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In Jum they will flower, and their 

 Seeds will be perfeaed in Angufl. 



This Plant is cultivated in the 

 open Fields, in the South Parts of 

 Trance and Italy, from whence the 

 Seed is brought to England for 

 Ufe i for it is too uncertain a Crop 

 to cultivate here, being very apt 

 to mifcarry in cold wee Summers. 



FOUNTAINS arc Sources or 

 Springs of living Water arifing out 

 of the Ground. As to the Original 

 of them, fee under the Article 

 Springs* 



Of Artificial Fountains there is a 

 great Variety ; the Mechanifm of 

 which not being to my Purpofe, 

 I will not dwell upon it : Tho' I 

 may affert, that they are not only 

 great Ornaments to a fine Garden, 

 but alfb of great Ufe. But they 

 ought not to be plac'd too near 

 the Houfe, by realon of the Va- 

 pours that arife from the Water, 

 which may be apt to ftrikea Damp 

 to the Walls, and fpoil the Paint- 

 ings, (^c. and the Summer Va- 

 pours may caufe a Malignity in 

 the Air, and fo be prejudicial to 

 the Health of the Family j and like- 

 wife the Noife may be incommo- 

 dious in the Night. 



Fountains in a Garden {hould be 

 fo diftributed, that they may be 

 feen almoft all at one Time, and 

 that the Water- fpouts may range all 

 in a Line one with another j which 

 is the Beauty of them 5 for this 

 occafions an agreeable Confuiion to 

 the Eye, making them appear to 

 be more in Number than really 

 they are. See fet d' Eau> Springs , 

 Vapours, Water, &:c. 



FRAGARIAj Strawberry. 

 ThQCharalicrs aiCj 



Jt hath a perennial fibrofe Root : 

 The Leaves are vein'd, growing upon 

 each Foot-Stalk : The Stalks trait 

 upon the Ground : The Cup of the 



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Flciver confjls of one Leaf, which b 

 divided into ten equal Parts, and 

 expands in Form of a Star : The 

 Flower confifis for the mofl part of 

 Jive Leaves, which expand in Form 

 of a Rofe, and have many Stamina 

 in the Middle, round the Bafe of the 

 Ovary : The Fruit is glob of e or oval, 

 and confifis of aflefl}y, eatable Fulp^ 

 full of Protuberances, 

 The Species arej 



1. Fragaria j vulgaris. C. B, 

 Common or Wood-Strawberry. 



2. Fragaria ; frudu albo, C. B, 

 Common Strawberry, with white 

 Fruit. 



5. Fragaria; fruBu parvi prunt 

 magnitudine. C. B. The Haut-boy 

 Strawberry; vulgo. 



4. Fragaria; Virginiana, fruciti 

 coccineo. M. H. Virginian Straw-* 

 berry, with Scarlet Fruit. 



5-. Fragaria ; Chilienfs, frucits. 

 maximo, foliis carnofts, hirfutis ; 

 vulgo frutilla. Frez. Voy. Large 

 Chili Strawberry. 



The firfl: and fecond Sorts of 

 Strawberry are found wild in the 

 Woods, in divers Parts of England, 

 from v/hence the Plants are taken 

 and tranfplanted into Gardens, by 

 which the Fruit is improv'd. The 

 bed Seafon for this Work is in 

 September, that the Plants may be 

 rooted in their new Quarters before 

 the Froft begins, which is very apt 

 to looien the Earth £0 much about 

 their Roots, that when the Froft 

 goes off, the Plants are apt to be 

 turn'd out of the Ground. They 

 may alio be tranfplanted in Ftbn> 

 ary ; but then if the Spring fhould 

 prove dry, they will require a 

 great Expence of Water to pre- 

 ferve them alive. 



The Soil which is moft proper 

 for thefe Plants, is a frefh hazly 

 Loam, not over rich, which would 

 caufe the Plants to ipread and flou- 



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