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high, brown, terminated by large, purple violet 

 flowers, growing in a loose panicle, and ex- 

 panding ni August. Tlic peduncles arc so short 

 as scarcely to aj->])ear among thetiowers. It is a 

 native of New tngiand. 



The sixth has many stems, three and even 

 four feet high, still", reddish, hairy, and 

 branching pyramidicaily. The branches have 

 sinalj lanceolate leaves, growing alternate, hanv 

 and rough to the touch, tiic size of those of 

 comniou Hyssop, and eaci> terniinaicd Ijv one 

 large olue flower, coming out at the end of Oc- 

 tober. It is a native of X'irginia. 



The seventh sort has several strong stems, 

 upwards of two feet high, of a purplc'colonr; 

 but the flowers are on single peduncles, lonning 

 a corymb at top, and of a pale blue colour: 

 they appear about the end of September. It is 

 a native of North America; varies in height 

 from eight to iliree feet, having the stems either 

 dark purple or reddish green. 



Tiiere is a variety, in which the flowers are 

 purple inclining to red, and surrounded by a few 

 narrow leaves. This is from Philadelphia, and 

 flowers in November. 



The eighth species has the leaves broad and heart- 

 shaped at bottom; the stems between two and 

 three feet high, with small side branches, upon 

 which the flowers come out in loose spikes; they 

 are of a pale blue colour, inclining to white. It 

 flowers in August. Ftisanativeof North America. 

 The ninth has the leaves lanceolate, gradually 

 narrowing to the end: pedimeles with very small 

 subulate scales : the stems strong, from two to 

 three feet high, putting out nianv side branches 

 near half their length, terminated by one blue 

 flower, which appears in August and ScjitenilK-r. 

 In the tenth species the stems are live feel high, 

 slender, angular, smooth, but not brandling 

 much ; the leaves alternate, not very rough ; the 

 flowers terminal, solitar',-, sn>:ill, and white; the 

 peduncles have very small subulate leaflets scat- 

 tered over them. 



The eleventh has the stems slender, three feet 

 high, with slender side branches most of their 

 length, so as to form a thick bush; they are 

 terminated by single flowers. 



The twelfth species has the stems u|)ri2ht, two 

 feet high, full of branches, which are hliform; 

 the stem-leaves being nirrow-lauceolale; on the 

 branches linear: the p:-du;iclcs filif )rm, striated, 

 one-flowered, with very narrow leaflets on them; 

 the flowers small, witha.-i erect, imbricate, loose 

 calyx; the ray copious, and white; the disk yel- 

 low, with fewer flowers. 



The thirteenth species rises four feet high ; the 

 flowers arc pale blue, appearing about Michael- 

 mas. The whole plant is touuntosj, especially the 



leaves and calyxes. The racrmc simple, with 

 very short peduncles. It is a native of \ir- 

 •jinia. 



The fourteenih has the stems rough, about 

 two leet high, dividing towards tiie top into many 

 li'iked branches, diverging from each other. 

 The flowers grow almost in an umbel, and ap- 

 ))ear the beginning of September. It is a native 

 of \ irgiiiia. 



The litieenth species lias the stem obscnrelv 

 furrowed, of a |ia!e red, not very erect, but ir- 

 regularly flexuose, coiymbosely branciied, ll:c 

 branches divaricate and much divided ; the leaves 

 of the same form, soiiietiins having a siujilc 

 serrature, the edge scabrous, if the tingerlic 

 drawn toward t!ie ba^e, the surface rough with 

 invisible hairs; the flowers rather solitarv, some- 

 what small, on long, scaly, yellow peduncles; 

 scales ol' the calyx distant, in live rows; disk 

 of the corolla yellow ; ray pale blue, revolute ; 

 the height near four feet, having broad leaves :*t 

 the bottom, which diminish gradually to the 

 t>p. Tlie flowers appear at the latter end of 

 August. It is a natue ol \'irginia. 



The sixteenth rises to the heiirht of four 

 feet, the steins putting out side branches to- 

 wards the top, which grow erect, forming a 

 loose spike of large blue flowers, expanding 

 about the end of October. It is a native of 

 North-America. 



The seventeenth species has llic stems three 

 feel high, with side woodv branches having 

 clusters of narrow leaves like th jso of the Larch- 

 tree ; the flowers are produced from the side of 

 the branches, uptm lonir slender peduncles- 

 singly ; they are of a ])ale~blue colour, and ap- 

 pear the beginning of March. It is a native of 

 the Cape. 



Cnhure. — ^Tlie hardy kinds of these plants 

 easily succeed in almost any soil or situation. 

 The first sort, and varieties being annual plants,, 

 are propagated by sowing the seeds ot the dif- 

 ferent kinds from the beginning of March to 

 May, on a \etv moderate hot-bed, just to 

 bring up the plants, the air being admitted as 

 much as possible when tlie weather is suitable, 

 in order to promote the vigorous growth of tlie 

 plants; when they ;ire suificieiiliy strong they 

 should be planted out either into beds of good 

 canh .it six inches <listancc each way, or nuo 

 the places where they arc to remain, in the 

 borders or other pans: the latter is probably ihi 

 better practice, as they grow more strongly. 

 In the bed method they are usually transplanted 

 after a few weeks, with large balls of earth to 

 their roots, into the situations where they arc- 

 to flower, the mould being made line about iheiu, 

 A few of the fine double varieties ma.v also be 



