Ba CRS cA gs aaa ae 
5 Otob. The old Authors ao not i -it, 
meres 3¢ Native of no other Part of the World but 
. in. the Stalks of Plants, with a little red at 
OF GARDENING, 
for it 
that we have named, which was wholly unknown 
to them, but it is fomewhat ftrange, that of 
later Time it did not come more into the Way 
of thofe who fearched that remote Quarter of 
the World. 
Ray has defcribed it in his Supplement to 
the Hiftory of Plants: he does Honour to 
Mr. Kritc, from whom he received it, and 
who had brought it from Maryland: he names 
it a Lychnoides; and thofe who followed have 
defcribed feveral of the other Species of the 
Phlox Kind under the Name Lychnidea. Ray 
adds to this generical Name, Marilandica Faf- 
mini flore quinque partito foliis binis oppofitis bafi 
auriculis caulem..utrinque amplexantibus : 
pofite, and embracing the Stalk with their 
Bafes and Appendages. og 
Linnavus, whofe ftrict Ear was equally of- 
fended with the unartful Terms Lychnoides and — 
Lychnidea, has given the Genus the Name Phlox, 
and he adds as the Diftin¢ction of this Species, 
Foliis cordato-lanceolatis levibus: 
fmooth, heart-fhaped, and lanceolated Leaves. 
The Root is compofed of innumerable Fibres 
connected to a fmall Head. 
The Stalk is upright, firm, fimple, ane two 
Foot high, rounded, fomewhat rough ‘on the | 
Surface, and elegantly fpotted. The two Colours 
which form the Variegation: are red and green; 
when the Plant is in its higheft Perfection, 
they are thrown together upon the Stalk in 
irregular Lines, Spots, and: Blotches 5 ~ when 
they are” 
it is fickly, or worfe managed, 
lefs elegantly difpofed’; 
Colour is fimply : green, flain’d, as is common 
and fometimes the 
the Bottom: ~~ igen , 
‘The Leaves are placed’ in Pairs, and they 
throw themfelves feveral Ways with a. great 
deal’ of Freedorn and Itregularity. They are 
oblong, and moderately broad : largeft and 
Heart-fhaped at the Bafe, where they embrace | 
and from thence waved at the 
the Stalk, 
Edges; fomewhat broad-again near the middle, 
and fharp-pointed. Their Colour is a fresh 
green, not ek bs but pleating, . and they are 
perfectly fmooth. 
The Flowers are numerous, large, and 
beautiful; their Colour is a pale but delicate 
red, often néarly white, and they are difpofed 
in a great irregular Tuft at the Ends. of the 
Extremities of the Stalks. | 
Each Flower has. its.Cup, this is rina of 
one Piece marked with ten Ridges, and cut 
into five Segments at. the Rim. 
One Petal forms the Flower, but tis fo 
deeply cut, that there appear as many as there 
are of thofe Divifions.. 
The tubular Part is longer than tie Cup, 
Maryland | 
Lychnoides, with a Flower-like Jafmine divided 
into five Parts, and with Leaves placed op-— 
Phlox with | 
therefore is eafy. 
| a natural Tendency: to Variation. 
| middle of May: 
gs. 
Oétob. 
narroweft toward the Bafe, and a little bent; 
the Segments of the Verge are five, they are 
large, rounded, and expanded. 
The tubular Part of the Flower muft be 
torn open to fhew the Filaments, for they are 
buried in it; they are five in Number, but 
irregular, ‘Two are larger, and one is fhorter 
than the other two. Their Buttons ftand in 
the opening of the Segments. 
The Style is fingle, and is of the Form 
and Length of the Filaments, but it is crowned 
with a three-parted Head: it rifes from a 
Rudiment of a Conic Form, which ripens into an 
oval Capfule, marked with three Ridges, formed 
of three Valves, and divided within into three 
Cells, in each of which is an oval Seed. 
The five Filaments fhew the Plant one of 
the Pentandria of Linnavus, and the fingle 
Style one of the Monogynia. The Difference 
in Length of the feveral Filaments does not 
| % thefe irrecular Difproportions form any claffical 
Character. 
Culture of this Putox. 
The Plant is a Native of North-America; 
perennial, -and fibrous rooted: the Culture 
No Care of Defence for 
Winter needs be had; the common Garden — 
Mould perfectly well fupports. it, and where 
it is once planted, it will remain as hardily 
as an undifturbed Weed. 7 
~ All the common Gardener does towards. its 
Propagation, 1s parting the Roots at Autumn, 
whofe abundant Encreafe indeed, if nothing 
acre: wtie required than adding to the ae 
ber of the Plants, would tender all other Care 
fuperfluous; but the Pupil knows there is 
Hopé for Improvement, wherever there are - 
confpicuous Flowers: efpecially when they have 
| The Method 
of this’ we fhall lay down, and it will ferve 
for the others of the fame Kind and’ Country. 
A's the Flowers vary greatly in Colour and 
in’ Beauty. let the Gardener mark fuch as ‘are 
fineft, and take Cuttings from thofe Plants, 
Let a Bed of freth and rich Mould be dug 
-up for thefe in the Nurfery, and let them 
be watered duly till they have taken Root. 
The beft Seafon for planting them is the 
they will: be rooted towards 
the End of une, and they muft remain in 
their Places till Oober’; then let them be re- 
moved into their Places’ in the Borders, and 
let the Ground: be kept clear abour them for 
a Foot and’ a half every: Way’: this promotes 
the -fpreading of their Fibres; and on this de- 
| pends the Perfection of their Flowers. 
The Colouring of the Stalk’ is very apt to 
be loft when the Roots are parted; but when 
Cuttings are ufed, if Care be taken to chufe 
a painted Stalk, that particular Beauty is ge- 
-nerally preferved in the Plant raifed from it; 
and the Growth is always handfome, 
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