 



they will take up too much room j and as there is no 



great Beauty in the flowers, they are gnly admitted 

 . tor variety.' ■ . j 



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Monfi 



the place where thefe grew in nlenty,^ who conflituted 

 this genus, in the AJemoirs ofthe Asadamy at Paris, 

 has taken no riotice of their being' male and herma- 

 phrodite in different plants. , 

 It may be propagated plentifully from the fuckers, 

 which are produced from the creeping roots in grcac 

 abundance; thefe Ihould betaken oifin March, and 

 planted into a nurfery to form good roots, where 

 they may continue one or two years, and then mufibe 

 removed to the places where tliey are to remain. - ■. 

 This plant deliglus in a loamy foil which is not too 

 fliff, andfhould be placed where it may have fli'::lter 

 from the north and eaft winds ^ w^here it will endure 

 the cold of our ordinary winters very well, and will 

 flower better than if it is preferved in pets arid flicker- 

 ed in the winter, as hath been by fome praclifcd. - 

 CORINDUM. SeeCARDiosFERMuM. / ■ , 

 CORIS. Lin. Gen. Plant. 216. Tourn. Inft. 652.' 

 tab. 423. We have no Englifli name for this plant. 

 The Charactkks are. 



The empalement of the fiowcr is of one leaf with a 



f veiling belly., but clofed 



■hofe 



fp 



here it is 



of the empalement, and fpread opei 



iividcd into five oblong fegmcntSy which are obtufe and 



indented', it hath five briflly ftamina^ terminated by firngle 



fi 



fup 



porting a fiendcr declining fiyle^ crowned by a thick ftignid ; 



4' 



r 



feveral fmall oval feeds 



jpfidi 



of 



This genus of plants is ranged in the iirft fedion of 

 Linna;us's fifth clafs, intitled Pentandria Monogynia, 



the flower having five ftamina and one ftylc. 



We have but one Species of this plant, viz. 

 )Ris {Monfpelienfis). Plort. Cliff. 68. Coris ca:rulca 

 maritima. C. B. P. 280. Blue maritime Coris. 

 There are two other varieties of this plant, one with a 

 red, and the other a white ilower, but thefe are only 

 accidental varieties arifuig from the fame feeds. 

 Thefe plants grow wild about Montpelicr, and in 

 many other parts ofthe fbuth of France, and alio in 

 Italy J they feldom grow above fix inches high, and 

 " .. ^ ' ^ - ^ fpread 



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