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to ftand too clofe to each other. 

 Thefe Plants produce their Flowers 

 in Jum and Jul'j^ and their Seeds 

 are perfefted in Augufiy when they 

 ihould be gather'd and prcferv'd for 

 the fucceeding Year. 



HEDYSARUMj French Honey- 

 Suckle. 



The ChdraBers are j 



It hath papilionaceous Flovpers, 

 which are colle^ed into an Head or 

 Spike : The Fointal of the slower, 

 vsfhich rifes out of the Empalement, 

 becomes a jointed undulated Vod; in 

 each of -which Joints is lodg'd a Kid- 

 ney-Jhap'd Seed. 



ThQ Species are; 



1. Hedysarum 5 clypeatum, flore 

 fuaviter rubente. H, Eyjl. French 

 Honey- fuckle, with a delicate red 

 Flower. 



2. Hedysarum; clypeatum, flora 

 albido, Tourn. French Honey-fuc- 

 kle, with a whitifti Flower. 



3. Hedysarum ; clypeatum, mi- 

 nus, flore purpureo. Raii Hijl. Smal- 

 ler French Honey- fuckle, with a 

 purple Flower. 



4. HedysarUxM j tryphillum, Ca- 

 nadenfe. Corntit, Three-leav'd Ca- 

 nada French Honey-fuckle. 



There are feveral other Species 

 of this Plant, which are preierved 

 in fome curious Gardens abroad ; 

 but thefe here mentioned are the 

 chief of what I have obferved in 

 the Englifh Gardens. The two firft 

 Species are very common in Eng- 

 land, being propagated by the Gar- 

 deners near London, who fupply 

 the Markets with Plants and Flow- 

 ers in the Spring of the Year. 



They are all propagated by Tow- 

 ing their Seeds in April, in a Bed 

 of light frefh Earth j and when 

 the Plants come up, they Ihould be 

 tranfplanted into other Beds of the 

 like Earth, and in an open Situa- 

 tion, to about lix or ei^ht Inches 



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Diftance from each other, leaving 

 a Path between every four Rows, 

 to go between them to hoe, and 

 clear them from Weeds : In thefe 

 Beds they may remain until Mi- 

 chaelmas ; at which Time they may 

 be tranfplanted into the large Bor- 

 ders ot a Parterre or Pleaiure Gar- 

 den, allowing them, at leaft, two 

 Feet Diilancc from other Plants, 

 amongft which they fhould be in- 

 terfpers'd, to continue the SucceA 

 fion of Flowers, where they will 

 make a very fine Appearance when 

 blown, efpecially the red Sort, 

 which produces very handfbme 

 Flowers. 



Thefe are tolerably hardy, and 

 are feldom hurt but by extreme 

 Cold or great Rains j Moifture, 

 efpecially in the Winter Seafon, is 

 very apt to rot their Roots, there- 

 fore they (hould be planted in a 

 dry Soil and in a warm Situation i 

 and in the Spring they may be re- 

 moved to the Borders, where, if 

 they are much exposed, or the Soil 

 moift, they ihould not be tranf- 

 planted 'till March, juft before they 

 begin to fhoot out their Flower- 

 Stems; but then they will not pro- 

 duce their Flowers fo ftrong as thofc 

 which are planted in Autumn. 



In order to have a Succeflfion of 

 thefe Plants, their Seeds fhould be 

 fown every Spring, for the old 

 Roots feldom continue long after 

 they have flower'd -, and when 

 they do remain, their Flowers are 

 feldom £0 ftrong as from young 

 Roots. Their Seafon of Flowering 

 is in fune and July^ and their 

 Seeds are perteded in Augufl. 



The third Sort is preferved in 

 fbme Gardens for Variety, butthc 

 Flowers are not near fo fair as 

 thofe of the two former : This 

 requires the lame Management as 

 is dijre^ed for them. 



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