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CLE 



i€VL-ral, annual, a toot and lialf liigh or more, 

 strialcd, erect, a little fistiilose, somewhat piibes- 

 eent at top, icniiiualetl by a uuiklmg ilow er ol' a 

 blue colour, and someiimes branched in the 

 upper axils. The leaves arc opposite, ovate, 

 sessile, quite entire, nerved, veined, acute, 

 smooth, except about the edge and on the dorsal 

 i)er\ es, which are slightly viliose. It is a native 

 of Germany, &c. Howering in Jnlv. 



Culture. — Tlie Purple \'irgin's Bower, and its 

 different varieties, as well as the six iollowing 

 sorts, arc capable of bcuig increased by layers, 

 and some of them even by cuttings of the yoimg 

 shoots. 



In the first method the lavers should be iTiade 

 from the shoots of the pretccding or the same 

 year, and be laid dow n in the sunmier before they 

 become woody, as in this way they succeed with 

 greater certainty. The branches should have 

 their tops left a few inches out of the earth, a 

 little uater beine given at the tin)e. When they 

 are become welfrooted, as in the following au- 

 tumn or spring, they may be taken off, and 

 planted out w here they are to remain, or in the 

 nursery. 



The evergreen sort may however be laid down 

 at any season, but the above is the best. It is 

 also capable of being raised from cuttings of the 

 young shoots planted out in either the spring or 

 summer months in pots of good earth, plunging 

 them in a verv moderate hot-bed. 'The suckers 

 from the roots may likewise be taken off and 

 planted out in the same manner as the layers, 

 when they will often produce good plants. 



The two last sorts are capable of being readily 

 increased by parting the roots, and planting 

 them out either in the autumn or the early spring 

 months. In this way every part which has 

 fibres preserved at the bottom, and a bud in the 

 upper end, will readily take root and become a 

 plant. 



These sorts, as well as some of tlie others, 

 may also be propagated by sowing the seeds 

 either vihere the plants arc to remain, or in a 

 spot of good mould in the early autunm oi» 

 spring season, in the latter ease removing the 

 plants into their proper situations when of suf- 

 lieient growth. In this mode the plants are, 

 however, longer in arriving at the flowering 

 state. The roots inay be divided every two or 

 three years, according to the number of divi- 

 .sions that are made. Vv'herc the soil is dry, the 

 plants should be new planted in the autumn ; but 

 in the contrary clreumslances, in the spring, in 

 order to make them flower strong. 



All these plants are of Iwrdy growth, and ca- 

 pable of succeeding in ahnost any sort of soil. 

 The climbing sorts requite proper support, to 



present their trailing upon the ground, and are 

 well adapted for ornamenting naked walls, ar- 

 bours, or other similar places, as well as for run- 

 ning upon trees or shrubs in particular situations. 



Tlie two last sorts are well suited for ornament 

 in tlie clumps and borders of pleasure-grounds, 

 to ije set (Hit singly. 



CLEOME, a ccnus aflbrding plants of the 

 heihaeeous annual exotic kind for the stove. 



It belongs to the class and order Tetradytia- 

 mia SUiqnusu, and ranks in the natr.ral order of 

 Palmiiiiwce. 



The characters arc: that the calyx is a four- 

 leaved perlantbium, very small, spreading; the 

 lower It aflet g.ipiiig more than the rest; deci- 

 duous: tlie corolla four-pctalled : all the petals 

 ascending, spreading; the nearest intermediate 

 ones smaller than the others: neetareous glands 

 three, roundish, one at each division, except one 

 at the calyx : the stamina consist of six fila- 

 ments, (sometimes twelve ortwenty-four,) subu- 

 late, declining : anthers lateral, ascending : the 

 pistiilum is a simple style: germ oblong, de- 

 clininiT, the length of the stamens : stiomas 

 thiekish, rising : the pcncarpium a long silique, 

 cylindric, placed on the style, one-celled, two- 

 valved: the seeds are very many, and roundish. 



The species mostly cultivated are : I , C tri- 

 phylla, Three-leaved Cieome; 2. C. pcuta- 

 /)/»///<?, Five-leaved Clcome J 3. C. Inpfap/iijlUt, 

 SL-\-en-leavcd Cleonie. 



The first is an annual plant which rises two 

 feet high, sending out many side branches, with 

 leaves, having one large spear-shaped lobe in the 

 middle, and two v&ry small ones on the side ; 

 these sit close to the branches : the flowers 

 come out singly from the sides of the branches, 

 upon long peduncles, and are large and flesh- 

 coloured. Procured >from Jamaica. 



'I'he second species is an annual, elegant but 

 fetid plant, upright, either wholly smooth or 

 with a few hairs at bottom ; the stern round 

 and branching : the leaves on the stem and 

 branches all quinate ; the leaflets obovate, acute, 

 very finely serrate: floral leaves tcrnate, obovate, 

 obtuse, quite entire ; the lowest on short petioles, 

 the rest sessile : the racemes of flowers very 

 long, formed by solitarv, spreading, one-flow- 

 ered peduncles issuing from some of the axils, of 

 a white or flesh-colour. It is a native of both 

 the East and West Indies. 



The third has an herbaceous stem, from three 

 to fi\e feet Idgb, branched, upright, angular- 

 grooved : the branches sul.)-dividcd, spreading, 

 grooved, hirsute, viscid and prickly : the leaves 

 are alternate, scattered, spieading, digitate : 

 leaflets lanceolate, acuminate, nerved, paUilous, 

 pubescent : the flowers while or flesh-coloured. 



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