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acute leaves. Lychnis Orientalis bupleuri folio. Tourn. 
Cor. 24. Eajtern Campion with a Hare's-ear leaf. 
There are feveral other fpecies of this genus whofe 
flowers have no beauty, fo the plants are never cul- 
tivated but in botanic gardens for the fake of variety, 
therefore I have not enumerated them, which would 
fwell the work too much ; many of them grow wild 
in England. 
The firft fort grows naturally in Portugal, but has 
been long cultivated in the Englifh gardens by the ti- 
tle of Dwarf Lychnis. The feeds of this were formerly 
fown in drills on the edges of borders, as were feveral 
other low annual plants, thefe being very fafhionable 
for edgings of borders at that time ; but as all thefe 
were of fhort duration, fo they foon were rejected for 
this purpofe •, after which the feeds were ufually fown 
in patches in the borders, where they made a better 
appearance than in the former way : but in both thefe 
methods the plants were generally left fo clofe as to 
fpoil their growth, for their ftalks were drawn up very 
weak, and had not room to branch out, and their 
flowers were fmall •, therefore thofe who are defirous 
to have this plant in beauty, fhould fow the feeds thin 
upon a border of light earth in autumn, and in the 
fpring the plants fhould be thinned to the diftance of 
four inches, and keep them afterward clean from 
weeds. When they are fo managed, the plants will 
rife near a foot and a half high, with hairy channel- 
led ftalks, and divide into many branches, garnifhed 
with oval, fpear-fhaped, hairy leaves placed oppofite, 
fitting clofe to the ftalks. The flowers grow in fhort 
fpikes at the end of the branches ; they are placed al- 
ternately, and are of a bright purple colour, edged 
with white. The autumnal plants will flower in May 
and June, but thofe which are fown in the fpring, 
will come a month later. 
The fecond fort grows naturally in Sicily, and alfo at 
the Cape of Good Hope, from whence I have re- 
ceived the feeds. This is an annual plant, with a 
low branching ftalk, which feldom rifes more than 
eight or nine inches high the ftalks are fmooth, the 
leaves are very narrow and fmooth, placed by pairs j 
the ftalks are terminated by fpikes of dark purple 
flowers ftanding alternate, whofe petals are bifid ; they 
open in the evening, but are clofely fhut in the day. 
If the feeds of this plant are fown in autumn, upon a 
warm border, the plants will flower in May and June, 
fo good feeds may be obtained ; but when the feeds 
are fown in the fpring, they often fail ; and if any of 
the plants do come up, they are generally fo late as 
that their feeds feldom ripen well. 
The third fort is a perennial plant which grows natu- 
rally on the Alps •, the lower leaves of this are fmooth 
and fpear-fhaped, the ftalk rifes near two feet high, 
and is garnifhed with two narrow leaves placed oppo- 
fite at each joint, and immediately below them ; the 
ftalk is very clammy ; the flowers come out on fhort 
foot-ftalks from the wings of the leaves, each foot- 
ftalk for the moft part fuftaining three flowers, with 
long, white, bifid petals. Thefe appear in June, and 
■the leeds ripen in Auguft. This plant rifes eafily from 
feeds if they are fown in autumn, and the only cul- 
ture the plants require is to keep them clean from 
Weeds, and allow them room to fpread j they love a 
cool foil and a fhady fituation. 
The fourth fort grows naturally in Sicily ; this has a 
low fhrubby ftalk, which divides into feveral fhort 
fhrubby branches, garnifhed with broad, fmooth, 
fpear-fhaped leaves, ending in acute points. The 
flower-ftalks rife about a foot high, and divide into 
fpreading panicles, fuftaining two and three flowers, 
of an herbaceous white colour ; they appear in June 
and July, and are fucceeded by oval fmooth capfules 
having thick covers, filled with fmall feeds which ri- 
pen in autumn. This fort rifes eafily from feeds as 
che former, or may be propagated by flips, which, if 
planted in a fhady border will take root very freely ; 
and if the plants are planted in a warm border of dry 
earth, they will live feveral years and require no 
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v fhelter, but in moift ground they frequently rot in 
winter. 
