The' tenth fort is fuppofed to have been brought hr ft 
from India to Portugal, where it has been long pro- 
pagated for the beauty of its golden heads of flowers, 
which, if gathered before they are too open, will con- 
tinue in beauty feveral years •, fo that in the winter 
feafon they ornament their churches with thefe flowers, 
and many of them are annually brought to England, 
and fold for ornaments to the ladies- T hefe plants 
have a fbort fhrubby ftalk, felclom rifing more than 
three or four inches high,, putting out many heads ; 
the leaves are narrow and woolly on both iides, and 
come out without order ; the flower-ftalks arife'fram 
thefe heads ; they grow eight or ten inches high, are 
garni feed all ‘the way with narrow hoary leaves, and 
terminated by a compound corymbus of bright yellow 
flowers with large heads. Thefe begin to flower in 
May, and there is a iuccefikm of them moil part of 
hammer. This is propagated by flipping off the heads 
during any of the furnmer months, and after ftripping 
off the lower leaves, they fhould be planted in a bed 
of light earth, covering them with hand-glaffes, which 
muff be (haded every day when the fun is warm •, and 
the cuttings muff be fupplied with water, which fhould 
be often repeated, but not in too great quantities ; 
when thefe are rooted they fhould be planted in pots, 
and treated in the fame manner as hath been directed 
for the firft fort. Thefe plants in mild winters will 
live abroad in a very warm border with little fhelter, 
and the hardier they are treated, the greater number 
of flowers they will produce ; for when they are drawn 
weak in a green-houfe, they never flower lo ftrong. 
The eleventh fort hath very woolly (talks and leaves, 
which are much longer than thofe of the tenth ; the 
(talks rife a foot high, fending out a few fide branches; 
thefe are terminated by a compound corymbus of 
flowers, whole heads are lmall, and of a gold colour, 
changing a little red as they fade. This is propagated 
by flips in the fame manner as the laft mentioned, but 
the plants will live in the open air, if they are planted 
on a dry foil. 
The twelfth fort grows naturally in North America, 
but has been long in the Englifti gardens. This hath 
a creeping root, which fpreads far in the ground, lo 
as to become a troubled) me weed very often, unleis 
it is kept within bounds ; the (talks of this are woolly, 
rifing a foot and a half high, garnifhed with long 
leaves ending in acute points, which are placed alter- 
nate, and are woolly on their under fide'; the upper 
part of the ftalk branches into two or three divifions, 
each being terminated by a clofe corymbus of flowers, 
with pretty large fllvery empalements, which, if ga- 
thered and properly dried, will retain their beauty fe- 
veral years. This fort will thrive in almoft any foil 
or fituation, and is eafily propagated by its creeping 
roots. It flowers in June and July, and the (talks 
decay in autumn. 
The thirteenth fort grows naturally at the Cape of 
Good Hope. This is an annual plant, which fends 
out many oblong blunt leaves near the root ; the (talks 
rife a foot and a half high, garnifhed with leaves placed 
alternate, which are broad at their bafe where they 
embrace the (talks, but end in acute points ; they are 
woolly, and when handled, emit a very rank odour; 
the (talks are terminated by a corymbus of flowers, -in 
large fllvery empalements, which will retain their 
beauty feveral years. 
The fourteenth fort grows naturally at the Cape of 
Good Hope, and is an annual plant, very like the 
former fort, but the leaves are of a yellowifh green 
on their upper fide, and woolly on their under ; the 
(talks branch, and the heads of flowers . are of a bright 
yellow colour, and thefe differences are permanent. 
Both thefe plants are propagated by feeds, which, if 
fown in the autumn on a warm border, will more cer- 
tainly fucceed, than when they are iown in thefpring; 
or if the feeds are permitted to fcatter, the plants will 
come up without care, and may be tranfplanted while 
they are young, to the places where they are defigned 
to rerqain : when the plants have taken root, they 
will require no other care but to keep them clean from 
weeds. They flower in July, and the feeds ripen Mi 
autumn. 
