It is very readily propagated by cuttings. [33] ~Aster tenellus. Bristly-leav'd Aster.~ _Class and Order._ ~Syngenesia Polygamia Superflua.~ _Generic Character._ _Recept._ nudum. _Pappus_ simplex. _Cor._ radii plures 10. _Cal._ imbricati squamae inferiores patulae. _Specific Character and Synonyms._ ASTER _tenellus_ foliis subfiliformibus aculeato-ciliatis, pedunculis nudis, calycibus hemisphaericis aequalibus. _Lin. Syst. Vegetab. p._ 760. ASTER parvus aethiopicus, chamaemeli floribus, tamarisci aegyptiaci foliis tenuissime denticulatis. _Pluk. alm._ 56. _t._ 271. _f._ 4. _Raii. Suppl._ 164. _n._ 84. [Illustration: No. 33] Most of the numerous species of this genus flower about Michaelmas, hence their vulgar name of _Michaelmas-Daisy_; a name exceptionable not only on account of its length, but from its being a compound word. _Aster_, though a Latin term, is now so generally received, that we shall make no apology for adopting it. We are indebted to North-America for most of our Asters, but the present species, which is omitted by _Miller_, and is rather a scarce plant in this country, though not of modern introduction, being figured by _Plukenet_ and described by _Ray_, is a native of Africa, and, like a few others, requires in the winter the shelter of a greenhouse. It is particularly distinguished by having very narrow leaves with short bristles on them, and by its blossoms drooping before they open. It is a perennial, flowers in September and October, and may be propagated by slips or cuttings. The plant from whence our drawing was made, came from Messrs. _Gordon_ and _Thompson_'s Nursery, Mile-End. [34] ~Browallia elata. Tall Browallia.~ _Class and Order._ ~Didynamia Gymnospermia.~ _Generic Character._ _Cal._ 5-dentatus. _Cor._ limbus 5-fidus, aequalis, patens: umbilico clauso Antheris 2, majoribus. _Caps._ 1-locularis. _Specific Character and Synonyms._ BROWALLIA _elata_ pedunculis unifloris multiflorisque. _Lin. Syst. Vegetab. p._ 572. _Sp. Pl._ 880. _Mill. Dict._ [Illustration: No. 34] Of this genus there are only two species, both natives of South-America, the _elata_, so called from its being a much taller plant than the _demissa_, is a very beautiful, and not uncommon stove or green-house plant; it is impossible, by any colours we have, to do justice to the brilliancy of its flowers. Being an annual, it requires to be raised yearly from seed, which must be sown on a hot-bed in the spring, and the plants brought forward on another, otherwise they will not perfect their seeds in this country. Some of these may be transplanted into the borders of the flower-garden which are warmly situated, where, if the season prove favourable, they will flower and ripen their seeds; but, for security's sake, it will be prudent to keep a few plants in the stove or green-house.