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the fame Year, and rarely furvive 

 a Winter. 



Theie Plants fhould all be planted 

 in a freih light Soil, which muft 

 not be dung'd j for they don't do 

 fo well upon a rich Soil, in which 

 they are apt to grow very rank, and 

 then their Roots canker and decay; 

 fo that they feldom abide the Win- 

 ter in fuch Soils; but in a frefJT Soil; 

 they will ftand our ordinary Winters 

 extremely well, and will produ'ce 

 large fair Flowers. 



The common Single Wcill-floy»er 

 is very feldom cultivated in Gardens, 

 but is often found growing upon 

 old Walls and Buildings in divers 

 Parts of England: This is the Sort 

 which is directed in the College 

 D'lfpenfatory for medicinal Ufes. 

 But the Double of this Kind is 

 very common in mod: of the Eng- 

 //;'« Gardens, which is propagated 

 by planting Slips or Cuttings in any 

 of the Sprmg Months, obferving to 

 water and Ihade them until they 

 have taken Root i after which, 

 they may be removd to the Places 

 where they are to remain. 



The Straw-coiour'd H'all-JIower 

 with Double Flowers was formerly 

 more common in the. Engllflj Gar- 

 dens than at prefcnf. This is a 

 much fin:;r Sort for Shew thin the 

 Comnion, the Pianrsgenerally grow- 

 ing more upright ; and the Spikes 

 of Flowers are much larger, 

 and grow much cioier together 

 than thofe : but the Fiowers have 

 very little Scent; which, 1 fuppofe, 

 has occafion'd its being Icfs culti- 

 vated than it was formerly j tho' 

 -indeed, for Shew, it is inferior to 

 none of tlic Sorts of Wall-flowers : 

 This is aifo propagated by Slips, as 

 the Common Sort. 



The White Mail-flower is propa- 

 gated by lowing the Seeds in April, 

 m the manner before directed for 



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the Stock-Gilli-floroers -y and if the 

 Seeds are good, there will be many 

 Double Flowers produc'd amongft 

 them, which may be continu'd, by 

 planting the Slips in the fame man- 

 ner as hath been directed for the 

 comvcvon Wa,ll-floix)er. But the Dou- 

 ble of this Kind being fomewhat 

 tenderer than the other Sorts of 

 Wall-flowers, fhould be planted into 

 Pots fill'd with light frelli Earth, and 

 in the Winter-ieaibn fhould be 

 plac'd under a Hot-bed Frame, 

 where they may be flielter'd from 

 fevere Frofts ; but in mild Weather 

 they Ihould have as much free open 

 Air as polTible; in which Manage- 

 ment they will endure two or three 

 Years, and produc fair Flowers, 



The large Flowering Wall-flovoer 

 is alfo propagated by Seeds in the 

 fame manner as the Stock-Gilli- 

 flowers i for tho' it will grow from 

 Slips, yet thefe feldom make fb 

 good Plants as thofe produc'd from 

 Seeds, nor will they flower £o 

 ftrong. This Sort rarely produces 

 many Double Flowers, but yets is 

 well worth propagating, for the 

 Largenefs and Sweetneis of its 

 Flowers ; and if they are planted 

 in a very poor dry Soil, v/ill con- 

 tinue tv/o or three Years, and en- 

 dure the Cold extremely well. 



The Ravenal Wall-floiver is at 

 prefent in the greatefl Eileem with 

 the curious Florifts, the Flowers 

 of this Kind being fall as large as 

 the laft-mention'd Sort, and are of 

 a fine Reddifli or Iron Colour on 

 the Outiide, as alfb of an extraor- 

 dinary Sweetnefsj and this is more 

 apt to produce Double Flowers 

 than the former: It is propagated 

 by Seeds, which fliould be iown 

 in March, and manag'd as was di- 

 reited for the Stock-Gillt-flower, ob- 

 i'erving never to plant them in a 

 rich Soil, which will caufe them 



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