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BOTANICAL MAGAZINE;

OR,


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FLOWER-GARDEN

DISPLAYED:

IN WHICH

The most Ornamental Foreign Plants,

cultivated in the Open Ground, the

Green-House, and the Stove, areaccurately represented in their natural

Colours.

TO WHICH ARE ADDED,

Their Names, Class, Order, Generic and

Specific Characters, according to the


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celebrated Linnus; their Places of

Growth, and Times of Flowering:

TOGETHER WITH

THE MOST APPROVED

METHODS OF CULTURE.

A WORK

Intended for the Use of such Ladies,

Gentlemen, and Gardeners, as wish to

become scientifically acquainted withthe Plants they cultivate.


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By WILLIAM

CURTIS,

Author of the Flora Londinensis.

VOL. III

"The spleen is seldom

felt where Flora reigns;

The low'ring eye, the

petulance, the frown,And sullen sadness,

that o'ershade, distort,

And mar the face of


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beauty, when no cause

For such immeasurable

woe appears;

These Flora banishes,

and gives the fair

Sweet smiles and

bloom, less transientthan her own."

COWPER.

LONDON:

Printed by Couchman and Fry,

Throgmorton-Street,For W. CURTIS, at his Botanic-Garden

Lambeth-Marsh;

And Sold by the principal Booksellers

in Great-Britain and Ireland.


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M DCC XC.


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CONTENTS

[73]Monsonia

speciosa.

[74]Antirrhinum triste.[75]Potentilla

grandiflora.

[76]Epilobiumangustissimum.

[77]Centaurea

montana.

[78]Narcissus odorus.

[79]Lotus Jacobus.

[80]Spigelia

Marilandica.


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[81]Colutea

Arborescens.

[82]Lachenalia

Tricolor.

[83]Hibiscus Syriacus.

[84]Tussilago Alpina.

[85]Spartium Jungeum.

[86]Gladiolus

Communis.

[87]HyoscyamusAureus.

[88]Narcissus

Bulbocodium.

[89]Viola Pedata.

[90]Gorteria Rigens.

[91]Iris Susiana.


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[92]Saxifraga

Sarmentosa.[93]Sempervivum

Monanthes.[94]Sisyrinchium

Irioides.

[95]Geranium Radula.

[96]Lantana Aculeata.

[97]Fuchsia Coccinea.

[98]Tropolum Minus.

[99]Antirrhinum

Purpureum.

[100]Lathyrus

Tingitanus.[101]Alyssum

Halimifolium.

[102]Campanula


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Speculum.[103]Pelargonium

Acetosum.

[104]LysimachiaBulbifera.

[105]Tradescantia

Virginica.

[106]Iberis Umbellata.

[107]Cassia

Chamcrista.

[108]AnthyllisTetraphylla.

INDEX.Latin Names.

INDEX.EnglishNames.


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[73]

Monsonia speciosa. Large-flower'd

Monsonia.

Class and Order.

Polyadelphia Dodecandria.

Generic Character.

Cal. 5-phyllus. Cor. 5-petala.

Stam. 15. connata in 5 filamenta.

Stylus 5-fidus. Caps. 5-cocca.

Specific Character and Synonyms.

M O N S O N I Aspeciosa foliis


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quinatis: foliolis bipinnatis,Lin.

Syst. Vegetab. p. 697.

MONSONIA grandiflora.Burm.prodr. 23.


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The genus of which this charming plan

s the most distinguished species, ha

been named in honour ofLady Ann

onson. The whole family are nativeof the Cape, and in their habit an

fructification bear great affinity to th

Geranium. The present species wa

ntroduced into this country in 1774, b

Mr. Masson.

We received this elegant plant just as i

was coming into flower, from Mr

Colvill, Nurseryman, King's-Road

Chelsea, who was so obliging as t

nform me that he had succeeded best ipropagating it by planting cuttings of th

root in pots of mould, and plunging the

n a tan-pit, watering them as occasio

may require; in due time buds appear o


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he tops of the cuttings left out of th

ground.

t rarely or never ripens its seed with us

Should be treated as a hardy greenhous

plant; may be sheltered even under

frame, in the winter.


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[74]

Antirrhinum triste. Melancholy or black

flower'd Toad-Flax.

Class and Order.

Didynamia Angiopspermia.

Generic Character.

Cal. 5-phyllus. Cor. basis

deorsum prominens, nectarifera.

Caps. 2. locularis.


ANTIRRHINUM triste foliis


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linearibus sparsis inferioribus

oppositis nectariis subulatis,

floribus sub-sessilibus.Lin. Syst.

Vegetab. p. 555.

LINARIA tristis hispanica.Dill.

