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10. Cheiranthus ( Seniflalis ) foliis conferto-capitafiis, 
recurvatis, undatis. Lin. Sp. Plant. App. 1198. Chei- 
ranthus -with leaves growing clofe together in heads , which 
turn- backward, and are waved. 
lu Cheiranthus (. Littoreus ) foliis lanceolatis, fubden- 
tatis fubtomentofis fubcarnofis, petalis emarginatis, 
filiquis tomentofis. Lin, Sp. 925. Cheiranthus with 
fp ear -jh aped, indented , woolly leaves , cmarginated petals , 
and woolly pods. Leucojum maritimum anguftifolium. 
C. B. P. 221. N arrow -leaved Sea Stock ■ Gilliflower . 
12. Cheiranthus ( Maritimus ) foliis lanceolatis acuti- 
ufculis, caule diffufo, antheris eminentibus. Amcen. 
Acad. 4. p. 280. Cheiranthus with acute fpear-fhaped 
leaves, a diffufed Jlalk , and eminent anther a. Hefperis 
maritima, lupina, exigua. Tourn. Inft. 223. Small, 
low , maritime Dames Violet, commonly called Dwarf , or 
Virginia Stock Gilliflower. 
13. Cheiranthus {Chius) foliis obovatis aveniis emar- 
ginatis, filiquis apice fubulatis.' Hort. Upfal. 187. 
Cheiranthus with oval emarginated leaves and pods, whofe 
fummits are awl-Jhaped. Hefperis filiquis hiriutis flore 
parvo rubello. Hort. Elth. 1S0. tab. 147. Dams 
Violet with hairy pods, and a fmall reddiflo flower. 
14. Cheiranthus {Dricufpidatus ) filiquarum apicibus 
tridentatis foliis lyratis. Hort. Cliff. 335. Cheiranthus 
with pods indented in three parts at the point, and lyre- 
floaped leaves. Hefperis maritima latifolia filiqua tricuf- 
pide. Tourn. Inft. R. H. 223. Broad-leaved maritime 
Dames Violet, with a three-pointed pod. 
15. Cheiranthus {Sinuatis) foliis tomentofis obtufis 
fubfinuatis, ramis integris, filiquis muricatis. Lin. 
Sp. 926. Cheiranthus with woolly, obtufe, fr, mated 
leaves, intire branches , and rough pods. Leucojum 
maritimum finuato folio. C. B. P. 200. 
t 6 . Cheiranthus ( Driftis ) foliis linearibus fubfinuatis, 
floribus feffilibus petalis undatis, caule fuffruticofo. 
Lcefl. Cheiranthus with linear indented leaves, flowers 
clofe to the ftalk, waved petals, and a Jhrubby Jlalk. Leu- 
cojum minus breviore folio, obfolete flore. Barrel. 
It. 999. 
17. Cheiranthus ( Lacerus ) foliis lacero-dentatis acu- 
minatis, calycibus pilofis, filiquis nodofis mucronatis. 
Lin. Sp. 926. Cheiranthus with torn, indented, pointed 
leaves, hairy empalements, and knobbed , acute-pointed 
pods. Leucojum Lufitanicum purpureum, foliis ele- 
ganter dentatis. Parad. Bat. 193. . 
The firft fort grows naturally in the fouth of France, 
in Spain and Italy ; this is an annual plant, which 
rifes a foot high, with an angular channelled ftalk, 
which branches upward on every fide ; thefe are gar- 
nifhed with long, narrow, green leaves, refembiing 
thofe of the common Wall-flower, but are fharply 
indented on their edges, fitting clofe to the ftalks ; 
at the extremity of the branches the flowers are pro- 
duced in loofe fpikes ; thefe are yellow, having four 
petals fituated in form of a crofs, greatly refembiing 
thofe of the common yellow Wall- flower, but have 
no fcent ; thefe are fucceeded by long four-cornered 
pods, filled with brown feeds. It flowers in June, 
and the feeds are ripe in autumn. 
The fecond fort grows naturally in Hungary and If- 
tria •, this is alfo an annual plant, rifing with an upright 
ftalk nearly the fame height as the other, but doth 
not branch out as that doth. The leaves are broader, 
fmoother, and not pointed as thofe of the other ; 
they Hand alternately on the ftalk without any vifible 
foot-ftalk, and are of a deep green. The flowers 
come out in loofe fpikes at the top of the ftalks ; 
thefe are fmall, and of a pale yellow without fcent, 
and are fucceeded by four-cornered pods like thofe 
of the former. It flowers, and the feeds are ripe at 
the fame time with the former. 
