

H 



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ccnte 

 fuckle, 



trifoliate French Honeyfuckk, '-jcith cval fptar-fijapd 

 leaves, hairy on ibeir under fide, and a furubby hairy 

 fialk. Qvierc, Whether this be not the Hedyfarum 

 foliis ternatis fub-ovatis fubtus villofis caule frutel- 



Flor. Virg. 174. Three-leaved French Honey- 

 ,^^ -jjitb cval leaves and a Jlmtbhy ftalL ^' 

 17. Hedysarum {Pedunculalum) foliis ternatis, foliolo 

 incermedio pediculo longiore, racemis alaribus eredis 

 lon^^ifTimis. French Honeyfuckle with trifcliate leaves, 

 the^middle lobe /landing on a longer fcot-Jlalk, and very 

 lcr7<^ bunches of flowers coming from the fides of the 



Jlalks. 

 iS, Hedysakvm {Alhagt) foliis fimplicibus lanceo- 



latis obtufis, caule fruticofo fpinofo. Lin. Sp. Plant. 

 745* French Honeyfuckle with fingle, fpear-fmpcd, ob- 

 tnfekanjes, ayid a' prickly fhruhbyfialL Alhagi Mau- 

 rorum. Rauwolf. 94. The Alhagi of the Moors. 

 lo. Hedysarum {Triquctrttm) foliis fimplicibus cordato- 

 oblono-is integerrimis glabris. French Honeyfuckle with 

 finile^ oblongs heart-fhaped leaves, which are fmooth 

 and attire. OnoLrychis Zeylanica aurantii folio. Pet. 

 Hort. Scic. 247. Cockfloead of Ceylon with an Orange- 



■ leaf ^ . 



20. Hedysarum {Echaflaphyllum) foliis fimplicibus ova- 



tis fubtus fericcis, petiolis muticis. Amcen. Acad. 5. 

 p. 403. French Iio7teyfuckle with oval f.ngle leaves, 

 filky on their under fide, and a fpiked foot-ftalk. Spar- 

 tium fcande'ns, citri foliis, fioribus albis ad nodos con- 

 fertim nafcentibus. Plum. Sp_. 19. ' _ \ 



21, Hedysarum {Gangeticum) foliis fimplicibus ova- 

 tis acuminatis, fpicis longiffimis nudis terminalibus. 

 French Honey fuckle with 'oval-pointed fingle leaves, and 

 voy long naked fpiB's of flirwers terminating the ficlks. 



. An Hedyfarum foliis fimplicibus oyatis acutis bafi 

 . ftipulays., Jp-in. Sp. 1052. . _ . / ^ 

 - ..The^_^ft A)rt lias teen long'cultivated in the Englifli 

 \l gardens forornament. This grows naturally in Italy ; 

 ■; there are two varieties of this, one with a bright red, 

 ,and the other a white flower, which very rarely vary 

 from one to the other ; but as there is no other dif- 

 ference but in the colour of their flowers, fo they 

 . , are fuppofed to be the fame fpecles." " 



Xtjs a biennial plant, which flowers the fecond 

 Lycar, and foon after the feeds are ripe, the roots ge- 

 nerally perilh: this fends up fever al hollow fmooth 

 \, ftalks t,wo or three foot long, which branch out on 

 ;.. each fide, garnifhed with winged leaves, compofed of 

 .J five or fix pair of oval lobes, terminated by an odd 

 . end ithe leaves are placed' alternate,' arid from their 

 -bafe cotfies out foot-ft:alks which are five or fix inches 



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^ long, fuftaining fpikes of beautiful red flowers \ thefe 



are fucceeded by comprefl^ed lointed pods, which are 

 . very rough, ftanding erefl: -, in each or the joints is 

 , lodged one kidney-fliaped feed/ This fort flowers in 

 V June and July, and the feeds ripen 'in September. 

 .. .The white is only 'a variety of this, ahd as'fuch, is 

 :^ fometimes preferved in gardens.^' ". ' 

 . They are propagated by fowing their feeds in April, 



in a bed of light frefh earth ; and when the plants 

 ^ come up, they fliould lie trarifplanted into other beds 



of the like earth, and in' an open fituation,'af about 

 ■ fix or eight inches diftarice front each other, leaving 



a path between every" foiir .rows, to go between 



.-.them to hoe. and clear them from weeds.'?; In thefe 



.;^. Deds they may remain until Michaelmas, then may 



be tranfplanted into' ttie large' ^Borders of a parterre 

 ..: or pleafure-garden, ' allowing them'a? leaft three feet 

 diftance from '.othcii: pfahts, among^ which they 

 ;, fhould be interfperfed, 't6 cbnUnue the fucceflion of 

 flowers 5 where they will make a fine appearance when 

 -blown, efpeciaily the red fort, which produces very 

 beautiful flowers. ' '\ -, ' " . \ ->^'-- r ^ 



As thefe plants decay after they have perfected their 

 . feeds, fo there fliould annually be a frefh fupply of 

 plants .raifed, where they are defired, for the old root? 

