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till eleven a Clock j and if the Sea- 

 fon Ihould prove very dry, you 

 muft now and then gently refrefh 

 them with Water, but you muft 

 avoid giving them too much (efpe- 

 ciaily while the Roots are un- 

 aftivej which will rot them in a 

 fiiort Time. 



Toward the End of Auguft or 

 the Beginning of September, you 

 muft remove the Pots into the 

 Stove, placing them where they 

 may have free Air, but fb as to 

 have a warm Situation, obferving, 

 as was before dire£ted, to refrefh 

 them gently with Water, but not 

 to give them much until they ap- 

 pear above-ground, which is com- 

 inonly in November, provided they 

 have Warmth enough, otherwile 

 they will not come up till after 

 Chrijimds : When the Leaves be- 

 gin to appear above-ground, you 

 muft increafe the Quantity of Wa- 

 ter before given them, and place a 

 Stick down by the Root, to which 

 the Stem fhouid be faften'd to fup- 

 port it, other wife it will trail upon 

 the Ground ; You fhouid alio ob- 

 ferve to place the Pots fo that they 

 may not fland too near any large 

 growing Plants which may hang 

 over them, whereby thefe Plants 

 will be drawn up, which will pre- 

 vent their Flowering j but they 

 muft, at this Scaibn, be kept pretty 

 warm, in order to encourage them 

 to flower. The Heat with which 

 they thrive beft is about ten De- 

 grees above temperate, (as mark'd 

 on Mr. Yorcler's Botanical Thermo- 

 meters) but you muft never let 

 them have a lefs than temperate 

 Heat, left the Roots fliould perifli. 



The Off-lets taken from the old 

 Roots are commonly two or three 

 Years before they flower ; during 

 which time they ftiouid not be 

 tranlpianted ; but the Eurth in the 



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upper Part of the Pots fhouid be 

 taken out, and frefh put in every 

 Year to encourage the Roots, being 

 very careful in doing this not to 

 injure or difturb the fame. In July 

 ^nd Augtiji the Pots may be expos'd 

 to the open Air, if the Seafon be 

 warm, but all the other Part of the 

 Year they muft be continued in the 

 Stove. 



MEUM. Spigneh 

 The Characters are ; 



It is an umbe lifer Otis Plant y with 

 very narrow Leaves : The Seeds are 

 Urge, oblong and flriated : To which 

 may be added, it hath a -perennial 

 Root. 



This Plant is propagated in the 

 Thyfick-Gardens, for Medicinal Ufe, 

 but is very feldom found in other 

 Gardens. It may be propagated by 

 Seeds, which fhouid be fown in 

 Autumn fbon after they are ripe; 

 and in the Spring the Plants will 

 appear, when they Ihould be care- 

 fully clcar'd from Weeds, and in 

 very dry Weather muft be refrefh'd 

 with Water. In this Place the Plants 

 may remain until the Autumn fol- 

 lowing, when they may be tranl^ 

 planted into a Ihady Border about 

 a Foot afunder, where they may 

 remain for Ufe. They may alio be 

 propagated by parting their Roots 

 in Autumn, which is the moft ex- 

 peditious Method. 



MEZEREON ; vide Thyraelea. 



MILDEW is a Difeafe that hap- 

 pens to Plants, and is caus'd by a 

 dewy Moifture which falls on them, 

 and continuing for want of the 

 Sun's Heat to draw it up, by its 

 Acrimony corrodes, gnaws and 

 fpoiis the inmoft Subftance of the 

 Plant, and hinders the Circulation 

 of the nutritive Sap, upon which 

 the Leaves begin to fade, and the 

 Bloflbms and Fruit are much pre^ 

 judic'd. Or^ 



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