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never be wanting of thefe Plants, 

 elpecially lince they require no ar- 

 tihcial Heat, but only to be pre- 

 Jcrved from hard Frolls, fo that 

 they may be placed amongft Oran- 

 ges , Myrtles, Oleanders y 8cc. in fuch 

 a Manner, as not to be too much 

 over-fhaded with other Plants i but 

 that they may enjoy as much free 

 Air as poflible in mild Weather. 



They are ealily propagated by 

 planting Cuttings of any of the 

 Sorts, in Pots till'd with light 

 Earth, any Time in July or Au- 

 guji, obferving to fliade and water 

 them until they have taken Root, 

 after which they mufl be each of 

 *em planted into a feparate Pot 

 fiU'd with light rich Earth, and 

 often refrefh'd with Water (for it 

 is an Aquatick Plant in its native 

 Country) and in October they muft 

 be removed into the Green- houfe ; 

 but in May, they fhould be ex- 

 pos'd again to the open Air, pla- 

 cing them where they may have 

 the Morning Sun till Eleven of 

 the Clock, obferving never to let 

 them want Water, which will en- 

 courage them to produce flrong 

 Tutts of Flowers in Autumn. 



Thefe Plants will grow to be 

 eight or nine Feet high, and abide 

 many Years j but are very fubjedl 

 to grow irregular, therefore their 

 Branches fhould be pruned early in 

 the String, in order to reduce them 

 to a tolerable Figure 5 but they 

 will not bear to be often pruned 

 or flieer'd, nor can they ever be 

 torm'd into Balls or Pyramids, for 

 if they are often (horten'd, it will 

 prevent their flowering. 



The ftrip'd Sort is by many Peo- 

 ple valued for the Variety of its 

 Leaves; but as that is occalion'd by 

 a Weaknefs in the Plant, fo the 

 Flowers of that Sort are never {o 

 large and fair, as are thofe of the 

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plain Sort, nor produced in fo great 

 a Quantity. 



The third Sort is alfo preferved 

 for Variety more than its Beauty i 

 the Flowers of this being much 

 fmaller, and not fo well colour'd, 

 as are thole of the common Sorts. 



LETTUCE i vide Laftuca. 



LEUCANTHEMUMj Ox-eye 

 Daizy, 



The Characters are ,• 



It agrees in every refpeB mth the 

 Chryfanthemum, except in the Co- 

 lour of its Semi-florets, which in thefe 

 are conjlantly White, 

 The Species are ; 



1. Leucanthemum; vulgar 

 Tourn» Common Ox-eye Daizy. 



2. Leucanthemum ; Alpinum^ 

 maJHs, rigido folio. Tourn. Greater 

 Ox-eye Daizy of the Alps, with 

 ft iff Leaves. 



5. Leucanthemum; radice re-^ 

 pente, foliis latioribus [erratis. Tourn. 

 Creeping-rooted Ox-eye Daizy, 

 with broad ferrated Leaves. 



4. Leucanthemum ) folio abfin* 

 thiiy Alpinum. CiaJJi. Alpine Ox- 

 eye Daizy, with a Wormivood Leaf. 



5". Leucanthemum; tanaceti fo- 

 lio, flore major e. Boerh. Ind. Ox- 

 eye Daizy, with a Tanfy Leaf and 

 a large Flov/er. 



6. Leucanthemum ; Canarienfe, 

 foliis Chryfanthemi, fa pore pyrethri. 

 Tourn. Canary Ox-eye Daizy, with 

 a Chryfanthemum Leaf, and a Tafte 

 like FeUitory of Spain, vulgarly call- 

 ed Fellitory of Spain. 



The fir ft of thefe Plants is very 

 common in the Meadows, in moft 

 Parts of England, from whence 

 the Flowers are gathered and 

 brought into the Markets of Lon- 

 don for medicinal Uies, but it is 

 feldom cultivated in Gardens. 



The fccond and iiFth Sorts are 



many Times planted in Gardens 



for their Beauty, thefe produce 



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