Elth. 201. t. 164. f. 199.


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Receives its name oftriste from th

sombre appearance of its flowers; bu

his must be understood when placed a

some little distance, for, on a near viewhe principal colour of the blossoms is

fine rich brown, inclined to purple.

s a native of Spain, and of course greenhouse plant with us, but it must no

be too tenderly treated, as it loses muc

of its beauty when drawn up, it shoul

herefore be kept out of doors when th

season will admit, as it only require

shelter from severe frost, and that

common hot-bed frame will in generasufficiently afford it.

t flowers during most of the summe

months; as it rarely or never ripens it


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[75]

Potentilla grandiflora. Large-flower'd

Potentilla.

Class and Order.

Icosandria Polygynia.

Generic Character.

Cal. 10-fidus.Petala 5. Sem.

subrotunda, nuda, receptaculo

parvo exsucco affixa.


POTENTILLAgrandiflora foliis


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Culture is well known to produce grea

alterations in the appearance of mos

plants, but particularly in those whic

grow spontaneously on dry mountainousituations, and this is strikingl

exemplified in the present instance, thi

species ofPotentilla, becoming in ever

respect much larger, as well as muc

smoother than in its natural state. Vid

Vaill. above quoted.

t is a hardy herbaceous plant, a nativ

of Switzerland, Siberia, and other part

of Europe, and flowers in July.

Linnus considers it as an annua

Miller, as a biennial; we suspect it to be

ndeed have little doubt of its being

perennial; having propagated it b


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parting its roots, but it may be raise

more successfully from seed.


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Though theEpilobium here figured ha

not been many years introduced into thi

country, it is a plant which has long bee

well known, and described.

Linnus makes it a variety only of th

pilobium angustifolium; Haller,

distinct species, and in our opinion, mosustly.

Those who have cultivated th

pilobium angustifolium have cause tknow that it increases prodigiously b

ts creeping roots. The present plant, s

far as we have been able to determin

from cultivating it several years, in ou

Garden, Lambeth-Marsh, has not shew

he least disposition to increase in th

same way, nor have any seedlings arise


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from the seeds which it ha

spontaneously scattered: we have

ndeed, found it a plant rather difficult t

propagate, yet it is highly probable thaat a greater distance from London, and i

a more favourable soil, its roots, thoug

not of the creeping kind, may admit of

greater increase, and its seeds be mor

prolific.

t is a native of the Alps of Switzerland

from whence it is frequently dislodged

and carried into the plains by th

mpetuosity of torrents.

t flowers with us in July and August

and being a hardy perennial, and perhap

he most elegant species of the genus

appears to us highly deserving a place i


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he gardens of the curious.


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Centaurea montana. Greater Blue-bottle

Class and Order.

Syngenesia Polygamia Frustranea.

Generic Character.

Receptaculum setosum. Pappus

simplex. Coroll radii

infundibuliformes, longiores,

irregulares.


CENTAUREA montana calycibus


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t has been suggested by some of ou

readers, that too many common plants

ike the present, are figured in this work

We wish it to be understood, that theprofessed design of the Botanica

Magazine is to exhibit representations o

such. We are desirous of putting it in the

power of all who cultivate or amus

hemselves with plants, to becom

scientifically acquainted with them, a

far as our labours extend; and we deet of more consequence, that they shoul

be able to ascertain such as are to b

found in every garden, than such as the

may never have an opportunity of seeingOn viewing the representations o

objects of this sort, a desire of seeing th

original is naturally excited, and th


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We shall be thought, perhaps, too partia

o this tribe of plants, this being the fift

species now figured; but it should b

remembered, that as the spring does noafford that variety of flowers which th

summer does, we are more limited i

our choice; the flowers of this delightfu

season have also greater claims to ou

notice, they present themselves wit

double charms.

This species, which, as its name implies

possesses more fragrance than many o

he others, is a native of the South o

Europe, flowers in the open border iApril, is a hardy-perennial, thriving i

almost any soil or situation, but succeed

best in a loamy soil and easter

exposure. Varies with double flowers, i


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foliolis linearibus.Lin. Syst. Veg.

601.

LOTUS angustifolia, flore luteopurpurascente, inful S. Jacobi.

Comm. hort. 2. p. 165. t. 83.


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cuttings, seldom are fruitful."Miller'

Gard. Dict.

t continues to flower during the wholof the summer; as it is very apt to die of

without any apparent cause, care shoul

be taken to have a succession of plant

from seeds, if possible.


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Spigelia Marilandica. Maryland

Spigelia, or Worm-Grass.

Class and Order.

Pentandria Monogynia.

Generic Character.

Corolla infundibuliformis.

