T he whole Plant is indeed in she highett De- 
even to an incurious Hye, in Form, 
July. 
——— oree pleafing, 
Growth, and Colouring. 
The Root is white, long, ea thick, and runs 
a great Way under. the Surface. 
T he Stalk is firms niobly erect, well ésloured, 
and eight Foot high. Lt is round, lightly. ridged ; 
of a pale green, ftain’d with crimfon in various 
Proportions, and full of a white Pith. 
It runs up ftrait as a Spear, and fingle from | 
— the Root; feldom unlefs when it has been hurt 
by Accidents, fending out any Side Branches. 
From the Bottom to the Place where the Flowers |. 
begin to rife, it is thick fet with Leaves. 
ftand in the wild Way already defcribed; and Sepa 
are long, narrow, and of a firm Subftance. 
Their Colour on the upper Side is a dark, but 
not unpleafing green ; and on the under Part a. 
filvery grey: This difelotes itfelf to the Eye in 
a Thoufand Forms as thé Tieaves tile an thelr -| 
gular Manner, and are “moved by’ the Wind: 
‘ lela 
irre 
cuous, ‘and of a paler Colour than the reft- of 
the Leaf. They are fharp pointed, and undivided 
at the Edges; or if accidentally, there Appear a 
few Indentings in the Leaves of a luxuriant Plant, 
thefe are altogether flight and cafual.. : 
Pine grey ‘Colour of the under bare: of the 
Leaf varies alfo greatly in degree according to 
the Soil, and other Accidents ; but it is one. of |) 
thofe Articles the Gardener fhould ufe all his 
' Art to preferve in high: Heriction, for it is-no. 
common Beauty. 
{ame wild and irregular Manner with the Leaves; 
and they blow in a long Succeffion : but where 
the Plant thrives well, there are always fuch a_ 
Number of them open together, as make a very 
elorious Appearance. From the full blown ones 
at the Bottom the Eye is. naturally carried up to 
the Buds ; which, as more or lefs ‘opened by a 
gradual Difclofure, run up to the Top as a Pyra- | 
mid, terminating ina Point: this is the natural | 
State of the Plant in its full Glory. 
As the firft blown Flowers die off, the Seed- 
veffels appear in their Places, and more Flowers 
open above them. The Appearance then is of a | 
Spike, with Seed-veftels at. the Bottom, Flowers 
in the Middle, and Buds at the Top ; and in 
either Cafe it is very elegant. 
~The whole Stalk that is thus covered with 
Flowers is of a delicate red. 
- The Flowers themfelves are of a fine crimfon,,. 
and have white Filaments with Flefh-coloured 
Buttons. 
“The Colour of the Flower varies according to 
the Accidents of Growth and Vigour in the Plant, 
in the feveral Degrees of red, from Rofe-colour 
to the deepeft Crimfon; but it is in all thefe De- 
grees beautiful. 3 
The Flowers crown the Top of the Stalk ‘in 
a Spike of a Yard long :-they are difpofed in the | 
oreifed, obtufe Buttons : es are Selects longer een 
and fhorter. 
In the Midft of thefe appears a fingle Style; 
the Top divided into four Parts,.-which turn 
back. 23 fis tif fifes from the Rudiment Of the 
Seed- vefieM which j is placed beldw. the Receptacle 
of the Flower; and is very long, flender, and of 
a ereyifh red. It fupports the . ‘lower in man- 
ner of a long Footftalk, and makes no inelegant 
“Part of the Plant. 
When the. Flower is fallen, this becomes a 
‘Tong Pod, formed: of. four ‘Valves; and Gontains 
in ee Cells numerous fmall Seeds, wing’d with 
a — light, cottony Matter. - 
"The Sttiden¢ counting the eight- Pacha in 
tse Flower, will know the Plant belongs to the 
eighth, Clals in the Linnaan Syftem; the 
- Ottandte ; ; ‘and ifs fingle Style, places it under 
‘the frit Section, the {Monog ynia. 
The different Length of the 4 iieaenes he is 
the middle Rib alfo on the. ‘upper Side is con{pi- : ‘not to regard: there..are. Inftances.. in. which. the 
‘Characters of Clafies “depend upon that Particu- 
lar, but this is limited to the Didynamia and Te- 
tradynamia y and the Difproportion in thofe Cafes 
is more obvious and fingular. Many Plants in 
Ty different Claffes have the, Filaments alternately 
+. 2 a » 
fonger and fhorter’: it is an Accident, as the Con- 
vergence, Divergence, or Declination of the 
Threads, in other Cafes; and is very ufeful in 
Tip sbenlin’ the Genera, but has no Right to 
regard in refpect..of clafical Diftinctions. 
Culture of this Rosezay Wittow Hers. 
“The Culture of a Plant wild in our Fields, 
the Gardener will fuppofe below all Dire¢tion : 
he will take up- 4’Reoot, plant it in the Ground 
at random ; and when it has encreafed toomuch, 
he will part it. This i As all: -and he thinks more 
Care fuperfluous, | ; 
eo ie 
We fhall repeat what we have faid betote: oma 
like Occafion, that wild Plants. fhould not. only 
be preferved, but improved, when admitted into 
Gardens ; and we fhall lay down the Method! at 
large for the Culture of this, which may be rants 
“ferred to.a Number of others... | 
Inftead of parting the Roots let him raife ‘bis 
Plants from Seed; and let him not ‘colle& this 
from the De aiseed Grats in a Garden, but 
from. thofe- Nature feeds better in the Fields ; and 
even thefe let him enrich by Garden Matiage=’ 
mient. | ' 
In our Northern Counties this elegant Plant is 
frequent on the Sides of damp Hills, by » the’ 
Edges of Springs, and principally among thofe 
loofe Thickets.raifed by the Opulus and. Alder, 
on the Banks-of Rivers; where there is Moifture, 
and a deep black-Soil. : 
There is a great Quantity of it-in a Field which 
lies in the Way from Hampftead Heath to Cane 
The Cup is compofed of four oblong pointed | Wood. The Soil nor Situation perfectly fuit it 
Leaves, and is colour’d, and of fhort Duration. 
there, but it us’ better than in Gardens. Thither 
The Flower is compofed of four expanded ; we refer the Gardener for his Seed,:'and let him 
Petals ; broad, obtufe, and nip’d at the End. 
In the Midft ftand eight Filaments ; 
{mall 
procure it in this Manner. 
Let him feleét two or three. of- the ftrongeft 
lants, 
