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and white. It is a native of Siberia, flcnvering; 

 in August. 



The tenth species hits a perennial root : the 

 sten> annual, tVoni three to tuur teet high : the 

 leaves do\ihly pinnate ; each havins; three or 

 four pairs of oblong leaflets tcrniiuated by an 

 odd one : ihcy are two inches long, and almost 

 an inch broad, eerrate, and ending in acute 

 points : the flowers disposed m long slender 

 spikes, formed into loose terminating panicles; 

 they are small, white, and of two sexes in the 

 same spike. It is a native of Germany, flower- 

 ing in .luiie and July. 



Tlie eleventh has a perennial root, consisting 

 of oval tubers or solid lumps, hanging from the 

 main body by threads, which has given occasion 

 to its common names, Filipcndula and Dropwort. 

 These tubers enable the herb to resist drought, 

 and render it very difficult to be eradicated : the 

 stem is erect, from a foot to a foot and half in 

 height, angular, smooth, leafv, a little branched 

 at top : the leaves alternate, interruptedly pin- 

 nate, serrate, and jagged, smooth,, composed of 

 several pairs of leaflets, all of each set uniforin 

 or nearly corresponding in size ; the terminating 

 leaflet three-l(;bed : a pair of roundish united 

 indented stipules at the base of each leaf, em- 

 bracing the stem : the flowers many in a cymose 

 loose erect panicle, cream-coloured often lipped 

 with red, or red on the outside. It is an ele- 

 gant plant, which in gardens grows very luxuri- 

 ant, and has often double fiowefs. Jt flowers 

 early in July. 



The twelfth has a perennial fibrous root : the 

 stems erect, three or four feet high, angular and 

 furrowed, tinged with red, leafy, branched in 

 the upper part: the leaves interruptedly pinnate; 

 leatiets very unequal in size, sharply serrate, 

 clothed beneath with white down, the end one 

 remarkablv large aiid three-lobed : a pair of 

 rounded «errate stipules are joiiied to the com- 

 mon leaf-stalk, and clasp the stem : the flowers 

 white, in a large very compound cjnie, the side- 

 branches of which rise much above the central 

 one : it perfumes the air with the sweet haw- 

 thorn-like scent of its plentiful blossoms from 

 June to August. 



There are varieties with double flowers, and 

 with variegated leaves. 



The fhirteenth has a perennial root : the 

 stalks annual, about a foot high, sending out 

 branches from the side the whole length : the 

 leaves for the most part trifoliate, but sometinies 

 single or in pairs ; they are about an inch and 

 half long, and half an inch broad, ending in 

 acute points, sharply serrate, of a bright green 

 above, and pale beneath : the flowers in loose 

 terminating panicles^ on slender peduncles. It 



is a native of North America, flowering in June 

 and July. 



Citltiire. — In all the shrubby sorts, this may 

 be performed by suckers, layers, and cuttings. 



The suckers shoidd be taken ofl" in the au- 

 tumn and planted out where ihcy are to remain, 

 or in imrsery-rows, to attain a fuller growth. 



The first sort requires to be cleared of these 

 suckers every two years at furthest. 



The layers should be put down in the at:- 

 tumn or in the spring, and may be taken oft" 

 and planted as above, in the autumn or spring 

 following : all the sorts may be raised in this 

 way ; but it is most proper for such sorts as do 

 not send off suckers. 



'J'he cuttings may be made from the shoots 

 of the preceding summer, and be planted out in 

 a shady border in the early autumn : when they 

 have become well rooted they may be removed 

 and managed as the others : they succeed in this 

 way with more difficulty than in either of the 

 others. 



All the herbaceous sorts may be increased by 

 seeds, or parting the roots. 



The seed may be sow n in the autumn or early 

 in the spring ; but the tirst is the better mode, 

 on a bed of fine mould: when the plants appear 

 they should be kept clear from w eeds till the au- 

 tuiiM, when they may be jilanted out where 

 they are to remain, or in the nursery for a year 

 or two. 



The roots should be parted in the autumn or 

 spring, when the stems decay, before they shoot 

 oTit new ones, being planted immediately where 

 thev are to grow. 



The double-flowered and stiped varieties can 

 only be preserved in this way. 



They all afford variety and ornament in the 

 shrubbery and other parts, 



SI'ONDIAS, a genus containing plants of the 

 exotic tree kind. 



It belongs to the class and order Decavdria 

 Pmtagynia, and ranks in the natural order of 

 TerehiniactcE. 



The characters are : that the calyx is a one- 

 leafed perianth, subcampanulate, small, five- 

 cleft, coloured, deciduous : the corolla has five 

 oblong petals, flat, spreading : the stamina have 

 ten aw 1-shaped filaments, erect, shorter than the 

 corolla, alternately longer : anthers oblong : the 

 pistillum is an ovate germ : styles five, short, 

 distant, erect : stigmas obtuije : the pericarpium 

 is an oblong drupe, large, marked with five dots 

 from the falling of the styles; ten-valved: the 

 seed is an ovate nut, woody, fibrous, five-corner- 

 ed; five-celled, covered with a fleshy elastic aril. 



The species is S. Momlin, Purple Hog- Plum, 

 or Spanish Plum. 



