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ftalk near two feet high, fending out a few branches 

 without order, garnilhed with oblong leaves which 

 arc indented like winged leaves ; the flowers arc pro- 

 duced in long bunches from the fide of the ftalks •, 

 they arc (mall, white, and are fucceeded by red ber- 

 ries the fize of fmall Cherries, which ripen in the 



autumn. 



The feeds of thefe fliould be fown the beginning of 

 March upon a hot-bed, and when the plants are fit 

 to remove, they ftioiild be planted in feparate fmall 

 pots filled with rich earth, and plunged into a new 

 hot-bed to bring them forward, otherwife they will 

 not ripen their feeds in England. 



SOLDANELL A. Tourn. Inft. R. H. 82. tab. 16. 



Lin. Gen. Plant. 182. Soidanel. 

 The Characters are, 



"The flo^j:er has an ere^ pennamrJ empalement cut into 

 five parts \ it has one bell fi aped petal fpr ending open 

 gradually. The brim is cut into acute fegments , // has 

 Jive awl-jhapedjlamina terminated by fingle fwnmits^ and 



a roundifi gernien fupporting a /lender ftyle the length of 



the petaly which is permanent^ and croivned by an obtufe 

 Jligma. T^he germen afterward turns to an oblong taper 



eapfule of one cell, obliquely ftreaked^ and opening at the 



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inches afunder, where they mav remain to flov. cr -, (,r 

 they may be intcrmixcxl with other low Alpine plan:, 

 in north borders, where they will make an aprceable 



variety. 

 SOLI DAGO. Lin. Gen. PJ;^nt. 859. Virga ai^rea. 

 Tourn. Inft. R. H. 483. tab. yi,r,^ Golden Rod, or 

 Saracens Woundwort \ in French, Verge Jcrcc, 

 The Characters are, 



// has a cG-mpcUnd fmver^ irn^dc up cf hrnvr.phrcdite fo^ 

 rets and female half florets ^ inclofed in one ohlon<^ imbri- 

 cated enipakment^ whcfe fpikes are ncrrczv, and jcin to- 

 gether. "The htrnmphrcdite fowcrs which ccmpofc the 

 difk^ are funnel-fjaped^ and cut into five points at the 



which fpread open \ they have five very floort hair- 



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fummitSy ana a 



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top with ten itidentures^ filled with fmall acute-pointed feeds. 

 This genus of plants is ranged in the firll fedtion of 

 Linna^us's fifth clafs, which contains thofe plants 

 whofe flowers have five ftamina and one ftyle. 



We have but one Species of this genus, viz. 



Sol- 



SoLDANELLA {Alpina.) Hort. Cliff. 49. Soidanel 

 danella Alpina rotundifolia. C. B. P. 295, Round- 

 leaved Soidanel of the Alps. 



crowned gerinen fupporting a fender ftyl 

 fiarnina^ crowned hy a bifid open ftigrna. 

 terward turns to a fingle feed crowned with hairy 

 The female half florets are tongue-fljaped^ and : 

 in three parts ; thefe have a crowned gennen^ with c 

 ftyle cro%vned by two revolving feigmas^ and are fe 

 by aftngle feed like the hermaphrodite florets. 

 This genus of plants is ranged in the fecond Icclion 

 of Linn^us's nineteenth clafs, which includes thofe 

 plants whofe flowers are compofed of hermapliroditc 

 and female florets which are all fruitful, and the (la- 

 mina and fl:y!e are connefled. 

 The Species are, 



SoLiDAGO {Latifolia) caule ereflo foliis lanceolatis 

 ferratis, panicuiis corymbofis, lateralibus terminaji- 



bufque. IVoundcvcrt 



ftalk^ fpear-flj 



This plant grows naturally on the Alps, and other I flawed leaves ^ and flo-wers in a coryrabus on the fi. 



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mountains in Germany. The root is fibrous and per- 

 ennial ; the leaves are almoft: kidney-fliaped ; they are 

 about three quarters of an inch over each way, of a 

 dark green colour, and fl:and upon long foot-ftalks. 

 Between thefe arife the foot-fl:alk of the flower which 

 is naked, about four inches long, fuftaining aC the 

 top two fmall open bell-fliaped flowers, whofe brim 

 is cut into many fine fegments like a fringe -, the mofl: 

 frequent colour of the flower is blue, but it is fome- 

 times foynd with a fnow-white flower. After the 



flower is paft, the germen becomes an oval capfule. 



// the ftalk. Virga an rea latifolia ferrata. 

 , C. B. P. 268. Broad-leaved fawed Golden Rod. 