The fifth fort grows naturally in Portugal ; this has 
a perennial root •, the lower leaves are roundifh and 
hollowed .like a fpoon j thofe upon the ftalks are ob- 
tufe, and ftand fometimes by pairs, at others by threes 
or fours round the ftalks j they are of a deep green, 
fmooth, and fit clofe to the ftalks ; the ftalks are 
round, fmooth, and rife from two to three feet high. 
The flowers grow in loofe fpikes at the top ; they are 
of a green colour, and appear in June, and the feeds 
ripen in Auguft. This rifes eafily from feeds fown in 
autumn, and if the plants have a dry foil they will 
continue feveral years, and require no other culture 
but to keep them clean from weeds. 
The fixth fort grows naturally among Corn in France, 
Spain, and Italy. It is an annual plant, with an up- 
right branching ftalk a foot and a half high, having 
fwelling vifcous joints, garnifhed with narrow, acute- 
pointed, fmooth leaves, near three inches long, fit- 
ting clofe to the ftalks. The flowers are produced 
at the end of the branches, they are fmall and red 
thefe are fucceeded by globular capfules ending in 
acute points, whofe empalements are ftriped. It 
flowers in June, and the feeds ripen in Auguft. The 
feeds of this fhould be fown in autumn, and in the 
fpring the plants fhould be thinned and kept clean 
from weeds, which is all the culture they require. 
The feventh fort grows naturally in Sicily and Crete y 
this is an annual plant, from whofe root comes out 
feveral branching ftalks near a foot and a half long, 
which trail upon the ground, and are garnifhed 
with oval acute-pointed leaves placed oppofite. The 
flowers come out fingly from the wings of the ftalk, 
upon fhort foot-ftalks y they are large, and of a bright 
red colour, refembling thofe of the common, wild, 
red Campion. Thefe appear in May, and are fuc- 
ceeeded by large capfules included in inflated empale- 
ments, having ten rough angles, containing many 
large roundifh feeds, whofe weight caufes the capfules 
to hang downward. If the feeds of this are permitted 
tofcatter, the plants will come up without care, and 
require nothing more but to keep them clean from 
weeds. 
The eighth fort is an annual plant, which is found 
naturally in England growing among Corn. It rifes 
with a thick clammy ftalk eight or nine inches high, 
garnifhed with fmall oblong leaves by pairs, whofe 
bafe embrace the ftalks -, the top of the ftalk fuftains 
one or two fmall red flowers, which open only in the 
night. This flowers in June, and the feeds ripen 
early in Auguft, which, if permitted to fcatter, the 
plants will come up without farther trouble. 
The ninth fort grows naturally upon he Alps; this 
plant feldom rifes more than fix inches high, fending 
out many fhrubby decumbent branches, garnifhed 
with woolly fpear-fhaped leaves ; the flowers grow 
ere£t, they are of a pale red colour, and are fucceeded 
by turgid capfules filled with roundifh feeds. 
This is propagated by feeds, which if fown in dry 
rubbifh, the plants will live many years in the open 
air, but in rich moift foils they rarely live through 
the winter. 
The tenth fort grows naturally in the Levant ; this is. 
an annual plant, with a ftrong, erect, hairy, branch- 
ing ftalk, which rifes two feet high. The branches 
grow eretft, as do alfo the flowers, which are red, and 
have large, conical, ftriped empalements, whofe ftripes 
are hairy and of a brownifh colour. The flowers 
appear in June, and the feeds ripen in Auguft ; this 
muft be treated in the fame way as the firft fort. 
The eleventh fort grows naturally in the fomh of 
France, Spain, and Italy ; this is biennial. The ftalk 
is round, clammy, and rifes a foot and a half high, 
having fwelling joints ; the leaves grow round he 
ftalks in clufters ; they are very narrow and fmooth. 
The upper part of the ftalk divides into fpreading 
branches by pairs, and are adorned by red flowers 
coming out fingly from the wings of the leaves, fit- 
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