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nate-niiiltitici : the filamtnts the length of the 

 tube ot" the corolla, filitbrni : the germ superior; 

 styles five, nnieh shorter than the tube of the 

 corolla. It is a native ot China and Japan, 

 flowering in June and Juiy. 



The fourth species has long, narrow, grass- 

 like leaves, which come out from the root with- 

 out order, sitting clnse to the ground; between 

 these come up siraight single stalks, which in 

 good ground rise a toot and half high ; at each 

 joint of' the stalk come out two leaves opposite, 

 of the same form as the lower, bui decreasing 

 in their size upwards ; under each pair of lea\es, 

 for an inch in length, there sweats out of the 

 stalk a glutinous liipior, which is almost as 

 clammy as birdlime, so that ants and other in- 

 sects vvhich happen to light upon these places, 

 or attempt to creep up to The flowers, are fasten- 

 ed to the stalk ; whence the title of Catehfly: the 

 root is perennial, yellowish on the outside, white 

 within : the stem round, not grooved, smooth, 

 being terminated by a cluster of purple flowers, 

 and from the two upper joints come out on each 

 side of the stalk a cluster of the same flowers, 

 so that the whole forms a sort of loose spike : 

 these appear in the beginning of May, and the 

 sintrle flowers are succeeded by roundish seed- 

 vessels, which are full of small angular seeds, 

 ripening in July. It is a native of most parts 

 of Europe. 



The fifth has likewise a perennial root, the 

 thickness of the little finger, white, of a slight- 

 ly acrid and bitter taste, furnished with nume- 

 rous fibres: the stalks are several, upright, from 

 one to three feet high, round, hirsute, jointed, 

 purple, the joints swelled : the uppermost 

 branches forked : the leaves opposite, connate, 

 ovate-acuminate, hirsute, slightly nerved : the 

 calyx is hairy, striated, purple, five-toothed ; in 

 the female more turgid : the petals purple, ob- 

 cordate : at the bottom of the lamina or broad 

 spreading part are tivo or four small upright 

 white blunt appendieles : the germ is ovate, sur- 

 rounded by a nectary at the base : the capsule 

 one-celled, with ten teeth at the mouth : seeds 

 gray, somewhat rugged. It is a native of many 

 parts of Europe. , 



There is a variety with double flowers, culti- 

 vated in gardens by the name of Red Bachelor's 

 Buttons, which is an ornamental plant, and 

 continues long in flower. 



The sixth species has the stalks branched out 

 much more than in the fifth sort, being weaker 

 and more flaccid : the leaves are longer and 

 more veined : the flowers stand singly upon 

 pretty long peduncles, and are not produced in 

 clu3te'r£ as in that; it is very hairy, the calyx is 

 naore swollen, and it flowers a month after it. 



And Dr. Withering remarks, that the petals on 

 the male plant have the laminae divided do\\ii 

 to the claws, but in the female they are only 

 cloven half way down. Dr. John Sibthorp also 

 states tliat the capsules in the fifth are roundish, 

 and that its scentless flowers stand open through 

 the day ; while this has conical capsules, and Us 

 odoriferous flowers open only towards evening. 

 This also prefers a dry soil, while that spreads 

 in a moist one. It is conmion in Siberia. 



There are varieties with purple or blush-co- 

 loured flowers ; with quadrifid petals ; with her- 

 maphrodite flowers ; with double flowers, cul- 

 tivated in gardens by the name of Double White 

 Bachelor's Buttons. 



Culture. — They may be increased with facility 

 in the single sorts by seed, and parting the roots; 

 and in the doubles by dividing or slipping the 

 roots, and sometimes by cuttings of their stalks. 

 The seed should be sown in the early spring, 

 as in March, in a bed or border of light earth, 

 in an eastern aspect, each sort separate, raking 

 them in lightly, or they may be sown in small 

 drills. The plants come up in two or three 

 weeks, when they should have occasional wa- 

 terings and hand weedings : and when the plants 

 are two or three inches high, be planted out in 

 beds or borders, in rows six inches asunder, 

 watering them till fresh rooted, letting them re- 

 main till the autumn or following spring, when 

 they should be transplanted where they are to 

 remain. 



Both the single and double may be increased 

 by slipping the roots ; but it is more particularly 

 applicable" to the double sort, as they cannot 

 with certainly be obtained from seed : the sea- 

 son for performing this work is the autumn, 

 after the stalks decay, when the whole root may 

 either be taken up, and divided into as many 

 slips as are furnished with proper root-fibres, ot 

 tht« main root stand, and as many of the outer 

 offsets as seem convenient be slipped off : these 

 slips, when strong, should be planted at once 

 where they are to remain ; but when rather 

 small and weak, it is better to plant them in 

 liursery-rows, half a foot asunder, to remain a 

 \ear, and then transplant them for good where 

 thcv are to stand. 



The planting of cuttings of the stalks is 

 mostly practised for the double scarlet sort, 

 when it increases but sparingly by oflsets of the 

 root. It is performed in summer, w hen the 

 stalks are well advanced in grow tb, but before 

 they flower, or have become hard and woody. 

 Some of them should be cut off close to the 

 bottom, and divided into lengths of from three 

 to five joints, planting them m an easterly bor- 

 der of rich moist loamy earth, two-thirds of 



