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Thcfc pkmts nrc generally ])ropagatcd by fceils, but 

 ■as they never ripen in this cuiuury, they muft be pro- 





d fr.'Mii thole places where tl-.cy r.acurally grow, 

 or the planis mult be propagated by layers. When 



arrive in England, they Ihould be Town 



I lie iecds 



in i-'ocs filled wich light earth as foon as pofiible, 

 for they do not grow the firll year \ and when they are 

 kept outoftiic ground tiil i]>rinp:, they frequently he 

 tvv'o vears in th^: ground before the plants appear •, 



pots Ihould be plunged into the ground 



in an caft-afoeded border, v/hcrc 



the ret 



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i:p to tneir 



rirns. 



tney may remain during the fummer ; tiiis v/ill pre- 

 vent the earth in the pots from drying too faft, which 

 it is very apt to do when the pots are fet upon the 

 ground in the fun. The only care to be taken of the 

 reeds is, to keep tl^e pots conftantly clean from v/eeds, 

 and in very dry weather refrelh them now and then with 

 water. In autumn the pots ihcukl be placed under a 

 ro.r.mon hotbed frame, where they may be fcreened 

 from frull, or elfe plunged into the ground in a warm 

 bord.cr, and covered with tan to keep out the froft, and 

 the follovting fpring they (hould be plunged into a hot- 

 bed, v.'hich v/ill bring up the plants. V/henthefe appear, 

 they muft be frequently, but fparingly watered, and 

 kept clean from v/eeds ; and, as the fummer advances, 

 thofe 



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the fecond fort ihould be gradually inured 

 to bear the open air, into which they fhould be re- 

 moved in June, placing them in afheltered fituation, 

 where they may remain till autumn, when they muft 

 be placed in a hot-bed frame to ftielter them in winter. 

 The fpring following, before the plants begin to flio6t, 

 they fhould be carefully taken up, and each planted 

 iiuo.a feparate fmall pot ; thefe may be plunged into 

 a gentle hot-bed, which will forward them greatly in 

 pt:tcing out new roots. The after care muft be to 

 Iheltcr them for a year or two in winter, until the 



have gotten ftrength -, then in the fpring, after 

 the danger of froft is over, fome of them may be turn- 

 ed out of the pots, and planted in the full ground in 

 a v/arm fneltered fituation, where the fecond fort 

 will thrive very well, and refift the cold i but the firft 

 is not fo hardy, fo thefe may be planted againft a 

 fotith w^all, where they will thrive very well. Some 

 . of the plants of this fort had been planted in the open 

 ^ air, in the Chelfea Garden, fome years paft, where they 

 . had thriven and endured the cold without any cover- 

 ing, but the fevere winter in 1740 deftroyecl them 



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The Species are, 

 Xi^RAN'TMEMuM [Annuum) herbaceum foliis lanceola- 



tis patentibus, caulc licrbac-'o. Lin. Sp. Plaiit. i:cr. 



Eternal Flo^i 

 ranrhemum Ho re 





v'ub jprccidivo^ [■pcar-fuc-ped leaves, Xe- 



fimplici 



purpureo majore. H. T. 

 Eternal Flczver^ ivith a larger^ purple^ f^^'^Z^-^ fio'u:er^ 



ccmmonly called Fiarrrdca. 



2. 





"jjer^ 



and the largeft 



ERANTHEMUM ( Inapertum) foliis lineari-lanceoktis 

 utrinque tomentofis. Eternal Flor.ver ivkh linear fpear- 

 fiaped leaves^ v:hich are doivn}' on Icth fides, Xeranthe- 

 mum Hore fimplici purpureo m.inore. Tourn. Inft. 

 R. H. 499. Eternal Flc^ver ivith a fmaller^ fingle^ pur- 

 pie floxver. 



Xerantkemum • (OnV;^''*^/^) foliis lineari-lanceolatis, 

 capitulis cyiindraceis, femine maximo. Eternal Flower 

 "ujith linear fpear-JJ:aped leaves^ cylindrical head:^ and a 

 very large feed, Xeranthemum fiore purpureo fimpli- 

 ci minimo, femine maximo. H. L. Eternal Floxver^ 

 with the fmallejt^ f'^'^gl^t purple flo 

 feed, 



4. XERANTMEMu^f {Spectofifftmum) fruticofum ereftum, 

 foliis amplexicaulibus trinerviis, ramis unifioris fub- 

 nudis. Lin. Sp. Plant. 1202. Shrubby^ ereSf^ Eternal 

 Flozver^ with fpearfnaped leaves-^ and almofi 7iaked 

 branches bearing one floijcer. Xeranthemum tomento- 

 fum latifolium, flore maximo. Burman. PI. Afr. 178. 

 tab'. 66, fig. 2. Broad-leaved^ woolly^ Eternal Flower^ 

 with the largeft flower, 



5. Xeranthemum {Retorttim) caulibus frutefcentlbus 

 provolutis, foliis tomentofis recurvatis. Lin. Sp. 858. 