The fifteenth fort grows in Africa, and alfo in North 
America, from both thefe countries I have received 
the feeds. It is an annual plant, with oblong leaves 
at the bottom, which are a little waved, and hoary on 
their under fide. The (talks rife about a foot high,, 
and are garnifhed with acute-pointed leaves ; from 
their bafe runs a border or wing along the ftalk ; the 
whole plant has a difagreeable odour. The flowers 
grow in a corymbus on the top of the (talks, they are 
white, and appear in July. The feeds ripen in the 
autumn, which, if permitted to fcatter, the plants 
will come up without care, as the two former forts. 
The fixteenth fort rifes with a (hrubby ftalk three or 
four feet high, fending out many branches from the 
lower part, garnilhed with narrow fpear-fhaped leaves, 
which half embrace the ftalks with their bafe; they 
are of a dark green on their upper fide, but are hoary 
on -their under ; the ftalks are terminated by a com- 
pound corymbus of yellow flowers, whofe heads are 
(mail : thefe continue in fucceflion great part of the 
furnmer, but are rarely fucceeded by feeds in England. 
It is eafily propagated by cuttings in any of the fum- 
mer months, which may be planted in a fhady border, 
and duly watered. Thefe will take root in a month 
or five weeks, and may then be taken up and planted 
in pots, placing them in a fliady fituation till they 
have taken frefli root ; then they may be removed to 
a fheltered fituation, and placed with other hardy 
green-houfe plants till autumn, when they muft be 
carried into the green-houfe, where, during the winter 
feafon, they fhould have as much free air as poffible 
in mild weather, for they only require protection from 
froft, fo they fhould be treated in the fame manner as 
other hardy green-houfe plants. 
The feventeenth fort is an annual plant, which grows 
naturally in France, Italy, and Spain. This hath a 
woolly herbaceous ftalk, which rifts fix or eight inches 
high, garnifhed with obtufe, fpear-fhaped, woolly 
leaves. The flowers are produced in fhort fpikes from 
the fide, and at the top of the ftalks ; they are of a 
filvery colour, and appear in June and July. The 
feeds ripen in autumn, which, if permitted to fcatter, 
the plants will come up without care, and require no 
other culture, but to keep them clean from weeds. 
The eighteenth fort grows naturally at the Cape of 
Good Elope ; this rifes with a (lender (hrubby ftalk, 
which fends out many lateral branches below ; thefe 
are garnifhed with very narrow leaves, which are hoary 
on their under fide. The flowers are produced in a 
compound corymbus at the end of the branches ; they 
are at their firft appearance of a pale red colour, but 
afterward change to a gold colour ; the empalements 
of this fort are (mail, and dry like the other fpecies of 
this genus. This fort is propagated by cuttings, in 
the fame manner as the fixteenth, and the plants re- 
quire the fame treatment. 
The nineteenth fort grows naturally in Egypt and Pa- 
leftine. This is a perennial plant, whofe under leaves 
fpread near the ground; they are woolly on their under 
fide ; the ftalks rife about fix inches high ; the leaves 
upon thefe are fpear-fhaped, ending in acute points ; 
the ftalks and leaves are woolly, and the ftalk is ter- 
minated by a large corymbus of flowers fitting very 
clofe ; thefe are of a fine foft red colour, fo make a 
pretty appearance in the month of June, when they 
are in beauty. 
This fort is propagated by offsets in the fame manner 
as the feventh and eighth forts, but this doth not 
produce them in plenty, fo is very uncommon in the 
Englifh gardens at prefent : it requires a drier foil than 
the feventh, and a warmer fituation, but not too 
much expofed to the mid-day fun, fo fhould be planted 
to a fouth-eaft afpeci. 
The twentieth fort grows naturally at the Cape of 
Good Fiope, but has been long preferred in many 
curious gardens in Europe ; the ftalk rifes three or 
four feet high, fending out feveral long irregular 
branches, which' are terminated by a compound co- 
rymbus 
