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and if there are feeds 



ordInar\' flowers among ihcm ; 

 ct'thc difFercru coloured flowers ibwn in each patch, 

 they will make a picafing variety : but the upright 

 lurt fhould never be mixed in the fame patches with 

 the branching, becaufe they do net flower at the 



fame time. 



But in order to preferve the nvo forts fine without 

 degenerating to lingleor bad colours, there fliould be 

 a bed of each fort fown in autumn, in fome feparate 

 part of the garden, where the plants fhould be pro- 

 perly thinned, and kept clean from weeds, till they 

 begin to fnew their flov/ers ; when they fliould be 

 carefully looked over every other day, to pull out all 

 thofe plants, whofe flowers are not very double nor 

 of good colours ^ for if thcfe are permitted to ftand 

 amono; the others till their farina has impregnated 



it will certainly caufe them to degenerate ; fo 

 perfons who are contented with only 

 marking their good flowers for feed, and fuffer the 

 others to ftand for feed among them, v/ill always find 

 themfelves difappointed in the goodnefs of their flow- 

 ers the following feafon : therefore thofe who propofe 

 to have tlicfe flowers in perfedion, fliould never 

 gatlier the feeds of fuch as grew in the borders of 

 the flower-o-arden -, becaufe there it will be almoft 

 impofiible to preferve them fo true, as when they are 

 in beds at a diflance from all other kinds. 



terlluirgh, wliorc they Uicieedcd ; and the Ic^ds were 

 fentmeircni tlicr.cc by t!:c Lri- Dr. An\-r/:.n, wh'> 

 Avas proicliur ot bucanv in tlia: i:::i\enuv. 

 perennial root. 



'I'll!) hath 



wincn puts out t\v'o or ih.r^.t 

 branching Ihilks every Iprinr. ; tix'le rile about a foo: 

 and a half high, and are gariiiflicJ. at e.»ch join: wiiii 

 leaves compoled of many narrow fenn-icnts, vJuch 

 terminate wuh feveral acute points; tliey areih;oorh 

 and of a light green colour-, t!)e ilowJrs come oul 

 tov/ard t!ie up[)cr p;;rt of the fraiks fuu^ly, cac]i 

 Handing upon a long naked foor-flalk ; th.elcVrc lar'^t.^ 

 and of a line azuie colour ; tJijy appear i!ie latter 

 part of July, and are fucceeded by feeds which ripen 

 in the autumn. 



Tlie ievcnth fort grows naturally in America; this is 

 a perennial planr, wliich rifes wid) ftrong branchiiig 

 llalks fix or fcven feet high, garniflied wiili hand- 

 rtiaped leaves, which are divided into four or five 

 broad lobes, ending with many acute points ; tliele 

 are finooth, and ih\nd upon k)ng foot-ilalks ; the 

 flowers terminate the fl:alks, growing in long fpikes ; 

 they are of a fine blue colour, with a bearded ncc- 

 tarium, having two lips; and of a dark colour, re- 

 fembling at a finall dillance the body of a bee. 

 All the perennial Larkfpurs are propagated by feed.?, 

 which, if lown in autumn, will more ccrtaiidy fuc- 

 ceed, than thofe which are fown in the fpring; when 

 When the fccd-veflels turn brown, they muft be [ the plants come up, they fiiould be kept clean from 



them, 

 that thofe 



carefully watched, to gather them before they open 

 and difcharge the feeds; fo that thofe "which are fi- 

 tuated on the lower part of the ftalk, v/ill open long 

 before thofe on the upper part of the ftalk are ripe ; 

 for which rcafon the pods ftiould from time to time 

 be gathered as they ripen, and not fufTered to ftand 

 till theftalks are pulled up, which is often pradifed. 

 Thofe pods which are fituated on the lower part of 

 the ftalks, are much preferable to fuch as grow near 

 tjje top ; for which reafon thofe who are very curious 

 in the choice of their feeds, crop off the upper part 

 of the fpikes of flowers, and never fuffer them to 



ftand for feeds. 



As thefe plants are very hardy, and require fo little 

 (Care in their culture, fo they are v/orthy of a place in 

 every good garden ; for during their continuance in 

 flower, there are few plants which make a better ap- 

 pearance J and for gathering to make ftovver-pots to 

 adorn rooms, there is fcarce any flower fo proper ; 

 becaufe by their upright growth and long fpikes, 

 they rife to a proper height above the pots-, and 

 when the feveral colours are fkilfully intermixed 

 they make a rich appearance, and continue long in 



beauty. 



