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William Curtis >> The Botanical Magazine, Vol. 3
THE
~Botanical Magazine~;
OR,
~Flower-Garden Displayed~:
IN WHICH
The most Ornamental Foreign Plants, cultivated in the
Open Ground, the Green-House, and the Stove, are accurately
represented in their natural Colours.
TO WHICH ARE ADDED,
Their Names, Class, Order, Generic and Specific Characters, according
to the celebrated Linnaeus; 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 with the Plants they cultivate.
~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 beauty, when no cause
For such immeasurable woe appears;
These Flora banishes, and gives the fair
Sweet smiles and bloom, less transient than 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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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._
MONSONIA _speciosa_ foliis quinatis: foliolis bipinnatis, _Lin. Syst.
Vegetab. p. 697._
MONSONIA grandiflora. _Burm. prodr. 23._
[Illustration: No 73]
The genus of which this charming plant is the most distinguished
species, has been named in honour of _Lady Anne Monson_. The whole
family are natives of the Cape, and in their habit and fructification
bear great affinity to the Geranium. The present species was introduced
into this country in 1774, by Mr. MASSON.
We received this elegant plant just as it was coming into flower, from
Mr. COLVILL, Nurseryman, King's-Road, Chelsea, who was so
obliging as to inform me that he had succeeded best in propagating it by
planting cuttings of the root in pots of mould, and plunging them in a
tan-pit, watering them as occasion may require; in due time buds appear
on the tops of the cuttings left out of the ground.
It rarely or never ripens its seed with us.
Should be treated as a hardy greenhouse plant; may be sheltered even
under a frame, in the winter.
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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.
_Specific Character and Synonyms._
ANTIRRHINUM _triste_ foliis linearibus sparsis inferioribus oppositis
nectariis subulatis, floribus sub-sessilibus. _Lin. Syst. Vegetab.
p. 555._
LINARIA tristis hispanica. _Dill. Elth. 201. t. 164. f. 199._
[Illustration: No 74]
Receives its name of _triste_ from the sombre appearance of its flowers;
but this must be understood when placed at some little distance, for, on
a near view, the principal colour of the blossoms is a fine rich brown,
inclined to purple.
Is a native of Spain, and of course a greenhouse plant with us, but it
must not be too tenderly treated, as it loses much of its beauty when
drawn up, it should therefore be kept out of doors when the season will
admit, as it only requires shelter from severe frost, and that a common
hot-bed frame will in general sufficiently afford it.
It flowers during most of the summer months; as it rarely or never
ripens its seeds with us, the usual mode of propagating it, is by
cuttings, which strike readily enough in the common way.
MILLER relates that it was first introduced into this country
by Sir CHARLES WAGER, from Gibraltar seeds.
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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.
_Specific Character and Synonyms._
POTENTILLA _grandiflora_ foliis ternatis dentatis utrinque subpilosis,
caule decumbente foliis longiore, _Lin. Syst. Vegetab. p. 715._
FRAGARIA sterilis, amplissimo folio et flore petalis cordatis, _Vaill.
Paris. 55. t. 10. f. 1._
[Illustration: No 75]
Culture is well known to produce great alterations in the appearance of
most plants, but particularly in those which grow spontaneously on dry
mountainous situations, and this is strikingly exemplified in the
present instance, this species of _Potentilla_, becoming in every
respect much larger, as well as much smoother than in its natural state.
_Vid._ VAILL. above quoted.
It is a hardy herbaceous plant, a native of Switzerland, Siberia, and
other parts of Europe, and flowers in July.
LINNAEUS considers it as an annual; MILLER, as a
biennial; we suspect it to be, indeed have little doubt of its being a
perennial; having propagated it by parting its roots, but it may be
raised more successfully from seed.
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EPILOBIUM ANGUSTISSIMUM. NARROWEST LEAV'D WILLOW-HERB.
_Class and Order._
OCTANDRIA MONOGYNIA.
_Generic Character._
_Cal._ 4-fidus. _Petala_ 4. _Caps._ oblonga, infera. _Sem._ papposa.
_Specific Character and Synonyms._
EPILOBIUM angustifolium, foliis sparsis linearibus obsolete denticulatis
aveniis, petalis aequalibus integerrimis, _Ait. Hort. Kew. 2. p. 5._
EPILOBIUM _angustifolium_, var. _Lin. Sp. Pl._
EPILOBIUM flore difformi, foliis linearibus. _Hall, Hist. Helv. p. 427.
n. 1001._
[Illustration: No 76]
Though the _Epilobium_ here figured has not been many years introduced
into this country, it is a plant which has long been well known, and
described.
