C A 



C A 



5. Caryophyllat a Alpina, cha- 

 mxdryos folio. Hi ft, Oxon. Moun- 

 tain Avens, with Germander-ieaves. 



6. Caryophyllata vulgaris, 

 majore fore. C. B. Avens with large 

 Flowers. 



7. CaryophYLLAta pentaphyl- 

 la?a. J. B. Cinquefoil Avens. 



8. Caryophyllata Virgininna, 

 albo flare minore, radice inodora. H. L. 

 Virginian Avens, with fmall white 

 Flowers, whole Roots have no 

 Scent. 



The firft, third, fourth, fixth, and 

 feventh Sorts are found growing 

 wild in England, Scotland, and Ire- 

 land} but the fecond Sort was brought 

 from the Alps, and the eighth from 

 Virginia: the fifth Sort has been 

 found in Scotland ; but is very rare: 

 thefe Sorts may be all cultivated in 

 a Garden, by tranfplanting their 

 Roots from the Places of their 

 Growth, into a moift fnady Tart of 

 the Garden, where they will thrive 

 exceedingly ; which is the belt Me- 

 thod to procure them ; for their Seeds 

 commonly remain one Year in the 

 Ground before they appear. The 

 firft Sort, which is generally ufcd 

 in Medicine, is fo common in Eng- 

 land, that it hardly delerves a Place 

 in a Garden, becaufe, if the Seeds 

 are permitted to fcatter, it will be- 

 come a troublefome Weed ; but the 

 fecond, third, fourth, and fixth Sorts 

 are worthy a Place in fome moift 

 fhady Border, where few other things 

 will grow ; and ferve to add to the 

 Variety, efpecially fince they re- 

 quire "no Care or Trouble in their 

 Culture, but only every Michaelmas 

 to divide and tranfplant their Roots. 



CARYOPHYLLUS, Ciove-gil- 

 liflowers or Carnations. 

 The Characlers are ; 

 It hath an intire oblong cylindrical 

 fmooth Cup, which is indented at 

 the Top; the Petals of the Flower 



arc narrow at Bottom, and broad at 

 the Top, and are, for the mofl part 9 

 laciniated, or cut, about the Edges : 

 the Seed-vtftel is of a cylindrical 

 Figure, containing many flat rough 

 Seeds. 



This Genus may be divided into 

 three Gaffes, for the better explain- 

 ing them to Perfons unacquainted 

 with Botany ; which alfo will be as 

 neceffary for the right underltanding 

 their Culture. 



1 . Car yophyllus hortenfts. The 

 Clove-gilliflower, or Carnation. 



2. Caryophyllus tenuifolius 

 plumarius, or Pinks. 



3. Caryophyllus barbatus, or 

 Sweet- Williams. 



I (hall treat of thefe three Gaffes 

 fingly, that I may the better explain 

 their feveral Methods of Culture : 

 and firft, I fhall begin with the Car- 

 nation or Clove-gilliflower ; thefe 

 the Florifts diftinguifh again into 

 four Gaffes. 



The firft they call Flakes ; thefe 

 are of two Colours only, and their 

 Stripes are large, going quite thro* 

 the Leaves. 



The fecond are called Bizarrs ; 

 thefe have Flowers ftriped or va- 

 riegated with three or four different 

 Colours, in irregular Spots and 

 Stripes. 



The third are called Piquettes ; 

 thefe Flowers have always a white 

 Ground, and are fpotted,or pounced, 

 as they call it, with fcarlet, red, 

 purple, or other Colours. 



The fourth are called Painted- 

 Ladies ; thefe have their Petals of 

 a red or purple Colour on the Up- 

 per-fide, and are white underneath. 



Of each of thefe Gaffes there are 

 numerous Varieties ; but chiefly of 

 the Piquetts, which fome Years ago 

 were chiefly in Efteem with the 

 Florifts; but of late Years the Flakes 

 have been in greater Efteem than 



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