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their fide, fo that thefe are undoubtealy a diftincc fpe- 



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flower, among the gardeners and florifts. 



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with a greenifli ftalk. a foot high, dividing into many 

 branches, garnifhed with narrow, fmooth, " 

 fhaped leaves, of a lucid green, and of thicker con- 

 fidence than thofe of any of the other forts -, they 

 come out without any order, are near three inches 

 long, and about half an inch broad in the middle ; 

 the flowers are produced in loofe fpikes at the end of 

 the branches, which are of a pure white, and have a 

 great fragrancy, efpecially in an evening or in cloudy 

 weather •, the flowers are fucceeded by oblong com- 

 prefled pods like thofe of the other fpecies. There is 

 a variety of this with double flowers* which is propa- 

 gated by cuttings or flips, in the fame manner as the 



' [lowers; but thefe plants require protec- 



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are planted in pots, and placed under a common 



;^ frame in winter, where in mild weather they may en- 



n: ; joy the open free air, and be covered from hard rains 



'■*'' and froft, they may be preferved feveral years. 



:^ Sometimes many of the plants with double flowers 



..Vji will come up from feeds, but not fo frequent as 



'■ ' Tome of the other forts. I have for feveral years raifed 



V' more than one hundred plants in a feafon, without 



obtaining one double flower •, and from the feeds of 



thefe, have the following year had more than half 



the plants with double flowers : but this is not to be 



. - cxpefted often. 



^ The feeds of the tenth fort were fent me by Dr. 



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The ground where thele feeds are fown, muft hot 

 have any dung, for in rich land the plants will grow 

 very vigorous in fummer, but when the froft comes 



^"?i r^ ^''^ n^^'^y ^^^"^^ ^" autumn, either of which 

 will foon deftroy them -, for thefe plants will thrive 



upon rocks orold v/alls, as was before obferved •, and 

 m fuch fituations they will live, when all thofe which 

 are planted in gardens are deftroyed. The beft time 

 to fow the^ feeds is about the beginning of May ; and 

 if the feafon fnould prove dry, it will be proper to 

 fliade the beds with mats every day, to prevent the 

 earth from drying too faft •, but the covering mufl: be 

 taken off every evening, to admit the dev/s of night, 

 and they ftiould be gently watered in the evenirio* two 

 or three times a week. When the plants firft apj^jear^ 

 with their two feed-leaves, they are often attacked by 

 flies, efpecially in dry hot feaibns ; therefore to pre- 

 vent their deflrroying of the plants, the coverino^ 

 fliould be continued over them during the heat of the 

 day, and the plants frequently refrelhed with water, 

 which will keep them in a growing fliate, fo the flies 

 will not infeft them •, for I have always obferved, they 

 never attack any plants unlefs they have been ftunted 

 in their growth : when the plants have got ftrength^ 

 they will be fecure from this danger, and the cover- 

 ings may be removed ; after this the plants will re- 

 quire no farther care but to keep them clean from 

 weeds, and to be thinned to the dift:ance of nine 

 inches or a foot afunder, that they may have proper 

 room to grow, and not draw each other up tall and 

 weak. The plants which are drawn out of thefe beds 

 to thin them, may be planted in the borders of the 



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Linnaeus, from Upfal in Sweden. This jilant rifes j flower-garden, where they are deflgned to remain, 

 about fix inches high, with an herbaceous fwelling | and the fooner they are removed, when the plants 



ftalk •, the leaves are produced in clufters at the top, 

 which are very hoary, waved on their ed^^es, have ob- 



tufe 



have got fix or eight leaves, the more likely they will 

 be to live through the winter ; because their roots 

 will not have extended themfelves fo far, fo cannot 



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ers are produced in flender fpikes from the fide of J be planted deep in the ground, and may take their 

 ftalk; thefe are purple, but not fo fragrant as many I natural direction ; therefore whenever thefe plants are 

 of the other forts ; the pods are woolly^ and recurve j r. • i ., , n , . . 



backward at the end. 



