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parting their Roots in Autumn j 

 but as the Seed ripens very well, 

 fo it is the better Way to raife 

 them from that. 



The third and fourth Sorts are 

 tenderer than the laft, and fhould 

 be planted in a dry Soil and a warm 

 Situation, orherwife they are often 

 deftroy'd in Winter. Thefe are pro- 

 pagated by Seeds in the fame Man- 

 ner as the former, as alfo by part- 

 ing their Roots 5 but it is advife.ible 

 always to keep fome of thefe Plants 

 in Pots, that they may be remov'd 

 into Shelter in the Winter, other- 

 wife in hard Frofts they will be 

 kill'd. 



The fourth is the mofl: beautiful 

 Sort of them all j this produces 

 very large Spikes of purple Flowers, 

 which make a fine Appearance i 

 but it feldom produces ripe Seeds 

 in this Country, fo that the Seeds 

 muft be obtain'd from Abroad, and 

 the Plants propagated from Oif-fets 

 or Cuttings ; which, if planted in 

 the Spring, will take Root very 

 well, whereby it may be main- 

 tained. 



The fifth Sort was brought over 

 from Gibraltar by Sir Charles Wager ^ 

 Anno 1717, and hath fmce been 

 communicated to feveral curious 

 Perlbns: This Plant is eafilypropa- 

 ^ted by parting the Roots, or 

 planting Cuttings in any ot the 

 Summer Months, which if water'd 

 and fhaded will foon take Root, and 

 may afterwards be planted in Pots 

 iill'd with frefh, light, undung'd 

 Earth, in which they will fuccecd 

 much better thaa in a richer Soil i 

 for if they are planted in a fine rich 

 Earth, it caufes them to grow very 

 fad for a fliort Time, but they fel- 

 dom fail to rot fbon after. Thefe 

 raufl be remov'd into Shelter in 

 Winter, where they muft have as 

 much free Air as poUible in mild 



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Weather, and be only protedled from 

 fevere Cold j fb that if the Pots are 

 plac'd under an Hot-bed Frame, it 

 will be better than to place them 

 in a Green-houfe \ and I believe if 

 Ibme of the Plants were planted in 

 a dry, rubbifliy Soil under a warm 

 Wall, they would endure abroad 

 very well in our ordinary Winters. 



The lixth, feventh, and eighth 

 Sorts are annual Plants, which 

 fliould be fbwn early in the Spring 

 upon a Bed of light, frefh Earth i 

 and when the Plants are come up 

 about two Inches high, they fhould 

 be tranfplanted into the Borders of 

 the Flower-Garden, where they are 

 to remain : Thefe produce their 

 Flowers in June ani July, and their 

 Seeds are ripe in September. The 

 Seeds of thefe Plants may alfo be 

 fown in Autumn, fbon after they 

 are ripe, under a warm Wall or 

 Hedge, where they will endure the 

 Cold of our ordinary Winters very 

 well i and in the Spring they may 

 be tranfplanted out into the Borders, 

 where they are defign'd to fiower : 

 And thefe autumnal Plants will 

 grow much larger, and come to 

 flower much fboner than thofc 

 rais'd in the Spring, and from thefe 

 you ^vill always have good Seeds. 



LINGUA CERVINA ; Hart's- 

 Tongue. 



Thefe Plants do commonly grow 

 out from the Joints of old Walls 

 and Buildings, where they arc moifl 

 and fliady, but are feldom cultivated 

 in Gardens : There is a very great 

 Variety of thefe Plants both in the 

 Eaji and IVeJl-hjcliesy but there are 

 very few of them in Europe: They 

 may be propagated by parting their 

 Roots, and fhould have a moiit SoiL 

 and fliady Situation. 



LlNUxMj Flax. 



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