2. SoLiDAGO {Vulgaris) caule fubflcxuofo angulato, 

 racemis paniculatis ereftis confertis. Lin. Sp. Plant. 

 880. Woundwort with an angular almoft flexible ftalk ^ 

 and efe£l bunches of flowers in panicles clofe together. 

 Virga aurea vulgaris. Park. Theat, 54^. Our common 

 Golden Rod. ■ - ' ' . ■''■■"' 



3. SoLiDAGo {Anguflifolia) foliis lincari-lanceolatis fub- 



fioribus'' confertis alaribus feffilibus. 



with the ftyle coming out at the top, filled with very 

 fmall acute-pointed feeds. It flowers In April, and 

 the feeds ripen in July. ^ ■ ■' 



There is another variety of this whofe leaves are lefs 

 round. 



The beft method to propagate thefe plants is by part- 

 ing their roots, becaufe their feed^ feldOrn ripen well 

 in England ; nor do the feeds, which are brought 

 from abroad fucceed, for they feldom grow unlefs 

 they are fown foon after they are ripe. ■'-■>.- 

 > The feafon for tranfplanting and parting thefe roots is 

 ; in September, that they^may have time to make good 

 : roots before winter-, for it they are removed in; the 

 Ipring, they never flower very ftrong : and if the iea- 



integernmis, 



linear fpear-fh 



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flowers in clufters fitting cloft 



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Virga aurea r.nguftifolia minus ferrata. C. B. P. 

 268. Narrow-leaved Gdden Rod l^fs flawed. 

 4, SoLiDAGo (Minor) caule panicnlato, foliis radical!- 

 bus ovatis dentacis, caulinis lanceolatis integerriniis. 

 Woundwort with a panicled flalk^ the tctt'cin leaves oval 

 and indented^ thofle on the ftalks flpear-fbaped and en- 

 tire. Yixg'^ aurea minor, foliis ferratis utrinque acu- 



mmatis 



pointed at both ends. 



fi 



Minu 



Wound- 



flpear-floaped leaves flightly flawed^ 



nderfide^ and panicled fli 



fon fliould prove dry, the plants will decay/ ^unlefs I aurea montana, folio angtifto fubincano, flofculis con- 



thev are ronftantlv fnnnUed witK water" ■ •.;.7^il; I olnhnfiq. T??»?t Svn. ^'l1: - Mnuntain Golden Rod with 



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. they are conftantly fupplied witn water. 

 -The foil in which thefe plants fRfive beft, is a ftrorig 

 '. Cool loam, and they muft have i flladj^ fitiiation j for 

 iifjthey arecxpofed to the fgn they will not live, nor 

 ; will they thrive in a warm ligh| foil." In dry weather 

 ^ tb,efe plants ihould be frequently watered, which will 

 Icaufe them to flower ftrongly and make a good in- 

 ; creaic. 



globatis. Rail Syn. 177. -Mc 



'luftt 



fide^ and flA 



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Monier 



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If the feeds ripen in England, and any perfonis defi- 

 - rous to propagate the plants that way, they Ihould Be 

 :lbwn in boxes or pots filled with frefti loamy earth 

 foon after they are ripe, and the boxes miift be placed 

 in a ftiady fituation, and frequently watered in dry 

 weather. The plants will fometimes appear the fame 

 autumn the feeds are fown, but more frequently they 

 do not come up till the following fpring, fo that the 

 earth muft not be difturbed, nor weeds permitted to 

 grow in the boxes. ' When the plants come up, they 

 muft be duly watered in dry weather, and con- 

 ftantly placed in a ftiady fituation. - The following 

 autumn the plants fliould be taken out of the boxes. 



. 84. Woundwort with flpear-fhaped^ fawed^mnning leaves^ 

 , and an angular flalL Virga aurea montana, laciore 

 ' folio hirfuto. H. R. Par. Mountain Golden Rod with a 



broader hairy leaf. 

 7. SoLiDAGO {Canadenfts) paniculato-corymbcfa, race- 

 mis recurvatis, floribus adfcendentibus, foliis trinerviis 

 fubferratis fcabris. Hort. Upfal. 259 Woundwort with 

 , corymbus panicles^ recurved fpikes of flowers riflng above 

 each other^ and rough leaves having three veins which 

 arefiightly flawed. Virga aurea anguftifolia, panicub 

 fpeciosa Canadenfis. ' H. R. Far. jfarrow-lcaved Ca- 



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recurvatis, floribus adfcendentibus, foliis enerviis tub- 



integerrimis. Hort. Upfal. 259. Woundwort with a 



corymbus panicky recurved flpikes ofl flowers fifing above 



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