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Garden where yoa defign them to 

 remain. 



The third, fixth, feventh, eighth, 

 tenth, eleventh, and twelfth Sorts 

 are moil valuable for a Pleafure- 

 garden, as being lefs fubjefr to grow 

 rude and ungovernable ; and their 

 Flowers are of a long Duration. 

 The third Sort is the largeft of the 

 three, and mould be planted in the 

 Middle of large Borders, where 

 they will look very handfome : but 

 thefe are not proper for fmall Gar- 

 dens, where they will take up too 

 much Space ; for when the Plants 

 are ftrong, they will produce great 

 Numbers of Branches, which will 

 fpread wide, and grow very tall, 

 fo that each Plant will require at 

 lead three or four Feet ; nor mould 

 they ftand near other Plants, for 

 they will over - bear and deftroy 

 them : however, in large Borders, 

 in open Wildernefs-quarters, they 

 may be allowed a Place, for their 

 long Continuance in Flower, efpe- 

 cially as they will require very little 

 Culture. 



The eighth Sort will not ramp 

 fo much as moil of the others ; fo 

 may be placed in a Flower-garden. 



The fourth Sort is ufcd in Me- 

 dicine, and therefore deferves to be 

 cultivated in Phyfic-gardens ; nor is 

 it unpleafant in any Garden. The 

 £rft and fecond Sorts may be ad- 

 mitted for a Variety in large Gar- 

 dens, to fill empty Borders, where 

 the Difference of their Leaves and 

 Flowers will appear very well 

 among Plants of large Growth. 

 Thefe Plants begin to produce their 

 Flowers in June, and continue molt 

 Part of July ; but very rarely pro- 

 duce ripe Seeds in this Country. 



CENTAURIUM MINUS, 

 LeiTer Centaury. 



The CharaElers are ; 



The Leaves grow by Pairs, oppo- 



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ftte to each other : the Flov.tr confifh 

 of one Leaf, is funnel -Jbaped, and 

 divided into five acute Segments ; 

 thefe grow on the Tops of the Stalks 

 in Clujiers : the Seed-veffel is of a 

 cylindrical Form, and is divided into 

 two Cells, in which are contained 

 many fmall Seeds. 



The Species are ; 



1. Centaurium minus. C. B. 

 Common lefier Centaury. 



2. Centaurium minus, fore alio, 

 H. Eyfi. LefTer Centaury, with 

 white Flowers. 



3. Centaurium luteum per folia- 

 turn. C B. LeiTer yellow Centaury, 

 with Leaves furrounding the Stalks. 



4. Centaurium minus mariti- 

 mumAmericanum, amplo fore cceruleo. 

 Plum. Cat. American Sea lelier Cen- 

 taury, with a large blue Flower. 



The three firlt Plants grow wild 

 in England: the firlt is commonly- 

 found growing upon dry arable 

 Land, chiefly among Corn. The 

 fecond is a Variety of the firlt, from 

 which it only differs in the Colour 

 of the Flower : this is fometimes 

 found with the firft. The third Sort 

 grows commonly upon chalky Hills 

 in divers Parts of England: but nei- 

 ther of thefe Kinds care to grow in 

 a Garden. The only Method that 

 can be taken to cultivate thefe, is 

 to fow the Seeds as foon as they are 

 ripe, in an open well-expofed Place, 

 and in a poor dry Soil, with which 

 thefe Plants agree : nor mould the 

 young Plants be removed, if they 

 come up, but fuffered to remain in 

 the fame Places for good. The firft 

 Sort is ufed in Medicine, and is ga- 

 thered in the Fields, and brought to 

 Market for that Purpofe. 



The Seeds of the fourth Sort were 

 fent from La Vera Cruz, by the late 

 Dr. William Houf oun, who found 

 this Plant in great Plenty upon low 

 fwampy Grounds, where the Water 

 flagnated, 