Thefe two plants have by fome perfons been fuppofed 
the fame, but I have cultivated them thirty years, 
and have never found them alter. If their feeds are 
permitted to fcatter, the plants will come up without 
care, and will thrive on any foil or fituation, and up- 
on walls, or in rubbifti, in the fame manner as the 
common Wall-flower. 
The fecond fort grows naturally upon old walls and 
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buildings in many parts of England; it is alfo cul- 
tivated in gardens for the fragrancy of its flowers*. 
When thefe plants grow upon walls or buildings, 
they feldom rife more than fix or eight inches high, 
having very tough roots and firm ftalks *, the leaves 
are fhort, and fharp-pointed, and the flowers, are 
fmall, but in gardens the plants will grow two feet 
high, and branch out wide on every fide ; the leaves 
are broader, and the flowers much larger ; but in fe- 
vere winters, when thefe plants are frequently killed 
in the gardens, thofe upon the walls will receive no 
injury, though they are much more expofed to the 
winds and frofts ; for as thefe plants are ftunted, and 
of a firmer texture, having but little juice, the cold 
never affedts them. 
There is a variety of this with very double flowers, 
which is propagated in the gardens from flips planted 
in the fpring, which readily take root. There is 
one fort of this with variegated leaves, which is pre- 
ferved in the gardens, but this is not quite fo hardy 
as the plain. 
The large, yellow, bloody Wall- flower, is alfo fup- 
pofed to be a variety of this, which has been im- 
proved by culture ; and this I am inclinable to be- 
lieve, becaufe I have frequently obferved many of 
them degenerate to the common fort ; but although 
I have many years fowed the feeds of tfie common 
fort from the walls, yet I could never find them alter, 
except in being larger, but not any of them approach- 
ed toward the other varieties. The large bloody 
Wall-flower will frequently rife with double flowers 
from feeds, if they are carefully faved from filch 
plants as have five petals ; and thefe double flowers 
may be propagated by flips as the common fort, 
but the plants fo raifed will not produce fuch large 
fpikes of flowers as thofe which are propagated by 
feeds. 
There is alfo another variety with double blood-co- 
loured flowers, whofe petals are fhorter and more nu- 
merous, approaching nearer to the common double 
W all-flower, but much larger. This is called the 
Old Bloody Wall-flower. It is propagated from flips, 
in the fame manner as the other double forts. There 
are fome intermediate varieties of thefe flowers, dif- 
fering in the fize and colour of their petals, which 
the florifts diftinguiffi as different ; but as they 
conftantly vary from feeds, they do not deferve 
notice. 
The fourth fort grows naturally upon the Alps, and 
the mountains in Italy, where it rarely riles above fix 
inches high ; the leaves are very narrow, and the 
flowers grow in clofe fpikes at the end of the 
branches ; they are of a pale yellow, or brimftone co- 
lour, and the necks of the petals are much longer 
than the empalement ; thefe have but little fcent. 
When this fort is cultivated in gardens, it grows as 
large as the common Wall-flower, and makes a finer 
appearance, for the fpikes of flowers are longer, and 
they grow much clofer together ; but they have little 
fcent, which occafioned their being firft negle&ed, 
and at prefent there are few, if any, of the plants re- 
maining in the Englifh gardens. It was titled the 
Straw-coloured Wall-flower by the gardeners. 
The forts with ftngle flowers produce feeds in plenty, 
from which the plants are raifed ; but the largeft and 
deepeft coloured flowers ffiould always be felefted 
for feeds, becaufe from feeds carefully faved, there 
will be fewer of the plants degenerate. The feeds 
ffiould be fown in April, upon poor or undunged foil, 
and when the plants are fit to remove, they ffiould be 
tranfplanted into nurfery-beds, at about fix inches 
diftance each way, obferving to water and fiiade them 
until they have taken frelfi root ; after which they will 
require no farther care, but to keep them clean from 
weeds all the fummer ; and at Michaelmas they may 
be tranfplanted into the borders of the flower-garden 
where they are defigned to remain, that the plants 
may get good roots before the froft comes on. This 
is the method which is commonly prafitifed with thefe 
flowers ; but if the feeds are forwn upon poor land, 
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