Sn 3 much more pliant than thofe of the common fort, 
and therefore it grows lefs eredt; the leaves are cora- 
pofed of nine pairs of leaflets, and are much fmaller. The 
■flowers are of a brighter yellow, appear a month earlier 
than in the common fort, and there rs a fucceflionof them 
till late in the autumn, which renders this much more va¬ 
luable ; and the branches not (hooting- fo luxuriantly, nor 
fo upright, this is in lefs danger of being broken by ltrong 
■winds in fuminer. Native of the Levant 5 the feeds were 
brought to England firft by the reverend Dr. Pocock, who 
gathered them in Turkey ; Dr. Ruflell, who refided many 
years at Aleppo, reports that this (hrub is very common 
about that city. 
4. Colufea frutefcens, or fcarlet-bladder fenna : (hrub¬ 
by; leaflets ovate-oblong. A hoary flirub, with tomen- 
tofe leaflets, fmooth on the upper lurface 5 height from 
two to four feet ; in favourable feafons, and in a warm 
fituation, plants of three years Handing will be fix feet 
high, with large heads, and all the branches covered with 
flowers, making a very fine appearance. Thofe plants, 
however, which are expofed to the open air feldom are 
of longer duration than two years, and are generally de- 
llroyed in fevere winters; but they make much ftronger 
plants while they laft, and produce a greater number of 
flowers than thofe which are houfed; thefe being of a 
fine fcarlet colour, intermixed with the filvery leaves, af 7 
ford an agreeable variety; the Item Is weak; the fide 
branches grow eredt; and the leaves have ten or twelve 
pairs of leaflets ; the peduncles are axillary, towards the 
upper part of the Hem, and fiuftain three or four flowers ; 
thefe arc very long, and not reflex; the legumes are very 
large; it flowers in June; but, when the feeds are lbwn 
forward in the fpring, they will produce flowers in Au- 
gult, and fometimes perfedt feeds in Odtober. It is a na¬ 
tive of the Cape of Good Hope, and was cultivated in 
1683 by Mr. James Sutherland ; it was not, however, ge¬ 
nerally known in our gardens till the time of Miller. 
5. Colutea perennans, or perennial bladder-fenna : her¬ 
baceous; leaflets ovate-oblong, pubefeent. The whole of 
this plant is (lightly pubelcent; root perennial; Items 
eredt, round, ftxiated, pale green, annual, quite Ample, or 
with almoft barren branchlets; feeds very few, compreffed, 
and black. Native of Africa; introduced in 1776, by Jof. 
Nic. de Jacquin, M. D. It flowers in Auguft. 
6 . Colutea herbacea, or annual bladder-fenna : herba¬ 
ceous ; leaflets linear, fmooth. Annual, feldom peren¬ 
nial in the item, fmooth; corollas dark blood red, with 
a (triated ftandard, the length of the wings and keel; 
feeds two or four, rather large, esmprefled, of a dirty 
chefnut colour ; (tern a foot and a half high and (lender, 
dividing at the top into three or four branches; leaflets 
five or lix pairs, very narrow, an inch long, a little-hoary; 
flowers fmall, three together, on (lender peduncles; ap¬ 
pearing in July: the feeds ripen in autumn. Native of 
the Cape of Good Hope. 
7. Colutea nftulofa : herbaceous; leaflets ovate, com¬ 
plicate, pubefeent underneath. 
8. Colutea Americana; (hrubby; leaflets ovate, emargi- 
nnte; legumes oblong, compreffed, acuminate. Sent from 
VeraCruz, inNewSpain, in theyear J730,by Dr.Houftoun. 
It has a (hrubby (talk, which riles to the height of twelve 
or.fourteen feet, (ending out many branches; the leaves 
are compofed of three pairs of oval leaflets, terminated 
by an odd one; thefe are indented at the top, and are of 
a light green ; the flowers are of a bright yellow, and Hand 
two or three upon each peduncle, and are l'ucceeded by 
compreffed winged pods near four inches long, which end 
In long points. 
9. Colutea procumbens: Hems trailing; leaflets ovate- 
oblong, tomentofe ; flowers axillary, on very long pe¬ 
duncles. This has many (lender woody Items, which trail 
on the ground, and are divided into fmaller branches ; 
the leaves are compofed of twelve or fourteen pairs of 
(mail, narrow, oval, leaflets, terminated by an odd one; 
thefe, and alio the (talks, are covered with a wkitilh down. 
