558 (a. A, OOMPER AT BODY 
| Aueutt. The upper Petal i is carried out behind into a bind hardy Plant, tho’ it does, not, obtain. the full Sta- Augutt. 
——— of Horn, or Spur; long, tubular and obtufe. ture we have allotted to. it, ulefs by Culture. ie 
The other four make the lower Part of the 
Flower, and they are nearly equal in Size, oval 
The Roots encreafe freely, and when parted’ in 
Autumn, there is no Difficulty in makine them 
Pl. 47. 
Fig. 6. 
connected to a {mall Head. 
-and obtufe. — , 
In the Centre ftands a moft confpicuous Nec- 
-tarium, divided fo deeply into two Parts, that it 
appears formed of two Leaves ; and running out 
-behind the whole Length of the tubular Horn 
of the Flower in which it is enclofed, and whofe 
Hollow it fills: from its Under-part, where it 
joins. to the Receptacle of the Flower, rife two 
Lips, {mall at the Bafe, {plic at the Top, and 
brown; but elegantly fringed at the Points, and | 
down the Neck, with golden crifped Hairs. 
Under Cover of thefe Lips of the Nectarium 
rife mumerous F ilaments : 
eft at the Bafe, curled, and crowned with {mall 
- brown Buttons. 
In, the Centre of thefe are three oval Bide 
ments, crowned with Styles of the Length of the 
F laments, with fimple Heads which turn back. 
_ The Student tracing thofe numerous Filaments 
to their Bafe, will find them inferted on the Re- | . 
ceptacle. This with their Number, fhews the 
Plant to be one of the Polyandria, and the three 
Styles refer it to the Trigynia. ‘The Flowers are 
each fucceeded by three Seed-veffels, with nume-. 
rous angular Seeds. 
As the Flower of the Monks- sd bears faine 
external Refemblance to that of the Lark/pur, 
and this Plant has been referred to that Genus. 
by inaccurate Writers, it may be proper at once 
to imprint upon the Student’s Mind the Diftinc- 
tion of thofe two Genera. 
The Monks-hood has the upper Petal of the 
Flower arched, the Larkfpur plain: and in the 
Monks-hood Flower are two fimple crooked Neéta- 
ria, fupported on little Footftalks, whereas in this 
the Nectarium runs out behind into a Horn, 
. Culture of this Larxspur. 
It is a Native of Sideria, and many other 
they are fhort, broad-— 
they foon lofe : 
grow faint ; 
grow. But the Way to raife the Plant in Per: 
and the Gardener by good 
feétion is from Seed ; 
Management may thus co. himfelf much Credit, 
for he may produce a great deal of Variation in 
the Colour of the Flower. 
-- Let the Seeds be faveds from a robuft Plant, 
and fown in the Middle of April upon a Bed of 
-frefth and fine Pafture Mould, and in a Part of 
the Nurfery which has fome Shade. 
When the Plants have fome Strength, let them 
be thin’d, leaving only as many as it is intend- 
ed to raife; and in Autumn let thefe be planted 
in very good Garden Mould. They will flower 
the next Year, and there will be fome Variety of 
Colouring among the F lowers, puiple, blue, and 
pale. 
Let the fineft coloured ve marked for Seed, 
| and leave but two or three Spikes upon the. Plant 
to ripen them. 
As thefe will be well fupplied with Nourith, 
ment, they will be vigorous in their Growth; 
and they muft be treated as the others. 
In this Manner let the Gardener every other 
Year fow a frefh Parcel. He will be fure to 
_have very fine Plants ;,and he. will in four or five 
Sowings fee an unexpected Variety. | 
Our Gardeners in this, as in many other In- 
ftances, fhut the Door of Knowledge again{t 
| themfelves : 
while they encreafe the Plant only 
from parted Roots, they can have only the fame 
Flowers. 
_ When a Number of felect Roots -have been 
thus produced, they muft always be taken up 
in Autumn, and kept in due Compafs: they muft 
be planted in a new Part of the Garden ; 
original Perfection many Years, which otherwife 
but even thus they will in Time 
and in this, as on all other Occa- 
Places ; ; and every where appears a robuft and _fions, there fhould be repeated Sowings. 
65 "MAN Y 
“Few Plants deferve more than this a Place in 
a Colleétion of the curious Kind: ’tis by no 
means a Flower. The Afpect is that of a Weed, 
and in thofe Parts of the World where it'is na- 
tive, it is moft. perfectly fueh; but the Regula- 
rity of Growth, and Glory of its innumerable 
Flowers, never fail to.attract the Eye even of the 
moft incurious. 
The Root is compofed of numerous Fibres 
~The. Stalk is round, firm, flender, but per- 
: | 3 
is’ a.frefh and elegant green : 
; moderately broad, fharp pointed, and. fharply ; in- 
dented at the Edges: their Form and Colour give 
them a great deal of Beauty, but their Pofition 
SPIKED VERONICA. 
fectly reas of a pale ereen, and four Foot 
oS ial | : 
The Leaves are. very numerous and elegant ; 
their Difpofition is uncertain, but they are ufually 
placed alternately on the main Stalk, and in 
Pairs upon the young Shoots. 
They have fhort Footftalks, and their Colour 
they are oblong, 
more: 
) or have 
_frefh Mould put into the Place where they grew 
before, and they will thus maintain their full 
