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I 2. Rapunculus Orientalis, cam- 

 panula: pratenfes folio. Toum. Cor. 

 Eaftern Rampion, with a Meadow- 

 bell-flower- lea f . 



13. Rapunculus Orientalis, fo- 

 His longioribus, afpcris iff rigidis. 

 Toum. Cor. Eaftern Rampion, with 

 longer rough ftiff Leaves. 



14. Rapunculus Or iev talis al- 

 tiffimns, foliis glabris C? rigidis. 

 Toum. Cor. The tallelt Eaitern Ram- 

 pion, with fmooth itirF Leaves. 



1 5. Rapunculus Orientalis, be- 

 fperidis folio. Tourn. Cor. Eaftern 

 Rampion, with a Dames - violet - 

 leaf. 



Thefe are all of them hardyPlants, 

 which will thrive in the open Air. 

 They are propagated by Seed, which 

 fhould he fown in Autumn ; for if 

 they are kept out of the Ground till 

 the Spring, they frequently fail. 

 Thefe Seeds mould be fown on a Bed 

 of frelh undunged Earth, where they 

 are defigned to remain ; for they do 

 not thrive fo well when they are 

 tranfplanted. Therefore the belt 

 Method is, to make fmall Drills 

 crofs the Bed, about eighteen Inches 

 afunder, and fow the Seeds therein : 

 then cover them lightly over with 

 Earth; for if they are buried too 

 deep, they will rot in the Ground. 

 In about a Month after the Seeds are 

 fown, the Plants will come up, 

 when they mould be diligently weed- 

 ed ; which is all the Care they will 

 require till Spring; at which time 

 the Plants mould be thinned where 

 they are too clofe, fo as to leave them 

 fix or feven Inches apart in the Rows j 

 and afterward they require no far- 

 ther Attention but to keep them clear 

 from Weeds. In June the Plants 

 will flower, and if the Summer prove 

 favourable, tiicy will produce ripe 

 Seeds. 



As thefe Plants do rot continue 

 apove two or three Years, there 



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mould be Seeds fown every other 

 Year, to continue the Sorts ; for 

 they are Plants which require little 

 Trouble to cultivate them, and their 

 Flowers make a pretty Variety in 

 large Gardens ; therefore they mould 

 be allowed a Place amongft other 

 hardy Flowers. 



RAPUNTIUM, Rampions, or 

 Cardinal's Flower. 

 The Species are ; 



The Flo-wer cor.fijh of one Leaf 

 which is of an anomalous Figure, hol- 

 lowed like a Pipe, and furrowed or 

 chanelTd ; divided, as it were, into 

 many Parts, in the Shape of a T cngue, 

 defended by a Vagina or Covering, 

 which enfolds the Point a I: when the 

 Flowers decay, the Flower-cup turns 

 to a Fruit, divided into three Cells 

 full of fmall Seeds, which adhere to 

 a Placenta, which is divided into three 

 Parts. 



The Species are ; 



1. Rapuntium maximum, cocci- 

 neo fpicato fore. Col. in Rich. Great- 

 er Rampionr, with a crimfon fpiked 

 Flower, commonly cali'd The fear- 

 let Cardinal's Flower. 



2. Rapuntium America7ium, fore 

 dilute caeruho. H. R. Par. The blue 

 Cardinal's Flower. 



3. Rapuntium Americanum, vir- 

 g& aurece foliis, parvo fore caeruleo. 

 Town. Cardinal's Flower with 

 Golden-rod-leaves, and a fmall blue 

 Flower. 



4. Rapuntium Americanum, fo- 

 ribus albii. Inf. R. H. Arnerican 

 Cardinal Flower, with white Flow- 

 ers. 



5. Rapuntium Americanum, coc- 

 cineo fore, lint is a I bis elegant cr piclo. 

 Inf. R. H. American Cardinal Flow- 

 er, with a fcarlet Flower, elegantly 

 ftriped with White. 



6. Rapuntium Americanum a/- 

 tifftmum, foliis cirf.i, fore vircfce>:te. 

 Plum. Cat. Thetalleft American Car- 

 dinal 