LINNAEUS makes it a variety only of the _Epilobium
angustifolium_; HALLER, a distinct species, and in our opinion,
most justly.
Those who have cultivated the _Epilobium angustifolium_ have cause to
know that it increases prodigiously by its creeping roots. The present
plant, so far as we have been able to determine from cultivating it
several years, in our Garden, Lambeth-Marsh, has not shewn the least
disposition to increase in the same way, nor have any seedlings arisen
from the seeds which it has spontaneously scattered: we have, indeed,
found it a plant rather difficult to propagate, yet it is highly
probable that at a greater distance from London, and in a more
favourable soil, its roots, though not of the creeping kind, may admit
of a greater increase, and its seeds be more prolific.
It is a native of the Alps of Switzerland, from whence it is frequently
dislodged, and carried into the plains by the impetuosity of torrents.
It flowers with us in July and August, and being a hardy perennial, and
perhaps the most elegant species of the genus, appears to us highly
deserving a place in the 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. Corollae radii infundibuliformes,
longiores, irregulares.
_Specific Character and Synonyms._
CENTAUREA montana calycibus serratis, foliis lanceolatis decurrentibus
caule simplicissimo. _Lin. Syst. Vegetab. p. 785._
CYANUS montanus latifolius S. Verbasculum cyanoides. _Bauh. Pin. 273._
CYANUS major. _Lobel. icon. 548._
[Illustration: No 77]
It has been suggested by some of our readers, that too many common
plants, like the present, are figured in this work. We wish it to be
understood, that the professed design of the Botanical Magazine is to
exhibit representations of such. We are desirous of putting it in the
power of all who cultivate or amuse themselves with plants, to become
scientifically acquainted with them, as far as our labours extend; and
we deem it of more consequence, that they should be able to ascertain
such as are to be found in every garden, than such as they may never
have an opportunity of seeing. On viewing the representations of objects
of this sort, a desire of seeing the original is naturally excited, and
the pleasure is greatly enhanced by having it in our power to possess
it. But, while we are desirous of thus creating Botanists, we are no
less anxious to gratify the wishes of those already such; and we
believe, from a perusal of the Magazine, it will appear that one-third
of the plants figured, have some pretensions to novelty.
The _Centaurea montana_ is a native of the German Alps, flowers during
the greatest part of the summer, is a hardy perennial, and will grow in
any soil or situation, some will think too readily.
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NARCISSUS ODORUS. SWEET-SCENTED, OR GREAT JONQUIL.
_Class and Order._
HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA.
_Generic Character._
_Petala_ 6-aequalia. _Nectario_ infundibuliformi, 1-phyllo. _Stamina_
intra nectarium.
_Specific Character and Synonyms._
NARCISSUS _odorus_ spatha sub-biflora, nectario campanulato sexfido laevi
dimidio petalis breviore, foliis semicylindricis. _Lin. Syst.
Vegetab. p. 317._
NARCISSUS angustifolius, five juncifolius maximus amplo calice.
The Great Jonquilia with the large flower or cup. _Park Parad. p. 89.
fig. 5._
[Illustration: No 78]
We shall be thought, perhaps, too partial to this tribe of plants, this
being the fifth species now figured; but it should be remembered, that
as the spring does not afford that variety of flowers which the summer
does, we are more limited in our choice; the flowers of this delightful
season have also greater claims to our notice, they present themselves
with double charms.
This species, which, as its name implies, possesses more fragrance than
many of the others, is a native of the South of Europe, flowers in the
open border in April, is a hardy-perennial, thriving in almost any soil
or situation, but succeeds best in a loamy soil and eastern exposure.
Varies with double flowers, in which slate it is often used for forcing.
No notice is taken of this species by MILLER, except as a
variety of the N. _Jonquilla_, from which it differs _toto calo_.
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LOTUS JACOBAEUS. BLACK-FLOWER'D LOTUS.
_Class and Order._
DIADELPHIA DECANDRIA.
_Generic Character._
_Legumen_ cylindricum strictum. _Alae_ sursum longitudinaliter
conniventes. _Cal._ tubulosus.
