species in Cultivation. 



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which they belong were introduced; and have been de- 

 scribed and drawn in early works on the subject. Abra- 

 ham Hunting gave a long list of them in the year 1671.^ 

 In it will be found examples of double flowers of Vinca, 

 Colchicum, Hepatica, Cardaniine, Cheiranthiis Cheiri, 

 Papaver, Viola, Caltha, Althaea, and others; of white- 

 flowered forms of Ononis, Syringa, Centaiirea, Digitalis, 

 Fritillaria, Hepatica besides white strawberries, white 



Fig. 35. Scdum rcUexum crisfatum. From nature, 1900, with 

 expanded and ordinary (at) branches. 



raspberries and red gooseberries, and double Bellis and 

 Matricaria. Also proliferating forms of Bellis, Calen- 

 dula, Heliantlms and Scabiosa, fasciated Crown Impe- 

 rials, Plantago major rosea. Primula veris, and P. Auri- 

 cula with a double Corolla, fasciated Seduni ( Figs. 34 

 and 35), Celosia cristata, Amaranthus cristatus, etc. 



Moreover hundreds of varieties of the more impor- 

 tant garden plants, e. g.. Hyacinths, Tulips and Ranun- 

 culus were known at that time. 



^ Waarc Ocffeninge der Planten, Groningcn. 1671. 



