ncovered in the winter time, or yet abroad in the garden, but kept
in a large pot or tubbe, in the house or in a warme cellar, if you would
have them to thrive." _Park. Parad._

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TUSSILAGO ALPINA. ALPINE COLTSFOOT.

_Class and Order._

SYNGENESIA POLYGAMIA.

_Generic Character._

_Receptaculum_ nudum. _Pappus_ simplex. _Cal._ squamae aequales, discum
aequantes, submembranaceae.

_Specific Character and Synonyms._

TUSSILAGO _alpina_ scapo unifloro subnudo, foliis cordato orbiculatis
crenatis utrinque virentibus. _Lin. Syst. Vegetab. p. 755._

TUSSILAGO alpina rotundifolia glabra. _Bauh. Pin. 197._

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This species, a native of the Alps, of Switzerland, and Austria, is
frequently kept in gardens for the sake of variety; like the rest of the
genus, it flowers early in the spring, in March and April; is a very
hardy perennial, increases most readily in a moist shady situation, is
usually kept in pots for the convenience of sheltering it in very severe
seasons; but it will grow readily enough in the open border. All plants
that flower early, though ever so hardy, require some kind of shelter,
previous to, and during their flowering.

Is propagated by parting its roots in autumn.

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SPARTIUM JUNGEUM. SPANISH BROOM.

_Class and Order._

DIADELPHIA DECANDRIA.

_Generic Character._

_Stigma_ longitudinale, supra villosum. _Filamenta_ germini adhaerentia.
_Calyx_ deorsum productus.

_Specific Character and Synonyms._

SPARTIUM _junceum_ ramis oppositis teretibus apice floriferis, foliis
lanceolatis. _Lin. Syst. Vegetab. p. 643._

SPARTIUM arborescens, feminibus lenti similibus. _Bauh. Pin. 396._

Spanish Broom. _Park. Parad. p. 442. t. 443. fig. 4._

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Grows naturally in France, Spain, Italy, and Turkey; bears our climate
extremely well; is a common shrub in our nurseries and plantations,
which it much enlivens by its yellow blossoms: flowers from June to
August, or longer in cool seasons.

Is raised by seeds, which generally come up plentifully under the
shrubs.

MILLER mentions a variety of it, which, as inferior to the
common sort, does not appear to be worth cultivating.

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GLADIOLUS COMMUNIS. COMMON CORN-FLAG.

_Class and Order._

TRIANDRIA MONOGYNIA.

_Generic Character._

_Corolla_ sexpartita, ringens. _Stamina_ adscendentia.

_Specific Character and Synonyms._

GLADIOLUS _comm