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♦he length of the stamina : the stigmas obtuse : 

 no pencarpium : the calyx contracted at the 

 neck, and hardened : the seeds are two, and of 

 a roundish form. 



There are several species, but those that de- 

 serve to be cultivated as ornamental plants .are, 

 !•• A. odora/a, Sweet-scented Agrimony ; 

 ■7. A. rcpens, Creeping -rooted Agrimony; 

 3. A. agrimonoides; Three-leaved Agrimony-. 



The first *ort rises to near four feet in height, 

 the leaves having more pinnas than in either 

 the common or white kinds; and they are also 

 longer and narrower, ending in acute points ; 

 the serratures are sharper, and when handled 

 they emit -an agreeable odour. The flower-stems 

 are branching, and the flowers stand on longer 

 peduncles than in the common sort. It is a 

 native of Italy. 



The second species is of a more humble 

 growth, seldom rising above two feet high : the 



fiinnas of its leaves are longer and narrower than 

 hose of the former, and the spikes of flowers 

 very short an<l thick. The roots spreading 

 widely, it multiplies faster than the common 

 sort : the seeds also are much larger and rougher. 

 It much resembles the foregoing, but the stems 

 are shorter, thicker, and hirsute : the stipules, 

 being the length of the interstices, are reflected, 

 -and almost cover the whole stem, and the end- 

 lobe is not pedicelled. The spike is short, dense, 

 Sessile, with bracteae the length of the flower. 



In the third, the root-leaves are pinnate, with 

 two or three pairs of pinnas, and smaller ones 

 intermixed ; the end -lobe larger than the others : 

 the pinnas ovate, villous, and toothed : the 

 stem-leaves are ternate : the bracteae ovate and 

 acuminate : the flowers in corymbs ; small, 

 yellow, rarely six : the calyx is ten- or twelve- 

 cleft : the petals ovate, obtuse : the stamina 

 seldom more than eight, tender, yellow. This 

 attains the height of about three feet. It is a 

 native of Italy and Carniola. 



Culture. — The cultivation of these plants re- 

 quire? no difficulty, as they are of a hardy nature, 

 and thrive in almost any soil or situation. They 

 may be readily propagated by parting the roots, 

 which should be performed in the autumn, in 

 order that the plants may be well established be- 

 fore the spring. As their roots spread extensively, 

 they should not be planted out nearer together 

 than two or three feet. They are likewise capa- 

 ble of being raised from seed, which should be 

 put into the ground at the same season as in the 

 other method; for where the sowing is deferred 

 till the spring, there are seldom any plants pro- 

 duced that season. The first mode is, however, 

 the most expeditious. 



All the sorts may be found useful as plants of 



ornament and variety, when placed in assem- 

 blage with those of other kinds, in beds and 

 borders where various plants of easy culture are 

 required. The first sort, besides the ornament 

 which it affords by the tallness of its growth 

 and the beauty of its flowers, is held in esteem 

 for the fragrance which is emitted from its leaves, 

 flowers, and other parts. 



As these plants, though perennial in root, are 

 only annual in the stems, they should be cut off 

 and cleared away every autumn, as soon as they 

 have perfected their seed. 



AGROSTEMMA, WiidLyekmsoTRose Cam- 

 pion. The plants of this genus are of the hardy herr 



lennial kinds 



baceous, annual, and b 



It belongs to the class and order of Dccandria 

 Pentagynia, and ranks in the natural order pf 

 Caryophylleu 



The characters are : that the calyx is a one- 

 leafed, coriaceous, or leather-like, tubulous, five- 

 toothed, permanent perianthium : the corolla 

 has five petals, with claws of the length of the 

 tube of the calyx ; and border spreading, obtuse, 

 and undivided: the stamina are ten awl-shaped 

 filaments, five alternately later than the other 

 five, inserted into each claw of the petals : the 

 antherae simple : the pistillum is an ovate germ, 

 with filiform, erect styles, of the length of the 

 stamina, and simple stigmas: the pencarpium an 

 oblong-ovate, covered, one-celled, five-valvcd 

 capsule : the seeds are very numerous, kidney- 

 shaped, and dotted : the receptacles free, as 

 many as seeds; the interior ones gradually longer. 



There are a number of different species, but 

 those for cultivation as ornamental plants are, 

 1. A. coronaria, Rose Campion: 2. A. Flos 

 Joins, Umbellate Rose Campion. 



The first of these species, in its natural state, 

 has the corolla white, with the middle red ; and 

 it has the habit of the species below, but is har- 

 der, more pulpy, and more tomentose. The 

 calyxes are much harder, callous, and covered 

 ■with a white pile, with hard thick ribs, not 

 green hairy lines as in that : the petals are much 

 broader, slightly emarginatc : the auricles bifid : 

 the flowers not heaped into an umbel, but scat- 

 tered on the branches of the stem on very long 

 peduncles. Native of Italy and the Valais. 



There are three varieties of this plant : one with 

 deep red, another with flcsh-eoloiircd, and a 

 third with white flowers : and the Double Rose 

 Campion, with a large crimson flower, which 

 is chieflv cultivated as being an elegant and 

 beautiful flower. 



In the second, the stem is erect, dichotomous 

 at the top, and covered with a white nap. The 

 leaves are conjugate, connate, ovate-lanceolate, 

 quite entire, erect, and pressed to the stem, being 



