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‘March. from a ea with fome rotted Cow-dung | Inches Diftance; and the next Spring they will March, 
——— put in, In this let them be planted at fifteen | be in their full Beauty. tial 
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The Leaves ftand three upon each Footttalk, 
except that, at the Summits of the Branches, 
near the Spikes of Flowers, there ufually are a 
| few fingle ones, flight, and imperfect, and with 
fcarce any Footftalks. 3 
The Stalks of the others are ting’d with 
brownifh, where they join the Branch. The fepa- 
rate Leaves are of a Figure approaching to oval, 
but too long for that Name; and they have a 
{trong brownifh Middle Rib. Their Colour is 4 
: deep dufky green upon the upper Side, and they 
alae _C. Bavnine calls it Cytifus glaber nigricans, | are hairy and pale below. 
the finooth black: Cytifus : a Name as indetermi- The Flowers are extremely confpicuous and 
oe nate, as the other is unmeaning ; yet by one of | beautiful; they terminate all the Branches when 
- thefe two it is generally known among Nurfery- | the Shrub is well manag’d, and the whole Head 
men and Gardeners. FS | appears of gold. They are arrang’d in very 
~ Linnaeus has taught thofe, who can under- long upright Spikes, and their Colour is the moft 
-  ftand him, better :. he retains the Generical Name | glorious yellow that can be conceiv’d ; they are 
 Cytifus; and adds, racemis Simplicibus erettis, fo- not fmall in themfelves, and in the Spike are very. 
Uolis ovata oblongis: Cytifus, with upright undi- | pompous; they ftand clofe, crowding one ano- 
vided Clufters of Flowers, and oblong oval | ther, and open in a long Succeffion. : 
Leaves. | ee a Pee The ‘Charaéters of the Cytifus Flower we have 
The Root is woody, blackith, fpreading, and | already given under. the firft Head in the prefent 
hung with a few ftrong Fibres. | Number, and need not repeat them at large here, 
_ The Stem is woody and as thick as a Child’s | This agrees in them: the Cup is bilabiated, and 
Arm, five Foot high, and naturally {preading | the Flower papilionaceous : the Filaments are 
into many Branches; fo that, when well train’d, it | ten, in two Affortments, and_ the Seed-veffel a 
‘makes a good Head and an elegant Figure. ~ long Pod. The ‘Plant is therefore one of the 
— In its natural Growth there rife ufually many Diadelphia Decandria, | mare 
{mall Shoots, inftead of one main Stem; but | As it agrees with the firft nam’d Kind in Cha- 
this Way it has lefs Beauty: | raters, fo it does in Culture. ‘The Seeds fhoot 
The .Bark is brown, the young Shoots are : freely ; and, being a Native of Europe, it bears 
green, with a Tinge of redifh ; and toward the | our Winters. It requires moderate Waterings, 
Tops they have a filky Down. and the Soil frefh Pafture-Ground. 
Pl.27. ‘There is no Plant of its Kind fo fingular as 
ae 1g. 5° this, nor any one fo beautiful. The Cyt, in 
ae ‘general, are very ornamental in our Gardens, but 
>, |. this deferves its Place beyond them all. : 
 * "Theold Writers have been acquainted withit: they 
Soe e : “ have call’d it, fimply, Cytz/us, fome Pfeudo Cytifus, 
and Oytifus nigricans. It is the fecond enumerated 
by Cuusrus, and thence has alfo been diftinguith’d 
2 by Optifus fecundus Clufii.—So fervilely has it been 
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s, | Linnus retains the Name Peonia, but he 
"7 ir Call, in a Seafon fo gives it ‘to all the Kinds without Diftinction, fup- 
evere as this has been; nor that in any. Year | pofing the male, the female, and promifcuous 
There are fome- | Piony, Varieties from one original Stock. 
This is more different from them all, than they 
from one another; but whether it claims the ab- 
folute. 
