Volume 2

A complete body of planting and gardening. Containing the natural history, culture, and management of deciduous and evergreen forest-trees ... also instructions for laying-out and disposing of pleasure and flower-gardens ... likewise ... rules for the management of a kitchen-garden ... to which is added the manner of planting and cultivating fruit-gardens and orchards. The whole forming a complete history of timber-trees ... as well as a general system of the present practice of the flower, fruit, and kitchen gardens / By William Hanbury.

  • Hanbury, William, 1725-1778.
Date:
1770-1771
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Credit: A complete body of planting and gardening. Containing the natural history, culture, and management of deciduous and evergreen forest-trees ... also instructions for laying-out and disposing of pleasure and flower-gardens ... likewise ... rules for the management of a kitchen-garden ... to which is added the manner of planting and cultivating fruit-gardens and orchards. The whole forming a complete history of timber-trees ... as well as a general system of the present practice of the flower, fruit, and kitchen gardens / By William Hanbury. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    CHAP. LXXVIII. E N T B N C U L U S. rp] iHERE is only one fpecies yof this genus, commonly called Ballard Pimpernel. The root is very {lender, white, and fibrous. The plant ^he ftalks are round, three or four inches long, deferred. ancj |«ie on tjie ground. The leaves are fmall, oval, fpear-fhaped, and grow alternately. The flowers come out fingly from the wings of the leaves *, they are of a white colour, and extremely fmall •, they appear in May and June, and the feeds ripen foon after. This plant grows naturally in moill, fandy places in England, and is never propagated. It being the only fpecies of the genus, it is termed Amply, Centffnculus. In the Flora Suscia it is termed, Ccnttmculus foliis altornis ovatis. Mi- cheli calls it, Anagallidiajlrum exiguum, foliis lan- ceolatis alternis *, Vaiilant, Anagailis paludofa. mi¬ nima •, and Mentzelius, Alfine paluftris minima, fiofeulis albis, fruBu coriandri exiguo. It grows naturally in England, Germany, Gaul, and Italy. Titles. ~<Yn4,uf. Centmculus is of the clafs and order Tetrandna ^ d order 1/Ionogynia •, and the charadtero aie, in the JLinnasan 1. Calyx is a patent, permanent perianthium, divided into four fpear-fhaped, acute legments, which are longer than the corolla. 2. Corolla is one rotated petal. The tube is nearly globular; the limb is plane, and divided into four nearly oval fegments. 3. Stamina are tour filaments almoft tne length of the corolla, having Ample anthene. 4. Pistillum confifts of a roundiih germen within the tube of the corolla, a filiforme perma¬ nent (lyle the length of the corolla, and a Ample ftigma. 5. Pericarpium is a globular capfule, con¬ taining one celi. 6. Semina. The feeds are many, roundiih, and fmall. >OK>CXXXXXSKX»<XX!SXXXXgXX;<SX®X5KXH®OX>«^ra!3XXXS»XX»!KSS5K«^X»»XXX CHAP. LXXIX. c ERASriU M, MOUSE-EAR CHICKWEED. THE Annuals of this genus are, 1. Perfoliate Moufe*Ear Chickweed. _ Species. 2- Broad-leaved Vifcous Moufe-Ear Chick- weed. 3. Lead Moufe-Ear Chickweed. 4. Pentandrous Moule-Ear Chickweed. 5. Horned Moufe-Ear Chickweed. 6. Moufe-Ear Chickweed of Verona. 1 .Perfoliate Moufe-Ear Chickweed. This plant rifes with an upright ftalk to about a foot Perfoliate, high. The leaves much referable thofe of Lo- bel’s Catch-fly •, they grow two oppofite at the joints, and their bafes join together. The flowers are white, and ihaped like thofe of common Chickweed •, they come out from the wings of the leaves and tops of the ftalks in May and Tune, and their feeds ripen foon after. 2. Broad-leaved Vifcous Moufe-Ear-Chick- weed The ftalks are ereeft, hairy, and clammy to the touch. The leaves alfo are clammy, hairy, and broad. The flowers grow from the tops of the ftalks and wings of the leaves in June, and the feeds ripen in Auguft. 'oad- aved ifeous, 3. Leaft Moufe-Ear Chickweed. This is a Leaft, low plant, and deemed a weed every-where. The ftalks are {Tender, hoary, and hairy. The leaves alfo are hairy, hoary, and grow oppofite to each other. The flowers are fmall, and being fhorter than the calyx make no appearance. The petals, upon examination, are indented ; and in each of them are found five filaments only, which bear dntherae. 4. Pentandrous Moufe-Ear Chickweed, This Psntan- is another low plant like the former, but of a drous> fine green colour. The petals of the flowers are whole, and fhorter than the calyx. Five ftamina only in this fpecies are found fertile. and 5. Horned Moufe-Ear Chickweed. The ftalk Homed of this plant branches much, divides by pairs, £a°ru e” and grows to about half a foot high. The leaves Chick- are fpear-fhaped, grow by pairs, and feel clammy weed to the touch. The flowers are white, and like thofe of Chickweed; they come out from the diviflons of the branches in May and June, and the feeds ripen foon after. 6. Moufe-Ear Chickweed of Verona. This pfa°ru c* plant hath a fibrous root, from which arife many Chick- fmooih wecdof* Verona