Plate 
xX. 
Fig. 4. 
7 Jane gentle Watering; and let this be repeated every 
: Evening. 
7 Propriety and ftriét Juftice of this ; 
In the Middle of- the Day, let them be fhad- 
ed by a Mat, or a floping Reed-hedge.; and let. 
the Ground be kept clear from Weeds between 
them. By Mid/ummer they will be well rooted. 
Let them be then carefully taken up, and 
planted in. feparate Pots of common Garden. 
Mould. i | 
Let thefe be placed in a fhady Part of the | 
4 Ad A Te 
The Singularity of this Plant, and its beautiful 
Manner of growing, claim a Place for it in e- 
very good Collection, tho’ the Flowers are lefs 
confpicuous than in many other Kinds. - 
under various generical Names. 
it br (didn bidéns Cette Mh ata Can- 
nabina Indica foliis integris. — 
Linnavus who firft properly eftablifhed the 
Genera of the compofite flowered Plants, tefers 
this to the Verbefina, The Charaéters fhew the 
but the Plant 
fo perfectly differs in its general Form and Afpett 
from all the other Verbefinze, that one cannot 
wonder, others in ees did not refer it to 
them. 
LInNz&US ade as a Diftindion of the Spe- 
cies, foliis alternis decurrentibus undulatis obtufis. 
Verbefina with undulated and obtufe Leaves, 
placed alternately, and running down the Stalk. 
The Plant is fmall, rarely exceeding a Foot and 
a half in height, and more frequently much i 
lower. 
- The Root is fibrous and white: the Stalk is 
round, upright, firm, divided into many rifing 
Branches. Toward the Bottom it is of a fine 
purple, which dyes into a whitith green up- 
wards. 
The Leaves are’ very beautiful, their Colour 
is a fine ftrong green; their Shape oblong with a 
confiderable Breadth 3 and they are waved along 
the Edges, and terminate in a blunt Point. They 
adhere to the Stalk by their proper Bafe, and 
thence are continued down upon it in a Kind of | 
undulated Wings. 7 | 
The Flowers terminate all the Branches ; one 
eeneral Head on each; this is of a globular 
fiven: and of a fine Orange yellow. © | 
Flowers are placed:in a hollow, fealy Cup, | 
‘The Flowe P without any Mixture, and fet them up to the Bio 
the Scales of which are oblong, hollow, and -up- 
sight, and pointed. The Body of the Flower ap- 
pears at firft Sight, of the paper naked ain 
but it is truly radiated. 
In the Centre are placed a great Number of tu- 
Edge, and in thefe are five F panieats tae —. 
cent Buttons. 
“ft the Edge are a. fingle Rie of. ligulated F fof. 
cules or Rays ; 
the Plant is one of the Syngenefia 5. 
_ has obferved that the tubular as: well as ligulated. 
Flofeules ripen their Seeds, he will find that the 
_ Divifion to which it belongs, is that of the Polys 
Nurfery, cil they are well rooted in the Pots, 
after which, let them be brought into the open 
Part of the Garden, where the hardy Exoticks 
_are kept, and in the End of Ofober, remove then 
into the Greenhoufe, 
Here they are to be treated’as the other Plants,. 
allowing them Plenty of Water 4t) convenient. 
Times-;. and as much Air as can fafely be admit- 
ted into the Place. They will thus flower with 
great Profufion all the Year. 
VERBESINA. 
thefe are fo fhott, that they aré 
confounded on a flight View with the others 5 but 
they are not tubular and quinquedentated as thofej 
but flat; and nicked in three Places at the Edge. 
Moft of the late Writers have defcribed it but | 
~PLUKENET calls : 
In thefe there is only the Rudiment of the Seed 
with its Style ; in the others there are the fame 
-Rudiment arid Style, as well as the Filaments. 
The Seeds aré thick and angulated, they ftand 
in a Head, under the Defence of the common 
Cup; and; when perfeét, have a chaffy ide 
_with three Points. 
The Student will fee, iy this Pielorinsion, that 
cand when he 
| Sanne ae 
—Caliure of the ALateD Vegnesinal 
The Pinnk3 is a hiative of Curaffo, Senjnag; did 
| at ly warm Parts of. the World, and lives there 
_moft' freely in a moift rich Soil. 
its Culture, which is very eafy. 
. This indicates 
The firft Plants feen of tin’ Ratha were said 
: from Seeds brought from: that Part of the World. 
- Seeds may ftill be obtain’d from thence, or the 
- Plant may be fais’d from fuch a8 are ripen’d here.. _ 
In the Beginning of March fill.a Pot with rich 
| Gardege Mion: fcatter the Seeds over this, and 
fift 3 upon them a Quarter of an Inch of the fame 
Mould. Set the Pot up to the Rim in a Bark- 
Bed of moderate Heat; and ofice in two Days 
_ gently fprinkle upon nae Pots a little. Water. 
When the Plants rife, thin them where they are 
too clofe, allow them more Water and a little 
Air; and when they are four Inches high, tranf- 
plant them into feparate Pots. 
Let. thefe be fill’d with rich Meadow-Kar th 
in the Bark-Bed again. 
When they have been well midis and Shaded, 
. and have fully récover’d the Shock of their Re- 
moval, admit more Air, and at length fet them 
peur Flofcules, divided into five Segments at the } out aiiong the Greenhoufe Plants : 
after this they 
dre to be treated as the reft, and will flower in 
| great Perfection. 
jane 
