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B. CvANUSi Orientalh, alter feu 

 CmftantinopolitanHs, Jlore fiftulofo, 

 candkmte. H. R. Par. White 

 qaili'd-leav'd fvveet Sultan. 



9. Cyanusj Orientalisyfioreluteo 

 fjbdofo. A.R.Far. Yellow quill'd- 

 kav'd fweet Sultan. 



10. Cyanusj [egetum, jlore ca- 

 vsleo. C. B. Corn Blue-bottle. 



1 1. Cyanus -jfegetum, flore albv. 

 C B. Corn-bottle, with a white 

 Fiov/er. 



12. Cyanusj fegetMm, Jiore vu- 

 rkgatQ. Corn-bottie, with a va- 

 sbble Flower. 



The firft and fecond Species are 

 abiding Plants, which increafe 

 greatly by their creeping Roots. 

 The hrll is very common in moft 

 tof the old Country Gardens, but is 

 iexiom. pjcferved in curious Flower- 

 Gardess, becaufe it is fo apt to 

 overlpread whatever Plants grow 

 sear it: however, it may have a 

 Place in large Borders under Trees, 

 €>r in Wildernefles, where it will 

 thrive very well : And altho' it is a 

 Flower of little Beauty ; yet, for 

 its Variety and long Continuance to 

 £ower, it dcferves to be propa- 

 gated^ in very large Gatrdens. The 

 iecond is at preient lefs common 

 in Englar.d, being rarely to be 

 found bat in Botanick Gardens : 

 The'e are multiply'd by taking 

 Oit-letsf'romthe old Roots (which 

 they furnilh in great Plenty) either 

 in Spring or Autumn, and will 

 grov/ i^ii any Soil or Situation. 



The third, fourth, fifth, lixth, 

 ieventh, eighth, and ninth Sorts 

 are commonly fov/n on a Hot-bed, 

 and neated as the Balfamine, or 

 Mawel of Peru : but thefe will 

 ilower full as v/eil if they are Town 

 on a Border of- good light Earth, 

 in a warm Poiition, (except the 

 fixth and ninth Sorts., v/hich fliould 

 iir,'c it Ho.-bed); and wiu'n the 



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Plants come up, they may be 

 prick'd out upon another Bed of 

 good Earth fix Inches apart each 

 Way, where they may remain un- 

 til they are ftrong enough to be 

 tranfplanted where they are to 

 fiovv^er ; which may be either in 

 Pots or in Borders amongft other 

 Annuals : in doing of which, you 

 muft be careful not to ihake the 

 Earth from their Roots i and when 

 they are planted, they ihould be 

 water'd and fhaded until they have 

 taken new Root. In July thefe 

 Plants will begin to flower, and 

 continue until the Froft prevents 

 them. But you fhould obferve to 

 let the carlieft Flowers remain for 

 Seeds j for if the Autumn ftiould 

 prove cold and wet, the late i^low- 

 ers will not produce good Seeds, 

 efpecially the yellow Sort, which 

 fel4om perfects Seeds 'unlefs they 

 are brought to flower very early. 



Thcle Plants are annual, and 

 rarely continue after perfefting 

 their Seeds ^ yet in order to have 

 them flower early in the Seafon, 

 you may low their Seeds the lat- 

 ter End oi July or the Beginning 

 of Auguft, that the Plants may 

 have Strength before the cold Wea- 

 ther comes on, which being planted 

 into warm Borders will endure the 

 Cold very well, (provided they are 

 not fb forward as to run up to 

 flovv'-er) and will flower early the 

 next Summer ^ by which Method 

 you may always be fure to obtain 

 good Seeds. 



The Corn-bottles are alio An- 

 nuals, which for the Diverlity of 

 their Flowers were propagated in 

 Gardens, but of late Years they are 

 almoft excluded j however, the va- 

 riable Flowers are worthy of a 

 Place in every good Garden. Thefe 

 fhould be fown in Autumn, and 

 m?y be tia^fplantcd ijito large Bor? 



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