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mony Leaf, and a pale flefii-colour'd 

 Flower. 



3 6. Geranium ; Mthiop'icum, noBtt 

 clensy radice tuberofa^ foliis mjrr- 

 hiilis, anguflioribus. Breyn. Cent. 

 Night fweet - fmelling Ethiopian 

 Crane's-bill, with a tuberofe Root 

 and narrow Cicely Leaves. 



37. GeraniuxMj Africdnum, no- 

 6iii olens, folio vitis hirJutOy tube- 

 rofum. H. A. Night Iweet-fmeil- 

 ing African Crane's-bill, with a 

 hairy Vine Leaf, and a tuberofe 

 Root. 



38. Geranium j Africanum, folio 

 coriamlri, fioribus incarnatis, minus. 

 H. L. African Crane's-bill, with a 

 Coriander Leaf, and a lefTer flcfh- 

 colour'd Flower. 



39. Geranium; Africanum, wva 

 crlffA folio, fioribus exiguis, rubellis. 

 H. L. African Crane's-bill, with a 

 Goofeberry Leaf, and fmall reddifh 

 Flowers. 



4®. Geranium ; Africanum, be- 

 tonicA folioy frocumbens, fioribus par- 

 'vis, eleganter variegatis. Fluk. Aim. 

 African trailing Crane's-bill, with a 

 Betony Leaf, and fmall, beautiful 

 ftrip'd Flowers. 



The fifteen firft-mentioned Sorts 

 are abiding Plants ; the Leaves of 

 fome of them do decay in Winter, 

 but their Roots remaining, fiioot 

 again early in the Spring: Some 

 of thefe Sorts are common in fe-. 

 veral Parts of England, yet they 

 deferve a Place in every good Gar- 

 den j where, if they are rightly dif- 

 ^os'd, they will have a good Effe6t, 

 by adding to the Variety; and as 

 they are very hardy Plants, and re- 

 quire but little Care in the Culture, 

 growing in almoft any Soil or Si- 

 tuation, fo they are very proper for 

 large Gardens to be planted inv/ide 

 Borders, or by the Sides of Wilder- 

 neifes and other fhady Walks, where 

 few other Plants will thrive, &nd 



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thefe continuing in Flower moll 

 part of the Summer, do greatly 

 add to the Beauty of fuch Places. 



Thefe are all increafed by part- 

 ing their Roots, the bell Seafon for 

 which is in OHober, that they may 

 take Root before the hard Frofls 

 begin; or elfe in F^^r«/?;j, that they 

 may get Strength before the great 

 Heat and Drought comes on, which 

 would occafion their Flowers to be 

 fmall, and but few in Number. 

 Thefe Roots may remain two or 

 three Years unremoved, according 

 as you find them increaie and fpreadj 

 for fome Sorts will not fpread fb 

 far in three Years, as others will 

 do in one; fb that if the fpread ing 

 Kinds are fufFer'd to grow undi- 

 fturb'd for two or three Years, 

 they will fpread the v/hole Width 

 of the Border where they are 

 planted, io that if they are not 

 tranfplanted often, their Roots 

 fhould be cut round every Year to 

 keep them within Compafs. 



Thefe Sorts may alfo be propa- 

 gated by Seeds, which they afford 

 every Year in great Plenty; but as 

 they are increalcd very fad in the 

 former V/ay, fo it is hardly worth 

 while to fow their Seeds. 



The I (5th, 17th and 18th Sorts 

 are annual Plants, and fhould either 

 be fown every Year, or their Seeds 

 permitted to fcatter themfelves, 

 the latter of which is the fureft 

 Method, for the Plants will come 

 up in Autumn foon after the Seeds 

 fall, and will abide the Winter, and 

 flower early the fucceeding Spring, 

 whereby you will be always fure 

 to have their Seeds per fefted, 

 which does not conflantly happen 

 to thofe fown in the Spring. The 

 1 6th Sort is prefcrved in many 

 Gardens, for the fweet Scent its 

 Leaves afford when rubb'd between 

 the Fingers, which occafion'd its 



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