fparingly 



watered in the winter 



bur lliould be 



Icalbn. • . • T TF -n 



CKKPIS. Lin. Gen. Plant. 819. Hieraicioides. \ aiJl. 



Aft. R. Sc. 1 72 1. Hieraicium. Tourn, Baftard Hawk- 

 weed. 



The Characters are, 

 ft bath a flower compofed of many hermaphrodite florets, 

 which are included in a double empalement ; the outer is 

 fljort, fpreading^ and falls off-, the inner one is perma- 

 nenty oval-, and furro-xed^ having many narrow fcales^ 

 which are contracted together at the top. 'The herma- 

 ph-odite florets are of one leaf •, they are uniform^ tongue- 

 Jhaped^ and are indented at the top in five parts ; thefe 

 fpread over each other like the fcales of fiflj ; they have 

 each five fljort hairy flamina, terminated by cylindrical 

 fummits. ' The germen is fittiated in the center of the flo- 

 rets^ fupporting a flender ftyle^ crowned hy two ref^exed 

 fii^mas. The germen afterward becomes an oblong feed^ 

 ned with a long feathery down^ which fits upon little 



crow 



foot-ftalks. 



This genus of plants is ranged in the firft feftion of 



Linnaeus's nineteenth clafs, intitled Syngenefia Po- 



. lycramia iEqualis. The flowers of this fedion are 



compofed of hermaphrodite florets, which are fruitful. 



The Species are, 

 1. Cr EPis (i?«^r^) foliis amplexxaulibus, lyrato-runci- 



natis. Vir. Cliff. 79. Crepis with lyre-faaped leaves em- 

 bracing the ftalks. Hieracium dentis leonis folio, flore 

 fuave rubente. C. B. P. 127. Hawkweed with a Dan- 

 delion leaf 



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ft. Crepis (5<7r^^/£3) foUis pinnatis angulatis, petiolatis, 

 dentatis. Prod. Leyd.^126. Crepis with angular^ indent- 

 ed^ winged leaves^ having foot-ftalks. Hieracium fo- 

 liis Cichorei fylveftris villofis, odore Cafl:orei. Bot. 



Monfp.^^^ :^ ' • 

 Crepis (Bcetica) involucris calyce longioribus incur- 



foliis lanceolatis dentatis. Crepis with an in- 



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vatis. 



curved volucrum longer than the empalement^ and fpear- 

 Jhaped indented leaves. Hieracium medio-nigrum, Boe- 

 ticum majus. Par. Bat. 1 85. Greater Spanifh Hawkweed 

 with flowers black in the middle. 

 4, Crepis {Alpina) foliis amplexicaulibus, oblongis, acu- 



■ minatis inferioribus, fuperne, fummis inferne, den- 

 ticulatis. Hort. Upfal. 238. Crepis with oblong pointed 

 leaves embracing the ftalk^ the lower being indented up- 

 nx)ard\ and the upper downward. Hieracium Alpinum 

 Scorzoner^ folio. Tourn. Inft. 472. 



There are feveral other fpecies of this genus, fome 

 of which grow naturally in England, and others are 

 weeds in divers parts of Europe, fo are rarely ad- 

 mitted into gardens, therefore I Ihall not enumerate 

 them here. 



The firfl fort grows naturally In Apulia, but is now 

 commonly cultivated in Englifti gardens for orna- 

 ment; it is an. annual plant, which perifl:ies after it 

 hath ripened feeds, v This hath many fpear-fhaped 

 leaves* which fpread on the ground, deeply jagged 

 on their fides; between them arife the branching 



'. ftalks, which grow a foot and a half high, dividing in- 

 to many flender branches, garniflied with oblong leaves 

 deeply indented on their edges, embracing the ilalks 

 with their bafe ; the ftalks are each terminated by one 



. large radiated flower, of a foft red colour, compofed 

 of many half florets, which are fucceeded by oblono- 

 feeds crowned with a feathery down. It flpwers in 

 June and July, and the feeds ripen in autumn. This 

 plant, when bruifed, emits an odour like bitter Al- 

 monds. ' 



The feeds of this plant fiiould be fown in the fpring, 

 on the borders of the flower-garden where they are 

 defigned to remain, fo that if fix or eight feeds are 

 fown in each patch, when the plants come up, they 

 may be reduced to three or four; and if thefe are 



. kept clean from weeds, they will require no other 

 culture, excepting the putting fmall fticks down, to 

 fatten the ftalks, to prevent their being broken by 

 winds or rain. If the feeds are fown in autumn, or 

 permitted to fcatter, the plants will come up and 

 live through the winter without flielter, and thefe will 



■ . flower early in the fpring. 



