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 Linnæus; 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. I
"A Garden is the purest of human Pleasures."
Verulam.
LONDON:
Printed by Couchman and Fry, Throgmorton-Street,
For W. CURTIS, at his Botanic-Garden, Lambeth-Marsh;
And Sold by the principal Booksellers in Great-Britain and Ireland.
M DCC XC.
PREFACE.
Iris
Persica. Persian Iris.
Rudbeckia purpurea. Purple Rudbeckia.
Helleborus hyemalis. Winter Hellebore, or Aconite.
Cyclamen Coum. Round-leav'd Cyclamen.
Erythronium Dens Canis. Dogs-Tooth, or Dogs-Tooth Violet.
Narcissus Minor. Least Daffodil.
Cynoglossum Omphalodes. Blue Navelwort.
Helleborus Niger. Black Hellebore, or Christmas Rose.
Iris
pumila. Dwarf Iris.
Anemone Hepatica. Hepatica, or Noble Liverwort.
Erica
herbacea. Herbaceous Heath.
Dodecatheon Meadia. Mead's Dodecatheon, or American Cowslip.
Coronilla glauca. Sea-green, or Day-smelling Coronilla.
Primula villosa. Mountain Primula.
Narcissus Jonquilla. Common Jonquil.
Iris
variegata. Variegated Iris.
Cactus
flagelliformis. Creeping Cereus.
Geranium Reichardi. Dwarf Geranium.
Hemerocallis Flava. Yellow Day-lily.
Geranium Peltatum. Ivy-Leaved Geranium.
Iris
Versicolor. Particoloured Iris.
Nigella damascena. Garden Fennel-flower, Love in a mist, Devil in
a Bush.
Tropæolum majus. Greater Indian-Cress, or Nasturtium.
Agrostemma coronaria. Rose Cockle, or Campion.
Dianthus chinensis. China or Indian Pink.
Stapelia variegata. Variegated Stapelia.
Convolvulus tricolor. Small Convolvulus or Bindweed.
Passiflora crulea. Common Passion-Flower.
Reseda
odorata. Sweet-scented Reseda or Mignonette.
Lilium
chalcedonicum. Chalcedonian Lily.
Jasminum officinale. Common Jasmine or Jessamine.
Mesembryanthemum dolabriforme. Hatchet-leav'd Fig-Marigold.
Aster
tenellus. Bristly-leav'd Aster.
Browallia elata. Tall Browallia.
Crepis
barbata. Bearded Crepis, or Purple-eyed Succory-Hawkweed.
Lilium
bulbiferum. Orange Lily.
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