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'lie i-:i'o under fcguicnts ere narroic , //•:•//' tail ends //; ei 



veefanctis 



The fiO-u:cr has pvc ronndijh pitcds ivjated in the jeg 

 mcAts of the cmpakmcnt \ the t'jjo upper fit clofe to the 

 fcot-Jlalk^ hut the lo-ivcr have cbloj/x hdiry tads. It has 

 eight jhort az^l-Jijapcd ftanmia^ vJ/tch decline and are un- 



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TUBP:R0:5E. See PoLYANnirs. 



ban, ivhich is Luger tb-m the' mvpalpmcnt. T U B K R O S K R O O T S are fuel: n^ confiil of „n 



uniform fienivliibftance, and are of a ruiiiu!ifiilJ>'U:(,' 



TUBULO'US 'plants are fuch whofe fteni3 

 or fiowf rs arc hollow likt: a pipe. 



TULIP A. Tourn. !nii R. H. 272- tab. 109, 200. 



in. Cjcn. riant, ^j-b. J ulin. 



miaU terminated ly cblcng rfingfurmits hazing fottr cells^ 

 and a roundifi gcr.nen^ ^-^ith three lobes -.-JAcb arc jlreaked, 

 [upper ting a fingle erect ftyle, crrjjned by an acute ^ trifui 

 jiignia, 'the gernien aftericardbecorues afolidfrmt dividing 

 in three par ts^ convex en the oiitfJe, angular wtthin, having 

 many furrcvcs, each part or cell including one furrozved 

 feedy convex on one Jide, and angular on the other. 

 This genus of plants is ranged in the firft feftion of 

 Linnlus's eighth clals, which includes thofe plants 

 whofe Rowers have eight ftamina and one ftyle. 



The Species are, 

 Trop^olum fiVf/;;^/^) foliis fubquinquelobis, peta- 



lis obtufis. Hort. Upfal. g^- Tropceohan ^ivith le.ives 

 ^jvhich are almoft divided into five lobes ^ and obtufe petals 



Cardamindum minus & 



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to the fioiver. 



Tourn. Inft. R. H. 433. 



dtan Najlurtium. 



vulgare. 



T'he common or frnaller In- 



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Tkop/eolvm {Majus) foli-is fabquinquelobis petalis 

 obtufis. Hort. Uplal. 93. Trop\€oltini vjitbfi^e lobe's to 

 the leaves^ and obtufe petals to the floioer. Cardamin- 

 dum ampliore folio & majore flore. Tourn. Inft. R. 

 H. 430. Indian Najlurtium-'ujith a larger leaf and floiz'er^ 



commonly called Indian Crefs. 



The firft fort grows naturally in Peru ; this was firft 

 brought to Europe in 1684, and was rifed in the gar- 

 dens of Count Beverning in Holland. 

 It has a trailing herbaceous ftalk, garnifiied with 

 leaves almoft circular. The foot-ftalk is inferted in 

 the center of the leaf, like a buckler, as is the Navel- 

 wort ', the leaves are fmooth, and of a grayifh colour -, 

 the flowers come out from the wings of the ftalks, 

 ftanding upon very long flender foot-ftalks ; they are 

 of an admirable ftrudture, and are compofed of five 

 acute-pointed petals y the two upper are large and 

 rounded, the three under are narrow, and their tails 

 join together, and are lengthened into a tail two 

 inches long. After the flower is pafled, the germen 

 turns to a roundifh fruit which is furrowed, and di- 

 - i?ided into three lobes, each including one ftreaked 

 feed- -It flowers from Midfummer till the froft ftops 





It in autumn. . --■ -- ^ 



There are two varieties of this, one with a deep 

 Orange-coloured flower inclining to red, and the other 

 with a pale yellow flower. 



The fecond fort grows naturally about Lima ; this 

 has larger ftalks than the former. The leaves are alfp 

 larger, and their borders are indented almoll into 

 lobes ; the flowers are larger, and their petals are 

 rounded at their points. There are two colours of 

 this fort as in the former, and one with double flowers, 

 :which is propagated by cuttings, for i! does not pro-' 

 xluce feeds. _ .. '•:''';,/^^ 





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. The firft fort is lefs common at prefent in the Eng- 



iifti gardens than the fecond, the flowers of the latter 



being larger make a finer appearance, for which it is 



• preferred -, they are both efteemed annual plants, tho' 



1 • they may be continued through the winter if they are 



i'- kept in pots, and Iheltered in a good green-houfe, in 



like manner as that with double flowers is preferved, 



-.: -and tliey may be propagated by cuttings as that is ; 



:.' but, as thefe ripen their feeds conftantly every year, 



, the plants are generally raifed from feeds, which may 



be fown in April in the places where they are to re- 



main, which fhould be where their ftalks may have 

 . fupport, for they will climb fix or eight feet high 

 when they are trained up, arid then their flowers will 

 make a good appearance; but when they trail upon 

 the ground, they will fpread over the neighbouring 

 plants and become unfightly. 



