C A 



C A 



Profeflbr of Botany at Paris, fepa- 

 rated them from that Genus, and 

 constituted a Genus for them, ililing 

 it Dimorphotheca ; and fince it has 

 been by others titled Cardifpermum, 

 from this Figure of the Seeds : but 

 Dr. Linn&us has brought them back 

 again, and included the common 

 Marigold in the fame Genus with 

 thefe. But if the Seeds are admitted 

 as a charaderiitical Note in the con- 

 flicting a Genus, thefe Plants mould 

 be feparated from the common Ma- 

 rigold. But as they are near akin, 

 I have left the common Marigold 

 under the Title of Caltha, and have 

 applied the old Title of Calendula 

 to thefe Plants. 



i The two firft Species are annual, 

 fo are commonly fown in Patches 

 upon the Borders of the Pleafure- 

 garden,' in Aprils and when the 

 Plants come up, they will require 

 no other Culture, but to draw out 

 the Plants where they grow too clofe, 

 and keep them clear from Weeds : 

 for, as they do not bear tranfplant- 

 ing well, the Seeds mould be fown 

 in the Places where they are defigned 

 to remain. In Jane the Plants will 

 begin to flower, and will continue 

 fix Weeks or longer producing frefti 

 Flowers, efpecially if the Seafon is 

 not too warm ; and in the Latter- 

 end of Augufi the Seeds will begin 

 to ripen ; at which time they mould 

 be gathered every W 7 eek as they 

 ripen, otherwife they will fall on 

 the Ground, and, the firft moift Wea- 

 ther, will vegetate, and be fpoiled. 

 Thefe Plants were brought from the 

 Cape of Good Hope ; but are fo hardy, 

 as to thrive well in the open Ground, 

 and are now become pretty common 

 in the Englijh Gardens, and their 

 Seeds may be procured from thofe 

 Gardeners who are curious in Plants 

 and Flowers. 



The other two Sorts are perennial 



Plants,which were alfo brought from 

 the Cape of Good Hope. The third 

 Sort has been many Years an In- 

 habitant of the curious Gardens in 

 Europe ; but the fourth Sort hath 

 not been long introduced into the 

 Gardens in Holland, from whence I 

 was fupplied with it by my worthy 

 Friend Dr. Van Roym, Profeffor of 

 Botany at Leydtn. 



The third Sort is a Plant of hum- 

 ble Growth, never rifing with a 

 Stem, but puts out Side-moots near 

 the Surface of the Ground, much in 

 the fame way as Thrift : thefe are 

 cloathed with long narrow grafly 

 Leaves, which are intire ; and from 

 the Centre of each Head the Flowers 

 are produced fingly upon longFoot- 

 ftalks. Thefe are larger than die 

 Flowers of either of the annual 

 Kinds, but are much of the fame 

 Form and Colour : they are gene- 

 rally in Flower in May ; but very 

 often there are fome few Flowers 

 produced again in Autumn, and 

 fomettmes in the Winter, in a fa- 

 vourable Seafon : but it never pro- 

 duces any Seeds in England. This 

 Plant is propagated by the Fleads, 

 which may be cut off during the 

 Summer - feafon, and planted in 

 Pots filled with light rich Earth, and 

 plunged into an old Flot-bed, where 

 the Heat is part, and fhaded from 

 the Sun until they have taken Root, 

 after which they may be expofed in 

 the open Air till Autumn, when 

 thefe Plants mull be removed into 

 an airy Glafs-cafe, where they may 

 be fecured from Froft in Winter; 

 but mould have as much free Air 

 as pombla in mild Weather : for if 

 they are kept too warm, they are 

 apt to grow -weak, and feldom con- 

 tinue long ; and, if they receive any 

 Damp, they are apt to grow mouldy 

 in the Winter, which frequently 

 caufes them to rot ; fo that thefe 



Plants 



