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to the greater Centaury ; from which 

 this differs in having /mailer Hrads ; 

 and from the Knapweed, in having 

 the Borders of the Leaves cut into 

 /mall /harp Segments , refembling the 

 Teeth of a Saw. 

 The Species are ; 



1. Serratula vulgaris, fore 

 purpureo. C. B P. Common Saw- 

 wort, with a purple Flower. 



2. Serratjla fore candido. C. 

 B. P. Common Saw-wort, with a 

 white Flower. 



3. Serratula Virginiana, foliis 

 rigidis. Par. Bat. Saw - wort of 

 Virginia, with ft iff Leaves. 



4. Serratula praalta altera, 

 c.ngufo plantaginis folio. Bocc. Muf 

 The talleft Saw-wort, with a narrow 

 Plantain- leaf. 



5. Serratula prspalta centauroi- 

 des 77iontana Italica. Bocc. Muf. The 

 talleft Saw-wort of the Italian 

 Mountains, refembling Centaury. 



6. Serratula Noveboraccnfs al- 

 tijfma, foliis derive mollibus fubinca- 

 ?iis. Par. Bat. The talleft Saw-wort 

 of New Tori:, with foft Doria-leaves, 

 which are white on the Under-fide. 



7. Serratula annua, femine ci- 

 liari elegant i/Jimo. Boerh. Ind. alt. 

 Annual Saw wort, with Seeds fur- 

 niuYd with elegant Hairs, common- 

 ly calTd Crufiina Belgarum. 



8. Serratula annua, /e minibus 

 Tiitidi/Jimis, ad bafn comprefis. Hort. 

 Chelf. Annual Saw-wort, with very 

 neat Seeds, comprefted at their 

 Bafc. 



The firft and fecond Sorts are 

 pretty common in the Woods, in 

 divers Parts of England ; fo are fel- 

 dom admitted into Gardens ; but as 

 they are Plants which will grow in 

 the clofeft Shade, they may be in- 

 troduce to plant under Trees in 

 large Planta' ions ; where they will 

 thrive and flower extremely well, 

 and add to ;he Variety. ThefePlants 



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are eafily propagated by parting of 

 their Roots in Autumn, fo as that 

 they may be well-rooted before 

 Spring : otherwife they will not flow- 

 er very ftrong the following Seafon. 



The third and fixth Sorts are Na- 

 tives of Korth-America, where they 

 are very common in the Woods. 

 Thefe are hardy Plants, and will en- 

 dure the Cold of our ordinary Win- 

 ters very well; but if they are plant- 

 ed in the full Ground, tney flrould 

 have a moift light Soil ; otherwife 

 they will perifh in dry Weather, un- 

 lefs they are duly watered. The third 

 Sort feldom rifes above two Feet 

 high in this Country ; but the Gxth 

 Sort will fometimes grow to the 

 Height of five or fix Feet, if it is 

 planted in a moift rich Soil ; but this 

 laft Sort is very late in Flowering ; 

 fo that if the Seafon proves cold, it 

 many times will not flower in this 

 Country. Thefe are both abiding 

 Plants, which may be propagated 

 by parting of their Roots ; the beft 

 time for which is in the Spring, juft 

 before they begin to moot ; for as 

 thefe continue growing in Autumn, 

 until the Froft puts a Stop to them, 

 it would be dangerous to tranfplanc 

 them in Winter. 



The fourth and fifth Sorts grow 

 wild in the mountainous Parts of 

 Italy and Spain ; but are hardy 

 enough to refill the Cold of this Cli- 

 mate ; fo may be intermix'd with 

 the other Sorts in Woods, or under 

 Plantations of Trees, where they 

 will make an agreeable Variety. 

 Thefe Plants may be propagated by 

 Seeds, which lhould be fown early 

 in the Spring on a Border of freih 

 Earth ; and when the Plants appear, 

 they mould be carefully weeded, and, 

 in very dry Weather, mult be fre- 

 quently water'd ; which will bring 

 them forward, and make them foon 

 fit to tranfplant. When they are re- 

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