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to keep them within bounds, otherwife they will j have four long and two fliorteriramma, and chdrkc\is 

 fpread fo much as to become troublefomc, efpecially 

 if they are planted near other flowers j indeed, the 

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 lpacesl)etween trees arid flirubs in large plantations, 

 where they will have a good efFc<5t during the time of 



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■ The fifth," fixth, fevehth, tenth, eleventh, fixteenth, 

 feventeenth and eighteenth forts, grow in lefs com- 

 piafs, foniay be admitted into the large borders, or in 



V .xlumpsof fljDwers in the pleafure-garden, where they 



; will' add to the variety.'. The fifth fort fhould have a' 

 warmer fitu'ation, being a little tender, but all the 

 other forts will grow in alrnofl; any foil or fituation ; 

 thefe ijiay all be propagated by feeds, which fliould 

 be fown foon after they are ripe^ then the plants will 

 come inp^ tfie following fpring • but if the feeds are 

 fown in the fpring, they will lie a year in the ground 

 before they vegetate : when the plants come up they 



in pods. 



The Species are, 

 IsATis {Tintloria) foliis* radicalibus oblongo-ovatis 

 obtufis integerrimis, caulinis fiigitcaris filiculis oblun- 

 JVoad with chkng^ ovaU blunt ^ entire leaves 



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mufl: be kept clean from weeds, and the following au- 

 tumn fhould be tfanfplanted into beds at ten inches 

 or a foot difl:ance, where they may remain till they 

 flower, ^which will be the fecond fummer after trans- 

 planting; but as moft of the forts are fo eafily pro- 

 pagated by their roots, few people care to wait for 

 feedling plants, unlefs of thofe forts which are fcarce. 

 The twenty-firfl; fort grows naturally in the iflandsof 

 the Archipelago ; this hath a tuberous knobbed root, 

 froriT which arife five or fix long, narrow, four-cor- 

 nered leaves, between which arife the fl:alk, which 

 *■ fupports one flower, fliaped like thofe of the Iris, but 

 ■ fmall, and of a dark purple colour. This flowers in 

 * April, but does not produce feeds in England.^, It is 

 propagated by the roots, which fend out offsets ; thefe 

 may be taken up and tranfplanted when their leaves 

 . decay, but fhould not be kept |oo.long out of the 

 *^ 'ground. .*jlf thefe are pk^ in'af deeploofe foil, the 

 roots will run down, and be loft in a rev( years where 

 I-^^tKey are not diflurbed, fo they fhpuld be apnu^lly 

 ^'! tranfplanted, and Kave a fhallow foil ; they are hardy 

 ' '"-^ in refpe^t to cold, and require no farther cafe but to 

 ■^;^ .keep thim clean froln jyeeds. 



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:The twenty^fecond fort groy^s naturally in the warm 



* ."■ parts of Europe, but is hardy enough to thrive in the 



■ '' open Sr in lEnglarid J the leaves of this fort are broad, 



^-^ "of a pale gfeeh colour; the flower-fl:alks rife "taller 



'■'. than the leaves, fupporting one or two white flowers 



, which fit clofe to the flalks. The . roots of this are 



* ufed in medicine, and is ufually called Sweet Iris. 



The twenty-third fort hath broad leaves,' of a deeper 



- ' green than thofe of the laft fort. The ftalks rife much 



' above the leaves, each having four or five flowers, 



.' '"which have a yellow ground, variegated with dark 



* browii ftripeV, and have a fcent like Elder ; the two 



forts Bower the; latter end of May, or beginning of 



bottom^ but thofe on thejldks arrow-pointed^ and chkr 

 pods. Ifatis fativa vel latifolia, C. B. P. 113, hroad- 

 leaved cultivated IVoad. 



2, IsATis {Dalmatica) foliis radicalibus lanceolatis ere-: 

 . natis, caulinis lineari-fagittatis, filiculis breyioribus 



emarginatis. U-^oad with fpear-Jhaped louver haves which 

 arejlightly crenated^ thofe en the flalks very narrow and 

 . _ arrow-pointedy and fhorter indented pods, Ifatis DaU 

 matica major. Bobart. Greater fVoad of Dalmatia. ' 



3. IsATis ihufttanica) foliis radicalibus crenatis, caulinis 

 fagittatis, pedunculis fubtomentofis. Lin. Sp. 936. 



. Wo ad with crenated lower leaves^ thofe on the ftalks haU 

 bcrt'fhaped^ and the footfialks of the flowers woolly. 

