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The third, fourth, ;ind fifth Sorts 

 Were originally brought from the 

 Cape o^ GoPii Hope into the curious 

 Gardens in Holland, from whence 

 they have been difpcrs'd into many 

 other Countries. Thefe Plants are 

 propagated by Seeds ( which they 

 produce annually in great Plenty ) j 

 which fliouid be fown on a Bed of 

 fine Earth in March, covering the 

 Seeds about a Quarter of an Inch 

 thick with the iame light Earth j in 

 April the young Plants will appear, 

 when they mull: be carefully clear 'd 

 from Weeds y and if the Scaibn 

 fhould be dry, they muff be often 

 refrelh'd with Water : V/hcn th.'fe 

 Plants are about fix Inches high, 

 they ihould be carefully taken up, 

 and tranfphnted into Pots, fiU'd 

 with frefn hght Earth, and plac'd in 

 a fhady Situation, until they have 

 taken Root ; after which Time they 

 may be expos'd with other hardy 

 Exoticks 'till Ociober, when they 

 niuft be reraov'd into the Grccn- 

 houfe vnth Myrtles, oleanders, 8cc. 

 where they fhould have as much free 

 Air as poliible in mild Weather, and 

 muil be often water'd. Theie Plants 

 are pretty hardy, and only require to 

 be protedred from hard Froft. They 

 will grow to the Height of ten or 

 twelve Feet, and do liow^r molf 

 Part of the Year, which renders 

 them worthy of a Place in every good 

 Garden. 



■ ALCHIMILLAi Ladies- Mantle.] 

 / The Characters are j 



The Leaves are fer rated y the Cup 

 of the Floyper is divided into eight 

 Segments, which are expanded in 

 Torm of a Star y the Ylowers are col- 

 lected into Bunches upon the Tops of 

 the Stalks ; the Seed-vejfels contain 

 for the Kioji Part t'^o Seeds in each. 



The Species are, 

 ^ I. Alchimilla ; vulgaris. C» B. 

 Common Ladies Mantle, 



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X. Alchimilla , Alpintt, puBe^ 

 fcensy minor, H.R.Far. The lefTcr 

 woolly Ladies- Mantle. 



5. Alchimilla j Alpina, quin- 

 .qucfolia, folio fubtus argent eo. Tourn. 

 The Alpine five-Ieav'd Ladies-Mantle, 

 with the under Part of the Leaves 

 white. 



The firft Sort is a Plant fome- 

 timcs us'd in Phvfick, and is gathered 

 frequently in moilf Meadov/s at fome 

 Diflance from London. This may be 

 kept in a Garden, if planted in a 

 moilf Soil, and is increas'd by 

 parting the Roots. 



The fecond Sort is a much lefs 

 Plant than the firfr, and is woolly 

 or foft to the Touchy but this Plant, 

 when cultivated in a good Soil, will 

 grow to be almofl ^s big as the 

 tirft. 



The third Sort is found wild in 

 Wejimorland, and other Northern 

 Parts of England : This with the 

 two former are preferv'd in curious 

 Botanick Gardens 3 but as there is lit- 

 tle Beauty in them, they are fjldora 

 planted in Gardens for Plealure : 

 They are all propagated by parting 

 their Roots, or lowing their Seeds 

 foon after they are ripe. 



ALDER-TREE i vide k\rmz. 



ALESANDER, or. ALEXAN- 

 DER ; vide Smyrnium, 



ALKEKENGIi WinterCherry. 

 The Characters are j 



It hath a Florcer, which confljls of 

 one Leaf, and is expanded at the Top, 

 but of a pentagonal Figure y the Fruit 

 ( which is about the Bigncfs of a 

 Cherry ) is inclos'd m the Ct^ of the 

 FloTver, which fwells over it in Form 

 of a Bladder. 



There are feveral Varieties of this 

 Plant cultivated by the curious. Bo- 

 taniils, but there is but one of them, 

 that is either uf^^fal or ornamental, 

 which is the Alkckengi Ofpcinaruiri 

 Tourn, 



