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Spairiy Italy y and the South Parts of 

 France, bur thefe here mention'd 

 are all the Varieties which I have 

 obferv'd in the EnglifJj Gardens. 



The four firfb Sorts are found 

 wild in feveral Parts of Great-Bri- 

 tain-^ but the firft is the mod com- 

 mon of them all, and is found upon 

 the Sides of dry Banks and chalky 

 Hills in divers Places in England. 

 The twelve firft Species are perennial 

 Plants, which grow v/oody, but 

 ot low Stature, feldom riling above 

 a Foot high, the Branches, for the 

 mofl: part, trailing upon the Ground. 

 Thefe Plants are very ornamental 

 to a Garden, efpecially if planted in 

 a warm Polition and a dry Soil, 

 where they will thrive and flower 

 exceedingly, and are very proper to 

 plant in Hoping Borders or little 

 Declivities, where few other Plants 

 will thrive to Advantage ; and akho* 

 the Flowers ot thele Plants are of no 

 great Beauty, yet the vaft Quanti- 

 ties which are produc'd all over 

 the Plants, for two Months toge- 

 ther, render them worthy of a 

 Place in every good Garden. 



Thefe are all propagated by Seeds, 

 (which the Plants annually furniih 

 in great Plenty) and fl^.ould be fown 

 in a warm Border of light frcfli 

 Earth in March or the Beginning of 

 April i and when the Plants are 

 come up, they may be tranfplanted 

 into Beds of the like Earth about 

 four Inches afunder, or fomewhat 

 more : In which Place they may 

 remain until September, when they 

 fliould be remov'd to the Places 

 where they are to continue for 

 good, obferving to take them up 

 with a good Ball of Earth to their 

 Roots, otherwife they are fubjedt 

 to mifcarry. 



They may alfo be propagated by 

 planting Cuttings of any of the 

 Sorts in May, m a Bed of light 



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frefh Earth, obferving to -^itti 

 and fhade them until they have 

 taken Root: Thefe alfb may re- 

 main in the Beds until SeptembeVi 

 when they fliould be planted out, 

 as was direded for the Seedling 

 Plants ; but as they generally pro- 

 duce great Quantities of Seeds every 

 Year, fo there will feldom be Oc- 

 calion for propagating them any- 

 other way, becaufe the Seedling 

 Plants are generally better thaa 

 thofe obtain'd from Cuttings, and 

 it being more Trouble to propa- 

 gate them by Cuttings, few People 

 pradife that Method. 



The 13th, 14th, and i^-th Sorts 

 are annual Plants, and muft be 

 fown every Year, or the Seeds fuf- 

 fer'd to fall 5 which, if the Ground 

 be clear from Weeds, will come 

 up, and abide the Winter, and 

 flower early in the fucceeuing Sum- 

 mer , which is the fureft Method 

 to obtain large Plants, efpecially of 

 the 15-th Sort, of which, if the 

 Seeds are fown in the Spring, the 

 Plants are apt to be very fmail, and 

 produce but few Flowers, and many 

 times the Seeds will not come up 

 at all, fo that if you fow them, it 

 fliould be done ibon after they arc 

 ripe : The Flowers of this laft Sort 

 are very beautiful, each Petal or 

 •Leaf having a deep Purple Spot at 

 the Bottom ; and lince it is a Plant 

 which requires but very little Care, 

 it is well worth keeping in a 

 Garden. 



HELIOTROPIUMi Turnfole, 

 The Charatiers are; 



The Flower confifls of me Leaf, and 

 is fJjap'd like a Funnel, having its 

 Center wrinkled and folded, and its 

 Brim cm into ten Segments, alternately 

 unequal .^ Thefe Flowers are collecied 

 into a long reflex'd Spike, refemblinga 

 Scorpion's Tail -^ each Flower is fucceed- 

 ed by four naked gibbofc Seals, 



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