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net grow) on a warm border of light frefh earth, aii(d 

 in the fpring the plants may be removed into a jilact 

 where they may have the morning fun, and where they 

 are to flower, for they are not fond of being often iranf- 

 planted. 



200. Lotus ruber fdiqua angnhfa^ foli'is variegatisy 

 Boerh. Ind. Red fquare podded Birdsfooty Trefoil, with 

 variegated leaves. 



201. L'jtus anguJii-foVmSy flore luteo purpxirafcente., ex 

 infiilo. Sr.ruli Jacobi, Hort. Amp. Narrow leaved Birds- 

 foot Trefoil, with a yellow purplilli flower from St. 



fames'' s Ifland. 



The firO: of thofe plants is a feminal variety, but 

 has this excellent qualification, that thefe feedlings al- 

 ways retain their variegation, which few variegated 

 plants do. 



The fecond fort is a tender plant, and both of them 

 require to be raifed upon a moderate hot-bed in Marchy 

 fuch as has ufed to raife early Cucumbers. When the 

 plants are two inches high, they fhould be tmnfplant- 

 ed into pots, and thefe pots funk into a moderate hot- 

 bed, which will affifl the plants the readier to flrike 

 root: As they are impatient of cold, they muft have 

 a warm green-houfe in winter, and when they are in 

 the hot-bed, they mufl hsve as much air as polTible, 

 ctherwife they will be drawn too much : In May 

 their pots may be removed for fourteen days into 

 tlie {hade, and afterwards placed in a warm fitua- 

 tion, free from winds, where they will flower well and 

 ripen their feeds; they delight in much water in the 

 fummer feafon, but in winter mufl have it fparingly, 

 left you rot their tender roots. 



202. Leiicoium minus et annnum, Dodon. Lrffer an- 

 nual Stock Gilliflovjcr. 



203. This I fuppofe to be a feminal variety of the 

 former, though I mufl: own I never i'aw the plant. 



I fowcd the feeds of the firfl: plants at two fcafons, 

 in March and in May, upon a light bed of frefli earth, 

 and obtained many double from \ci::<\. Th.c feedlings 

 at both fcafons flowered in ten weeks time after their 



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