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The three firft forts are annual plants, v/hich are [^ro- 

 pa5at<--d by feeds : the feaibn tur fowlng them i^ the 

 end of March or the beginning of April, npon a 

 bed of Irefn light earth ■, and when the plants are 

 come up, you mufl: carefully clear tlieni troni weeds ; 

 and in very dry weather they muft be now arid then 

 refreil^ed witli water. When they are about two 

 inches l^i;^h, you inutl tranfplant thein into the places 

 where they are defigned to remain, which ihoulJ be 



in vac middle cfthv borders in the fiower-p-arden ; for 



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if the foil is good, they will grow two or three ieet 

 high i in tranfplanting them, you muft take tliem up 

 very carefully, prefeVving a ball of earth to their 

 roots, otherwifc they are apt to niifcarry > and alio 

 water and fliade^hcm until they have taken root, after 

 which they will require no other care but to clear 

 them from weeds, and to fallen them to (lakes, to 

 prevent their being injured by flrong winds. You may 

 alfo low their feeds in autumn, and when the pLmts 

 are come up, tranfplant them into fmall pots, which, 

 towards the end of October, fnould be placed in a 

 common hot-bed frame, where t!)e plants being de- 

 fended from kvcrc frofts, v/ill abide the v/intcr very 

 vvell i and in the fpring, you may lliake them cut of 

 the pots, and plant them into larger, or elfe into the 

 full ground, where they may remain to flovvcr. The 

 . plants thus manawd will be lar^-er, and flower uroncer 

 and earlier thnn thole fown in the fpring, and from 

 thefe yovi v/ill conftantly have good ieeds, whereas 

 thofe fown ia the fpring fometinics mifcarry. The 

 feeds of the third fort fnould be fown in the fpring 

 in the place where they are to remain, for they do not 

 well bear removing in the fummer.. ... 



The two firll forts arc very ornamental plants in a 

 fine garden, when placed among other annuals, either 

 in pots or borders. , .: 



The fourth lort hath a perennial root which abides fe- 

 vera! years, but the ftalks decay in the autumn, and 

 new ones arife in thefprinc This is i:>ropaeated bv 



g. ,;Xms is prop 

 -. feeds, ■ wliichjAould be fown upCh^a bed of Jight 



earth in the fprino-, and v/hen the plants are fit to re- 

 , move, they iliould be either tranfplanted to the places 

 : >vhere they are to remain, or into pots where they may 

 ;. Hand to get more ib*e'ngth, before they are planted in 

 : the full ground.;- After the plants are well rooted, 

 ., they will require no cither care but to keep them clear 



from weeds. And if the winter fliould prove very 



^ fevere, it will be proper to cover die ground about 



. them with old tanners bark to keep cut the froffc-, but 



■ they will endure the cold of our ordinary winters very 

 v/eil, and vv^ill produce their flov/ers and ripen their 

 feeds annually. 



- I'he fifth fort will not live through the v/inter in the 

 open air in England, fo the leeds Ihould be fown in 



.' the fame manner as thofe of the other forts ; andwiien 

 the plants are fit to remove, they fliould be each 



■ planted into a fmall pot filled witli light earth," and 

 , placed in the fhade till they have taken new root ; 

 ^ then they may be removed^to^a,. .fheltered fituation, 

 ; and mixed with other hardy exotic plants.,, .As the 

 J plants advance in their growth, fo they will require 

 .Jar-ger pots, and muft be treated in the famevvay as 



other exotic plants v. in the autumn, they muft be re- 

 ^r moved into the green-houfe, and placed with Myrtles 

 •}; and the other kinds of plants, which only require pro- 

 '^Ttedlion from hard -froft, but muft have as much free 

 .. air as pofi'ible in miijd weather. ^^ , 

 ^JU4. VEND ULA. Tourn.Inft:R: H. ^98/ talx'gs. 

 ■ ,Vidn. Gcri. Plant._ 630. Lavender; in French, La- 

 . r^'ende. : [It takes its name of Lavando, LaL wafli- 



thrown into baths 





ing, becaufe it was ufed to be 



; f or the fragranc^ of the fcent j or becaufe ufed in 

 vjye, to give a fragrancy to linen ; and becauTe it is 

 6;y^^y go^d to wafli the face with, and give it both 



ity and a grateful fcent.]. ., . 

 ^The Characters are, 



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• 'The fmver^ hath ^ an cval permanent eynpalement of one 

 leaf, %vhich is chfcurely buknled at the brim. The flower 

 . is of the lip kind, _ -jcith cne petals havin^; a cylindrical 



tube longer than the empctement, but fpreading above ; 



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the Upper lip is targe, Ufa, and open; the under Up Is 

 cut into three equal fegiucnts. It haw fcnr fjort flarmr.a 



fituated iviihin the tube cf the fctaU t\j:o being forter 

 than the ether, tcnninated ly fnall fnnnnits. It hath 

 a gcrrncn divided in four parts, fipp-rtirg a fcrJcr fi^le 

 the length cf the tube, crczvmd ay an cbiife indented 



ftignia. The gtrmen aftervi-ard tarns to fur oval fcedsy 



fitting in the en:palenient. 