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The fecond fort grows naturaily in 

 Prance, and in Italy. This is a 'bicnni;il phmt:, a:iJ 

 fomerimes, when it ii, in poor arour.d, it wiil continue 

 longer; it hath a thick tap-roor, wi.ich ftrikes dc- 

 into the ground, fending out many f-nall fibres ; rhV 

 lower leaves are from four to five inches lon^^, and 

 about a quarter of an inch broad, having feveral deep 

 jags on their edges, the fegments ending in aeueo 

 points; from the fame root arifes four or five ftalks, 

 which grow about nine or ten inches high, the lower 

 part of thefe are garnifl^ed widi leaves of the flinv.^ 

 form with thofe near the root, but arc fmaller, and 

 morejagged ; the upper part of the ftalks are naked, 

 and branch out into two, and fometimes three 



branches, each being terminated by one flower of a 



gold colour, inclining to copper, compofed of ni an) 



florets which are included in a fingle empalement ; 



the flov/ers are fucceeded by oblong narrov/ feeds, 



crowned v/ith a feathery dov;n: the whole plant, 



when bruifed, emits a ftrong odour of Cafton It 



flowers in June, and the feeds ripen in autumn. This 



is frequently preferved in gardens for the fake of va- 

 riety. 



It is propagated by feeds in the fame manner as the 

 firft fort, but as this continues longer, the feeds 

 need not be annually fown. The plants will require 

 no other culture but to keep them clean from weeds, 

 and if the feeds are permitted to fcatter, the plants 

 will come up without any trouble, fo need only be 

 thinned where they are too clofe. 

 The third fort is an annual plant, Vv^hich crows na- 

 turally in Spain, but is now frequently propagated 

 in the flower-gardens For ornament. This puts out 

 leaves near the root, which are nine inches long, and 

 almoft two broad in the middle, of a light green co- 

 lour, and a little jagged on their edges ; the ftalks 

 rife a foot and a half high, dividing into many 

 branches, garniflied with leaves of the fame form as 

 thofe at bottom, but fmaller, and fit clofe to the 

 branches ; the flowers are produced at the end of the 

 branches ; thefe have a double empalement, compofed 

 of many long very narrow leaves ; the outer ferics 

 are reflected downward, and turn upward again, and 

 are inflexed at their extremities. The flov/ers are 

 compofed of many florets, which are ftretched out on 

 one fide at the top like a tongue, thefe are cut at their 

 extremities into four or five parts; they fpread regu- 

 larly in form of rays, and are fituated over each other 

 like fcales of fifli; there are two varieties of this, one 

 with a deep yellow, and the other of a fulphur co- 

 lour inclining to white ; but both have a dark black 

 bottom or middle, fo make a pretty appearance in a 

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

 ripen in autumn. This plant requires the fame cul- 

 ture as the firft, and is equally hardy, fo that where 

 the feeds are permitted to fcatter, the plants will come 

 up without care. 



The fourth fort grows naturally on the Alps ; this is 

 alfo an annual plant, which fends out many oblong 

 pointed leaves near the root; they are five inches long, 

 and almoft two broad at their bafe, lefltninp; o-ra- 



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dually to a point ; the upper part of thefe are flightly 

 indented, but their lower parts are entire ; the ftalks 

 are ftrong arid upright, rifing two feet high, dividing 

 into three or four branches, which grow ereft, and 

 are terminated by pale white flowers, inclofed in a 

 ftrong hairy empalement, which contrafts clofe to- 

 ward the top ; the ftalks are garniflied with leaves of 

 the fame form as the lower, v/hich embrace tliem 

 with their bafe, where they are flightly indented, but 

 their upper parts are entire ; thefe leaves are hairy and 

 rough. It flowers in June, and the feeds ripen in 

 autumin. This requires the fame culture as the firft,^ 

 and the feeds will fcatter about the garden, fo that if 

 the plants are not defl:royed, they v/ill m.aintain thcm- 



felves without any care. 

 CRESCENTIA. Lin. Gen. Plant. 680. Cujctc. 



Plum. Nov. Gen. 23. tab. 16. Calabafli-tree. 



The Characters are. 



The flower hath one petals which is irregular^ having a 



6 curved 



