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fubjed to decay than if they were 

 planted in a rich Soil. They may 

 be propagated by lowing their 

 Seeds foon after they are ripcj for 

 if the Seeds are kept till the Spring, 

 they very often mifcarry. 



The fifth, fixth, feventh, and 

 eighth Sorts are propagated by Off- 

 sets, as other bulbous-rooted Flow- 

 ers : Thefe produce their Flowers 

 in the Beginning of April, and are 

 very pretty Ornaments to Borders 

 in a fmall Flower-Gardea. They 

 are extreme hardy, but do not in- 

 creafe very faft, feldom producing 

 Seeds with us, and their Bulbs do 

 not multiply very much, efpecially 

 if they are often tranfplanted. Th^^y 

 love a light fandy Soil, and Ihould 

 be fuffer'd to remain three Years 

 undiHurb'd, in which Time they 

 will produce many Off-fets. The 

 beft Seafon for tranfplanting them 

 is in Mayy when the green Leaves 

 begin to die offi for if they are 

 taken up when their Leaves are 

 frefli, it will greatly weaken their 

 Roots. 



FURZ i vide Genifta. 



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GALE i The Sweet Willow, or 

 Dutch Myrtle. 

 Tlie CharaBers arej 

 The Leaves are placed alternately 

 on the Branches : It hath Male 

 Flowers, which are prodac'd at the 

 Wings of the Leaves; are naked, and 

 grow in a longi/J} Spike : The Fruit, 

 ■which is produc'd in feparate Tarts of 

 the fame Tree, is of a conical Figure, 

 and fquamofe, containing one Seed in 

 tach Scale. 



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The species arej 



I. Galej frutex odoratus, fep- 

 tentrionalium, Eleagnus, Cordo,Cha' 

 mdeagnus, Bodon&i. J, B. Sweet 

 Gale, Sweet Willow, or Dutch 

 Myrtle. 



z. Gale; qu£ Myrto BrabanticA 

 fimilis, Carolinienfis, baccata, fruHn 

 racemofo, feffeli monopyreno. Fluk^ 

 Fhyt. Candle- Berry Tree} vulgo. 



3 . Gale j c^ua Myrto Brabantict, 

 fmilis, Carolinienfis, humilior, foliis 

 latioribus, ^ magis ferratis. Catesb. 

 Hift. Nat. Carol. The Dwarf broad- 

 leav'd Candle -Berry Tree, with. 

 deeply ferrated Leaves. 



The fir ft of thefe Plants is very 

 common in feveral Parts of Eng- 

 land, growing upon Bogs which 

 have an open Situation: This is 

 with Difficulty prefer v'd in Gar- 

 dens : It muft have a very moiil 

 Soil, and fhould have an open Si- 

 tuation. The beft Seafon for trans- 

 planting thefe Shrubs, is in the Be- 

 ginning ot March, juft before their 

 green Leaves appear : In removing 

 them, you ftiould be careful to pre- 

 ferve as much Earth about their 

 Roots as polTible ; as alfo to water 

 them plentifully, if the Seafon 

 fnould prove dry. They are pro- 

 pagated by Suckers, which are pro- 

 duc'd in great Plenty from their 

 Roots, when they are planted on 

 a proper Soil, but feldom do make 

 any confiderable Increafe in Gar- 

 dens; however, any one that has a 

 mind to plant thefe Shrubs in a 

 Garden, or other Plantation, ma/ 

 be fufficiently lupply'd from the 

 Bogs, where they grow iponta* 

 neoufly. 



The 2d and 3d Sorts are both 

 Natives of America, and have been 

 rais'd from Seeds, which came 

 from thence, but are both hardy- 

 enough to refift the Cold of our 

 Climate in the open Air. Thefe 



are 



