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plant, which rifes from the fcattered feeds better than 
when it is Town with care ; the (talks of this grow 
more ereft, the leaves are very finely divided, and the 
flowers grow in a clofe fpike ; they are of a deep red 
colour, and flower about the fame time as the com- 
mon fort. t 
The third fort grows naturally on the borders of the 
Mediterranean Sea ; it was fifft brought to England 
from Tangier. This is a perennial plant, which fends 
out from the root many branching (talks, which rife 
about fix or eight inches high, growing in tufts or 
bunches ; the leaves are very much divided, the (talks 
are angular, and the flowers grow in loofe panicles 
upon naked foot-ftalks, which come out from the 
divifions of the branches •, they are of a whitifh yel- 
low colour, and there is a fucceffion of them moft 
part of the year. 
The fourth fort hath an appearance very like the 
third, and by fome it is fuppofed to be only a vari- 
ety of that, but is undoubtedly a diflinft fpecies ; for 
I have cultivated both more than forty years, and never 
yet found either of them to vary. The (talks of this 
fort have blunt angles, whereas thofe of the third are 
acute ; they are of a purplifh colour, and the flowers 
grow in loofer panicles, each having a longer foot- 
ftalk than thofe of the other •, they are of a bright 
yellow colour, and there is a fucceffion of them great 
part of the year. 
Thefe two forts continue green all the year, and ex- 
cept in very fevere froft, are always in flower, which 
make a pretty appearance •, they grow beft on walls 
or rocks, and are very proper for the joints of grot- 
tos, or any rock- work ; where, if a few plants are 
planted, or the feeds fcattered, they will multiply 
faff: enough from their fcattering feeds, which are caft 
out of the pods by the elaftic fpring of the valves 
when ripe, to a confiderable diftance •, and as the plants 
will require no care to cultivate them, they fhould not 
be wanting in gardens. 
The fifth fort grows in (tony and fandy places in 
fome parts of England •, it is an annual plant with 
trailing (talks, fending out clafpers from the leaves, 
which fallen to any of the neighbouring plants. It 
flowers in May and June, but is never cultivated in 
gardens. 
The fixth fort is an annual plant with many trailing 
(talks, which grow about a foot long, fending out a 
few (hort tendrils, whereby they fatten to any neigh- 
bouring fupport; the flowers come out from the 
fide of the (talks in loofe bunches •, they are of a whitifh 
herbaceous colour, with a purple fpot on the upper 
lip. This flowers in May and June. It grows in 
France and Italy, on (tony places in the (hade. 
The feventh fort grows naturally in the fouth of 
France and Italy, and was fome years pad preferved in 
the Englifh gardens by way of ornament, but is now 
rarely to be found here ; it was titled Radix cava, or 
hollow root, from its having a pretty large tuberous 
root hollowed in the middle. The (talk of this fort 
rifes about fix inches high, and does not divide, but is 
garnifhed toward the bottom with one ramous leaf, 
fomewhat like the common Fumatory, but the lobes 
are broader ; the flowers grow in a fpike at the top 
of the (talk ; they are of a pale herbaceous colour, 
and appear in April. This plant delights in the (hade, 
and is multiplied by offsets, for it rarely ripens feeds 
in England. 
The eighth fort is pretty common in many of the 
old gardens in England ; it grows naturally in the 
fouth of France, in Germany and Italy. This hath 
a pretty large round (olid root of a yellowifh colour, 
from which come out branching leaves like thofe of 
the laft fort, but the lobes are longer •, the flowers 
grow in fpikes on the top of the (talks ; they are of 
a purple colour, and come out early in April. The 
(talks of this fort are (ingle, and rife about four or 
five inches high. 