_Specific Character and Synonyms._
LOTUS _Jacobaeus_ leguminibus subternatis, caule herbaceo erecto,
foliolis linearibus. _Lin. Syst. Veg. 601._
LOTUS angustifolia, flore luteo purpurascente, infulae S. Jacobi. _Comm.
hort. 2. p. 165. t. 83._
[Illustration: No 79]
This species of _Lotus_ has been called black-flower'd, not that the
flowers are absolutely black, for they are of a very rich brown inclined
to purple, but because they appear so at a little distance; the light
colour of the foliage contributes not a little to this appearance.
"It grows naturally in the Island of St. James; is too tender to live
abroad in England, so the plants must be kept in pots, and in the winter
placed in a warm airy glass cafe, but in the summer they should be
placed abroad in a sheltered situation. It may be easily propagated by
cuttings during the summer season, and also by seeds, but the plants
which have been two or three times propagated by cuttings, seldom are
fruitful." _Miller's Gard. Dict._
It continues to flower during the whole of the summer; as it is very apt
to die off without any apparent cause, care should be taken to have a
succession of plants 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.
_Specific Character and Synonyms._
SPIGELIA _Marilandica_ caule tetragono, foliis omnibus oppositis. _Lin.
Syst. Veg. p. 197._ _Mant. 2. p. 338._
LONICERA _Marilandica_, _Spec. Pl. ed. 3. p. 249._
PERICLYMENI virginiani flore coccineo 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._
[Illustration: No 80]
This plant, not less celebrated for its superior efficacy in destroying
worms[A], than admired for its beauty, is a native of the warmer parts
of North America; the older Botanists, and even LINNAEUS, at one
time considered it as a _honeysuckle_, but he has now made a new genus
of it, which he has named in honour of SPIGELIUS, a Botanist of
considerable note, author of the _Ifagog. in yem herbar_. published at
_Leyden_ in 1633.
"This plant is not easily propagated in England, for the roots make but
slow increase, so that the plant is not very common in the English
Gardens at present; for although it is so hardy as to endure the cold of
our ordinary winters in the open air, yet as it does not ripen seeds,
the only way of propagating it is by parting of the roots; and as these
do not make much increase by offsets, so the plants are scarce; it
delights in a moist soil, and must not be often transplanted." _Miller's
Dict._
The scarcity of this plant, even now, is a proof of the justness of Mr.
MILLER's observation; it is in fact a very shy plant, and
scarcely to be kept in this country but by frequent importation.
It flowers in June and July.
[Footnote A: _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.
_Specific Character and Synonyms._
COLUTEA _arborescens_ arborea foliolis obcordatis. _Lin. Syst. Vegetab.
p. 668._
COLUTEA vesicaria. _Bauh. Pin. 396._
The greater Bastard Senna with bladders. _Park. Par. 440._
[Illustration: No 81]
The Bladder Senna, a native of the South of France and Italy, produces a
profusion of bloom from June to August, when its inflated pods please
from the singularity of their appearance; on these accounts, it is one
of the most common flowering shrubs cultivated in gardens and
plantations.
"It is propagated by sowing its seeds any time in the spring in a bed of
common earth; and when the plants are come up, they must be kept clear
from weeds, and the Michaelmas following they should be transplanted
either into nursery-rows, or in the places where they are designed to
remain; for if they are let grow in the seed-bed too long, they are very
subject to have tap roots, which render them unfit for transplanting;
nor should these trees be suffered to remain too long in the nursery
before they are transplanted, for the same reason." _Miller's Gard.
Dict._
We have learned by experience, that a very wet soil will prove fatal to
these shrubs.
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LACHENALIA TRICOLOR. THREE-COLOURED LACHENALIA.
_Class and Order._
HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA.
_Generic Character._
_Calyx_ subtriphyllus, inferus, coloratus. _Corolla_ 3-petala,
receptaculo inferta. _Jacquin jun. in act. helv. vol. 9._
_Specific Character and Synonyms._
LACHENALIA _tricolor_. _Lin. Syst, Vegetab. ed. 14. p. 314._ _Jacq.
Icon. pl. rarior, t. 3._
PHORMIUM _Aloides_. _Lin. Syst. Vegetab. ed. 14. p. 336. Suppl. 205._
[Illustration: No 82]
To Mr. LEE, of the Vineyard, Hammersmith, the first, and as we
understand, the only Nurseryman as yet in possession of this plant,
which has but lately been introduced into this country from the Cape, we
are indebted for the present specimen.
