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with oblong cylindrical or globular 

 Seeds* 



The Sftcies are ; 



j[, Hesperis; hortejifis, fiore fur- 

 pureo. C. B. P. Garden Dame's 

 Violet, with a purple Flower. 



z. Resperisj hortcnjis, fiore can- 

 dido. C. B. P. Garden Dame's Vio- 

 let, with a white Flower. 



3. Hesperis ; fylveflris, ifjodora. 

 C. B. P. Unfavoury wild Dame's 

 Violet. 



4. Hesperis ; horten/is, fiore va- 

 riegato. JejfiCH. Garden Dame's 

 Violet, with a variegated Flower. 



5-. Hesperis J hortenJiSi fiore fur- 

 pureoy pleno. H. R. Par. Garden 

 Dame's Violet, with a double pur- 

 ple Flower, commonly call'd Double 

 Purple Rocket. 



6. Hesperis i hortcnfis, fiore alboy 

 pleno. H. R. P. Garden Dame's 

 Violet, with a double white Flower, 

 or double white Rocket. 



7. Hesperis i hortenfis, fiore varioy 

 pleno, H. R. Par. Garden Dame's 

 Violet, with a variable Flower. 



8. Hesperis; maritimay angnfii- 

 folia, incana, Tourn. Low iVlari- 



time Dame's Violet, or Dwart an- 

 nual Stock I vulgo. 



9. Hesperis i Montana, pallida^ 

 Qdoratijpma. C. B. P. Pale Moun- 

 tain Dame's Violet, with a very 

 fv/eet Sniell. 



There are many other Varieties 

 of this Plant, which are preferv'd 

 in Botanick Gardens, to add to their 

 Variety, but thefe here mentioned 

 i^re the mofl beautiful Kinds, and 

 beft worth propagating in the 

 flower-Garden. 



The feven firfl mention'd Sorts 

 are abiding Plants, and may be pro- 

 pagated by parting ot their Roots 

 in Auguji, efpecially thofe with 

 double Flowers, which never pro- 

 duce Seeds ; but the lingle Kinds 

 j^e better |)ropagated by fowing 



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their Seeds in March, which will 

 produce ftronger Plants than thofe 

 obtain'd from OfF-fets : The Heads, 

 which are divided, fhould be well 

 furnifli'd with Roots, otherwifc 

 they are very fubjed to mifcarry j 

 nor fliould the old Roots be fepa- 

 rared into very fmall Heads, which 

 would occaiion their flowering weak 

 the fucceeding Seafbn : The Soil in 

 which thefe Plants fliould be plant- 

 ed, ought to be frefh and incline- 

 ing to a fandy Loam, but fhould 

 not be mix'd with Dung, which 

 often caufes the Roots to rot 5 but 

 if you bury fome rotten Wood- 

 pile Earth, or very rotten Tanners- 

 bark, juft deep enough for their 

 Fibres to reach it, the Plants will 

 thrive exceedingly, and produce 

 great Quantities of very large fair 

 Flowers, as I have feveral times 

 experienc'd ; but if this fhould be 

 fo fhallow as to touch the main 

 Roots, 'tis ten to one if they don't 

 rot away, which is very often the 

 Cafe with thefe Flowers when they 

 are planted in a rich dung'd Soil. 

 The double white Rocket is by far 

 the moft beautiful Plant of all the 

 Kinds, the Flowers of which arc 

 as large and double as the faireft 

 double Stcch-Gillifiower : It was for- 

 merly planted m great Plenty in 

 the Gardens near London, to fupply 

 the Markets with Flowers for Ba- 

 fonsj for which Purpofe there is 

 not any Plant better adapted, and 

 will continue in Beauty for a long 

 Time: Butoflate Years thefe Plants 

 have not fucceeded fo well as for- 

 merly, which may be owin-^ to 

 the dunging of the Soil; for°it is 

 obfervable, that in frefh Ground, 

 which has not been till'd, thefe 

 Plants do fucceed beft. The fmglc 

 Kinds have very little Beauty in 

 them, when com par 'd with the 

 Double, and are therefore feldom 

 cultivated 



