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All thefe Plants are eafily propa- 

 gated by partmg their tuberofe 

 Roots, which commonly increafe 

 very faft. The beft Seafon for this 

 Work is in Augtifli when their 

 Flower-flems are decay 'd, and their 

 Leaves begin to change their Co- 

 lour. But you " fliould obferve to 

 do it when the Weather is moift, 

 otherwife the Roots will grow 

 mouldy, and decay. So that if 

 Augiift Riould prove ury, you may 

 defer doing it till Se'^tember i tho' 

 the fooner it be done, the better, 

 that the Roots may be fix'd before 

 the Froft comes on, which is apt 

 to loofen the G.ound, and prevent 

 their taking Root. Thcie Plants 

 Ihould have a fhady Situation, and 

 a moderately light Soil : which 

 Ihould not be over-dung'd, thac being 

 deftruftive to their Roots; and 

 when they are too much expos'd 

 to the Sun, their Flowers loon 

 fall away. 



The greatefl: Part of thefe Plants 

 grow too large for Imall Flower- 

 Gardensi and their Leaves general- 

 ly harbour great Quantities of 

 Snails, and other Vermin, which 

 come forth in the Night, and de- 

 ftroy whatever curious Plants grow 

 near them : for which Reafons they 

 are generally banifh'd from very 

 curious Gardens, and are proper 

 only for large Gardens, or to plant 

 in Wildernefs Qiiarters, where; if 

 the Trees are not too dole, they 

 will thrive and flower extremely 

 well, efpecialiy if the Ground a- 

 bout them be annually dug: And 

 the Flowers being proper Orna- 

 ments in Bafons, for Halls, Chim- 

 nies, (&c. in the Summer-leafon, 

 they may be allow'd a Place in 

 ibme remote Part of the Garden, 

 where few other Things will 

 thrive. 



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Thefe Roots fliould be taken up 

 every other Year, and parted, other- 

 wife they will fpread greatly over 

 the Ground, and become very trou- 

 blefome, in harbouring great Quan- 

 tities of Vermin : Or if they are 

 planted in Wildernefs Quarters, they 

 fliould be cut round at the leaft 

 every Year with the Spade, to take 

 off the outiide Roots, and keep 

 them within Compafs. 



The ifl:, 4th, and 7 th Sorts are 

 us'd in Medicine ; for which Pur- 

 pole they may be eali!y propagated 

 in the manner above diredled, ob- 

 ferving to plant rhe fourth Sort in 

 a warmer Soil than the others, and 

 the feventeenth into a moift fliady 

 Situation, where it will thrive ex- 

 ceedingly. 



The 6th, ijth and i6th Sorts 

 are not fo fubjed to i^read as the 

 others, and, tor their Beauty, may 

 be admitted into every curious Gar- 

 den; thefe fliould be planted under 

 a Wall or Pale where they may 

 have the Morning Sun ; but muft 

 not be expos'd to the great Heat of 

 the Mid-day Sun, which would 

 foon deftroy them : They delight 

 moO: in a frefli, light, loamy, un- 

 dung'd Soil, and to be pretty moift. 



Thefe may alio be propagated by 

 Seeds, which the Plants generally 

 produce in great Plenty j which 

 Ihould be lav'd from fuch as have 

 variegated Flowers, thoie being 

 moft likely to produce the greatelt 

 Variety. 



The Seeds fliould be fown either 

 in Cafes of Earth, or upon an Eaft 

 Border, foon after they are ripe, 

 which will come up the fucceeding 

 Spring : But if the Seeds are kept 

 till that Time before they are fown, 

 they will not come up until the 

 iecond Year, and fometimes will 

 not grow. The young Plants Ihould 



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