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dctky where few other Things will 

 grow. 



CIRSIUM i Soft or Gentle 

 Thillle. 



The CharaBers arej 



It hath Leaves and Mowers "verv 

 like thofe of the Thiftle, but the 

 Spines upon the Leaves are fofter^ 

 and the Cup of the Flower is dejiitute 

 cf Spines, 



The Speries are ; 



1. CiRsiuM J Anglicnm. Ger. 

 The Englifi Soft or Gentle Thiftle. 



2. CiRsiuMj Britannicum, Clujii, 

 repens. J. B, The great Engli/h 

 Soft Gentle, or Melancholy Thi- 

 ftle. 



3. CiRsiuMj maximum, Afpho- 

 Mi radice. C, B. The greateft 

 uifphodeUrooted Gentle Thiftle. 



4. CiRsiuM 5 maculis argenteis 

 notatum. Journ. The Whitc*fpot- 

 ted Gentle Thiftle. 



There are feveral other Species of 

 this Plant, which are preferved in 

 curious Gardens of Plants j but as 

 there is little Ufe or Beauty in 

 them, fb I Ihall pafs them over in 

 this Place. 



The two firft Species here named, 

 grow^ wild in England j the other 

 two are Strangers, and only pre- 

 served for Variety in fbme few 

 Gardens : They may all be propa- 

 gated by fbwing their Seeds in the 

 .Spring, in almoft any Soil, but 

 they require an open Situation j and 

 ^?/hen the Plants come up, they 

 fibouM be fcparated to about two 

 Feet Diftance, tor they fpread very 

 far, efpecially the two firft, which 

 are terrible Creepers under-ground, 

 a:od therefore ftiould not be placed 

 neat other Plants, left they over- 

 bttar and deftroy them. The three 

 fiirft Sorts are alfo increafed by 

 parting their Root* j but the laft 

 is an A?\nuali and muft either be 



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fown every Spring, or the Seeds 

 fulTered to fhed upon the Ground, 

 which will come up without any 

 Trouble. 



CISTUS; Rock Rofe. 

 The Charadiers are; 



It hath the Appearance of a Tree : 

 The Leaves are produced by Fairs 

 oppofite upon the Branches : The Cup 

 of the Flower confjls of three or five 

 Leaves : The Flower confifls of many 

 Leaves, -which are expanded ia Form 

 of a Rojfe, having abundance of Sia.^ 

 mina or Threads in the Middle : 

 From the Center of the Cup arifes 

 the Ovary, which is rough and he- 

 mifpherical, and becomes a roundiflj 

 or pointed Veffel, confifling of many 

 Cells, in -which are contained many 

 fmall Seeds. 



The Species are; 



1. CisTus; masy folio oblonge in- 

 cano. C. B, The Male Cijius or 

 Rock Rofe, with oblong hoary 

 Leaves. 



2. Cist us ; mas, major, folio ro- 

 tundiori. J. B, The greateft Male 

 Cifius, or Rock Rofe, with roun- 

 difti Leaves- 



3. CisTUs 5 mas, folio breviore. 

 C. B, Short-leav'd Male Cifius, or 

 Rock Rofe. 



4. CisTus; mas, foliis undulatis, 

 ^ crifpis. Tourn. Male Cifius, or 

 Rock Rofe, with wav'd and curl'd 

 Leaves. 



f. CisTUSj ma s,Lufit ante us, folio 

 amplijfimo, incano. Tourn. Portugal 

 male Cifius, or Rock Rofe, with 

 large hoary Leaves. 



6. CisTUS ; Ladanifera, Monjpe* 

 lienfium. C. B. The Gum-bearing 

 Cifius, or Rock Rofe of Montpelier* 



7. CisTUSi Ladanifera, Hifpani' 

 ca, falicis folio, fhre candido. Tourn. 

 Spanilh Gum- bearing Cifius, or 

 Rock Rofe, with Willow Leaves 

 and white Flowers. 



8, Cist us. 



