ncute leaves. Lychnis Orientalis bupleuri folio. Tourn. 

 Cor. 24. Eaftern Campion with a Ilarc's-ear leaf. 

 There are feveral other fpecies of this genus whofe 

 flowers have no beauty, fo the plants are never cul- 

 tiA^ated but in botanic gardens for the fake of variety, 

 therefore I have not enumerated them, which would 

 fwell the work too much i many of them grow wild 



in England. 



The firft fort grows naturally in Portugal, but has 

 been long cultivated in the Kngliih gardens by the ti- 

 tle of Dwarf Lychnis. The feeds of this were formerly 

 fown in drills on the edges of borders, as were feveral 

 other low annual plants, thcfe being very fafhionable 

 for edgings of borders at that time ; but as all thefe 

 were of fhort duration, fo they foon were rejefted for 

 this purpofe ; after which the feeds were ufually fov/n 

 in patches in the borders, where they made abetter 

 appearance than in the former way ; but in both thefe 

 n:iethods the plants were generally left fo clofe as to 

 fpoil their growth, for their ftalks were drawn up very 

 weak, and had not room to branch out, and their 

 flowers w^ere fmall ; therefore thofe who are defirous 

 to have this plant in beauty, ftiould fow the feeds thin 

 upon a border of light earth in autumn, and in the 

 fpring the plants Ihould be thinned to the dillance of 

 four inches, and keep them afterward clean from 

 weeds. When they are fo managed, the plants will 

 rife near a foot and a half high, with hairy channel- 

 led ftalks, and divide into many branches, garnifhed 

 with oval, fpear-fhaped, hairy leaves placed oppofite, 

 fitting clofe to the ftalks. The flowers grow in fhort 

 fpikes at the end of the branches ; they are placed al- 

 ternately, and are of a bright purple colour, edged 

 with white. The autumnal plants will flower in May 

 and June, but thofe which are fown in the fpring, 

 will come a month later. 



The fecond fort grows naturally in Sicily, and alfo at 

 the Cape of Good Hope^ from whence I have re- 

 ceived the feeds. This is an annual plant, with a 

 low branching; ftalk, which feldom rifes more than 

 eight or nine inches high ; the ftalks are fmootn, the 

 leaves are very narrow and fmooth, placed by pairs j 

 the ftalks are terminated by fpikes of dark 'purple 



flicker, but in moift ground they frequent!- 



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The fifth fort grows naturally in Portugal ; this has 

 a perennial root ; the lower leaves are roundifli and 

 hollowed like a fpoon -, thofe upon the ftalks arcob- 

 tufe, and ftand fometimcs by pairs, at others by threes 

 or fours round the ftalks ; they are of a deep ^rcen 

 fmooth, and fit clofe to the ftalks ^ the ftalks are 

 round, fmooth, and rife from two to three feet hicrj] 

 The flowers grow in loofe fpikes at the top ; thev an' 

 of a green colour, and appear in June, and the feeds 

 ripen in Auguft. This rifes eafily from feeds fown in 

 autumn, and if the plants have a dry foil they will 

 continue feveral years, and require no other cultur 

 but to keep them clean from weeds. 

 The fixth fort grows naturally among Corn in France 

 Spain, and Italy. It is an annual plant, with an un' 

 right branching ftalk a foot and a half high, havino- 

 fwelling vifcous joints, garniflied with narrow, acute^ 

 pointed, fmooth leaves, near three inches loner, fit- 

 ting clofe to the ftalks. The flowers are produced 

 at the end of the branches, they are fmall and red; 

 thefe are fucceeded by globular capfules ending ia 

 acute points, whofe empalements are ftriped. It 

 flowers in June, and the feeds ripen in Aufruft. The 

 feeds of this ftiould be fown in autumn, and in the 

 fpring the plants ftiould be thinned and kept clean 

 from weeds, which is all the culture they require. 

 The feventh fort grows naturally in Sicily and Crete ; 

 this is an annual plant, from whofe root cpmes out 

 feveral branching ftalks near a foot and a half lon^^, 

 which trail upon the ground, and are garniflied 

 with oval acute-pointed leaves placed oppofite. The 

 flowers come out fingly from the wings of the ftalk, 

 upon ftiortfoot-ftalks \ they are large, and of a bright 

 red colour, refembling thofe of the common, wi{d> 

 red Campion. Thefe appear in May, and are fuc- 

 ceeeded by large capfules included in inflated empale- 

 ments, having ten rough angles, containing 'many 

 large roundifli feeds, whofe weight caufes the capfules 

 to hang downward. If the feeds of this are permitted 

 tofcatter, the plants will come up \yithoyt care, and 

 require nothing more but to keep them clean from 



flovvefs ftanding alternate, whofe petals are bifid ; they - weeds! ^**^.X-/ ^ ?*' fe^*^^ ^?^^'!- -''' 



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open in the evening^ 'but are clofely ftiut in the day. 

