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variegation. The plants, by this management, will rife 

 to be four feet high, and daily produce new flowers, 

 until the hci\ pinches tiiem ; and notwithflanding their 

 roots will continue fome years, I would ^.hufe to low their 

 feed annually, 



252. Moldavia Bttonictr f-Jlo flare alho 'Tounief. Tur- 

 key Balm, with a betony leaf and a white flower. 



253. Moldavia orient.iiis falicis folio, ftor- parvo caruleo, 

 Tourn. Corr, Eajlern Moldavia-, with willow leaves and 

 a fmall blue flower. 



254. Moldavia orient alts Betonices folio florc magna vio- 

 laceo, Toiirn. Corr. Eajlern Moldavia, with a betony leaf 

 and a large violet flower. 



The firfl: and fccond forts are j^nnuah, and fometimes 

 Biennials^ ?.nd fho'ild be Town in March on a border, in 

 a very warm iltuation of frefh light earth ; after they 

 come up, they may be traniplanted into the borders of 

 the flower garden: They flower in y^vw^ and y///)', and 

 ripen their feed in Auguji ; ioine of their feed may then 

 be fown in a warm fituation, where they will endure the 

 cold of our winters very well ; by potting their fecdlings, 

 they will be out of danger. 



255. Nardus Bobemica fiore albo, the wliite flowered 

 Bohemian Spikenard. 



1^6, Nardus Aujlriaca jiore ceeruleo, blue AuJIrian Spike- 

 nard. Both thole plants grow in Germanyt tliey fliould 

 be fown in autumn, cr in the ipring, on a light frcfli foil, 

 and they may be increafed by parting their roots in 

 March : There is no great beauty in them. 



257. Nardus orientulis flore variegatOf the mofl: beau- 

 tiful of them all, is the variegated fiowercd Ea/lcrn Spike- 

 nard ; it requires the fame culture. 



258, 259, 260 and 261, are all feminal varieties of 

 the Najlurtium Indicum or Acriviola. They are all an- 

 nual plants, and fhould be fown in March in a good gar- 

 den foil three feet diflance, plant from plant, putting 

 two feeds in every pit when you fow them ; they are 

 great creepers, and will, in good frcfh earth, contiruic 

 in bloom from June until the trofl: kills them; and may 

 be fhcltercd in winter, by planting cuttings of them in 

 fummcr in pots, and tiiefc cuttings will flower in winter. 

 Their feed when half ripe makes a good pickle. 



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