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h.ilf broad in the middle, of a dark green colour, 

 i;i\vcd Cii thvir cd^cs, and ending in acute points. 



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The ilaiks rife three feet high, fending out branches 

 by pairs their whole length ; thefe are garniflied with 

 leaves by pairs, which toward the top fit clofc to the 

 (hdk, i'he fiowers p-row in v/horled fpikes at tlie 

 top, having no leaves under them; they are fmall, 

 of a bright blue colour, and the top of the fpike is 

 terminated with very deep blue flowers, which are 

 barren; thefc appear in July, and are fucceeded by 

 feeds which ripen in September. It is propagated by 

 feeds in the fame manner as the other forts, and the 

 roots will abide many years. 



The eleventh fort grows naturally in moid land both 

 in Gerniany and Italy ; this hath an abiding root, com- 

 pofed of itrong ligneous fibres. The leaves are 

 heart-fliaped and pointed like a halbert ; they are four 

 inches long, and three broad at their bafe, of a pale 

 yellowiili green colour, and fawed on their edges, 

 ilanding upon foot-ftalks three or four inches long. 

 The ftalks are ftrong, four-cornered, and rife near 

 four feet high ; they are garnifhed below with fmaller 

 leaves, but the upper part of the ftalk is clofely fet 

 vvith whorls of large yellow flowers, which appear 

 in June, and are fucceeded by feeds which ripen in 



The whole plant is very clammy, and has 

 a flrong fcent fomewhat like the firtl fpecies; this is 

 propagated by feeds in the fame way as the other 

 ibrts ; it is very hardy, and will continue feveral 

 years, and may be increafcd by parting of the roots 



in autumn. 



The twelfth fort grows naturally In Italy ; this has 

 krge fwclling roots like dugs, or thofe of the Piony, 

 Trom which arife many oval heart-fnaped leaves ly- 

 ing on the ground ; they are five or fix inches long, 

 and almoft four broad at their bafe, where they are 

 eared ; they have pretty long foot-flalks, and are 



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hairy ; their edges are indented and a little wrinkled. 

 Between thefe arife flrong four-cornered ftalk^^about 

 four feet high, garnifhed with leaves placed oppofite. 

 The upper part of the ftalk is garnifhed with loofe 

 fpikes of whorled flowers; *of a purple colour, which 



appear in June, and are fucceeded by feeds which ri- I ^ All thefe forts may be propagated by fowing of their 

 pen in autumn/.. ^This is propagated by feeds in the 

 fame^.way as the other forts, and. the roots will conti- 



which are poijited at both tnas and fr.ved on 

 edges ; they have long fkndcr foor-lblks, arc t!-r 

 of a pale green colour, and hairy on tiicir under [['J'- 

 The flowers grow in dole thick' fpikes at the cn-i o^' 

 the branches •, tliey are of a fine blue colour, and ap- 

 pear in winter, fo make a pretty variety in the apecn" 

 hoii^fe at that feafon. I'his plant never {^roduces^feccs 

 in England, fo it is only'propagatcd by cuttine;^, wh^c'x 

 may be planted during any of the iummer^montii? 

 in the fame manner as the former fort ; and the plar^s 

 may be treated afterward in the fame wav, with t'h^s 

 difference, which is, to give it a dry fuuation in vnn- 

 ter, for the young fhoots are very apt to grow mouldy 

 upon being in a damp air. ^ , 



The fifteenth fort grows naturally in Sicily, and alfc 

 in the Archipelago. This hath an abiding root, v/hich 

 in dry foils will live feveral years -, the l^-aves are oval 

 of a thick confiftence, and are very woolly, havinrr fe. 

 veral irregular indentures on" their borders ; the italk 

 rifes near a foot and a half high, fending out two ,. 

 four branches near the bottom, which grow erect:- 

 thefe are garniflied with pretty large whods of vvhite 

 flowers, which appear in June ; thofe whorls on the 

 lower part of the fl:alks are fruitful, but toward 

 the top they are barren ; the feeds of the fruitful 

 flowers will ripen the beginning of Auguft, which 

 fliould be then gathered, otherwife they will drop. 

