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a frame in winter to prated them from froft. The 
following fpring the plants will rife, and when they 
are ftrong enough to remove, they ftiould be each 
planted in a fmall pot f iled with light earth, and 
placed in the lhade till they have taken new root ; 
after which, they may be placed with other hardy 
exotic plants, in a fheltered ftuation, where they 
may remain till Qdober, when they muft be removed 
into fhelter. Thefe plants are always houfed in winter, 
yet I have had fome of them live abroad three or four 
years, which were planted againft a fouth-weft af- 
pected wall. It may alfo be propagated by cuttings, 
which may be planted during any of the fummer 
months, obferving to water and lhade them until they 
have taken root. When the cuttings have taken good 
root, they fhould be planted in pots, and treated in 
the fame manner as the former. 
The feventh fort is a low fhrub, feldom rifing above 
two feet high, but fends out many fender branches, 
garnilhed with hoary leaves, which are fometimes 
fingle, but generally have three oval lobes, the middle 
being longer than the other two •, the flowers are 
yellow, and come out from the flde of the branches, 
three or four joined together, having woolly empale- 
ments, but thefe are rarely fucceeded by feeds in 
England. It may be propagated by cuttings or feeds, 
in the fame manner as the former fort, and treated as 
hath been directed for that. This has been an old in- 
habitant in the Englifh gardens. 
The eighth fort grows naturally in Spain and Portu- 
gal, from whence I have received the feeds. This 
is a fhrub which grows nine or ten feet high, having 
the appearance of one fort of Gorfe or Whin, but it 
hath round leaves growing fingle. It will live in the 
open air in mild winters, but hard froft will deftroy it. 
It is propagated by feeds only. 
The ninth fort grows naturally in Crete, and alfo in 
Paleftine ; this was formerly in fome of the Englifh 
gardens, but 'the fevere winter of 1 deftroyed 
moft (if not all the plants) in this country, flnce which 
time I have not feen it. This Ihrub grows five or 
fix feet high, the branches are garnilhed with oblong 
ternate leaves •, the flowers, which are yellow, are pro- 
duced in fmall clufters on the fide of the branches •, 
thefe appear in July and Auguft, but are not fuc- 
ceeded by feeds in this country. 
This is propagated by cuttings, which fhould be 
planted the beginning of June, and if they are clofely 
covered with a bell-glafs, and properly fliaded, they 
will put out roots by the end of Auguft, when they 
fhould be carefully taken up, and each planted in a 
fmall pot, filled with light earth, and placed in the 
lhade until they have taken new root; when they 
may be placed in the open air till October, and then 
fhould be removed into fhelter, and treated in the 
fame way as other hardy green-houfe plants. 
The tenth fort grows naturally in Portugal and Spain: 
this is a very low fhrubby plant, whofe branches fpread 
near the ground, garniflied with filvery winged leaves, 
which are acute-pointed •, the flowers are produced 
toward the extremity of the branches •, thefe are not 
fucceeded by feeds in England, but the plant is pro- 
pagated by cuttings in the fame manner as the for- 
mer, and the plants require the fame treatment. 
ANTIRRHINUM [w T hich in compofition fome- 
times indicates a likenefs, Amppim, of and ph, 
the noftrils, becauie it reprefents a nofe :] Snap- 
dragon, or Calves-fnout. 
The Characters are, 
The empalement is of one leaf cut into five parts , the two 
upper figments being longer than the lower. 'The flower 
isringent , having an oblong tube , divided at the top into 
two lips , which are clofed at the jaw. The upper lip is 
cut into two , and refiexed on each fide *, the under lip is 
divided into three obtufe parts : in the bottom is fituated 
an obtufe nedfarium , which is not prominent. There are \ 
four fiamin a which are included in the upper Up , two being 
longer , and two foorter , crowned by port fummits. In 
the center is placed a roundiflo ger men , fupporting a fingle 
fiyle , crowned with an obtufe ftigma. The ger men after- 
ward becomes a round obtufe capfule , having two cells » 
which are full of fmall angular feeds. 
