Volume Iii Part 12 (1/2)
CHAMaeCRISTA pavonis major. _Comm. Hort. 1. p. 53. t. 37._
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A native of the West-Indies, and of Virginia according to LINNaeUS; not common in our gardens, though cultivated as long ago as 1699, by the d.u.c.h.eSS OF BEAUFORT; (_vid. Hort. Kew._) unnoticed by MILLER.
This species, superior in beauty to many of the genus, is an annual, and consequently raised only from seeds, these must be sown in the spring, on a hot-bed, and when large enough to transplant, placed separately in pots of light loamy earth, then replunged into a moderate hot-bed to bring them forward, and in the month of June removed into a warm border, where, if the season prove favourable, they will flower very well towards August; but, as such seldom ripen their seeds, it will be proper to keep a few plants in the stove or greenhouse for that purpose, otherwise the species may be lost.
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ANTHYLLIS TETRAPHYLLA. FOUR-LEAV'D LADIES-FINGER.
_Cla.s.s and Order._
DIADELPHIA DECANDRIA.
_Generic Character._
_Calyx_ ventricosus. _Legumen_ subrotundum, tectum.
_Specific Character and Synonyms._
ANTHYLLIS _tetraphylla_ herbacea, foliis quaterno-pinnatis. _Linn. Syst.
Vegetab. ed. 14._ _Murr. p. 25._ _Hort. Kew. vol. 3. p. 25._
LOTUS pentaphyllos vesicaria. _Bauh. Pin. 332._
TRIFOLIUM halicacab.u.m. _Cam. Hort. 171. t. 47._
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An annual; the spontaneous growth of Spain, Italy, and Sicily, flowers in the open border in July, and ripens its seeds, in September.
Long since cultivated in our gardens, but more as a rare, or curious, than a beautiful plant.
Its seeds are to be sown in April, on a bed of light earth, where they are to remain; no other care is necessary than thinning them, and keeping them clear of weeds.
INDEX.
In which the Latin Names of the Plants contained in the _Third Volume_ are alphabetically arranged.
_Pl._
101 Alyssum halimifolium.
108 Anthyllis tetraphylla.
74 Antirrhinum triste.
99 ” purpureum.
102 Campanula speculum.
107 Ca.s.sia Chamaecrista.
77 Centaurea montana.
81 Colutea arborescens.
76 Epilobium angustissimum.
97 Fuchsia coccinea.
95 Geranium Radula.
86 Gladiolus communis.