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Show DE *~s ‘ a Dolphin. It is call’d fromits Confolidating Virtue. i B calls it the Royal Plant, becaufe it has its Cup turn’d b rds, like a Nobleman’s Badge. Cefalpinus, Pliny, and the Poets, fay this Plant is the true Hyacinth, becaufe it has its Flower, i.e. the Alpba A, with the I, plac’d over it; and that Apel/o begat Hyacinth whenhefent forth his laft Breath : Which Point is a Particle of Bewailing. oO Z is faid to have infcrib’d his Lament n its It is obfery’d in this Plant, that when zl is folded in, it has Characters con- Yd in the White. t, i powder’d, and The Germ all it Loufe 3 becaufe, being ftrew’d on the Head, it kills Ape: The Species here mention’d is a Native of the pes, and is remarkably different from the other Kinds of Larkjpur, in being an abiding Plant: This is propagated by fowing the Seeds in an open Jight Soil in Aga c whea the Plants are come up, they m tran{fplanted into fhady Borders at a Foot Diftance from each other, where they may ftand until the fecond Year; by which Time they will have Strength to produce Flowers, and may then be the Pleafare-Gs tranfplanted into Borders in » amongft other F lowering Plants, where they will make a handfome Appearance whenin Flower. The fecond Sort is not n fo beautiful as irft, but is preferv’d in curious Gardens of ants, for its Variety. The Flowers of this 1 it is commonlyfo late in the Seafon before they that tl produc’d, fe 1s with us, nn, and abide the Winter. T s is Plant I receiv’d from my Honoured Friend Mr. tenry Hopkey, who gather’d it on G ltar Hil s, where ic CD. heath o 5 rows F The third Sort is the 1s of which are ufed in Medicine: This is a large handfome Plant, produces fair | g NIUM 3 per Ane, folio. Tou Flowers: The monlanum, Perennial Moun- 2. DELpHinium ; /, l Broad-leav’d Lar .PHINIUM;. Pla Teourn, Lar | pur with a Plane; > commonly. called Stayefacre, or Loufewort. 4. DELPHINIUM tum, flore ceruleo, z. Corn Larkfpur with a blue Flower DELPHINIUM 3 valg Common fore 1 ‘cis Larkfpur with a 0. Tourn. fe, flore double majore, & Garden Larkfpur double blue Flower. um3 hortenfe, flore majore, &P ato. Tourn. Garden Larkfpur 2 a large double Fleth-colour’d Flower. . DELPHINIUM; bortenfe, flore majore, &? laceo. Tourn. Garden Larkfpur with a large double Violet-colour’d Flower. De.pxinium3 borten/e, flore ma re, &F plici, rubro. Ton Garden Larkfpur with a large double red Flower. 10. DELpHinium3 horten e, flore majore, i purpureo ex albo variegato. Tourn, pur with a large double Flower of a purple Colour, variegated wich White . tt, DEtpuinium 3; bort fe, flore rofeo, 9 Tourn. Garden Lar kfpur with a tted Rofe-colour’d Flower. fey other Varieties of this Plant, ¥ either in the Colour or Size of :_but as moft of themareac ci; ee id arife from Seeds of the fame Plant, a ee rs, without epumerating iderences, in. a light of this fhould be fown fandy Soil, and a warm Situation, pes for if it be kept until ig, it very often mifcarries. The fecond r after fowing, it flowers, and foon after perfeéts its Seed, and dies. This Plant is at prefent very uncommonin England, and onlyto be foundin fome curious Gardens of Plants, Theother Sorts are commonlycultivated in and produc’d fi ing of fix Lea DE upon each Stalk, each co : and foap’dlike a Lily, and of this Flower a * be xin’ d many 5 oblone Tse oreque folio, The broad round-leav’de Tooth, with a white Flower. DensiCanis ; Jatiore rotundiorequefolio, fiore ex purpura rubente, . C.B. Broad round-leay’d Dog’s-Tooth, withalarge purplith red Flower. 3. Dens CAntss anguftio longioreque folio, C. B. flore albo. Long narrow-leav’d Dog’sTooth, witha white Flowe 4. Dens Canis; angujtiore longioreque folio, fore fi ubente. H. R. Par. Long narrowleav’d Dog’s-Tooth, witha fine red Flower. There are fome other Varieties of this Plant in the curious Gardens abroad, but thefe here nention’d are all that I have yet feen in England: The two firft mention’d are the moft common with us; the other two being very rare at prefent, and only to be foundin a few curious Gardens. Thefe Plants are propagated by fowing their Seeds, as alfo by Off-fets from the old Roots : The Seafon for fowing thefe Seeds, and the Method of raifing and managing the young Plants ciffus, 1 being the fume as directed for the Narfhall refer the Reader thereto to avoxl Repe ition. The Off-fets, which thefe Roots produce but fparingly, fhouldbe taken offat the time when the old Roots are tranfplanted, which fhould for the Beauty of their Flowers; be when the green Leaves decay, whichis commonly towards the latter End of May ; but the Roots fhould not be kept long above- The Seeds of thefe thould