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gua, and September. If the feeds of this plant are 

 permitted to fcacter, die plants will come up without 

 any trouble, and require no other care but to thin 

 them where they arc too dole, and keep them clean 



from weeds. 



Thcfe plants maybe fuffered to grow on walls, and 

 in fome abjeft part of the garden •, for if they are ad- 

 mitted into the borders of the pleafure-garden, they 

 will fcatter their feeds, and become troublefome 

 weeds i but tliey are very proper plants to grow on 

 ruins, or on the fdes of grottos or rock-work, where, 

 by their long continuance in flower, they will have 



a good efFeci. 



The fifth, fixth, feventh, and eighth forts are propa- 



FUR 



gated by offsets, as other bulbous-rooted flowers- 

 thefe produce their flowers in the beginning of April' 

 and are very pretty ornaments to borders in a fniall 

 flower-garden. Hiey are extreme hardy, but do not 

 increafe very fafl:, feldom producing feeds with us- 

 and their bulbs do not multiply very much, efpecially 

 if they are often tranfplanted. They love a light fandv 

 foil, and fliould be fufl'ered to remain three years un- 

 difturbed, in which time they will produce feveral 

 offsets. The beft feafon for tranfplanting them is 

 from May to Augufl, when the leaves begin to die 

 oflf ; for if they are taken up when their leaves are 

 frelh, it will greatly weaken their roots. 

 FURZ. See Genista. 



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ALANTHUS. Lin. Gen. Plant. 362. 

 Narciffo-leucoium. Tourn, Inft. R. H. 387. 

 tab. 208. The Sno\y- drop 5 in French, Perce- 



neige. 



The Characters are, 

 ^he fpatha or Jheath of the flower is oblongs hlunt^ and 

 comprejfed, This opens fideways^ and becomes a dryjkin ; 



. the flower has three oblong concave petals^ which fpread 



. €fen^ and are equal -^ in the bottom is fttuated the three- 

 leaved neclarium^ which is cylindrical^ obtufe^ and in- 



. dented at the top \ under the flower is fttuated the ovalger- 



, men^ fupporting a flender ftyle^ which is longer than the 



. fiamina<i crowned by fingle ftigma^Hhis is attended by 

 Jixfljort hairy ftaniina^ terminated by oblong pointed fum- 



. mitSy which are gathered together, 'The germen after- 

 ward becomes an oval capfule which is obtufe and three- 

 cornered^ opening in three cells^ which are filled with 

 roundijJo feeds. 



This genus of plants is ranged in the firft feflion of 

 Linn^us's fixth clafs, intitlei Hexandria Monogynia, 

 which includes the plants whofe flowers have fix fta- 

 mina and one fl:yle. 

 This plant, as alfo the great Snow-drop, was by Dr. 



, Tournefort ranged together under the title of Nar- 

 ciflb-leucoium \ which being a compound name. Dr. 

 Linnseus has altered it to this of Galanthus •, and has 

 feparaced the great Snow-drop from this, and given 

 the fimple name of Leucoium to that genus. 

 We know but one Species of this genus, viz, 



Galanthus (A"rj^//V.) Lin. Hort. Cliff; 134. The com- 

 mon Snow-drop. Leucoium bulbofum trifolium minus, 



■ C. B. P. The leaft bulbous Snow-drop with three 

 leaves. ' . . 



. There is a variety of this with double flowers. 

 Thefc flowers are valued for their early appearance in 

 the fpring, for they ufually flower in February when 



often covered with fnow. The Angle 

 fort comes out the firft, and though the flowers are 

 but fmall, yet when they are in bunches, they make a 

 very pretty appearance; therefore thefe roots fliould 

 not be planted fingle, as is fometimes praftifed by 



. way of edging to borders ; for when they are fo dif- 

 pofed, they make very little appearance. But when 

 there are twenty or more roots growing in a clofe 

 bunch, the flowers have a very good effeft ; and as 

 thefe fiov/ers thrive well under trees or hedges, they 



. arc very proper to plant on the fides of the wood- 



. walks, and in wilderncfs-quarters i where, if they are 



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fufFered to remain undifl:urbed, the roots will muki- 

 ply exceedingly. The roots may be taken up the lat- 

 ter end of June, when their leaves decay, and may be 

 kept out of the ground till the end of Auguft, but 

 they muft not be removed oftenerthan every third year. 

 GALE. See Myrica. 



G A LEG A. Lin. Gen. Plant. 770. Tourn. Inft. R. 



H. 398. tab. 222. Goat's-rue. 



The Characters are, 

 The empalement of the flower is fljort^ tubulous, and of 

 one leaf indented in five parts. The flower is of the 

 butterfly kind \ the ftandard is oval^ large^ and reflexed\ 

 the wings are near the length of the ftandard% the keel is 

 ereSl^ oblongs and comprejjed ; the under fide toward the 

 point is rounded^ but the upper is acute ; there are ten 

 flamina^ which join above their middle^ and are termi- 

 nated by fmall fummits. In the center is Jituat'ed a nar- 

 row^ cylindrical^ oblong germen^ fupporting a fle7ider ftyle^ 

 crowned by aftigma terminated by a pun£lure» The ger- 

 men afterward becomes a long pointed pod^ inchfmg feve- 

 ral oblong kidney-fhaped feeds. 



This genus of plants is ranged in the third feftion 

 of jLinnasus's feventeenth clafs, intitled Diadelphia 

 Decandria, which includes thofe plants whofe flowers 

 have ten fl:amina joined in two bodies; 



The Species are, 



1. Galega {Officinalis) leguminibus fliriclis ereftis, for 

 liolis lanceolatis fl:ri6tis nudis. Lin. Sp. Plant. 1062. 

 Goafs-rue with ereB clofe pods^ and fpear-fhaped naked 

 leaves. Galega vulgaris, floribus casruleis. C. B. P. 

 352. Common Goafs-rue with blue flowers, 



2. Galega {Africana) foliolis lanceolatis obtufis, flori- 

 bus fpicatis longioribus, filiquls craflioribus. Goats- 

 rue with obtufe fpear-fhaped leaves^ flowers growing tn 

 longer fpikes^ and thicker pods, Galega Africana, flo- 

 ribus majoribus filiquis craflioribus. Tourn. Inft. R- 

 H. 399. African Goat's-rue, with larger flowers and 

 thicker pods, 



3. Galega (Frutefcens) foliis ovatis, floribus panicula- 

 tis alaribus, caule fruticofo. Goafs-rue with cval 

 leavesy and flowers growing in panicles from the fides cj 

 the ftalks^ which are fhruhby, Galega Americana, fo- 

 liis fubrotundis, floribus coccineis. Houft. MSS. Ame- 

 rican Goafs-rue with roiindifh leaves and fcarlet flowers, 



4. Galega {Virginiana) leguminibus retrofalcatis com- 

 preflis villofis fpicatis, calycibus lanatis, foliolis ovali- 

 obloneis acuminatis. Amoen. Acad. q.p. 18. Goats- 



rue 



with haiiy^ compreffedy ficklc-floaped pods, ohm^ 



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