 Eternal Flower with Jhrubby trailing ftalks^ and downy 

 recurved leaves, Xeranthemoides procumbens, polii 

 folio. Hort. Elth. 423. TrailingBaftard Eternal Flower^ 

 with a Mountain Foley leaf. . ' " ■; '; " :' 



6. Xeranthemum [Sefamdides) ramis unifloris imbrica- 

 tis, foliis litiearibus adpreflls. Lin. Sp. Plant^ '^1203. 

 Eternal Flower with imbricated branches zvith ^one flowery 



■ and linear pr'cffed leaves. Xefanthenium fdn1ofuiii,'fo- 

 liolis fquamofis linearibus, fioribus ^argeriteiS.' Burm. 

 Afr. 



with fquamofe leaves and ftlvery flowers. 



-The firft fort ^rows naturally in Auftria, Snd fome 



parts of Italy, but has been lonsr cultivated in the 



1 8 1, tab. 67. i. 1, 'Branching Et'&nal^ Flower, 



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j^ictiiLs ujciy be increafcd by cutting off 

 fome of their ftrong roots, preferving their fibres to 

 themi, and thefe planted in pots filled with light earth, 



them into a moderate hot-bed, will caufe^ 

 them to pufh out roots and become plants r' JG-ut 

 thefe will not thrive fo well, nor grow hear fo large as 

 thofe which, are'raifed from feeds. ;?:!> VS'^ "^^ Itx^Q-.^ 

 X E R A HT H EMU M. Tourn.Tnft: R.-H. 499.' 

 i,,tab. 284:. Lin. Gen. Plant. Sfi, l[from ^»ifof dry, and 

 ;^ aVOo^a fio\^er, qv.d...diT ffower.^..Xlulius calls this 

 " .-plant Pcarmica Auftria:caV but that name bemg apt" 

 • \ plied to another genusr this title of Xeranthemum is 

 : now generally received. It is xblgarly called Tm mortal," 

 ^. becaufe tlie^ fl,ow?r of it may be kept for many years j 



.Tprjt has rigid .p^taIs,^%hich fcracklS" aV if they were 



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Englifh gardens for orname'hn^- Of this there are the 

 ■^" following varieties ; one with^ a large, fingle, white 

 (■ flower, the purple and white with double flowers, 

 " thouo;h thefe only differ in the colour and multiplicity 

 ^'^'of petals in then- flowers, fo are not mentioned as 



diftinft fpecics, yet where their feeds are carefully 

 faved feparate, they are s;cner^lly conltanr.' ' *; 

 v?Thefe plants are annual ; they have a flender branch- 

 inff ftalk, which is covered with a white down that 

 ^ IS angular and furrowed j it nlesabout two feet high, 

 :^^^nd is garhiftied'\yith fpeaf-Yhaped leaves Tn^m^^ 

 ^^^-a half long, ¥h(3'a^^^^ of an^ incH'BroadV'wlaich 





^y fitting ciofe to^^fie lt'allc^"T)uYTpreatf 



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r/^f^-^'.^^'^ %'^3^.?^/^»5^«^»y^«6' empdlement.iy.: The her- 

 ^mci^BrciHie prets i^hichfyrm the dijk, are fumel-Jhaped, 

 , Jpr ceding, end cut into five^ points; the female florets, 

 \'-^hichjmnpDfc tlchcrder or rays, are tuhdous, arid cut in- 



'^^.fi'^'^. . M ^l^'-^'^ i^^''«/^ ; Jk[ bmnaphrodite florets have 



- flvefljcrt flamina terminated by cylindrical Jummtts, and 



^ aflscrt geymen, fupporting a flender ftyk; crowned by a 



: , hijidfl.igmd. \^ The germen afterward becdmh ' an oblong 



feed crowned with hairs, which ripens In thempalement. 



The female florets "have np^ ftamina, hut their germen, 



Jtyles, a?id feeds, arejUjani^ as thehexmaphrodite. v; is ' 

 lhis_ genus of plants IS ranged in t.he.Xecohd feition 



°; LinnjEUss nm^te^ndi^d which contains tKofe 

 -plants whofeHowers are pompofed of .female and her- 



c- from it.* The ftalk divides into four or five branches j 



arniflied with a few leaves at "their lower 

 parts, of tfie fame fhape with the other, "But are lefs. 



% jThe upper part of the branches is naked; and lul- 

 ^^ tains one flower at thet(5p,'*c6rnpofed of feveral fe- 

 ? male and hermaphrodite florets, included m one com- 

 '"■"Jnon fcaly^empalemeht'bf afllvery colbiiH The florets 

 t -ij-i!.-. ;;„-.- j^^ J j^y.- oblong "le'eds crowned' %ich hairs. 



' -^-The'petals'of thefe flower^"arb'drf,"{bif tHey are ga- 

 ! ::-thered perfeftly dry, and k^t Irom th^ air, 't^dy;\^iU 

 \ retain their beauty a long time ; they flovver in July, 

 '' "^^Auguft,- arid September^ and thfeTeeds'*npen iH ku- 



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: of this do riot rife much mdfethaft' a foot higlr; and 



do hot branch fo much as'the former. , The leaves 



■are narrowei-; and the wh5l^ Jilant very hoan,'. r The 



flowers are not half fo large' a§ 'thofe of the' former, 



:i and the fcales of their em|)alements are "very neat 



■ -This flowers at the fame time'as the 



and' filvcry; 



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