winter feafon, thefe plants mvA be fparingly watered ; 

 but in iummer, when they are placed abroad, they 

 will require to be frequently refreflied, but mud not 

 have too much v/ater given them each time. 

 Thcfe plants make a pretty variety in thcgreen-houfe 

 in winter, and as they do not require any artiiicial 

 heat to prelervc them, they are worthy of a place in 



evciy garden where there is convcniency for kecping 



them. 



BORDERS. The ufe of thefe in a garden, is^ to 

 bound and inclofe parterres, to prevent them being 

 injured by v/alking in them : thefe are com.monly ren- 

 dered very ornamental by means of the flowers, 

 llirubs, &c. that are planted in them. 

 Thefe ought to be laid with a rifing in the middle, 

 becaufe, if they are flat, they are not agreeable to 



the eye. 



As for their breadth, five or fix feet are often allov/ed 



for the largefl, and four for the lefix;;r. 

 Borders are of four forts : thole are the moft com- 

 mon, that are continued about parterres without any 

 interruption, and are wrought with a gentle rifing 

 in the middle, like an ai?s back, and planted with 



tlowers. 



The fecond fort of borders is fuch as are cut into 

 compartments, at convenient diftances, by fmall paf- 

 fag-cs i and being alfo raifed in the middle, as before- 



mentioned, are likewife fet off vv^ith flowers. 

 The third fort is fuch as are laid even and ffat with- 

 out flowers, having only a verge of grafs in the mid- 

 dle, being edged with two fmall paths, raked fmboth 

 and finded. Thefe are fomctimes garnifned with 

 flowering fhrubs, and flowers of large growth, or 

 with vales and flower-pots, placed regularly along 

 the middle of the verge of grafs. i 



The fourth fort is quite plain, and only fanded, as 

 in the parterres of orangery, and is filled with cafes 

 ranged in a reg-ular order alons; thofe borders which arc 

 edged with Box on the fides next to the walks \ and 

 on the other, with verges and grafs-work next the 



parterre. 



Borders are either made ftrait, circular, or in cants, 



and are turned into knots, fcroUs, and other com- 

 partments. 



Floriils alfo make borders either along v/alks, or de- 

 taclied, and in thefe they raife their fineft and choicefl: 

 flowers. Thefe are frequently encompafl^ed with bor- 

 der-boards painted green, which make them look ex- 

 ceeding neat. 



But, in large parterres, this is not to be expected ^ 

 fince, if they be fl:ocked with flowers fucceeding one 

 another in their feveral feafons, it is fufficient, fo that 

 nothing appears bare and naked. 

 It is ufuaito difcontinue the borders at the ends next 

 to the houfe, that the embroidery and rife of the par- 

 terre may not be hidden by the flirubs and flower- 

 ing plants, and that the defign may be betterjudg- 

 ed of. 



Since the modern way of gardening has been intro- 

 duced in England, all the French tafte of parterres, 

 fcroU-borders, and fret-work in Box, has becnjufl-ly 



baniflied our gardens : t)aerefore I have only men- 

 tioned them here, to expofe the taflie of thofe archi- 

 tecl-gardeners, who have no idea of the noble fim- 

 plicity of an open lawn of grafs, properly bounded 

 by plantations j but, inftead of this, divide die oatt 

 of the garden near the houfe, into various forms of 

 borders edged with Box, with find, fliell, or gravel- 

 walks leading about diern, by which the ground is 

 cut into many angles, fcroUs, &c. which is very hurt- 

 lul to the eyes of a judicious pcrfon : therefore, v/here 

 flowers are defired, there may be borders continued 

 round the extent of the lawn, immediately bcfor 

 tlie plantations of flirubs ; which, if properly planted 

 With lurdy flowers to fucceed each other, will afford 

 a much more pleafing profpecl tl;an the (liff^ borders 

 made in icrolls and compartments, after the Fiench 

 . r.Linner, can pofnbly do. 



Th.cle bordLis m.ay be made fix or eight feet wide, 

 in proportion to the extent of the garden and fizc of 





tae lav/n : for a Imall lawn fliould not have ve^rv 



broad borders, nor ought a large lawn to be bounded 

 by finall borders ; fo.that a due proportion fnould be 

 alv/ays obferved in the laying out of gardens. 

 B O R R A G O [or Bqrago, which fignifies much the 

 fame as courage, becaule it is a good ralferof thefpi- 



nrs.] Borage. 



