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beautiful fine cut Leaf, commonly 

 CdlVd, Canary Lavender. 



The firft of thefc Specks, tho' 

 very common in mofl: Parts of Eu- 

 rope, yet in England is rarely to 

 be found, notwithftanding it is as 

 eafily propagated as any ot the o- 

 ther Sorts. 



The fecond is the mofl: com- 

 mon Sort in the Engliflj Gardens, 

 being propagated for medicinal 

 Ufes. ^c. 



The third Sort is a Degeneracy 

 from the fecond, having much 

 broader and greener Leaves, but 

 rarely ever flower?; while it conti- 

 nues with the Leaves broad j but 

 whenever it flowers, the Leaves 

 of that Part of the Plant become 

 narrow again. 



The fourth Sort is. alfo a Variety 

 of the fecond, from which it dif- 

 fers in the Colour of the Flowers, 

 which in this Sort are white, and 

 thofe of the lecond are blue. 



Thefe are all propagated by Cut- 

 tings or Slips 5 the beft Seafon for 

 which is in March, when you 

 fhould plant them in a fhady Situa- 

 tion, or at lead fl-,ade them with 

 Mats until they have taken Rootj 

 after which they may be expos'd 

 to the Sun, and when they have 

 obtain'd Strength, may be reraov'd 

 to the Places where they are de- 

 fign'd to remain : Thefe Plants will 

 abide the longell in a dry, gravel- 

 ly, or flony Soil, in which they 

 will endure our fevered Winters, 

 tho' they will grow much faflier in 

 the Summer, if they are planted 

 upon a rich, light, moift Soil, but 

 then they are generally deftroy'd in 

 Winter , nor are the Plants half ib 

 ftrong icented, or fit for medicinal 

 Ufes as thofe which grow upon 

 the moll barren, rocky Soil. 



The iirfl and fecond Sorts may 

 »Jib be propagated from Seeds, 



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which (bould be (own in March,. 

 upon a dry undung'd Soilj and 

 when the Plants are come up, they 

 muft be carefully clear'd from 

 Weeds, until they are about two 

 Inches high, when they fhould be 

 tranfplanted into other Beds, allow- 

 ing them a Foot Diftance each 

 Way : In thefe Beds they may re- 

 main, ta be cut for Ufe } or you 

 may afterwards tranfplant them 

 into dry Borders or Beds, in any 

 other Place where you would have 

 them fland, obferving never to 

 dung the Ground where they are 

 planted, which would caufe them 

 to grow vigoroufly in Summer, 

 but will haflen their Decay, as was 

 before obferv'd. 



Thefe Plants were formerly in 

 ufe to make Edgings to Borders 

 in Gardens i for which Purpofe 

 they are by no means proper: for 

 they will grow too large for fuch 

 Deligns ; and if they are often cut 

 in very dry Weather, they are fub- 

 je6l to decay, and in hard Winters 

 they are very often kill'd, fo that 

 the Edging will not be com pleat j 

 beiides, thefe Plants do greatly ex- 

 haufl: the Goodnefs of the Soil, 

 whereby the Plants in the Borders 

 wil be depriv'd of their Nourifli- 

 riflimenti fo that they fhould ne- 

 ver be planted in a fine Garden a- 

 mongft other choice Plants or 

 Flowers, but rather be plac'd in 

 Beds in the Phyfick-Garden : Thefe 

 Plants produce their Flowers in 

 June and July, at which Time 

 they fhould be gather'd and dry'd 

 in a fliady Place, and preferv'd dry 

 for Ufe. 



The fifth, lixth and feventh Sorts, 

 arc commonly fbwn every Springy 

 on Borders or Beds of light, frefh 

 Earth j and when the Plants come 

 up, they may be tranfplanted into 

 other Borders of the Flower-Gar- 

 den, 



