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Hiji- The perennial Moth- Mullein, 

 with large yellow Flowers. 



There are feveral other Varieties 

 of this Plant, which are preferv'd 

 in the curious Gardens of the Bo- 

 taniftsi but thefe mention'd are 

 fbme of the mofl: beautiful, and 

 are worthy prefcrving in ail curi- 

 ous Gardens, except the firft, which 

 IS a fpontaneous Plant in England -^ 

 for which Reaibn 1 plac'd it here 

 in the Front, to introduce the 

 red. 



The three firfl mention'd are 

 biennial Plants, never ftanding more 

 than two Years, and fbmetimes 

 but one: They muft be fown in 

 the Spring j and when they are 

 come up, may be tranfplanted 

 where they are to remain for good. 

 If any of thefe Plants Ihoot up to 

 flower the firil Year, the Winter 

 will (ieftroy them, but thole that 

 are backward, will endure our fe- 

 vereft Winters, provided they are 

 planted on a dry rubbifhy Soil, and 

 the next Spring will flower and 

 produce good Seeds. 



The fourth and fifth Sorts are 

 Perennials, their Roots abiding 

 feveral Years in the Ground : Thefe 

 are alfo rais'd by fowing their 

 Seeds, for their Roots do fcldom 

 part well, and the often removing 

 them prevents their flowering 

 ftrong. All thefe Sorts delight in 

 a dry, poor, ftony, or gravelly 

 Soil, and are often found growing 

 upon old Walls and Buildings. 



BLIGHTS. 



There is nothing fo deftrudive 

 to a Fruit-Garden as Blights ; nor 

 is there any thing in the Bufmefs 

 of Gardening which requires more 

 of our ferious Attention than the 

 endeavouring to prevent or guard 

 againfl this great Enemy of Gar- 

 dens. 



In order therefore to remedy 



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this Evil, it will be neceffary firfl 

 to underftand the true Caules of 

 Blights : And altho' many curious 

 Perlbns have attempted to explain 

 the Caufes of them, yet very few 

 of them have yet come near the 

 Truth, except the Reverend and 

 Learned Mr. hales, who hath, in 

 his curious Book, intitlcd, Vegeta- 

 ble Staticks, given us fome accu- 

 rate Experiments upon the Growth 

 and Perfpiration of Plants ; toge- 

 ther with the various Effects the 

 Air hath upon Vegetables, that by 

 carefully attending thereto, toge- 

 ther with diligent Obfervations, we 

 need feldom be at a Lofs how 

 to account for the Caufes of Blights 

 whenever they may happen. 



But here I can't help taking No- 

 tice of the feveral Caufo of Blights, 

 as they have been laid down by 

 fome of our modern Writers on 

 Gardening i together,' with their 

 various Methods prefcrib'd to pre- 

 vent their Dcftrudion of Fruits, 

 &c. 



Some have iuppos'd, that Blights 

 are ufually produc'd by an Eaftcrly 

 Wind, which brings vaft Quanti- 

 ties of Infers Eggs along with it 

 from fome diflant Place, which 

 being lodg'd upon the Surfaces of 

 the Leaves and Flowers of Fruit- 

 Trees, caufe them to fhrivel up 

 and perifh. To cure this Diftera- 

 per, they advife the burning of wet 

 Litter on the Windward Side of 

 the Trees, that the Smoak thereof 

 may be carried to them by the 

 Wind, which they fuppofe will 

 ftifle and deflroy thefe Infects^ and 

 thereby cure the Diftemper. 



Others direft the Ufe of To- 

 bacco-duft j or to waih the Trees 

 with Water v/herein Tobacco- ftalks 

 have been infus'd for twelve Hours ; 

 which they fay will deftroy thefe 

 Infe^tsj and recover the Trees : 



And 



