E N G L A H D.
■®OT'LNV- <muftard), in c lay ; Cochlearia D'anioaf (Danifh feu rv y ,g ra fg ),'k 'rn u d
i y the fea-fcle. T ta-fo n ly -n a tiv e <eruciforrp-ydaajtt'adhptedftptoilllr
gardens, Gheiranthus chein-'-~'(wall-flower) ; if, indeed-; it; j-Seljbot
• rather-to be cojift’dered as oftforeignrorigin. -
atadiated. 'One o f th e krgoftfef the natural ctefles -of English; v e g e ta l e's'tfis th a t
•&ƒ the. radiated.’ o f compound flowered’- plants ;'Lthpfsf( bear' f lo w in g
heads;’ temfiftihghoP numerous florets*- inslbfed in -.a co-trin>o n - eal y x , £nd
ieJtedtofiJtfee • fameireeeptacle^!^ach<fhrhle^of^i:isi',dornp(Med^of.a..'tu-
'fnilar,:.qr.ftrap-ftiapedpetals and ■ five* ftamens, the aatKerg-®f-whinh|^re
-united ftito'a hollow .cylinder, ^through - which rifes tiaje p if til; this is
, followed by an-oblong Xeed^terminated by a ftnilLdpl umh,£jbr owned;-by
a radiated feather-;’ by this ingenious apparatus, when-thi<Xfeed'i strip'd it
detachesdtfeIf from^thfe receptacle, ;an-d*is carried in the -airhto(aJx>@fi-
derable didance,'-and is^onMshis accqttnt caMed a wjngedjfeed. -.'.^^rty
genera, and r20.fpeaies, bdong-to.this clafs. I t -is ■ rathq$, remarkable,
that .out.iofifd.large a number-’ o f plants, m a n y w h i j j b .are very
' abundant, and o f great ftze, only a" fin g k o n e , the T^agoppgon‘fpprri-
folius (fajfafy), fliotild be applied ta.-the-fttften’ance, o f map, and not
even a Angle'one fhauld be--cultivated for th e . ufe' 'o'f_ca’ttle.;i|«i'dre
efpecially as the Ladtuca -virofa (.ftrong-fcented lettuce), is--the -^only
%tei&-ps0fleffed ofdeleterious properties. Moft,©fohis.&l*f%have-an.un-
grateful bitter tafte, and thafoecufent ones coptain a white milky,-jbice,
•pf an -aeiid flavour. O f all o u t native" Vegetables, they are. jfhe- pom-
. S aSMl multiplying under perfecution; p e
farmer and gardener are unceafmgly etnployed in their deftrpdiipn, fo r
they;contribute. Iktle o r nothing to-the fupport-of man, and the'3arg?r
quadrupeds; n o r as the beauty o f -their appearance fuels, as. to. obtain [for
them a'place in the .flower-garden. The annual kinds,, however,--pro-
ddeiBg yaft multitude^ o f feeds, and th e perennial ones being furrjifhed
with long and deeply ftriking root«, there is no fear of.their; extermina-
tion ; they, occupy road fides, ditch banks, and. all wafte places, that are
incapable o f cultivation, and feem peculiarly devoted fo f h s fj|||£®ance
o f the granivoroa« birds, -by their feeds, and-of nunterShs ffrj® lx f j f a
feds, by their feliage. T h e fow-thiftle, hawkweed, burdock, thiftle,
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C H A P . IVf N A T U R A L G E O G R A P H Y .
eud-wpedi,cojm?pt,j,(gtoundfel,,dandelipHj'l daify,-and yarrow, are the Botak*
moft porntmonly,eceprafipg genera,; afoiv; as (the’ chaipotnile, worm,
wood, elepamjfenfej .ap ^f^^few -, areiemplp^ed i^m'edkipie. .• ThevHaify,
and batter-bur ( T u f l | l a g o a r e ’gejapra&y, th e ^ ftib lo ffp rn s,,b f '
theifpting, and o m ? f th a t||^ ia ^ t^ fo
nrriceMdrowy- p la n t^ f (T|£5 ta rprpip^yjdpah attached ^ k h i s clafs asret
Hiqfapipm''»a}pinumi (-alpinet hawkweed),. and 'Serratula'aJpina - (alpine
few-jwcuit), fpund in«'Vales’# (^ jiis^ fc itid a (Am'kaHgihawkfbeard), iti
lalcar.Gljus^ . foijji S' Sanpol'ink }mdfitim.w ^i^-Gotj3»iTi weed’) ^ | Arteapifia
ececulh^ps fclfU^apt^mrwe®4 l’»f’PA' the Iga^bo^e. k&mh&iBfl cam-
pelteis’ (-wild fauthern-wopd)’;; Gnaphaliutn p k lic um (gj&fh ^ud^wpedV
o | lighh&hdy' g l ^ n d ^ e : I n u l a
H m y .(elecampane) rfj n rparl%s,;^itclie§,,
T h e gr-eateft p a r t o f rthe^Hifs - O y n a n d r ik u h l^ , Linqsean t 6 f *Orb&
Eugljy|j,0 lants^i^ec>^ied||^feliip Orchis tribe^epiiMmg qfj&v^gpnera,
o t§ |h ^ ty r a n in ,JiopKrys^ferapft'©s,,,and!.c.ypripedkm; w \d f e ”dideK reT "
mai kably hm ^rndture^frlainithe reft of^pur native' vegetable's ^ "
bulhqas^ep-iiAefgps^'pq^ecIvhave gn^^fword-fhapted te^eSt;. §ach root
throws u p a figg]e^|tem?. - t e rm in a t e d a - lp p f e , vo |vl crowde<L;j'i ik'c^pf'",
■hlofftfems£;.' t h p ^ b l p f l o m s ^ t - J i f p e t a l s , gdeerally-'dif. '
sa fly«beej .fpidgr, prTlp,ther-palest;, ©f .^vo ftanaens -
feated- upon, t^e. piftfl ofi fa ne.dtariy^^ honeyj-cpp,' lengthene-ds intoi>a •"
horp,-, or jftfterlded like - a^lad d eY ; r&fenible ;browni coarfp
duft, -andj&gpgk TepeatedJy fow-% have^ p^fe^-yp^heea,. | n i « a to
gernfinate^i^hey-are- all -either. jfir(gi}lart 0%hefdt^l,'pJapt%|5^jW[Oui4
no’-doubt,.^ • more frequently introduced intcpqtpHgardens, if Bliley were
pf-eafier' cultivation... They are o f hat little, account as food for, cattle;.
butr-theKrq@Js.pf ^he^jhuih®^5 hinds- .abpund,, in a mildi farina,iMltglv
mights be ufed foi? human, nutriment ;f, thp* jalep of) thfeifl\9pMis tht»>
powdefeft root-, ofc-a» fpe&iesyt« f orchis, t-hat is''found, in- Turkey. v|TH e
Eurh^^i of,jEnglifh fpecies- belonging to the abova-menttoried^genera, -
is aboujj thirty-t-wo ; - o f thefe the Oph'ryS' aaithfoppphora (man^prehis)^ ‘
Ophrys myodes .(flyvprphis) Ophrys. -apiforaf^^e; orchis).^-.Ophrys
aranifera ■ (fpjder o r p e . ^ t h q moft lingular for, thps form.' o f , their
bloffogi^ the,general appearance o f which is exprefled by their trivial .
names.