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ttnrds turn to fo msiny Seeds, which 

 are rounS/Jjy and biclos'd in the 

 Tlon>er-cup. To thefe Notes may be 

 added, the Flowers are produced from 

 the Wings of the Leaves, but arc 

 not whorled quite round the Stalks. 

 The Species are ; 



1. Melissa i hortenjis. C. B. P. 

 Garden-Baulm. 



2. Melissa; hortenfis, foliis ex 

 luteo 'uariegatis. Garden Baulm, 

 with yellow variegated Leaves. 



3. Melissa \ Rofnana, molliter 

 hirfuta, ^ graveolens. H. R. Far, 

 Stinking Roman Baulm, with foft- 

 cr hairy Leaves. 



There arc fome other Species of 

 this Plant which are preicrv'd in 

 curious Gardens tor Variety j but 

 as they are never cultivated for 

 Ufe, fo I fhall pafs them by with- 

 out naming. 



The firft of thefe Sorts is culti- 

 vated in Gardens for Medicinal and 

 Culinary Ufe: This is propagated 

 by parting the Roots, either in 

 Spring or Autumn, planting the 

 Slips at about eight or ten Inches 

 Dilbnce, in Beds about four Feet 

 wide, leaving a Path two Feet be- 

 tween the Beds, for the Conveni- 

 ency of cleaning, watering, and 

 cutting the Plants. 



"When they are firft planted, if 

 the Scafbn proves dry, you muft 

 carefully water them until they have 

 taken Root, otherwife they will 

 be fubjecl to decay, but atter- 

 v.'ards they will require no farther 

 Care, but only to keep them clear 

 from Weeds. Thefe Plants fhould 

 be tranfplanted and parted every 

 other Year, otherwife their Roots 

 will grow ib large as to injure each 

 other, and for want of Room will 

 roc and decay. 



The variegated Sort makes a ve- 

 ry pretty Appearance in the Spring 

 Seaibn, v/hiic the Leaves are young, 



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but afterwards their Beauty goes 

 offi however, a fe^ Plants ot this 

 Sort may be planted in large Bor- 

 ders for Variety. 



The third Sort is a Plant of no 

 great Btauty or Ufe, but is pre- 

 lerv'd in feveral curious Gardens 

 for Variety. This is fomewhat 

 tender, and fliould have a dry Soil 

 and a v/arm Situation, otherwife 

 it is fometimes deftroy'd in fevere 

 Frofts. 



The two firfi; Sorts will grow 

 in almoft any Soil or Situation ; 

 but the ftrip'd Sort (liould not 

 have a rank Soil, which would 

 caufe it to grow vigorously, where-^ 

 by the Beauty of its variegated 

 Leaves foon goes off. 



MELISSA TURCICAj liidt 

 Moldavica. 



MELO i A Melon. 

 The Characters are ; 



The Flower confifls of one Leafy 

 which is of the expanded Bell-flmpCt 

 cut into feveral Segments, and ex- 

 acily like thofs of the Cucumber : 

 Some of thefe Flowers are barren^ 

 not adhering to the Fmbryo\ others 

 are fruitful, growing upon the Em- 

 bryo, which is afterwards chang'd 

 into a Fruit, for the mefl part of an 

 Oval-fijape, fmooth or wrinkled, and 

 divided into three feminal Apart- 

 ments, which feem to be cut into 

 two Tarfs, and contain many oblong 

 Seeds. 



The Species are ,• 

 I . M elo ; vulgaris. CB.F. Com- 

 mon Musk Melon. 



1. Meloj rotundus, parvus. C. 

 B. P. Small round Musk Melon, 

 commo7ily call'dy The Portugal or 

 Pocket Melon. 



3. Meloj reticulatus. J, B. Net- 

 ted or wrought Melon. 



4. Melo j magnus, coriice virente^ 

 fmine parvo, J. £. Greater Musk 



MeloUt 



