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Bounds, you fliould at leafl once a 

 Year dig round them, and cut off 

 all the fpreading Roots, which 

 would other wife extend themfelves 

 very far, and become unfightly, and 

 with thefe Roots you may make 

 irefli Plantations. Thele come at a 

 middle Seafbn to flower. 



The lixth, feventh, and ninth 

 Sorts are very late Flowerers, fel- 

 dom appearing till October^ and do 

 in a good Sealon hold til 1 the Mid- 

 dle of November, for which Reafon 

 they are much efteem'd. 



The feventh Sort grows to a 

 great Height, and is very proper 

 to intermix with other large Kinds j 

 but it is not fo fubjedt to creep at 

 the Root as they are, and the 

 Flowers are large, growing in 

 handfome Tufts. 



The lixth Sort flowers very late, 

 but they are very fmall, and grow 

 iparfedly on the Branches ; for 

 which Reafon it is not fo valuable 

 as the other. But the ninth Sort 

 is one of the moft beautiful} the 

 Flowers are large, and of a deep 

 blue Colour j the whole Plant 

 grows eredt, and never creeps at 

 the Root : It begins to flower to- 

 ward the End of September, and 

 continues till the Middle of No- 

 •vember, and makes a very good 

 Shew during that Seafon. % 



All the Sorts of StdrtvorPs are 

 propagated by parting their Roots 

 early in the Spring, and will grow 

 in almoft any Soil or Situation i the 

 larger Sorts increafe io faft, that in 

 a ihort time they will run over a 

 large Spot of Ground, if not pre- 

 vented: Thefe grow bell in the 

 Shade i the lower Kinds feldom 

 creep at the Root, but mufl 

 be taken up and planted every 

 other Year, which will caufe their 

 Flowers to be the fairer. The 

 ninth Sort may be increased by 



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planting Cuttings of it in any of 

 the Spring Months, which will 

 flower the firft Year : The Roots 

 of this increafing but flowly, this 

 is the only Method to get a Stock 

 of this Plant. This Plant, if fet in 

 Pots and flielter'd in bad Weather, 

 will continue flowering moft Part 

 of the Winter, but dies to the Sur- 

 face in the Spring, as do all the 

 Sorts of Starvoorts. 



The Seeds of this beautiful Plant 

 were fent from Chineiy by fome of 

 the Trench Miflionaries, to the 

 Royal Garden at Paris j and have 

 been fmce diftributed to feveral 

 Perfbns in Europe by Dr. JeJJieUy 

 the prelent Botany Profeflbr; but 

 this Plant is not very common in 

 EngUrul as yet. The Seeds of this 

 Plant muft be fown on a moderate 

 Hot-bed the Beginning of March, 

 and when the Plants are come up, 

 they muft be tranfplanfed on a new 

 Hot-bed, obferving to fliade them 

 until they have taken Root ; after 

 this they muft be frequently wa- 

 tered, and fhould have a pretty 

 large Share ot Air whenever the 

 Weather is favourable j for if they 

 are kept too clofe, or have too 

 much Heat, they are very often in 

 danger of rotting near their Roots. 

 When the Plants have obtained a 

 good Share of Strength, they (liould 

 be tranfplanted into Pots filled with 

 frefh light Earth, and plunged into 

 a moderate Hot-bed, obferving to 

 fhade them until they have taken 

 Root ; after which they muft have 

 a large Share of Air, and fliould be 

 frequently refrefli'd with Water. In 

 yune thefe Plants muft be inured 

 to bear the open Air by Degrees, 

 to which they muft be fully ex- 

 pofed toward the latter End of the 

 Month (provided the Seafon be 

 favourable) and the End of 7«^/» 

 or the Beginning of ^gHji, they 



will 



