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Srock-irlUinowers. 



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Their feafon of flowering Is in I fpear-fliapcd leaves iawcd on their cJcres, and termi- 



vounf^ plants from the ftalks after the flowers have 

 decayed, by cutting them in lengths, and planting 

 tliem in the manner before direfted ; but thefe fel- 

 dom make (o good plants as the young cuttings, nor 

 are they fo certain to grow, therefore the other are 

 to be preferred. 



The fourth Ibrt grows naturally in Hungary. 

 is much cultivated in the gaidons abroad, for the great 

 'fra<7rancy of its flowers, 



This 



which in the evening is fo 



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ftrong, as to perfume the air at a great diftance, efpe- 



cialiy v/here there are any number of the plants. The 

 ladies in Germany are very fond of this plant, and du- 

 ni\<y the feafon of their flowering, have the pots placed 

 in tlieir apartments every evening, that they may en- 

 loy the fragrancy of their flov/ersj for they have but 

 little beauty, being fmaller than thofe of the Garden 

 Rocket, and of a pale colour, but the fcent of their 

 flowers is much preferable to them ; though in the 

 day-time, if the weather is clear, they have very little 

 odour V but when :he fun leaves them, their fragrancy 

 is expanded to a great difl:ance. To this ipecies it is 

 fuppofcd, that the title of Dame's Violet was firft ap- 

 plied. 

 This fort IS very rarely feen in the Englifli gardens : I 



fuppofe it has been neglcfted, becaufe the flowers 

 make no appearance. It is a biennial plant like the 

 Garden Rocket, which is propagated by feeds in the 

 fame manner; but the plants are not quite fo hardy, 

 and are very fubjedt to rot in winter, efpecially 'on a 

 moift foil, or in rich land, where they arc apt to grow 

 ^ery rank, fo are foon injured by wet and cold in the 

 winter; therefore the plants of this fort fliould be 

 ' planted in a dry poor foil, and a warm fituation ; and 

 if fome of them are planted in pots to be placed under 



be 



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'/ tared from hard rains and froft, but enjoy the free 



^^'air at all times when the weather is mild, it will be 



■ a fure way to preferve them. 

 The leaves of this fort are much larger than thofe 

 of the Garden Rocket, and of a paler green ; the 

 ftalks' are clofcly fet with brifl:ly hairs -, the flowers 

 grow in loofe panicles at the top of the fl:alk, and ap- 

 'pear about the fame time with the Garden Rocket. 

 The feeds of the fifth fort v/ere fent me from Germany 

 without any title, nor any account of the coiintry from 

 whence it came ; but as it was fent with the feeds of 

 fome Siberian plants, I fuppofe this came from the 



. fame country. This is a biennial plant, which rifes 

 with a flirong branching fl:alk between two and three 



' feet high, which is very hairy, garnifhed with oblong 



. , heart-Ihaped leaves, ending in acute points, fitting 



.,clofe to the ftalk ; they are four inches long, and one 

 and a half broad at their bafe, gradually diminifliing 

 to the point, and are fliglitly fawed on their ^dges ; 

 the upper part of the ItaJk divides into two or three 

 branches, which are garniftied with fmall leaves of 



. the fame fhape with thofe below, and are terminated 

 ■with loofe panicles of fingle, large, purple fldweVs of 

 great fragrancy^ This Ibrt flowered the end of June 

 .1757, but the great rains which fell in Auguft, rotted 

 the plants before the feeds were ripe. ' ^^;/ V> *iV'-- 

 The fixth fort grows naturally in thp warm parts of 

 Europe ; this is annual -, the fl:alks rife about eight 



.or. nine inches high, branching out greatly on every 

 fide in a confufcd order ; they are garniftied "with 



; (mall, narrow, indented leases, and are terminated 

 by clufters of fmall yellow flowers, which make no 

 appearance. ■ \ - — - . 



. Thefeventh fort grows naturally in Sicily. This is 

 an annual plant, which feldom rifes more than fix 

 inches high -, the ftalk branches toward the top into 

 three or four fmaller, which are terminated by fmall 

 ^hite flowers -, the leaves are two inches long and 



. one broad, cut almoft to the midrib on each fide, fo 

 as to refemble a winged leaf. 

