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bullies and weeds, with which tliofe gardens are J 
fpread over. 
All th'efe forts are propagated by budding or inarch- 
ing them either on docks of Lemons or Citrons, pro- 
duced from feeds, but they will not fo readily unite on 
Orange docks, for which reafon the Citrons are pre- 
ferable to either Oranges or Lemons for docks, as 
they readily join with either fort, and being of larger 
growth, caufe the buds of the other forts to fhoot 
much dronger than if they were on docks of their 
own kind. The method of raidng thefe docks, and 
the manner of budding them, being already exhibited 
under the article of Aurantium, it would be fuper- 
fluous to repeat it here. 
The culture of the Lemon being the fame with that 
of the Orange-tree, it would be needlefs to repeat 
it here , therefore I fhall only obferve, that the com- 
mon Lemons are fo me what hardier than the Oranges, 
and will bring their fruit to maturity with us better 
than they will do, and require to have a greater fhare 
of frefh air in winter ; for whish reafon, they fhould 
always be placed nearer to the doors or windows 
of the green-houfe ; and in fome curious gardens, 
thefe trees have been planted againd walls, where, 
by covering them with glades in winter, and pro- 
tecting them from fevere frod, they have produced 
plenty of lafge fruit : as thefe trees do generally pro- 
duce dronger ihoots, they require more water to be 
given them than the Orange ; but as to the tender 
forts, they mud be treated with a little more care, 
otherwife their fruit will fall in winter, and come to 
nothing •, thefe things being fully exhibited before, 
I refer the reader (as I hinted) to the article Auran- 
tium, where their culture is fully fet forth. 
LIMQNIUM. Tourn. Ind. R. H. 341. tab. 177. 
Statice. Lin. Gen. Plant. 348. [takes its name of Ad- 
l /.uv, a marfh, as growing in marihes.] Sea Lavender. 
The Characters are, 
Sthe flowers have an imbricated perianthium , rifling one 
above another, Lhe flower is funnel-Jhaped , compofed of 
five petals, which are narrow at their bafle , but are broad 
am fpreading at the top. It hath five awl-Jhaped fla- 
tnina which are Jhorter than the petals , crowned by profl- 
trate fummits. It hath a flmall germen , fupporting five 
fender ftyles , crowned by pointed fligmas. Lhe empale- 
ment of the flower afterward becomes a capfule , flout clofle 
at the neck , but expanded above where the feeds are lodged. 
This genus of plants is ranged in the fecond feftion of 
Tournefort’s eighth clafs, which includes the herbs 
with a Clove Gilliflower flower, whofe pointal be- 
comes the feed inclofed in the empalement. Dr. Lin- 
naeus has joined this genus to the Statice of Tourne- 
fort, and places it in the fifth fedrion of his fifth clafs, 
which contains the plants whofe flowers have five fta- 
mina and five dyles. As the flowers of this genus are 
ranged one above another in form of fpikes, and thofe 
of the Statice are collefted in globuar heads, they may, 
without impropriety, be kept feparate •, and as there 
are feveral fpecies of each genus, therefore I have 
the rather been inclined fo to do, than by joining 
them, to fwell the genus. 
The Species are, 
1. Limonium {Vulgar e) foliis ovato-lanceolatis, caule 
tereti nudo paniculato. Sea Lavender with oval fpear- 
Jhaped leaves i and a taper paniculated jialk. Limonium 
maritimum majus. C. B, P. 192. Common great Sea 
Lavender. 
2. Limoninm ( Narbonenfe ) foliis oblongo-ovatis, caule 
paniculato patulo, fpicis florum brevioribus. Sea La- 
vender with oblong oval leaves , a fpreading paniculated 
ftalk , and Jhorter fpikes of flowers. Limonium mariti- 
mum majus alteram ferotinum Narbonenfe. H. R. 
Par. Another large late flowering Sea Lavender of 
Narbonne. 
g. Limonium ( oledfpMm ) foliis ovatis obtufis, petiolis 
decurrentibus, caule paniculato, fpicis florum erefti- 
oribus. Sea Lavender with oval obtufe leaves , running 
flootflalks , a paniculated ftalk , and more upright fpikes 
of flowers. Limonium maritimum minus, oleas folio. 
Q. B. P. 192. Small Sea Lavender , with an Olive leaf. 
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4. Limonium (JImnile) foliis lanceolatis, caule hum-rle 
patulo, fpicis florum tenuioribus. Sea Lavender with 
fpear-Jhaped leaves , a low fpreading ftalk , and f ender 
fpikes of flowers. Limonium Anglicum minus, caulk 
bus ramofioribus, floribus in fpicis ranks fids. Rail 
Hid. 217. Lejfler EngUJh Sea Lavender , with more 
branched ftalks, and flowers fleldom growing in a [pike. 
