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OR, WTANICAL DICTIONARY. 



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have weak stems, and support themselves by twining. The 

 leaves in most of the species are opposite, but in a few they 

 are verticilled or alternate. The flowers are most frequently 

 in corymbs at the ends of the stem and branches, or else 

 axillary : the predominant colour of the corolla is purple ; 

 some, however, are .white. The species are, 

 *Calices four-flowered. 



1. Eupatorium Dalea ; Shrubby Hemp Agrimony. Leaves 

 lanceolate, veined, obscurely serrate, smooth ; stem shrubby. 

 This species rises to the height of nine or ten feet or more : 

 it has a moderately thick woody stem, and throws out its 

 branches in a pretty open position. It flowers with us in Au- 

 gust, and is frequently met with on the lower lulls of Ligua- 

 nea in Jamaica. This plant is remarkable for the very plea- 

 sant odour which it emits from every part, which con- 

 tinues for many years, even when dried. This, with the 

 second, fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth, fifteenth, seven- 

 teenth, eighteenth, nineteenth, twenty-second, twenty-fifth, 

 twenty-sixth, twenty-seventh, twenty-ninth, thirtieth, thirty- 

 first, second, third, fourth, fifth, and thirty-ninth, forty-first, 

 second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth, and forty- 

 ninth species, being tender, should be planted in pots, and 

 kept constantly plunged in the tan-bed in the stove, where 

 they will thrive and flower. These may be propagated by 

 cutting off some of their young shoots, about the middle of 

 June, when they have strength, planting them in pots filled 

 with light earth, and plunging them into a moderate hot-bed, 

 where, if they be shaded from the sun, and gently watered as 

 they may require it, they will put out roots in six weeks, and 

 may then be transplanted into separate pots, and treated like 

 old plants. When the seeds of these tender sorts can be 

 procured from their native countries, the plants raised from 

 them are much preferable to those which are obtained by any 

 other method, and will flower much stronger ; but as these 

 seeds seldom grow the first year, few persons have patience 

 enough to wait for the plants coming up. When any of these 

 seeds are brought over, they should be sown as soon as they 

 arrive, in pots, that they may be removed at any time : the 

 pots should be plunged into a moderate hot-bed, and the 

 earth kept tolerably moist; the glasses should also be shaded 

 in the heat of the day, to prevent the earth from drying. In 

 this hot-bed the pots may remain till autumn, when, if the 

 plants are not up, they should be plunged between those in 

 the bark-stove, and removed in the spring to u gentle hot- 

 bed, which will bring up the plants soon after. When they 

 are fit to remove, they ought to be planted in separate small 

 pots, and plunged into the hot-bed again, shading them from 

 the sun till they have taken new root; then they should have 

 a large share of free air admitted to them in warm weather, 

 and frequently refreshed with water. In the winter these 

 plants should be more sparingly watered, especially those 

 the stalks of which decay. In the summer they require a 

 large portion of free air, with which management they will 

 thrive and flower. 



2. Eupalorium Parviflorum ; Small-flowered Hemp Agri- 

 mony. Shrubby: leaves ovate-lanceolate, serrate, smooth; 

 corymbs spreading; calices three-flowered. This strongly 

 resembles the preceding species ; but the leaves are oblong, 

 the flowers smaller, the caliees constantly three-flowered, and 

 the plant almost void of scent. Native of Jamaica, where it 

 is much more common than the first species, growing in the 

 same situations. See the first species. 



3. Eupatorium Hyssopifolium ; Hyssop-leaved Hemp Agri- 

 mony. Leaves lanceolate-linear, three-nerved, almost entire. 

 This species rises with an upright round stalk, to the height 

 of three feet, sending out several branches towards the top, 



which come out regularly by pairs. The flowers stand upon 

 long peduncles at the ends of the branches, some sustaining 

 one, some two, and others three or four flowers, which are 

 white, and appear late in autumn. Native of Carolina, Vir- 

 ginia, and Maryland ; and found also in Japan. This, toge- 

 ther with the fourth, tenth, eleventh, fourteenth, sixteenth, 

 twentieth, twenty-fourth, twenty-eighth, thirty-sixth, thirty- 

 seventh, thirty-eighth, and fortieth species, are hardy plauts, 

 and are propagated by sowing the seed in the full ground ; 

 but there must be care taken in the sowing to keep the sorts 

 separate ; for, as the seeds of these plants have a light down 

 adhering to them, they are easily displaced by the least wind: 

 so that the best way will be to sow them in drills, which 

 should be but shallow, for when (lie seeds are buried too deep, 

 they will not grow. The bed in which these are sown should 

 not be too much exposed to the sun, but rather have an 

 eastern aspect, where the morning sun only reaches it; but 

 where more exposed, they must be shaded with mats in 

 the heat of the day, and the ground should be kept pretty 

 moist ; for, as they generally grow in moist shady situations 

 in their native countries, they will of course succeed better 

 where they have a soil and situation somewhat like that ; 

 though, as we want their heat in summer, the plants will 

 thrive here when exposed to the sun, provided they have a 

 moist soil, or are supplied with water in dry weather. When 

 the young plants come up, they must be kept clean from 

 weeds, and where they are too close, some of them should be 

 drawn out, to give room for the others to grow, and if these 

 be wanted, they may be planted in another bed, where, if 

 they are shaded and watered, they will soon take root; after 

 which, they will require no farther care but to keep them 

 clean from weeds till the following autumn, when they may 

 be transplanted to the places where they are intended to re- 

 main. As the roots of these plants spread out to a consider- 

 able distance, they should not be allowed less than three 

 feet distance from any other plants, and some of the largest 

 growing should be allowed four feet. If the soil in which 

 they are planted is a soft gentle loam, they will thrive much 

 better, and flower stronger, than in light dry ground, in which, 

 if they are not duly watered in dry summers, their leaves will 

 shrink, and their stalks will not grow to half their usual 

 height. All the species above enumerated have perennial 

 roots, by which they may be propagated ; and as some of them 

 do not perfect their seeds in England, that is the only way of 

 increasing the plants here : some of the sorts have creeping 

 roots, sending out offsets in great plenty, so these are easily 

 propagated ; and the others may be taken up, or the heads 

 taken oft* from them every other year, in doing of which, great 

 care should be taken not to injure the old plants, or cut them 

 too much, which would cause them to flower weak in the 

 succeeding year. The best time to remove these plants is in 

 autumn, as soon as they have done growing, that they may 

 get fresh roots before the frost comes on ; but if the frost 

 should commence soon after their removal, if the surface of 

 the ground is covered with tan or dried leaves, to keep out 

 the frost, it will effectually secure them ; and if this be done 

 to the old plants in very severe winters, it will always pre- 

 serve them ; however, it may not be injudicious to practise 

 this on the young seedling plants, which have not so good 

 roots, nor are so well established in the ground : the future 

 culture will be only to dig the ground about them every 

 spring, and keep them clean. 



4. Eupatorium Scandens ; Cimbing Hemp Agrimony. 

 Stem twining; leaves cordate-ovate, attenuated, crenate- 

 toothed ; lobes divaricate ; branches smooth. Stems annual, 

 twisting about any neighbouring support, to the height of five 