 leldom continue, longer. They are very proper or- 

 . nanients for large borders, or to fill up vacancies 

 among flirubs, but they grow too large for fmall bor- 

 ders, unlcfs their ftalks are pruned off, leaving only 



. two or three oil' each plant •, which/ if kept upright 



with fl:icks 

 flowers. 



rough 



pods, lliiipcd like 



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will prevent their hainging over orfier 

 They are propagated for fupplying i.Se 

 markets with plants to adorn the London 'gardens 

 and balconies, by the gardeners in the neighbour- 

 hood of London. 



The fecond fort is an annual plant, which <^rows na- 

 turally in Spain and Portugal ^ the leaves of tins an-. 

 narrow and oblong, four or five pair being placed alon^r 

 the midrib, with an odd one at the end -, the flalks are 

 terminated by fmall ipikes of purple flowers, which 

 are fucceeded by fmall 



thofe of the former fort. 1'his plant is prcVcrved in 

 botanic gardens for the fake of variety ; it is propa- 

 gated by feeds, which fliould be fown the beginnin^T 

 of April, in the place where tlie plants are to remain, 

 and will require no other culture but to thin them 

 where they are too near, and keep them clean from 

 weeds. This flowers in July, and the feeds ripen in 

 autumn. 



The third fort hath a perennial root, which will 

 abide many years if planted in a dry foil. This is 

 propagated by fowing the feeds in the manner direcbed 

 for the former-, but when the plants are come tip two 

 inches high, they fliould be tranfplanted where they 

 are to remain for good ; but if they arc not too thick 

 in the feed-bed, they may be fuffered to remain there 

 imtil the following autumn-, at which time they 

 fnould be carefully taken up, and tranfplanted into the 

 borders where they are defigncd to ftand ; for their 

 roots generally run down very deep, fo that it is not 

 fafe to remove them often. This plant produces its 

 flowers about the fame time of the year as the for- 

 mer, and if the fcafon proves favourable, perfedls its 

 feeds in autumn ; and the roots will abide in the 

 open air very well, refifting the fevered cold, pro- 



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vided they are planted in a dry foil* <■. .. .-,--.\ ^r^v. 

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

 turally in the Levant* This hath fome relcmblance 

 of the firft, but is much fmaller ; the ftalks .arife near 

 a foot high, and are garnifhed with winged leaves, 

 compofed of two or three pair of oval lobes, terminated 

 by an odd one ; the flowers come out in fpikes at the 

 top of the ftalks, which are of a pale red intermixed, 

 with a little blue. Thefe appear in July, and are 

 fucceeded by jointed pods which are waved on both 

 fides, forming an obtufe angle at each joint , the 

 feeds ripen in the autumn. This 

 the fame way as the fecond fort, 

 hardy. 



IS propagated in 

 and 



IS 



equally 



The fifth fort grows naturally in both Indies ; the 

 feeds of this were fent me from La Y^ra Cruz, by the 



' late Dr. Houftoun. This is an annual plants with a 

 long tap root, which runs deep in tKe ground, "fend- - 

 ing out one of two ftalks, ^Tiich rife about nine inches 

 high, the loWer part being garniflied with oval leaves 



; by pairs on each foot-ftalkj but the upper part of the 



1 ftalk where the flowers come out, is o;arnifhed with 

 fmall leaves, ending in acute points, fitting clofeto 



/ the ftalks, and at each of thefe is fituated a fingle, 

 ' fmall, yellow flower, ihclofed by the two leave.^. 



' Thefe make but little appearance, and are fucceeded 

 by oblong pods, containing one kidney-ft^aped feed. 

 The fixth fort was fent me by the the late Dr. Houf- 



■ toun from La Vera Cruz, where he found it growing 

 ' naturally, as it alio does in Jamaica. TJiis is an annual 



plant, which rifes with a ftirubby ftalk upward" of 



" foiir feet high, dividing into feveral branches, which 



V are garniflied with oblong oval leaves that^afe trifo- 



' liate, ftanding upon pretty long foot-ftalks, the mid- 



.- die lobe ftanding an inch beyond the other two; the 



branches are terminated by long loofe panicles of 



purple flowers, which are fucceeded by narrow jointed 



pods which are twifted. * Thefe plants flower in July, 



'and their feeds ripen in autumn. - . 



■ The two laft mentioned are tender plants, fo th^ir 

 feeds muft be fown in the fpring upon a hot-bed •, 

 and when the plants are fit to remove, they ftiould 

 be each planted in a feparate fmall pot, filled with 

 light earth, and plunged into a hot-bed, keeping them 



1 ■ fliaded from the fun till they have taken new root j , 



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