The flowers of thcfe planes are frequently eaten in fal- 

 lads •, they have a warm taftt like the Garden Crefs, and 

 are efteemed very wholefome ; they are likewife ufed 

 for garnilhing difhesi x^The feeds are pickled, and by 

 1 fume are preferred to moft kinds of pickles for fauce. 



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The CwARACThRs arc, 



ers 



, '^/;tr I van ifpc pe^ 

 tals, terminated by ohlong fcur-cornered fummits, and a 

 large, oblong, taper, three-ccrnered germen, having no f-^le^ 

 cro-zvned by a trlngular, three-lobed, permanent f/mlm, 

 I he germen afterward tur}is to a three-cornered c.r^fulc 

 having three cells, -ivhich are filled with comprejfed feed^ 

 lying over each other in a double order. 

 This genus is ranged in the firft feftioii of Linna^us's 

 fixnh clals, which contains thofe plants whofe flow 

 have fix ftamina and one ftyle.' 

 The Si'i-ciEs are, 



1. Ttjlipa {Syheftris) Aorc fubnutantc, foliis lanceola- 

 tis. Lin. Sp. Plant. 305. i:\ilip with a nodding flower 

 and fpear-fiaped leaves. Tulipa minor lutea Italica! 

 C; B, P. 63. Ths fmaller yellaw Italian Tulip. 



2. Tulipa {Cefneriana) flore efefto, foliis ovato-lance* 

 olatis. Lin. Sp. Plant. 306. Tulip zvith an eretl flower 

 and oval fpear-fhaped leaves. Common Tulip with all ;/] 

 varieties. 



The firft fort was formerly preferved in the EnMifli 

 gardens, but fince there has been fo many varieties of 

 the fecond fort propagated in England, the firft has 

 been rejefted, and is nov/ only to be found in old 

 negleftcd gardens. The petals of this flower end in 

 acute points ; the flower is yellow, and nods on one 

 fide, and the leaves are narrower than thofe of the 

 common fort. 



The common Tulip is fo well known as to need no 

 defcription, and it would be to little purpofe to enu- 

 merate the feveral varieties of thefe flowers, which 

 may be feen in one good garden, fince there is no end 

 of their numbers, and what fome people may value 

 at a confiderable rate, others rcjed: ; and as there are 

 annually a great variety of new flowers obtained 



■ from breeders, thofe which are old, if they have not 

 very good properties to recommend them, are thrown 

 out and defpiled, I ftiall therefore point out the pro- 

 perties of a good Tulip, according to the charafter- 

 iftics of the beft florifcof the prefent age. i . It lliould 



.^have a tall ftrongftcm. 2.^Thc flower fhould confift 

 of fix leaves, three within, and three witliout; the 



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^-.former ought to be larger than the latter, j- Their 



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; bottotti ftiould be proportioned to their top, and their 

 ^ upper part ftiould be rounded ofi\ and not terminate 

 in a point. 4. Thefe leaves, when opened, fliould 

 neither turn inward nor bend outward, but rather 

 ftand ereft, and the flower Ihould be of a middling- 

 fize, neither over large, nor too fmall. 5. The ftripes 

 ftiould be fmall and regular, arifing from the bottom 

 of the flower ; for if there are any remains of the for- 

 mer felf-coloured bottom, the flower is in danger of 

 lofing its ftripes again. The chives ftiould not be yel- 

 low, but of a brown colour. When a flower has all 

 thefe properties, it is efteemed a good one. 

 Tulips are generally divided into three clafles, ac- 

 cording to their feafons of flowering ; as Praecoces, or 

 early blowers-, Medias, or middling blowers-, and 

 Serotines, or late blowers ; but there is no occafion 

 for making any more diftindions than two, viz. early 



and late blowers. 



The early blowing Tulips are not near fo fair, nor do 

 they rife half fo high as the late ones, but are chiefly 

 valued for appearing fo early in the fpring, fome of 

 which will flower the middle of March in mild fea- 

 fons, if planted in a warm border near a wall, pale,. 

 hedp-e, or other Ihelter, and the others will fuccceJ 

 them ; fo that they keep flowering until the genural 

 feafon for thefe flowers is come, which is toward the 



end of April. As thefe early blowing Tulips are but 



few. 



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