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carefully taken up, prefer%'ing foinc earth to 

 roots, and in hot weather to fhade them till 



their 



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have taken new root ; after which time they will re- 

 quire no other cukure but to keep the ground clean 

 from weeds, and in the fpring to ftir up the ground 

 between them to loofen it. As thcfe plants do not 

 require much culture, nor do they take up much 

 room, fo a few of each fort may be allowed to have 

 a place in gardens, where there is room, for the fake 

 ■ of variety. Thefe plants do not propagate very fafc 

 in gardens, fo the roots need not be removed oftener 

 than every third or fourth year, at which time they 

 maybe flipped " to increafe them; the beft time for 

 this is in the autumn, that the plants may be v/ell 

 rooted before the fpring, otherwife they will not 

 flower very ftrong the following fummer. They 

 ihould be planted in a loamy foil, oh an eaft af- 

 peded border, w^here they may enjoy the morning 

 fun, but fcreened from the great heat in the middle 

 of the day ; in fuch a fituation the roots will con- 

 tinue feveral years, and flower as v/ell as in their' 



native foil. 



Thcfe plants may alfo be propagated by feeds, fo 

 that fuch of them as do not grow naturally in Eng- 

 land, may be obtained by procuring their feeds from 

 abroad. Thefe Ihould be fown upon a border ex-' 

 pofed to the morning fun, and on a fofc loamy foil, 

 early in the fpring, for the feeds lie a confiderable 

 time in the ground before the plant comes up ; 

 therefore the ground muft be kept entirely clean from 

 weeds, *and if the feafon fhould pt*ove very 3ry, the' 

 border fiiould be watered two or three times a week, 

 otherwife the feeds will lie a whole year before they 

 vegetate ; when the plants come up, they mufl: be 

 kept clean from weeds, and in very dry weather wa-, 

 tered, and in the autumn they may be tranfpianted :' 

 where they are defigned to remain.^' * . *' '*'^ ■ ■ j 



.The fixth and eighth forts are biennial plants, which 

 rarety perfect their feeds in England, fo tkat unlefs ' 

 frefli feeds can" be j^fociired from warm countries, 



? where they ripen well, it will be very ^difficult to^ 

 continue the forts. If the feeds ofthefe can be ob- * 

 tained tinie enough to 



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in the autiimri, the 

 plants will come up the following Ipring ; but when ' 



^-they.are fown in the fpring, they feldom grow the 

 fame year. Thefe feeds fnould be fown on a border 



, of loamj earth, not ftiff or moift, and expbfed to the 

 'foi-ith; iDut when the fun is warm, the border fhduld 

 be fliaded with mats, to prevent the earth from dry- 

 ing too faft. When the plants come up, they mufl: 



. be kept clean from weeds ; and if they are too clofe, 

 fome of them lliould be carefully taken out as foon 

 as they are fit to remiOve, and planted in fmallpots,' 



^placing them in the flaade till they have taken new 



root 



then they may be placed where they may en- 

 joy the morning fun till autumn, when they Ihould 

 ^ be put into a not-bed frame, where they may be' 

 Screened from hard frofl:, but enjoy the free air in* 

 mild weather i and thofe plants which are left in the 

 ■-"'■ border where they were fown, miifl: be covered with 

 "■mats in hard froft; for though thc^ will often live 

 '■ through the winter in mild ieafons, yet hard frofl: 

 '\' will always defl:roy them.' ■ The following fummer 

 ■ the plants will flower, and if the feafon proves warra 

 u' and dry, they will ripen feeds, and the roots foon af- 

 \ ter decay. " " •" •- - ■; ^ ,..;■■, ; ■ ^ : .. ^_ ;* . t 



-;^The feVenth and twelfth forts are flirubby plants,' 

 ' ^which are too tender to live through the winter in the 



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tober, at which tim.e they n^ult b^* removed ipto 

 flieker. . * 



The eleventh fort is annual, ^nd rarely ripens feeds 

 here, fo thefe mufl: be procured from abroad, and 

 fowed in the lame way as the futh and eighth for^ 

 LIN ARIA. Tourn. Intt. K. H- t6S. tab. 76. An- 

 tirrhinum. Lin. Gen. Plant. 66^. [fo called of T i" 

 num, L^t, flax, becaufe its Wv^s refemble flax! 

 Toad-flax ; in French, Linaire, '■* 



The Characters are. 



The flo-j^er hath a permanent Q^pfctlcmnt of one leaf 

 divided into five parts almcjl to ^^e l^ottom. — ' 



? petaly and is of 



oblcng fwelling // 



Thefl^ 



O'wer 



the Jides^ the lo'ucer lip is trifid ^ftd ol/t^fe. 



