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come up : fo that whoever would 

 cultivate it in England for Curiofity, 

 mould fow the Seeds upon an Hoc- 

 bed ; and when the Plants are come 

 up, they mould be tranfplanted into 

 Pots filPd with rich light Earth, and 

 placfd into Pans of Water, which 

 mould be plunged into an Hot-bed; 

 and as the Water wades, fo it mull, 

 from time to time, be renewed 

 again ; in July thefe Plants may be 

 fet abroad in a warm Situation, ftill 

 preferving the Water in the Pans, 

 otherwife they will not thrive ; and 

 toward the Latter-end of 'Augujl thev 

 will produce their Grain, which will 

 ripen tolerably well, provided the 

 Autumn proves favourable. 



OSIER. Vide Salix. 



OSMUNDA, The Ofmund Roy- 

 al, or flowering Fern. 



This is one of the Kinds of Fern 

 which is dillinguifhM from the other 

 Sorts, by its producing Flowers on 

 theTop of the Pedicle of the Leaves; 

 whereas the others, for the moft 

 part, produce them on the Back of 

 their Leaves. 



There is but one Kind of this 

 Plant, which grows wild in England; 

 but there are feveral Sorts of them 

 which grow in America : but as 

 they are feldom kept in Gardens, I 

 mall not enumerate their Species. 



The common Sort grows on Bogs 

 in feveral Parts of England ; there- 

 fore whoever hath an Inclination to 

 tranfplant it into Gardens, mould 

 place it in a moift fhady Situation, 

 otherwife it will not thrive. 



OSTEOSPERMUM,Hard-feed- 

 ed Chryfanthemum. 



The Characters are ; 



The Flower bath an hemifpherical 

 Empalement, which is Jingle, and cut 

 into many Segments : the Flower is 

 compofed of federal Hermaphrodite 

 Flowers in the Difk, which are iu- 

 bul. us, and cut at the Brim into Jive 

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Parts : thefe are furrounded hy fede- 

 ral Female Flowers, which are radi- 

 ated, each having a long narrow 

 Tongue, which is quinquefid : the 

 HermaphroditeFlowers have each f<ve 

 fender Jhort Stamina ; thefe are bar- 

 ren : the Female Flowers have each 

 a globular Pointal, which afterward 

 becomes one fingle hard Seed. 

 The Species are ; 



1. OSTEOSPERMUM foliis Oppoft'lS 



palmatis. Hort. Cliff. "Hard feeded 

 Chryfanthemum,with handedLeaves 

 growing oppofite. 



2. Osteospermum foliis ovalibus 

 objolete ferratis. Lin. Hort. Cli§\ 

 Hard- feeded Chryfanthemum, with 

 oval Leaves, which are flightly 

 faw'd. ° 3 



3. Osteospermum foliis lanceola- 

 tis acute ferratis, petiolis decurrenti- 

 bus. Hard feeded Chryfanthemum, 

 with fpear - fhap'd Leaves, which 

 are cut into (harp Segments, and a 

 wing'd Footftalk. 



4. Osteospermum fpinis ramo- 

 fs. Lin. Hort. Cliff. Hard-feeded 

 Chryfanthemum, with branching 

 Spines. 



This Genus of Plants was, byDr. 

 Tournefort,'mtit\i\edCbryfanthemoides, 

 from its Affinity to theChryfanthemum} 

 and, by Dr. Boerhaave, Chryfanthe- 

 moides Ofeofpermum. Both of which, 

 being compound Names, have been 

 rejected by Dr. Linnaus, who ha3 

 given the Tittle of Ofeofpermum to 

 it. 



The firfl Sort is a Native of Ame- 

 rica, growing in Virginia and Caro- 

 lina, in low moift Ground. This 

 Sort dies to the Root everyAutumn, 

 and rifes again the following Spring; 

 and when growing on a mcilt rich 

 Soil, the Shoots will rife to the 

 Height of five or fix Feet, and are 

 garnifli'd with very large Leave--, 

 placed by Pairs oppofite, which are 

 fhaped fomewhat like thofe of the 

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