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are alfo propagated by Suckers as 

 the former, which, if they are 

 planted in a moift Soil, and fuffer'd 

 to remain undifturb'd, they will 

 produce in great Plenty : They 

 may alfo be increas'd by laying 

 down their tender Branches, which 

 fhould be flit, as is pradlis'd in lay- 

 ing of Carnations, and will take 

 Root in one Year, and then may 

 be tranfplanted where they are to 

 remain. The Seeds ofthele Plants, 

 when brought trom Abroad, fhould 

 be fown in Pots fili'd with frefh 

 loamy Earth, and then plung'd in- 

 to a moderate Hot-bed, which will 

 greatly forward their coming up: 

 And as the Seafon advances, the 

 Pots fhould by Degrees be remo- 

 ved out of the Hot-bed into the 

 open Air, that they may be harden'd 

 before Winter j and in October you 

 {hould place the Pots into a com- 

 mon Hot-bed Frame, that may be 

 cover'd in hard frofty Weather, 

 which ofcen injures them while 

 they are young, but afterwards they 

 are not liable to any Misfortune 

 from the Seafons : The beft time 

 to remove thefe is in the Spring, 

 juft before they begin to fhoot, 

 but you ihould cover the Surface of 

 the Ground round their Roots af- 

 ter they are planted, to prevent 

 the Sun and Wind from entering 

 the Ground to dry their Fibres. 



Thefe Shrubs are all of a low 

 Stature with us, feldom riling above 

 five Feet high, and fhould there- 

 iore be planted amongft Shrubs of 

 the fame Growth, for they will 

 by no means grow under the Shade 

 of other Trees. They are very 

 proper Plants for fni;ill Wilderneis 

 Quarters in a fwampy Piece of 

 Ground, where few other Plants, 

 will thrive well. 



The fird: Sort cads its Leaves in 

 Winter, but the two other Sorts 



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are ever-green : The Leaves of all 

 thefe Plants, when bruis'd, do emit 

 a very pleafant Odour, not much 

 unlike that of the Myrtle, from 

 whence the People have been in- 

 duc'd to give them that Epithet. 

 The Inhabitants of Amevica, do 

 prepare a Wax from the Fruit of 

 thofe two Plants, with which they 

 make very good Candles, which 

 burn very well, and have a very 

 agreeable Scent. 



The two laft mention'd Sorts do 

 produce Flowers in feveral Gardens 

 near London s and the firfl of them 

 did produce Fruit Anno 1729. in 

 the curious Garden of Mr. Vetef 

 Coll'mfon at Veckham j but the laft . ■ 

 Sort hath not as yet produc'd Fruit 

 in England, that I have heard. 



GALEGA, Goat's-Rue. 

 The characters are j 



It hath a Perennial Root : The 

 Leaves grow by Pairs, fajlen'd to ct 

 Mid-rib, terminating in an odd Lobe : 

 The Flower is of the papilionaceous 

 Kind, conjijling of a Standard, the 

 Wings, and the Keel : The Point al 

 beco7nes a long taper Pod, -which is 

 fili'd with oblong Kidney-jliap'd Seeds. 

 The Species are ■■, 



1. Galega ; vulgaris, jtoribHs^ 

 c£ruleis. C. B. Common Goat's- 

 Rue, with blue Flowers. 



2. Galega ; vulgaris, fioribns 

 penitus candicantibus. C. B. Com- 

 mon Goat's-Rue, with white Flow- 

 ers. 



5. Galega ; vulgaris fioribns ex 

 Ctzruleo purpureis. C. B. Com- 

 mon Goat's-Rue, with blueifh pur- 

 ple Flowers. 



4. Galega j Africnna, fioribm 

 majorihus, ^ ./tliquis cra£:oribus. 

 Tourn. African Goat's-Rue, Vv^ith 

 large Flowers and thick Pods. 



There are feveral other Varieties 

 of this Plant which are preferv'd 

 in curioui Botanic k Gardens Abroad* 



but 



