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The thirteenth fort grows naturally in Germany-, this 

 hath a perennial root, from which come out many 

 leaves that fprcad near the ground, which are about 

 five or fix inches lon^:, divided inio narrow fco;ments 

 to the midrib i thefe fegments are cut on their edges 

 into regular acute points, like v/inged leaves ; the 

 llalks rife near two feet high, and are gariiiflied v/ith 

 very narrow cut leaves •, they divide into feveral long 

 foot-ftalks, each being terminated by a ronndifli flow- 

 er, v/ith radiated borders. This fiovvers in July, and 

 the feeds ripen in autumn. It may be propagated by 

 feeds, and will thrive any where. 

 The fourteenth fort grows naturally in the Levant \ 

 this is a luw perennial plant, with a branching ftalk 

 which fpreads wide on every fide ; the lower leaves 

 are cut, but the upper leaves are narrow and entire ; 

 thty arc of a filvery colour. The flowers are fmall, 

 of a pale colour, and have no fcent, fo is only kept 

 in botanic gardens for the fake of variety. It is pro- 

 pagated by feeds, and is hardy enough to live in the 

 open 



l"he fifteenth fort grows naturally in India -, this is 

 an annual plant, v/hich is commonly cultivated in gar- 

 dens for ornament. Of this there are a great variety 

 in the colour of their flov/ers, fome of them are of a 

 purple approaching to black, others are of a pale pur- 

 ple, fome are red, and others have variegated flowers ^ 

 thefe alfo vary in the rtiape of their leaves, fome of 

 them having finer cut leaves than others -, and fom.e- 

 times from the fide of the fiower-cup there comes 

 out many flender foot-ftalks, fuftaining fmall flov/ers, 

 in like manner as the Hen and Chicken Daifies ; but 

 as thefe are accidental varieties which come from the 

 fame feeds, they need not be particularly enumerated 

 here. 



The flowers of this fort are very fweet, and continue 

 a long time. The plants are propagated by fowing 

 of their feeds, the befl: time for which is about the 

 latter end of May or the beginnrrig~of June, that tTi 

 plants may get ftrength before winter ; for if they are 

 fown too early in the fpring, they will flower the au- 

 tumn following ; and the winter coming on foon, will 

 prevent their ripening feeds ; befides, there will be 

 fewer flowers upon thofe, than if they had remained 

 ftrong plants through the winter, and had fent forth 

 their flower-fl:ems in fpring ; for thefe will branch out 

 on every fide, and produce a prodigious number of 

 flowers, and continue a fuccefllon of them on the fame 





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plants from June to September,' and produce "good 



feeds in plenty, 



■ The feeds of thefe plants fhould be fown upon a fliady 

 ■:. border of frefli earth (for if they "are Town upon a place 



rtoo piuch expofed to the fun, arid the feafon fhould 

 -. proYt^dry, few of them will grow.) When th6 plants 

 - are come up, they may be tranlpl^nted into other beds 

 ' or borders of frefli earth, obferviha; to water and 



■ fliade them until they have taken root ; after -which 

 '-. they will require no farther care but to keep tKem clear 

 .'^from weeds till Michaelmas, whVn they may iDetranf- 

 7 planted into tile middleof the borders in the pleafure- 

 7* garden, where ihfe feveral forts being intermixed,' will 

 v'make an agreeable^ vSriety./u-They ^re extreme fi£ii*dy, 

 '-• being rarely'tejured by cold, unlefs they have Ihot tip 

 * ; to flower before winter, but do not continue after ri- 



■■ pening their feeds. 



\. The fixteenth fort grows naturally in Spain; this is 

 an annual plant; theftalks rife three feet high, they 



- are hairy, and are garniflied with oblong leaves which 



-^ are deeply notched on their "edges, and thofe on the 

 upper part of the ftalk are cut almoft to the midrib 



' into fine fegments. The flowers ftand upon Ion 

 foot-ftalks at the top of the ftalks, thfte haveglobu" 

 lar receptacles ; the florets are large, and fpread open 

 like a ftar ■ they are of a pale purple colour, appear- 



■ jng in July,"*^nd in favourable feafons the feeds ripen 



in Septemberj^ but in cold moift years the feeds do 



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beds of light loamy earth, where the plants are to re- 

 main ; when the plants con^e up they mufl be i!iiniK-;i 

 and kept clear from weeds, whicli i'; all ihc cuhmo 

 they require. 



