OF: “GARDENING. 
| March. folute Rank of a Species diftiné&t from them, we ' 
,  fhall not (without more Proof from repeated 
Experience) decide, againft the Opinion of one 
fo juftly refpected. 
The Root is tuberous and irregular: compos’d 
of numerous oblong flefhy Parts, connected by 
long Fibres. 
The Leaves ate divided in an irregular and un- 
certain Manner, into many Segments, and thefe 
are of a firm Subftance. On the upper Side they 
are of a deep blackifh green, with white Veins, 
ting’d about the Bafe with: Crimfon; and their 
under Side is greyifh. - 
It is round, firm, upright, and ten Inches 
high, ufually fingle, and the ee: only of a 
fingle Flower. 
This Stalk ‘is ciple? at the Bate, of a pale 
_ gteen upwards, and fmooth. 
The Leaves on it are rarely more thafi two : 
_ they are plac’d at Diftances; one near the Ground, 
and the other not much below the Flower. Thefe 
refemble thofe from the Root, in Colour and in 
_ Subftance: they are alfo divided at the Edges 
with the fame Leregilarity, and their Veins ting’d 
more deeply. , 
The Stalk is red where they adtieré to it; and 
~ a faint dying Tinge of the fame Colour diffufes 
itfelf over a {mall Part of them from the Bafe.’ 
_ One Flower, we have obferv’d, ufually and na- 
turally terminates this undivided Stalk. This is 
very large, but not double, various ‘in Colouring : 
but in whatever Degree it pofleffes the Crimfon, 
that is naturally fo confpicuous in its Petals, it is 
very full of Beauty. 
The Florift will have great Reafon to pride 
himfelf upon. the Variety : Colouring good Ma- 
nagement will give it; and to the Botanical Stu- 
dent it. will ae valuable, becaufe the Parts are 
large, and he will trace the Characters with 
Eafe. Me eho PEA 
The Flower in the Plant’s wild State, wherein 
it paints at early Spring the Mountains of Na- 
varre, varies in Colour, thro’ all the Degrees of 
Red, but moft frequently it is of a pale Crim- 
fon ; fometimes altogether white: in Gardens 
it will be brought to much more Beauty and Va- 
_ riety. Br 
Befide the pure Snow-white, and the various 
Degrees of Red feen in different Flowers, well- 
_ manag’d Seedlings will. be painted like fome of 
the Tulips, the Body of the Flower white, and 
this diverfify’d with Clouds and Streaks, and 
Veins and Blotches of the: fineft Crimfon. ’Tis 
thus we ‘have reprefented it; and to this Perfec- 
tion we fhall lead the careful Gardener to raife 
the Plant. 
The Student in our Science, neglecting thefe 
light Ornaments, traces the Form and Stru@ure 
of the Flower, its Parts and Charaéters ; for this 
Purpofe let him felect one of the leaft luxuriant 
Plants: on thofe moft valu’d by the Gardener 
there are ufually fix Petals in the Flower, but this 
exceeds by one the common Number; he will 
find them five in the moft natural Flower, very 
broad, {mall at the Bafe, and moderately ex- 
panded. 
. i 
_ refts a fingle comprefied Stigma. 
serine hadi 
The Cup is fotm’d of five hollow Leaves, of March. 
a pale green on, the Ourfide, and ting’d within = 
with red. In the Centre are plac’d a vaft Num- 
ber of fine flender Filaments, thirty or more; 
and at their Tops ftand large, oblong, and {quare 
Buttons. | | . 
_ The Rudiment of the Fruit forms two Bodies, 
on each of which, without any intermediate Style, 
The Fruit that 
follows, is form’d of two Capfules, large, and 
crooked. 
. This. is the common. and thoft natural Ban: 
ftruction of the Parts; and by thefe the Plant is 
refer’'d to the Boliaudese Digynia ; the numerous 
Filaments rifing not from the Cup but Receptacle; _ 
and the Stigmata, tho’ there are no Styles, being 
two. But this, tho’ the common, is not the cer- 
tain Number in thefe female Parts: Nature i ‘in no 
Flower wantons more than in the Piony. Fre- 
quently in this and the other Kinds, the Seed- 
veflels are three, four, or even five; but thefe 
_are accidental Changes. 
Culture of this Prony. 
The Plant is a Native of Europe, and thrives 
beft in the moft temperate Climates. . It is found 
on the Sides of Mountains, and in the Neigh- 
bourhood of Springs. 
' This we muft endeavour to imitate in the 
Garden, tho’ it is not very eafy: and the nearer 
we approach to it, the more perfect we fhall make 
‘the Plants. 
The parted Roots propagate it freely, and fuc- 
cefsfully enough ; but the elegant Method will be | 
| to-raife it from Seeds. 
~ Let a Part of the Garden be chofen in an open 
elevated. Spot, where Rains take their Courfe 
toward the lower Ground, or where the Drippings — 
of fome Eves of a Building fall upon a higher 
Spot at little Diftance. Here dig out a Bor- 
der; and having remoy’d the Earth, throw in 
the following Cottipatt : | } 3 
Mix four Parts: of rich Meadow-Mould with 
one Part of rotted Dung from an old Melon- 
Bed: fill the Place with this, level the Surface, 
and fcatter over it the Seeds gather’d from a 
ftrong growing Plant ; no Matter for the Colour. 
Sift on a Quarter of an Inch of Mould, throw - 
fome Bufhes ovér the Ground, and leave the reft 
to Nature. 
The Plants will rife freely eeder and they 
will require little Care. The Weeds muft be 
at Times deftroy’d; and now and. then the Bed 
mutt have a gentle Watering. 
The fucceeding Autumn there mutt be half 
an Inch of frefh Meadow-Earth, without any 
Mixture, fifted over the whole Border; and the 
next Spring the Plants will flower. © There 
will be many Degrees of Colouring among them, 
and fome elegantly painted. 
The inferior Kinds muft be taken up ‘the fol- 
lowing September, and planted out in other Pla- 
ces, a the finer Plants left at a Foot Diftance. — 
Let the Bed be again refrefh’d in Autumn with 
a new Covering of Mould; and the next Spring 
will 
