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italic near two feet high, fending out a few branches 
without order, garnifhed with oblong leaves which 
are indented like winged leaves , the flowers are pro- 
duced in long bunches from the fide of the italics ; 
they are fmall, white, and are fucceeded by red ber- 
ries the flze of fmall Cherries, which ripen in the 
autumn. 
The feeds of thefe fhould be fown the beginning of 
March upon a hot -bed, and when the plants are fit 
to remove, they fhould be planted in feparate fmall 
pots filled with rich earth, and plunged into a new 
hot-bed to bring them forward, otherwife they will 
not ripen their feeds in England. 
SOLD A NELL A. Tourn. In ft. R. H. 82. tab. 16. 
Lin. Gen. Plant. 182. Soldanel. 
The Characters are, 
The flower has an ere A permanent empalement cut into 
Jive parts •, it has one bett-floaped petal flpr ending open 
gradually. The brim is cut into acute flegments ; it has 
jive awl-ftoaped ftamina terminated by fmgle flummits , and 
a roundijh germen flupporting a /lender jiyle the length of 
the petal , which is permanent , and crowned by an obtufle 
ftigma. The germen afterward turns to an oblong taper 
capflule of one cell , obliquely freaked , and opening at the 
top with ten indentures, fitted with fmall acute-pointed feeds. 
This genus of plants is ranged in the firft fe&ion of 
Linnaeus’s fifth clafs, which contains thofe plants 
whofe flowers have five ftamina and one ftyle. 
We have but one Species of this genus, viz. 
Soldanella ( Alpina .) Hort. Cliff. 49. Soldanel Sol- 
danella Alpina rotundifolia. C. B. P. 295. Round- 
leaved Soldanel of the Alps. 
This plant grows naturally on the Alps, and other 
mountains in Germany. The root is fibrous and per- 
ennial ; the leaves are almoft kidney-fhaped they are 
about three quarters of an inch over each way, of a 
dark green colour, and Hand upon long foot-ftalks. 
Between thefe arife the foot-ftalk of the flower which 
is naked, about four inches long, fuftaining at the 
top two fmall open bell-fhaped flowers, whofe brim 
is cut into many fine fegments like a fringe ; the mold 
frequent colour of the flower is blue, but it is fome- 
times found with a fnow-white flower. After the 
flower is paid, the germen becomes an oval capfule, 
with the ftyle coming out at the top, filled with very 
fmall acute-pointed feeds. It flowers in April, and 
the feeds ripen in July. 
There is another variety of this whofe leaves are lefs 
round. 
The beft method to propagate thefe plants is by part- 
ing their roots, becaufe their feeds feldom ripen well 
in England ; nor do the feeds, which are brought 
from abroad fucceed, for they feldom grow unlefs 
they are fown loon after they are ripe. 
The feafon for tranfplanting and parting thefe roots is 
in September, that they may have time to make good 
roots before winter ; for if they are removed in the 
fpring, they never flower very ftrong : and if the fea- 
fon fhould prove dry, the plants will decay, unlefs 
they are confdantly iupplied with water. 
The foil in which thefe plants thrive beft, is a ftrong 
cool loam, and they muft have a fhady fituation ; for 
if they are expofed to the fun they will not live, nor 
will they thrive in a warm light foil. In dry weather 
thefe plants fhould be frequently watered, which will 
caufe them to flower ftrongly and make a good in- 
creafe. 
If the feeds ripen in England, and any perfon is defi- 
rotis to propagate the plants that way, they fhould be 
fown in boxes or pots filled with frefh loamy earth 
foon after they are ripe, and the boxes muft be placed 
in a fhady fituation, and frequently watered in dry 
weather. The plants will fometimes appear the fame 
autumn the feeds are fown, but more frequently they 
do not come up till the following fpring, fo that the 
earth muft not be difturbed, nor weeds permitted to 
grow in the boxes. When the plants come up, they 
muft be duly watered in dry weather, and con- 
ftantly placed in a fhady fituation. The following 
autumn. the plants fhould be taken out of the boxes, 
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and planted in a fhady border about fix or eiGht 
inches afunder, where they may remain to flower ^or 
they may be intermixed with other low Alpine plants 
in north borders, where they will make an ao-reeable 
variety. 
o OLI DAGO. Lin. Gen. Plant. 8^9* Virga aurea. 
Tourn. Inft. R. II. 483. tab. 735. Golden Rcfa, or 
Saracens Woundwort, in French, Verge dares. 
