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4. C&NTAURiuM j majuT, folio In 

 lacinias plures divifo. C,B. Greater 

 Centaury, with cut Leaves. 



^. Centaurium i mstjusi ahe- 

 rum, laciniatum, purpurajcente flore. 

 H. R. Par. Another cut-leav'd Cen- 

 taury, with purplilh Flowers. 



6. Centaurium j majus, orien- 

 tate, ere^um, glajli folio, fiore luteo. 

 T. Cor, Greater Eaftern Centc.uryy 

 with Leaves hke Woad, and yellow 

 Flowers. 



7. Centaurium ; majus, Afri- 

 canum, acaulon, cinar^ folio. Je[- 

 fieu. Greater African Centaury 

 without Stalks, and Leaves like 

 the Artichoke. 



There are feveral other Species of 

 this Plant cultivated in fome of the 

 Botanick Gardens Abroad; butthefe 

 here mentioned are what we have 

 at prefent in the Engliflj Gardens. 



They are all of them propagated 

 either by fowing their Seeds, or 

 parting their Roots : The latter of 

 which is moll commonly pradis'd 

 in England, (their Seeds feldom 

 ripening in our Country.) The 

 bed Seafon for this Work is either 

 in OBober or February, 



When you have a mind to in- 

 creafe any of thefe Plants, you 

 Ihould open the Ground about their 

 Roots, and clear them of the 

 Earth : Then, where you find any 

 of the.Side Heads, which will part 

 with Roots to them, you ftiould 

 carefully force them off; which 

 when you have done, you mull 

 lay the Earth up again to the old 

 Plant, fettling it clofe with your 

 Hands ; and if the Ground is dry, 

 give it a little Water : And having 

 prepar'd a proper Place for the 

 young Plants, which fhould be in 

 a dry fandy Soil, and a warm Si- 

 tuation, you may either plant them 

 in Beds, at about a Foot fcj^uare, or 

 at Dillances in the Borders of large 



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Gardens, hy way of Ornament* 

 which alrho' the Flowers have no 

 very great Beauty, yet the regular 

 Growth of the Plants, together 

 with their long Continuance in 

 Flower, render them worthy of a 

 Place in all large Gardens. 



The Sealbn for fowing the Seeds 

 of any of theie Species, is in March, 

 in an open Bed of common light 

 Earth ; and in May, when the 

 Plants are come up, they may be 

 tranfplanted into Nurfery-beds un- 

 til Michaelmas ; by which Time 

 they will have gotten Strength 

 enough to tranfplant into any other 

 Parts of the Garden where you de- 

 fign them to remain. 



The third, lixth, and feventli 

 Sorts are the moll valuable for a 

 Pleafure-Garden, as being lefs illb- 

 je£l to grow rude and ungovern- 

 able ; and their Flowers are of a 

 long Duration. The third Sort is 

 the largell of the three, and fhould 

 be planted in the Middle of large 

 Borders, where they will look very 

 handlbme. 



The fourth Sort is ufed in Me-' 

 dicine, and therefore deferves to 

 be cultivated in Phylick-Gardens : 

 Nor is it unpleafant in any Gar- 

 den. The firll and fecond Sorts 

 may be admitted for a Variety iii 

 large Gardens, to fill empty Bor- 

 ders, where the Difference of their 

 Leaves and Flowers will appear 

 very well amongll Plants of larger 

 Growth. Thefe Plants begin to 

 produce their Flowers in June^ 

 and continue moll part of July, 

 but very rarely produce ripe Seeds 

 in this Country. 



CENTAURIUM MINUS: Lef- 

 fer Centaury. 



The CharaBers are ,• 



The Leaves grow by Pairs, op- 



pofite to each other : The Flower 



(onjifts of one Leaf, is Fmnel-fljap'd, 



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