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7 Asteriscus aquaticus annuus 

 fatulus. hjl. R. H. Dwarf raarfh 

 annual yellow Starwort. 



The firft, fecond, fourth, fifth, 

 fixth, and feventh Sorts being an- 

 nual Plants, their Seeds muft be fown 

 every Year, to continue their Kinds ; 

 for, altho' by their Seeds falling, 

 and growing, they will generally 

 fucceed well, yet, by turning of the 

 Ground, or cleaning it from Weeds, 

 there is Danger of deftroying the 

 Plants : therefore the fureft Method 

 to preferve the feveral Sorts is, to 

 fow the Seeds in Autumn, where 

 the Plants are defigned to remain : 

 they mould have a fheltered Situa- 

 tion, otherwife, if the Winter mould 

 prove fevere, they may be deftroyed : 

 it will alfo be proper to preferve 

 fome Seeds of each Sort till Spring, 

 left the autumnal Plants mould be 

 deftroyed i for thofe which are fown 

 in the Spring will flower by the End 

 of July ; and, if the Autumn proves 

 favourable, will perfect their Seeds 

 by September : but, as the Plants 

 which come up in Autumn flower 

 early in Summer, there is a much 

 greater Certainty of having good 

 Seed from them than the Spring 

 Plants ; therefore it is, that I advife 

 to fow of all the Sorts early in Au- 

 tumn. 



When the Plants are come up, 

 they will require no other Care but 

 to keep them clear from Weeds ; 

 and, when the Plants are too clofe, 

 they mould be thinned, fo as to 

 leave them fix or eight Inches afun- 

 der, and the Ground kept clean 

 from Weeds, which, if fuffered to 

 grow, will foon get the better of 

 thePlants,and prevent their Growth. 

 The autumnal Plants will flower in 

 June, and their Seeds will ripen in 

 Av^uji i and thefe Planes will grow 

 much larger, and produce a greater 

 Quantity of Flowers, than thofe 

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which are fown in the Spring. The 

 firft, fourth, and fifth Sorts generally 

 grow about two Feet high ; but the 

 fecond, fixth, and feventh Sorts, arc 

 of humbler Growth, feldom rifmg 

 above fix Inches high, and fpread 

 out into many Branches : thefe Hants 

 will thrive on aknoft any Soil ; but 

 where the Land is too cold, ftiffv 

 and moift, they will not do fo well, 

 as on a light fandy Soil, where they 

 are alfo much fecurer from being 

 deftroyed by Froft or Wet in Win- 

 ter. When any Plants of thefe 

 Kinds come up from Seeds which 

 may be (cattered, which they fre- 

 quently do, if they are kept clean 

 from Weeds, they will do as well as 

 thofe which are fown ; wherefore 

 they mould not be deftroyed ; but, 

 if rhey do not ftand in a proper 

 Place, they may be taken up, with 

 Earth to their Roots, and tranf- 

 planted. 



The third Sort is propagated either 

 from Seeds, or by planting Cut- 

 tings in any of the Summer-months : 

 but, as the Seeds feldom ripen in 

 this Country, it can only be propa- 

 gated by Cuttings, which, if planted 

 in Pots filled with light Earth, and 

 fhaded and watered, will take Root 

 in five or fix Weeks time, and may 

 then be removed, and placed with 

 other hardy Exotic Plants, in the 

 open Air, where they will make a 

 Diverfity : it is an abiding Plant, 

 and continues flowering the greateft 

 Part of the Year, for which it is 

 valued : this is tender, requiring 

 a moderate Shelter in very hard Wea- 

 ther, 



ASTRAGALUS, Wild Liquo- 

 rice, or Liquorice-vetch. 

 The CharaBers are ; 

 // hath a papiliovaceout Floiver 9 

 confifiing of the Standard^ the Keel t 

 and the IVirgs : cut of the F/onuer- 

 cup arifts the Pointal, covered nxith 



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