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ECHTUM; Vipers Buglofs. 



The Characiers arej 

 The Cup of the Flower is large, 

 find divided into five long Jlender 

 Segments : The Flower conjifis of one 

 Ledf, is fhafd like a Funnel, and 

 fomewhat infiecied, having its upper 

 Part Jiretch'd out to a greater Length 

 than the lower : The upper Fart or 

 Galea of the Flower is divided into 

 two, and the lower Fart or Beard 

 into three Farts : In the Middle of 

 the Flower are produc'djive Stamina 

 (or Threads^ which are reflex' d: 

 Fach Flower is fucceeded by four 

 Seedsy which are in Form of a Viper's 

 Bead. 



The Species are j 



1. EcHiuM. C. B. Common 

 Vifers Buglofs.* 



2. EcHiuMj majus, ^ afperius, 

 flore albo. C. B. Great rough 



Vipers Buglofs, with a white 

 Flower. 



3. EcHiuM j majus, &> afperius, 

 ^ore dilute purpurea. Bot. Monfp. 



Great rough Vipers Buglofs, with 

 a Flower of a pale purple Colour. 



4. EcHiuMj amplijfimo folio, Lu- 

 ftanicum. To urn. Portugal Vipers 

 Buglofs, with a large Leaf. 



5". EcHiuM ; Creticum, latifo- 

 lium, rubrum. C. B. Broad-leav'd 

 Candia Vipers Buglofs, with a red 

 Flower. 



6. EcHiuM i Creticum, angufti- 

 fvlium, rubrum, C. B. Narrow- 

 kav'd Candia Vipers Buglofs, with 

 a. red Flower. 



7. EcHiuM ,• foil is anguflis ^ 

 villofis. Journ. Vipers Buglofs, 

 with narrow hairy Leaves. 



There are feveral other Varieties 

 of this Plant, which are prelerv'd 

 m curious Botanick , Gardens ^ but 

 thefe here mention'd are the chief 

 Sorts which I have obferv'd in 

 JLngland. The firft Sort is found 

 y/iid upon dry chalky Hills and 



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gravelly Soils in divers Parts of 

 England, and is fometimes ufed in 

 Medicine : But there are none of 

 the Varieties which are cultivated 

 for their Beauty ; tho' I think the 

 firft, fifth, and lixth Sorts do de- 

 ferve a Place in fbme dry abjedt 

 Part of the Garden, where little 

 elfe will grow, for the fake of Va- 

 riety, and the long Continuance of 

 their Flowers. They are mofl of 

 them biennial Plants, the Seeds be- 

 ing fown in the Spring, will the 

 fecond Summer after produce Flow- 

 ers and Seeds, after which they 

 feldom continue : They all delight 

 in a rubbifhy gravelly Soil, and 

 will grow upon the Tops of old 

 Walls or Buildings, where, wljen 

 once they have eiliabliili'd them- 

 felves, they will drop their Seeds, 

 and thereby maintain a Succel- 

 fion of Plants without any Care; 

 and on thefe Places they appear 

 very beautiful. 



EDER A QUINQUEFOLL^ i vi- 

 de Vitis. 



EDGINGS. The beft and mofl 

 durable Plant for Edgings in a Gar- 

 den is Box, which, if well planted, 

 and rightly manag'd, will continue 

 in Beauty for feveral Years: The 

 beft Sea f on for planting this, is 

 either in the Autumn, or very early 

 in the Spring ; for if you plant it 

 late, and the Sealbn fhould prove 

 hot and dry, it will be very fub- 

 je6t to mifcarry, unlefs great Care 

 is, taken to fupply it with Water. 

 The beft Sort for this Purpofc is 

 the Dwarf Dutch-Box. 



Thefe Edgings are only planted 

 upon the Sides of Borders next 

 Walks, and not (as the Faihion 

 fome Years ago) to plant the Fdg- 

 ings of Flower-beds, or the Edges 

 of Fruit-borders in the Middle of 

 Gardens, unlefs they have a Gravel 

 Walk between them, which ren- 

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