The fourth fort grows naturally in Sicily and Spain, 



I received the keds of it from Gibraltar ; this hath a 



very branching ftalk, which rifes about two feet high j 



the lower leaves are divided into many broad obtufe [ . faire, 



fegments, but thofe which are upon the ftalks are 



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weeds, and where they are too clofe together, part 

 of them fliould be drawn out, to allow room for the 

 others to grow till the following autumn, when they 

 muft be planted where they arc to remain ; the fol- 

 lowing fummer they will flower, and the roots con- 

 tinue many years growing in magnitude, fo will pro- 

 duce a greater number of flower-ftalks. 

 The eighth fort is an annual plant, which grows na- 

 turally in the Levant, as alfo in Calabria ; this ril*e& 

 with a ftrong hairy ftalk about two feet high, gar- 

 niflied with hand-fliaped hairy leaves, compofed of 

 five or feven oblong lobes, which have frequently one 

 or two acute indentures on their fides ; the flowers 

 form a loofe fpike at the upper part of the ftalk, 

 each ftanding on a long foot-ftalk ; the flowers are ct' 

 a pale blue or purple colour, and have a two-leaved 

 neftarium : this is propagated by feeds, which fliould 

 be fow^n in autumn, for thofe fown in the fpring never 

 grow the fame year. The feeds ftiould be fown where 

 the plants are to remain, and require no other treat- 

 ment than the common LarLfpur. The common 

 people ufe the powder of thisneed to kill lice, from 

 whence it has been titled Loufeworf. , • • 



DENS CANIS. See Erythronium. 



DENS LEONIS. See Leontodon. 



DENT ARIA. Lin. Gen. Plant. 726. Tourn. Inft. 

 R. H. 225. tab. iio. Toothwort i in French Den- 



flowers 



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the upper part of the branches^ they are Snail, and 



fometirne 



by 



at others double, and very rarely three together, as 

 in the common forts. This is ar 



feeds ftiould be 



annual ^ 

 fown in autumn, and the 



"pTants 

 treated as the common fort ; it hath littkf beauty, 



and is only kept in fome gardens for the fake of va- 

 riety. , ■ ■ : :, . : 



ine hith lort hath a perennial ro^, which fends out 

 feveral upright ftalks in the fpring, rifing to the 

 height of four feet, garniflied with leaves which are 

 divided into many bread fegments, in form of a 

 fpreading hand ; thefe fegments are cut at their ex- 

 tremities into two or three acute points ; the leaves 

 are hairy, and ftand upon long foot-ftaLks > the flow- 

 ers terminate the ftalks, growing in long fpikes ; they 

 are of a light blue, covered toward their hinder part 

 with a meally down. This flowers in July and Au- 

 guft, and in autumn the ftalks decay to the root. 

 The fixth fort grows naturally in Siberia, from whence 

 the feeds were fent to the Imperial garden at Pe- 



The Characters are, ■ 

 7'i>e empakment of the flower is compofed of four' ollong 

 oval leaveSy which fall off\ the flower hath four obtufe 

 petals placed inform of a crofs\ it hath fix ft amina^ four 

 of which are cs long as the empakment^ the other two 

 are fhorter \ thefe are terminated by oblong heart-fhaped 

 fummiis, which ftand ere^. In the center is fituated an 

 cblong germen^ fupportl^ig a fhort thick ftyle^ crowned by 

 an obtufe ftigma ; the germen afto'^joard becomes a long 

 taper pod with two cells ^ di'iided by an intermediate par- 

 titiony opening with two valves^ including many roundifty 



feeds, ^ , 



This genus of plants is ranged in the fecond feftion 

 of Linnseus's fifteenth clafs, intitled Tetradynamia 

 Siliquofa, the flowers having four long and two fliorc 

 ftamina, and the feeds being inclofed in long pods. 



The Species are, . . . ' 



Dentaria {Pcntaphylbs) foliis fummis digitatis. Lin. 



Sp. 912. Five-leaved^ I'ootlnvort^ whof upper leaves ar: 



hand-ftdapcd. Dentaria pentaphyllos, foliis moUioribus. 



C. B. P. ^22. Five-leaved Toothwort with foft leaves.' 

 Dentaria {Bulhfera) foliis inferioribus pinnatis, 



fummis fimplicibus. Hort. Cliff'. 335. Toothwort with 



lower leaves wbiged, a^hd the upper ones fingle. Denta- 

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