‘OF GARDENING. 
April. hollow’d Leaves, of equal Bignels, and: fling 
—— with the Flower. 
The Petals, compofing the Body of the F ower, | 
are four, ‘unequal in Bignefs, two being plac’d 
‘outward, large and rounded; the other two ftand- 
ing more within: and being fmall and turn’d | 
ackeiael. 
In the Midft of the fix Filaments rifés a dee 
and fingle Style, crown’d with a blunt Top. 
The Pod that follows i is of a rounded Fi ‘igure, 
comprefs’d ; and has at the upper Part a. fplit 
It is divided into two. Cells, with a pointed | 
Membrane, and in each Cell contains a fingle 7 
Rim. 
Seed. The entire Pod is terminated by an ob- 
Colour. 
~ On this Contraction depends the Propriety Be 
Linn 2vs’s Condua, in arranging this Plant not 
with the 7, hla/pi, as had been ufual, but with the 
| Lberis. 
Its four longer Filaments i it to be one of ' 
the Ti etradynamia ; and the Shape of the Seed- 
veffel throws it into that Seétion which compre-. | 
hends the Siliculofe. 
The Tetradynamious Clafs is not divided accord-. 
ing to the Number of Styles, as moft of the | 
others; but comprehends, under two diftinét Sec- 
tions or Orders, the Siliquofe and Siliculofe Plants ; 
the Siliquofe are thofé whofe Fruit is a long Pod, 
and that terminated without any particular Point 
from the Remain of the Style. | 
The Siliculofe are thofé whofe Seed-veftel is 
fhort, and is terminated by a confpicuous and 
large Point, the Remain of the Style. This | 
“therefore belongs to the latter Order. | 
‘Culture of this Ipera Sé 
It is ‘a Native of Perf a, and was thence brought 
early ; into the Gardens of Italy, whence fcatter’d 
Seeds, which fhot as freely as in the native Cli-. 
mate, fpread it in many Places over the Fields. 
In the Egf it grows. univerfally i in alight ftrong 
Soil, upon the Sides of Hills, and i is ufually molt 
full of Flowers where the Ground is pooreft. 
The Method by which it is brought to gteateft- 
Perfeétion, is raifing it in Pots, and fheltering it 
in a Greenhoufe in Winter; where i it will flower | 
| without Intermiffion. . 
—tufe Point; and, when ripen’d, is of a’ brownith | ? 
The Compoft beft fiuited to the Plant, is this: 
Mix a Buthel of Mould from an upland Pa- 
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flure, with half a Peck of Marle, and a Peck of | 
Sand. If there be not Marle at Hand, a Peck and 
half of Pond-Mud may be us’d in its Place, Mix 
thefe well together, and fill a {mall Pot in Spring. 
Sow the Seeds from warmer Climates, or thofe: 
ripen'd here, upon the Surface, early in Spring. 
Set the Pot in a Hot-Béd that has but ‘Tittle + ° 
| ‘Heat, and fift over the Seeds a neuer of a an 
‘Inch of the fame Compof. — 
Raife the young Plants in the ufual Sesh - 
| and when they are three Inches high, plant as 
many as are intended to be preferv’d in  fepafa Pots. 
| Shade them till they have taken Root, then harden 
them by Degrees to the free Air. Set them out 
among the Greenhoufe Plants in Summer, and © 
take them into Shelter in O@oder, placing them 
near the Windows, that they may have as good 
Air as can come into the Place. » They will thus 
flower throughout the Winter. 
‘The Plant is hardy enough to bear the Air with . 
| lefs Caution, but it thus flowers in full Per- 
| fection, | | 
iva 8s 
4 BLEUE: CLUSTER- -FLOWERED ASTER. 
Pl. 32. The innumerable ‘Quantiey of chia Plant’ s 
Fig. 6. 
tho’ not wholly without Beauty. Its eafy Cul- 
ture joins alfo to give it a Claim to fome Regard, 
and with thefe the Duration of its Bloom. 
_ The Writers on Botany have been long ac- 
-quainted with it. 
After minor Tripolii flore, and in latifolius Tri- 
polit flore. 
'  Lixnaus is oblig’d to give a longer Name ; 
the great Number of Species under this Genus 
render’d it unavoidable. 
lanceolato-linearibus fubcarnofis, integerrimis, planis, 
frovibus corymbofis faftigiatis, pedunculis foliofis : 
- After with flefhy, plane, undivided, narrow and 
fpear-pointed Leaves, with clufter’d Flowers on 
moderately large, of mh radiated Kind, and have 
‘the Top, and leafy Footftalks. - 
The Name broad-leav’d might miflead the Stu- 
dent; but he is to be told it is not given this 
Plant in an abfolute Senfe, but relative to one 
They call it Afer Tripoli flore, |. 
He calls it Afer foliis 
with grafly Leaves. Linneus’s Name is di- 
Flowers recominend it td the Gardener ;. for fingle | ftinét and valuable with all ifs Length. 
they are inferior to many of the common Kinds, | 
The Root is oblong, flender,. blackith, and 
_furnifh’d with innumerable tough Fibres. 
The Stalk is upright, firm, and a Foot and 
“half high : the Rind is brown, and it has a light 
Pith within. | | 
_The Leaves are very numerous, and plac’d ir- 
regularly from the Bottom to the Top: they are 
long, narrow, nearly of equal Breadth all the 
Way, but pointed at the End. Their Colour is 
a dufky green. They have large whitifh Ribs, 
and they are of a flefhy Subftance. : 
_ The Flowers ftand on the Summits of innume- 
rable little Branches, which {preading every Way 
from the larger Divifions of the main Stalk, form 
a vatt Tuft, refembling an Umbel. They are 
the Ray of a fine blue, the Difk yellow. The 
Seeds are {mall, and winged with Down, 
We have treated before of feveral of the com- 
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