,,- „ . ,.-7.-7. ^ - It hath an 



cblong nenarium, ivktcb is wjol-JJ^aped '^■^id prominent be- 



'd four jiaminci 

 of which are fh 



- ., fupporting a fingle Ji^U, c-^cvned by an ohufe 



ftigma. The germen afterward tufns to a roundifjj ohtv^t 

 capfule with two cells, filled "W^th fn^U feeds. '. '' 



This genus of plants is ranged in the fourth fe^ion 

 of Tournefort's third clafs, which includes the herbs 

 witli a tubulous, anomalous, pc^ribnated flower of 

 one petal. .,^Dr*-Linn^us joiijs this genus, and'alfo 

 the AlannlWTournefort to, the Antirrhinum, and 



that frcnus in the fe^ond feclion of Ms 



places 



fourteenth clafs, in which ar^ contajiud the plants 

 whofe flowers have two long an>^ v^<^ fnort ItatQina, 

 and the feeds are included in ^ capfule. The plants 

 ; of this genus agree in their genc^ral charadlei-s iith 

 . thofe of the Antirrhinum, or Calvci^s S^out, except in 

 one particular, which is in the n^i^tarium of the Li- 

 ^_ naria, which, from the bafeoftlie petal, ftretches out * 



like a heel ; .j^hereas the flowers of the Antirrhinum, 

 .-have their ncftariu;!! iqdged v^ithinfide the We of 



the petal : this being fo yery obvioUS, and both-ge- 

 ..^Kera having many fpecies, I thpUght it might be ea- 

 rlier for fl:udents'ih botany to j-^nge them under dif- 

 .-ferent genera, thap to join thei^'und<^r one. -. ■^ 



The Species are, 





I. LiNARiA (^Vulgaris) foliis latvc,eolato-linearibus con- 

 fertis ca'ule erefto^ fpicis 'ief^ini^libus feflilibus. 



fiowersy fitting clofe to the (talk 



2. 



Toad'fiax with fpear-fh, 



tufters, arid an upri^hf ftalk^ terminated ly fpikes of 



Linaria vulgaris lu- 

 tea, nore majore. u.ij. r. 212- ComTnon yellow Toad- 

 fla:^ with a larger flower, 



LiNARiA {Triphylla) foliis terms ovatis. foadfiax 

 with oval leaves placed by threes^ Linaria triphylla 

 minor lutea. C. B. P. 212. ^nidkr three-leaved yellcj) 

 Toad-flax. ., .y; .,. ,-^ 



7, LiNARIA 



ufit, 



foliis quaternis' lanceolatis. 



fpear-fhaped leaves pla^^d !^ ft 

 hing ftalky and flowers ^pop foot 

 mo folio Lufitanica. H. U.. P^r 

 Toad-fli 



Toadfli 



•defi- 



. ^ iNARiA (Jlpim) foliis fubquatemis linearibus caulc 



difilifo, floribus racemofis. Toai-fl-a^ voith linear leaves 



.placed by fours on the lower ^a^ of the flalk^ a diffufd 



zftalk and branching flower's,^ LinaHa quadrifolia fupina. 



C. B. P. 213. Low four-leaved foa^ifa^, 

 5- LiNARiA {Purpurea) foliis lanc^olato^Hnearibus fpar- 

 _ ,fis, caulefloriferoeredloXpicato. Yo^df^ax with fpear- 

 -ifhaped linear leaves^ andthefioy^cf^fialh ereilandfpiked. 



^ , Linariapurpureamajorodorata. C, j. I^. 2x3. Greater 



open air in England, fo the plants muft be removed I fweet-fcented purple Toad-flax. 



"; into flielter in the autumn, but they only require pro-T6. l.m aki a {Repens) foliis linearibus Confertis, caulc 



'■^"tectioh from hard froft : thefe plants may be placed 



: ': with Myrtles, Oleanders, and other hardy green-houfe 



-\; plants, where they often continue to flower great 



.^ part^of winter, and make a pretty variety. Thefe 



' forts are eafily propagated by cuttings, which, if 



planted in July on afliady border, and duly watered, 



will take root, in i\x or feven weeks, when they fl^ould 



be taken up and planted into pors filled with light 



^ earth, placing them in the fliade till they 



have taken root; then they may be expofed till Oc- 



'd flowers in fpikes 



:luft. 



Toad-fli 



rulea, foliis 'brevioribus & ^n^Mfli^nbus. Raii Syn. 

 3. 282. Blue Toad-flax with fl^ or ley 0d narrower leaves, 

 7. LiNARiA {Multicaulis) foliis inferi^nbus quinis li- 

 nearibus. Toad-flax with Une^y- U^^eh placed by fives at 

 the lower part ofthefialks. i-iriari^ Simula multicaulis. 



ny flalks and a Bedfl. 



Toad-fli 



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