Mr. JACQUIN, jun. who has figured and described it in the _Acta
Helvetica_, gives it the name of _Lachenalia_, in honour of WARNERUS
de la CHENAL, a very eminent Swiss Botanist, and the particular
friend of the late illustrious HALLER. Our readers should be
informed, that it had before been called by two other different names,
viz. _Hyacinthus orchiodes_, and _Phormium aloides_, under the latter of
which it now stands in the 14th edition of the _Systema Vegetabilium_,
as well as that of _Lachenalia_.
Its trivial name of _tricolor_ it receives from the three colours
observable in the flowers; but it must be noticed, that it is only at
the middle period of its flowering, that these three colours are highly
distinguishable; as it advances, the brilliant orange of the top flowers
dies away; the spots on the leaves also, which when the plant is young,
give it the appearance of an orchis, as it advances into bloom become
less and less conspicuous.
Like most of the Cape plants, the _Lachenalia_ requires to be sheltered
in the winter; during that season it must therefore be kept in a
greenhouse, or hot-bed frame, well secured.
It flowers in the spring, but its blowing may be accelerated by the
warmth of the stove, for it bears forcing well enough.
It is increased by offsets from the bulbs.
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HIBISCUS SYRIACUS. SYRIAN HIBISCUS; commonly called ALTHAEA
FRUTEX.
_Class and Order._
MONADELPHIA POLYANDRIA.
_Generic Character._
_Calyx_ duplex, exterior polyphyllus. _Capsula_ 5-locularis, polysperma.
_Specific Character and Synonyms._
HIBISCUS _syriacus_ foliis cuneiformi ovatis superne incise-serratis,
caule arboreo. _Lin. Syst. Veg. p. 630._
ALCEA arborescens syriaca. _Bauh. Pin. p. 316._
ALTHAEA frutex flore albo vel purpureo. _Park. Par. p. 369._
[Illustration: No 83]
The _Hibiscus syriacus_, known generally by the name of _Althaea frutex_,
is a native of Syria, and forms one of the chief ornaments of our
gardens in autumn; we view it, however, with less delight, as it is a
sure indication of approaching winter.
There are many varieties of it mentioned by authors, as the _purple,
red-flowered, white-flowered, variegated red and white flowered_, and
the _striped-flowered_, to which may be added, another variety, lately
introduced, with double flowers: it varies also in its foliage, which is
sometimes marked with white, sometimes with yellow.
As from the lateness of its flowering, and the want of sufficient
warmth, it rarely ripens its seeds with us; the usual mode of increasing
it is by layers, and sometimes by cuttings; but the best plants are
raised from seeds. MILLER observes, that the scarce varieties
may be propagated by grafting them on each other, which is the common
method of propagating the sorts with striped leaves.
In the time of PARKINSON it was not looked on as a hardy shrub:
he thus writes,--"they are somewhat tender, and would not be suffered to
be uncovered in the winter time, or yet abroad in the garden, but kept
in a large pot or tubbe, in the house or in a warme cellar, if you would
have them to thrive." _Park. Parad._
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TUSSILAGO ALPINA. ALPINE COLTSFOOT.
_Class and Order._
SYNGENESIA POLYGAMIA.
_Generic Character._
_Receptaculum_ nudum. _Pappus_ simplex. _Cal._ squamae aequales, discum
aequantes, submembranaceae.
_Specific Character and Synonyms._
TUSSILAGO _alpina_ scapo unifloro subnudo, foliis cordato orbiculatis
crenatis utrinque virentibus. _Lin. Syst. Vegetab. p. 755._
TUSSILAGO alpina rotundifolia glabra. _Bauh. Pin. 197._
[Illustration: No 84]
This species, a native of the Alps, of Switzerland, and Austria, is
frequently kept in gardens for the sake of variety; like the rest of the
genus, it flowers early in the spring, in March and April; is a very
hardy perennial, increases most readily in a moist shady situation, is
usually kept in pots for the convenience of sheltering it in very severe
seasons; but it will grow readily enough in the open border. All plants
that flower early, though ever so hardy, require some kind of shelter,
previous to, and during their flowering.
Is propagated by parting its roots in autumn.
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SPARTIUM JUNGEUM. SPANISH BROOM.
_Class and Order._
DIADELPHIA DECANDRIA.
_Generic Character._
_Stigma_ longitudinale, supra villosum. _Filamenta_ germini adhaerentia.
_Calyx_ deorsum productus.
