L 



). Lysimaciha (J^adrifclia) loliis fubqiiaternis, pe- 

 dunculis vcrticillatis unifloris. Lin. Sp. Plant. 147. 



with leaves ^ener^lh placed by fours, and 



Loojlrife 

 foot-fta!ks 

 aftngk fii 





Jialks, eachfuft 



lotatis. C. B. P. 245. Smaller yello'w Loofir if e 



• marked 'with black fpots, 



The firft Tort grows by the Tide of ditches ^nd ri- 

 vers in many parts of England, fo is not often ad- 

 mitted into gardens, becauTe the roots creep far in 

 the ground, and fend up ftalks at a great diftance, 

 whereby it becomes often a troublefome plant; other- 

 wife for the variety of its flowers, it might deferve a 

 place in large gardens, elpecially in moifl p^ces, 

 where better things will not thrive. It rifes with up- 

 right ftalks from two to three feet high, garnillied 



with fmooth fpear-fhaped leaves placed fometimes 

 by pairs oppofite ; at others there are three, and fre- 

 quently four of thefe leaves placed round the ftalk ^t 

 each joint. The upper part of the ftalk divides into 

 fcveral foot-ftalks, which fuftain yellow flowers grow- 

 ing in a panicle ; thefe have one petal which is deeply 

 cut into five fegments, fpreading open.' ; They ap- 

 pear in June and July, and are iucceeded by roupd- 

 ifli feed-veflels, filled with fmall feeds which ripen in 

 the autumn. This is placed in the lift of niedicinal 

 plants, but is not often ufed, If the roots of this 

 plant are taken up from the places wTxere it grows 

 naturally in the aittumn, and planted in 4 in6ift foil> 

 they will thrive faft enough without care. 



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or Lngiand ;; this hatl^ g perennial creeping root, 

 %hich fends up Teveral ereft ftalks neafa fotot aAd a 

 half high, garnilhed at every joint by two pretty long 

 narrow leaves place^i oppofite, whofe bafe fits cfoie to 

 the ftalk ; they are about three inches long, and 

 more thaii Tfialf an inch broad tbwaril their bafe, lef- 



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fening gradually to the end, which germinates in acute 



' pints; the foot-ftalks of the flowers cprne qutoppo- 



V. fite on each fide of the ftalks 5 they are ah incli long, 



. fuftaining at their tob a globular bt 6val thyrfe bf yel- 



- low flpwei^s, whofe ftamina are much longer than the 



• petak;- This flowers at the fame time with the for- 



• mer fort, Hutreldom produces feeds, for thie roots | 

 ;* cfeepTo much as to renqer it barren. It is but feldom ' 

 '" kept in gardens, fbr the fame reafon ^ the JFoi-Iri^rls 

 '; rcjefted ; but thofe who are defirqq^ ^phave it, inay 



procure the roots and plant them in a moift foik where 

 V jt will foon fpread. '■■ . " - :' :i; '7:/ ' V \ 

 '.'The third fort is i biennial plaht, which was difcq- ' 

 *• yered by Dr. Tourrieforp in the Levant, from whence 



he lent the feeds to the Royal Garden at Paris, where 

 *. they fuccecded^ an^ many of the Eurpp«an gardens 

 * ' have fronj thence heeh furniftied wjth it. This rifes 



ftiaped 



foot high,^^ garniftied 



points i thef^ 



^ ^ ^„^_ -rr--^- - = iinooth, and 



j^ of a lucid green; " The flbwerfgrQW in a |oofe fpike, 

 tcrnlinating the ftalVs ; the flowers ftand horizontally, 

 '^ ^readirig^ 6ut oh ^M fi^ thg^ ftaJk ; .they^^ave 

 •'■ knger. tubes than the other fpecies, arid are of;^ pur- 

 . pie colour:;^ Thefe appear |n June, and the feeds n- 

 '■ peri in September, Toon after which the plan'fs dec^y. f 



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ftiould prove w^rm, the gfaJTes . 



