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' Upfal. 187. Darnels Violet with a prickly^ Iranchingy 

 - fpreadingfio.lk, Hefperis montana, pallidia, odoratifli- 



rna. C. B. P. 202. Sweetejl pale Mountain Rocket, 

 5. Hbsj^kris {Siberica) caulc fimplici, folis lanceolatis 

 ' dentatp-ferratis, petalis obtufiffimis integris. Lin. Sp. 



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6. Hesperis {Exigua) caule ramofiffimo difFufo, foliis 

 ' lineari-lanceolatis dentatis, filiquis apice truncatis. 

 T)<ime^5 Violet with a very branching diffufedftalk^ nar- 



• rcnjo^ fpear-Jhaped^ indented leaves^ and the points of the 

 pods jhaped like a truncheon, Hefperis exigua lutca, 



- folio dentato angufto, Boerh. Ind. 146. Rocket with 



• a n}ery fmall ydlow flower^ and a narrow indented leaf, 

 HtsPERis {Dentata) foliis dentato-pinnatifidis, caule 



lasvi, Lin. Sp. Plant. 664. Darnels Violet withmng-pointed 

 . indented leaves^ and a fmcoth ftalk. Hefperis Acre albo 

 ' minimo, filiqua longa, folio profunde dentatp. Boerh. 

 ' Ind. alt. 2. 20. Rocket voith a fmall white flower ^ a 



long pcdy and leaves deeply indented. 

 8. Hesperis (Jfricana) caule ramofiflimo diffufo, fo 



liis petiolatis lanceolatis acute dentatis fcabris filiquis 

 ^ fcffilibus. Lin. Sp. Plant. 928. Darnels Violet with very 



• branching diffufedjlalks^fpear-fhaped^ roughs fawed leaves^ 



- and pods fitting clofe to the ftalks. Hefperis Africana, 

 \ hieracii folio hirfuto, flore minimo purpurafcente. 

 ^ Niflbl. Aft. African Rocket with a hairy Hawkweed 



leaf ^ and a very fmall purplifh flower, 

 §'. Hesperis (?^^;/i3) caule erefto ramofo, foliis corda- 

 *. tis amplexicaulibus ferratis villofis, Lin. Sp. Plant. 



- 664. Darnels Violet with an ere£l branching Jialk^ and 

 hairy, fawed, heart-fhaped leaves embracing the Jlalk. 



• Turritis annua verna, purpurafcente flore. Tourn, 

 Inft, 224. Annual vernal Tower Mujlard^ with a^ur- 



■ plifh flower. ■ ' ' ' \- /" ■ ■-' ' '— r^n^;v 

 The firft fort grows naturally in Italy -, this was for- 



- merly in greater plenfjr ih'th^ Englilh gardens than at 

 ; prefent, having been longnegleded becaufe the flowers 



were fingle, and made but little appearance > Kow- 

 " " as the flowersi^avc a very grateful fcent, fe the 



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the flowers grow in loofe fpikes on ti:c top of the 

 flalks ; in fome they are white, in cchcr p.:rple, and 

 fometimes both colours fl:riped in the fame flower- 

 thefe have no odour, fo are not deferving of a place 

 in gardens, but may be propagated in the fame inan- 

 ner as the two former. 



From this forr, the double white and purple Rock- 

 ets have been accidentally obtained, which are much 

 efteem.ed for the beauty of their flowers ; and if they 

 had the agreeable odour cf the Garden Rocket, they 

 would be fome of the beft furniture for the borders 

 of the flower-garden, but they are without fcent ; how- 

 ever, for the beauty of their flowers, they are by fome 

 greatly eftecmed, therefore I ftiall here infert the beft 

 method of propagating them yet known. 

 Thefe plants are naturally biennial, fo the plants with 

 fingle flowers rarely furvive the fecond year -, nor will 

 thofewith double flowers continue muchlono^er- fo 

 that unlefs young plants are annually raifed to fupply 

 the place of the old ones, there will foon be a want 

 of them, which is what few perfons are careful enough 

 to obferve -, but thinking the roots to be perennial ■ 

 trufl: to their putting out ofliets, or the plants re- 

 maining after they have flowered -, and finding them 

 decay, are apt to think their foil very improper for 

 them, and are at a lofs to account for their decaying j 

 whereas, when the plants have flowered, they have 

 finifhed their period, and feldom continue to flower a 

 fecond time from the fame root 5 though in poor 

 land, they will often put out a few weak oft'sets, 

 which may flower again, but feldom fo flrrong as the 

 principal roots ; therefore thofe who arc defirous to 

 propagate thefe plants, Ihould do it in the following 

 manner: ^ ^ 



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(■ rifes with an upright ftalk a foot and a half high, gar- 



nilhed with foear-fhaped leaves which fit clofe to 



, the fl:alk, and are flightly indented on theh* edges, 



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■There fliould be fome flrong roots of each fort kept 