Capsula didyma. 2-locularis,

polysperma.


SPIGELIAMarilandica caule


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tetragono, foliis omnibus

oppositis.Lin. Syst. Veg. p. 197.

Mant. 2. p. 338.

LONICERAMarilandica, Spec.

Pl. ed. 3. p. 249.

PERICLYMENI virginiani florecoccineo planta marilandica

spicata erecta foliis conjugatis.D.

Sherard Raii Suppl. p. 32.

Catesb. Carol. 11. t. 78.

ANTHELMIA Indian pink.Dr.

Lining. Essays Physical and

Literary, Vol. 1. and Vol. 3.


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This plant, not less celebrated for it

superior efficacy in destroyin

worms[A], than admired for its beauty, i

a native of the warmer parts of NortAmerica; the older Botanists, and eve

Linnus, at one time considered it as

honeysuckle, but he has now made new genus of it, which he has named i

honour of Spigelius, a Botanist o

considerable note, author of theIfagog

n yem herbar. published atLeyden i1633.

"This plant is not easily propagated i

England, for the roots make but slowncrease, so that the plant is not ver

common in the English Gardens a

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endure the cold of our ordinary winter

n the open air, yet as it does not ripen

seeds, the only way of propagating it i

by parting of the roots; and as these dnot make much increase by offsets, s

he plants are scarce; it delights in

moist soil, and must not be ofte

ransplanted."Miller's Dict.

The scarcity of this plant, even now, is

proof of the justness of Mr. Miller'

observation; it is in fact a very shy plant

and scarcely to be kept in this countr

but by frequent importation.

t flowers in June and July.

Vid. Lewis's Mater. Medica.


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Colutea Arborescens. Tree Colutea, or

Bladder Senna.

Class and Order.

Diadelphia Decandria.

Generic Character.

Calyx 5-fidus.Legumen inflatum,

basi superiore dehiscens.


COLUTEA arborescens arborea

foliolis obcordatis.Lin. Syst.


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The Bladder Senna, a native of the Sout

of France and Italy, produces

profusion of bloom from June to August

when its inflated pods please from thsingularity of their appearance; on thes

accounts, it is one of the most commo

flowering shrubs cultivated in garden

and plantations.

"It is propagated by sowing its seeds an

ime in the spring in a bed of commo

earth; and when the plants are come up

hey must be kept clear from weeds, an

he Michaelmas following they shoul

be transplanted either into nursery-rowsor in the places where they are designe

o remain; for if they are let grow in th

seed-bed too long, they are very subjec

o have tap roots, which render the


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To Mr. Lee, of the Vineyard

Hammersmith, the first, and as w

understand, the only Nurseryman as ye

n possession of this plant, which has buately been introduced into this countr

from the Cape, we are indebted for th

present specimen.

Mr. Jacquin, jun. who has figured an

described it in theActa Helvetica, give

t the name ofLachenalia, in honour o

Warnerus de la Chenal, a very eminen

Swiss Botanist, and the particular frien

of the late illustrious Haller. Our reader

should be informed, that it had beforbeen called by two other differen

names, viz.Hyacinthus orchiodes, an

hormium aloides, under the latter o

which it now stands in the 14th editio


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of the Systema Vegetabilium , as well a

hat ofLachenalia.

ts trivial name oftricolor it receivefrom the three colours observable in th

flowers; but it must be noticed, that it i

only at the middle period of it

flowering, that these three colours arhighly distinguishable; as it advances

he brilliant orange of the top flower

dies away; the spots on the leaves also

which when the plant is young, give

he appearance of an orchis, as

advances into bloom become less an

ess conspicuous.

Like most of the Cape plants, th

achenalia requires to be sheltered i

he winter; during that season it mus


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herefore be kept in a greenhouse, or hot

bed frame, well secured.

t flowers in the spring, but its blowinmay be accelerated by the warmth of th

stove, for it bears forcing well enough.

t is increased by offsets from the bulbs.


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[83]

Hibiscus Syriacus. Syrian Hibiscus;

commonly called Altha Frutex.

Class and Order.

Monadelphia Polyandria.

Generic Character.

Calyx duplex, exterior

polyphyllus. Capsula 5-locularis,

polysperma.


H I B I S C U Ssyriacus foliis


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cuneiformi ovatis superne incise-

serratis, caule arboreo.Lin. Syst.

Veg. p. 630.

ALCEA arborescens syriaca.

Bauh. Pin. p. 316.

ALTHA frutex flore albo velpurpureo.Park. Par. p. 369.


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TheHibiscus syriacus, known generall

by the name ofAltha frutex, is a nativ

of Syria, and forms one of the chie

ornaments of our gardens in autumn; wview it, however, with less delight, as i

s a sure indication of approachin

winter.

