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Will begin to fhew their ipecious 

 Flowers, which fhould be fuffered 

 to remain on the Plants, in order 

 to furnifti Seeds for the fucceeding 

 Year, which will ripen in Septem- 

 ber, and muft then be gathered and 

 laid by until the Spring follov/ing. 



ASTERISGUS j Yellow Star- 

 wort. 



This Plant having no Engli/h 

 Name, I have call'd it Yellow Star- 

 won, alt ho' it is very diftercnt in 

 its Characters from that Plant; the 

 Seeds of this being plain, and for 

 the moft part border'd round the 

 Edges, having no Down adhering 

 to them, and the Flowers being 

 furrounded with a Foliac.ous Ca- 

 lyx. 



There are feveral Species of this 

 Plant cultivated in the curious Bo- 

 tanic k Gardens, but in England we 

 have but three Sorts, which are 

 preierv'd for their Beauty, tjiz. 



1. AsTERiscus; annui^s, foliis ad 

 florem rigidis. Tonrn. The annual 

 Afierifcusy with ftiff Leaves and 

 Flowers. 



2. AsTERiscus; anniius, Lujita- 

 nlcusy odor at us. Boerh. The For- 

 tHgal fweet-fmeliing annual Afie- 

 rifcHs, 



3. AsTRRiscus ; maritimus peren- 

 nispatulus. Tourn. The muritime 

 Perennial dv/arf Aflerifcus. 



The two firil: Sorts being An- 

 nuals, muit be fown in good 

 Ground, and a warm open Situa- 

 tion, early in the Spring, in the 

 Places where they are to remain, 

 for they do not care for tranfplant- 

 ing. 



Thefe produce their Flowers in 

 AugHJi, and if the Autumn is dry 

 and warm, willpeife6t their Seeds 

 in September, but in bad Years they 

 often milcarry. 



^ The third Sort is propagated 

 either from Seeds, or by planting 



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Cuttings in any of the Summer 

 Months; it is an abiding Plant, and 

 continues flowering the greatefl 

 Part of the Year, for which it is 

 valued : This is tender, requiring a 

 little Shelter in very hard Weather. 



ASTRAGALUS ; Wild Liquo- 

 rice, or Liquorice Vetch. 



There are many Species of this 

 Plant cultivated in the Botanick 

 Gardens j but as they are leldora 

 propagated in Gardens for Ule or 

 Beauty, I fliall pafs them over in 

 this Place. 



ASTRANTIA,- Mafterwort. 



ATRACTYLISj DiftaflF Thiftle. 



ATRIPLEXj Arach or Orach. 



This Plant is fometimes cultiva- 

 ted in Gardens as a Culinary Herb, 

 being ufed as Spinage, and is by 

 fome preferr'd to it, but there 

 are very few in England that are 

 fond of it. This may be fown \w 

 the Spring as Spinage, and muft be 

 eaten young, tor when it is run 

 up to Seed, it is very ftrong : This 

 Plant, iffuffer'd to fhatter its Seeds, 

 in a Garden, will become a lafting 

 Inhabitant, the Seeds often remain- 

 ing feveral Y'ears in the Ground, 

 and every time the Ground is dug, 

 will fend forth many of the P.ants. 

 ,^ AVENUES, are Walks or En- 

 \trances leading to a Place, and, in 

 ; Gardening, are Walks planted with 

 Rows of Trees, made in the 

 Front-end of the Garden, leading 

 to the Front of an Hoafe, or to a 

 Garden Gate, to a Highway Gate 

 O) Wood, to terminate in a Pro- 

 fpeft. 



As to iuch Avenues that lead 

 to an Houfe, they ought to be as 

 wide as the whole Breadth of the 

 Front, and if they be wider they 

 are better. 



And as for fuch A-vermes to 



Woods or Profpedls, e^<:. they 



ought not to be lefs then fixty 



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