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Parterres. The fecond, third, and 

 fourth Sorts will come up in the 

 common Ground, without any ar- 

 tificial Heat, and make ftronger 

 Plants than when rais'd in a Hot- 

 bed, and ftand longer in Flower, 

 but the four lafl mention'd Sorts 

 are much tenderer, and muft be 

 rais'd on a Hot>bed, and afterward 

 planted in Pots, and fet into a frefh 

 Hot-bed to bring them forward 

 (efpecially the laft Sort) which 

 otherwife will not flower foon 

 enough to produce ripe Seeds. 

 There are two different Kinds of 

 this large double-flowcr'd Balfawine, 

 one is brought from the Wefi-Indies^ 

 by the Name of the Cock/pur j this 

 is very apt to produce large ftrong 

 Plants, but rarely begins to flower 

 till the End of the Summer, and 

 then very often hath but fmall 

 Quantities of Flowers, and feldom 

 produces ripe Seeds in England. 



The other Sort is brought from 

 China,, by the Name of Im?nortal 

 Eagle Flower -y this Plant produces 

 large beautiful double Flowers in 

 great Quantities, and is one of the 

 fineft annual Plants we have, con- 

 tinuing a long time in Flower, 

 (efpecially if flielter'd from the Vio- 

 lence of Wind and Rain, both of 

 which are great Enemies to this 

 Plant) i this Sort alio ripens Seeds 

 very well, but is apt to degenerate 

 in a few Years with us to fmgle 

 Flowers, and plain Colours. 



TheJe Plants muft be taken great 

 Care of while young, and in the 

 Hot-bed, particularly to give them 

 as much free Air as poflible, to 

 prevent their running up too ilen- 

 der , nor muft they have much 

 V/ater, which often rots tJiem at 

 Bottom near the Surface ot the 

 Ground. 



When you put thefe Plants into 

 pots, obferve tochufe fuchashave 



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clear fpotted Stems, which always 

 produce ftrip'd Flowers, and thole 

 with greenifti Stems white Flow- 

 ers, and the red Stems red Flowers: 

 So that it you have Plants enough, 

 you need only take the ftrip'd ones. 

 And in order to prcferve them 

 from degenerating, you flwuld take 

 off all fmgle or plain-colour'd Flow- 

 ers from your Plants, and not fuf- 

 fer them to ieed, by which means 

 you will preferve this beautiful 

 Plant many Years longer than you 

 otherways could. 



BALSAMITAi Coftus Horto- 

 rum, or Coft-Mary. 



The characters are ; 



The Floivers are naked, and of a 

 yellow Colour, growing in Umbels ort 

 the Top of the Stalks; the Leaves 

 are intire, and are crenated about 

 the Edges. 



We have at prefent but one 

 Specie of this Plant in the Englifj 

 Gardens, which is, 



Balsamita; major. Dod. The 

 large Coft-Mary. 



This Plant was formerly in 

 greater Requeft than it is at pre- 

 lent ; many People were fond of 

 it in Soups with other Herbsj and 

 its Ufe in Medicine is, at prefent, 

 but finall : However as it hath 

 been an old Garden-Herb, I thought 

 proper to mention it in this Place. 



This Plant increales very faft at 

 the Root, and will grow in almoft 

 any Soil or Situation, fb that vvho- 

 ever hath a mind to propagate it, 

 need only plant a few Slips m the 

 Spring or Autumn, in any com- 

 mon Border, and they will foon be 

 furnifh'd with enough of it, 



BAMIA MOSCHATA j %'ide 

 Ketmia. 



BANANA; -vide Mufa. 



BARBA CARPAi 'vide Ulmaria. 



BARBAJOVISi Jupiter's Beard, 

 or Sliver Bulh, 



The 



