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about one Fourth of an Inch thick 

 with the fame frefh Earth : This 

 Bed ihould be fituated in a warm 

 Pofition, bat not too clofe to Hedges, 

 Walls, or Pales, which would caufe 

 their Leaves to be long and {lender, 

 and make the Roots weaker than 

 if plac'd in a more open Expofure. 



In this Bed they may remain 

 until they flower, which is gene- 

 rally the third Year from fowingj 

 at which Time you fhould put 

 down a Mark to the Roots of all 

 fuch as produce fair Flowers; and 

 at the Time of taking them out of 

 the Ground (which ought to be 

 foon after their green Leaves are 

 decay'd) maybe felefted into a Bed 

 amongft your old Roots of this 

 Flower, which for their Beauty are 

 preferv'd in the beft Gardens ; but 

 the other lefs valuable Flowers, may 

 be planted in the Borders of the 

 Parterre Garden for their Variety, 

 where, being intermix'd with other 

 Flowers of different Seafons, they 

 will make a good Appearance. 



The fine Sorts of this Flower 

 fhould remam undiflurb'd three 

 Years, by which Time they will 

 have produc'd many Off-fets, and 

 (hould be therefore taken up when 

 their Leaves are decay'd, and plant- 

 ed into a frefh Bed, taking fuch of 

 their Off-fets as are large enough to 

 produce Flowers to plant in the 

 jf'lower - Garden, but the fmaller 

 Roots may be planted into a Nur- 

 fery-bed until they have obtain'd 

 Strength enough to flower ; but 

 you muft never fuffer thefe Roots 

 to lie out of the Ground when you 

 remove them, but plant them again 

 immediately, for otherwife they 

 will perifii. 



During thefe three Years which 

 I have advis'd the Roots to remain 

 in the Bed?, the Surface of the 

 Earth ihould be ftirr'd every Au- 



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tumn with a Trowel, obferving 

 not to go fo deep as to bruife the 

 Root, and at the fame Time lay a 

 thin Cover of very rotten Dung or 

 Tanner's Bark upon the Surface of 

 the Beds ; which being wafli'd into 

 the Ground, will caufe the Flowers 

 to be larger, as alfo the Roots to 

 make a greater Increafe : You muft 

 alfo obferve to keep them conftantly 

 clear from Weeds, and thofe Roots 

 which you would preferve with 

 Care, fhould not be fufPer'd to 

 feed, 



FRTTILLARIA CRASSA i -vide 

 Afclepias. 



FRUCTUS; ':;i^g Fruit. 

 FRUIT is the Produdion of a 

 Tree or Plant, for the Propagation 

 or Multiphcation of its Kind : In 

 which SenfeFmzV includes all Kinds 

 of Seeds, with their Furniture, (^c. 

 Botanifis ufe it to fignify, properly, 

 that Part ot a Plant wherein the 

 Seed is contain'd, which the Latins 

 call Frucfus, and the Greeks Kctf<7roj. 

 FRUMENTUM INDICUM j 

 vide Mays. 



FRUTEX i Africmus. Ambram 

 Spirans. Volk, The Amber-Tree j 

 vulgo. 



This Shrub has by no Botanick 

 Writers been reduc'd to any pro- 

 per Clafs; fo I have taken the Li- 

 berty of continuing it under its 

 former loofe Name, having never 

 yet feen the Fruit : 1 ho', by 

 the Flower, 1 imagine it will be a 

 Congener to the Gallium or Ladies 

 Bedftrawj but 1 il-:all not, at pre- 

 fent, fay any Thing of its Cha- 

 rafters. 



This is preferv'd in mod cu- 

 rious Gardens which have Col- 

 ledions of tender Plants. It is 

 ealily propagated by planting Cut- 

 tings, during any of the Summer 

 Months, in a Border of light Earth, 

 which will take Root in fix Weeks 

 Tune, 



