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the plants may remain till the middle of September, 
provided the feafon continues warm, otherwife they 
muft be removed into the Stove fooner. 
The firft: fort produces very fine flowers, of a fcarlet 
colour, in large bunches, at the extremity of the 
branches, after the fame manner as the Oleander or 
Rofe-bay , but thefe flowers are much larger, and of 
a much finer colour. 
A fmall piece of the wood of this tree being put on 
a pan of lighted coals, will fend forth a molt agreea- 
ble odour, and will perfume a whole houfe. 
COREOPSIS. Lin. Gen. PI. 879. Tickfeed. 
The Characters are, 
The common impalement of the flower is double , the outer 
being compofed of eight leaves, placed circularly •, the inner 
is in every part larger , membranaceous , and coloured. 
The dijk of the flower is compofed of many hermaphrodite 
florets , which are tubular , and divided into five parts at 
the top thefe have each five hairy ftamina , terminated 
by cylindrical fummits. In their center is fituated a com- 
prejfed germen with two horns , fupporting a fender ftyle , 
crowned by an acute bifid fligma. The germen afterward 
becomes a flngle orbicular feed , convex on one fide, and 
hollow on the other, having a membranaceous border, 
and two horns on the top. The border or rays of the 
flower is compofed of eight female florets which are large, 
and tongue-Jhapsd, indented in five parts ; thefe have no 
flamina, but a germen like the other, without any ftyle or 
fligma, and are abortive. 
This genus of plants is ranged in the third fedtion of 
Linnseus’s nineteenth clafs, intitled Syngenefia Poly- 
samia Fruftranea •, the flowers of this clafs and fedtion 
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are compofed of hermaphrodite florets which are fruit- 
ful, and female half florets which are barren. 
The Species are, 
[l. Coreopsis {Alt erni folia) foliis lanceolatis, ferratis, 
alternis, petiolatis decurrentibus. Hort. Upfal. 270. 
Tkkfeed with fpear-jhaped fawed leaves , placed alternate, 
and winged foot-Jlalks. Chryfanthemum Virginianum, 
caulealato, ramoflus, flore minore. Pluk. Aim. 100. 
2. Coreopsis ( Lanceolata ) foliis lanceolatis, integerri- 
mis ciliatis. Lin. Sp. Plant. 1283. Tickfeed with fpear- 
jhaped leaves which are entire. Bidens fuccifie folio, 
radio amplo laciniato. Hort. Elth. 55. 
3. Coreopsis ( Verticillata ) foliis decompofito pinnatis, 
linearibus. Lin. Sp. Plant. 907. Tickfeed with decom- 
pound, winged , narrow leaves. Ceratocephalus del- 
phinii foliis. Vaill. Ad. 1720. 
4/ Coreopsis ( Tripteris ) foliis fubternatis, integerrimis. 
Hort. Upfal. 269. Tickfeed with leaves growing by 
threes , which are entire. Chryfanthemum Virginia- 
num, folio acutiore, lmvi, trifoliato, fc. anagyridis 
folio. Mor. Hift. 3. p. 21. 
g. Coreopsis ( Radiato ) foliis lineari-lanceolatis, acute 
ferratis, oppofitis radio amplo integro. Tickfeed with 
narrow fpear-jhaped leaves, which are oppoflte and Jharp- 
ly fawed , and the rays of the flower large and entire. 
The firft fort grows naturally in North America every 
where. This hath a perennial root •, the ftalks decay 
to the root every winter, which are ftrong, herbace- 
ous, and rife to the height of eight or ten feet, gar- 
niilied with fpear-fh aped leaves fawed on their edges, 
from three to four inches long, and one broad in the 
middle, placed alternate on every fide the ftalks, 
having fhort foot-ftalks, with a border or wing run- 
ning from one to the other, the whole length of the 
ftalk, The flowers grow at the top of the ftalks, 
forming a fort of corymbus, each foot-ftalk fuftain- 
ing one, two, or three yellow flowers, fhaped like 
Sun-flowers, but much fmaller. This flowers in 
September and Qdober, but doth not produce feeds 
in England. It is a very hardy plant, and may be 
propagated in plenty by parting the roots. The beft 
time for this is in autumn, when the ftalks begin 
to decay. It will thrive in almoft every foil and 
fjtuation. 
