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Root i after wards they may be ei- 

 ther planted m Pots, or in a warm 

 Border under a South Wall, where 

 it will remain for fevcral Years, 

 unlefs dedroy'd by violent haid 

 Frofts i for which Reaibn 'tis ad- 

 vifeable always to keep a Pot or 

 two of this Plant under a Frame, 

 ss a Refcrve, in cafe thofe abroad 

 fliould be dcftroy'd. This Plant 

 produces its Flowers in June and 

 "julj^ but the Seeds are feldom per- 

 fected in this Climate : And aitho' 

 there is no great Beauty in the 

 Flowers of this Plant, yet for the 

 Variety of its round hoary iweet- 

 fmcUing Leaves, it deferves a 

 Place in very good Gardens. 



The fecond Sort was found upon 

 Mount Sipylus, by Sir George IVhee- 

 ler in his Travels, and by him fent 

 to Oxford. This is a very neat 

 Plant, affording long Spikes of 

 Flowers, which continue a long 

 Time in Beauty, and deferves a 

 Place with the former in every 

 good Garden. This is propagated 

 and manag'd as the other in every 

 refpei^T:. 



DIGITALIS i Fox Glove. 

 The Characzers are; 



The Leaves are produced alter- 

 riMely on the Branches : The Cup of 

 the Flower confifls of one Leaf iffhich 

 is divided into fix ample long Seg- 

 ments ; the Flower conjifls of one 

 Leaf is tubulofe and comprefs'd, and 

 a little reflex' d at the Brim: Thefe 

 Flowers are difpos'd in a long Spike, 

 and always grow upon one Side of the 

 Stalk: The Ovary of the Flower be- 

 comes a roundifl) Fruit, which ends 

 in a Foint, and opens in the Middle^ 

 has two Cells, in which are contained 

 many fn all Seeds. 



The Species are^ 



1, Digitalis ; purpurea. J, B, 

 The purple Fox-Glove. 



2. Digitalis} vulgaris, flore cur- 



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neo. Hort. Ed. Common Flelh co- 

 lour'd Fox-Glove. 



5. Digitalis j flore magno, can- 

 dido. J, B. Fox-Glove, with a 

 large white Flower. 



4. Digitalis; latifolia, flore fer^ 

 rugineo. Mor. Rift. Broad-leav'd 

 Fox-Glove, with an Iron-colour'd 

 Flower. 



y. Digitalis ; anguflifolia, flore 

 ferruginco. C. B. Narrow-leav'd 

 Fox-Glove, with an Iron-colour'd 

 Flower. 



6. Digitalis ; lutea, magno flore, 

 C. B. Fox-Glove, with a large 

 yellow Flower. 



7. Digitalis ; major y lutea, vel 

 pallida, parvo flore. C. B. Greater 

 Fox-Glove, with a fmail pale-yeliow 

 Flower. 



8. Digitalis ; Orientalis, folio 

 Tragopcgi, flore albido. T. Cor. Ea- 

 fiern Fox-Glove, with a Goat's- 

 Beard Leaf and a whitifh Flower. 



9. Digitalis; Canarienfis^ acan- 

 thoides, frutefcens, flore aureo. Hort, 

 Amfl. "Shiubby Canary Fox-Glove, 

 with a Gold-colour Flower. 



The firll of thefe Plants is very 

 common in fhady "Woods, and up- 

 on uncultivated Heaths in divers 

 Parts of England: The two next 

 are alio Varieties of the firft, from 

 which they only differ in the Co- 

 lour of the Flowers. 



The fourth, fifth and fixth Sorts 

 are prelerv'd in Gardens, for the 

 Beauty of their Flowers ; but the 

 fevcnth and eighth Sorts are only 

 cultivated in Boranick Gardens for 

 the Sake of Variety, as being Plants 

 of no great Beautyt 



Thcle Plants may all be propa- 

 gated by fowing their Seeds in 

 March, in a frelh Soil that is not 

 too ftiflf; and when the Plants 

 come up, they fhould be tranf^ 

 planted into Beds fix Inches afunder, 

 where they may remain until the 

 Michael* 