_Specific Character and Synonyms._
SPARTIUM _junceum_ ramis 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._
[Illustration: No 85]
Grows naturally in France, Spain, Italy, and Turkey; bears our climate
extremely well; is a common shrub in our nurseries and plantations,
which it much enlivens by its yellow blossoms: flowers from June to
August, or longer in cool seasons.
Is raised by seeds, which generally come up plentifully under the
shrubs.
MILLER mentions a variety of it, which, as inferior to the
common sort, does not appear to be worth cultivating.
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GLADIOLUS COMMUNIS. COMMON CORN-FLAG.
_Class and Order._
TRIANDRIA MONOGYNIA.
_Generic Character._
_Corolla_ sexpartita, ringens. _Stamina_ adscendentia.
_Specific Character and Synonyms._
GLADIOLUS _communis_ foliis ensiformibus, floribus distantibus.
GLADIOLUS utrinque floridus? _Bauh. Pin. 41._
The French Corn-Flag. _Park. Parad. p. 189. t. 191. f. 1._
[Illustration: No 86]
Grows wild in the corn fields of most of the warmer parts of Europe,
varies with white and flesh-coloured blossoms, increases so fast, both
by offsets and seeds, as to become troublesome to the cultivator; hence,
having been supplanted by the Greater Corn-Flag, the _Byzantinus_ of
MILLER, whose blossoms are larger, and more shewy, it is not so
generally found in gardens as formerly.
It 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.
_Specific Character and Synonyms._
HYOSCYAMUS _aureus_ foliis petiolatis dentatis acutis floribus
pedunculatis, fructibus pendulis. _Lin. Syst. Vegetab. p. 220._
HYOSCYAMUS creticus luteus major. _Bauh. Pin. 169._
[Illustration: No 87]
A native of Crete, and other parts of the East.
"Flowers most part of the summer, but seldom ripens seeds in England;
will continue for several years, if kept in pots and sheltered in
winter, for it will not live in the open air during that season; if
placed under a common hot-bed frame, where it may enjoy as much free air
as possible in mild weather, it will thrive better than when more
tenderly treated.
"It may be easily propagated by cuttings, which if planted in a shady
border and covered with hand-glasses, in any of the summer months, they
will take root in a month or six weeks, and may be afterwards planted in
pots and treated like the old plants." MILLER's _Gard. Dict._
It is, however, a more common practice to keep this plant in the stove
in the winter; one advantage, at least, attends this method, we secure
it with certainty.
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NARCISSUS BULBOCODIUM. HOOP PETTICOAT NARCISSUS.
_Class and Order._
HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA.
_Generic Character._
_Petala_ 6, aequalia: _Nectario_ infundibuliformi, 1-phyllo. _Stamina_
intra nectarium.
_Specific Character and Synonyms._
NARCISSUS _Bulbocodium_ spatha uniflora, nectario turbinato petalis
majore, staminibus pistilloque declinatis. _Lin. Syst. Vegetab. p.
317._
NARCISSUS montanus juncifolius, calyce aureo. _Bauhin. p. 53._
The greater yellow Junquilia, or bastard Daffodil. _Park. Parad. p. 106.
t. 107. fig. 6. var. min. fig. 7._
[Illustration: No 88]
Grows spontaneously in Portugal; flowers in the open border about the
middle of May, is an old inhabitant of our gardens, but, like the
_triandrus_, is now become scarce, at least in the nurseries about
London; in some gardens in Hampshire we have seen it grow abundantly:
MILLER calls it the _Hoop Petticoat Narcissus_, the nectary, as
he observes, being formed like the ladies hoop petticoats.
It certainly is one of the neatest and most elegant of the genus, is
propagated by offsets, and should be planted in a loamy soil, 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.
_Specific Character and Synonyms._
VIOLA _pedata_ acaulis, foliis pedatis septempartitis. _Lin. Syst.
Veget. ed. 14._ _Murr. p. 802. Spec. Pl. p. 1323._ _Gronov. Fl.
Virg. ed. 2. p. 135._
VIOLA _tricolor_ caule nudo, foliis tenuius dissectis. _Banist. Virg._
VIOLA inodora flore purpurascente specioso, foliis ad modum digitorum
incisis. _Clayt. n. 254._
[Illustration: No 89]
This species of Violet, a native of Virginia, is very rarely met with in
our gardens; the figure we have given, was drawn from a plant which
flowered this spring in the garden of THOMAS SYKES, Esq. at
Hackney, who possesses a very fine collection of plants, and of American
ones in particular.