The feventcenth fort grov/s naturally at i!k- Cajic of 

 Good Hope ; this hath a v.eak flirubbv ftalk whi.ii 

 divides into feveral branches and nltrs about five ft t^ 

 high ; the branches are garriiih.ed witli oval fpcar-Ilia:.- 

 ed leaves three inches lono;, and an inch apj 'i ^^'" 

 broad, which are entire, and deeply crenatcd on th^ir 

 edges ; they arc of a light green, and are a little hairv. 

 The flower-ilalk is produced at the endof the branches, 

 fuftaining one pale flefli-coloured flower, compofcd of 

 many five-pointed florets. This plant continues flov/- 

 ering great part of fummcr, and fometirnes it pro- 

 duces o;ood feeds in Eno;iand. 



The eighteenth fort is alfo a native of the Ca-^c of 

 Good Hope ; it hath a flirubby ftalk like the furriier • 

 the ftalks are hairy, and divide iiuo feveral branches 

 which are garniflied toward the bottom v^irh fpear- 

 fliaped leaves which are crenated and entire, but thofe 

 on the upper part of the ftalk are doubly v^iiyrcd. 

 The flowers are produced upon long naked ftalks from 

 the end of the branches, they are of a pale flefli co- 

 lour, and are large, but have no fcent ; thefe are con- 

 tinued in fuccefllon all the funimer, and fometirnes 

 the early flowers are fucceeded by feeds which ripea 

 in autumn. 



Both thefe forts may be propagated by cuttings, whieii 

 may be planted in a fliady border during any of the 

 fummer months j when thefe have put out good roots, 

 they fliould be taken up and planted in pots filled 

 with light loamy earth, and placed in thq fliade till 

 they have taken new root ; then they may be removed 

 to a fheltered fituation, where they may remain till the 

 frofts begin, when they ftiould be removed to fiielrer, 

 for they are too tender to live in the open air throu^^h 

 the winter ; but as they onjy require protcftion from 

 froft, fo they fiiould have as much free air as poflible 

 in mild weather, to prevent their being drawn up 

 weak ; therefore if they are placed in a common 

 frame in winter, they will fucceed Better than in a 

 , green-hcufe ; and in the middle or latter end of April, 

 th^y rnay be plated iti 'the open air in a warm fitua- 

 tion, afterward treating them as other hardy foreign 

 plants. 



The nineteenth fort grows naturally near Aleppo ; this 

 is an annual plant, v;ith a branching ftalk near three 

 feet high, which is garniflied with leaves at each joint 

 that are varioufly cut. The flowers are produced up- 

 on long foot-ftalks at the end of the branches, thefe 

 have very long empalemehts ; the florets round the 



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are of a flefti colour, and continue in fucceffion 



^from July to autumn,' and in favourable feafons 



^ the feeds jipen here pretty well. This is propagated 



'by feedsj which fhould be fown, and the plants after- 



' '-'ward treated in the faole way as the com.mon Sweet, 



or Indian Scabious, .'■ 



border are cut into feveral fringed fegments. 



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•There are feveral 'other fpeciesof^ this' genus, but as 

 -\they are plants which have little beauty, lo they are 

 .rarely admitted into gardens, therefore they are not 

 i; enumerated here. 



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// hath an umbelliferous flowef\ the genrrqlmhelis long 

 and has few rays^ th particular unib^chhave many : the 

 general utnhel hfls no bvvcliicr urn -i the, particular ioave a 

 five4eaved one )be lenzth of the mnkls : 'the general urn- 

 bel is deformed^ and has hermaphrodtte forets in ttje 

 dijk, and female in'the rays: ' The ficv:eYs have fve in- 

 flexed heart-fiaped. petals^ the inner are fmall, and the 

 outer' large y they have five flender ftainlna terrr^natcd ly 

 romdifh fummitSy and ah oblong gcrmen fupport:ng't'-Jjo 

 permanent flyles^ crowned by obtuje fiigmas, Thegcmm 

 afterward turns to a long fruit divided in tv)o part s^c~.ch 

 having one furrowed feedy convex jin one fide andplatncn 



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