Calyxtriphyllus.Petala3.Filamentavillis articulatis.Capsula3-locularis.
Calyxtriphyllus.Petala3.Filamentavillis articulatis.Capsula3-locularis.
Specific Character and Synonyms.
TRADESCANTIAVirginicaerecta lævis, floribus congestis.Linn. Syst. Vegetab. ed. 14.Murr. p. 314.Sp. Pl. 411.ALLIUM five moly Virginianum.Bauh. Pin. 506.PHALANGIUM Ephemerum Virginianum Joannis Tradescant.The soon-fading Spiderwort of Virginia, or Tradescant his Spiderwort.Park. Parad. 152. 5. t. 151. f. 4.
TRADESCANTIAVirginicaerecta lævis, floribus congestis.Linn. Syst. Vegetab. ed. 14.Murr. p. 314.Sp. Pl. 411.
ALLIUM five moly Virginianum.Bauh. Pin. 506.
PHALANGIUM Ephemerum Virginianum Joannis Tradescant.
The soon-fading Spiderwort of Virginia, or Tradescant his Spiderwort.Park. Parad. 152. 5. t. 151. f. 4.
No 105No105
Under the name ofSpiderwort, the old Botanists arranged many plants of very different genera: the name is said to have arisen from the supposed efficacy of some of these plants, in curing the bite of a kind of spider, calledPhalangium; not thePhalangiumofLinnæus, which is known to be perfectly harmless: under this name,Parkinsonminutely describes it; he mentions also, how he first obtained it.
"This Spiderwort," says our venerable author, "is of late knowledge, and for it the Christian world is indebted unto that painful, industrious searcher, John Tradescant, who first received it of a friend that brought it out of Virginia, and hath imparted hereof, as of many other things, both to me and others."
Tournefortafterwards gave it the name ofEphemerum, expressive of the short duration of its flowers, whichLinnæuschanged toTradescantia.
Though a native of Virginia, it bears the severity of our climate uninjured, and being a beautiful, as well as hardy perennial, is found in almost every garden.
Though each blossom lasts but a day, it has such a profusion in store, that it is seldom found without flowers through the whole of the summer. There are two varieties of it, the one with white the other with pale purple flowers. The most usual way of propagating it is by parting its roots in autumn to obtain varieties, we must sow its seeds.
Iberis Umbellata. Purple Candy-Tuft.
Class and Order.
Tetradynamia Siliculosa.
Generic Character.
Corollairregularis:Petalis2 exterioribus majoribus:Siliculapolysperma, emarginata.
Corollairregularis:Petalis2 exterioribus majoribus:Siliculapolysperma, emarginata.
Specific Character and Synonyms.
IBERISumbellataherbacea, foliis lanceolatis, acuminatis, 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. Thlaspi Candiæ.Dod. pempt. 713.THLASPI creticum umbellatum flore albo et purpureo. Candy-Tufts, white and purple.Park. Parad. p. 390.
IBERISumbellataherbacea, foliis lanceolatis, acuminatis, 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. Thlaspi Candiæ.Dod. pempt. 713.
THLASPI creticum umbellatum flore albo et purpureo. Candy-Tufts, white and purple.Park. Parad. p. 390.
No 106No106
The Candy-Tuft is one of those annuals which contribute generally to enliven the borders of the flower-garden: its usual colour is a pale purple, there is also a white variety of it, and another with deep but very bright purple flowers, the most desirable of the three, but where a garden is large enough to admit of it, all the varieties may be sown.
For want of due discrimination, asMillerhas before observed, Nurserymen are apt to collect and mix with this species the seeds of another, viz. theamara, and which persons not much skilled in plants consider as the white variety; but a slight attention will discover it to be a very different plant, having smaller and longer heads, differing also in the shape of its leaves and seed vessels, too trifling a plant indeed to appear in the flower-garden.
Purple Candy-Tuft is a native of the South of Europe, and flowers in June and July: it should be sown in the spring, on the borders of the flower-garden in patches; when the plants come up, a few only should be left, as they will thereby become stronger, produce more flowers, and be of longer duration.
Cassia Chamæcrista. Dwarf Cassia.
Class and Order.
Decandria Monogynia.