I'his genus of plants is ranged in t!;e nrHTcflion cf 

 Linnxus's fourteenth clafs, imirlcd Didynamia Cyni- 

 nofpermia, which includes thofe plants whofe flowers 

 have two fliort and two longer ftamina, and have 

 four naked feeds fitting in the empalemcnt. 

 .Tlie Sri:CiES are, 



1. Lavendula {Spica) foliis lanceolatis integerrimis f)!- 

 cis nudis. Hort. Clifl:'. 303. Lavender ivith entire fpcar- 



fh'aped leaves and naked fpikes, Lavendula latifolia. C. 

 B. 1\ 2 16 f Bread-leaved Lavender. 



2. Lavendula {AngtfifcUa) foliis lanceolatodincaribus, 

 fpicis nudis. Lavender zvith fpear-foaped narrow leaves, 

 and naked fpikes. Lavendula anguftifolia. C. B. P. 

 216. Narrow-leaved Lavender. 



3. Lavendula {Midtifda) foliis duplicato-pinnatifidis. 

 Vir. Cliff. 56. LMvender \vitb leaves doubly zving- 

 pointed. Lavendula folio difieflo. C. B. P. 216. 

 Lavender with a cut leaf 



4. Lavendula {Canaritnfis) foliis duplicato-pinnatifi- 

 dis hirfutis, fpicis fafcicj^latis. Lavender with dcuhly 

 wing-pcinted hairy leaves, and fpikes of flowers growing 

 in elufters. Lavendula folio longicre tenuius & ele- 

 gantius difll^fto. Tourn. Inft. R.. H. 198. Lavender 

 with a longer^ narrower, and more elegant cut leaf. 

 The firft fort is cultivated in feveral of the Englifli 



, gardens, and has been generally known by die title 



; of, Spike, or Lavender Spike ; the leaves of this fore 



are much Ihcrter and broader dian thofe of the com- 



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mon ^Lavender,' and the branches are fiiorter, more 

 J, compaflrv and fuller of ' leaves. This fort doth riot 

 often produce flowers, but when it does, the flowcr- 

 \..ftaiks, are garnilhedwith^ leaves very different from 

 '/ thofe *on the other branches, approaching nearer to 

 thofe of the commiOn fort,' but "are broader •, the 

 ftalks grow taller, the fpikes of the flowers are 

 larger, the fiov/ers are fmaller, and are in loofer 

 fpikes. It generally flowers a little later in tlie fca- 

 icn. This has been frequently confounded with the 

 ' common Lavender, and has been fuppofed the fame 

 'fpecies,"but is Undoubtedly a Uifi-erent plant. 

 ', This I believe to be the fam.c with v/'hatDr-MoriiTon 

 calls Lavendula latifolia fterilis, for the plants^ will 

 contmue feveral years without producing flowers"- du- 

 ring v^hich time they have a very different appea'rance 

 from thofe of the common Lavender, as thole branches 

 of the fame plant always have which flp^not flower; 

 but I have planted flips taken from thofe flowering 

 . branches with narrow leaves, and others from thole 

 with the broad leaves, but have always fotind the 





^ plants fo propagated return to their original fort, 

 the cuttings with the narrow leaves have become broad 



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The fecond fort is the common Lavender, which 



. is fo well known as to require nb'defcription. Both 



' thefe forts flower Injiily, at which time* the fpikes 



of the fecond fort are gathered for ' ufe^ there is a 



,: variety of this with white flowers. ? 



Thefe arc propagated l^y cuttings or flips -, the beft 

 ^ 'feafoYf "for which is in March, when they fliould he 

 '.planted .in a fliady'fituatlon,' of at leaft they fhould 

 be fliaded with mats until they have taken root, 

 after which they may be expofed to the fun -, and 

 when they have obtained urength, may be removea 

 to t]ie places w^here they are defigned to remain. 

 Thefe plants will abide rnuch longer ip a dry, gravelly, 

 or ftouy foil, in which t^ey will endure our feverelt 

 : ■ winters j though they Will grow m.uch falter in tiie 

 fummeV^^ if they are planted upon a rich, ligh^ ^^'^'^^ 

 foil^ but'thcn tliey "are "generally deflJroyed in w^intcrj 

 nor are ihe plants half fo firong fcented, or fit for me- 

 ... dicinal ufes, as thofe vdiich ^row upon the nioft bar- 



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