This genus is ranged in Linnaeus’s fourteenth clafs 
of plants, entitled Didynamia Angiofperma, the 
flower having two long and two fliort ftamina, and 
many feeds included in a capfule. To this genus 
Linnams has joined the Linaria and Afarina; but as 
the flowers of the Linaria have fpurs to their petals, 
and the neclarium being very prominent, which are 
not fo in this genus, fo it fhould be feparated from it. 
The Species are, 
1. Antirrhinum {Minus) foliis lanceolatis obtufis al- 
terriis caule ramoflflimo difiufo. Hort. Cliff. 324. 
Snap-dragon with obtufe fpear-paped leaves growing al- 
ternate , and a diffufed branching ftalk. Antirrhinum ar- 
venfe minus. C. B. P. 212. 
2. Antirrhinum ( Orontium ) floribus fubfpicatis, caly- 
cibus digitatis corolla longioribus. Hort. Upfal. 176. 
Snap-dragon with fpiked flowers , and fingered empalement 
longer than the flower. Antirrhinum arvenfe majus. 
C.°B. P. 212. 
3. Antirrhinum {Majus) foliis lanceolatis petiolatis 
calycibus breviffimis racemo terminali. Yir. Cliff. 61. 
Snap-dragon with fpear floaped leaves having foot-ftalks, 
and very floor t flower-cups, terminated by a fpike of flowers. 
Antirrhinum majus alterum folio longiore. C. B. P. 
21 1. 
4. Antirrhinum {Lafifolium) foliis lanceolatis glabris, 
calycibus hirfutis racemo longiflimo. Snap-dragon with 
finooth fpear-paped leaves , hairy flower-cups, and a very 
long fpike of flowers. Antirrhinum latifolium amplo 
paiiido flore. Bocc. Muf. 2. 49. 
5. Antirrhinum {Italicum) foliis lineari-Ianceolatis hir- 
futis racemo breviore. Snap-dragon zvith narrow ■, hairy, 
fpear-paped leaves , and a porter fpike of flowers. An- 
tirrhinum longifolium majus Italicum flore amplo 
niveo laftefeente. H. R. Par. 
6. Antirrhinum {Siculum) foliis linearibus floribus pe- 
tiolatis axillaribus. Snap-dragon with narrozv leaves and 
flowers, with foot-ftalks proceeding from the wings of the 
leaves. Antirrhinum ficulum linariae folio niveo flore. 
Bocc. Muf. 
The two firft forts grow naturally on arable land in 
many parts of England, fo are feldom admitted into 
gardens ; thefe are both annual plants, which come 
up from fcattered feeds. They flower in June and 
July, and their feeds are ripe in September. 
The third fort is not a native of England, but having 
been firft brought into gardens, the feeds have feat-' 
tered about in lb great plenty, that it is become very 
common upon walls and old buildings in many parts 
of England. Of this fort there are feveral varieties, 
which differ in the colour of their flowers, fome having 
red flowers with white mouths, fome with yellow 
mouths, others have white flowers, with yellow and 
white mouths. There is alfo one with ftriped leaves. 
The laft is propagated by flips and cuttings, which 
readily take root any time in the fpring or fummer. 
The different colours of the flowers are variable from 
feeds. 
The fourth fort grows naturally in the Hands of the 
Archipelago, from whence I received the feeds. The 
leaves of this are much broader, the flowers greatly 
larger, and the fpikes longer, than in any of the other 
forts. The colours of the flowers are as changeable 
in this fort as the former, when raffed from feeds ; 
but as this is the moft fpecious kind, fo it better de- 
fences propagating than the common, efpecially as it 
is equally hardy. 
The fifth fort has long narrow leaves, which are hairy ; 
the flowers are large, and the fpike is fhorter than 
the former ; there are fome varieties in the colour of 
the flowers of this fort, but it is equally hardy with 
the common fort. 
The fixth fort is an annual plant, which feldom grows 
more than a foot high ; the leaves of this are very 
narrow and finooth ; the flowers come out from the 
wings of the leaVes fingle, ft an ding on long foot- 
ftalks ; thefe are very white, with a dark bottom. % If. 
the feeds of this fort are permitted to Latter, the 
plants 
