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ply'd with Water in dry Wfeathcr, 

 will take Root very well in about 

 three Months time, when they 

 may be reniov'd with Safety where 

 they are delign'd to remain. 



The third Sort is a biennial Plant, 

 rarely abiding after it hath perfect- 

 ed its Seeds : This fhould be Ibwn 

 in a Border which is fcreen'd from 

 the cold Winds 5 and when the 

 Plants are come up, they may be 

 tranfplanted to a greater Diftance 

 in the fame wcU-fhelter'd Border i 

 and the Spring following, the 

 Plants will flower, and foon after 

 will perfed their Seeds : which, 

 if permitted to fcatter upon the 

 Ground, will arife of them (elves, 

 without any more Trouble, and 

 need only to be transplanted where 

 the Plants are intended to re- 

 main. 



The firfl: and fecond Sorts are 

 very hardy, and propagate them- 

 felves very faft by their Creeping 

 Roots, which if fuffer'd to fpread, 

 as they are naturally inclined, will 

 in a fliort Time cover a large Spot 

 of Ground : Therefore they ihould 

 be planted at a good Diftance, and 

 rcmov'd every Spring or Autumn, 

 to prevent their over-running the 

 Ground. 



The fecond Sort is prefcrib'd in 

 the latl College Difpenfamy : But 

 the firft is our common Sort in 

 TjigL-rJ, which is what the Mar- 

 kets are fuppiy'd withal ; the fe- 

 cond being to be found only in 

 curious Gardens of Plants. 



CHAM.ELEA i vide Thymelea. 



CHAMi^L^A i Widow- Wail. 

 The Chara^ers are j 



It hath a Floroer conjifting of one 

 Leaf, -which is deeply divided into 

 three Tarts : The Cup of the 'Flower 

 is alfo of one Leaf divided into three 

 Segments : The Fruit conf/fs of three 

 h^rd Barries clofely join'd to^ethetj 



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hi each of which is contained one ob- 

 long Seed\ To which ?nay be added. 

 It hath the Appearance of a Shrub y 

 and the Leaves are fmall and ob» 

 long. 



There is but one Species of this 

 Plant in the Englifl) Gardens, which 

 is, 



Cham^l^a ; trlcoccos. C. B» 

 The Widow-Wail. 



This is a Shrub of low Growth* 

 feldom ariling above two or three 

 Feet in Height with us, and is 

 fomewhat tender; therefore fliould 

 (if planted abroad) have a warm 

 Pofition, and a dry Soil: It is 

 ufually preferv'd in Green-houfes 

 in the Winter ,• but I find it will 

 endure the Cold of our common 

 Winters in the open Ground, it 

 defended from the cold Winds. 



This Plant is propagated by {ow- 

 ing the Seeds, foon after they are 

 ripe, in a Pot or Tub of Earth, 

 which fhould be flielter'd from 

 Frofts in Winter, and the Earth 

 fuffer'd to remain undifturb'd till 

 the fecond Year, when the Seeds 

 will arife; which to promote, if 

 you place the Pot into a gentle 

 Hot-bed, it will greatly forward 

 the Growth of the Plants. When 

 the Plants are come up about fix 

 or eight Inches high, they may be 

 tranfplanted fingly into fmall Pots, 

 and fcreen'd from the Sun until 

 they have taken frefh Root: ARer 

 which Time they fliould be ex- 

 posed to the open Air ; but for the 

 two firfl Winters, while young, 

 fhould be fhelter'd under a com- 

 mon Hot- bed Frame: But after- 

 wards they may be turn'd out of 

 the Pots into the full Ground, un- 

 der a WalL O'C. (as was before 

 diredcd) where tbey will abide 

 very well. This Plant hath no 

 great Beauty ; nor do 1 know any 

 tJfe made of it in England i and is 



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