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a Fortnight or three Weeks at moll:, 

 after which it appears very unfightly, 

 for when it is in Seed, the Weight 

 of that forces it down upon the 

 Ground j but when the Plants grow 

 fingly, they will be much larger 

 and flronger, and continue longer 

 in Flower. 



The two Sorts of LobeVs Catch- 

 fy have been long cultivated in 

 Gardens, and the Seeds are com- 

 monly fold at the Seed-fhops in 

 tondon : Thcfe grow upright to 

 the Height of lixteen or eighteen 

 Inches, (if fown in the Autumn, 

 but thofe which are fown in the 

 Spring feldom grow fo large) and 

 produce pretty Tufts of Flowers 

 upon the Tops of the Branches in 

 Form of an Umbel, which con- 

 tinue a long Time in Perfection, 

 and are pretty Ornaments in a large 

 Garden. 



The twenty-fecond Sort fpreads 

 upon the Ground, and therefore 

 muft be allow'd more Room than 

 the former. Thefe Plants fliould 

 be planted two Feet afunder, other- 

 wife they will run into each other, 

 (efpecially fuch as are fown in the 

 Autumn) fo that in wet Weather 

 they are fubje6t to rot and decay. 

 This produces a great Number of 

 beautiful red Flowers, which make 

 a very agreeable Appearance during 

 their Seaibn of Flowering. 



There arc a great Number of 

 Sorts more than I have here men- 

 tion'd, which are prcierv'd in cu- 

 rious Botanick Gardens for Variety 

 Sake i but as moft of them are 

 Plants of little Beauty, fo I thought 

 it needlefs to enumerate them in 

 this Place, fince thofe here men- 

 tioned are the beft worth propa- 

 gating in a Flower-Gar den. 



But before I quit this Article, 

 I fhall beg Leave to add two Plants 

 to this Genus by way of Appendix, 



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tho*, according to their Characters, 

 they do not, in Stridlnefs, belong 

 to it, differing in their Flowers 

 from the Lychnis's^ which have 

 their Flowers cut to the Bottom 

 into five Parts ,• whereas the Flow- 

 ers of thefe Kinds are int^re, con- 

 fiding of one Leaf: Which Diftin- 

 Ction being not very great, the 

 modern Botanifls have thought pro- 

 per to diftinguiih them by the 

 Name of Lychnidea, which fignifies 

 fomething like a Lychnis. Of this 

 Genus we have, at prefent, but 

 two Species which are common in 

 England, viz. 



1. Lychnidea ; Virgin'mna. Ho~ 

 lofiei ampliore folio, fioribus umbel- 

 latis purpureis. Rand. Virginian 

 Lychnidea, with a broad Stitchwort 

 Leaf- and Purple Flowers growing 

 in an Umbel. 



2. Lychnidea ; Caroliniana fio- 

 ribus c^uajl umbelUtim difpoftis, fo- 

 liis lucidis, crajjis, acutis. Martyn. 

 Hiji. Fhint. Rar. Carolina Lych- 

 nidea, with Flowers growing al- 

 moft in an Umbel, and thick, 

 fiiining, fliarp-pointed Leaves. 



^ Thefe two Plants are propagated 

 either by Cuttings, or parting of 

 their Roots, for they do not pro- 

 duce Seed in this Country. The 

 bell Time to part their Roots is 

 in the Beginning of u4pril, juft be- 

 fore they begin to fhootj when 

 you fhould take up the Roots, and 

 alter having pared off the outer 

 Part of the Ball of Earth, fo as to 

 fee where the Heads divide di- 

 ftinCtly, you mull with a Knife 

 feperate them, fo as to preferve 

 fome Buds upon the Top of each 

 Divifioui then you may plant them 

 either into Borders of frelh Earth, 

 or Pots fill'd with good frefh loamy 

 Earth, obferving to water them, if 

 the Seafbn fhould prove dry, until 

 they have taken Root j after which, 



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