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Edwards, John, b. 1742 / A select collection of one hundred plates: consisting of the most beautiful, exotic and British flowers which blow in our English gardens: accurately drawn and coloured from nature, with their botanic characters, and a short account of their cultivation, their uses in medicine, with the Latin and English names
(1775)

[Broad leav'd garden anemone; The apple tree blossom],   pp. 6-Plate 12 ff.


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SPlaces in many Parts of England.ThFlwrofiac ngendf 
is full of little Knobs which, encrea'fes greatly, f  st  eoeatrot 
the Piles ; it Flowers in March and April, a  hc iei si     t 
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~THE Characters are 
                            P 'L       A      T     E       XL 
Anemonie CAqw'", of I'VEIAO., G r. the Xind; ýo "called
heeaufe an Herb 
           fupjýC'd not to o~pen, except the Wind blows. Cl'i) 
THE Flower is naked, having no Empalement,an  olfsfI 
            or Ptal, wichare blog, nd ifpoed n treeferis oer achoff 
            flen er tamia  w ich are  borer  t an  he  etal,  ad  ar  cr
wne 
            crea bewee th fe ae ftuacd  any  erm n,  hic  arecole~tdoi 
            Styl cr wne wih  ablun  Stgma  Th  Gemen  ftewar  beome 
            Down whih  ad ereto  he F ot  tal ,  an  fo m  a  obtfe  one
                             P 'L        A     T     E       XL 
 Anemonie (A,ý,-' of      Gr. the fflind; ýo "called heeaufe
an Herb 
                fupjýCed not to open, except the Wind blows. Calepin)
    THE Characqers are 
    THr Flower is naked, baving no Empalement, and conlifts of i 
 or Petals, which are oblong, and difpofed in three feries over each off
 flender Stamina which are fborter than the Petals, and are crowned 
 erea; between thefe are fituatcd many Germen, which are colle6ted in 
 Style crowned with a blunt Stigma. The Germen afterward ' becomes 
 Down which adhere to the Foot Stalk, and form an obtufe Cone. 
    Dr. Linnerus ranges this Genus of Plants in the fixth Divilion of 
 POLYANDRIA POýYGYNIA, No. 694, from the Flowers having many 
    The Specie reprefented here is, 
    ANEMONIE fohis digitatis. Lin. Sp. Plant. 54o. Anemonie with 
Anemonie hortenfis latifolia- 3 Cluf. Hift. I.P. 249. Broad leaved 
Did. Sp. VI. 
    Tri is Sort is a native of the Eaft, from whence thefe Roots we're br(
fo greatly improved by Culture, as to render them forne of the Chief Oj 
Spring; the Principal colours of thefe Flowers are red, white, purple 
varie-,ated with red, white and purple. There aremnnw 
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 or Petals, which are oblong, and difpofed in three feries over each off
 flender Stamina which are lborter than the Petals, and are crowned 
 erea; between thefe are fituatcd many Germen, which are collefted in 
 Style crowned with a blunt Stigma. The Germen afterward, becomes 
 Down which adhere to the Foot Stalk, and form an obtufe Cone. 
    Dr. Linnerus ranges this Genus of Plants in the fixth Divifion of 
 POLYANDRIA POýYGYNIA, No. 694, from the Flowers having many 
    The Specie reprefented here is, 
    ANE'MONIE foliis digitatis. Lin. Sp. Plant. 54o. Anemonie with 
Anemonie hortenfis latifolia- 3 Cluf. Hift. I. P. 249. Broad leaved 
Did. Sp. VI. 
    Tnis Sort is a native of the Eaft, from whence thefe Roots were br( 
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fo greatly improved by Culture, as to render them fome of the Chief Oj 
Spring; the Principal colours of thefe Flowers are red, white, purple 
varie-ated with red, white and purple. There are mnn,,, 
       Tm s fort is the common Pilewort which grows naturally by the 
   Places in many Parts of England. The Flowers of it are fingle and of 
   is full of little Knobs whichencreafes greatly, fo as to become a tro
   in a Garden, the Root and Leaves of this Plant is ufed in Medicine 
   the Piles; it Flowers in Mlarch and April, at which Time it is in its
                               P 'L       A     T     E        XL 
   Anemonie ('    ,of      Gr. the Wind;   t"called hecaufe an Herb
                 fuJiCeppd not to open, except the Wind blows. Calep in)
      THE Characqers are 
      THE Flower is naked, having no Empalement, and confiits of 
  or Petals, which are oblong, and difpofed in three feries over each otf
  flender Stamina which are fborter than the Petals, and are crowned 
  ered; between thefe are fituated many Germen, which are colle6ted in 
  Style crowned with a blunt Stigma. The Germen afterward becomes 
  Down which adhere to the Foot Stalk, and form an obtufe Cone. 
     Dr. Linnaeus ranges this Genus of Plants in the fixth Divifion of 
  POLYANDRIA POLYGYNIA, No. 694, from the Flowers having many 
     The Specie reprefented here is, 
     ANEMONIE foliis digitatis. Lin. Sp. Plant. 54o., Anemonie with 
  Anemonie hortenfis latifolia. 3 Cluf. Hift. I. p. 249. Broad leaved 
  Did~. Sp. VI. 
     Tnis Sort is a native of the Eaff, from whence thefe Roots were br 
  fo greatly improved by Culture, as to render them fome of the Chief O 
  Spring; the Principal colours of thefe Flowers are red, white, purple 
  variegated with red, white and purple. There are many intermediate 
  Flowers are large and very double, and when properly managed, are extren
                            P    L     A     T     E        XIj. 
                       Ma/us, The A'pple Tree, Lin. Gen. Plant. 626 
    THE Chara6ters are 
    THE Tree grows very large, the Branches fpread, and are more de 
 Tree; the Flower confifts of five Leaves, which expand in form of a Rofc
 about the Foot Stalk, is, for the moil Part roundit and umbilicated at t
 into five Cells or Partitions, reprefented at B, in each is lodged one obloz
   This fort is the Codlin Tree. The Bloffom of which being larger 
of the other Sorts of Apple, makes a fine Appearance before the Fruit co:
introduced in Compofitions of Flowers, I thought it Would not be arnirs 
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 or Petals, which are oblong, and difpofed in three feries over each off
 flender Stamina which are fhorter than the Petals, and are crowned 
 erea; between thefe are fituatcd many Germen, which are collefted in 
 Style crowned with a blunt Stigma. The Germen afterward, becomes 
 Down which adhere to the Foot Stalk, and form an obtufe Cone. 
    Dr. Linnerus ranges this Genus of Plants in the fixth Divilion of 
 POLYANDRIA POýYGYNIA, No. 694, from the Flowers having many 
    The Specie reprefented here is, 
    ANEMONIE foliis digitatis. Lin. Sp. Plant. 54o. Anemonic with 
Anemonie hortenfis latifolia- 3 Cluf. Hift. I. P. 249. Broad leaved 
Did. Sp. VI. 
    Tri is Sort is a native of the Eaft, from whence thefe Roots we're br(
fo greatly improved by Culture, as to render them fome of the Chief Oj 
Spring; the Principal colours of thefe Flowers are red, white, purple 
varie-,ated with red, white and purple. There are, mnn,,, 


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