B A 



and, if they are plunged into a mo- 

 derate Hot bed, to facilitate their 

 taking Root, it will greatly promote 

 their Growth ; but they mould not 

 remain too long in this Bed, nor 

 be too much drawn, which will 

 weaken. them. As the Summer ad- 

 vances, they mould be inured by 

 degrees to bear the open Air, into 

 t which they fhould be removed in 

 June, obferving to place them where 

 they may be Tcrcened from ftrong 

 Winds, and not too much expofed 

 to the mid-day Sun. In this Situa- 

 tion they may remain till the Mid- 

 dle of September, if the Weather is 

 warm ; otherwife they mull be taken 

 in fooner, when they muft be re- 

 moved into the Stove, and managed 

 during the Winter-feafon, as was 

 directed for the foregoing Winter ; 

 and, ab the Plants grow large, they 

 will be more hardy, when a fmall 

 Share of Heat will preferve them 

 in Winter ; and, in Summer, they 

 may be expofed in a well meltered 

 Situation. With this Management 

 they will fometimes produce Flowers 

 extremely well in this Country. 



AZEROLE, or L'AZAROLE. 

 Vide Mefpilus. 



B A 



ACCH ARIS Plowman's 



The- Characters are ; 

 The Empalement of the Flower is 

 cylindr ical and fcaly, the Scales lying 

 over each other like the Tiles upon an 

 hioufe : the Flo-uuer is of the compound 

 Kind, bowing federal Florets included 

 in one common Cover: the Seeds have 

 a Jimple Down fitting upon them. 



B A 



The Species are ; 

 [. BaCcharis foliis lanceolatis 

 longitudinaliter dentatoferralis. Lin. 

 Hart. Cliff. Shrubby Plowman's 

 Spikenard, with fpear-maped Leaves, 

 which are longitudinally indented 

 and fawed. This has been com- 

 monly called African Groundfel- 

 tree. 



2. Baccharis foliis lanceolatis 

 fuperne uno alterove denticulo fer- 

 ratis. Lin. Hort. Cliff'. Shrubby 

 Plowman's Spikenard, with fpear- 

 maped Leaves, whofe Upper-fides 

 are fawed. 



3. Bacch arts foliis obverfe ovatis, 

 fuperne emarginatoferratis. Lin. Hort. 

 Cliff. Shrubby Plowman's Spike- 

 nard, with oval Leaves, whofe up- 

 per Borders are fawed : commonly 

 called the Virginia Groundfel-tree. 



The Englijb Name of Plowman's 

 Spikenard has been always applied 

 to the Conyza major, or Greater 

 Fleabane*; but fince moft of the 

 modern Botanifts have applied the 

 Title of Baccharis to this Genus, I 

 have added the old Englijb Name to 

 it, of Plowman's Spikenard, rather 

 than leave it without an Englijb 



Title. ^ 



The firfl Sort was brought from 

 the Cape of Good Hope, and is ufually 

 kept by thofe Perfons who are cu- 

 rious in collecting Exotics, tho' there 

 is little Beauty in the Flower : it 

 grows to the Height of five or fix 

 Feet, and -is a manageable Shrub : 

 it may be propagated by Cuttings, 

 being planted in a fhady Border 

 during any of the Summer-months, 

 or by Seeds fown on a common 

 Border in the Spring of the Year, 

 Thefe Seeds generally ripen well 

 in this Country ; and, if permitted 

 to fcatter on the Ground, the Plants 

 will come up the following Spring. 

 This Shrub is pretty hardy, and 

 will live abroad in mild Winters, 



if 