The fecond fort is an annual plant. The feeds of this 
were brought me from Carolina by Mr. Catefby, in 
the year 1726. This hath an upright ftalk, garnifhed 
with fmooth, narrow, fpear-fhaped leaves, placed 
oppolite, which are entire ; from the wings of the 
leaves come out the foot-ftalks of the flowers, by- 
pairs oppoflte, and ftand eredt ; the lower part cf 
thefe have one or two pair of very narrow leaves, but 
the upper is naked, and terminated by one large yel- 
low flower, whofe border or rays are deeply cut into 
feverai fegments ; thefe are fucceeded by flat winged 
feeds, which, when ripe, roll up ; the naked foot- 
ftalks of thefe flowers are more than afoot Ions - . This 
muft be fown upon a gentle hot-bed in the fpring, 
and when the plants are fit to transplant, they Should 
be each planted into a feparate fmall pot, and plung- 
ed into a frefli hot-bed to bring them forward ; and 
in June they. Should be inured by degrees to the open 
air, and afterward feme of them may be Shaken out 
of the pots, and planted in a warm border 5 where, 
if the feafon is good, they will flower in the middle 
of July, and ripen their Seeds the beginning of Sep- 
tember. 
The third fort hath a perennial root, fending up many 
Stiff angular ftalks, which rife upward of three feet 
high, garnished at each joint with decompound wing- 
ed leaves, Standing oppoflte ; thefe are very narrow 
and entire. The branches alfo come out by pairs 
oppoflte, as do allb the foot-ftalks of the flowers ; • 
thefe are long, Slender, and each terminated by a Sin- 
gle flower, of a bright yellow colour, the rays or bor- 
der being; oval and entire. The difk or middle is of 
a dark purple colour. Thefe appear in July, and 
continue till September, during which time they 
make a fine appearance. This grows naturally in 
Maryland and Philadelphia. It is propagated by 
parting the roots, in the lame manner as the firft fort, 
and delights in a light loamy earth, and funny ex- 
pofure. 
The fourth fort hath a perennial root. It grows na- 
turally in many parts of North America, but has 
been long cultivated in the Englifh gardens ; the 
ftalks of this are ftrong, round, and fmooth, rifing 
fix or Seven feet high, garnished at each joint with 
fome trifoliate leaves, which ftand oppoflte. The 
flowers are produced in bunches at the top of the 
ftalks, Standing upon long foot-ftalks ; they are of a 
pale yellow, with a dark purple diSk. It flowers in 
July, but feldom produces good feeds in England. 
This fort is propagated by parting the roots in the 
fame manner as the firft, but requires a better foil and 
pofition. 
The fifth fort grows naturally in South Carolina, 
from whence the feeds were fent me by the late Dr. 
Dale. This is an annual plant, which rifes with upright 
ftalks to the height of four feet, garnifhed with nar- 
row fpear-ihaped leaves, ending in long points, and 
are deeply fawed on their edges, {landing oppolite; 
at each joint, upon Short foot-ftalks •, thefe leaves are 
from three to four inches long, and three quarters of 
an inch broad in the middle, of a deep green on their 
upper fide, and pale on their under. At all the up- 
per joints of the ftalks come out two long Slender 
foot-ftalks, one on each fide, which are garnifhed 
with two or three pair of fmall leaves, and terminated 
by one flower, compofed of feven female half florets, 
which compofe the ray ; thefe are oval and entire. 
The difk is compofed of a great number of herma- 
phrodite florets, which are of a dark colour, and the 
fummits of the ftamina are of a bright yellow; thefe 
hermaphrodite florets are each fucceeded by one flat 
bordered feed, having two horns or teeth. This fort 
flowers in Auguft, and if the autumn proves favour- 
able, will ripen its feeds in October ; but in cold fea- 
fons it will not perfect feeds in England. 
This is propagated by feeds, which Should be fown on 
a warm border in autumn, and the plants will come 
up the following fpring *, for if the feeds are fown in .. 
the fpring, the plants feldom rife till the year after. 
When the plants are fit to remove, they Should be 
carefully taken up, and either planted where they are 
defigned to remain, or into a nurfery-bed, at four 
inches distance, to get Strength, observing to Shade 
than from the fun till they have taken frelh root' j. 
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