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_ June. that Genus; and in another Place, not conceive- |-Ground, and paler upwards; and from its Size June. 
——- ing that it was the fame Plant, defcribes and fi- | which is more than equal to that of the largeft ———— 
gures it under the Title of the White Virginian | Meadow Crowfoot Flower, as well as the fnowy 
Crowfoot, Ranunculus virginicus albus. Whitenefs, it appears very confpicuous. 
To the more diftinguifhing Eye of DILLENTIUS, The Cup is flight, form’d of two, hollow acl | 
both thefe Names appear’d improper; he fepa- Leaves, and of fhort Duration. *- 
rated the Plant from the Celandines and Crewfoots, The Number of Petals in the Flower is pro- 
calling it Sanguinaria. ‘This Name’ Linn aus re- _perly eight, but Culture ufnally makes them more. 
tains. Ditienrus diftinguifhes what he calls In America this Number is conftant; but in -our 
‘three Kinds of it, a larger and a (maller with | Gardens it is commonly exceeded: this, as well 
fingle Flowers, and a baits with double. as the Shape of the Seed-veffel, fhould have fhewn 
Thefe the more accurate Writer juft named, | the rf Authors who named the Plant, that it was 
(not allowing the Size of a F lower, or Number of } not a Celandine ; for in that Plant they are only 
its Petals as diftinétive Characters of Species) re- four. : a 
fers to the one original Plant of Corwutus; and In the Centre ftand numerous Filaments, fhort, 
as there is no other Species known, he adds no- | flender, and crown’d with fimple Buttons; and in 
thing to the generical Name, but calls the Plant | the Midft of them an oblong Rudiment of a 
fimply Sanguinaria. Seed-veffel, crown’d with a chick furrow’d Head, | 
We owe our Countryman Ray the Juftice to | without any intermediate Style. 
dhbet that his Difcernment fhew’d him it was The Seed-vefiel ween ripen’d is oval, and con- 
not properly of the Chelidonium Kind ; tho’ he did | tains in one Cell numerous rounded, and pointed 
8 mot give it another Name. Goede 
. | Mio 190%, on the other hand, feems to under- | The Filaments adhere to the Receptacle. This, 
.  ftand that the yellow Juice with which it abounds, with their Number, fhews it one of the Polyen- 
a juttifies the calling it a Chelidonium. Thofe were | dria, and the fingle Head one of the Monog ynia. 
but flightly improved Times of Science, when 
the Student was refer’d for the Character of the 
Genus, to the Colour of the Juice. 
The Root is thick, flefhy, brown on the Out- | 
fide, and when broken, yellow. Care to raife it inour Gardens. The natural Soil 
The Leaves rife from it fingly on long Foot- | of the Plant is a deep rich Mould, and it loves — 
talks. They are few but large, of a greyifh | {ome fhade. Such a Part of the Garden muft be - 
green, and of a fomewhat rounded Form, but cut | chofen for it as is not expofed to the Noon-day 
in at the Edges like the Leaves vot fome of the Sun; and fome Pond Mud dug in among the | 
Jefs indented Vines. common Mould, will excellently fupport it. 
Their Footftalks toward the Gents are redifh ; The parted Roots produce the Flowers very 
and both thefe and the Leaves when broken, | perfect ; ‘but the Seeds ripen with us, and grow 
yield a thick yellow Juice jn the fame Manner | freely. It will be very well worth while fometimes 
as the Root; like that of the great Celendime, but | to fow them, for the Chance of obtaining Bcd | 
ek a ftrong and unpleafing Smell. and more double Flowers. _ - 
Culture of this SANGUINARIA. 
“A. Native of North America, can need little 
“The Flowers are large, elegant, and of a pure It begins flowering in /pril, i, if expofed to 
white. Each is fupported fingly on a naked, | the Sun is foon burnt up; but under fhade, will 
flender, and low Foorftalk ; red toward the continue till this Time. 
6. DEADLY NIGHTSHADE, 
"Two Reafons will occur at the firft Sight of | nus who preferves the Diftinction, difcarding 
Fig, 6. this Name, for which the Gardener will think the | that unfcientifick Term, has called it Atropa.. He 
Plant fhould be defpifed and hated: that it is’ adds as the Diftinction of the Species, caule her- 
3 Englifh, and that it is potfonous. But we fhall | 2aceo foltis ovatis integris: Tlerbaceous Atropa, 
Ge {hew him, that tho’ a Native of his own Country, | with oval undivided Leaves. | pass 
me it is worth his Notice; and tho’ efteem’d. poifonous, The Root is long, thick, and brown.- - 
will probably be found fuperior in Virtues to the The Stalk is a Yard high, purple at the Bot- . 
whole Vegetable Clafs. All the late Authors name ; tom; of a pale green upwards; thick, we: 
it; andthe Generality of them have refer’d it, as and. divided into a few Branches. 
the Vulgar do, to the Night-fhade Kind ; though | The Leaves are numerous, and placed irfe- 
Seaproperly. They salied | it, Solanum melanocerafos, | gularly; they are oblong, broad, not at all in- 
Salanum manicum, and Solanum lethale: Black Cherry | dented at the Edges ; ; of a faint green, and 
Night-fhade, Mad Night- -thade, and — hairy. 
~ fhade. The Flowers are very numerous, and fingular 
“Tournerort juftly feparated it. from the | in their Afpect. They rife from the Bofoms of the ~ 
Sclanums by the Name ‘Belladonna; and Lin- | upper Leaves, and are hollow, oblong, and large ; 
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