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: ed to. the Phlomis. 
Ti: the : of April chufe a | fhady Part : 
ging out the Mould for | 
a fmall Spaee half. een deep, fill up the Place a 
| day Heat ; 
_ of the Nurfery ; and dige 
with fone of the Compott. 
more of the Compoft in the Place. 
with. Balls. of Earth about the Roots, and fet 
‘them carefully, clofing the Mould about them at 
the Surface, and picking off dead Leaves. 
“Let. this: be: done in the Evening of a cloudy 
‘Diy; . and let the Plants be conftantly watered tll 
they have taken root. | 
In this Bed they are to remain till the fecond 
is ‘ 
A COMPLEAT 
Week in September. | 
‘Then chufe a Spot in the Garden which has" Qe 
good deal. of Rae but is fheltered from the mid- 
y 
BO DY 
They 
| mutt be DO reced - and kept clear from Weeds, 
{ and | they will flower in their higheft Perfec« 
tion. Se ! a 
. The ‘Plants thould have more Diftarice than 
this will at firft allow, but it will come in courfe. 
When they begin to thew their Flowers, thofe of 
give the others due Diftance. There will be all 
the Varieties we have mentioned from the fuc- 
ceeding Sowings, and thefe fhould-be repeated 
every Year: but where there are Flowers finer 
than, ordinary, they fhould be preferved as Pe- 
rennials. For this Purpofe the Stems muft be 
cut down as foon as they have: flowered, not 
leaving any Pod of Seed to ripen; 
tumn hey muft be tranfplanted, and, if large 
enough, parted for farther Propagation. | 
3. NETTLE: LEAVED 
We have fet out with the Principle of recom- 
mending to the Gardener fome Plants for Cu- 
‘riofity, with the more common Multitude raifed 
- for their Beauty. This is one of thofe Inftances ; 
avery Weed, when feen with a curfory Regard ; 
oe on a nearer View, full of Singularity. and 
- Elegance. . It is one of the Sierian Acquifitions, 
and the old aos had not. Opportunities of 
knowing gen 
. Buxpaum. iia deferibed it under the Name of a 
wedi Nettle, adding as its Diftinction, maxima 
_— foliis hormini : great Galeopfis with clary Leaves : 
by the more accurate it has been invariably refer- 
Amman calls it Phlomis foliis | 
urtice glabra: the fmooth Nettle leaved Phlomis. 
: Linn 2vs more correctly, Phlomis involucris 
hifpidis fubulatis, foliis' cordatis fcabris, caule ber- 
baceo: Werbaceous Phlomis with hairy pointed 
Involucra, and rough heart-fhaped Leaves. 
The Plant when well nourifhed is feven Foot 
high, full of Branches, and covered with inoue, 
rable Flowers. 
The Root is thick, strepular, pale, and hung 
with many Fibres. . 
The Stalk is fquare, folid, very Bai and na- 
turally purple. It rifes very erect, and fends up 
_. Branches from the Bofoms.of all the Leaves. 
. To thew the Plant in its full Beauty, one Shoot 
fhould only be nourifhed from each Root, and 
this will be a kind of Pyramid, the Branches 
beginning from the Bottom, and fhortening to 
the ‘Lop. 
The Leaves: are placed in Pairs 
long, broad, fharp pointed, and indented deeply 
at: the’ Edges, They are uneven on the Surface, 
I 
Branches in round Tufts: 
-mott confiderable, covers the Summit, and others 
-furround the Stalk at every Joint for fix, eight, 
are clofe fet together, and green : 
themfelves are moderately large, of a very deli-.: 
: they are ob- | 
SIBERIAN PHLOMIS. 
of a pee ereen on the upper Part, ae paler, 
but fmooth below.  , 
The Flowers terminate all the Stalks. and 
or. ten Stages. 
_. Each Clufter is of the Bionefs of a Walnut, 
| rounded, but fomewhat deprefied, and’ is’ fur- 
‘rounded at the Bafe by an Involucrum of many 
narrow briftly Leaves. 
. The Cups form the Body of the Clufter, and 
the Flowers 
cate pale crimfon, and hairy. This is the cene- 
ral Afpeét, but the Student will find then’ well 
: deferving a more {trict Attention. 
The Cup is formed of a fingle Piece, tubular 
long, and marked with five Ridges, waved ‘at 
the HE cae and terminated by fon! pointed Seg- 
ments, hairy like the Parts of, the Involucrum. 
The Flower is formed of one Petal; and. is of 
the gaping Kind. The tubular Part is long, 
| flender, and white. 
_ The Body which fhews itfelf out of the Cup i 1s 
‘divided into two Lips. Of thefe the upper is 
large, arched, drawn down, and of an oval 
Form. The lower .Lip is divided into three 
Parts, of which the middle one is largeft, and | 
moft obtufe ; and is a little ragged at the Verge. 
The Colour of the upper Lip is that delicate 
Crimfon we have defcribed - 
waved, and the whole covered with a fine downy 
white Subftance. “The lower Lip is paler, nearly 
white, but it is marked with fine delicate deep 
crim{fon 
eee I Pitt 
and putting in the Compoft, ft the _ 
~ On this. featter the Seeds, and water the Bed | Plants with great Care at a Foot afunder. 
) if Showers. fhould fail. z 
~. When the Plants come up thin lenin and 
| keep. them, weeded, and often watered. Seven | 
Weeks after they firft appear they muft be tran 
planted... To this Purpole chufe-a Spot more. 
expofed than the firft, yet not wholly defticute: 
of Shelter ; and digging up fo much. of it as | 
will hold the Plants at five Inches Diftance, put 
Draw Lines | 
for the regular Plantation, take up the Plants 
an inferior Kind muft be pulled up, and this will — 
of which, one the 
the Edges of it are 
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