 ■The eighth fort grows naturally in Africa. This is 



..an annual plant with a very branching ftalk, which 

 hfes about nine inches high, garfiiflied with rough 



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nated by loofe panicles of fmall purple flowers, which 

 appear in June and July ^ thefe arc fucceeded by long 

 pods fitting clof- to the ftalks, and are filled with 

 fmall feeds which ripen in September, 

 'i'hefe three forts are rarely cultivated, except in bo- 

 tanic gardens for the fake of variety. If the feeds 

 of thele are permitted ro fcattcr, the planes will come 

 up without care, and only require to be kept clean 

 from weeds ; or they niay be fown cither in the fprin- 

 or the autumn where they are to ftand, for they da 

 not bear tranfplanting well. 

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

 turallv in the fouth of France. This fends out feveral 

 heart-fnaped leaves from the root, which fpread on 

 the ground ; they are fawed and hairy : the Italk rifes 

 nine inches high, branching toward the top, garniflied 

 with leaves of the fame fliape, which embrace the 

 ftalks with their bafe ; the flowers are produced in 

 loofe panicles at the end of the branches ; they are of 

 a lively purple colour, and thofe plants which rife in 

 the autumn, flower early in the fpring. If thefe 

 feeds are fown in the autumn, they fucceed much bet- 

 ter than in the fpring. 



HEUCHERA. Lin. Gen. Plant. 283. Sanicle. 



The Characters are. 



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ts c 



ofed of fi 



It 



infer ted in the herder of 

 hath five erect awl-fhaped fiamina^ which are much longer 

 than the empalement^ terminated hy roundifh fummits. It 

 hath a rdundiflo bifid gcrmcn^ with two ercEl ftyles the 

 length of the flamina\ crowned bj obtufe Jligmas. The 

 germen afterward turns to an cvaUpointed capfule with 

 two horns y which are reflexedy having two cells filled tvitb 

 very fmall feeds, - ' ' ,' 



This genus of plants is ranged in the fecond feftion of 

 Linn^eus's fifth clafs, which includes thofe plants 

 whofe flov/ers have five ftamina and two ftyles. 

 "We have but one Species of this genus, viz. 

 EUCHERA {Americana.) Hort. Cliffy 82. Mitella Ameri- 

 cana, flore fquallide purpureo villofo. Boerh. Ind. 



Mitella of 

 purple colour. 



flowers of 



This plant grows naturally in Virginia, but is hardy 

 enough to thrive in the open air in England. It hath 

 a perennial root, which fends out many heart-ftiaped 

 oval leaves, which are indented into four or five 

 lobes, and are crenated on their edges, of a lucid 

 green, and fmooth'; from between thefe come out 

 the foot-ftalks of the flower, which are naked, and 

 rife a foot high, dividing at the top into a loofe pani-^ 

 cle, fuftaming many fmall hairy flowers, of an oblb- 



/ ^ : ^:-- 



^^ it >V.- ' 



May 



lete purple colour. 



feeds ripen in Auguft. 



It is propagated by parting the roots in autumn, and 



ftiould be planted in a ftaady fituation ; there is little 



beauty in this plant, but it is preferved in fome gar- 



dens for the fake of variety. .^ " ' . 



HIBISCUS. Lin. Gen. Plant. 756. Ketmia. Tourn. 



Inft. R. H. 99. tab. 26. 

 The Characters are. 

 The flower has a double em) 

 the outer is compofed of eigt 



Mallow 



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f. t^ 



inner is fhaped like a cup^ and is of one leaf cut at the 

 brim into five acute points. It hath five heart-fhaped 

 petals-, which join at their bafe into one. It hath many- 

 Jiamind'y which are joined to the fly le, inform of a column^ 

 within the tube of the flower^ but expand ^ toward the topy 

 and are terminated by kidney-fhaped fummits. It has a 



'h flender ftyle. 

 'difhftig 



thefla: 

 ifterward 



to a capfule with five cells^ opening in five par ts^ inclofing 

 kidney-fhaped feeds, ., ' ,. T 



This genus of plants is ranged in the third fedion 

 of Linnseus's fixteenth clafs, which includes thofe 

 plants whofe flowers have many ftamina joined to the 

 ftyles in one body, forming a column. 

 The Species are, 

 . Hibiscus (Syriacus) foliis cuneiformi-ovatis, fuperrie 

 incifo-dematisj'caulearboreo. Hort. Cliff 350. Hibif 



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