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The fifth rises with a shrubby stalk to the height 

 of eight or ten feet, dividing into many branches, 

 Avhifli come out op posite from the joints of the 

 stem : the leaves are lanceolate, two inches long, 

 and about three qu arttrs of an inch broad in the 

 middle, ending in acute points; are opposite, 

 and continue orcen all the year: the flowers are 

 produced at the ends of the branches, and also 

 Ironi the sides, in small clusters; and are suc- 

 ceeded by round capsules, wnich are closely arm- 

 ed with rough protuberances. It flowers in July, 

 but seldom produces ripe fruit in this climate. 



There is a variety with variegated leaves. 



Culture. — ^The four first sorts may be propa- 

 gated either by seeds, layers, or cuttings of the 

 young slioots. 



In the first mode, the seeds should be sown 

 in the clumps or borders in the early autumn, 

 covering them well in. In the following autumn 

 the plants should be removed and set out in nur- 

 sery rows, being kept well cleared from weeds 

 during the sunmier. After two or three years 

 groAih in th.s situation, they will be fit to plant 

 out for good. 



The young shoots may be laid down in the 

 autun:ii, a slit being made at a joint placed the 

 deepest in the ground. In the following autumn 

 they will be well rooted, and may be taken off 

 and planted out in the manner of the seedlings. 



The cuttings should be made eight or ten 

 inches in length, and planted in a shady border 

 in the autumn. When they have struck full 

 root, they should be carefully removed, and ma- 

 naged as those raised from seed. 



'J'he two last methods, and those of budding 

 and grafting are the only ones by which the vari- 

 eties can he continued with certainty. 



The last species is best increased by laying 

 down the voung branches after being tongued in 

 the autumn, managing them aflerwarils in the 

 same manner as the others. 



These plants are sufficiently hardv to bear the 

 open air when planted in warm sheltered situations. 



'I'hey are all very ornamental ; the former sorts 

 producing a fine effect by their berry-like seeds, 

 and the last by its evergreen leaves. 



F-UPATORIUM, a genus comprising plants 

 of the h.erbaceous flowery kind. 



It belongs to the class and order Syngevesia 

 Polygamhi JE(jvalh, and ranks in the natural 

 order of Coinpasita' DUcuidcce. 



The characters are: that the calyx is common 

 oblong, imbricate: scales linear-lanceolate, up- 

 right, unequal : the corolla compound uniform, 

 tiil.ular: coroliets hermaphrodite, equal; proper 

 fmnel-form: border five-cleft, spreading: the 

 stani.iia consist of five capillarv filaments, very 

 khori: aiithers cylindric, tubular: the pislillum 



is a very small germ: style filiform, very lon<r, 

 two-cleft almost to the germs, straight: stigma-j 

 slender: there is no pericarpium; calyx^un- 

 changed: the seeds oblong: downplumose,Iong: 

 (pilose, only toolhletted or ciliate :) the receptacle 

 naked. 



The species cultivated are: 1. JE. ahissimum; 

 Tall Hemp Agrimony; 2. E. purpuremn, Pur- 

 ple Hemp Agrimony ; 3. E. inaciilalum. Spot- 

 ted Hemp Agrimony ; 4. E. perjlliahtm, Per- 

 foliate Hemp Agrimony; 5. E. aromaticum^ 

 Aromatic Hemp Agrimony. 



There are other species tiiat maybe cultivated. 



The first rises with a single upright green stalk, 

 about four feet high. At each joint are four 

 leaves in whorls ; they are six inches long, and 

 two inches broad in the middle, lessenino- to 

 both ends, terminating in acute points, rouo^h, 

 serrate, and on short foot-staiks: tlie stem ter- 

 minated by a close corymb of purple flowers; 

 appearing in July, and continuing till September. 

 It is native of North America. 



The second species grows to the height of 

 three feet or more, with a suflruticose, upright, 

 striated stem, but little branched : the leaves are 

 subsessile, and of a dark green : the corymb of 

 flowers is fastigiate. Native of North Anierica. 



The third has an annual stem, about two 

 feet and a half high, purple, with many dark 

 spots upon it : the leaves n ugh, placed by threes 

 towards the bottom of the stalk, but near the 

 top by pairs at each joint : the flowers are purple, 

 terminating in a sort of corymb, appearing in 

 Julyand August. It is a native of North America. 



The fourth species rises with annual stems, 

 from two to three feet high, and hair\' : the leaves 

 at each joint rough, from three to four inches 

 long, and about an inch broad at their base, 

 gradually lessening to a very acute point, dark 

 green, and covered with short hairs : the upper 

 part of the stalk divides into many slender pedun- 

 cles, each sustaining a close cluster of white 

 flowers, coming out in July. It is a native of 

 North America. 



The fifth has a round stem, four feet high, 

 strict, brachiate : the leaves are somewhat wrin- 

 kled: racemes terminating: the flowers twice the 

 length of the calyx, snow-white, containing 

 from eighteen to twenty-eight florets; the styles 

 scarcely longer than the floret. In this circum- 

 stance it differs from the other species, as well as 

 in having the calyx not imbricate. It is a native 

 of \'irginia. 



Culture. — These plants may be increased by 

 seeds in many of the sorts which produce them 

 in this climate, and in the others by parting the 

 roots and planting them out. 



Ill the first mode, the seeds should be sown in 

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