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Cold of our ordinary Winters very 

 well, provided they have a landy 

 Soil, and a \v;^-m Situation: Thele 

 may be propagated by parting their 

 Roots towards the latter End of 

 March. "When they are planted, 

 which Ihould be in a light landy 

 Soil, you muft water and fhade 

 them until they have taken Root j 

 afiier which, they will require no 

 other Culture than to keep them 

 clear from Weeds, and give them 

 Water plentifully in dry Weather. 

 In July thefe Plants will produce 

 beautiful Spikes or Tufts ot blue 

 or Purple-colour'd Flowers, which 

 will continue in Perfection a long 

 Time ; and if the Seafon proves 

 favourable in Autumn they will 

 ripen their Seed. 



The fixth Sort is fomewhat ten- 

 derer than the others, and muft be 

 preferv'd in Pots fill'd with frefh 

 light Earth, and plac'd in the Green- 

 houfe in hard Weather, otherwife 

 the Cold of our Winters often de- 

 ftroys them: This Plant may be 

 propagated as the former, but is 

 not fo apt to incrcafc j for which 

 Reafon, the beu; Method is, to be 

 furnifli'd with good Seeds from 

 Abroad, (for it never perfects its 

 Seed in England), which, if ibwn 

 upon a warm Border of light frefh 

 Earth, will come up very wellj 

 and in the Summer, when the Plants 

 have acquir'd fiifficient Strength for 

 Tranfplantarion, they muft be taken 

 up and planted in Pots, placing 

 them in the Shade until they have 

 taken Root j after which, they may 

 be expos'd to the open Air until 

 Ouiober, when they muft be re- 

 mov'd into the Green-houfe, ob- 

 serving to place them w^here they 

 may have as much free Air as pol- 

 fible in mild Weather : And during 

 !he Winter-feafon they muft be 

 frequently water 'dj but you muft 



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never give them too much at once, 

 which is apt to rot their Roots, 

 efpecially in that Seafon. You muft 

 alfo obferve to pick off all decay'd 

 Leaves, which, if fuffer'd to re- 

 main on the Plants, very often in- 

 fect them ; and it being pretty nice 

 in its Culture, it will often fail, 

 upon a fmall Negle<£t of this Kind. 

 This Plant produces its Flowers in 

 July and Augufty and, many times, 

 continues in Beauty the greateft 

 Part of September, 



The feventh Sort riies to be four 

 or five Feet high, and hath {lender 

 woody Branches ; from which, in 

 Jiily and AuguJlfZre produc'd Spikes 

 ot li-nall blue Flowers, which make 

 a very handibme Appearance, (efpe- 

 cially in a warm Seafon, when their 

 Flowers open kindly) and continue 

 in Beauty a long Time. 



This Plant is propagated by 

 planting fome of the tender Cut- 

 tings in any of the Summer Months, 

 in Pots fiU'd with light fandy Earth, 

 and plac'd in a moderate Hot-bed 

 to facilitate their taking Root, and 

 after they are rooted, they may be 

 expos'd to the open Air until Ocfo- 

 hr-j when they muft be remov'd 

 into a Green-houfe, placing them 

 in a Situation where they may have 

 as much free Air as potfible in mild 

 Weather : During the Winter-fea- 

 fon, they fhould have frequent, but 

 gentle Refrelhings with Water : 

 You muft alfo obferve to keep them 

 clear from decay'd Leaves and 

 Branches, which will infedt the 

 whole Plants upon which they are 

 fuffer'd to remain ; and in the Sum- 

 mer-feaibn they fhould be expos'd 

 in fbme well-fhelter'd Place amongft 

 other Exotick Plants. 



LINARIAi Toad-Flax. 

 The characters arej 



7he Leaves are oblong, and pro- 

 duc'd alternately on the Branches ; 



the 



