CURTIS'S 



Botanical Magazine? 





o R, 



Flower-Garden Difplayed : 



IN WHICH 

 The moft Ornamental Foreign Plants, cultiyated in the 

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

 accurately reprefented in their natural Colours. 



TO WHICH ARE ADDED, 



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



to the celebrated Linnaeus ; 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. 



By JOHN SIMS, M. D. 



Fellow of the Royal and Linnean Societies. 



VOL. XXXIX. \ 



The Flowers, which grace their native beds, 



Awhile put forth their blufhing heads, 



But, e'er the clofe of parting day, 



They wither, fhrink, and die away : 



But thf.se, which mimic fkill hath made, 



Nor feorched by funs, nor killed by fhade, 



Shall blufh withlefs inconftant hue, 



Which art at plcafure can renew. Lloyd. 



LONDON: 



Printed by Stephen Couchman, Throgmorton-Street. 



Publifhed by Sherwood, Neely, & Jones, 20, Patemojler-Rov, ; 



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



MDCCCXIV. 



