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but where this is dcfigned, it muft be obferved to bud 

 only fuch forts upon the fame flock as are nearly equal 

 in their manner of growth ; for if there be a bud of 

 a vigorous growing fort, and others of weak growth 

 budded in the fame ftock, the ftrong one will draw 

 all the nourilbment from the weaker, and entirely 



ftarve them. 



If thefe plants are propagated by fuckers, they fliould 



be taken off annually in Oclobcr, and tranfplanted 



out either into a nurfery in rows (as hath been di- 



rei3:ed for feveral other forts of flowering-fiirubs) or 



into the places where they are to remain ; for if they 



are permitted to ftand upon the roots of the old 



plants more than one year, they grow woody, and do 



not form fo good roots as if planted out the firft year, 



fo there is more danger of their not fucceedin 



But the beft method to obtain good-rooted plants is 



to lay down the young branches in autumn, which 



will take good root by the autumn following (efpeci- 



ally if they are watered in very dry weather,) when 



they may be taken from the old plants, and tranf- . 



planted where they are to remain. The plants, which 



are propagated by layers, are not fo apt to fend out 



fuckers from their roots as thofe which are from 



fuckers, therefore fhould be preferred before them ; 



becaufe they may be much eafier kept within compafs, 



and thefe will alfo flower much ftronger." Thefe plants 



may be tranfplanted any time from 06tqber to April ; 



but when they are defigned to flower flrong the firft 



year after planting, they fhould be planted early ; 



.though, as I faid before, if they are planted late in 



the fpring, it will caufe them to flower in autumn^ 



provided they do not fufFer by drought, , -.; | 



Moft of thefe forts delight in a rich moift foil and an 



open fituation, in which they will produce a greater 



quantity of flowers, and thofe much fairer, than vi^hen' 



they are upon a dry foil or in a fhady fituatiOn. 



, The pruning which they require, is only to cut out 



their dead wood, and take off all the fuckers, which 



■ (hould be done every autumn; and if there are any 



j::Very luxuriant branches, which draw the nourifhment 



- from the other parts of the plant, they fl:iould be taken 



6ut, or fhortened, to caufe them to 



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if there be~6ctafion for them to. fupply 



a vacancy ; but you muft avoid crowding them with 



u . „ bran^lies, whiclj is as inj,urious to thefe. plants as to 



.>: fruit-trees •, for, if the branches have not equal be- 



:j:t nefit from the fun and air, they will not produce their 



flowers fo ftrong, nor in fo great plejity, as when 



they are more open, and better expofed to the fun, 



fo that the air may circulate the more freely between 



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.ROSA SINENSIS. See Hibiscus. 

 :ROSE THE GUELDER. See Opulus. 

 R,0 S M A R I N U S. Tourn. Inft, R. H. 195. tab. 92. 

 -.*;Lin. Gen. Plant. 35. [fo called of Ros, Dew, and 

 Marinus, Lat. belonging to the fea, q. d. Sea Dew, 





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-- as fome fay, becaufe formerly growing in great plenty" 

 near the fhore of the Mediterranean Sea ; the vapours' 

 : thence arifing, ufed to fall on it in the manner of Dew.] 



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fthe flower has a tubulous empalement of one leaf com- 



prejfed at the top^ the mouth ereSf^ and divided jnto two 



lips ; the upper Up is entire^ and the under hijid. : It 



: hath one petal 'y the tube is longer than the empalement j 



i ■ the brim is ringent % the upper lip is Jhort^ ere£l^ and 



_.:,' divided into two parts, whofc borders are reflexed-y the 



- . lower lip is reflexed^ and cut into three parts, the middle 



::>. fegment being larger and concave. It hath two awl-fljaped 



{-i ftamina inclining toward the upper lip, terminated by 



: ■ Jtngle fummits, and a four-pointed germen^ with a ftyle 



tbefhape, length, and in the fame fituation with the fta- 



■', ntina, crowned by an acute fligma. The germen after- 



. ward become four oval feeds fitting in the bottom of the 

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This genus of plants is ranged in the firft fedion of 



Linnsus's (ecqnd clafs, which includes thofe plants 



; whofe flowers ^have twp ftamina and one ftyle -, fo 



that this genus, byjii^Lfyft^m, with fix or feven more, 



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are removed to a great diftance from their conge- 



which are ranged in his fourteenth clafs. > 



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Rosmarinus {Anguftifolia) foliis linearibus margini- 

 bus reflexis, fubtusincanis. Rofematy with linear leaves 

 which are refiexed on their edges, and hoary on their nn- 



• der fide. Rofmarinus hortenfis, anguftiore folio* C. 