Generic Character.
Calyx5-phyllus.Petala5.Antheræsuperne 3 steriles; infimæ 3 rostratæ.Legumen.
Calyx5-phyllus.Petala5.Antheræsuperne 3 steriles; infimæ 3 rostratæ.Legumen.
Specific Character and Synonyms.
CASSIAChamæcristafoliis multijugis, glandula petiolari pedicellata, stipulis ensiformibus.Linn. Syst. Vegetab. ed. 14.Murr. p. 394.Hort. Kew. p. 54.CHAMÆCRISTA pavonis major.Comm. Hort. 1. p. 53. t. 37.
CASSIAChamæcristafoliis multijugis, glandula petiolari pedicellata, stipulis ensiformibus.Linn. Syst. Vegetab. ed. 14.Murr. p. 394.Hort. Kew. p. 54.
CHAMÆCRISTA pavonis major.Comm. Hort. 1. p. 53. t. 37.
No 107No107
A native of the West-Indies, and of Virginia according toLinnæus; not common in our gardens, though cultivated as long ago as 1699, by theDuchess of Beaufort; (vid. Hort. Kew.) unnoticed byMiller.
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.
Anthyllis Tetraphylla. Four-Leav'd Ladies-Finger.
Class and Order.
Diadelphia Decandria.
Generic Character.
Calyxventricosus.Legumensubrotundum, tectum.
Calyxventricosus.Legumensubrotundum, tectum.
Specific Character and Synonyms.
ANTHYLLIStetraphyllaherbacea, foliis quaterno-pinnatis.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.
ANTHYLLIStetraphyllaherbacea, foliis quaterno-pinnatis.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.
No 108No108
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.
In which the Latin Names of the Plants contained in theThird Volumeare alphabetically arranged.
In which the Latin Names of the Plants contained in theThird Volumeare alphabetically arranged.
Pl.101Alyssum halimifolium.108Anthyllis tetraphylla.74Antirrhinum triste.99Antirrhinum purpureum.102Campanula speculum.107Cassia Chamæcrista.77Centaurea montana.81Colutea arborescens.76Epilobium angustissimum.97Fuchsia coccinea.95Geranium Radula.86Gladiolus communis.90Gorteria rigens.83Hibiscus syriacus.87Hyoscyamus aureus.106Iberis umbellata.91Iris susiana.82Lachenalia tricolor.100Lathyrus tingitanus.79Lotus jacobæus.104Lysimachia bulbifera.73Monsonia speciosa.88Narcissus Bulbocodium.78Narcissus odorus.103Pelargonium acetosum.75Potentilla grandiflora.92Saxifraga sarmentosa.93Sempervivum monanthes.94Sisyrinchium iridioides.85Spartium junceum.80Spigelia marilandica.105Tradescantia virginica.98Tropæolum minus.85Tussilago alpina.89Viola pedata.
In which the English Names of the Plants contained in theThird Volumeare alphabetically arranged.
In which the English Names of the Plants contained in theThird Volumeare alphabetically arranged.
Pl.101Alyssum sweet.77Blue-bottle greater.85Broom Spanish.106Candy-tuft purple.107Cassia dwarf.84Coltsfoot alpine.81Colutea, or Bladder-Senna tree.86Corn-flag common.103Crane's-bill sorrel.97Fuchsia scarlet.95Geranium rasp-leav'd.90Gorteria rigid-leav'd.87Henbane golden-flower'd.83Hibiscus Syrian.93Houseleek dwarf.91Iris chalcedonian.78Jonquil great.82Lachenalia three-colour'd.108Ladies finger four-leav'd.96Lantana prickly.102Looking-glass Venus's.104Loosestrife bulb-bearing.79Lotus black-flower'd.73Monsonia large-flower'd.88Narcissus hoop-petticoat.100Pea Tangier.75Potentilla large-flower'd,92Saxifrage Strawberry.94Sisyrinchium Iris-leav'd.80Spigelia, or Worm-grass Maryland.74Toad-flax black-flower'd.99Toad-flax purple.105Tradescantia Virginian.94Tropæolum, or Indian cress,small.89Violet cut-leav'd.76Willow-herb narrowest-leav'd.