 This is propagated by feeds, which . fhould be fown 

 the beginning of April, in a dry or rubbifliy foii, 

 where the plants will live through the winter in the 

 open air, and the fecond year will produce flowers 

 and feeds. ' / .: 



There are fome other forts of lefs note, which are pre- 

 ferved in botanic gardens for the fake of variety ; but 

 thofe here mentioned are worthy of a place in larae 

 gardens, where, if they are intermixed among other 

 large growing plants, they will afford a pretty vari-. 

 ety, e^ecially the fifth, eighth, tenth, arid eleventh 

 .ibrts, which. produce long fpikes of beautiful flowers, 

 .and continue a long time in flower. The flowers of 

 the eleventh fort are ufed in Holland, to give a fla- 

 . vour to the Rhenifh wines, which are brewed at Dordr. 





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rue feyeral years,.,. 



The thirteenth fort grows naturally in the Canary 



Iflands; this hatha perennial fhrubby flalk which 



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five or fix feet high, dividing into many branches 



which are covered with a flocky down, and are gar- 



nifiied with halbert-fhaped triangular leaves three 



inches and a half long, and one and a half broad at 



. their bafe, where are two acute angular ears •, they are 



placed oppofite, Ilanding upon long woolly foot- 



"-; llalks. The top of the ilalk branches out in many 



. ryfoot-ftalks, forming a fort of panicle. ^The flowers 



/•ir'are of a light blue colour, and are ranged in whorled 



,, rTpikes, having two fmall leaves' under each whorl. 



feeds upon a bed of frefh earth in March or April; 

 and when the plants are come up, they fhould be 



-I.- tranfplanted into beds of frefli earth about eight 

 inches afunder, obferving to water them until they 



: ■ kave taken root •, after which they will require no 

 farther care but to keep them clear from weeds until 

 Michaelmas, when they fhould be tranfplanted into 

 the places where they are to remain, placing them 

 at a large diflance, for they fpread pretty far pro^ 

 vided the foil be good. If fo, they fhould be planted 

 eight ortenfeetdiflant, being intermixed with other 

 plants. Some of thefe forts will endure feveral years, 

 provided they are planted on a frefh foil, not over 

 moifl or rich. 



SCLERANTHUS, German Knot-Grafs, or 'an- 



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This plant flowers from June to autumn, but rarely nual KnaweL 



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produces any feeds here. It is propagated by cut- 

 tings, which may'be planted anytime infummer; 

 if thefe are planted in a bed of foft loamy earth, and 

 covered clofe with a bell or hand-glafs, obferving to 

 fliade them frpm the fun, and refrefh them with water 

 as they may require it, they will take root very freely, 

 then they mufl be inured to the open air; after 

 they have put out good roots, they fhould be care- 

 fully taken up, and each planted in a feparate fmall 

 pot filled v/ith light frefli earth, placing them in the 

 Ihade till they have taken new root; then they may 

 be placed among other hardy kinds of green-houfe 

 U^ plants in a fhckered fituatipn till Oftober, when they 

 ■ ;; fj-iould be removed into.flielter before hard frofl; comes 

 on ; but as they only require protedion from hard 

 frofl:, fo they fliould have as much free air as pqfTible 

 in mild weather. 



The fourteenth fort grows naturally in Mexico ; 

 this rifes with a flirubby flralk eight or ten feet 

 high, fending, out flcnder four-cornered branches, 

 of .a^;purplifii xolcur, garnifhed with oval leaver 



. There are two fpecies of this genus which grow.na- 

 ' turally wild in England, fo are rarely admitted into 



; gardens, therefore I fhall not trouble the reader with 



■- any farther account of them. 

 SCOLYMUS. Tourn. Infl:. ^80. tab. 27?. Lin- 

 . Gen. Plant. 922. The Golden Thiltlej in French, 



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Epine Jaune. 



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// hath a flonver compofedof many hermnphrcdiie florets, 

 included in an oval imbricated empalement^ having many 

 loofe fljarp'pointed fcales. !The florets are tongue-floaped,. 

 of one petals which is torn and flightly indented^ in fi-vc 

 parts. Th^ have five fhort hair-like ft amina, terminated by 

 tuhuloiis fummits, The germen is fituated under the floret, 

 fupporting aflenderftyle longer than theftamina, cro'wncd 

 by t-jiw reflexed ftigmas. "The germen afterward hecmcs 

 afingle feedy zvhich is chlong, triangular^ and ripens in 

 ' the empalementy the feeds being feparated by plain^ rcum- 

 ifh, indmted chaff, ..- ,. ) " . 



This genus of plants is ranged in the firll fedion ot 



, Linnaeus's nineteenth clafs, which contains thofe plants 

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