AS 



early Pyrenean Startaort, with large 

 blue Flowers. 



3. Aster 5 Nova AnglU, altijji- 

 ?nus, hirfutus, flmbus maximis pur- 

 puro-vioLiUeis. Par. Bat, Prod. The 

 tali rough New-England Starvoorty 

 with large purple Flowers. 



4. Aster i Nova Anglu, latifo- 

 lius, faniculatus, jloribus Saturate 

 'violaceis. H.L. The broad-leav'd 

 panicled New-England Starwort , 

 with deep violet-coiour'd Flowers. 



f. Aster 5 Nova AngliA, umhel- 

 latiii, jloribHs dilute violaceis. H. 

 L. New-England Starreort, with 

 pale violet-coiour'd Flowers grow- 

 ing in an Umbel. 



6. Aster 5 Virgimanus,/erotinus, 

 farvo albente fiore. Park. The 

 late flowering Virginian Starwort, 

 with fmall whitifli Flowers. 



7. Aster i cAruleus, ferotinus, 

 fruticefcens, Tradefcanti. Rati. Hiji. 



Tradefcant's fhrubby late-flowering 

 blue Starwort. 



8. Aster; jyipoUlflore. C.B.N a.v- 

 row-leav'd Starwort^ with Flowers 

 like Tripolium. 



9. Aster ,• Virginianusf pyrami- 

 datus, Hyjfofi foliis, afperis, calycis 

 fquarnulis foliaceis. Rand. The 



Virginian Starworty with Leaves 

 like Hyjjbpi and large blue Flowers 

 with icaly Cups. 



10. Aster; annuus, caule villofo 

 purpurafcente y Eryngii folio, fiore 

 maximo purpurea pulcherrimo,femine 

 violaceo. Kiang-sita Sinenjis. Jef- 

 fieu Annual Starwort from China, 

 with purple hairy Stalksf, Eryngo 

 leaves, a beautiful large purple 

 Flower, and violet-coiour'd Seed. 



The firft, fecond, eighth, and 

 ninth Sorts are much preferable to 

 the reft for fmall Gardens, being 

 not fb apt to fpread at the Root as 

 are the others, and grow much 

 lower, are lefs iubjedt to (bed their 

 S^cds, and, with a fmall Support, 



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may be kept upright in a regular 

 Shape. The fecond Sort is the 

 firil in flower ; it grows about two 

 Foot high, and produces large pur- 

 ple Flowers, but feldom in fuch 

 large Tufts as the firft, nor are the 

 Flowers fo beautiful; however, as 

 it comes to flower much fboiier, 

 it deferves a Place in every good 

 Garden: This Sort is fuccecded in 

 flower by the Eighth, which is of 

 fhorter Growth, feldom riling a- 

 bove a Foot in Height : The Flow- 

 ers are much fmaiier, but are pro- 

 duced in very large Clufters, fo as 

 to make a very agreeable Shew. 



The firft Sort fucceeds thefe, and 

 is one of the moft beautiful iCiuds j 

 it grows feldom more than two 

 Foot high, and is eafily kept in 

 Compafs; the Flowers arc large, 

 produc'd in great Tufts, and are 

 of a fine blue Colour, with a yel- 

 low Thrum in the Middle, and 

 is a great Ornament to Gardens 

 in its Sealbn of Flowering. This 

 is the Amellus o^Virgil. 



The third, fourth, and fifth 

 Sorts, grow to the Height of four 

 or five Foot, and produce large 

 Quantities of Flowers, and are very 

 proper for large Gardens, where 

 they may have Room, but in fmall 

 Places they are very apt to over- 

 run whatever is planted near them, 

 and the Seeds are fubjeft to (hat- 

 ter and fill the Garden with young 

 Plants, if the Stalks are not cut 

 down and carried away (bon after 

 the "Flowers are paft ; for which 

 Reafons few People care to keep 

 them, but yet in large W'ldernefles 

 they are very good to fill up Va- 

 cancies, and the Flowers are very^ 

 proper to adorn Halls and Chim- 

 nies; and as they come at a Sea- 

 fon when few better Flowers ap- 

 pear, arc the more valuable : But 

 in order tp keep them within 

 Bounds., 



