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Tnav::nif^, furmentis procumbcntlbus. Lin. Sp. Plant. 



Goldylccks -.vith aftmfle ftalk^ large oval leaves at 



anitrctlbvg runners, Gnaphalium plantaginis 



folio, A'irp-inianum. Pluk. Aim. 171. Virginia Goldy 



locks 'mtb a Plantain leaf, 



Gnai^halium {Ohtuftfolitim) hcrbaccum foliis lan- 

 ccolatis, cauk tonienrolb paniculato tcrminalibus glo- 

 meratis conicis. Lin. Sp. Plant. 851. Goldilocks with 

 I'Dcar '(leaped leaves^ a woolly jialk,^ terminated by a conical 

 duller cffioivers, Elichryfum obtufifolium, capitulis 

 arf^enteis conglobatis.* Horc. Elth. 130. Blunt-leaved 



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Coldylocks^ withftlvery heads growing in clufta 



Gnaphalium {Spicatum) foliis lanceolacis decurren- 

 tibus tomentofis, floribus fpicatis tcrminalibus latcra- 

 libufque. Goldylocks with fpear-fiapedy woolly^ rnn^ing 

 leaves and flowers growing in fpikes at the ends Qnd fides 

 cf the ftalks. Elichryfum caule alato, floribus fpi- 

 catis. Sloan. Cat, Jam. 125. Goldylocks with a winged 

 ftalk and [piked flowers. 



The firft fort hath a fhrubby ftalk, which rifcs 

 three feet high, branching out into long flender ftalks 

 irreo-ularly \ the lower branches are garnifhed with ob- 

 tufe leaves, two inches and a half long, 



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and an eighth 

 of an inch broad at the point, but thofe upon the 

 fiower-ftalks are very narrow, ending in acute points ; 

 the whole plant is very woolly : the flowers terminate 

 the ftalks in a compound corymbus ; their empale- 

 ments are of a filvery colour at firft, and very neat, 

 but afterward turn of a yellowifti fulphur colour. If 

 thefe are gathered before the flowers are much opened, 

 the heads will continue in beauty many years, efpe- 

 cially if they are kept from the air and duft. Tlie 

 plants begin to flower in June, and there is a fuc- 

 ccflion of flowers all the fummer, fome of which will 



-continue in beauty moft part of the winter. This is 

 generally fuppofed to be the true golden Caflidony of 



:. ihefhops, but the fecond fort is ufually fubftituted for 

 ',, it in England. 



. K is propagated by flips or cuttings, which may be 

 planted in June or July, in a bed of light earth, and 



. covered with glaflfes, or fliaded with mats, obferving 



. to refrefh them frequently with water, but it muft not 

 be given in large quantities; thefe cuttings will put out 

 roots in fix or eight weeks, then they fliould be taken 

 up and planted in pots filled with light earth, and 

 placed in a ftiady fituation till they have taken new 

 root, when they rnay be removed to an open fituation, 

 and placed among other hardy exotics, till about the 

 middle or end of Oftober j at which time they fliould 

 be placed under a common frame, where they may 



. be protected from froft, but in mild weather they 

 ihould be expofed to the open air. With this ma- 

 nagement in winter, the plants will be much,ftronger 

 than thofe which are kept in the green-houfe, where 

 they generally draw too weak ; for this fort only wants 

 to be flickered from hard froft, being fo hardy as in 

 very mild winters to" live abroad in warm borders 

 near walls, with little flielter. 



The fecon^ fort hath a flirubby ftalk, which divides 

 into many flender. branches, covered with a white 

 bark ; thefe form a thick bulhy under ftirub, and rife 



' near three feet, garniftied with very narrow leaves, 



, hoary on their under fide, but green on their upper, 



-placed without order on every fide the ftalks-, the 

 flowers are produced in a compound corynibus at the 



- end of the branches ; their heads are fmall, and are 

 of a yellow colour when fully blown ; thefe are con- 

 tinued in fucceflion moft part of fummer. This grows 

 naturally in France and Germany, and is hardy 

 to live in the open air in England. It is propagated 

 by flips or cuttings, which may be planted in a ftiady 

 border during any of the fummer months, and in the 

 autumn tliey may be tranfplantcd into the places 

 where they are deficrned to remain. This ftiould have 



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3. dry undunged foil, in which it is rarely injured un- 

 lefs in the moft fevere froft. 



