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Bacchus, the god of v/ine, and Silenus, in vineyards. 

 Daphne and Diana, Flora and Venus, (hould have 

 their places in the flower-garden, 

 ^olus, god of the winds, and the Oreades, fairies of 

 the mountains, Ihould be placed on high mounts, 



terrace walks, &c. 



The goddefs Vallenta in vallies. 



Harpocrates and Angerona, the former the god, and 



the latter the goddefs, of filence, and Mercury, the 



god of eloquence, in private cabinets in a wilderncfs 



or grove. 



Ariftasus, the patron of bees, near an apiary. 

 Morpheus and Pan, gods of flieep, Pales, the god- 

 defs of ftiepherds, and Bubona, the goddefs of oxen, 

 in fmall paddocks of fheep in open lawns. But un- 

 lefs thefe ftatues are good, or copies from thofe which 

 are io, there had better be none in gardens, for perfons 

 of good tafte cannot bear to fee ordinary ones. 



STELLATE plants are fuch as have their leaves 

 placed at certain knots or intervals of the ftalks in 

 form of a ftar: of this tribe arc Madder, Goofe- 

 grafs, Ladies Bedftraw, &c. 



STERILITY fignifics barrennefs. 



STEWARTIA. Lin. Gen. Plant. 75S. 



The Characters are, 

 ^he flower 'has a permanent empalement of one leaf^ cut 

 into Jive oval concave fegments ; it has five large oval 

 'als which fpread open, and a great number of Jlender 

 mina vjhicb are joined in a cylinder at bottom^ which 

 ... 3jhorter than the petals^ to which they are conne£led at 

 their bafe^ and are terminated by roundijh proftrate fum- 

 mitSy with a roundijh hairy gefmen, fupporting five ftyles 

 the length ofthefiamina^ crowned by obtufeftigmas. ^be 

 germen afterward turns to a five-cornered capfule with 

 five cells ^ opening with five valves whofe cells are clofedy 

 each containing one oval comprejfed jeed. 

 This genus of plants is ranged in the third fedion of 

 Linnseus's fixteenth clafs, which includes thole plants 

 whofe flowers have many ftamina connected together 



in a column. 



We know but one Species of this genus, viz. 

 FEWARTiA {Malacodendron.) A61. Upfal. 1741. Lin. 

 Sp. Plant. 698. Stewartia. Malacodendron. Mitch. 

 The title of this genus was given it in honour of the 

 Right Honourable the Earl of Bute, whofe great 

 knowledge of the fcicnce of botany is well known 

 to all who have have the honour of his lordfliip's ac- 



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This ftirub grows naturally in yirginia, where it 

 rifes with ftrong ligneous ftalks to the' height of ten 

 or twelve feet, fending out branches on every fide, 

 covered with a brown bark, garnillied with oval 

 fpear-fhaped leaves like thofe of the Cherry-tree, 

 about two inches and a half long, and one inch and a 

 half broad ; they are fawed on their edges, and are 

 pretty much veined, ftanding alternately. The flowers 

 are produced from the wings of the ftalk -, their em- 

 palements are of one leaf, cut into five obtufe fegments 

 almoft to the bottom. The flower is of one petal (ac- 

 cording to Ray and Tournefort,) which is cut into 

 five parts almofl: to the bottom, but their bafe are 

 connefted together, and fall off united -, the fegments 

 are narrow at their bafe, but fpread open, are broad 

 and obtufe at their points, and hollowed like a fpoon 

 in the middle ; they are white, but one of the feg- 

 ments in each flower is ftained with an herbacous yel- 

 low colour. In the center of the flower arife five 

 ftyles, which are furrounded by a circle of purple 

 ftamina, terminated by foundifti blue fummits. The 

 ftamina are inferred to the bafe of the petals, fo form 

 at their bafe one body, being there connefted toge- 

 ther. It flowers the latter end of May. The fruit of 

 this is a conical, dry, ligneous capfule, having five 

 ftiarp angles and five cells, which open at the top with 

 five valves, each ceU containing one oblong fmooth 



feed. . , T- i-n. 