There are many varieties of it mentione

by authors, as thepurple, red-flowered

white-flowered, variegated red and

white flowered, and thestriped

lowered, to which may be added

another variety, lately introduced, wit

double flowers: it varies also in itfoliage, which is sometimes marked wit

white, sometimes with yellow.

As from the lateness of its flowering


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arad.


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Tussilago Alpina. Alpine Coltsfoot.

Class and Order.

Syngenesia Polygamia.

Generic Character.

Receptaculum nudum.Pappus

simplex. Cal. squam quales,

discum quantes,

submembranace.


T U S S I L A G O alpina scapo


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Spartium Jungeum. Spanish Broom.

Class and Order.

Diadelphia Decandria.

Generic Character.

Stigma longitudinale, supra

v i l l o s u m .Filamenta germini

a d h r e n t i a . Calyx deorsum

productus.


S P A R T I U M junceum ramis


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oppositis teretibus apice floriferis,

foliis lanceolatis.Lin. Syst.

Vegetab. p. 643.

SPARTIUM arborescens,

feminibus lenti similibus.Bauh.

Pin. 396.

Spanish Broom.Park. Parad. p.

442. t. 443. fig. 4.


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Grows naturally in France, Spain, Italy

and Turkey; bears our climate extremel

well; is a common shrub in our nurserie

and plantations, which it much enlivenby its yellow blossoms: flowers fro

June to August, or longer in coo

seasons.

s raised by seeds, which generall

come up plentifully under the shrubs.

Miller mentions a variety of it, which, anferior to the common sort, does no

appear to be worth cultivating.


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[86]

Gladiolus Communis. Common Corn-

Flag.

Class and Order.

Triandria Monogynia.

Generic Character.

Corolla sexpartita, ringens.

Stamina adscendentia.


GLADIOLUS communis foliis

ensiformibus, floribus distantibus.


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Grows wild in the corn fields of most o

he warmer parts of Europe, varies wit

white and flesh-coloured blossoms

ncreases so fast, both by offsets anseeds, as to become troublesome to th

cultivator; hence, having bee

supplanted by the Greater Corn-Flag, th

yzantinus of Miller, whose blossom

are larger, and more shewy, it is not so

generally found in gardens as formerly.

t flowers in June.


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Hyoscyamus Aureus. Golden-Flower'd

Henbane.

Class and Order.

Pentandria Digynia.

Generic Character.

Corolla infundibuliformis, obtusa.

Stamina inclinata. Capsula

operculata 2-locularis.


HYOSCYAMUS aureus foliis


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petiolatis dentatis acutis floribus

pedunculatis, fructibus pendulis.

Lin. Syst. Vegetab. p. 220.

HYOSCYAMUS creticus luteus

major.Bauh. Pin. 169.


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A native of Crete, and other parts of th

East.

"Flowers most part of the summer, buseldom ripens seeds in England; wil

continue for several years, if kept in pot

and sheltered in winter, for it will no

ive in the open air during that season; iplaced under a common hot-bed frame

where it may enjoy as much free air a

possible in mild weather, it will thriv

better than when more tenderly treated.

"It may be easily propagated by cuttings

which if planted in a shady border an

covered with hand-glasses, in any of th

summer months, they will take root in

month or six weeks, and may b

afterwards planted in pots and treate


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Grows spontaneously in Portuga

flowers in the open border about th

middle of May, is an old inhabitant o

our gardens, but, like the triandrus, inow become scarce, at least in th

nurseries about London; in some garden

n Hampshire we have seen it grow

abundantly: Miller calls it theHoop

etticoat Narcissus, the nectary, as h

observes, being formed like the ladie

hoop petticoats.

t certainly is one of the neatest and mos

elegant of the genus, is propagated b

offsets, and should be planted in a loamsoil, with an Eastern exposure.


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Viola Pedata. Cut-Leav'd Violet.

Class and Order.

Syngenesia Monogamia.

Generic Character.

Calyx 5-phyllus. Cor. 5-petala,

irregularis, postice cornuta.

Capsula supera, 3-valvis; 1-

locularis.


V IO L Apedata acaulis, foliis


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pedatis septempartitis.Lin. Syst.

Veget. ed. 14. Murr. p. 802. Spec.

Pl. p. 1323.Gronov. Fl. Virg. ed.

2. p. 135.

VIOLA tricolorcaule nudo, foliis

tenuius dissectis.Banist. Virg.

VIOLA inodora flore

purpurascente specioso, foliis ad

modum digitorum incisis. Clayt. n.

254.


