G A 



bat thefe here mention'd are the 

 chief Sorts we have at prefent in 

 England. 



Thefirft of thefe Plants is propa- 

 gated in Gardens for medicinal 

 Ufe ; and the fecond and third 

 Sorts are only Varieties of the firft, 

 from which they only differ in the 

 Colour of their Flowers, and are 

 for Variety prelerv'd in fome curi- 

 ous Gardens ; but the fourth Sort 

 is a diftin6t Species, having much 

 larger Leaves, Flowers, and Pods. 



Thefe Plants may be propagated 

 either from Seeds, or by parting 

 of their Roots. The beft Seafon 

 for fowing the Seeds is in the Be- 

 ginning of March, in a light Soil, 

 and an open Situation 5 and when 

 the Plants are come up, you fliould 

 either hoe between them to de- 

 flroy the Weeds, (as is pradis'd tor 

 Onions, Carrots, 0>c.) or elfe pull 

 out the Weeds with your Hands, 

 cutting down, or pulling up the 

 Plants where they are too clofe to 

 each other, that thofe left may have 

 loom to get Strength ; and fo from 

 time to time, as the Weeds come 

 up, you muft be very careful to 

 deftroy them, as alfo to cut up or 

 draw out the Plants where they 

 are too thick, for they fhould not 

 be left clofer than eight or nine 

 Inches Diftance from each other. 

 The fecond Year thefe Plants will 

 flower, and produce ripe Seeds i' 

 but if you intend to continue your 

 Plants for Ufe, you fhould cut off 

 the Herb when it is in flower, and 

 not permit it to ftand until it feeds, 

 which very often caufes thePIants 

 to decay. Thefe Roots may alfo 

 be parted into fraall Heads in Au- 

 tumn for Increafe j but the feed- 

 ling Plants arc much preferable 

 to thefe OfF-fets, fo that the bell 

 Way is to propagate this Plant by 

 Seeds. 



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GALEOPSIS ; Stinking Dead- 



Nettle. 



The characters are ; 



It hath a labiated Flower of one 

 Jingle Leaf, whofe upper Lip is hol- 

 low like a Spoon, but the under one 

 is divided into three Segments, the 

 middle Part being large : The Cup 

 of the Flower is Funnel-JJjap'd, and 

 divided into five Farts, and each 

 Flower is fucceeded by four naked 

 Seeds. 



There are feveral Species of this 

 Plant which are preferv'd in curi- 

 ous Botanick Gardens, fome of 

 which are Natives oi England., but 

 as they are Plants of no great Beauty 

 or Ule, £0 I fhail only mention 

 fome few Sorts which deferve a 

 Place in curious Gardens, and pals 

 over the other lefs valuable Sorts 

 without naming them. 



1. GALEOPSisi Hifpanica, frute- 

 fcens, teticrii folio. Tourn. Spaniih, 



flirubby, flinkingdead Nettle, with 

 a Tree Germander-leaf. 



2. G ALEov s\s i quod lamium,frU" 

 ticans, teucrii folio lucido, calice Cf* 

 fiore magno, Candida, tantilld pur- 

 pura varie notato. H. C. Shrub- 

 by, ftinking dead Nettle, with a 

 fhining Tree Germander-leaf, and 

 a large white Flower variegated 

 with fmall purple Spots. 



Thefe tv/o Plants arife to the 

 Height of three Feet- or more, do 

 grow flirubby, and may be train'd 

 to regular Heads, whereby they 

 will appear very agreeable, being 

 always green, and continue flower- 

 ing moil Part of the Summer, and 

 altho* the Flowers are not very 

 beautiful, yet for their long Con- 

 tinuance in Flower, together with 

 the Variety of their Leaves, they 

 deferve a Place in every good 

 Garden. 



Thefe Plants may be propagated 



by Seeds or Cuttings, as alfo from 



Suckers, 