The third fort is an annual plant, which grows na- 

 turally in Italy and Sicily ; this hath an herbaceous 

 ftalk, which rifes little more than a foot high, gar- 

 niflvcd with acute indented leaves, which are hoary on 



their under fidc; the flowers ftaix! upon lon.r> ro.y.- 

 ftalks, which rife tar above t!;c br.in^'hes, cacii fuilair. - 

 ing one fnuU whitifli flinver. Thcie ajij^car in luiy, 

 and the feeds ripen in September. It is propa^\aieJ 

 by feeds, which Ihould bcfown in autumn uj^on a bed 

 of light earth, where the plants are defioned 10 re- 

 main ; and when the plants come up in^'ihe ipriii:.^. 



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they fliould be thinned where they are too cIcjI 



kept clean from weeds, which is all the culture i!;ev 



require. 



The fourth fort is an annual plant with woolly leaves, 

 which rife with v/ooUy ftalks about eiglu inches hig-Ji^ 

 garniflied with oblong leaves which embrace the iUUks 

 with their bafe ; the flowers grow in clolc ciufters at 

 the top, and from the fide of their ftalks, v/hich are 

 included in dry filvery empalements. 

 There is another fpecies oi' this v/ith narrov/er leaves, 

 not quite fo woolly ^ the ftalks rife higher, and arc 

 more branched •, the flowers grov/ in clofe bunches on 

 the top of the ftalks, and are of a pale yellow colour. 

 Both thefe forts will come up better from the fcattercd 

 feeds, than when they are fown by art ^ but if the 

 feeds are fown, it muft be foon after they are ripe, 

 otherwife they will not fucceed. The plants requi e 

 no other care but to keep them clean from weeds, and 

 thinned where they are too clofe. They flower in 

 July, and the feeds ripen in autumn. 

 The fifth fort is an annual plant, which grows natu- 

 rally in many parts of England, on places which arc 

 covered with water in the winter j this is a low 

 branching plant, with filvery leaves and dark heads of 

 flov/ers, but being of no ufe is not cultivated in gardens. 

 The fixth fort is alfo an annual plant with narrow 

 leaves, which are hoary on their under fide ; the ftalks 

 grow ereft about a foot high, and at every joint is 

 produced a fliort fpike of white flowers, with dark- 

 coloured empalements. This is found growing na- 

 turally in fome parts of England, fo is not often ad- 

 mitted into gardens. If the feeds of this fort are per- 

 mitted to fcatter, the plants vv'iil come tip in the fpring 

 with greater certainty than if fown, and they will re- 

 quire little culture. Thefe flower in July, and the 

 plants decay foon after they have ripened their feeds. 

 The feventh fort gi-ows naturally in tl^e northern parts 

 of England, upon the tops of hills and mountains. 





where the flioots which are fent out from every fid 

 of the plant put out roots, wliereby it is propagated 

 in great plenty : the leaves of this grow clok to the 

 ground, they are narrow at their bafe, but rounded 

 at the enc^ where they are broad ; they are near arj 

 inch long, and hoary on their under fide; the ftalks 

 are fingle, and rife about four inches high, terminated 

 by a corymbus of flowers which is fingle. This 

 flowers in May and June. > 



There are two varieties of this, one with a purple and 

 the other a variegated flower, which have nkn ac- 

 cidentally from feeds, but continue their difi^erence Irt 

 the gardens. They are eafily propagated by offsets^ 

 which fliould be planted in the autumn, in a fliady 

 fituation, where they will require no other care but to 

 keep them clean from weeds. This plant is called 

 Pes Cati, or Catsfoot. • • j 



. The eighth fort grov/s naturally on the Alps. T^lvs 

 is a low plant, with under leaves like the laft men- 

 tioned ; the ftalks are fingle, and rife about fix inches 

 high, garniflied with very fmall acute leaves, and 

 terminated by four or five oblong flowers, which in 

 fome plants are white, and in others of a purplifh co- 

 lour. They appear about the fame time as the for- 

 mer fort, and the plants may be propagated and treated 



in the fime manner. , 



. The ninth fort grows naturally in Spain and Italy. 

 This is a low plant with a ligneous ftalk, which fel- 

 dom rifes more than fix inches high, garniflied wit!^ 

 very narrow leaves, white on their under fide^ the. 

 flowers are produced from the fide of the ftalks, each 



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ftanding upon a feparate foot-ftalk; their empalemen: 

 are fcaly and long, ending in acute ftiff* points, and are 

 cf a purplifli colour. This fovt flowers in July, bnc 

 feldom perfects feeds in this country, , :' "- 



