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produces in great abundance in March, upon a bed of light 

 sandy earth. It should be kept clean from weeds, and 

 refreshed with water in dry weather, which, especially after 

 it comes up, will promote its growth. At Michaelmas, if the 

 plants have thriven well, let the largest be drawn out, and 

 transplanted into a nursery, where they should continue two 

 years, and will then be fit to plant out where they are to 

 remain. This species may also be propagated by laying 

 down the tender branches, which will take root in about a 

 year's time, and may then be transplanted into a nursery, 

 and managed like the seedling plants. 



2. Coronillu Juncea ; Linear-leaved Coronilla. Shrubby : 

 leaflets quinate and ternate,linear-lanceolate,somewhat fleshy, 

 obtuse. This rises from two to four feet high, with many 

 slender woody branches, which resemble broom ; flowers 

 yellow, six or seven together in small peduncled terminal 

 umbels. Native of the south of France. This, together 

 with the fourth and seventh species, are propagated by sow- 

 ing the seeds in the spring, either upon a gentle hot-bed, or on 

 a warm border of light fresh earth ; and when the plants are 

 come up about two inches high, they should be transplanted 

 either into pots, or a bed of good rich earth, at about four 

 or live inches' distance every way, where they are to remain 

 until they have acquired strength enough to be wholly planted 

 out : if the winter be not very severe, they will abide very 

 well, provided they are in a dry soil. Some of the plants of 

 the second species should be sheltered under a common 

 frame in winter, because they arc often destroyed in hard 

 frosts ; but in mild weather, they ought to be freely exposed 

 to the air, to prevent their drawing up weak. 



3. Coronilla Valentina ; Small Shrubby Coronilla. Shrub- 

 by : leaflets about nine ; stipules suborbiculate. It attains 

 to three or four feet high. The flowers appear in close 

 bunches, on long axillary peduncles ; they are small and of 

 a deep yellow colour, at all times diffusing a very powerful 

 odour. The stipules are large, almost round, and strikingly 

 conspicuous in the young plant. Linneus remarks, that 

 early in the spring the leaves have the colour of Rue : 

 hence Mr. Curtis gives it the name of Rue-leaved Coronilla. 

 Native of Spain and Italy. This, with the fifth and sixth 

 species, are propagated by seeds sown in April, upon ;i 

 bed of light earth. When they are fit to remove, some ot 

 them should be transplanted into a border close to a warm 

 wall or pale, to which the branches ought to be trained, 

 observing carefully to shade them from the sun till they have 

 taken fresh root, and also to supply them with water when 

 they require it ; after they are well rooted, they will require 

 no further culture, but weeding, and keeping their branches 

 trained to the pale or wall. They flower in the second year, 

 and will continue many years upon a dry soil, and a warm 

 situation. 



4. Coronilla Glauoa ; Great Shrubby Coronilla. Shrubby: 

 leaflets seven, very obtuse ; stipules lanceolate. This seldom 

 exceeds three or four feet high, with a woody branching 

 stem ; flowers bright yellow, in a roundish bunch ; wings 

 gaping widely at bottom, so as to discover the whole keel 

 This, according to Linneus, has little or no smell in the night, 

 but is remarkably fragrant during the day. It flowers from 

 September till May ; indeed, almost the whole year. Native 

 of the south of France. See the second species. 



5. Coronilla Coronata ; Crowned Coronilla. Shrubby : 

 leaflets nine, obovate, the inmost approximating to the stem; 

 stipule opposite to the leaf, two-parted. Stems erect, little 

 branched, round, smooth, about eighteen inches in height 

 woody at bottom only ; calix aline long, yellowish ; corolla 

 yellow. The end of the keel is apt to be green, and this, with 



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he glaucous hue of the leaves, indicates that a blue colour 

 may be produced from these flowers by putrescence. It 



lowers in July, and is a native of the southern countries of 

 Europe. See the third species. 



6. Coronilla Minima; Least Coronilla. Undershrubby, 

 jrocumbent : leaflets nine, ovate ; stipule opposite to the 

 eaf, emarginate ; legumes angular, knotty. Root perennial ; 



stems several, woody, branched, two or three inches long, 

 md prostrate ; hence spring annual herbaceous, round 

 tranches, pale green, also prostrate ; leaflets at the top, and 

 ending in a little bunch of flowers ; flowers about six, yellow, 

 sweet-smelling ; calix small, green ; seeds oblong, brown. 

 The whole plant very smooth. Native of the southern 

 countries of liurope. See the third species. 



7. Coronilla Argentea ; Silvery-leaved Coronilla. Shrub- 

 by : leaflets eleven, silky, the outmost larger than the rest. 

 A very humble shrub, rarely exceeding two feet in height in 

 a good soil. The stem is hard and woody; from which the 

 branches are produced on every side near the ground. The 

 flowers are on long, slender, axillary peduncles, they are 

 yellowish, and have a strong sweet scent ; and as the plants 

 always produce an abundance of them, they make a fine 

 appearance during the month of May, in which they flower. 

 The seeds ripen in August and September. The silvery colour 

 of this plant is occasioned by its growing on a poor dry soil, 

 which it will change for a glaucous colour if removed into 

 better ground. Native of Crete. See the second species. 



8. Coronilla Securidaca ; Hatchet Fetch. Herbaceous : 

 legumes sickle-sword-shaped ; leaflets very many. Root 

 annual, composed of a few slender fibres, which run pretty 

 deep in the ground ; stems herbaceous, trailing, a foot and 

 a half long, dividing into several branches. It sleeps with 

 the leaflets converging above the petiole, and bent towards 

 the base of it. It flowers in July. Native of Spain. The 

 seeds should be sown where the plants are destined to remain, 

 on borders of light fresh earth in the spring, allowing them 

 at least to be two feet distance every way apart. 



9. Coronilla, Varia ; Purple Coronilla. Herbaceous : 

 legumes erect, cylindric, swelling, numerous ; leaflets very 

 many, smooth. Root perennial, creeping widely ; stems from 

 four to six feet in height when supported, otherwise trailing. 

 The flowers come out many together in roundish bunches, on 

 peduncles which are about the same length with the leaves ; 

 the corollavaries from a deep to a light purple, to whitish, and 

 even wholly white, and sometimes there is a mixture of all. 

 This plant was formerly proposed to be cultivated as a pro- 

 per food for cattle ; and being found to grow very readily, 

 promised to be very beneficial to the farmer. Mr. Milltr 

 informs us, that he remembers to have seen a large spot ci 

 ground at Deepden, near Dorking, in Surry, at the seat of the 

 Honourable Mr. Howard, planted with it ; where, although 

 it had been neglected for many years, it was grown so rank, 

 as to get the better of all the weeds, brambles, &c. He 

 found some of the branches upwards of five feet long, and 

 very tender in every part of that length, so that a small spct 

 of ground will supply a considerable quantity of fodder, 

 especially in dry seasons. Horses and cows, he adds, seemed 

 to eat it greedily ; though Mr. Curtis thinks that its bitter- 

 ness will be an objection to its being cultivated for cattle. 

 But notwithstanding this, a gentleman, who had sown it upon 

 Professor Martyn's recommendation, assured him, that cows 

 eat it very readily. The roots creep very far under ground, 

 by which it increases greatly, and when permitted to remain 

 unremoved two or three years, it will overbear the plants 

 growing near it ; on which account the roots should be con- 

 fined, and it should be planted at a distance from any other 



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