The Characters are, 
It has a compound flower , made up of hermaphrodite flo- 
rets and female half florets, inch fed in one oblong imbri- 
cated empalement , ivhofe fpikes are narrow , and join to- 
gether. The hermaphrodite J lowers which compofe the 
dijk , are funnel flj aped, and cut into five points at the 
brim, which flpread open \ they have five very jhort hair- 
like ftamina terminated by cylindrical flummits , and a 
crowned germen flupporting a /lender Jiyle as long as the 
ftamina, crowned by a bifid open ftigma. The germen af- 
terward turns to a fmgle feed crowned with hairy down. 
The female half florets are tongue-Jhaped , and indented 
in three parts thefe have a crowned germen, with a fender 
ftyle crowned by two revolving ftigmas , and are fucceeded 
by a fmgle feed like the hermaphrodite florets. 
This genus of plants is ranged in the fecond fe&ion 
of Linnaeus’s nineteenth clafs, which includes thofe 
plants whole flowers are competed of hermaphrodite 
and female florets which are all fruitful, and the fta- 
mina and ftyle are connected. 
The Species are, 
r. Solid ago ( Latifoha ) caule ereflo foil is lanceolatis 
ferratis, paniculis corymbofis, lateralibus tenninali- 
bufque. Woundwort with an ere A ftalk, fpear-jhaped 
flawed leaves, -and flowers in a coryrnbus on the fide and 
at the top of the ftalk. Virga aurea latifolia ferrata. 
C. B. P. 268. Broad-leaved flawed Golden Rod. 
2. Solidago ( Vulgaris ) caule fubflexuofo angulato, 
racemis paniculatis erectis confertis. Lin. Sp. Plant. 
880. Woundwort with an angular almoft flexible ftalk , 
and ere A bunches of flowers in panicles clofle together. 
Virga aurea vulgaris. Park. Theat. 542. Our common 
Golden Rod. 
3. Solidago (. Anguftifolia ) foliis lineari-lanceolatis fub- 
integerrimis, floribus confertis alaribus feffilibus. 
W aundwort with linear fpear-jhaped leaves almoft entire, 
and flowers in cl afters fitting clofle at the wings . of the 
ftalk. Virga aurea anguftifolia minus ferrata. C. B. P. 
268. Narrow-leaded Golden Rod Ms flawed. 
4. Solidago [Minor) caule paniculate, foliis radicali- 
bus ovatis dentatis, caulinis lanceolatis integerrimis. 
Woundwort with apanided ftalk, the bottom leaves oval 
and indented, thofe on the ftalks fpear-jhaped and en- 
tire. Virga aurea minor, foliis ferratis utrinque acu- 
minatis. Rand. Smaller Golden Rod, with flawed leaves 
pointed at both ends. 
5. Solidago ( Minuta ) foliis lineari lanceolatis fubferra- 
tisfubtus incanis floribus paniculatis confertis. Wound- 
wort with linear fpear-jhaped leaves /lightly flawed, hoary 
on their under fide, and panicled flowers in duffers. Virga 
aurea montana, folio angufto fubineano, floiculis con- 
globatis. Raii Syn. 177. Mount An Golden Rod with 
narrow leaves hoary on their under fide, and flowers in 
round clufters. 
6 . Solidago [Montana) foliis lanceolatis ferratis d'ecur- 
rentibus, caule angulato. Le Monier. Sauv. Monfp, 
84. Woundwort with fpear-jhaped, flawed, running leaves , 
and an angular ftalk. Virga aurea montana, latiore 
folio hirfuto. H. R. Par. Mountain Golden Rod with a 
broader hairy leaf. 
7. Solidago [Canadenfis) paniculato-corymbofa, race- 
mis recurvatis, floribus adfeendentibus, foliis trinertiis 
fubferratis fcabris. Hort. Upfal. 259 Woundwort with 
coryrnbus panicles, recurved fpikes of j lowers rifling above 
each other , and rough leaves' having three veins which 
are J, lightly flawed. Virga aurea anguftifolia, panic- till 
fpeciosa Canadenfis. H. R. Par. Narrow-leaved Ca- 
nada Golden Rod, with a fine panicle of flowers. 
8. Solidago [Altijfima) paniculata-corymbofa, racemis 
recurvatis, floribus adfeendentibus, foliis enerviis fub- 
integerrimis. Hort. Upfal. 259. Woundwort with a 
coryrnbus panicle , recurved fpikes of flowers fifing above 
each 