5. Limonium ( T'artaricum ) foliis lineari-lanceolatis, caule 
ramofo patulo, floribus didantibus uno verdi difpofi- 
tis. Sea Lavender with narrow fpear-Jhaped leaves , a 
branching fpreading ftalk, and flowers placed afunder on 
one fide the ftalk. Limonium Orientale, plantaginis 
folio, floribus umbellatis. 1 '. Cor. Oriental Sea Laven- 
der with Plantain leaves , and flowers growing in an umbel. 
6 . Limonium ( Sinuatum ) foliis radicalibus alternatim 
pinnato-finuatis, caulinis ternis triquetris fubulads 
decurrentibus. Sea Lavender with the lower leaves alter- 
nately finuated like wings , and thofe upon the ftalks three- 
cornered , awl-Jhaped , and running along the float folk. 
Limonium peregrinum, foliis afplenii. C. B. P. Fo- 
reign Sea Lavender with Spleenwort leaves. 
7. Limonium ( Siculum ) caule fruticofo patulo, foliis li- 
near! lanceolatis craflis, floribus folitariis didantibus. 
Sea Lavender with a fpreading Jhrnbby ftalk , narrow , 
thick, fpear-Jhaped leaves , and flowers growing fingly at a 
diflance from each other. Limonium Siculum ligno- 
fum, gallas ferens, & non ferens. Bocc. Rar. Woody 
Sicilian Sea Lavender , fometimes producing galls , at other 
times not. 
8. Limonium ( Africanum . ) foliis inferioribus lanceolatis 
hirfutis ferratis caulinis ternis linearibus acutis decur- 
rentibus. Sea Lavender with fpear-Jhaped lower leaves 
which are hairy and flawed , but growing by threes on the- 
ft alks, narrow , acute-pointed , and running along the ftalk . 
Limonium Africanum caule alato, foliis integris hir- 
futis, petalo pallide flavo calyce aracene purpureo, 
Martyn. Cent. 48. tab. 48. African Sea Lavender with 
a winged ftalk , entire hairy leaves , pale yellow petals to 
the flower , and a beautiful purple empalement. 
9. Limonium ( Reticulatum ) foliis cuneiformibus, caule 
eredto paniculato, ramis inferioribus derilibus nudis. 
Sea Lavender with wedge-Jhaped leaves, an upright pani- 
culated ftalk, and the under branches fterile and naked.,. 
Limonium minus flagellis tortuofis. Bocc. Muf. Small 
Sea Lavender with twifled Jhoots. 
10. Limonium (Cor datum) caule nudo paniculato, foliis- 
fpathulatis retufis. Sea Lavender with a paniculated 
naked Jialk, and fpatule-Jhaped blunt leases. Limoni- 
um maritimum minus, foliolis cordatis. C. B. P. Small 
Sea Lavender with little leaves, vjhich are heart-Jhaped. 
11. Limonium ( Echoideum ) caule nudo paniculato, te- 
reti, foliis tuberculatis. Sea Lavender with a naked , ta- 
per, paniculated ftalk, and leaves fet with tubercles. Li- 
monium minus annuum, bullatis foliis vel echioides. 
Bot. Monfp. Small annual Sea Lavender with ftudded 
leaves. 
12. Limonium ( Fruticofum ) caule credo fruticofo, fo-. 
liis lineari-lanceolatis obtufis, floribus alternis. Sea 
Lavender with an upright Jhrubby ftalk , narrow fpear- 
Jhaped leaves, ending in obtufe points , and flowers ranged 
alternately. Limonium Egyptiacum fruticofum, fo- 
liis lanceolatis obtufis. Shrubby Egyptian Sea Lavender 
with blunt fpear-Jhaped leaves. 
The fird fort grows naturally in the marfhes which 
are flowed by the fea, in feveral parts of England. 
The roots of this plant are thick, of a reddifh colour, 
and an adringent tade, fending out many drong fibres, 
which drike deep in the ground ; and from the upper 
part of the root comes out feveral oval fpear-fhaped 
leaves, from four to five inches long, and more than 
two inches broad in the middle ; they are fmooth, of 
a pretty thick confidence, and of a dark green. The 
dalks rife upward of a foot high, is naked of leaves, 
divided into many branches, which are again divided 
into dnaller toward the top j thefe are terminated by 
dender fpikes of pale blue flowers, ranged on one 
fide the dalk above each other, coming out of narrow- 
covers like fheaths •, thefe appear in July, and are 
fucceeded by oblong feeds, which are inclofed in the 
empalement, ripening in autumn,. 
