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Michfielmcts following, obferving to 

 keep them clear from Weeds ; then 

 you may tranfplant them into the 

 middle of large Borders, intermix- 

 ing the Variety of Colours, at re- 

 gular Diftances, amongft Flow- 

 ers of the fame Growth. In May 

 following thefe will produce their 

 Flowers, which will continue near 

 a Month in Beauty, if the Seafon is 

 not too hot and dry, and in Augufi 

 the Seeds will ripen 5 which if 

 permitted to fall to the Ground, 

 will come up in great Plenty, and 

 abundantly Itock the Garden with 

 Plants. 



Some of thefe Sorts feldom re- 

 main above two Years, when after 

 having perfedled their Seeds, they 

 die, unlefs Care be taken to cut off 

 the Flowers when they are in 

 Beauty, before they begin to "decay, 

 which often caules the Roots to 

 break out again, whereby they 

 may be kept tor feveral Years (e- 

 fpecially the Iron-colour'd Sorts) 

 and may be increas'd by parting 

 their Roots. 



Thefe Plants thrive beft in a 

 poor undung'd frefh Soil, nor can 

 they be maintained many Years in 

 a rich Soil, and their Flowers will 

 be, when planted therein, much 

 fmaller, and of fliorter Duration j 

 and altho' they are fome of them 

 common in -E«^/^«^, yet they make 

 a very good Appearance in large 

 Gardens. 



The ninth Sort is of a nicer Na- 

 ture, and requires to be ilielter'd in 

 a Greenhoule in Winter ; which 

 indeed it is worthy of, tor it is one 

 of the handfomeft Flov/crs, when 

 in Beauty, of moft of the Green- 

 houfe Plants : This is multiply'd 

 by fowing the Stz^s in the Spring 

 upon a moderate Hot-bed ^ and 

 when the Plants are ftrong enough 

 IQ be remov'd, they fliould be 



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planted in Pots fiU'd with frefh 

 light fandy Earth, and the Pots 

 plung'd into a very moderate Hot- 

 bed, in order to facilitate the Root- 

 ing of the Plants, obierving to 

 water and fhade them until they 

 have taken f rcfli Root ■■> after which 

 they muft be cnur'd to the open 

 Air by degrees, and in Summer 

 may be cxpos'd in a fhelter'd Place, 

 amongd other Exotick Plants: In 

 Winter the Pots fhouid be plac'd 

 in a Green-houfe, fo that the Plants 

 may enjoy as much free Air as 

 polfible, but mufl be prefer v'd from 

 Froft, and do require frequent Re- 

 frefnings with Water. 



This Plant produces its Flowers 

 in ftinei and the Seeds ripen in 

 Augujl. 



DILL ; "c^zV? Anethum. 

 DIPSACUSi TheTeafel. 



The Characlers arcj 

 The whole Flower hath no proper 

 Calix, hit Leaves reprejenting the 

 Feria?Jthium, encompajjfing the Bot- 

 tom of the Head: The little Flowers, 

 which are prodiicd jingly from be- 

 tween the Scales, are collected into 

 a Head, fomewhat like a Bet- hive; 

 thefe are fncceeded by longiflj four- 

 ccrnefd Seeds. 



The Species are ; 



1. Dip s Acv s i JylveJIr is, aut Virgo- 

 Fafioris, major. C. B. The greater 

 Wild Teafel. 



2. DiPSAcus ; fylv'eflris, capitulo 

 minorey i/el Virgo, Fafioris, minor. 

 a B, Small Wild Teafel, or Shep- 

 herd's Rod. 



3. DiPSACus ; folio laciniato. C. B. 

 Cut-leav'd Tcaici. 



4. DipsAcusj fativus. C. B, Ma- 

 nured Teafel. 



The firfl: of thefe Plants is very 

 common upon dry Banks, in moft 

 Parts of England, and is feldom 

 cultivated in Gardens, unlefs for the 

 fake of Variety. 



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