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This species of Violet, a native o

Virginia, is very rarely met with in ou

gardens; the figure we have given, wa

drawn from a plant which flowered thispring in the garden of Thomas Sykes

Esq. at Hackney, who possesses a ver

fine collection of plants, and o

American ones in particular.

t is more remarkable for the singularit

of its foliage than the beauty of it

blossoms; the former exhibit a very goo

example of thefolium pedatum o

Linnus, whence its name.

Miller, who calls it multifida from

former edition of Linnus' s Specie

lantarum, says, that the flowers are no

succeeded by seeds here, hence it ca


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only be propagated by parting its roots.

The best mode of treating it, will be t

place the roots in a pot of loam and boearth mixed, and plunge the pot into

north border, where it must be sheltered

n the winter, or taken up and kept in

common hot-bed frame.


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Gorteria Rigens. Rigid-Leav'd Gorteria

Class and Order.

Syngenesia Polygamia Frustranea.

Generic Character.

Receptaculum nudum.Pappus

lanatus. Coroll radii ligulat.

Calyx imbricatus, squamis

spinosis.


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lanceolatis pinnatifidis, caule

depresso, scapis unifloris.Lin.

Syst. Vegetab. ed. 14. Murr. 783.

Sp. Pl. ed. 3. p. 1284.

ARCTOTIS ramis decumbentibus,

foliis lineari-lanceolatis rigidis,

subtus argenteis.Mill. Dict. etIcon. t. 49.

ARCTOTHECA foliis rigidis

leniter dissectis. Vaill. act. 1728.n. 9.


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The Gorteria, of which there are severa

species, and most of them, like th

present, natives of the Cape, has bee

named in honour of David de Gorterauthor of theFlora Zutphanica an

ngrica; the trivial name ofrigens i

given to this species from the rigidity o

ts leaves, a term which it is sometime

apt to exchange for the more commo

botanic name ofringens; an instance o

such mistake occurs in the 6th edition oMiller's Gard. Dict.

The greenhouse, to which it properl

belongs, can scarcely boast a morshewy plant; its blossoms, whe

expanded by the heat of the sun, and it i

only when the sun shines on them tha

hey are fully expanded, exhibit a


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unrivalled brilliancy of appearance.

t flowers in June, but rarely brings it

seeds to perfection in this country, whics of the less consequence, as the plant i

readily enough increased by cuttings.

t requires the common treatment of greenhouse plant.


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Iris Susiana. Chalcedonian Iris.

Class and Order.

Triandria Monogynia.

Generic Character.

Cor. 6-petala, inqualis, petalis

alternis geniculato-patentibus.

Stigmata petaliformia, cucullato-

bilabiata.


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ensiformibus glabris, scapo

unifloro, petalis rotundatis.Lin.

Syst. Vegetab. ed. 14. p. 88.

IRIS Susiana flore maximo et albo

nigricante.Bauh. Pin. 31.

The great Turkey Flower-de-luce.Park. Parad. 179.


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This species, by far the most magnificen

of the Iris tribe, is a native of Persia

from a chief city of which it takes th

name of Surfing; Linnus informs ushat it was imported into Holland fro

Constantinople in 1573.

Though an inhabitant of a much warmeclimate than our own, it thrives readil

n the open borders of our gardens; and

n certain favourable situations, flower

freely about the latter end of May o

beginning of June. It succeeds best in

oamy soil and sunny exposure, with

pure air moisture, which favours thgrowth of most of the genus, is injuriou

and sometimes even fatal to this species

As it rarely ripens its seeds with us, it i


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generally propagated by parting its root

n autumn. These are also usuall

mported from Holland, and may be ha

of the importers of bulbs at a reasonablrate.

Being liable to be destroyed by season

unusually severe, it will be prudent tplace a few roots of it in pots, either i

he greenhouse or in a hot-bed fram

during the winter.

t bears forcing well.


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Saxifraga Sarmentosa. Strawberry

Saxifrage.

Class and Order.

Decandria Digynia.

Generic Character.

Calyx 5-partitus. Cor. 5-petala.

Caps. 2-rostris, 1-locularis,

polysperma.


SAXIFRAGAsarmentosa foliis


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radicalibus subrotundis cordatis

crenatis, sarmentis axillaribus

radicantibus, corolla irregulari,

racemo composito.Lin. Syst. Veg.ed. 14. p. 412.Suppl. p. 240.


