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prop3gated by parting the Roots 

 ia the Spring, or by planting Cut- 

 tings in any ot'the Summer Months, 

 which if water'd and fhaded will 

 take Root in fix Weeks-time, when 

 they may be tranfplanted into the 

 Borders where they are to remain 

 for good : This Plant produces very 

 pretty Umbels of Gold -colour'd 

 Flowers upon the Tops of the 

 Branches, which continue in Beau- 

 ty for a long Time, which renders 

 it "worthy of a Place in every good 

 Garden. The other four Sorts are 

 tenderer, and mud be preferv'd 

 cither in a Green-houfe or under 

 a Hot-bed Frame in Winter. 



Thefe are propagated by plant- 

 ing their Cuttings in any of the 

 Summer-Monthti in a Bed of light 

 Earth i which if kept fhaded and 

 xvater'd, will take Root in two 

 Months time j when they muft be 

 planted into Pots fiU'd with fre/h 

 light Earth, and may be expos'd 

 to the open Air until OBober \ at 

 which Time they fhould be re- 

 mov'd to Shelter, left the Morning 

 Frofts fhould injure them : But 

 they require to have a great Share 

 of free open Air in mild Weather, 

 for if they are fhut up too clofe 

 they are very fubjed: to Mould i- 

 nefs, and their younger Branches 

 arc very apt to decay : They muft 

 aifo have frequent, but moderate 

 Waterings in Winter ; and in the 

 Spring, iliould be remov'd into the 

 open Air as ibon as pofilble, ob- 

 ferving to do it by degrees, that 

 they may not receive a great Check 

 thereby. With this Management 

 thefe Plants will fome of them 

 grow to be eight or nine Feet high, 

 and become very woody, and will 

 produce great Quantities of Flow- 

 ers through mofl: Part of the Year, 

 ^hich renders them worthy of a 

 Place in a good Green-houfe. 



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COMMELINA. 



The Cha,raclers are ; 



The Leaves are prodncU alter* 

 nately, and fiivround the Stalks at 

 their Bafe, being in Shape [ome-what 

 like the Ephemeron : The Stalks 

 trail upon the Ground, and grovp 

 very branchy : At fetting on oj the 

 Branches, between the Wing of the 

 Leaf and the Stalk, is produced a, 

 Mower which conjifts of two Leaves^ 

 which are plac'd in the Form of two 

 IVingSy much after the manner of 

 the Butterfly Flowers : Yrom the up- 

 per Fart of the Flower are produc'd 

 three fljort Stamina (or Threads) ; 

 upon which are fajlen'd yellow Apices, 

 •which refemble the Head of a Mulh- 

 room : In the under Fart of the 

 Flower are produc'd three other Male 

 Stamina, which are thicker and 

 longer than the other : The Ovary 

 is produc'd in the Center of the 

 Flower, which is extended into a long 

 intoned Tube, and becomes an ob- 

 long Fruit, divided into two Cells, 

 in each of which is contain'' d one ob- 

 long Seed. 



The Species are,* 



I. CoMMELiNA ; grami?7ea, latz- 

 folia, Jlore cAruleo. Plum. Nov. 

 Gen. Broad Grafs-le^v'd Herb Com- 

 meline, with blue Flowers. 



1. CoiMMELiNA i erecia, ampliore^ 

 fub c&ruleo Jlore. Hort. Elth. p. 9 1 . 

 Upright broad-leav'd Commeline, 

 with blueifli Flowers. 



Thefe Plants feldom continue 

 with us longer than one Year j 

 but the Seeds, which are annually 

 ripen'd, falling to the Ground, will 

 grow again, fb that we need be at 

 no farther Trouble than to allot 

 them a Place in a warm Border, 

 and not fuffering them to be de- 

 ftroy'd, where they will maintain 

 themfelvcs without any Culture. 

 The Stalks of the firft -Sort ftrike- 

 ing Roots at the Joints as it lies 



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