Purple Candy-Tuft is a native of the South of Europe, and flowers in June and July: it should be sown in the spring, on the borders 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. [107] 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._ [Illustration: No 107] 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. [108] 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._ [Illustration: No 108] 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. INDEX. In which the Latin Names of the Plants contained in the _Third Volume_ are alphabetically arranged. _Pl._