A Z A 



A Z A 



Tlie five stamens and stvlc arc nnicli longer ili.-in 

 the petals, and stand erect. It is a native of 

 Virginia. 



There arc varieties of this plant with scarlet 

 flower*; with pale red (lowers; wiili cnrlv white 

 flowers; with icd and while flowers; anil with 

 varieijated flowers. 



The second is a low shrub, rising with se- 

 veral slender stems near fonr feet high : the 

 loaves conic ont in clusters at the enils of the 

 shoots without order: thev are spear-shaped, 

 and narrow at their base ; their edges are set 

 with verv short teeth, which arc rough : the 

 liowers come forth in clustLrs between the leaves 

 at the extremiiies of the branches ; they are 

 white, with a mixture of dirty yellow on the 

 outside : the tube is an ineh long, and at the 

 top they arc pretty deeplv cut into live segments ; 

 theluo upper are rcHex, the two side ones bent 

 inward, and the lower one is turned downward : 

 the stamens are a little longer than the petals, and 

 support oblong satVron-eolonred antiiers. Tiic 

 stvie is mueh longer tiian the stamens, and is 

 crowned bv an obtuse stigma. These flowers 

 have much the appearance of those of Honey- 

 suckle, and arc as agreeably scented ; more so 



tlian tile foregoing sort. Ihcy appear th." niid- 

 dle ot .luly, but :''.;e not succeeded by seeds in 

 this climate. It is a native of North America. 



This pl:mt has varieties, with whiti- Mriped 

 flowers ; with narrow petalled flowers; and willi 

 clustered llowers. 



Culture. — ^Thesc plants mav be raised without 

 nnieh dilii^ulty, in ratlicr moisl soils where the 

 situation is shady. As ihey never produce ■r-ixAi 

 in tliis elimaie, ihev nmsl be increased by lavers 

 from the vountr shoots, or bv ofiVels Ironi the 

 roots. 'Ihe btsi Season for cither of these me- 

 thod* is the earlv part uf theautimm, v. luut tiiey 

 shoidd be set out uliere they are to grow, or be 

 jiiantnl in rows in the nursery manner. It is 

 useful to protect the roots during llie winter, by 

 covering the ground about them with old tan, 

 oroiher similar substance-;. 



Where the seeds can be procured, plants may 

 be raised by sowina; them either in pots or on 

 warm borders ; in the former method, forcing 

 their trrowtlibv plunging them in mild hot-beds. 



These shrubl)v plants arc suited for affording 

 variety in siirubberies and other places, both on 

 account {)f their fragrant smell and the beauty of 

 their flowers. 



BAG 



BAG 



BACCIIARIS, a genus containing plants of 

 the shrubby exotic kind. 



It belongs to the class and order Sj/r)gruc<:ia 

 Polysamia Huperfiua, and ranks in the natural 

 order of Composil<e. 



The characters are: that the calyx is common 

 cvlindric, imbricate: scales linear, acute: the 

 corolla is compound ecjual ; corolkiles herma- 

 phrodite and icniale mixid. I'roper, to tlie her- 

 maphrodite funneifoim, tive-elcft, to the females 

 scarcely apparent, almo-t none: the stamina 

 consist of (ivc capillary filaments, very small : 

 the anthers are cylindric and tubular : the pis- 

 tilluiTi is an ovale germ : the style filiform, the 

 length of the flower: the stigma bifid. There 

 is no pericar])ium : the calyx unchanged : the 

 seeds solitary, very short and oblong : down 

 simple : the receptacle naked. 



■| he species chietlv cultivaied in the garden are ; 

 1 . B. li'cejblia, I'tnivian Ivy- leaved Haeeharis, or 

 Ploughman's Spikenard ; •2. li. iicriifolin, Ole- 

 ander-leaved Haceharis ; 3. B. hulhiitjtilia. Sea 

 Fnrslane-leaved liaceharis, or Groundsel-tree. 



The tir.st grows to the height of five or six 



feet : the female florets with a trifid corolla are 

 very abundant ; but the hermaphrodites of the 

 disk are few and five-clelt : ihe scales of the 

 calyx spread verv nuich in a state of maturity: 

 the flortis of the disk arc barren; of the ray 

 subulate, scarcely toothed, and fertile: the recep- 

 tacle obtusely conical, alveolate at top, the cells 

 toothletcd, but at the sides simply and ob- 

 scurely sercibiculate : the seeds are small, ovate- 

 oblong, flatted a little, obHiireiy margined and 

 pale: the pappus or down sparinir, twice as long 

 as the seed, scarcely toothed. It is a native of 

 America, and flowers in July and August. 



The second species has a soft shrubby stalk, 

 which rises to the height of eight or ten feet, 

 putting out side branches toward the top : the 

 leaves are stiff, havinir a few indentures toward 

 ihtir top, and ])laced without order : the flower'! 

 are produced at the extremities of the branches 

 in a close spike : thev make little appearance, 

 bein'j; of an herbaceous colour, and are not suc- 

 cectied bv seeds in this climate. 



The third is a herbaceous kind of shrnb, <;ix, 

 seven or eiirht feet in heitrht : the leaves are 

 X -J 



