OF GARDENING, 
——— bear the Expofure, they will grow more luxuriantly, 
FV: 
Fig. 4 
‘Sept. fevere ones will deftroy them; but fo long as they } and flower in a each finer Maniiee than fuch as ‘Sept. 
are hous’d, and for that eae potted. 
4 BLALE .OLLRO RE A. 
The Beauty and. Singularity of this Plant 
equally recommend it to Attention, It is call’d 
in Englifh the Clitoris Flower, from its Latin | 
Name Ciitoria ; an indecent one; and. {o imper- 
fectly expreflive of the Flower, that it is neither 
fit, nor worthy to be tranflated ; though, in Com- 
pliance with Linn avs, it be retain’d in the La- 
tin. Some have called it Phafeolus Glycyrrhiza foliis, 
Linn us names it, Clitoria foliis pinnatis ; Ch- 
torta with pinnated - Leaves. 
~ It is a weak and climbing Plant: the Stalks are 
| long, but flender ;° purplifh at the Joints, when 
healthy, and elfewhere brown or green. The former 
is the Colour of the lower, the other of the upper 
: Parts. 
The Leaves grow with great Regularity and 
Beauty : five ftand upon every Foot-ftalk, and 
thefe rife feparately and alternately at Diftances on 
the Plant. They are fingly, of a fomewhat oval 
| Shape, ‘and are fharp pointed; they are plac’d in 
two Pairs, with an odd one at the End of the Rib: 
Their Colour.is a frefh and elegant green, and 
they are high-rib’d. 
_ The Flowers grow fingly at the fit-cipns of 
the Leaves, one -oppofite to each, fo that the 
whole Plant, when well manag’d, will be covered 
with them from Top to Bottom, at proper and 
equal Diftances; and will thus make a very glorious" 
Appearance. They are large, and of a moft 
~ beautiful Sky-blue. 
kind of Pod. — 
This is the general Figure of the Plant. 
The Flower, examined with a Botanical Atten- 
_ tion, is feen to be of that Kind, call’d, from the. 
~ Refemblance of a Butterfly, Papilionoceous. 
- Jt is form’d of four Petals, diftinguifh’d by pecu- 
liar Names: the upper one, call’d the Vexillum in 
thefe Flowers, is in this large and undulated : 
the two fide Petals, call’d a/e, Wings, are oblong 
and rounded at the Ends. The fourth Petal, 
which is placed loweft, and call’d the Carina, is 
fhorter than the reft, and rounded and falcated. 
This is the natural Structure; and this, in ge- 
neral, is the Form of all papilionacecus. Flowers ; 
but Culture fometimes doubles that of ithe 
CLiToria, in which Cafe it becomes yet more 
pean’ aes 
In this lene ftand ten Filaments, but in a 
peculiar Difpofition; nine are united into one 
‘Body, and form a kind of Tube, fplit at its Top, 
where the: other ried F conecias falls wa hides the 
Opening, . . 
_ Thefe are the Characters. of the Seventeenth 
Clafs in the Linn # an Syftem, the Title of which | 
it is form’d of two Greek Words, 
js DIADELPHTA: 
N° 5, 
3 careful Manner, ufing good Dung, 
The Fruit that follows is a- 
and fignifies thofe Flowers in which the Filaments 
are form’d into two Affortments. 
_ The Reader has obferved_ before, that hen | 
thefe Filaments.are united into one Body, the Clafs 
is entitled MonaADELPHIA. | 
The feveral Sections of the diadelpbous Plants 
are diftinguifhed by the Number of the Filaments; 
and this having ten, is one of the decandrous 
Kind. The Style is finele; but it is not, in this 
Cafe, the Mark of any particular Divifion, __ 
The Plant is a Native of the Jzdies, and is found 
wild in damp fhadowy Places ; therefore Reafon di- 
rects that it fhould have, in our Flands, Warmth 
| and Moitture. 
Tt fhould be. raistd from Seeds, and they will 
fucceed beft, if had from the Indies gather’d in 
| perfect Ripenefs, 
Culture of the BuuE CLITORIA, 
d 
Early j in the Spring, let a Hot Bed be made in 
fpreading i it 
even, trampling it well down; cae when of a 
due Temper, covering it eight Inches deep with 
the fineft Garden-Mould, without any Addition. 
On this Bed fow the Seeds, and) cover them 
half an Inch with the fame Mould; let them be 
{cattered thin, and when they are covered, give the 
Bed a gentle Watering. | 
When the Plants are come up, let them be 
treated. carefully and.tenderly ; and, when they are... 
four Inches high, let them be tran{fplanted into 
{mall Pots. 
Let thefe Pots-be fill’d with the richeft Garden- 
Mould, that has been well improv’d by Dung at 
this Time rotted and well blended with it. 
Let one Plant be carefully fet in each nok and 
gently water’d. 
Let thefe Pots be seed in a Bark Hot-Bed, 
and there kept with the fame Care, defending 
them from Cold, letting in a little Air, and gently 
watering them. 
When they have thus obtain’d fome confiderable 
Strength and Bignefs, let larger Pots be prepar’d 
for them : into each of thefe put firft fome of the 
fame rich Earth; and then loofening the Earth in 
each little Pot, get it out in a Lump. 
Trim off the Fibres that hang round the Sur- 
face ; fet the Whole upright in the larger Pot, 
| and fill up with Earth, Place thefe in a Bark- 
Bed again, and-fhade and water them till they 
have taken good Root; then remove them into 
the Stove in a frefh Hot-Bed of Bark, and let 
them be carefully water’d. Thus they will flower 
as beautifully as in their native Soil, 
Poss 5 GOLDEN 