There is a variety of this with green flowers, which 
is mentioned in mod of the books •, but all the plants 
of this fort which I have yet feen, are only abortive, 
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having no real flower, only a green bractea, which 
has been generally taken for the flowers : there is a.lfo 
mentioned a larger fort ; but if there is one which is 
really different from the common fort, I have not 
feen it in the Englffh gardens, nor the yellow and 
White flowering forts, which are alfo mentioned in 
many of the books. 
The ninth fort grows naturally in North America % 
this hath a fcaly root about the flze of a large Hazel 
Nut, from which come out three or four leaves upon 
(lender foot-ftalks ; thefe are divided into three parts, 
each of thefe parts is compofed of many fm after divi- 
lions, which have narrow lobes, divided into three parts 
almoft to the bottom ; the flower-ftalk is naked, and 
eight or nine inches long ; this is terminated by four 
or five flowers, growing in a loofe fpike ; thefe have 
two petals, which are reflexed backward, and form a 
fort of fork toward the foot-ftalk, and at their bafe 
are two horned ne&ariums, which (land horizantal. 
The flowers are of a dirty white colour and appear in 
May, but rarely produce feeds here. 
This is propagated by offsets from the root; it loves 
a fhady fituation and a light foil ; the bed time to 
tranfplant the roots is in autumn, when the leaves 
are decayed, for it (hoots pretty early in the fpring, 
therefore it would not be fafe to remove them at that 
feafon. 
The tenth fort grows naturally at the Cape of Good 
Hope ; this is an annual plant, with trailing (talks 
which are two or three feet long, dividing into many 
fmaller, which are garnifhed with (mall branching 
leaves fhaped like thofe of the common Fumatory, 
but end with tendrils, which clafp to any neighbour- 
ing plants, and thereby the ftalks are fupported ; 
the flowers are produced in loofe panicles, which 
proceed from the fide of the (talks ; they are of a 
whitifti yellow colour, and are fucceeded by globular 
fwollen pods, in which are contained a row of fmall 
ftiining feeds. 
This is propagated by feeds, which flhould be fown 
upon a moderate hot- bed in the fpring ; and when the 
plants are fit to remove, they muff be each planted in 
a fmall pot filled with light earth, and plunged again 
into the hot-bed, where they muff: be (haded from 
the fun till they have taken new root ; after which 
they fhould have a large (hare of air admitted to them 
at aft times in mild weather, to prevent their draw- 
ing up weak ; and as foon as the feafon is favourable, 
they fhould be inured to fyear the open air, to which 
they may be removed the beginning of June, when 
they may be fhaken out of the pots, preferving all 
the earth to their roots, and planted in a warm 
border, where their ftalks flhould be fupported with 
(licks to prevent their trailing on the ground ; and in 
July the plants will flower, and continue a fucceffion 
of flowers till the froft deftroys the plants ; the feeds 
ripen in autumn. 
The eleventh fort grows naturally upon old wafts, or 
rocky places in Spain and Italy ; this hath weak trail- 
ing ftalks which are much divided, and are garniflied 
with fmall leaves divided into three parts, each of 
which hath three heart-fhaped lobes ; the flowers are 
produced in fmall loofe panicles from the fide of the 
ftalks, they are of a greenifh white, and appear moft 
of the Cummer months. It is an abiding plant, which 
propagates itfelf by the feeds that fcatter, and thrives 
beft in a fhady fituation, and on old wafts or buildings. 
The twelfth fort is an annual plant with an upright 
ftalk, which grows a foot and a half high, round and 
very fmooth, fending out feveral branches upward ; 
thefe are garnifhed with fmooth branching leaves, of 
a pale colour, which are divided like the common fort, 
but the fmall leaves are larger and more obtufe ; the 
flowers are produced in loofe panicles from the fides 
of the ftalks, and at the extremity of the branches ; 
they are of a pale purple colour, with yellow chaps 
(or lips) ; thefe are fucceeded by taper narrow pods 
an inch and a half long, which contain many (mail 
fhining black feeds. This flowers during moft of 
the fummer months, and the feeds ripen in July, Au- 
guft. 