be ihaded in the heat of the day ; when fte plants 



?re up; ftie^ ffiould have a lai 



admitted to thent ih^ warn 'v^eatlier, ^ tpprpyent thejr 



dra 



p( 



weak, and ftiould be frp _ 



When they are fit to remove, t1iey i)> 



ing 



after which they ftiould be gradually inured to beaf 

 the open air, into which they ftiould bp removed by 

 the beginning of June, where they m^y remain till 

 Oftobef, when they ftiould be removed into a c6m- 

 jnon fraW6, where they may be fti^^^ from froft 

 in winter, bpt ftiould .always enjoy the free air it} mij^ 



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weather. The fpring following fom'e of the plants 

 fliould be fhakcn out of the pots, and planted in bor- 

 ders J but a few of them ftiould be put into hirc^tr 

 pots, where they may fiower and fccJ : this is caM 

 Ephemerum by Linn.TUs, but is not \\\ 

 When the plants come up, they niufthave plenty of 

 air admitted to them in warm weather, to prevent 

 their c^r^wing up weak ; then they may hv planted 

 into the borders of the plcafurc-gard^n, where they 

 will flower ^ and produce ripe feeds th^ fyllowincx 

 fummer. ^ 



The fourth fort is an annual plant, which is toq len- 

 der to rife in the open air in this country, therefore 

 the feeds ftiould be fown on a moderate hot-bed in 

 the fpring, and the plants afterward treated in the 

 fame mariner as hath been direcled for the third ibrt. 

 ^ The fifth fort was firft brought froiii Canada, where 

 it grows naturally ; this hath a perennial creeping 

 root, fending up many ereft ftalks ^bout two fccc 

 high, garniftied with oblong, oblique, fmooth leaves, 

 placed Qppofite i they are veined on their under fide, 

 and end in acute points. The floNyers are produced 

 from the wings of the ftalks, each fitting upon a long 

 flender foot-ftalk ; there are three or four of thelp 

 arifing from the ftiort branches, which come out on 

 each fide the ftalk, at all the upper joints. The 

 flowers qre like thofe of the firft iort, but Imaller, 

 and hang downward ; thefe appear in June and July, 

 but arc Teldom fucceedpd by any feeds in England. 

 This fpft Ipreads and propagates by roots, in as great 

 plenty as the firft, ^nd is equally hardy, fo requires no 



other cultufe. 



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upng 



■yith narrow. 



The fixth fort gro^s naturally in Spain, andwasforr 

 inerlv titled by John Bauhin andothers, Ephemerum"; 

 this h^th a perennial root, frqm which arife feveral 

 ht ftalks upward of three feet high, garniftied 



fmooth, fpear-fliaped leaves,; which 

 ftand oppofite, and a? the^ bafe of thefe come out 

 fl^ortfi^e branches, garniftied wit^h fmaller leaves of 

 the fan>e ftiape. The flowers are produced in a long, 

 ^lofe, upright fpike, at the top of the ftalk; they 

 ar^ cyt into ^fiyp Qval fegments, which are white, 

 Ibreading^ open, and thg ftamina, ftaqd out longer 

 than the pptaL It flowers in June, and the feed^ 

 ripen in 



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This is the fineft fppcies of ^his genus, and as the 

 roots of it do not fpread like thofe of the other, fa 

 dej^erves a pl^^ge in tl)^ pleafure-gardpn^ wherpit^is a 

 very" ornamental plant for fliady borders.!-. It loves a 

 ri^oift fpil a:Ad a ftiadv fithatioh, whereTt will continue 

 long in 



. ^ it, may be propagate^ by pari;jng 

 the roots in autumn, but by this method it increafes 



flowljr ; fb that the only way to h^ye it in plenty, is by 

 fowih^ the feeds : thefe ftiould be fown upon an eaft-? 



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■Vyill conie up the 

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"When the plants come vtp 



Ting ; 



grow 



they .^^ire,,^^ cjofe^ 



fpme of them m^y be drawn out ^nd tranfplaated on 

 a Ihady P9rder, which wijl give the remaining plants 



room 



/planted into the tjbrders of the flower-garden Syhere 

 ^ they afc dcfigned to flqwer i after which they will 

 '^ require po other cplture but to keep then> j leaij 



fgpds, arjd dig the groun4 l??t\veen then) pvery 



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X<^y<^nth ^^rt is cpmrnphly called Moneywort, or 

 Herb^Twb-pprice; this is ^ perennial plant, v/hich 

 grows n^ti)r§lly in mpift fhady places in moft parts of 

 '^ ' * fo is not cultivated in gardens, The ftalk*? 



of thiis'traij upon the ground^ and put out roots, by 

 S^hich it fopn fpreads to a great diftance. The leave? 

 are almoft h.eart-ihaped, §nji placed by pairs. The 

 ^p^y,ers coipe put fingly from the fide of the ftalks ; 

 they areyello\y^ appearing in June and July, 

 The eighth fort is a fmall trailing plant, which grow^ 



ui^ioh bogs In mbfty pUces in molt parfs of England, 

 but cannot be cultivated on dry ground. The^ftalks 

 fddofT) ^re mpre than three or tour ipches long, a:ia 



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