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Repetition, and lliall proceed to 

 the Chind Fink, which is a Flower 

 of later Date amongfl us than any 

 of the former, which altho' it hath 

 no Scent, yet far the great Diver- 

 lity of beautiful Colours which are 

 in thefe Flowers, with their long 

 Continuance in flower, do merit a 

 Place in every good Garden. 



I. Caryophyllusj Sinenfiy /«- 

 pinust leu>coiifol'u,fiorevnrio. Tonrn. 

 The variable China or Indian 

 Pink. 



^. Caryophyllus J Sinenfis, fu" 

 finus, leucoii folio, J?orepleno. Boerh. 

 Ind. The double China pink. 



There is a great Variety of 

 diffei-ent Colours in thefe Flowers, 

 which vary annually as they are 



f;)roduc'd from Seeds, fb that in a 

 arge Bed of thefe Flowers, fear ccly 

 two of them are exactly alike, and 

 their Colours in fome are exceed- 

 ing rich and beautiful ; we (hould 

 therefore be careful to iave the 

 S^tds from fuch Flowers only that 

 are beautiful, tew they are very 

 fubje<S to degenerate from Seeds. 



And the Seeds of the double Sort 

 will produce many double Flowers 

 again i but the Seeds of the finglc 

 will fcarccly ever produce a double 

 Flower. 



Thefe Flowers are only propa- 

 gated by Seeds, which ihould be 

 Ibwn toward the End of March, 

 in a Pot or Box of good light 

 lEarth, and iet under a Glafs to 

 forward its vegetating ; giving it 

 Water as often as you fhall fee 

 necefTary, and in about a Month's 

 Time your Plants will come up, 

 and be of fome Bignefs j you muft 

 therefore expofe them to the open 

 Air, and in a lliort Time after pre- 

 pare fome Beds of good frefh Earth, 

 (not too ft iff) in which you may 

 prick out thefe Plants, about three 

 Inches f(^uare, obferving to water 



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and (hade them, as the Seafon may 

 require. 



In thofe Beds they may remaii* 

 until the Middle of June, at which 

 Time you may remove and plant 

 them in the Borders of the Plea^- 

 fure-Garden, being careful to pre- 

 fcrve as much Earth to their Roots 

 as polfible; and in a Month's time 

 after they will begin to flower^ 

 and continue until the Froft pre- 

 vent them. About the Middle or 

 Latter-end of Auguft their Seeds 

 will begin to ripen, at which time 

 you fliould look over them once a 

 Week, gathering off the Pods that 

 are changed brown, and fpread 

 them, on Papers to dry, when yon 

 may rub out the Seed, and put ic 

 up for Ufc . Tho' thefe Plants are 

 ufually term'd Annuals, and fowa 

 every Year ; yet their Roots will 

 abide two or three Years, if fuf- 

 fer'd to remain, and will endure 

 the greateft Cold of our Winters, 

 if planted in a dry Soil, and 

 without any Shelter, as I experi- 

 enced in the Year 1728. at 

 which Time I had a large Bed 

 of thefe Flowers, which was rais'd 

 a Foot above the Level of the 

 Ground \ and altho* its Situation 

 was fuch , that the Sun never fhone 

 upon it from Oclober to March, 

 yet I had not one Root deftroyed 

 in the whole Bed, altho' it ftood 

 open, and without any Care taken 

 of it. 



I fhall now come to the Sweet- 

 IVilliams, where I {hall firft give 

 the Names of a few of them, and 

 proceed to their Culture. 



1. Caryophyllus j burbatui., 

 bovtenfis, UtifoVms. C. B The 

 broad-leav'd Sweet- William, with 

 red Flowers. 



2. Caryophyllus ; barbatus, 

 hortenJJs, latijolius, fore i>kriegato. 

 Boerh. ImL The bioad-leav'd 



Sweets. 



