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The Species are ; 

 i.BoRAGOi fioribus cAYulets. J. 

 B. The common Borage, with 

 blue Flowers. 



2. B OR AGO j jff^r^ pallefcente, 

 rofeo nut fuave-rubente. Toum. 

 The common Borage, with a pale 

 Rofe-colour'd Fiowcr. 



3. BoRAGOi fioribui albb* f. 

 JB. The common Borage^ with 

 a white Flower. 



The firfl Sort is very common 

 in mofl Parts of England, being of- 

 ten found upon Dunghils, and in 

 public k Roads, where the Seeds 

 have been fcattered from Gardens, 

 but is hardly a native Plant of our 

 Iflandj however, it is fo far natu- 

 ralized amongft us, that where-ever 

 it is fuffered to ft and till its Seeds 

 are drop'd upon the Ground, there 

 will always be a plentiful Crop. 



The Seeds of this Plant may be 

 fown in the Spring; it will grow 

 in almoft any Soil, but beft in that 

 which is dry. This Plant is often 

 iifed in the Kitchen, and for cool 

 a'ankards in Summer-time, and 

 the Flowers are ufed in medicinal 

 Cordials. 



The White and Rofe-coloured 

 Flowers are accidental Varieties of 

 the common Sort; but the Seeds of 

 eirhcr'Sort being Town feparately. 

 Will produce fome Plants of the 

 fame kmd. 



BOSQUETS; are Groves, fo 

 call'd from Bouquet, in French, i.e. 

 a Noibgay. 



Theie are fmall Compartments of 

 Gardens, which are form'd of Trees, 

 Shrubs, or tail large grov/ing Plants, 

 pl.mted in Quarters, and are either 

 difpos'd regularly in P.ows, or m a 

 more wild or accidental manner, 

 according to the Fancy of the 

 Owner : Thele Quarters are com- 

 monly furroundcd with ever-green 

 Hedges, and the Entrances form'd 



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into regular Portico's with Yev/s, 

 which arc by far the beft, and mo ft 

 tonfile Trees for this Purpofc, In 

 the Infide of thofe Quarters may be 

 made fome Walks, either ftrait or 

 winding i whieh, if the Quarters 

 arc large, fliould be fix or eight 

 Feet broad, and may be laid with 

 Turf, and kept well mow'd and 

 roH'd, which will render the walk- 

 ing much eaiier and pleafanter than 

 if- the Walks are only the common 

 Earth, which in fmaller Quarters 

 can't be otherwife 5 for if the Trees 

 are clofe, and the Walks narrow, 

 fo as to be ihaded and over- hung 

 by the Trees, the Grafs will not 

 grow. 



Thele Quarters may be alfo fur- 

 rounded with Hedges of Limei 

 Elm, Hornbeam, or Beech; which 

 fliould be kept well fliear'd, and 

 not fuffered to rife too high -, that 

 the Heads of the Trees may be 

 fully feen over them, and the Stems 

 only hid from the Sight, when in 

 the Walks on the Outlide of the 

 Quarters. 



In the planting of thefe Bofquets, 

 you fhould obferve to mix the Trees, 

 which produce their Leaves of dif- 

 ferent Shapes, and various Shades 

 of Green, and hoary or meally 

 Leaves, fo as to afford an agree- 

 able Profped: j befides, there is 3 

 great Variety of different Fruits 

 which thefe Trees produce in Au- 

 tumn, which altho' of little or no 

 Ufe, that we know of, yet have 

 a Very good Effect, in affording an 

 agreeable Variety for fome Time 

 after the Leaves are gone; as the 

 Euonymus or Spindle-Tree, the 0/»«- 

 lus or Marjlj-Elder, the Cock-Spur 

 Harothorn, with many other Sorts, 

 too many to mention in this Place : 

 But 1 would adviie never to mix 

 Ever-greens with deciduous Trees; 

 for befides the ill Eifea: it hath to 



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