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The ijo,. 141, 142, 145, 144, and 145, are all fe- 

 minal varieties of the flower named here Flos folis, which 

 is botanically called the Corona foils ^ Tabern. All thefe 

 plants are natives of America; notvvithftanding they flow- 

 er fo well in this ifland. Thefe here mentioned are 

 Annuals f and in the beginning o{ Adarch fliould be fown 

 upon a bed of light frelh earth; when they are three 

 inches high, tranfplant them into a nurfery bed, from 

 which they may be removed when they are a foot high, 

 into borders or bofquets, of large flowering plants in the 

 garden^ watering ;hem well until they have taken root; 

 and when they flower, tie ihem up to long (lakes, that 

 the wind may not break theqi ; their chief beauty confift- 

 ing in their being ereft, fo as to fhew their large ftalks 

 and blolfoms to the greateft perfection. 



146. Galega vulgaris florlbus penltus candldantlbus , C. 

 B. Common Goafs Rue with white flowers. 



147. Galega vulgaris, fiore carulea, C. B. Common 

 Goafs Rue with blue flowers. 



Theie plants are bed: propagated by fowing their feed 

 in a bed of rich ligh t earth ; keep them clear from weeds, 

 and if the plants are too thick, thin them to one foot, 

 plant from plant, and the fecond year they will flower, 

 and will continue to do fo for fome years, provided they 

 are not fufiered to feed, after which they foon decay. 



148. Gartdella foliis tenutjfimi dhifis, Tournef. There 

 is no Enghjh name for this plant, Dr. Tournef ort having 

 named it Garidella, in honour to Dr. Garidell, profefTor 

 of phyfic at Aix in Provence. This plant requires the 

 fame culture with the Galega, and fhould never be tranf- 

 planted. 



149. Geranium latifolium annuutn foribus c<eruleis lon- 

 gijpmis, Hort. Oxonicnfis, broad leaved annual Cranes-bill 

 with a blue flower, and a very long beak. 



150. Geranium cicutcc folio Mofchum redolensy C. B. P. 

 Mufied Cranes- bill. 



151. Geranium tenui folio Myrrhinurn^ flore amplo pur- 

 purea, femine nigricante, Barr. obfcur. fine cut leaved 

 Crane^s-bill, with a large purple flower and a dark co- 

 loured feed. 



Thefe 



