CURTIS'S 



Botanical Magazine; 



O R, 



Flower-Garden Difplayed : 



IN WHICH 



The moft Ornamental Foreign Plants, cultivated in the 

 Open Ground, the Green -Houfe, and the Stove, arc 

 accurately reprefented in their natural Colours. 



TO WHICH ARE ADDED, 



Their Names, Clafs, Order, Generic and Specific Charaaers, according 



to the celebrated Linnjeus ; their Places of Growth, 



and Times of Flowering : 



TOGETHER WITH 



THE MOST APPROVED METHODS OF CULTURE. 



A WORK 



Intended for the Ufe of fuch Ladies, Gentlemen, and Gardeners, as 

 wifh to become fcientifically acquainted with the Plants they cultivate. 



CONTINUED BY 



JOHN SIMS, M. D. 



Fellow of the Linnean Society. 



VOL. XXX. 



Few felf-fupported flow'rs endure the wind 



Uninjur'd but expeft th* upholding aid 



Of the fmooth-fhaven prop, and, neatly tied, 



Are wedded .thus, like beauty to old age, 



For int'reft fake, the living to the dead. 



Some clothe the foil that feeds them, far diffus d 



And lowly creeping, modeft and yet fair, 



Like virtue, thriving moft where little feen : 



Some more afpiring, catch the neighbour fhrub 



With clafping tendrils, and inveft his branch, 



Elfe unadorn'd, with many a gay feftoon 



And fragrant chaplet, recompenfing well <-««*«■ 



The ftrength they borrow with the grace they lend. ww " ■• 



LONDON: 



Printed by Stephen Couchman, Throgmorton-Street. 



Publilhed by Sherwood, Neely, & Jones, 20, Paternoftcr-Row, 



And Sold by the principal Bookfellers in Great-Britain and Ireland. 



MDCCC1X. 



