A C 



A C 



' 'ORUS, Calamus aromaticus, 



e CharaSfort are ; 

 W rs grow in a Spike, fi:aped 

 i >>>r; each Flower has Jix 



t icb are obtufe and con- 



fix Stamina, which are 

 i 'he Veto. Is : in the Mid- 



' £ ■ ; the Style, which after- 



Jbort triangular Pod, 

 inc.' fi j (*nall Seeds. 



We have bat one Species of this 

 i Plant ; w\ ich is, 



Acor 7. £. The true 



Aconis oi Shops 



Tl Plant grows in {landing 

 Waters which are mallow, and is 

 found wiid in fome Parts of England; 

 particularly in Norfolk , and alfo 

 near Uxbridge in Middle/ex. The 

 Leaves of this Plant, when broken, 

 fend forth a ilrorrg aromatic Scent ; 

 but ihe Roots, which are much 

 flronger, have been long ufed in 

 Medicine. This may be tranfplanted 

 into a Garden, where, if the Ground 

 is moilt, it will grow very well; 

 but never produces its Spike, un- 

 lets it grows in the Water. It loves 

 an open Situation, and will not thrive 

 well under the Shade of Trees. 

 ACRIVIOLA, Indian Crefs. 



The Characters are ; 

 The Leaves are round, wnhilicated, 

 mid placed alternately : the Stalks are 

 trailing : the Cup of the Flower is 

 fuiffljuefid: the Flowers confijl of five 

 Leaves, ' which are in form of a 

 Violet : the Seeds are rcundi/h and 

 rough, three of them fucceeding each 

 Flower. 



There are five Varieties of this 

 Plant in the Engl'fo Gardens ; viz. 



1. Acriviola. Frid. Caffi.T. 935. 

 The leffer Indian Crefs. 



2. Acriviola fore fulphureo. 

 > 'rh. The lefifer yellow Indian 

 'Crefs. 



3. Acriviola maxima odor at a, 

 Boerh. The great Indian Crefs. 



4. Acriviola ?naxima odor at a ^ 

 flore fulphureo. Boerh. The great 

 yellow Indian Crefs. 



5. Acriviola maxima odor at a, 

 flore pleno. The great double Na- 

 fturtium, or Indian Crefs. 



The four firft Sorts are commonly 

 fown in March or April, in a good 

 Soil, and warm Situation : they are 

 great Climbers, and mould have an 

 Hedge or Palifado to run upon, to 

 prevent their lying upon the Ground, 

 which is apt to rot them : they begin 

 to flower in June or July, and con- 

 tinue till the Froit comes, which foon 

 deltroys the whole Plant, unlefs 

 fhelter'd therefrom. The Flowers 

 are very good in Sallads, and are 

 much in Ufe to garnifh Dimes : the 

 unripe Seeds afford a warm agree- 

 able Pickle. 



The double Sort, producing no 

 Seeds, is only increafed by planting 

 Cuttings in any of the Summer- 

 months, and mult be carefully pre- 

 served -in Winter, it being very fub- 

 jett to rot, if kept too clofe, or if 

 it hath too much Water in Winter; 

 but mull be intirely kept from 

 Frofts. 



This Plant, if confined in Pots 

 filled with poor Soil, will be lefs 

 fubjecl: to ramble, and much more 

 productive of Flowers ; whereas if 

 it is planted in the full Ground, or 

 potted in a rich Mould, it will ex- 

 tend its Branches to a great Diftance, 

 and the Flowers will be very thinly 

 placed upon the Plant ; fo that the- 

 greateit Beauty of the Plant, which 

 confifts in the Number of its Flowers, 

 is loft. The Flowers of this Kind 

 are much better to garnifn Dimes 

 than thofe of the fmgie ; but, for 

 Ufe, the fmgle is preferable to this 

 in Sallads. being of a wanner Tatter 



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