i02 T'l. K VEGETABLE SYSTEM.' 
dry fpot, with a fouth afpedj and one Plant is fliook out of its pot, 
and placed on the fummit of the hill; as foon as the danger of cold 
nights is over. They grow with great freedom, and flower abun- 
dantly. They give a great beauty to the garden all Summer; and, 
though the Winter dclfroys them, a fucceflion is eafily kept up in the 
ufua) way from feeds or cuttings. 
GENUS IV. 
C H A M jE M I L E. 
A N T H E M I S. 
CharaiSter of the Genus. 
1 he Cup is hemifpheric, and the Scales are linear and 
nearly equal; they are numerous, and ftand compadt. 
Plate 27. Fig. 0 a a b, 
a. Thofe with white Rays. 
1. PRICKLY CHAMfEMILE. 
Plate 27. Fig^ i, 
Chara£lcr of the Species. Anthemis cota. 
The Difk of the Flower is large and prickly. 
Fig. i.a b^ 
T his is an annual weed, as troublefome in the corn fields in 
Italy as the worfl: of thofe that plague the Englifli farmers. It 
is half a yard high. The Stalk is thick and branched. The Leaves 
are of a blackilh green, the Flowers, which blow from May to 
Auguft, are large and white, hut with a yellow Difk. The prickly- 
nefs of this arifes from the Chaffs which feparate the Seeds : they 
have hard pointed tops, and wound the fingers. 
2. TALL 
