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Suckers, which arife about their 

 Stems : If you would propagate 

 them by Seeds, you muft prepare 

 a Spot of good frefli light Earth, 

 which fhould be well digg'd and 

 loofen^d, and made very fine and 

 level i into which in March you 

 ihould fow the Seeds, covering 

 them with the fame light Earth 

 about half an Inch thick : When 

 the Plants are come up, which will 

 be towards the Middle or latter 

 End of April, you (hould carefully 

 weed them, and in very dry Wea- 

 ther you {hould give them a little 

 Water : In Augt^ you (hould take 

 up fome of the Plants carefully, 

 and plant them into Pots fiU'd 

 with frefh light Earth, that they 

 may be Ihelter'd during the Wm- 

 ter Seafon under a common Hot- 

 bed Frame, for thefe Plants are 

 fomewhat tender while young, 

 but when they are grown woody, 

 will refift the fevered Cold in the 

 open Air, provided they are plant- 

 ed in a dry Soil : In the Spring 

 after the cold Weather is paft, you 

 may fliake the Plants out of the 

 Pots, preferving the Earth to their 

 Roots, and plant them iii the Places 

 where they are to remain, and in 

 the fucceeding Summer they will 

 produce Flowers and Seeds. 



If you would propagate them 

 by Cuttings, you fhould cut off 

 fuch only as are young and thrive- 

 ing in May, and plant them in a 

 Ihady Border, watering them as the 

 Seafon requires j and in Augujl you 

 fhould take up fuch of them as 

 have taken Root, planting them 

 into Pots, and managing them as 

 was direded tor the Seedling 

 Plants. 



GALLIUM 'y Ladies Bed- ftraw, 

 or Cheefe-Runnet. 



Th* Charachn are; 



// is a Fkht oj tha jhllate Kind -, 



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the Leates which are neither rough 

 nor knappy, are produced at the 

 Joints of the Stalks, five or J/x in 

 Number in a radiant Form : The 

 Flower conjifts of one Leaf, which is 

 expanded toward the upward Tart, 

 and divided into feveral Segments ; 

 each of thefe Flowers are fucceeded 

 by two dry Seeds. 



The Species are ; 



1. Gallium j luteum. C. B, 

 Yellow Ladies Bed-ilraw. 



2. Gallium ; rubrum. C. B. 

 Red Ladies Bed-ftraw. 



^. Gallium ; nigro-purpureum, 

 tenuifolium. Col. Narrow-leav'd 

 Mountain Ladies Bed-ftraw, with 

 dark purple Flowers. 



4. Gallium » faxatile, glauco 

 folio. Bocc.Rar. Ladies Bed-ftraw 

 of the Rocks, with a glaucous 

 Leaf. 



5-. Gallium -, faxatile, glabra 

 folio. Bocc. Rar. Ladies Bed-ftraw 

 of the Rocks, with a fmooth 

 Leaf. 



The firft of thefe Plants (which 

 is the Sort commonly us'd in 

 Medicine) is very common in moift 

 Msadows, and in Pafture-grounds 

 in moft Parts of England ; The 

 other Varieties are prefer v'd in cu- 

 rious Botanick Gardens, but as they 

 are Plants of very little Beauty, and 

 are fubjedt to fpread very far, and 

 over-run whatever Plants grow 

 near them, fo they are feldom cul- 

 tivated in other Gardens. 



Thefe Sorts may, any of them, 

 be propagated by parting their 

 Roots, which fpread and increafe 

 very faft, either in the Spring, or 

 Autumn, and will grow in almoft 

 any Soil or Situation, efpecially the 

 firft Sort : The other Sorts do re- 

 quire a drier Soil, but will all grow 

 in any Situation. 



GARDENS are diftinguifh'd intq 

 Flower-Gardens, Fruit-Gardens, and 

 iatchen 



