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\,a Vera Cruz, from both which 

 Places I received the Seeds, which 

 were collected by my late ingenious 

 Friend Dr. William Houfoun, and 

 afterward by Mr. Robert Millar, 

 from the fame Country. It grows 

 to the Height of ten or twelve Feet : 

 the Branches grow draggling, and 

 the Leaves are placed by Pairs op- 

 pofite : the Flowers are produced in 

 Spikes at the Pmd of the Branches, 

 which are of a fine blue Colour ; 

 thefe ufually appear in the Autumn, 

 and fometimes will remain in Beau- 

 ty for two Months or more. 



It is propagated by Seeds, which 

 fhould be foon early in the Spring 

 on an Hot bed ; and when the 

 Plants are come up, they fhould be 

 tranfplanted each into a feparate 

 halfpeny Pot filled with frefh light 

 Earth, and plunged into an Hot- 

 bed of Tanners Bark, obferving to 

 ihade them until they have taken 

 Root; after which time they mould 

 have frefh Air, in proportion to the 

 Warmth of the Seafon, and they 

 muft be frequently watered (for it 

 naturally grows on fwampy Soils). 

 When the Plants have filled thefe 

 Pots with their Roots, they fhould 

 be fhifted into others of a larger 

 Size, and plunged into the Hot-bed 

 again, where they mould be con- 

 tinued till October; when they muft 

 be removed into the Bark-flove, and 

 plunged into the Tan ; for other- 

 wife it will be very difficult to pre- 

 ferve them through the Winter. The 

 Stove in which thefe Plants are 

 placed, fhould be kept to the tem- 

 perate Heat marked on the Botanic 

 Thermometers, which will agree 

 better with them than a greater Heat. 

 The third Year from Seeds thefe 

 Plants will flower, when they make 

 a fine Appearance in the Stove ; but 

 they never, perfect their Seeds in 

 England* 



They may be alfo propagated by 

 Cuttings, which, if planted into Pots 

 rilled with frefh Earth, and plunged 

 into a Bark-bed, obferving to fhade 

 and water them* will take Root, and 

 mull be afterwards treated as the 

 Seedling-plants. 



CORONA IMPERIALIS, 

 Crown Imperial. 



The Characters are ; 



The Flowers confifl of fix Leaves, 

 arebell-jbaped, and hang downwards ; 

 thefe are ranged, as it were, into a 

 Crown ; above which appears a great 

 .Bujh of Leaves : the Pointal of the 

 Flower becomes an oblong Fruit, which 

 is winged, and divided into three 

 Cells, which are filed with fat Seeds : 

 to which may be added, It hath a 

 coated Root, which is furnifhed with 

 Fibres at the Bottom. 

 The Species are ; 



1. Corona Imperialis. Dod. 

 The common Crown Imperial. 



2. Corona Imperialis major. 

 Tourn. The greater Crown Impe- 

 rial. 



3. Corona Imperialis jftore 

 plena. Tourn. Crown Imperial with 

 a double Flower. 



4. Corona Imperialis duplici 

 corona. Teum. Crown Imperial with 

 a double Crown. 



5. Corona Imperialis triplict 

 corona. H. L. Crown Imperial with 

 a triple Crown. 



6. Corona Imperialis ntulth 

 fora, latoque caule. Tourn. Crown 

 Imperial with many Flowers, and 

 flat Stalks. 



7. Corona Imperialis folio 

 vario. Tourn. Strip'd leav'd Crown 

 Imperial. 



8. Corona Imperialis/Aom* 

 rio ex viridi iff argent to. Bocrh. Jnd, 

 Silver ftrip'd-leav'd Crown Impe- 

 rial. 



9. CoRONj| 



