o 



fpread near the furfacc of the ground like heath ; and 

 in June, when they are full of flowers, tliey make a 

 very pretty appearance. 



I'hey may be propagated by fowing their feeds in the 

 fprinp-, on a bed of fredi earth ; and when thepkincs 

 are about an inch high, they fliould be tranfplanred, 

 foine of them into pots filled with frefli light earth, 

 that they may be fheitered in winter; and the others 

 into a warm border, where they will endure the cold 

 of our ordinary winters very well, but in fevere froft 

 they are generally deftroyed ; for which reafon, it will 

 be proper to have fome plants of each fort in pots, 

 which may be put under a common hot-bed frame in 

 winter, where they may be covered in frofty weather-, 

 but when it is mild, they flioukl have a great fhare 

 of free air : thefe plants fometimes produce ripe feeds 

 in England -, but as they do not conllantly perfed 

 their feeds, it will be proper to increafe them from 

 fli]>s and cuttings, which will take root, if planted 

 about the end of Auguft on a very gentle hot-bed. 



and Ihaded from the fun and duly watered. 

 CORISPERMUM. Lin. Gen. Plant. 12. Juff. 

 Aft. R. S. 1 712. Tickfeed. 



The Characters are, 

 The flo'-jjer hath no empalement^ it hath tijoo compreffed 

 incurved petals^ njohich fiand oppoftte and are equal-, it 



hath one^ two^ or three ftamina^ which are Jhorter than 

 the petals^ terminated byfingle fiimmits^ with a comprejjed 

 pointed germen^ fupporting two hairy Jiyks, crowned iy 

 acute JiigmaL The germen afterward becomes one oval 

 comprejpdfeed, with an acute border, • 

 This genus of plants h rahged in the fecond feftion 

 of Linnastis's firft clafs, intitled Monandria Digynia, 

 the flower having one ftamina and two ftyles. 

 The Species are, 



1. CoRispERMUM {Hyfoptfolium) floribus laterahbusHort. 

 Upfal. 2. Tickfeed with flowers on theftde of the ftalks. 

 Corifpermum Hyffopifolium. Juff A61. R. S. 1712. 

 Hyflhp-leaved Tickfeed. 



2. CoRispERMuM {Squarrofum) fpicis fquarrofis. Hort. 

 Upfal. 3. Tickfeed with rough fpikes. Rhagroftis foliis 



^ arundinaceis. Buxb. Cent. 3. p. 30. Rhagroftis with 

 Reed-ltke 'leaves. 



Thefe plants are. preferved in botanic gardens for the 

 fake of variety ; but as they have no beauty, are fel- 

 ■dom cultivated in other gardens. 

 The firft fort is an annual plant, which, if fufferea to 

 fcatter its feeds, the ground will be plentifully ftocked 

 'with the plants, which will require no other care but 

 to prevent the weeds from over-growing them. 

 The fecond will not grow but in marlhy places, 

 where there is Handing water ; over the furface of 

 which this plant will foon extend, when once it is 

 eftablilhed. 



As we had no Englilh name to this genus, I have 

 given it this of Tickfeed, which correfponds with the 

 Greek name. ^ ■ ^ : - 



to R K-T R E E. See Quercus. 

 COR N-F LAG. See GladioIus. 



CORNICULATEPLANTS [Plants Corni- 

 culatae,} are fuch, as after each flower, produce many 

 horned feed-pods, called Siliquas. 



CORN-MARIGOLD. See Chrysanthemum 

 CORN-SALLAD. See Valeriana. 

 CORNUS. Lin. Gen. Plant. 139. Tourn. Infl.641. 

 tab. 410. [lb called;, of Cornu, Lat. a horn ; becaufe 

 its wood, or the fhell of its fruit, is hard as a horn.] 

 The Cornelian Cherry. 



The Characters are, 

 // hath many flowers included in one common four-leaved 

 involucrum^ which is coloured. The flowers have each 



■hich 



ts tn- 



a fmall empalement^ fitting on the germen., 

 dented in four parts. They have four plain petals^ which 

 Gre fmaller than the leaves of the involucrmn, and four 

 ere^ ftamina^ which are longer than the petals^ termi- 

 fiated by roundifl) fummits. The round germen fituatcd he- 

 •low the empalement, fupports a flender ftyle, crowned by 

 an ohtufeftigma. The germen afterward becomes an ova!, 

 cr roundifh berry ^ inciting a nut, with two cells, having 

 ^n oblong kerneL 



This genus of plants is ranged in the firiT fcction of 

 Linn:i:us\s fourth clafs, intitled Tctrandria Mono- 



the flowers 



gvnia, 

 Ityle. 



