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keeping it in a dry Place until you 

 ufe it. This Seed is feldom efleemed 

 very good after the firir. or fecond 

 Year at molt ; but new Seed is al- 

 ways preferr'd, nor will it grow 

 when it is more than two Years 

 old. 



DAUCUS CRETICUS. Vide 

 Myrrhis. 



DAY-LILY. Vide Heraero- 

 callis. 



DELPHINIUM, Larkfpur. 

 The Characters are ; 



It bath an anomalous Flower, con- 

 fining of many difimilar Petals, or 

 Flower- leaves ; the upper mojl of which 

 is contracted, and ends in a Tail or 

 Spur, and receives another bifd Pe- 

 tal, which, in like manner, ends in 

 a Tail : in the Middle arifes the 

 Point al, which becomes a Fruit, con* 

 ffiing of many Pods or Sheaths col- 

 ieded into an Head, which open like- 

 njife. and are flPd with Seeds, which 

 are for the moji part angular. 

 The Species are ; 



1. Delphinium perenne monta- 

 num <villofum, aconiti folio. Tourn. 

 Perennial Mountain hairy Larkfpur, 

 with a Monk's-hood -leaf. 



2. Delphinium lati folium , parnjo 

 Jtore. Tourn. Broadleav'd Larkfpur, 



with a fmall Flower. 



3. Delphinium platani folio, 

 Slaphyfagria diclum. Tourn. Lark- 

 fpur with a Plane-tree- leaf, com- 

 monly called Stavefacre, or Loufe- 

 wort. 



4. Delphinium fegetnm, fore 

 cceruleo. Tourn. Corn Larkfpur, with 

 2 blue Flower. 



5. Delphinium wulgare, fore 

 multiplici. Tourn. Common Lark- 

 fpur, with a double Flower. 



6. Delphinium hortenfe, fiore 

 nta'fore Cif* multiplici caeruleo. Tourn. 

 Garden Larkfpur, with a large dou- 

 ble blue Flower. 



7. Delphinium hortenfe, fore 

 ma j ore & multiplici incarnato. Tourn. 

 Garden Larkfpur, with a large dou- 

 ble flefh-colour'd Flower. 



8. Delphinium hortenfe, fore 

 majore & multiplici <violaceo. Tourn. 

 Garden Larkfpur, with a large dou- 

 ble violet-colour'd Flower. 



9. Delphinium hortenfe, fore 

 major e & multiplici ruhro. Tourn. 

 Garden Larkfpur, with a large dou- 

 ble red Flower. 



10. Delphinium hortenfe, fore 

 majore & multiplici purpureo ex albo 

 (varugato. Tourn. Garden Larkfpur, 

 with a large double Flower of a pur- 

 ple Colour, variegated with White. 



11. Delphinium hortenfe, fore 

 rofej) punttato. Tourn. Garden Lark- 

 fpur, with a fpotted rofe-coloured 

 Flower, 



There are feveral other Varieties 

 of this Plant, which differ either in 

 the Colour or Size of their Flowers : 

 but as molt of them are accidental, 

 and arife from Seeds of the fame 

 Plant, I fhall pafs them over, with- 

 out enumerating all their minute 

 Differences. 



The flrlt Species here mentioned 

 is a Native of the Alps, and is re- 

 markably different from the other 

 Kinds of Larkfpur, in being an 

 abiding Plant : this is propagated by 

 fowing the Seeds in an open light 

 Soil in March ; and when the Plants 

 are come up, they may be tranf- 

 planted into lhady Borders at a Foot 

 DiHance from each other, where they 

 may ftand until the fecond Year ; by 

 which time they will have Strength 

 to produce Flowers, and may then 

 be -tranfplanted into Borders in the 

 Pleafure-garden, amongft: other flow- 

 ering Plants., where they will make 

 an handfome Appearance when in 

 Flower. 



The 