 ""lij^mrt for this purpofe, which are not intended to 

 flower J when thefe have fhot up their flower-flalks 

 ' about fix inches high^'they fliould be cut clofe to 

 the bottom •, each of thefe may be divided in the 

 middle to make two cuttings, which ftiould be planted 

 in a foft, gentle, loamy foil, to an eaft exjpofure, where 

 they may have only the morning fun ; and thefe may 

 be planted pretty near together, fo as to be covered 

 with hand or bell-glaflTes, which ftiould be put over 

 them after the'cuttings have been well watered, and 

 clofely Ihut down, drawing the earth round the rini 



a loofethyrfe on, the top of the fl:alks 5 they arc coni- i of the glaflTes to exclude the air-, then the glaffes 



petals, which are roundifli 

 ' Sented at their points, of a deep purple colour, and 

 fmell very fweet, efpecially in the evening or in cloudy 

 weather. It flowers in June, and the feeds ripen 

 > 'the latter end of Augufl:. It is a biennial plant, fo 

 that young plants fliould be railed every year, to fup- 

 ply tnc place of thofe which decay : if the feeds are 



Ihould be ftiadcd with mats every day when the fun 

 is hot J and if the cuttings are gently refreflied with 

 water once in feven or eight days, it will be fuffi- 

 cient, for too much moift:ure will caufe them to rot : 

 when thefe are watered, the glafles ftiould be clofely 

 fhut down again as before ; with this management the 

 cuttings will put out roots in five or fix weeks, and 



permitted to fcatter, the plants will come up without I will begin to ftioot above 5 then the glafles fliould be 



trouble in the fpring ; and if the feeds are fown, the 

 beft feafon for it is in the autumn ; becaufe thofe which 

 are fown in the fpring often feil if the feafon proves 

 dry, or will remain a long time in the ground before 

 they vegetate. This plant ftiould have a loamy un- 

 dunged foil, in which it will thrive better than in 

 rich land: '"vr '^'-'. * ..- ;.-^ ■'-. , : ^ ^ ■ '} 

 ThereMs a variety of this with double flowers, in fome 

 * of the gardens in France-, but that which we have in 

 *■ Eneland, is a variety of tKe third fort with unfavoury 

 flowers. ■ ' ' _'■ .' \ . ' : : ; 



■ The fecond fort has been generally fuppoled only a 

 *' variety of the firft:, differing in thecolour of the flower, 

 ' but is certainly a difl;in(a: fpecies ; the leaves of this 

 ' are not fo long, but much broader than thofe of the 

 V firflr, and their borders are entire j the flowers arc not 

 ^'fluitc fo large, nor do they form fo good fpikes ; 



^ they arc white, and have not fo fine a fcent as the firft, 



■ This IS alfo a biennial plant, requiring the fame treat- 





ment as the firft. 

 The third fort grows naturally in Hungary and Auf- 

 tria, ■ X.his rifes with an upright ftalk near two feet 

 high, garniflied with Ipear-fliaped leaves, ending in 

 acure points, and Jharply indented on their edges ; 



they are of a darK green, and Rt clofe to the ftalks 5 



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gently raifed on one fide to admit the air to them, 

 and fo gradually harden them to the open afr, to 

 prevent their drawing up weak. When thefe haVe 

 made good roots, they fliould be carefully removed, 

 and planted in an eaft border at about eight or nine 

 inches afunder, obferving to ftiade and water them till 

 they have taken new root j after which they will re- . 

 quire no other care, but to keep them clean from 

 weeds till the autumn, when they may be tranfplanted 

 irito the borders of the pleafure-garden, where they 

 are defigned to flower. . t - / 



The roots which are thus cut down, will fend up 

 more fl:alks than before -, and when thefe are of a pro- 

 per height, they may be cut off" and treated in the 

 fame way ; fo that if the roots are found, there may oe 

 two or three crops of thefe cuttings taken from them, 

 and by fo doing, the old roots may be condnued much 

 longer than if they are permitted to flower ; and by 

 this management, there may be always a fupply of 

 good plants for the flower-garden. 

 Thefe plants are very fubjedl to canker and rot when 

 they are planted in a light rich foil, but in poor ftrong 

 ground, I have feen them thrive and flower in theut- 

 moft perfection, where the ftems of flowers have been 



as large, and the flowers as fair as the fineft double 



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