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This species of Saxifrage differing s

widely from the others, both in its hab

and fructification, as to create a doubt i

he minds of some, whether it ought noo be considered as a distinct genus, is

native of China, and one of the man

plants which have been introduced int

our gardens since the time of Miller.

ts round variegated leaves, an

strawberry-like runners, the uncommo

magnitude of the two lowermost pendan

petals, joined to the very conspicuou

glandular nectary in the centre of th

flower, half surrounding the germenrender this species strikingly distinct.

t is properly a greenhouse plant; in mil

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especially if placed at the foot of a wall

or among rock-work; but, in suc

situations, it is frequently killed i

severe seasons.

t flowers in May and June, but does no

produce its blossoms so freely as som

others.

o difficulty attends the propagation o

t, for it increases so fast by its runners

as to be even troublesome.


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[93]

Sempervivum Monanthes. Dwarf

Houseleek.

Class and Order.

Dodecandria Dodecagynia.

Generic Character.

Calyx 12-partitus.Petala 12.

Capsul 12. polysperm.


S E M P E R V I V U M monanthes

foliis teretibus clavatis confertis,


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pedunculis nudis subunifloris,

nectariis obcordatis.Aiton. Hort.

Kew.


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t appears from theHortus Kewensis, th

publication of which is daily expected

hat the plant here figured was firs

brought to this country from the Canarslands, by Mr. Francis Masson, in th

ear 1777.

t is highly deserving the notice of thBotanist, not only as being by far th

east species of the genus, but on accoun

of its Nectaria; these, though no

mentioned by Linnus in his character o

he genus, have been described by othe

authors, particularly Jacquin and Haller

and though not present in most, and bufaintly visible in a few species o

Sempervivum, in this plant form

principal part of the fructification; the

are usually seven in number, but var


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from six to eight.

n the specimens we have examined, an

which perhaps have been rendereuxuriant by culture, the number o

stamina has been from twelve to sixteen

of styles, from six to eight; of flowers o

he same stalk, from one to eight.

t flowers during most of the summe

months, succeeds very well with th

common treatment of a greenhouse plann the summer, but does best in a dry

stove in the winter.

s readily increased by parting its roots.


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[94]

Sisyrinchium Irioides. Iris-Leav'd

Sisyrinchium.

Class and Order.

Gynandria Triandria.

Generic Character.

M o n o g y n a . Spatha diphylla.

Petala 6 plana. Capsula tri-

locularis, infera.


SISYRINCHIUM iridioides foliis


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ensiformibus; petalis oblongo-

obcordatis, venosis; germinibus

pyriformibus, subhirsutis.

SISYRINCHIUMBermudiana.

Lin. Syst. Vegetab. p. 820. var. 2.

Spec. Pl. p. 1353.

BERMUDIANA iridis folio,

radice fibrosa.Dill. Elth. 48. t.

41. f. 48.

SISYRINCHIUMBermudiana

foliis gladiolatis amplexicaulibus,

pedunculis brevioribus.Miller's

Dict. ed. 6. 4to.


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On comparing the present plant with th

ermudiana graminea flore minore

c[oe]ruleo of Dillenius, both of which

have growing, and now in pots beforme, the difference appears so striking

hat I am induced with him and Miller t

consider them as distinct species

especially as, on a close examination

here appear characters sufficient t

ustify me in the opinion, whic

characters are not altered by culture.

t is a native of the Bermudian Islands

and flowers in the open border fro

May to the end of July; it is nouncommon to keep it in the greenhouse

for which, from its size &c. it is ver

well adapted; but it is not necessary t

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degree of cold than many plants usuall

considered as hardy.

t may be propagated most readily bseeds, or by parting its roots in th

autumn; should be planted on a borde

with an eastern aspect; soil the same a

for bulbs.


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[95]

Geranium Radula. Rasp-Leav'd

Geranium.

Class and Order.

Monadelphia Decandria.

Generic Character.

Monogyna. Stigmata 5.Fructus

rostratus, 5-coccus.


G E R A N I U M revolutum

pedunculis subbifloris, foliis


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multifidis linearibus scabris ad

oras revolutis, caule arboreo.

Jacq. ic. 133. collect. 1. p. 84.

GERANIUMRadula. Cavanill.

Diss. 4. p. 262. t. 101. f. 1.


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This is one of the numerous tribe o

Geraniums introduced from the Cap

since the time of Miller: it takes th

name ofRadula, which is the Latin terfor a rasp or file, from the rough rasp

ike surface of the leaves.

There are two varieties of it, a majoand a minor, which keep prett

constantly to their characters; and as thi

species is readily raised from seeds,

affords also many seminal varieties.

As a Botanist, desirous of seeing plant

distinct in their characters, we coul

almost wish it were impossible to rais

heseforeign Geraniums from seeds

for, without pretending to an

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venture to prophecy, that in a few years

from the multiplication of semina

varieties, springing from seeds casually

or perhaps purposely impregnated withe pollen of different sorts, such a crop

will be produced as will baffle all ou

attempts to reduce to species, or eve

regular varieties.

