months from their beginning to ‘ flçwer •*. o L t t is a platit - ÿ é
Icon was publifhed by Camerarius in his Hortus Médiats ^ but the
élévation defective, and th©f corolla* lefs exa&lyyJtab.' v;:‘rftül'wôrfe
by Herriandez, page 27'Di-chap. xn : by Bradley alfQ (fax his .21
Decad. page i,: jof fucculent plants), farhrom accurately, ftne pet ala
o f * the corolla, being too large and- ill fibaped, the filamènts and
antheree too fliort and finall. I have given the lèverai parts in proportion
by fcale annexed, and the corolla in its natural fize, Pi. xx;
Fig. XEi. This plant is of great ufe in America ”, ferving the poof
Indians for almoft all the neceffary purpofes of life, but ;in thefe
northern climates is cultivated rather fo r curiofity than advantage.
sect.iv.** As to our garden and culinary plants (that we may now proceed
rierbs, roots fix>m fhrubs to their inferiour herbs and roots), they not only come
and Sowers. fQj. the fpring, but with little care fubfift all the winter ;
and when pot-herbs o f all kinds are deftroyed by fevere- frofts in
the more eaftem counties, the tables of the gentry in Cornwall, are
plentifully fupplied. Efculent roots alfb enjoy the mildndfs* of. our
winter, and remain untouched with canker br froft till
daneous plants of the fpring make .them lefs neeeflary. L find 'the
northernmoft Hundred of Stratton was remarkable, in the reigri of
Elizabeth, for its plenty of garlick; “ the countryiim'?s ’trekcle)
fays Mr. Carew“, which they vent not only in Cornwall^ hut in
many other fhires.”
Every thing that belongs to the flower-garden, and grbwstitf any
part of England, will thrive and flourifh here, • as the late accotn^-
plifhed and courteous Philip Rafhleigh Efq; of Menabally-'did
formerly manifeft, and his prefent lifter, Mrs. Hawkins, (5wado.w:of'
■ the late Reverend Dr. Hawkins of Rsnnansjf'now at Pencoit, can
fatisfy the moft curious. Our winters are ufually fo favourable: that
they are a general encouragement, fuch -few roots; mifcarryirig,thro’
froft, and fpring flowers {hooting fo luxuriant* April 27^ x7.56,
perceiving a number of flowers upon the ftemof a polyanthus, I
had the curiofity to pluck off the ftalk,' and found it to ccttitain
on it 353 flowers, lb v e il does this plant deferve. the name of po-
lyanthos, or the ftem with many flowers ".
s e c t . v .' - Among herbaceous plants here, I will not pretend to give any
Plants in non-defcript; fbme, the moft ufeful, and moft > pernicious which
HMancT ’ have, reached my notice, their fites and properties, with the fare
hedge-plants pjantg of this county, publifhed by Mr. Ray, or collected by Mr.
* This was blown down by a ftorm February
:jt,:175s.
m 66 Planta hasc unica, quicquid vitae eflè poten
neceiiariura prseftaire facile poflet fieffet rebus hu~
manis modus; innumeri penè funt ufus.” Her*-
nandez, ibid, ut-fupra.
" Page 118.
0 O f grains, fee iii chap. vn. page 46.
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