_Specific Character and Synonyms._
FUMARIA _sempervirens_ siliquis linearibus paniculatis, caule erecto.
_Linn. Sp. Pl. V. 2. p. 984. Syst. Vegetab. ed. 14. Murr. p. 837._ _Ait. Hort. Kew. V. 3. p. 2._ b.a.s.t.a.r.d Fumitory. _Mill. Dict. ed. 6.
4to._
FUMARIA siliquosa sempervirens. _Corn. Canad. 57. t. 57._
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The term _sempervirens_ applied to this plant by LINNaeUS, originated in the description given of it by CORNUTUS; (_vid.
Syn_.) the impropriety of calling an annual plant (for such it undoubtedly is with us, and must be in Canada, its native place of growth) an _evergreen_, has appeared to us too glaring to be continued; we have thought the promotion of the science required a change in the name, and have therefore altered it to that of _glauca_, as coinciding with the English name of _glaucous_, given it by Mr. AITON in his _Hortus Kewensis_; for to the delicate, pleasing, glaucous hue of its foliage, it owes its beauty, as much as to the lively colours of its blossoms.
It is a hardy annual, coming up spontaneously in the open border where it has once flowered and seeded, and sometimes reaching the height of two feet.
It flowers from June to September.
Mr. AITON informs us of its having been cultivated by Mr.
JAMES SUTHERLAND in the year 1683. Strange! that it should yet be a rarity in our gardens.
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AZALEA NUDIFLORA _var._ COCCINEA. SCARLET AZALEA.
_Cla.s.s and Order._
PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA.
_Generic Character._
_Cor._ campanulata. _Stamina_ receptaculo inferta. _Caps._ 1-locularis.
_Specific Character and Synonyms._
AZALEA _nudiflora_ foliis ovatis, corollis pilosis, staminibus longissimis. _Linn. Syst. Vegetab. ed. 14. Murr. p. 198._ _Ait.
Hort. Kew. V. 1. p. 202._
CISTUS virginiana, periclymeni flore ampliori minus odorato. _Pluck.
Mant. 49._
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Whether the variety of the Azalea nudiflora here figured, was originally introduced to this country by Mrs. NORMAN of Bromley in Kent, or Mr. BEWICK of Clapham in Surrey (both celebrated for their collections of American plants) we cannot with certainty a.s.sert; true it is, the Azalea coccinea was little known here till the sale of Mr.
BEWICK"S plant in 1722; a considerable number of these shrubs formed the choicest part of that collection, and sold at high prices, one of them produced twenty guineas: prior to this period, Mr.
BEWICK had presented one of the same sort of shrubs to Mr.
THOBURN, the fruits of whose skill and a.s.siduous care in the cultivation of American plants are apparent in his late nursery at Brompton, now Mr. WHITLEY"S, and from the produce of which plant our figure was taken.
The original species, found abundantly in the more southern parts of North-America, was introduced, according to Mr. AITON"S account, by PETER COLLINSON, Esq. about the year 1724.
The brilliancy of colour and a happy combination of form, unite in rendering the variety here figured, one of the most beautiful plants in nature: yet it wants the fragrance of some of the varieties of the _viscosa_.
It flowers in June and continues in blossom about three weeks, requires a sheltered but not too shady a situation, more dry than moist, and a soil composed of loam and bog earth, or rotten leaves.
The usual mode of propagating it is by layers; care must be taken not to remove the offspring too soon from the mother plant.
INDEX.
In which the Latin Names of the Plants contained in the _Fourth Volume_ are alphabetically arranged.
_Pl._
173 Aitonia capensis.
159 Alyssum saxatile.
161 Amygdalus nana.
180 Azalea nudiflora _var._ coccinea.
174 Buddlea globosa.
153 Bulbocodium vernum.
166 Cheiranthus maritimus.
156 Coreopsis verticillata.
176 Cytisus Laburnum.
147 Dais continifolia.
170 Draba aizoides.
152 Epidendrum cochleatum.
179 Fumaria glauca.
158 Hibiscus Rosa Sinensis.
157 Hyacinthus botryoides.
146 Hyperic.u.m calycinum.
178 Hyperic.u.m Coris.
168 Iris pavonia.
171 Ixia chinensis.
169 Ixora coccinea.
175 Kalmia latifolia.
177 Kalmia glauca.
172 Lamium Orvala.
151 Lotus tetragonolobus.
145 Monarda fistulosa _var._ 155 Oxalis versicolor.
165 Pelargonium cordifolium.
148 Pelargonium betulinum.
163 Phlox divaricata.
160 Pumonaria virginica.
164 Ranunculus gramineus.
162 Sanguinaria canadensis.
167 Sophora tetraptera.