C R 



C R 



not to arrive at half their ufual Big- 

 nefs ; nor will their Flowers the fuc- 

 ceeding Year be half (enlarge : their 

 Seeds are commonly ripe about the 

 Latter-end of April, or the Begin- 

 ning of May, when the green Leaves 

 begin .o decay. 



The fecond Clafs, or Autumnal 

 Crocus's. 



1. Crocus fati<vus. C.B. The 

 true Saffron. 



2. Crocus A I pi nut autumnalis. 

 C. B. Autumnal Crocus of the 

 Alps. 



y Crocus juncifolius autumnal'n, 

 fore magna purpurrfcente. B*tfh. 

 2nd. 



The Autumnal Crocus's are not 

 fo great Increalers as are thofe of 

 the Spring, nor do they produce 

 Seeds in our Climate, fo that they 

 are lefs common in the Garden?, 

 except the true Saffron, which is 

 propagated for Ufe in great Plenty 

 in many Parts of England : thefe 

 may be taUen up every third Year, 

 as was directed for the Spring Cro- 

 cus's, but fhould not be kept out of 

 the Ground longer than tlie Begin- 

 ning of Auguf; for they commonly 

 produce the-r Flowers in September, 

 or the Beginning of October; fo that 

 if they remain too long out of the 

 Ground, they will not produce their 

 Flowers fo ftrong, nor in fuch Plenty, 

 as when they are planted early. 



CROTOLARIA. 

 The Characters are ; 



It hath Jingle Leaves, in which it 

 pzffers from Ref -harrow ; and the 

 Pods are turgid, in which it differs 

 from Spanifh Broom. 

 The Species are ; 



1. Crotolaria Af^tica, folio 

 fngulari verruccfo, fori bus ccpruleis. 

 H. L Afatic Cro olaria, with a 

 fingle warted Leaf, and blue Flowers. 



2. Crotolaria Afatic a, folio 

 fngulari cordifonni* foribus lutcis. 



TI L. Afatic Crotolaria, with an 

 heart - fhaped Leaf, and yellow 



Flowers. 



3. Crotolaria Africana, fy- 

 racis folio, fore c&rideo. Tourn. Afri\ 

 enn Croto aria, with a Leaf of the 

 S.orax-tree, and a blue Flower 



4. Crotolaria fagit talis glabra, 

 longioribus foliis, Americana. Pluk. 

 Phyt. American Crotolaria, with 

 long fmooth Spearwort-leaves. 



5. Crotolaria Amtricana, caule 

 alato, foliis pifrfis, foribus in thyrfo 

 luteis. Martyn. Decad 5. Amsrican 

 Crotol-ria, with a winged Stalk, 

 hairy Leaves, and yellow Flowers 

 growing in a Spike. 



6. Crotolaria art folio fa git' 

 tato, fore lutfo. Plum. Cat. Cro- 

 tolaria with a fpear- fhaped Arum- 

 leaf, and a yellow Flower. 



7. Crotolaria art folio fagit- 

 t.ito 9 fire pwpurafcentc. Plum. Cat. 

 Crotolaria with a fpear- fhaped Arum- 

 leaf, and a purpLlh Flower. 



8 . Croto l a r i a frutefa ns hirfuta, 

 fore luteo, ramulis alatis, foliis mu- 

 cronatis. Houjl . Shrubby hairy Cro- 

 tolaria, with a yellow Flower, winged 

 Branches, and pointed Leaves 



The three firft - mentioned Sorts 

 were brought from the Eaf -Indies: 

 they are all of them figured in the 

 Hortus Malabar i cits. Thefe were 

 much more common in the Gardens 

 fome Years ago than they are at pre- 

 fent ; tor there having been two or 

 thiee bad Seafons fucceeding each 

 other about the Year 1 739. the Seeds 

 of thefe Plants did not come to Ma- 

 turity ; whereby they are almoft loft 

 in Europe. 



The other Sorts are Natives of 

 America, from whence their Seeds 

 have been introduced into England % 

 where the Plants arc preferved by 

 fome curious Perfons. 



The firlt, fecond, and fourth 

 Sorts are annual : the Seeds of thefe 



mult 



