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Theft may be propagated hy 

 lowing their Seeds in the Spring 

 upon a Border of light Earth, ex- 

 pos'd to the Morning-Sun, in which 

 the Plants will rife in about fix 

 Weeks after ,• when they may be 

 tranfplanted out into Beds of light 

 Earth, obferving to water and fhade 

 thern until they have taken Root ; 

 after which they will require no 

 farther Care but only to keep them 

 clear from Weeds : The Summer 

 following thefe Plants will produce 

 Flowers and Seeds 5 foon after which, 

 the fecond Sort will decay; but 

 the third will ibmetimes abide two 

 or three Years, and produce Seeds 

 annually. 



MYRTUSj The Myrtle. 



The Charaders are ; 

 The Flower confifts of fever al 

 Leaves difpos^d in a circuUr Order, 

 which expand in Form of a Role j 

 upon the Top of the Foot-fldk is the 

 Ovary, -which has a, fliort Star-like 

 Cup, divided at the Top into five 

 Tarts, and expanded-^ the Ovary be- 

 comes an oblong umbilicated Fruit, 

 divided into three Cells, which are 

 full of Kidney- fljap'd Seeds. 



The Species are j 



1. Myrtus j communis, Italica. 

 C. B, P. Common Myrtle, with 

 pretty large Leaves. 



2. Myrtus ; latifolia, Romana, 

 C. B. P. Common Broad - leav'd 

 Myrtle. 



3. Myrtus ; minor, vulgaris. 

 C. B. P. Thyme -leav'd Myrtle ; 

 vulgo. 



4. Myrtus ; folio Buxi. Schml. 

 Bcerh. Ind. Box -leav'd Myrtle j 

 vulg6. 



5". Myrtus j foliis minimis ^ 

 mucronatis. C. B. P. Rofemary- 

 leav'd Myrtle ■■, vulgo. 



6. Myrtus ; fiore pleno. Corn. 

 Double- flowering Myrr/f> vulgo. 



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7. Myrtus ; foliis odore Nucii 

 Mofchat£, cauliculis rubentibus, vulgo' 

 odore Citri. SchuyL Boerh. Ind. The 

 Nutmeg Myrtle; vulgo. 



8. M;fRTUs; B&tica, anguflifoliet 

 Cluf. Narrow-leav'd Spanifh Myrtle^ 

 commonly call'dt The Upright 

 Myrtle. 



9. Myrtus ; balfamica, foliis 

 Mali GranatA. H, L. The Pome-- 

 granate-Ieav'd Myrtle. 



10. Myrtus ; latifolia B^tice^ 

 fecimda, v el foliis Laurinis confertim 



nafcentihus. C. B. P. The Orange- 

 leav'd Myrtle ; vulgo. 



11. Myrtus; minor, foliis ex 

 albo, v.iriegatis. The Strip'd Thyme- 

 leav'd Myrtle, 



12. Myrtus ; foliis odore Nucis 

 Mofchiitd, cauliculis rubentibus, fo- 

 liis ex luteo variegatis. The Strip'd 

 Nutmeg Myrtle t vulgo. 



13. Myrtus; foliis mucronatis, 

 ex albo CT viridi variegatis^ fiofculis- 

 rubro candidis, Boerh. Ind. The 

 Strip'd Thyme-lcav'd Myrtle i vulgo. 



14. Myrtus; latifolia, Romana, 

 foliis ex luteo variegatis. The 

 Broad-leav'd Myrtle^ with ftrip'd 

 Leaves. 



There are fome other Varietiae' 

 of thefe Plants which are preferv'd 

 in the Gardens of the Curious, but 

 thoie here mention'd are what I 

 have obferv'd in the Gardens near 

 London. 



Thefe Plants may be all propa- 

 gated from Cuttings; the bell Sea- 

 fon for which is in July, when yoa 

 fhould niake Choice of fome of 

 the ilraiteft and moft vigorous young. 

 Shoots, which fhould be about fix 

 or eight Inches long, and the Leaves- 

 on the Lower Part muft be flripp'd 

 off about two Inches long, and 

 the Part twifted which is to be 

 placed in the Ground : Then ha- 

 ving fiird a Parcel of Pots (in Pro- 

 portion to the Quantity of Cuttings 



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