The Si»rciES are. 



having 



four ftamina and but one 



I. CoRMus (&;;^w/;7.-^) arborea, cymis nudis. It. Weft - 



Lin. Sp. Plant. 117. Dogwood-tree with naked 



gotii 



fljOGt. 



uGody and the Virga Sanguinea. Matth. 



Cornus foemina. C. B. P. 447. Female Dog- 



2. 



CoRNus {Mas) arborea, umbellis involucrum n^quan- 



tibus. Hort. CHfF. 38. Tree Dogwood with lanheh equal 

 to the involucrum. ''"---' '^ .-- ,. ^ 



Male CorneL or C 



Cornus hortenfis mas. C. B. P. 447. 



3. Cornus (F/on^^z) arborea, involucro maximo, folio- 

 lis obverse cordatis. Hort. Cliff. 38. Tree Dogwood 

 with a very large involucrum^ and cbverfe heart-fljaped 

 leaves, Cornus mas, Virglniana, flofculis in corymbo 

 digeftis, a perianthio tetrapetalo albo radiatim cinftis. 

 Pluk. Aim. 120. 



4. Cornus {Fcemina) arborea, foliis lanceolatis, acutis, 

 nervofis, floribus corymbofis terminalibus. Tree Dog- 



fpear-fl: 

 flowers difpofed 



corymbus^ 



tenninating the 

 branches. Cornus foemina Virglniana anguftiore fo- 

 lio. Edit, prior. Female Virginia Dogwood with a nar- 

 rower leaf. 

 5. Cornus {Amomum) arborea foliis ovatis petiolatis, 

 floribus corymbofis terminalibus. Tree Dogwood ivith 

 ' oval leaves having foot-ftalks, and flowers collefled into a 

 corymbus at the end of the branches. Cornus Ameri- 

 cana fylveftris, domeftiicae fimilis, bacca e^rulei colo- 



Novse 



dam. Pluk. Phyt. tab. 169. f. 3. 



6. 



( Candidifft 



of New 



fome fuppofed 



tis, glabris, umbellis involucro minoribus, baccis 



\bels fmaller 



•tbfmootby fpear-Jb 



ries. Cornus foemina candidifllmis foliis Americana; 

 Pluk. Aim. 120. 



7. Cornus (Tartarica) arborea foliis oblongo ovatis, ner- 

 vofis, infernealbis, floribus corymbofis terminalibus. 

 Tree Dogwood with oblongs cval^ veined leaves^ zvhiteoK 



under fide^ andfl^ 

 of. 



Cornus fylveftris fruftu albo. 



Amman. Ruth. IVild Dogwood with a white f 



8. Cornus (5//raV^) herbacearamisbinis. Fl. Lapp. 55. 



Herbaceous Dogwood with double branches. Cornus pu- 



mila herbacea, chamaspericlymenum didla. Hort. 



yfuckle 



Low herbaceous Dogwood^ called Dwarf Ho 



The firft of thefe trees is very common in the hedges 

 in divers parts of England, and is feldom preferved 

 in gardens. The fruit of this plant is often brought 

 into the markets, and fold for Buckthorn berries, 

 from which it may be eafily diftinguiftied, if the ber- 

 ries are opened to obferve how many ftones there are 

 in each j which in this fruit is but one, but in the 

 Buckthorn four, and they may be eafily diftinguiftied 

 by rubbing the juice of the berries on paper ; that of 

 the Buckthorn will ftain the paper green, whereas the 

 juice of this ftains it purple. This tree is called Virga 

 Sanguinea, from the young flioots being of a fine red 

 colour. There is a variety of this tree with variegated 

 leaves, which is preferved in the nurferies, but is not 

 much efteemed. 



The fecond fort is very common in the Englifli gar- 

 dens, where it was formerly propagated for its fruit, 

 which was by fome people preferved to make tarts. It 

 is alfo ufed in medicine as an aftfingent and cooler : 

 there is alfo an officinal preparation of this fruit, call- 

 ed Rob de Cornis. Of this there are two or three 

 varieties, which differ only in the colour of their 

 fruit, but that with the red fruit is the moft common 



in England., 



As the fruit of this tree is not at prefent much efteem- 

 ed, the nurfery-men about London propagate it as 

 One of the forts which is comrrionly fold as a flowering 

 ftirub, and is by fome people valued for coming io 



, for if the feafon is mild, the 



early to flower 



4 G 



flowers 



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