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removed, it is always the beft way to do it when they 

 are young. 



The farther care of the plants which are left in the 





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time they are the greateft ornament to the flower- j beds, will be to cover them in winter with mats \ and 



garden, therefore deferve our care to cultivate them when they come to flower, all thofe which are not of 



as much as any of the flowery tribe •, but in order to j good colours, or whofe flowers are fmall, ftiould be 



havfe fnany double flowers, there muft be great care j drawn out as foon as they appear, that they may not 



taken in the choice of plants for feeds> without which j impregnate thofe which are defigned for feeds with 



their farina; but thofe with double flowers fliould by 



^ «». J -., - o o J — I "o means be removed, nor ftiould their flowers be cut 



ble flowers, is to make choice of thofe fingle flowers j off\, but fuffered to fade among the Angle ones, by 



which grow near many double ones ; for I have al- 1 which the feeds will be improved ; it will alfo be a 



ways found thofe feeds which have been faved from ] fure method of preferving each fort in perfedion, to 



plants growing in beds clofe to each other, where j have them feparate from each other, in diftinct beds ; 



there can be little hopes of having thefe flowers in 

 Derfeftion. The only fure way of getting many dou- 



though I think there is no danger of any of the fpe- 

 cks altering;, bv the mixture of their farina, but their 



there happened to be many double flowers among 

 them, have produced a much greater number of _ 



plants with double flowers, than thofe which have j colours are liable to be changed by it -, fo that in or- 



d,er to continue thofe pure, they fliould not ftand 



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been faved from plants of the fame kinds, which 



" grew fingle in the borders of the flower-garden ; fo 



^ that there fliould be a fmall bed of each kind planted 



on purpofe to fave feeds in the flower-nurfery -, or if 



'' they are fown there, and the plants thinned properly 



: . when they are young, they need not be tranfplanted ; 



for I have always obferved the plants which have 



come up from fcattered feeds, which have not been 



tranfplanted, endure the froft much better than thofe 



which have been removed \ for as thefe plants fend 



• ' out horizontal roots from the bottom of their ftems, 



"which fpread near the furface of the ground, fo when 



' they are tranfplanted, the roots are forced downward 



Out of their natural direftion ; and if their ftalks were 



rown tall before removal, they are generally planted 



ow in the ground, whereby they are apt to rot, if 



the ground is nioift, or the winter ftiould prove wet ; 



therefore where they can be left unremoved, there 



will be a better chance of their living through the 



winter •, and as thefe beds need not be of great extent, 



fo when the v/inter proves very fevere, it will not be 



much trouble or expence to arch the beds over with 



hoops, and cover them with mats in frofty weather, 



by which method they may be always preferved. . 



too near each other. 

 The time for fowing the feeds before-mentioned, 

 muft be underftood to be for the forts which are bien- 

 nial •, for the annual, or ten Weeks Stock Gilliflower 

 fliould be for the firft feafon fown in February, as 

 was before diredled ; and to fucceed thefe, there 

 fliould be another parcel fown in March ; and thofe 

 who are curious to continue thefe flowers late in the 

 autumn, fliould fow a parcel of the feed the latter 

 end of May ; and if thefe laft fown plants are upon 

 a warm border, where they may be covered, by 

 placing glafl^es before them in winter, or covering 

 them with mats, they may be continued in flower till 

 Chriftmas ; and if fome of the plants are potted, and 

 put under a hot-bed frame in autumn, where they 

 may enjoy the open air In mild weather, and be 

 fcreened from hard rains and froft; by which method 

 I have known thefe plants kept flowering all the win- 

 ter, when the winters have not been vciy fevere. 

 There are fome who propagate the double Stock Gil- 

 liflowers by flips and cuttings, which v/iU take root 

 when properly managed •, but the plants fo raifed are 

 never fo ftrong as thofe which come from feeds, and 



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