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and are thereby more valuable for 

 coming at a Sealbn when few o- 

 ther Plants do flower. Sometimes 

 thele Plants will produce ripe Seeds, 

 which, if permitted to fall upon 

 the Earth of the Pots, will come 

 up the Summer following, from 

 whence a great Stock ot the Plants 

 may be produc'd 5 tho' as they do 

 £0 ealily take Root from Cuttings, 

 there will be no occafion to propa- 

 gate them any other Way. 



The twelfth Sort feldom produ- 

 ces any Side Branches, but grows 

 up to one lingle large Head, with 

 very large Leaves. This is only 

 propagated from Seeds, for when 

 the Plants produce their Flovvers, 

 they always decay fo foon as the 

 Seed is ripe j therefore the Seed 

 flioald either be fown in Pots fill'd 

 with light, Tandy Earth as foon as 

 it is ripe, or permitted to flied up- 

 on the Pots where they grewj 

 which mufl: be fhelter'd from the 

 Froft in Winter, and the Spring 

 following the young Plants will 

 come up in Plenty ; v/hcn they 

 fhould be tranfplanred into Pots 

 fiird with frcfli, light Earth, and 

 expos'd in Summer with other Ex- 

 otick Plants, in fome weli-fl-ieker'd 

 Situation, where they may remain 

 until Ocfo&er, when they fliould be 

 hous'd with the foregoing Sorts, 

 and manag'd in the fame manner 

 as hath been directed for t.'iem. 

 Thele Plants will flower in four or 

 five Years from Seed, provided 

 they are well manag'd, after which 

 (as was before fiid) they uliially 

 decay, therefore it is ncceffiry to 

 have a Succeflion of young Plants, 

 that there may be annually fome to 

 flower. 



The thirteenth and fourteenth 

 Sorts are of fnialler Growth ; Thefe 

 do rarely rife above fix Inches 

 high, but fend forth a great Quan- 



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tity of Heads from their Sides, 

 which if taken off and planted in 

 frelli, light, fandy Earth, will take 

 Root, and make frefh Plants, which 

 m y be preferv'd in Pots, and hous'd 

 in Winter with the other Sorts be- 

 fore mention'd, and require to be 

 treated in the fame Way. 



Tlie fifteenth Sort grovvs to be 

 fhrubby, and may be propafj^ated 

 by planting the Cuttings m the 

 manner dire6i:ed for the Tree Houfe- 

 leeky and muft alfo be hous'd in 

 Winter, and treated in the fame 

 manner as hath been already diredt- 

 ed for that Sort. 



Thefe are all of them very or- 

 namental Plants in the Green-houfe, 

 and add greatly to the Variety, 

 when plac'd amongll other curious 

 Exotick Plants. 



SENECIOj Groundfcl. 

 The Characters are j 



It hath a fiofculous Floroer^ conf- 

 fl'ing of many Florets, divided into 

 federal Segments, fitting on the Em- 

 bryo, contain' d in an Empalement, 

 confi fling of one Leaf and divided in- 

 to many Parts, afterwards becoming 

 of a conical Figure : the Embryo af- 

 terwards becomes a Seed, f-trmil}\l 

 with Down ; at which time, the 

 Empalement is rejlex'd to make way 

 for the Seeds to ejcape. 

 The Species are ; 



1. SENECiOi minor, vulgaris. C. 

 B. P. Common Ground fel. 



2. Senecioj Africanus, arbor ef- 

 cens, folio ferrato. Boerh. Ind. Afri- 

 can Tree-like Groundfel, with a 

 fer rated Leaf. 



5. Se?>'ECI0; Virginiamts, arboref- 

 censy atriplicis folio. Par. Bat. Vir- 

 ginian Groundfcl- 'ftee, with an O- 

 rach Leaf. 



4. Senecio ,• Africanus, arboref- 

 ccns, folio ficoidis. Com. Prel. Afri- 

 can Groundfel-Tree, with a Fi- 

 coidcs Leaf. 



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