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Tuht from the Center, -which becomes 

 a rcundipi 'Fruit, carnousy triangu- 

 lar, divided into three Tartitions, in 

 which are inclos'd triangular Seeds. 



There are three or four Varie- 

 ties of this Plant which are well 

 worth preferving in all curious 

 Flow^r-Gardens, viz. 



1. AsPHOoF.LUSj luteus ^ fiore 

 0> radice. C. B, The yellow Af- 

 phodel or Kingfpcar. 



2. A<JFHODELUs; albus, rarNofus, 

 ptas. C. B. The great white 

 branching Afphodel or Kingfpear. 



5. AsPHODELus i alSm, non ra- 

 mofus. C. B. The white un- 

 branched Afphodel or Kingfpcar. 



4. AsPHODELUs ; Aliobrogicus, 

 magno fiore Lilii. H. L. The large 

 flowering Savoy Afphodei or King- 

 fpear. 



Thefe Plants are all of them ex- 

 treme hardy, and will profpcr in 

 almoft any Soil that is not too ftiff 

 or wet, which is fubjett to rot 

 the Roots in Winter : The Way to 

 increafe them is, by parting their 

 Roots in Augujly before they flioot 

 up their freili green Leaves. Thefe 

 Plants growing pretty tall, are pro- 

 per for large Borders, or to mix 

 with Flowers of large Growth, in 

 fmall Quarters or Boiquettes in Wil- 

 der nefs- work, but muft not be 

 planted in Borders of fmall Flowers, 

 where, by their large fpreading 

 Roots they would dcftroy their 

 weaker neighbouring Plants. 



The yellow Sort multiplies very 

 faft by Roots, and will foon over- 

 fpread a large Border, if fufTcr'd to 

 remain unremov'd, or the Side- 

 Roots are not taken off: But the 

 other Sorts are not fo productive of 

 Shoots from their Sides, and are 

 much better kept within Bounds. 

 They may all be rais'd from Seeds, 

 which fhould be fown in Auguft ; 

 and the Augufi following, may be 



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tranfplanted out into NurferyBcds 

 or Borders, and will produce 

 Flowers the fecond Year. The 

 yellow and large-branch'd Afpht- 

 dels are fometimes ufed in Medi- 

 cine. 



ASPLENIUM or Ceterach ; 

 Spleenwort or Miltwafte. 

 The CharaBers are ; 



The Leaves are like ihofe of the 

 Polypody, but lefs, and pretty round, 

 notched toward the Side, downy, ha- 

 ving a Jquamous Dufi, in whicht 

 by the Help of a Micro/cope^ mem- 

 branous [Capliilse] or Seed-pods lying 

 clofe to one another, are perceived, 

 every one furnijjjed with a little round 

 Kope, which by its Conjiruclion open- 

 ing the Fruit into two Parts, pours 

 forth certain very fmall Seeds ; the 

 Root is fibrous. This Flant thrives 

 infiony f laces, as in Myalls, 8cc. 



This Plant is of x^iq Fern-kind, 

 and grows upon old moift fhady 

 Walls in divers Parts of England, 

 but is ieldom propagated in Gar- 

 dens. 



ASTER; Starwort. 

 The Characters arcj 



If hath a fibrous Root, the Leaves 

 are for the moft part intire, and are 

 plac'd alternately on the Branches-, 

 the Stalks are branched j the Flowers 

 are radiated, Jpecicus, and have a 

 fcaly Cup : the Seeds are included in 

 a downy Subfiance. 



There is a great Variety of thefe 

 Plants which are preferv'd in Bo^ 

 tanick Gardens, from which I 

 fball only feleCt fbme of the moft 

 beautiful, as very proper Orna- 

 ments in Borders of large Gardens, 

 when few other Flowers are in 

 Beauty. 



1 . Aster ; Atticus, ccruleus, vul- 

 garis. C. B. The Italian blue 

 Starwort. 



2. Aster ; Fyrenaifus, precox, 

 fore CATuUo majcre: Dod. The 



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