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Title: The Botanical Magazine, Vol. 4
Or, Flower-Garden Displayed

Author: William Curtis

Release Date: March 14, 2006 [EBook #17979]

Language: English

Character set encoding: ASCII

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THE

~Botanical Magazine;~

OR,

~Flower-Garden Displayed:~

IN WHICH

The most Ornamental FOREIGN PLANTS, cultivated in the Open
Ground, the Green-House, and the Stove, are accurately represented in
their natural Colours.

TO WHICH ARE ADDED,

Their Names, Class, Order, Generic and Specific Characters, according to
the celebrated LINNAEUS; their Places of Growth, and Times of
Flowering:

TOGETHER WITH

THE MOST APPROVED METHODS OF CULTURE.

A WORK

Intended for the Use of such LADIES, GENTLEMEN, and
GARDENERS, as wish to become scientifically acquainted with the
Plants they cultivate.

By _WILLIAM CURTIS_,

Author of the FLORA LONDINENSIS.

~VOL. IV.~

Observe the rising Lily's snowy grace,
Observe the various vegetable race;
They neither toil nor spin, but careless grow,
Yet see how warm they blush! how bright they glow!
What regal vestments can with them compare!
What king so shining, or what queen so fair.
THOMSON.

LONDON:

Printed by COUCHMAN and FRY, Throgmorton-Street. For

W. CURTIS, No 3, _St. George's-Crescent_, Black-Friars-Road; And Sold by

the principal Booksellers in Great-Britain and Ireland.

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LAVATERA TRIMESTRIS. ANNUAL LAVATERA.

_Class and Order_.

MONADELPHIA POLYANDRIA.

_Generic Character._

_Calyx_ duplex: exterior 3-fidus. _Arilli_ plurimi, monospermi.

_Specific Character and Synonyms._

LAVATERA _trimestris_ caule scabro herbaceo, foliis glabris, pedunculis
unifloris, fructibus orbiculo tectis. _Linn. Sp