Such as are partial to this tribe, will n

doubt wish to have this species in thei

collection; the blossoms are pretty, and

he foliage is singular, but it remains bu

a short time in flower.

t is readily propagated by cuttings.


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[96]

Lantana Aculeata. Prickly Lantana.

Class and Order.

Didynamia Angiospermia.

Generic Character.

Calyx 4-dentatus obsolete. Stigma

uncinato-refractum.Drupa nucleo

2-loculari.


L A N T A N A aculeata foliis

oppositis, caule aculeato ramoso


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spicis hemisphricis.Lin. Syst.

Veg. ed. 14. p. 566.


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usually placed in the dry stove, to which

as it is seldom without flowers,

mparts great brilliancy.


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[97]

Fuchsia Coccinea. Scarlet Fuchsia.

Class and Order.

Octandria Monogynia.

Generic Character.

Calyx 1-phyllus, coloratus,

corollifer, maximus.Petala 4,

parva,Bacca infera, 4-locularis,

polysperma.


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particularly deserving of notice; the

somewhat resemble a small roll of th

richest purple-coloured ribband.

Though this plant will not succeed wel

n the winter, nor be easily propagated

unless in a stove, it will flower ver

well during the summer months, in good greenhouse or hot-bed frame, an

hough at present from its novelty

bears a high price, yet as it is readil

propagated, both by layers, cuttings, an

seeds, it will soon be within th

purchase of every lover of plants.

M r . Lee, of Hammersmith, w

understand first had this plant for sale.


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[98]

Tropolum Minus. or Indian-Cress.

Class and Order.

Octandria Monogynia.

Generic Character.

Cal. 1-phyllus, calcaratus.Petala 5

nqualia.Bacca tres, sicc.


T R O P O L U M minus foliis

peltatis repandis, petalis

acuminato-setaceis.Lin. Syst.


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Vegetab. p. 357.

Indian-Cresses, or yellow Larke's-

heeles.Park. Parad. p. 280.


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As thePassiflora crulea, from it

superior beauty and hardiness, has in

great degree supplanted the incarnata

so has the Tropolum majus the minuswe have been informed indeed that

was entirely lost to our gardens til

ately, when it was reintroduced by Dr

J. E. Smith, who by distributing it to hi

friends, and the Nurserymen nea

London, has again rendered it tolerabl

plentiful.

Like the majus it is an annual, though b

artificial heat it may be kept in a po

hrough the winter, as usually is thvariety of it with double flowers; but a

t will grow readily in the open air, i

warm sheltered situations, it should b

raised on a hot-bed, like other tende


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[101]

Alyssum Halimifolium. Sweet Alyssum

Class and Order.

Tetradynamia Siliculosa.

Generic Character.

Filamenta qudam introrsum

denticulo notata. Silicula

emarginata.


ALYSSUM halimifolium caulibus

suffruticosis, diffusis, foliis


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seed in one pot, as it spreads wide, but

may easily be reduced at any period o

ts growth, as it does not creep at th

root.

The specific description in theHortu

ewensis above referred to, admirabl

characterizes the plant, but surely at thexpence of its generic character.


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[103]

Pelargonium Acetosum. Sorrel Crane's-

Bill.

Class and Order.

Monadelphia Heptandria.

Generic Character.

Calyx 5-partitus: lacinia suprema

definente in tubulum capillarem,

nectariferum, secus pedunculumdecur ren tem. Cor. 5-petala,

irregularis.Filam. 10. in qualia:

quorum 3 (raro 5) castrata.


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Fructus, 5-coccus, rostratus:

rostra spiralia, introrsum barbata.

L'Herit. Geran.


P E L A R G O N I U M acetosum

umbellis paucifloris, foliisobovatis crenatis glabris carnosis,

petalis linearibus.L'Herit.

Monogr de Geran. n. 97.

GERANIUM acetosum calycibus

monophyllis, foliis glabris

obovatis carnosis crenatis, caule

fruticoso laxo.Linn. Syst.Vegetab. ed. 14.Murr. p. 613. Sp.

Pl. p. 947.

GERANIUM Africanum


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frutescens, folio crasso et glauco

acetos sapore. Comm. prl. 51.

t. 1.


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Mons. L'Heritier, the celebrated Frenc

Botanist, who in the number, elegance

and accuracy of his engravings, appear

ambitious of excelling all hicontemporaries, in a work now

executing on the family ofGeranium

has thought it necessary to divide tha

numerous genus into three, viz.Erodium

elargonium, and Geranium.

