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fhould be fevere, whereby they will 

 be greatly defac'd j tor which Rca- 

 fon they fliould always be kept as 

 long abroad as the Seafon will per- 

 mit, and remov'd out again in the 

 Spring before they flioot out; and 

 during the Winter-fcafon that they 

 are in the Green- houfc, they fhould 

 have as much free Air as poiVible 

 when the Weather is mild. 



The two firft menrion'd Sorts I 

 have feen planted abroad in warm 

 Situations, and upon a dry Soil, 

 where they have endured the Cold 

 of Winter? for feveral Years very 

 well, with only being cover'd in 

 very hard Frofls with two or three 

 Mats, and the Surface of the 

 Ground about their Roots cover'd 

 with a little Mulch to prevent the 

 Froft from entering the Ground : 

 But in Cornwall and Devonfnre, 

 where the Winters are more fa- 

 vourable than in moft other Parts 

 of England, there are large Hedges 

 of Myrtle which have been planted 

 feveral Years, and are very thri- 

 ving and vigorous, Tome of which 

 are upward of llx Feet high; and 

 I believe if the Double-flowering 

 Kind were planted abroad, it would 

 endure the Cold as well as any of 

 the other Sorts, it being a Native of 

 the Southern Parts of France. 

 This and the Orange-leav'd Kind, 

 are the moft difiicult to take Root 

 from Cuttings ; but if they are 

 planted toward the latter end of 

 7«(y, making Choice of only fuch 

 Shoots as are tender, and the Pots 

 be plung'd into an old Bed ot Tan- 

 ners Bark which has loft moft of 

 its Heat, and the Glaftes fliaded 

 every Day, they v/ill take Root 

 extreamly well, as I have more 

 than once expericnc'd. The O- 

 range-leav'd Sort, and thofe with 

 variegated Leaves are lomewhat 

 tenderer than the ordinary Sorts, 



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and fhould be hous'd a little fboner 

 in Autumny and plac'd farther from 

 the Windows of the Green-houfe. 



MYRTUS BRABANTICAj a//- 

 de Gale. 



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NAPELLUS ; vide Aconitum. 

 NAP US J The Navew or 

 French Turnip. 



The Charaiiers are ; 

 It agrees in mofi reflects "with the 

 Turnip, but hath a Icjfer Root, and 

 Jemewhat ivar?ner to the Tafie. 

 The Species are ,• 



1. Nap us; fativa, radice alba, 

 C. B. P. Garden Navew, with a 

 white Root. 



2. Nap us ; fativa, radice nigra. 

 C. B. P. Garden Navew, with a 

 black Root. 



5. Nap us; fylvejlris. C. B. P. 

 Wild Navew. 



The two firft Species of this Plant 

 are cultivated in France, Italy, and 

 Germa?iy, in great Abundance ; in 

 which Places they are much pre^ 

 ferr'd to common Turnips, being 

 accounted a more delicious Food j 

 but in England they have not yet 

 ib much obtain'd, being only cul- 

 tivated by fome curious Peribsis, 

 and are but rarely brought to the 

 Markets. 



Thcfe Plants may be cultivated 

 by fowing their Seeds in ^une^ 

 July, and AugHJl, after the fame 

 manner as is practised for common 

 Turnips ; and when the Plants are 

 come up, they fnould be hoed in the 

 like manner to deftroy the Weeds, 

 and cut up the Plants where they 

 come up too thick, with this Dif- 



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