ders of the
flower-garden in patches; when the plants come up, a few only should be
left, as they will thereby become stronger, produce more flowers, and be
of longer duration.

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CASSIA CHAMAECRISTA. DWARF CASSIA.

_Class and Order._

DECANDRIA MONOGYNIA.

_Generic Character._

_Calyx_ 5-phyllus. _Petala_ 5. _Antherae_ superne 3 steriles; infimae 3
rostratae. _Legumen._

_Specific Character and Synonyms._

CASSIA _Chamaecrista_ foliis multijugis, glandula petiolari pedicellata,
stipulis ensiformibus. _Linn. Syst. Vegetab. ed. 14._ _Murr. p.
394._ _Hort. Kew. p. 54._

CHAMAECRISTA pavonis major. _Comm. Hort. 1. p. 53. t. 37._

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A native of the West-Indies, and of Virginia according to
LINNAEUS; not common in our gardens, though cultivated as long
ago as 1699, by the DUCHESS OF BEAUFORT; (_vid. Hort. Kew._)
unnoticed by MILLER.

This species, superior in beauty to many of the genus, is an annual, and
consequently raised only from seeds, these must be sown in the spring,
on a hot-bed, and when large enough to transplant, placed separately in
pots of light loamy earth, then replunged into a moderate hot-bed to
bring them forward, and in the month of June removed into a warm border,
where, if the season prove favourable, they will flower very well
towards August; but, as such seldom ripen their seeds, it will be proper
to keep a few plants in the stove or greenhouse for that purpose,
otherwise the species may be lost.

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ANTHYLLIS TETRAPHYLLA. FOUR-LEAV'D LADIES-FINGER.

_Class and Order._

DIADELPHIA DECANDRIA.

_Generic Character._

_Calyx_ ventricosus. _Legumen_ subrotundum, tectum.

_Specific Character and Synonyms._

ANTHYLLIS _tetraphylla_ herbacea, foliis quaterno-pinnatis. _Linn. Syst.
Vegetab. ed. 14._ _Murr. p. 25._ _Hort. Kew. vol. 3. p. 25._

LOTUS pentaphyllos vesicaria. _Bauh. Pin. 332._

TRIFOLIUM halicacabum. _Cam. Hort. 171. t. 47._

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An annual; the spontaneous growth of Spain, Italy, and Sicily, flowers
in the open border in July, and ripens its seeds, in September.

Long since cultivated in our gardens, but more as a rare, or curious,
than a beautiful plant.

Its seeds are to be sown in April, on a bed of light earth, where they
are to remain; no other care is necessary than thinning them, and
keeping them clear of weeds.

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