 Ifatis fylvefliris, minor Lufitanica. H. L. App. Smeller 

 . .wild Portugal Woad, . ^ . .> 



IsATis {Mgyptiaca) foliis omnibus dentatis. Lin. Sp. 

 937. Woad whofe leaves are all indented.. ■ ., 



The firfl: fort is cultivated in leveral parts of England 

 for the purpofes of dyeing, this being ufed as a foun- 

 dation for many of the dark colours. , . ,' 

 This is a commodity well worth propagating in all 

 /places where the land is fuitable for it, which muft be 

 . a pretty ftrong foil, but not too moift. ; /^i: ; 

 . The plant is biennial, in which it differ-^ • from the 

 ^ third and fourth fort, which are annual. The lower 

 . leaves of this are of an oblong oval figure, and pretty 

 thick confiftence, when growing in a proper foili 

 i;;they are narrow iaf their bafe, but broad above, and 

 .^ehdin.obtuferoundilh points, entire oa their edges, 

 and of a lucid greefi? The ftallys rife near fQ\ir feet 

 '';high, dividing into feveral branches, garnifhed with 

 ,. arrow-fhaped leaves', fitting clofe to the ftalks ; the 

 "ends "of the branches are tfefmihaled by fmall yellow 

 t: flowers, in very clofe clufters, which are compofedof 

 .four fmall petals, placed in form of a crpfs^ thefe are 

 ,*-;fucceeded by pods fhaped like a bird's tongue, half 

 /,2Xi inch long, and one eighth of an inch broad, which 

 .-when ripe turn black, and open with two valves, 

 ,;■ having one cell, in which is fituated a Angle feed. It 

 flowers in July, and the feeds ripen the beginning of 



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fort in the open air in this country, and may be pro- 

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} ^JHoufed leaves^ which pread open and fall away. The 



' ^\l flower ^%ath four oblong petals^ placed inform of a crofs^ 



^'^^:Lwhuh are narrow at their bafe^ but brOad aha obtufe at 



. ^, their end^^ It f:>athflxftami^^^ four of which are as long 



^\ £ as the petals, the other two are fhorter \ Jhefe are ter- 



'■; minated by oblong lateral fummits. It has an oblong com- 



preffed germeky the length of the two fhort^ ftamina^ 



\. trowHed by an obtufe ftigma, , The germen'^becomes an ob- 



^(;^hngtOfnpTeffe^pQdjviiith one cell^ opening with two valves, 



; ' inclojingonejval cqmprejjed feed in the center, , , 



. This gciiuToT plants is ranged in the fecond fedlion 



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r The third fort has been fuppofed to be the fame fpe- 



■ cies as the firft, only differing by culture ; but I. have 

 propagated both forts more than forty years^ and have 

 not found either of them alter; there are alfo very 



. eflcntial differences between the two plants, particu- 

 . larly in the fliape of the under leaves, which in the 

 wild fort are narrow and Ipear-fhaped, and thofe on 

 . the flialks are not more than half the breadth of thofe 

 , of the cultivated Woad. The fl:alks do not branch 



■ fo much, and the pods are narrower than thofe of the 

 . 'other fort, nor do the roots abide fo long, for they 



:^ generally die the fame year. , . - . ^ . -" • v 



. : The fecond fort grows naturally in Dalmatia; this is 

 .^biennial plant; the lower leaves are lpear-n:iapeu5 



.,: and crenated on their edges, but thofe 6n the flalks 

 are very narrow and arrow-pointed. The ftalks branch 



, : more than jhofe of the firfl: fort, and rile higher. The 



flowers are larger, and of a brighter yellow colour. 



; The feed-vefl^els are fhorter, and broader at their ends, 



which are indented^ ;^ Thefe plants all flower in July, 



. rand their feeds ripen in September.. ■ . i.l •? 



. vTh? fourth fort grows naturally in Egypt, and is an 



annual plant, which is too tender to thrive in the open 



vair in England, therefore the feeds fhould be fown on 



. a hot-bed in the fpring ; and when the plants are fit 



, to remove. tliey muft be tranfplanted on a frefh hot- 

 bed to brine; them forward, but as foon as they have 

 taken new root, they fhould have a large fiiare or 

 frefh air admitted to them daily, to prevent their being 



, drawn up wxak. In this bed they may remahi five or 



-i fix w^eks, by which time they will be fit to tranrplant 



[, into pots> which, fliould be carefully performed, not 



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