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high, brown, terminated by large purple violet 

 flowers, growing in a loose panicle, and ex- 

 panding in August. The peduncles are so short 

 as scarcely to appear among the flowers. It is a 

 native of New England. 



The sixth has many stems, three and even 

 four feet high, stiff, reddish, hairy, and 

 branching pyrarnidically. The branches have 

 small lanceolate leaves, growing alternate, hairy 

 and rough to the touch, the size of those of 

 common Hyssop, and each terminated by one 

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

 tober. It is a native of Virginia. 



The seventh sort has several strong stems, 

 upwards of two feet high, of a purple colour; 

 but the flowers are on single peduncles, forming 

 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 three feet, having the stems either 

 dark purple or reddish green. 



There 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 leavesbroad and heart- 

 shaped at bottom; the stems between two anil 

 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. It is a native of North America. 



The ninth has the leaves lanceolate, gradually 

 narrowing to the end: peduncles with very small 

 subulate scales : the stems strong, from two to 

 three feet high, putting out many side branches 

 near half their length, terminated by one blue 

 flower, which appears in August and September. 



In the tenth species the steins are five feet high, 

 slender, angular, smooth, but not branching 

 much ; the leaves alternate, not very rough; the 

 flowers terminal, solitarv, small, 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 upright, two 

 feet high, full of branches, which are filiform; 

 the stem-leaves being narrow-lanceolate; on the 

 branches linear: the peduncles filiform, striated, 

 one-flowered, with very narrow leaflets on them; 

 the flowers small, with an erect, imbricate, loose 

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

 low, with fewer flowers. 



The thirteenth species rises four feet high - r the 

 flowers are pale blue, appearing about Michael- 

 mas. The whole plant is tomtntose, especially the 



leaves and calyxes. The raceme simple, with 

 very short peduncles. It is a native of Vir- 

 ginia. 



The fourteenth has the stems rough, about 

 two feet high, dividing towards the top into many 

 forked branches, diverging from each other. 

 The flowers grow almost in an umbel, and ap- 

 pear the beginning of September. It is a native 

 of Virginia. 



The fifteenth species has the stem obscurely 

 furrowed, of a pale red, not very erect, but ir- 

 regularly flexuose, corymbosely branched, the 

 branches divaricate and much divided ; the leaves 

 of the same form, sometims having, a single 

 scrrature, the edaje scabrous, if the finger be 

 drawn toward the base, the surface rough with 

 invisible hairs; the flowers rather solitary, some- 

 what smali, on long, scaly, yellow peduncles; 

 scales of the calyx distant, in five rows; disk 

 of the corolla yellow ; ray pale blue, revolute; 

 the height near four feet, having broad leaves at 

 the bottom, which diminish gradually to the 

 top. The flowers appear at the latter end of 

 August. It is a native of Virginia. 



The sixteenth rises to the height of four 

 feet, the stems 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 the stems three 

 feet high, with side woody branches having 

 clusters of narrow leaves like those of the Larch- 

 tree ; the flowers are produced from the side of 

 the branches, upon long slender peduncles 

 singly ; they are of a pale blue colour, and ap- 

 pear the beginning of March. It is a native of 

 the Cape. 



Culture. — The 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 of the dif- 

 ferent kinds from the beginning of March to- 

 May, on a very moderate hot-bed, just to 

 bring up the plants, the air being admitted as- 

 much as possible when the weather is suitable,, 

 in order to promote the vigorous growth of the 

 plants; when they are sufficiently strong they 

 should be planted out either into beds of good 

 earth at six inches distance each way, or into 

 the places where they are to remain, in the 

 borders or other parts : the latter is probably the 

 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 are- 

 to flower, the mould being made fine about them, 

 A few of the fine double varieties may also- h« 



