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baftard annual Star wort. Thefe are 

 ranged in the Genus of Ox-eye, by 

 Dr. Linnaeus. 



The nrft of thefe Plants is pretty 

 common in the Englijb Gardens. 

 This is a very hardy Plants which is 

 propagated by parting its Roots ; 

 for it feldom produces good Seed 

 in this Country : the bfcil time to 

 part the Roots is in 03ober> about 

 which time their Leaves decay : for, 

 if it be deferred till Spring, and the 

 following Seafon mould prove dry, 

 they will not flower fo ftrong as 

 thofe which were planted in Autumn, 

 tho' they mould be conftantly fup- 

 plied with Water. This Plant will 

 thrive in almoft any Soil or Situation, 

 and continues to flower from June 

 to September, which renders it wor- 

 thy of a Place in every good Gar- 

 den. This Plant is proper for large 

 Borders, or to place under Groves 

 of Trees, where, if it be not too 

 much fhaded by the Trees, it will 

 thrive very well, and add to the 

 Variety. The Flowers are of a 

 bright - yellow Colour, and their 

 Stems are about two Feet high, a 

 great Number of which are produced 

 from each Root, if they have fuf- 

 ficient Strength. 



The fecond Sort was discovered 

 by Dr. Tournefort, in the Levant, 

 and is at prefent rarely to be found 

 in England. This may be propa- 

 gated as the former Sort, but muft 

 have a warmer Situation ; nor will 

 it grow under the Drip of Trees. 

 Thefe Plants mould not be tranf- 

 planted oftener than every other 

 Year ; for, when they are often 

 parted and tranfplanted, they do 

 not flower fo well, nor make fo 

 large an Increafe. 



The third Sort is an annual Plant, 

 which muft be raifed on an Hot bed, 

 and planted into Pots filled with light 



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rich Earth, and brought forward oh 

 another Hot-bed, obferving not to 

 draw them up too weak j and, in 

 June, they mould be inured to bear 

 the open Air by degrees, into which 

 they Ihould be removed toward the 

 End of the Month, and placed in a 

 warm Situation where they will 

 flower in July, and their Seed will 

 be perfected in September ; foon after 

 which time the Plants will decay. 



ASTERISCUS (of After, or Star- 

 wort, which it is very like, except 

 that the Seeds are not pappous, but 

 chanelled), Yellow Starwort. 

 , This Plant having no Englijh 

 Name, I have called it Yellow Star- 

 wort, altho' it is very different in 

 its Characters from that Plant; the 

 Seeds of this being plain, and, for 

 the moft part, bordered round the 

 Edges, having no Down adhering to 

 them, and the Flowers being fur- 

 rounded with a foliaceous Calyx. 

 The Species are ; 



1. Asteriscus annuus, foliis ad 

 florem rigidii. Tourn. The annual 

 yellow Starwort, with ftiff Leaves 

 and Flowers. 



2. Asteriscus annuus Lujita- 

 nicus odoratus. Boerb. The Por- 

 tugal fweet-fmelling annual yellow 

 Starwort. 



%. Asteriscus maritimus peren- 

 nis patulus. Tourn. The maritime 

 perennial dwarf yellow Starwort. 



4. Asteriscus annuus, foliis ad 

 Jlorem rigidis, fore fulpburei coloris. 

 Inf. R. H. Annual yellow Star- 

 wort, with brimftone - coloured 

 Flowers. 



5. Asteriscus annuus , foliis ad 

 Jlorem rigidis, Jlore minor i, elatior. 



Inf. R. H. Taller annual yellow 

 Starwort, with a fmaller Flower. 



6. Astericus maritimus annuus 

 patulus. Inji. R. H. Dwarf mari- 

 time annual yellow Starwort. 



7. Asti- 



