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hy the Clump will be continued 

 from the Surface to the Height of 

 twelve or fourteen Feet, and thefe 

 Shrubs producing yellow Flowers, 

 very like thofe of the Broom, and 

 in as great plenty, and alfo flower- 

 ing at the fame Time, it will make 

 a moft beautiful Appearance at a 

 Imall Diftance. 



Thefc Plants produce plenty of 

 Seeds annually, which are ripe in 

 Auguji, when they may be ga- 

 thered and fpread upon a Cloth in 

 the Sun, which will caufe their 

 Pods to open and emit the Seeds. 



GENTIANA i Gentian, or Fell- 

 wort. 



The CharaSers are; 



The Leaves grow by Fairs oppojite 

 to each other : The Cup of the 

 Flower confifis of one meinbranous 

 Leaf : The Flower conjifts of one 

 Leafy and is flmp'J like a Cup, being 

 cut into four, jive or more Segments ^ 

 it is fucceedecl by a membranous 

 Oval-fliap'd Fruit, ending in a fliarp 

 Voint, opening lengthwife into two 

 Farts, and containing many flat, 

 roundiflj Seeds, which are bordered 

 •with a leafy Rim. 

 The Species are ; 



1. Gentiana j major, lutea. C. 

 B» P. The Great Gentian, with 

 yellow Flowers. 



2. Gentiana ; afclepadis, folio. 

 C. B. F. Gentian with a Swallowr 

 wort Leaf. 



3. Gentiana; Alpina,fIore mag- 

 no, J. B. Large flower'd Gentian 

 of the Alps, commonly caiVd Gen» 

 tianella. 



4. Gentiana; cruciata. C. B. P. 

 Crofs-wort Gentian. 



j-. Gentiana j anguflifolia, au-^ 

 tumnalis, major. C. B. P. Great 

 Autumnal Gentian, or Calathian 

 Violet, 



There are feveral other Sorts of 

 Centiany fomc of which are Na° 



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tives of England, and others are 

 Inhabitants of the Alps and other 

 cold mountainous Parts o'c Europe: 

 But as they are Plants which are 

 rarely tam'd, fo as to thrive well 

 in Gardens, efpecially near London, 

 I Ihall pais them over in this Place, 

 and proceed to the Culture of thofe 

 here inferted, all of which are 

 worthy of a Place in every good 

 Garden. 



The firll Sort, which \s the true 

 Gentim, whofe Root is us'd in 

 Medicine, is an Inhabitant of the 

 xMountains near Geneva, and the 

 Paftures of the Alps and Pyrenees^; 

 This Plant is propagated by Seeds, 

 which fliould be fown foon after 

 they are ripe ; for if it be kept 

 long out ot the Ground, it rarely 

 grows. The beft Method is, to 

 low the Seeds in a large Pot fill'd 

 with light undung'd Earth, cover- 

 ing them about a quarter of an 

 Inch thick with the fame light 

 Earth ; then place the Pots in the 

 Shade, where they ™ay remain 

 until November, at which Time 

 you may remove them into a Place 

 where they may have the Morning 

 Sun; in this Situation they may 

 remain till March following, by 

 v/hich Time the young Plants will 

 appear above-ground : You muft 

 then remove the Pots again into 

 a lliady Place, where they Ihould 

 remain all the Suramer-feafon, ob- 

 fcrvjng to clear them from Weeds, 

 as alfo to water them in dry Wea- 

 ther, which will greatly promote 

 their Growth. The Spring follow- 

 ing they will be fit to tranfplant; 

 at which Time you ihould prepare 

 a ihady moift Border, that iliould 

 be well dug and loofen'd i then 

 ihake the Earth out of the Pots, by 

 which means you will the more 

 readily take them out without in- 

 juring their Roots, The DiCmtCK-, 

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