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They mostly appear about the end of April or 

 beginning of May; and, it' the season be mode- 

 rate, continue three weeks or more in beauty. 

 It is a small, showy, hardy plant, and not dis- 

 posed to overrun others, ft frequently flowers a 

 second time in autumn. 



The fourth species grows to the height of two 

 feet, having woodv stalks, which divide into seve- 

 ral branches towards the top. The leaves are 

 spear-shaped, hoary, and entire. At the extre- 

 mity of every shoot the flowers are produced in 

 round bunches ; and are small and of a white 

 colour. The silicle is entire, oval, and full of 

 brown seeds. It grows naturally in the South of 

 France. 



The fifth is nearly of similar growth in the 

 stem, and the leaves have much resemblance ; 

 but the four longer filaments are toothed in the 

 middle within, and the two shorter ones put out 

 from their base a lance-shaped scale, the length 

 of the germ. The petals are very small, scarce 

 apparently emarginate, yellow, but growing white 

 with age. Silicle 1 slightly emarginate, with two 

 seeds in each cell. It is found wild in Austria. 



The sixth is very like the last in stem, leaves, 

 and petals, but is more decumbent, and has lance- 

 ovate leaves. The filaments have no teeth, but 

 the two solitary ones have a bristle on each side, 

 not growing to the filament, but inserted into 

 the receptacle. Silicles ovate, scarcely com- 

 pressed, more downy. It is found in France, &c. 

 The seventh species grows more erect, having 

 a shrubby stalk, which sends out a few lateral 

 branches towards the top, with oblong hoary 

 leaves. The flowers grow in small clusters at 

 the extremities of the branches. It seldom con- 

 tinues longer than two years in England ; and in 

 a warm, dry situation, will live in the open air. 

 It is found in Spain, &c. 



In the eighth, the stems are woody, filiform, 

 diffused, and hairy, the older ones having the 

 bases of the petioles toothleted, and are flexuose. 

 The leaves are lanceolate, with a strong angle or 

 two on each side, as it were deltoid, green, with 

 a few hairs. The raceme is simple, few-flow- 

 ered: the ilowcrs resemble those of the Stock 

 Gilliflower, and are of a purple colour : the calyx 

 is oblong, closed, and gibbous at the base. It 

 has been found in the Levant. 



In the ninth species, the branches are trailing: 

 the leaves oblong, hoary, rough to the touch, and 

 alternate. The flowers are produced in small 

 clusters at the extremities of the branches, and 

 are of a dark yellow colour. Four of the fila- 

 nients are bifid at the top; the two others have 

 t at the base. It grows naturally upon 

 rocks in Burgundy, and some other parts of 

 France, &c. 



3 



Culture. — The propagation of these plants may 

 be effected in different way-. It may be accom- 

 plished in all the sorts by means of seeds ; and 

 in most of the kinds by slips and cuttings from 

 tlie shoots. In the first method, the seeds should 

 be sown upon a border of rather poor, dry, light 

 earth, about the beginning of April, being lightly 

 raked in. When sown on rich soils the plants 

 seldom survive the winter in this climate ; but if 

 they he put in on such as are of a dry, rocky, or 

 gravelly nature, and of a bad poor quality, they 

 not only withstand the cold better, but continue 

 much longer, as they are less succulent, and of 

 course less affected by frosts in the w inter 

 season. 



In this mode of sowing, the p'ants will be 

 ready to be transplanted in the beginning of the 

 following autumn. The business should be per- 

 formed when the weather is not too moist. 



As the second kind rarely continues more than 

 two or three years in this climate, it must be 

 often sown to preserve it; but where the seeds 

 are suffered to fall and remain upon the ground, 

 the plants often rise without any trouble or dif- 

 ficulty. 



In the third sort the seeds mostly ripen in 

 July ; but it is only from the young plants that 

 they can be expected, as the old ones, or those 

 which are raised from slips or cuttings, rarely 

 produce any in this climate. 



The fourth kind mostly flowers from June to 

 September, and the seeds ripen soon after ; which, 

 if they be permitted to scatter,the plants will come 

 up, and require little care or trouble afterwards. 



The fifth and sixth sorts should always be 

 sown where they are to remain; and if they be 

 thinned and kept clean from weeds, they will 

 flower in July, and perfect their seeds in autumn. 



But the seeds in the seventh sort should be 

 sown in August, soon after they are ripe; and 

 where a few of the plants are potted in October, 

 and sheltered under a frame in winter, they will 

 flower the following June, by which means good 

 seeds may be obtained the same year ; as those 

 plants, which arise early in the year, grow luxuri- 

 antly in summer, but do not often ripen seeds, 

 or live through the winter season. 



In the second and third methods, or those by 

 slips and cuttings, the sets are best put in on dry 

 borders about the latter end of April or beginning 

 of Mav, the mould being applied closely round 

 them. They should afterwards be shaded in the 

 heat of the day, and watered occasionally till 

 they have stricken root. 



The eighth sort, as it rarely produces seed in 

 this climate, may be best propagated from its trail- 

 ing branches, which, if planted in April, will 

 take root and become good plants by the follow- 



