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Earth; and if the Seaibn fhould 

 prove dry, they muft be warer'd 

 and fhaded until they have taken 

 Root : After which, they muft he 

 kept clear from Weeds; and, du- 

 ring the Winter-feafon, they fhould 

 be skreen'd from excelHve Rains; 

 for too much Moiilure at that Sea- 

 ibn, very often rots them. In 

 March they may be taken up with 

 a Ball of Earth to their Roots, and 

 tranfplanted either into the Borders 

 of the Flovaer-Ganlen, or in Pots 

 fill'd with light frcfh Earth, and 

 plac'd where they may have the 

 Morning Sun 'till Eleven o' Clock, 

 in which Situation they will thrive 

 better than when they have more 

 of the Sun. In dry Weather they 

 muft be frequently watered : but 

 you fhould never let them have too 

 much W^et, for that will canker 

 and rot 'em, as will alio a very 

 rich Soil. This Plant commonly 

 grows about two Feet high, and 

 produces a great Number of beau- 

 tiful red Flowers in June and J^uly, 

 TA-hich continue a long Time, for 

 which they are greatly efteem'd. 



The Umbelliferous Mountain Cam- 

 t'ion is nearly akin to the before- 

 mention'd Sorts, but produces its 

 Flowers in an Umbel upon the 

 Top of the Stalks which are of a 

 bright red Colour, and make a ve- 

 ry pretty Variety in a Garden : 

 This fcldom arrows above ei^ht or 

 nme Inches high, therefore it Ihould 

 be placed amongft Flowers of the 

 fame Grawth; it delights m a 

 light freili unJung'd Soil, and Iha- 

 diy Situation, and may be propaga- 

 ted either from Seeds, which it 

 commonly affords in great Plenty, 

 or from Slips, as the before-men- 

 tion'd Sorts, 



The Red and M-IAte Batchelor's 

 Button are very hardy Piants, in 

 lefped to Cold: but if ihey arc 



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fuffer'd to remain long in a Place 

 unremov'd, they are very iiibjedt 

 to rot and decay. They never 

 produce Seeds, fo are propagated 

 only by parting of their Roots, 

 which may be done either in Sep- 

 tember, or in the Beginning of 

 March: but the former Seaibn is 

 preferable ; for they will then be 

 well rooted in the Ground before 

 the dry Weather of the Spring 

 comes on, whereby they will be 

 out of Danger from that; whereas 

 thoie planted in the Spring, if the 

 Weather ibould prove dry fbon af- 

 ter, will ftarve, and be very weak, 

 unleft frequently water'd: Thefe 

 commonly grow above two Feet 

 high, and produce their Flowers 

 in j^une and July: They love a 

 frelb loamy Soil, which fhould noc 

 be dung'd, and to have a Situation 

 to the Morning Sun, in which 

 they will thrive better than in 9, 

 more open Expofure. 



The Deuble Ragged Rcbin is alio 

 increased by parting the Roots in 

 Autumns This Plant muft have a 

 moift Soil, and fliady Situation, 

 where it will thrive exceedingly : 

 but in a hot dry Soil it feldom 

 does well : It produces its Flowers 

 about the iame Time as the for- 

 mer, and is very proper for fhady 

 cold Borders, where few other 

 Plants will thrive. 



The Single Scarlet Lychnis may 

 be either propagated by fovving 

 the Seeds, or parting the Roots : 

 It from Seeds, it fliould be fowa 

 on a Bed of light Earth in the Be- 

 ginning of March -J and when the 

 Plants are come up pretty ftrong 

 (which is commonly in May) they 

 fhould be tranfplanted out inta 

 Nurlery-beds at about iix Inches 

 Diftance each way, obferfing to 

 water and fliade them until they 

 have taken Root > after which they 

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