The Characters are, 



Tbe etnpakmcnt is divided into five parts at the top^ and 

 is permanent. The fiozvcr is of one leaf having a Jh or t 

 tube^ fpread ivide open ahove^ being divided into f.vi 

 acute fegments at the brim, The chaps of the flozver are 



crowned by five prominences^ which are obtufe and indent- 

 ed. It hath five ftamina which are joined together, 

 crowned by oblong fiunmits. It hath four germenftttiated 

 in the center^ and a fingle ftyJe lojiger than the ftamina^ 

 fupporling a fingle fiigma. The four germ en afterward 

 become fo many rottndijh rough feeds ^ infer ted in the cavi- 



ties of the receptacle^ and included in the large fwollcH 



empalement. 



This genus of plants is ranged in the firfl: feclion 



of Linn^us's fifth clafs, intitled Pentandria Mono- 



gynia, the flower having five flamina and a fingle 



llyle. 



The Species are, " ' 



1. BoRRAGo {Oficinalis) foliis omnibus alternis, calyci^ 

 bus patentibus. Hort, Upfal. 34. Borage with all the 

 leaves growing alternate^ and a fpreading flower-ciipi 

 Borrago floribus CcXrulcis, J. B. . 



2. Borrago {Orientalis) calycibus tubo corolla brevio- 

 ribus, foliis cordatis. Hort. Clifl\ 45. Borage with a 

 flower-cup fidorter than the tube of the flower^ and heart- 

 ftjaped leaves, Borrago Conltantinopolitana flore rc- 

 flcxo casruleo calyce veficareo. Tourn. Cor. 6, 



J. Borrago {Africana) foliis ramificationum oppofitis 

 petiolatis, calycinis foliolis ovatis acutis ei'eftis. Lin. 

 Sp. 197. African Borage with leaves grovAng oppcfiicto 

 the branches upon foot-ft;alks^ and the leaves of the em- 

 palement ovaly pointed^ and ereEi. Cynogloffum Bora- 

 ginis folio & facie ^thiopicum. Pluk. Aim. 



4. Borrago {Indica) foliis ramificationum oppofitis ca- 

 lycinis foliolis fagittatis. Lin. Sp. Plant. 137, Borage 

 with "oppofite leaves on the branches^ and fpear-fjaped 

 leaves to the flower-cup, CynogloflToides folio caulem 

 amplexante. Ifnard. Aft. Scien. 1718. 

 The firft is the comimon Borage, wliofe flowers are 

 ufed in medicine, and the herb for cool tankards in 

 fummer. Of this there are three varieties, w'hich ge- 

 nerally retain their diff'erence from feeds ^ one hath a 

 blue, the other a white, and another a red flower ; 

 and there is one which hath variegated leaves. Thefe 

 variations have continued feveral years in the Chelfea 

 garden, with very little alteration ; but as they do 

 not differ in any other refpeft from the common, I 

 have only mentioned them as varieties. 

 This is an annual plant, which, if permitted to fcat- 

 ter its feeds, the plants will come up in plenty widi- 

 out care ; the feeds may alfo" be fown either in fpring 

 or autumn, but the latter feafon is preferable, on a 

 fpot of open ground where the plants are defigned 

 to remain ; when the plants have obtained a little 

 ftrengthi the ground fhould be hoed to deftroy th 

 v/eeds, and the plants mufl be cut up where tliey are 

 too near each other, leaving them eight or ten inches 

 afunder. After this .t:hey will require no farther care, 

 unlefs the weeds fl:iould come up again ; then the 

 ground fliould be a fecond time hoed over to deflroy 

 them, which, if v/ell peformed, and in dry weather, 

 will clear the ground from weeds, fo it will require no 

 more cleaning till the Boi-age is decayed. The plants 

 which are raifed in the autumn, will fiowxr in Mav, 



c^ 



but thofe which are raifed in the fpring, will not flower 

 till June i fo that where a continuation of the flov/erg 

 are required, there fliould be a fecond fowing in the 



bout a nionth after the firfl: ; but this Ihould 



fi 



pnn 



S. ^ 



be on a fiiady border, and if the feafon" fliould prove 

 dry, the ground mufl: be v/atered frequently, to oring 

 up tlie plants ; this latter fowling w-ill continue fiow- 

 crincf till the er;d of fum.m.er. 



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