Vox. IV. No. 247,, 
The flowers are very fmall, of a purple colour, and (land 
upon very long (lender peduncles, each fuftaining three 
or four flowers ; thefe are fucceeded by comprefled pods 
little more than half an inch long, which are a little bent 
like a fickle, each containing a fingle row of fmall kid- 
ney-lhaped feeds: it flowers in June and July, and the 
feeds ripen in autumn. This is a perennial plant, which, 
if (heltered in the winter, will continue feveral years; 
but the branches do not extend more than a foot iu 
length ; and, unlefs they are fupported, always trail upoij 
the ground. The feeds were fent to Mr. Miller from the 
Cape of Good Hope in 1753. 
Propagation and Culture. The three firft forts are very 
hardy (hrubs, which thrive in the open air extremely well, 
and are generally propagated for fale in the nurfery-gar- 
dens; but the firft fort having been longer in England, 
is more generally known and propagated than either of 
the other, which have been but few years in the Englilh 
gardens; nor had the third fort been long known in this 
country in Mr. Miller’s time; but, as the feeds ripen here 
very well, it is now in as great plenty as the firft fort. 
They are propagated by fowing their feeds any time 
in the fpring, in a bed of common earth ; and, when the 
plants are come up, they mull be kept clear from weeds ; 
and the Michaelmas following they ihould be tranf- 
planted either into nurfery rows, or in the places where 
they are defigned to remain; for, if they are left in the 
feed-bed too long, they are very fubjedt to have down¬ 
right tap-roots, which render them unfit for traiifplanta- 
tion; nor (hould they be differed to remain too long in 
the nurfery before they are tranfplAnted, where they are 
to remain, for the fame reafon. The firft fort growing to 
the height of twelve or fifteen feet, is very proper to inter¬ 
mix with trees of a middling growth in wildernefs quar¬ 
ters ; or in clumps of flowering trees, where the oddnefs 
of their flowers and pods will make a pretty variety, e(pe- 
cially as they continue a long time in. flower; for they 
ufually begin flowering by the end of May, and from that- 
time to September they are feldom deftitute of flowers. 
Thefe (hrubs make great (hoots annually, which are fre¬ 
quently broken down by ftrong winds in the fummer 5 fo 
that if they are not (heltered by other trees, their branches 
(hould be fupported, otherwife they will be broken and 
fplit off, whereby the trees will be rendered unfightly. 
The third fort does not grow fo tall as the common, but 
makes a more regular flirub, and is lefs liable to fplit. 
The flowers of this fort being of a dulky red colour, (pot¬ 
ted with yellow, it makes a very pretty variety, and is 
as hardy as the common fort, therefore may be propa¬ 
gated by feeds in the fame manner. Mr. Curtis has 
learned, by experience, that a very wet foil proves fatal 
to the common bladder-fenna. The ear-wigs, finding a 
commodious retreat within the bladders, are great de- 
ftroyers of the feeds: Mr. Miller therefore recommends 
the hanging lobfter-claws, or bowls of tobacco-pipes, on 
the (hrubs, to entice thefe infedts. The third lort fends 
forth many fuckers, by which alfo it may be propagated; 
but the plants thus raifed never grow fo ftrong, and are 
fubjedt to produce many fuckers. 
The fourth fort is tender, and will not live through 
the winters, when they are fevere, in the open air in Eng¬ 
land ; but, in mild winters, if it be planted in a dry foil, 
and a warm fituation, it will thrive very well; and thofe 
plants which live abroad will flower much ftronger, and 
make a finer appearance than thofe which are preferved 
in the green-houfe; for they require a large (hare of air, 
otherwife they are apt to draw up weak, and not produce 
their flowers in plenty; therefore, when any of the plants 
are (heltered in winter, they mult be placed as near the 
window as poflible, that they may have all the advantages of 
air ; and in the fpring they mud be hardened, to bear the 
open air as foon as poflible. This is propagated by feeds 
like the former. If the feeds are fown early in the fpring 
upon a warm border of light earth, the plants will flower 
in Augyftj and, if the autumn proves favourable, they 
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