 If the feeds o£ tliis plant are fpw^lfi autuftih, upon a 

 warm border, the plants will flower in May and June, 

 fo good feeds may be obtained ; but when the feeds 

 are fown in the fpring, they often fail j and if any of 

 the plants do ccme up, they are generally fo late as 

 that their feeds feldom ripen well. 

 The third fort is a perennial plant which grows natu- 

 rally on the Alps ; the lower leaves of this are fmooth 

 and fpear-fhaped, the ftalk rifes near two feet high, 

 and is garniflied with two narrow leaves placed oppo- 

 fite at each joint, and immediately below them ; the 

 ftalk is very clammy'- the flowers tome out on fhort 

 foot-ftalks from the Vikings of the leaves, each foot- 

 ftalk for the moft part fuftaining three flowers, with 

 long, whi'te, bifid petals. Thefe appear in June, and 

 the feeds ripen in Auguft. This plant rifes eafily from 

 feeds if they are fown^in autumn, and the only cul- 

 ture the plants require is to keep the'm clean from 

 weeds, and allow them room to ipread ; they love a 

 cool foilanda ftiady fituation. ;= - ^^ ^ ' -* 



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/'Thefoiirtlifbrt grows naturally in Sicily ; this has a 



■^low ftirubby ftalk, which divides into feveral rtiort 



flirubby branches, garniflied with broad, fmooth, 



fpear-fhaped leaves, ending in acute points. The 



flower-ftalks rife about a foot high, and divide into 



fpreading panicles, fuftaining two and three flowers, 



"of an herbaceous white colour ; they appear in Jun^ 



- and July, and are fucceeded by oval fmooth capfules 



Kaving thick covers, filled with fmall feeds which ri- 



pen in autumn. This fort rifes eafily from feeds as 



the former, or may be propagated by flips, which, if 



planted in a fliady border will take root very freely; 



and if the plants are planted in a^^warm border of dry 



earth, they will live feveral years and require no 



;.;iiSturally'in England' growing among Corn. It rifca 

 with a thick clammy ftalk eight or nine inches high, 

 garniflied with fmall oblong leaves by pairs, whofe 

 bafe embrace the ftalks ; the top of the ftalk fuftains 

 one or two fmall red flov/ers, which open only in the 

 night. This fiov/ers in June, and the feeds ripen 

 early in Auguft, whichi' if permitted toYcatter, the 

 plants will come up without farther trouble. 

 The ninth fort grows naturally upon the Alps ; this 

 plant feldom rifes rfidre than fix inches high, fending 

 out many flirubby decumbent branches, garnifhed 

 with woolly ,fpear-ftiaped leaves ; tlie flowers f^ow 



^ ereft, they are of a pale red colour, and are fucceeded 



by turgid capfules filled with roundifli feeds'. - vv -^ - 

 This is propagated by feeds, which if fown in dry 

 rubbifti, the -plants will live many years in the open 

 air, but jijjiph moift foils they rarely, live through 



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•'The tenth fort grows naturally in the Levant ; this 



' an^annual plant, with a'ftrong, ereft, hairy, branch- 



• -ing ftalk, which rifes two feet hio;h.^^"tT^he branches 



grow erect, as do alfo the flowers, which are red, ana 



have large, conical, ftriped empalements, whofe ftripes 



' are haiiy and of a brownifli colour/" The flowers 



appeir in June, and the feeds ripen in Auguft j this 



muft be treated in the fame way as the firft fort. - 



The eleventh fort grows naturally in the fouth of 



France, Spain, and Italy j this is biennial. The ftalk 



is round,' clammy, and rifes a foot and a half high, 



the leaves grow rbuiid the 

 ftalks in clufteirs 5 they are very narrow and fnioor.i. 

 The upper parf of the 'ftalk divides into fpreading 

 branches by pairs, and are adorned by red flowers 



coming out fingly from the wings ofthe leaves, fit- 



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