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tkey fhould be allow'd, if defign'd 

 to remain for good, muft be four- 

 teen Inches fquare j but if they are 

 intended to be remov'd again, four 

 or fix Incites will be fufficient. 

 In planting them, you muft ob- 

 ferve to make deep Holes, fo that 

 the Roots, which generally grow 

 long, may be plac'd full as deep as 

 they are in length, that no Part 

 may appear above-ground j nor 

 Tnould they be bent at the Bottom, 

 which would check their down- 

 right Growth, and greatly injure 

 them. The beft Seafbn to tranf- 

 plart them is in the Beginning of 

 March, juft as they begin to fhoot. 

 In about five or fix Years Time, if 

 the Plants thrive well, and are not 

 difturb'd, they will begin to flower, 

 and will produce good Seeds, fo 

 that it will not be difficult to have 

 them in great Plenty. But as it is 

 hardly worth cultivating for Me- 

 dicinal Ufe, it being generally im- 

 ported hither at a very moderate 

 Price i fo the Beauty thereof is not 

 fuch as would recommend the 

 having it in great Quantities ^ tho' 

 a few of 'em will do very well to 

 make a Variety. 



The fecond and fourth Sorts are 

 at prefent very uncommon in Eng- 

 land, and only to be found in fomc 

 curious Gardens > thefe are both of 

 them very pretty Ornaments to a 

 Garden . They are propagated by 

 p_rcJng their Roots either in Spring 

 or Autumn, and require a pretty 

 ftrong Soil, and a fhady Situation. 



The third Sort was formerly 

 more common in the Gardens near 

 LonJoH than it is at prefent, but in 

 fome old Country Gardens it is ftili 

 frequently to be met with.: This 

 IS a very beautiful Plant and well 

 worth propagating J it is increas'd 

 by parting the Roots early in the 

 Spring 5 for if it be left undone 



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'till March, the Flower-buds will 

 begin to appear j after which Time, 

 if you remove them, it will greatly 

 weaken their flowering. This Plant 

 requires a ftrong, moift, cool Soil, 

 and ftiould be planted where they 

 may have only the Morning Sun i 

 for if they are too much expos'd 

 to Heat, they are fubje^t to decay : 

 Nor do they care to be often tranf- 

 planted, which will alfo make 

 them poor and weak: And I am 

 apt to believe that this has occa- 

 fion'd their prefent Scarcity near 

 London, whpre People are too apt 

 to part and divide Plants often, in 

 order to increafe 'em and thereby 

 frequently deftroy their whole 

 Stock. 



The fihh Sort grows wild in 

 divers Parts of the North, as in 

 Torkjhire, Cumberland, and Nor-. 

 thumberland, and is equal to any 

 of the above-mention'd Kinds for 

 Beauty, but is rarely to be found 

 near London, The Roots of this 

 Plant may be brought from the 

 Places of its natural Growth, and 

 planted in .a cool, moift, undung'd 

 Soil, where it will grow, provided 

 it be not under the Drip of Trees, 

 which this Plant by no means cares 

 for } nor fliould it be often re- 

 moved, but fuffer'd tp remain (as 

 was faid above) by which means 

 it will thrive and produce beautiful 

 Flowers. 



GENTIANELLA j vide Gen- 

 tiana. 



GERANIUM V Crane's-bill. 

 The Characters are ; 



The Leaves are for the moji fart 

 conjugate : The Cup of the Flower 

 conjifls of one Leaf, -which is divided 

 into five Tarts, and expanded in Form 

 of a Star: The Flowers of the Euro- 

 pean Kinds confifl of five Leaves^ 

 and thofe of the African Sorts (for 

 the mofi part) of four, fomewhat 

 refcm^llng 



