PHYSICAL AND LITERARY. 145 



Art. X. 



An Account of the Indian Pink, by Alex. 

 Garden, M. D. in Charleftown, South- 

 Carolina, Member of the Royal Society at 

 Upfal, and of the Philofophical Society of 

 Edinburgh, communicated in three Letters, 

 and prefented by Dr Hope. 



LETTER I. 



rpHE Indian Pink grows plentifully 

 ^ in the low rich lands of South-Ca- 

 rolina, fpringing up annually from the old 

 roots about the niiddle of March, and in 

 May, June, and July producing large 

 flowers of a very rich red colour on their 

 outfide, equalling in beauty the fcarlet Lo- 

 belias ; on the infide they are of a dilute 

 yellow colour. It generally grow^ above 

 16 inches high, feldom or never exceed- 

 VoL.III. T ing 