 B. P. 21 7. Garden Rofcmary with a narrower leaf - 



2. Rosmarinus {Latifolia) foliis linearibus obtufis, utrin- 

 que virentibus. Rofemary with ohtufe linear leaves which 

 are green on both fides. Rofmarinus fpontaneus latiore 

 folio. C. B. P. 217. Broad-leaved wild Rofemary, 

 Thefe two forts have been frequently fuppofcd the 

 fame, and the difference accidental ; but I have Ion 





cultivated both, and have raifed them from feeds 

 without finding them vary, fo I believe they are dif. 

 tinft fpecies. The leaves of the fecond fort are broader 

 than thofe of the firft, and their points are obtufc ; 

 the flowers are alfo much larger, and of a deeper co- 

 lour, and the ftalks grow larger, and fpread out their 

 branches wider, and the whole plant has a ftronger 

 'fcent. Thefe differences the gardeners, who culti- 

 vate the plants for the market, cbferve. 

 There are two other varieties of thefe plants, one of 

 the firft fort with ftriped leaves, which the gardeners 

 call the Silver Rofemary, and is at prefent rare in the 

 Englifti gardens •, all the plants of this which were 

 here before the fevere winter in 1740, having been 

 then killed ; the other is of the fecond fort, which is 



■I. ftriped with yellow j this the gardeners called the Gold 

 ftriped Rofemary.;- The plants of this fort are pretty 



n' hardy, fo will live in the open air through our com- 



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. :r:{rhefe plants grow plentifully in the foutliern parts of 

 ^i France, in Spain and Italy, where, upon dry rocky 

 ' foils hear the fea, they thrive *|)rodigioufly, and per- 

 '- furrie the air, To as to be fmelt at a great diftance 

 ^u'.frorri the; land'; Kut;'notwithftanding they are pro- 

 Ti^duced in warm countries, yet they are hardy enough 

 ■ 1 to bear the cold of bur ordinary winters veiy. well 

 i.in the open air, provided they are planted upon 

 poor, dry, gravelly foil, on which they will en- 

 dure the cold much better than upon a richer foil. 



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ixwhere the plants' will gfow'mbre vigdroufly in funfimer, 



:xT and fo be'more fubjcdt to injury from froft, and they 



; will not have fo ftrong an aromatic fcent as thofe upon 



;^'' a dry barren foil; ' : ■ ' . - ■ 



r Xhofe forts with ftriped leaves are fomewhat ten-^er, 



efpecially that with filver ftripes, fo ftiould either 



. be planted near a warm wall, or in pots filled with 



light frefti earth, and fheltered in winter under a 



frame, otherwife they are fubjeft to die in frofty 



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Thefe forts may be propagated by planting flips or 

 cuttings of them in the fpring of the year, juft before 

 the plants begin to fhoot, upon a bed of light frelh 

 earth ; and when they are rooted, they may be tranf- 

 planted into the places where they are defigned to 

 grow ; but it will be proper to do this about the be- 

 ginning of September, that they may take new root 

 before the frofty weather comes on ; for if they are 

 planted too late in the autunin, they feldom live thro* 

 ., the winter, efpecially if the weather proves very cold ; 

 .\fo .that if you do not.tranfplant them early, it will 

 be ithe better method to let them remain unremoved 

 ; ^ until March following, when the froft is over, obferv- 

 / ing never to tranfplant them at a feafon when the dry 

 : eaft winds blow, but rather defer the doing of it un- 

 , til the feafon is more favourable-, for, if they are 

 planted when there are cold drying winds, their leaves 

 are apt to dry up, which often kills them ; but, if there 

 happen to be fome warm fliowers foon after they are 

 removed, it will caufe them to take root immediately, 

 fo that they will require no farther care but to keep 

 them clear from weeds. 



Althoueh thefe plants are tender when planted m a 

 garden, yet when they are by accident rooted in a 

 wall (as I have feveral times feen them,) they will 

 endure the greateft cold of our winters, though ex- 

 pofed much to the cold winds j which i_s occafioned by 



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