be fown in Autumn, foon after they are ripe; for thofe fowninthe ground, for then they are apt to fhrivel and dry up, which if this happens they feldom s, where, when the feveral Varieties are interix’d in a Bed, they make a goodly Shew: pring do not grow near fo large, nor will their Flowers be fo double. Whenthe Plants € up, they fhould be either tranfplanted out, or fome of them pull’d up: fo that the remaining Plants may be left eight or ten Inches Diftance each Way ; whereby theywil l recover again. Thefe Plants delight in a good frefh Soil, neither too light nor too heavy, but fuch as is of a middling Nature, and not over’d5 and they fhould have a South-Eaft or South-Weft Afpect, for if they are planted in a cold Situation they feldom thrive well. oduce their Flowers early in March, h they are valu’d, as alfo for the have Roomtogrow, and fpread their Branches, which they generally produce in great Plenty, and their Flowers will be produc’d in larger Bunches. They will require no farther Care, but to keep themclear from Weeds. In June thefe Plants will fower ; and their Seeds will ripen about the Beginning of Augujt. But in order to have your Flowers more beautiful, you fhould mark fuch only for Seeds duc’d very double and finely-var Flowers, pulling up orcutting offall fingle or plain-colour’d Flowers, DENS CANIS.: [This Plantis fo call’d, becaufe the Root of it refembles the Tooth ofa Dog.] Dog’s Tooth. The Charaéers are It bath a flefoy Root fbap?d like a Dog’s Tooth: The Leaves are broad, and fpread upon Ground, and, in Appearance, like thofé ee Round-leay’d Sowbread: The Elower is netets and y of their green Leaves. If Seeds ofthe rent Sorts are fown, there may be fome new Varieties obtain’d, which is well worth the Trial, where we have fo few Species of an early beautjful Flower as of this. one Hower upon the Top, whereas the Fav weeds have branching Stal the Flowers are for the moft a lous or pip? d. There are féveral Sj ant, which are preferv’d in curious Bota dens; but as they are Plants of no great Ufe, andwithal are very troublefome in a good Garden, if fuffer’d to fe We havethree fo they are never propagated, or four Varieties which grow wild in England, but the moft common broadleav’d kind is what is ufed in Medicine. There ar€é alfo fome People very fond ofit blanch’d in the Spring like Ey but who ever has a Mindtohave it foreither Ufe, may be abun- dantly fupply’d in the Fields, DENT ARIA [is fo ea Dens, Lat. a Tooth; becar enie, from he Root of this Plant refembles a Tooth. Itis alfo call’d Hepta phyllos, of éart feven, and gnaw; Gr. a Le afs becaufe this Plant hath feven Leaves: And alfo Cora s becaufe its Root fhines, being polifi’d lik Coral.} Tooth-wort. The Ch fers art It hath a in as it wer four L Crofs : This is fucceeded by a long Pod, dividedinto two Cells by anix when j ges the Sete b There are feveral 5p Gardens abroad, but I have not feen above one Sort in Evgland, whichis DENTARIA; iphyllos. €. B. Sevenleav’d Tooth-wort. This Plant may be propagated in the fame manner as the He/peris, or Dames Fuly Flower ; to whichI refer the Reader for Direétions. DEW, is by fome defin’d to be a Meteor bred of a thin cold Vapour; or, compos’d of the Steams and Vapours of the Earth, which being exhal’d by the Heat ofthe Sun, and kept fufpendedduring his Prefence, do, upon his Abfence, convene into Drops, and then fall downto the Earth again. Others define it, a chin, light, infenfible Mitt or Rain falling while the Sun is below the Horizon. The Origin’ and Matter of Dews, is with- out doubt from Vapour and Exhalations of the Earth’ and Water rais’d by the Warmth of the Earth, &&c. There being many Vapours in the Air, tho* DENS LEONIS ; [iv e. Lion?s Tooth. This not always vifible, hence it comes to pafs, that Plant is fo call’d, becaufe it refembles the’ even in clear Weather great Dews fall, efpeJaw-bone of a Lion fet with Teeth: It isalfo cially in Countrie s where it feldom rains: For call’ Caput Monachi, i. e. Monk's Head, be- when it happens that the featter’d Vapours are caufe after the Flowers are fallen off, what recolleéted and condens’d' together, and forc’d mains refembles a bald Head ¥ It is the firft t by the Antients was defcrib’d under > of Taraxacon: It is by the French J aufe it’ provokes Urine. ] h the Hawk-weed, le naked Stalk with downwards, they muft needs fall and bedew the Plants and Grafs. The thin Veficles of which Vapours confift, being: once detach’d from their Bodies, keep rifing in the Air till they arrive at fuch a Stage as is of the fame fpecifick Gravity with themfelves, when their Rife is ftopp’d: Now as ’tis the Warmth or Fire that dilates the Parts of Water, |