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require no other Care but to be kept 

 clear from Weeds. 



CNEORUM, Widow-wail. 



The Characters are ; 

 The Empahmcnt of the Ffewer is 

 fmall, and divided into three Parts, 

 and is permanent : the Flower conjifis 

 of three oblong narroqjj Petals, which 

 Joon fall away : in the Centre is fitu- 

 ated the Pointal 3 attend, d by three Sta- 

 mina, which are jhorter than the Pe- 

 tals : the Pointal afterward changes 

 to a roundifb dry Berry, having three 

 Cells, each inclofng a fng/e Seed. 



We have but one Species of this 

 Plant ; viz.. 



Cneorum. Lin. Ihrt. Cliff. The 

 Widow-wail. 



This Plant was titled Coamgleea 

 tricoccjs by Qafpar Bauhi?, and 

 others ; but being a compound 

 Name, Dr. Linnaeus has altered it to 

 this of Cneorum, which is an old 

 Name that has been applied to tuo 

 or three different Plants by Mattii,- 

 lus, and others. 



Tins was formerly preferved in 

 Grcen-hoiiies, and tnoughc too ten- 

 der to live in the open Air in Eng- 

 land ; but of ia:e Years People have 

 planted it in the full Ground, where 

 it refills tne Cold of our ordinary 

 Winters very well, and is ieidom in- 

 jured but by extreme Lard Froits ; 

 nor do thefe kill the Plants which 

 grow upon dry, rocky, or rubbiih- 

 mg Soil?, where their Shoots are ge- 

 nerally (hort and firm ; but in inoift 

 rich Ground, where the Shoots are 

 more luxuriant, they are fojBetimes 

 injured. 



It is propagated by Seeds, which 

 mould be fown in Autumn foon afier 

 they are ripe, and then the Plants 

 will come up the following Spijng ; 

 whereas thole which are not fo^vn 

 till the Spring, will remain a Year 

 in the Giound, and often mifcarry : 

 thele Seed: may be fown in a Bed of 



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common Earth, covering them hiiif- 

 an Inch deep; and will require no 

 other Care but to keep the Plants 

 clear from Weeds the following Sum- 

 mer; and the Autumn following the 

 Plants may be tranfplanted where 

 they are to remain, which mould be 

 on a dry Soil, and fheitered Situa- 

 tion : thefe Plants never rife above 

 two and an half or three Feet high, 

 but (hoot out many lateral Branches, 

 fo as to form a thickBum : the Leaves 

 are long, narrow, and of a deep- 

 green Colour, and remain the whole 

 Year ; which renders this Plant wor- 

 thy of a Place among other ever- 

 green Snrubs. 



CNICUS. 



Tne Charaders are ; 



// bath f.fulous Flowers, cottfijf- 

 ing cf ?;iany Florets, which are m*J- 

 tifid, and [land upon the Embryo : the 

 Florets are inclosed in a Jcaly Cup Sur- 

 rounded with Leaves. 

 The Species are ; 



I . C N .1 C U S jylvfjlris hirfu'ior, 

 Jive Car duvs Bent did us. C.B. The 

 Blefled thifUe, vulgo. 



2. CNICUS atradylis lutea diSlus. 

 ILL. The yellow" Diilait -thiille, 

 vulgo. 



3. Cntcus pcrennis c-Yrulevs Tin- 

 git anus. H. L. Tangier, perennial 

 blue DitfarY-rhiftle. 



4. Cni.CUS Creticus, atradylidis 

 folio & facie, flpre leucopheeo. T.Cor. 



Candia Diitaff chiille, with wlntim 

 Flowers. 



5. Cn : 1 H: 'panic us arbor em ftf- 

 tidi/Ji;nus. Tourn. Stinking Spanijb 

 Tree DiftafMhiftle. 



6. Cmcus praier.fls, acanthi felii, 

 fsre f.ivj'.cnte. Tourn, Meadow 



Dhrait-tniiHe, with a Bears-bieech- 

 leaf, and a yeilowifn Flower. 



7 CtiiCU s c:sral. us bimiiis Mw 

 tis Lup ; . H L. B. Low blue DiltafF- 

 thiitle of Mount Lupus. 



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