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their length into the ground, leaving only one 

 joint or eve out, watering them directly, and 

 repeating it occasionally with necessary shade 

 in hot weather. They will he well rooted, and 

 form proper plants for transplanting in the au- 

 tumn. If the cuttings, as soon as planted, are 

 covered down close with hand-glasses, it will 

 greatly promote their rooting, so as to form 

 stronger plants before the winter season comes 

 on. 



The only culture they require afterwards is 

 clearing them from weeds in summer, and sup- 

 porting with stakes them which need it, cutting 



down and clearing away the decayed stalks in 

 the autumn. 



Of the third sort, as being rather more tender, 

 some plants should be planted in pots, for mov- 

 ing under the protection of a frame or green- 

 house in the winter season. 



They are all very ornamental for the pleasure- 

 ground, particularly the doubles, and prosper 

 in any common soil, remaining in all weathers 

 unhurt, being of many years' duration in root; 

 and, when of some standing, send up many 

 stalks every spring, terminated by numerous 

 flowers, making a fine appearance in summer. 

 TheScarletDoubleLychnis claims the preference, 

 though the single scarlet sort is also very showy. 

 And all the other species in their respective 

 double-flowered states are ornamental. They 

 are all kept in the nurseries for sale. In plant- 

 ing out, the tallest growers should be placed the 

 most backward, and the others more towards 

 the front. 



LYCIUM, a genus containing plants of the 

 shrubbv exotic kind. 



Ii belongs to the class and order Pentatidria 

 Mmiogynia, and ranks in the natural order of 

 LuridcB. 



The characters are : that the calyx is a sub- 

 quinquerid perianthium, obtuse, erect, very 

 small, permanent : the corolla monopetalous, 

 funnel-form : tube cylindnc, spreading, incurv- 

 ed: border live-parted, obtuse, spreading, small: 

 the stamina have five awl-shaped filaments, 

 from the middle of the tube, shorter than the 

 corolla, closing tile tube with a beard : anthers 

 erect: the pistillum is a roundish germ : style 

 simple, longer than the stamens : stigma bind, 

 thickish : the pericarpiuni ii a roundish berry, 

 two-celled: the seeds several and kidney-form : 

 the receptacles convex, affixed to the partition. 



The species are : 1. L. Afrum, African Box- 

 thorn; 2. L. barbarum, Willow-leaved Box- 

 thorn; 3. L. Europamm, European Box-thorn j 

 4. L. Tartaricum, Tartarian Box-thorn. 



The first rises with irregular shrubby stalks 

 ten or twelve feet high, sending out several 



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crooked knotty branches, covered with a whitish 

 bark, and armed with long sharp spines, upon 

 which grow many clusters of narrow leaves ; 

 these thorns often put out one or two smaller on 

 their sides, which have some clusters of smaller 

 leaves upon them : the branches are garnished 

 with very narrow leaves an inch and a half long, 

 and at the base of these come out clusters of 

 shorter and narrower leaves : the flowers come 

 out from the sides of the branches, standing 

 upon short foot-stalks, and are of a dull purple 

 colour: the berry is of a yellowish colour when 

 ripe, very dark red, inclosing several hard 

 seeds. It usually flowers in June and July, and 

 the seeds ripen in the autumn - r but frequently 

 a few flowers come out in all the summer 

 months. It is a native of the Cape. 



The second species is a weak shrub, nodding 

 and decumbent unless supported : the bark of 

 the branches whitish : the flowers from each 

 bud from two to five, each on its proper pedun- 

 cle. It differs from all the other sorts in having 

 the mouth of the calyx two-lobed, or sometimes 

 three-lobed : the border of the corolla spread- 

 ing, with the throat pale streaked with black, 

 and purple or pale red within. It is a native of 

 Europe, Asia, and the Cape, flowering from 

 May to October. 



There are several varieties. The first has a 

 shrubby stalk seven or eight feet high, sending 

 out several irregular branches, armed with strong 

 spines, and furnished with short thick leaves : 

 the flowers, which come out from the side of 

 the branches are small and white. They appear 

 in July and August, but do not produce seeds 

 m this climate. 



The second has the stalk four or five feet high, 



sending out many irregular branches, covered , 

 with a very white bark, and armed with a few 

 short spines : the leaves are about three inches 

 long, and one inch broad in the middle, alter- 

 nate, pale green. The flowers appear in June 

 and July, and are succeeded by small round ber- 

 ries that ripen in the autumn, when they be- 

 come as red as coral. 



The third rises with weak irregular diffused 

 branches to a great height, requiring support : 

 some of these branches have in one year been 

 upwards of twelve feet long: the lower leaves are 

 more than four inches long, and threebroad in the 

 middle; they ate of a light green and a thin 

 consistence, placed without order on every side 

 the branches. As the shoots advance in length, 

 the leaves diminish in size, and towards the 

 upper part are. not more than an inch long and 

 a quarter of an inch broad; sitting close to. the 

 stalks on every side. The (lowers come out 

 singlv at every joint towards the upper part of 



