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EcHiuM {Ltifitanicum) corollis Itaniine longicrlbus. 

 Lin. Sp. 200. Viper's Buglofs with the petal cf the flower 

 longer than the ftamina. Echiiim amplin]nio folio, 

 Lufitanicum. Tourn. Portugal Viper'^s^ Buglofs -ivilh a 



large leaf 

 c EcHiuM (Cretieum) calycibus fruclefcentibus cHftan- 



tibus, caule procumbcnte. Lin. Hurt. Upfal 35. 



Viper^s Buglofs with fruitful empalements growing at a 



dijlancey and a traili^ig ftalk. Echium Cretieum lati- 



tblium rubrum. C. B. P. 254. Broad-leaved Viper's 



Buglofs of Candi a-, having a red flo^uver. 



6. EcHiuM {Anguftifoliu'ru) caule rLvnofo, afpero, foliis 

 callofo-verrucofis, ilaminibus corolla longioribus. 



' Viper*s Buglofs with a rough branehing flalk^ warted 

 ■ leaves-, andjtamina longer than the petal. Echium Cre- 

 . ticum anguftifolium rubrum. C. B. P. 254. Narrow- 

 leaved Viper s Buglofs of Candia^ having a red flower. 



7. EcHii/M {Fruticcfurn) caule fruticofo. Hort. Clitr, 43. 

 Viper* s Buglofs with a florubby ft alk . This is the Echium 



' Africanum fniticans, foliis pilofis. Hort. Am.ll. 2. 

 p." 107. Shrubby African Vipe-r'' s Buglofs^ having hairy 



leaves. 



The firft fort grows naturally in Germany and Auf- 

 tria, from whence I received the feeds. This and our 

 common Viper's Buglofs, which is the fccond, have 

 been confounded by moft of the writers on botany, 

 who have fuppofed they were the fame plant, whereas 

 they are very different ^ for the leaves of this are 

 . fliortcr, and much broader than thofc of the fecond-, 

 ' * the Ipikes of flowers are much longer, and the fta- 

 - mina of the flowers are in this equal in length with 

 ; the petal; whereas thofe of the fecond fl:and out 

 • \.much beyond the petal, which is an effcntial dif- 

 ference. 



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.'.The fecond fort grows naturally upon chalky lands 

 . in moft parts of England: this is what Lobel titles 



V Lycopfis Anglica, and has been generally taken for 

 the common Echium. . •* .. 



li^The third fort grows naturally in the fouth of France, 



:, In Italy, and the ifle of Jerfey % this rifes with an 



'-. upright hairy llalk ; the flowers are produced in fliort 



. fpikes on the flde of the branches; they are fmall, 



^ , and fcarce appear above the empalements ; fome plants 



have while flowers, and others are purplifn ; the em- 



' palements of the flowers are very hairy, and cut into 



^ cciite fegments. . ;. ■ 



• The fourth fort grows naturally in Portugal and 



. •: ^ Spain ; the lower leaves of this are more than a foot 



' - long, and two inches broad in the middle, gradually 



V leffening to]bothends; thefe are covered with foft 

 .■ , hairs.> The ftalks grow two. feet high; the flowers 



are in fhort fpikes" coming from the fide of the ftalks ; 



^ the petals of thefe are longer than the ftamina. 



The fifth fort grows naturally in Crete j this hath 



^ ' trailing hairy ftalks, which grow about a foot long, 



■ and put oyt feveral fide branches, garniftied with 



/• hairy fpear-lhaped leaves about three inches long, and 



.-. - three quarters pf aa Wch br.Qad^^Xl^ting clofe to the 



\- ftalks.' The flo>vers come out on fl!ender fpikes upon 



J long foot-ftalks, which come from the wings of the 



- /..leaves ; they are large, of a reddifti purple colour, 

 ^:. which turns to a fine blue when they are dried ; thefe 



■ -; ftand at.a diftance from each other on the fpike. It 



- : IS an annual plant, which flowers in July and decays 



f. in autumn.: • .. . ^ 



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•.; The fixth fort' hath branching ftalks which grow a 

 - ibgt and a halFlon 



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/ -they are covered with ftinging hairs; the leaves are 



V four, inches long, and not more than half an "inch 



' ^^oad; t[iefe are pretty much warted, and are hairy. 



The flowers grow in loofe fpikes from the fide of 



* the ftalks, and alfo at the end of die branches ; they 



^^r^^ ^ reddifh purple colour, but not fo large as 



thofe of the former fort, and the ftamina of thefe arc 



longer than the petal. This is alfo an annual plant, 



which grows naturally in Crete. ■ . 



