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dinal Flower, with Leaves like the 

 Melancholy - thiftle, and greenilh 

 Flowers. 



7. Rapuntium Americanum, fo- 

 liis cirfii lucidis, fiore multiplici coc- 

 cineo conglobato. Plum. Cat. Ameri- 

 can Cardinal Flower, with mining 

 Melancholy- thitlle-leaves, and many 

 fcarlet Flowers growing, in Clu- 

 tters. 



8. Rapuntium Americanum, tra- 

 chelii folio \ fiore purpura fcente. Plum. 

 Cat. AmericanC2LrA'\T\2\ Flower, with 

 a Throatwort-leaf, and a purplifti 

 Flower. 



9. Rapuntium /wwVmw, fo- 

 his oblongis, fioribus par<vis caeruleis, 

 /pica longijfima. American Cardinal 

 Flower, with oblong Leaves, and 

 fmall blue Flowers, growing in a 

 long Spike. 



10. Rapuntium urens Solonienfe. 

 Mor. H. R. Bl<ef)\ Burning Car- 

 dinal Flower of Blots. 



1 I. Rapuntium urens, ficre pur- 

 pureo-carru'co. Inji. R. H. Burning 

 Cardinal Flower, with a bluifh-pur- 

 ple Flower. 



12. Rapuntium Africanum mi- 

 nus angufiifolium, fiore <violaceo. Inf. 

 R. H. Lefler narrow-leav'd African 

 Cardinal Flower, with a violet-co- 

 lour'd Flower. 



13. Rapuntium JEthiopicum, 

 t *violaceo galeato fiore, foliis finaflri. 



Breyn, Cent. Ethiopian Cardinal 

 Flower, with a violet galeated 

 Flower, and Leaves like the Pi- 

 nafter. 



14. Rapuntium AEthiopirum, 

 cceruko galeato fiore, foliis coronop:. 

 Breyn. Cent. Ethiopian Cardinal 

 Flower, with a blue galeated Flow- 

 er, and Leaves like Bucks-horn- 

 plantain. 



15. Rapuntium AEtbiopie:>.m, 

 carruleo galeato fiore, foliis dentatis. 

 Breyn. Cent. Ethiopian Cardinal 



Flower, with a blue galeated Flow- 

 er, and indented Leaves. 



16. Rapuntium Canadenfe pw 

 milum, linarice folio. Sarrac. Low 

 Canady Cardinal Flower, with a 

 Toadflax-leaf. 



i j. Rapuntium Creticum mini- 

 mum, bellidis folio, fiore maeulato. 

 Tourn. Cor. The leaft Cardinal 

 Flower of Crete, with a Daify-leaf, 

 and a fpotted Flower. 



The firft Sort is greatly prized by 

 the Curious for the Beauty of its rich 

 crimfon Flowers, which exceed all 

 the Flowers I have yet feen, in the 

 Deepnefs of its Colour: and thefe 

 commonly, when their Roots are 

 ftrong, produce large Spikes of thefe 

 Flowers, which continue a long 

 time in Beauty, and make a moft 

 magnificent Shew amongft other 

 Flowers. The time of their Flow- 

 ering is commonly in July and Au- 

 gufi j and if the Autumn proves very 

 favourable, they will fometimes pro- 

 duce good Seeds in England. Thefe 

 Plants are Natives of Virginia and 

 Carolina, where they grow by the 

 Sides of Rivulets, and make a moft 

 beautiful Appearance j from whence 

 the Seeds are often fent into England, 

 Thefe Seeds commonly arrive here 

 in the Spring ; at which time they 

 mould be fown in Pots filFd with 

 light Earth, and but juft cover M 

 over ; for if the Seeds are buried 

 deep, they will not grow. Thefe 

 Pots mould be placed under a Frame, 

 to defend them from Cold, until the 

 Seafon is a little advanc'd ; but they 

 mould not be plac'd on an Hot-bed, 

 which will injure the Seeds. 



When the Weather is warm, to- 

 ward the Middle of April, thefe Pots 

 mould be placed in the open Air, in 

 a Situation where they may have the 

 morning Sun till Twelve of the 

 Cle$k| obfei ving to water them con.- 



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