T h eErodium includes those whic

Linnus (who noticing the grea

difference in their appearance, had mad

hree divisions of them) describes wit

five fertile stamina, and calls MyrrhinahePelargonium those with seven fertil

stamina, hisAfricana; the Geranium

hose with ten fertile stamina, hi

atrachia.


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[104]

Lysimachia Bulbifera. Bulb-Bearing

Loosestrife.

Class and Order.

Pentandria Monogynia.

Generic Character.

Corolla rotata. Capsula globosa,

mucronata, 10-valvis.


LYSIMACHIAstricta racemis

terminalibus, petalis lanceolatis


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Some Botanists, whose abilities w

revere, are of opinion that the trivia

names of plants, which are or should b

a kind of abridgment of the specificharacter, ought very rarely or never to

be changed: we are not for altering the

capriciously on every trivial occasion

but in such a case as the present, wher

he science is manifestly advanced b

he alteration, it would surely have bee

criminal to have preferred a namebarely expressive, to one whic

mmediately identifies the plant.

T heLysimachia bulbifera is a hardperennial, grows spontaneously in bogg

or swampy ground, and hence requires

moist soil. It flowers in August.


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[105]

Tradescantia Virginica. Virginian

Tradescantia, or Spiderwort.

Class and Order.

Hexandria Monogynia.

Generic Character.

Calyx triphyllus.Petala 3.

Filamenta villis articulatis.

Capsula 3-locularis.


T R A D E S C A N T I A Virginica


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erecta lvis, floribus congestis.

Linn. Syst. Vegetab. ed. 14. Murr.

p. 314.Sp. Pl. 411.

ALLIUM five moly Virginianum.

Bauh. Pin. 506.

PHALANGIUM EphemerumVirginianum Joannis Tradescant.

The soon-fading Spiderwort of

Virginia, or Tradescant hisSpiderwort.Park. Parad. 152. 5.

t. 151. f. 4.


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hings, both to me and others."

Tournefort afterwards gave it the nam

o fEphemerum, expressive of the shorduration of its flowers, which Linnu

changed to Tradescantia.

Though a native of Virginia, it bears thseverity of our climate uninjured, an

being a beautiful, as well as hard

perennial, is found in almost ever

garden.

Though each blossom lasts but a day, i

has such a profusion in store, that it i

seldom found without flowers throughe whole of the summer. There are two

varieties of it, the one with white th

other with pale purple flowers. The mos


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inferioribus serratis; superioribus

integerrimis.Linn. Syst. Veg. ed.

14. Murr. p. 589. Sp. Pl. p. 906.

THLASPI umbellatum creticum,

iberidis folio.Bauh. Pin. 106.

DRABA S. Arabis S. ThlaspiCandi.Dod. pempt. 713.

THLASPI creticum umbellatum

flore albo et purpureo. Candy-Tufts, white and purple.Park.

Parad. p. 390.


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A native of the West-Indies, and o

Virginia according to Linnus; no

common in our gardens, thoug

cultivated as long ago as 1699, by thDuchess of Beaufort; (vid. Hort. Kew.

unnoticed by Miller.

This species, superior in beauty to manof the genus, is an annual, an

consequently raised only from seeds

hese must be sown in the spring, on

hot-bed, and when large enough t

ransplant, placed separately in pots o

ight loamy earth, then replunged into

moderate hot-bed to bring them forwardand in the month of June removed into

warm border, where, if the season prov

favourable, they will flower very wel

owards August; but, as such seldom


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ripen their seeds, it will be proper t

keep a few plants in the stove o

greenhouse for that purpose, otherwis

he species may be lost.


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Linn. Syst. Vegetab. ed. 14. Murr.

p. 25.Hort. Kew. vol. 3. p. 25.

LOTUS pentaphyllos vesicaria.Bauh. Pin. 332.

TRIFOLIUM halicacabum. Cam.

Hort. 171. t. 47.


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An annual; the spontaneous growth o

Spain, Italy, and Sicily, flowers in the

open border in July, and ripens its seeds

n September.

Long since cultivated in our gardens, bu

more as a rare, or curious, than

beautiful plant.

ts seeds are to be sown in April, on

bed of light earth, where they are t

remain; no other care is necessary thahinning them, and keeping them clear o

weeds.


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73 Monsonia large-flower'd.

88Narcissus hoop-petticoat.

100 Pea Tangier.

75 Potentilla large-flower'd,

92 Saxifrage Strawberry.

94 Sisyrinchium Iris-leav'd.

80Spigelia, or Worm-grass

Maryland.

74 Toad-flax black-flower'd.

99 Toad-flax purple.

105 Tradescantia Virginian.

94 Tropolum, or Indian cress,small.

89 Violet cut-leav'd.76 Willow-herb narrowest-leav'd.


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