Thefe are moft of them biennial plants, except the fifth 



- ^^^^ ;?xth forts, which are Annual, and are tfic moft 



^eautitul of all the kinds : the feeds of thefe muft be 



lown every year, in the places 'where they are de- 



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figned to remain; and the plants require no omc, 

 culture but to keep them clean from weeds, and 

 thi.i ihe.n where they grow too clofe. In July the/ 

 fewer, and their feeds rifen in five or fix wc^cks after. 

 The feeds of the other forts being fown in the f[;ring, 

 will the^ fecond fummer afcer produce flowers affd 

 , feeds, after which they fcldom continue. They all 

 delight in a rubbifliy gravelly foil, and will grow upon 

 the tops of old walls or buildings ; where, when once 

 they have eftablifl^ed tlicmfelves, they will drop their 

 feeds, and thereby maintain a fucceinon of "p!ant:i 

 without any care,- and on th<?fe places they appear 

 very beautiful. 



The feventh fort grows naturally at the Cape of Good, 

 Hope, froni whence the feed; 

 land, where the plants are now preferved m fome cu- 

 rious gardens. This rifes with a fhrubby ftalk two 

 or three feet high, dividing upward into feveral 

 branches, garnifiied with oval leaves placed alternate, 

 whofe bafe fits clofe to the ftaJk ; they are hairy, and 

 of a light green colour. The flowers are produced 

 fingly between the leaves at the end oi the branches ; 

 they are of a purple colour, and in fhape nuich like 

 thofc of tlie fifth fort. Thefe appear in May and 

 June, but the feeds do not ripen in England. " .- 

 It is propagated by feeds, when they can be obtained, 

 which ftiould be fown in pots filled v/ith lio-ht fandy 

 earth loon after they are received. Thefe may be 

 \ expofcd to the open air till the beginning of October^ 

 when the pots ftiould fee placed under a frame, to 

 guard them from froftj but in mild weather, they 

 fliould be opened to have the free' air, to prevent the 

 feeds from vegetating till the winter is paft; for if 

 the plants come up at that feafon, their ftems will be 



weak and full of juice, and very liable to^rpt with 

 damps ; therefore it is much better if the plants do 

 not come up till toward Marchi, which is the uiual 

 time of their appearing, when the feeds are not forced 

 by warmth. When the plants are fit to remove, they 

 fliould be each planted into a fmall pot Iilled with 

 light earth, and placed under a frame to forward their 

 putting out new roots ; then they fliould be gradually 



■ inured to bear the open air, and the latter end of 

 May be placed abroad in a flieltered fituation, where 

 they may remain till the beginning of O6lober ; at 

 which time they muft be removed into an airy glafs- 

 cafe, where they may enjoy the fun and have free 

 air in mild weather. .'During the winter feafon thefe 

 plants muft be Iparingly* Watered ; for as their ftems 

 are fucculent, fo rrtuch gioifture will daufe them to 



rot... In the fummer they fliould be fee abroad in a 

 \ flieltered fituation, and treated in the fame manner as 



other plants from the fame country, 

 EDERA QJUINQUEFOLIA. See Vitis. 

 EDGING S. V The heft and moft durable plant for 



edgings in a garden Is Box; which, if well planted, 

 - and rightly managed, will continue in beauty feveral 



years : the' beft feafon for planting this, is either in 



the autumn, or very early in the fpring; for if you 



- plant it late, and the feafon fliould prove hot and dry, 



. it will be very fubjeft to mifcarry, unlefs great care 



be taken to fupply it with water, v The beft fort for .. 



this purpofe is the dwarf Dutch Box. . : 



■ Thefe. edgings are only planted upon the fides oi 

 '-- borders next walks, and not fas the faflfion w?*s fome 



...years ago) to plant the edgings of flov/er-beds, or 

 the edges of fruit-borders in the middk' of gardens. 



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unltfs they have a gravel- walk between them ; which 



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-renders it proper to preferve the walks clean, by 



keeping the earth of the borders from wafiiing down 



into the walks in hard rains.. ' . . ' • 



It was alfo the practice formerly to plant edgings of 



.. divers forts of aromatic herbs,- as Thyme, Savory, 

 HyfTop, Lavender, Rue, &c. But as thefe very foon 

 grow woody, fo that they cannot be kept in due com- 

 pafs, and in hard winters they are often killed iri 



. patches, whereby the edgings are rendered incomplete^ 

 they arc now feldom ufed for this purpofe. 

 Some people make edgings of Daifies, Thrift, Catch- 

 fly, and other flowering plants; but thefe alfo re- 



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