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Ndurillimcnt, that it may with Eafc 

 enter their fmailBodics in a juft Pro- 

 portion. 



ANCHUSAi Alkanet. 

 This is a Species ot Buglos, that 

 hath a red Root y it is brought over 

 from the Southern Parts oi:" Fra/jcey 

 and is us'd in Medicine i this Plant 

 'wiil grow in almoil: any Soil, ( but 

 delights moffc in a Tandy light Earth) 

 it muft be fown in March, in the 

 Place, where it is to remain 5 for it 

 has a Tap-root, and feldom thrives 

 Well, when tranfplanted : Thefe 

 Roots with us have not that tine Co- 

 lour, nor are fo good for Uie, as 

 thofe brought from warmer Coun- 

 tries, where J fufpetl they are dy 'd. 



ANDROSiEMUM 5 Tutfan or 

 Park-leaves. 



This Plant grows wild in many 

 Pans of Engl.r/idy and is feldom pre- 

 ferv'd inGardensi it delights in Ihady 

 Places, growing for the moll part 

 under Hedges or Trees. 



ANEMONE ; Wind-flower. 



The Characlcrs are. 

 Jt hath a funplc Stdk^ -which is 

 Jtirrounded by a Leaf: Upoyi the Top of 

 the Stalk is produccl one naked Flower, 

 rohich confifls of many Petals, (^ or 

 Flovoer Leaves ) with many Stamina 

 or Threads in the Center j the Seeds 

 are collecied into an oblong Heady 

 which are fur rounded with a copious 

 Down, 



There is a great Variety of thefe 

 Flowers preferv'd in the Gardens of 

 the curious Florills, which are com- 

 monly divided into two Cialfes, ^7;:,. 

 the Broad and Narrow-leav'd Sorts : 

 Under each of thefe Divilions there 

 is a great Variety, which differ in 

 the Shape, Colour, or Size of the 

 Flower. To mention all the parti- 

 cular Sorts which are preferv'd in 

 one Garden only, would be tirefome 

 to the Reader, and of little Ufe : I 

 Aiall therefore proceed to the Culture 



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of them ; and firfb of the Soil proper 

 to blow them to great Advantage. 



Take a Qiiantiuy of frelh untry'd 

 Earth ( from a Common, or fome 

 other Pallure-land ) that is of a 

 light fandy Loam or hazel Mould i 

 obfervin^ not to take it above ten 

 Inches deep below the Surface, anti 

 if the Turf be taken with it, the bet- 

 ter, provided it hath Tmic to rot, 

 before it is us'd : Mix this with a 

 third Part of rotten Cow-dung, an<t 

 lay it in a Heap, keeping it turn'd 

 over, at lealf once a Month, the 

 better to mix it, and rot the Dung 

 and Turf, and to let it have the Ad- 

 vantages of the free Air : In doing 

 this Work, be careful to rake out all 

 great Stones, and break the Clods, 

 ( but I would by no means approve 

 of lifting or Icrecning the Earth, 

 which I have found very hurtful to 

 many Sorts ot Roots ) 5 for when 

 Earth is made very hne, upon the fir It 

 great Rains in Winter or Spring, the 

 imall Particles thereof join clofely 

 together, and form one Iblid Mafs, 

 So that the Roots often perifh for 

 W^ant of fome fmall Stones to keep 

 the Particles afunder, and make Way 

 for the tender Fibres to draw 

 Nourilhment for the Support of the 

 Root. 



This Earth fliould be mix'd twelve 

 Months, before it is us'd, ifpolTiblej 

 but if you are conifraind to ufe it 

 Iboner, you muft turn it over the 

 oftener, to mellow and break the 

 Clods j and obferve to rake out all 

 the Parts of the Green-fward, that 

 are not quite rotten, before you ufe 

 it ; which would be prejudicial td 

 your Roots, if fufPer'd to remain. 

 The Beginning ot'Septcfnber is a pro- 

 per Sealbn to prepare the Beds for 

 Planting, ( which, if in a wet Soil, 

 fhould be rais'd with this Sort of 

 Earth fix or eight Inches above the 

 Surface of the Ground, Uying at the 

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