This fhrub is at prefent very rare in the Enghlh gar- 

 dens. The feeds are feldom brought to England, 

 and thofe frequently fail, either by their not having 

 been properly impregnated, or duly ripened, for I 





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have examined feveral v;hich have been hollow, hav- 

 ing only a fhell ^ and when the plants come up, they 

 are very difficult to maintain while youtig -, for if they 

 are expofed to too much fun, they will foon be de- 

 ftroyed, nor do tliey thrive when expofed to the open 

 air. The only way in which I have fcen the young 

 plants fucceed was, when they were fown under glafl^es, 

 and the furface of the ground between the plants 

 covered with Mofs to keep the ground moift, and the 

 glafles were conftancly Ihaded every day when the 

 fun was bright. With this management the plants 

 feemed in good health, but made little progrefs in 



See Cheiranthus. 



their growth. 



TOCK GILIFLOW 

 T CEBE. Lin. Gen. Plant. 839. 



The Characters are. 

 The flower is compofed of many hermaphrodite florets^ 

 which are included in one common empalement^ whofe 

 fcales are awl-Jhaped and permanent \ between each fcale 

 is fituated one floret^ whofe empalement is compofed df 

 five narrow acute leaves which are equal and ereEl. 

 The florets are funnel Jhaped^ of one petals cut into five 

 points at the brim, fpread open \ tbey have five Jhort 

 hair-like ftamina^ terminated by cylindrical fummits with 

 five indentures^ and an oblong germen, fupporting aflen- 

 derftyle^ crowned l^y a bifid acute ftigma. The germen after- 

 ward becomes afingle feed, crowned with a long feathery 

 down, fitting in the common empalement. 

 This genus of plants is ranged in the fifth feftion of 

 Linnseus's nineteenth clafs, which includes thofe 

 plants whofe flowers have many partial empalements 

 included in the common one. 



We have but one Species of this genus, viz. 

 TOEBE {Mthiopica.) Hort. Cliff. 360. St<£be. Hellchry- 

 foidcs juniperi creberrimis aduncis foliis, ifloribus in 

 ramulorum cymis Vaill. A<5t. Par. 1719. Baftard Eli- 

 chryfum with 'crooked Juniper leaves^ and fldwers growing 

 at the tops of the branches. - , i* ^ j 



This plant grows naturally at the Cape of Good 

 Hope ; it is a perennial plant, with a ligneous ftalk 

 which rifes two or three feet high, fending out (len- 

 der branches from the fides, which are garnifhed with 

 fhort linear leaves that are for the moft part hooked i 

 they are of a grayifh colour, and placed irregularly 

 round the branches •, the flowers are produced in fin- 

 gle heads at the end of the branches ; they are of a 

 pale yellow colour, and are compofed of feveral her- 

 maphrodite florets, each having a fcparate cup, in- 

 cluded in one common empalement, whofe fcales lie 

 . oyer each other like thofe of fifh. The florets are 

 fingle, and peep out between the fcales of ^ the em- 

 Vpalemenf. - This plant flowers in Auguft, but feldom 



produces good feeds in England. 

 , It is propagated by cuttings or flips, which fhould 

 . be planted in July upon a bed of foft loam, and co- 

 vered clofe down cither with a bell or hand-glafs, 

 fhading them every day from the fun till they have 

 taktn root ; then they muft be gradually inured to the 

 open air, and afterward taken up, and planted in 

 pots, placing them in the fhade till they have taken 

 new root ; then they may be placed in a fheltered fitu- 

 ation with other tender exotic plants, and in autumn 

 they muft be removed into ftielter, for they are too 

 tender to live through the winter in the open air in 



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TCECHAS. Tourn. Inft. R. H. 201. tab. 95. La- 



vendula. Lin. Gen. Plant. 630 [fo called. from cer- 

 tain ifles in the Mediterranean Sea, belonging to the 

 French, where this plant was firft found. In the 

 Ihops it is called Stoechas Arabica, not becaufe it 

 arows there, but becaufe the Arabian phyficians 

 highly commend this herb.] Caffidony, French La- 

 vender, or Stickadore. 

 The Characters are. 



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fiower has an oval permanent empalemnt of one 

 leaf whofe brim' has fome obfcure indentures; it is of 

 the lip kind with one petal, having a cylindrical tube 

 longer than the empalement^ whofe brim fpreads open. 

 The upper lip is large, bifid, and open •, the under lip is 

 cut into three roundifl^ almoft equal fcgnunts. It has four 



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