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for Variety, but are leldom propa- 

 gated for Ufe. The firll Sort is 

 found growing upon Dunghills in 

 divers Parts ot Englanii Thefeare 

 both very hardy, and may he pro- 

 pagated by fbwing their Seeds in 

 March, upon a Bed of light Earth, 

 where they will rome up, and may 

 be tranfplanted into any Part of 

 the Garden. 



NIGELLA J Fennel-Flower, or 

 Devil in a Bufli. 



The CharaBers are; 

 The Flower -cHp conjifcs of five 

 Leaves, lohuh expand in Form of a 

 Star, and branch out into many 

 other [mall narrow Leaves j the 

 Tkroer confifis of many Leaves plac'd 

 orbicularly, and expand in Form of 

 a Rofe, having many fljort Stamina, 

 furrounding the Ovary in the Center 

 of the Flower -y which Ovary becomes 

 a> membranaceous Fruit, confifiin^; 

 of fever al Cells, which are furmJJul 

 with Horns on the Top, and are full 

 of Seeds. 



The Species are ,• 



1. Nig ELLA J arve-fifiSj cornuta, 

 C. B. P. Wild horned Fennel- 

 Flower. 



2. Nigf.lla; latifcliii, pore ma- 

 jor e, Jimplici, coerulea. C, B. P. 

 Broad-leav'd Fennel-Flower, with a 

 large fingle blue Flower. 



3. Nigella ; anguflifolia, flore 

 major e, fimplici^ cceruleo. C. B. P. 

 Narrow-leav'd Fennel-Flower, with 

 a large lingle blue Flower. 



4. Nigella 5 angujlifoliai fiore 

 major e, fi?nplici, albo, C. B. P. Nar- 

 row-leav'd Fennel-Flower, with a 

 large fingle white Flower, 



5". Nigella ; fiore major e, plena, 

 coeruleo, C. B. P, Double blue Ni- 

 gella, or Fennel-Flower. 



6, Nigella i fiore minor e, fim- 

 i^ci, candido. C. B. P. Fennel- 

 Flowerj with a fmall white fingle 

 Flower, 



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7. Nigella ; fibre minore, plena 

 & albo, C. B, P. Fennel-Flower> 

 with a f inall double white Flower. 



8. Nigella ^ Or i en talis, fiore 

 flavo, jlmine alato piano, T. Cor. 

 Oriental Fennel - Flower, with a 

 yellow Flower, and a flat-wing'd 

 Seed. 



9. I>riGELLA ,• Crctica, latifoUa, 

 cdorata. Park. Theat. BrcaJ-leav'd, 

 Sweet - fcented , Candy Fennel- 

 Flower. 



There are fome other Varieties 

 of this Plant, which are preierv'd 

 in Ibme curious Botanick Gardens, 

 but tiiole here mentioned are what 

 I have obferv'd cultivated in the 

 Englifij Gardens at prelent« 



All thefc Plants may be propa- 

 gated by fowing their Seeds upoa 

 a Bed of light Earth, where they 

 are to remain (for they ieldom 

 facceed well it tranfplantedj ; there- 

 fore in order to have them inter- 

 mix'd amongfl: other annual Flow- 

 ers, in the Borders of the F lower- 

 Garden, the Seeds lliould be Ibwn in 

 Parches at proper Dillances; and 

 when the Plants come up, yoii 

 muit pull up thofe which grow 

 too clofe, leaving but three or four 

 of them in each Patch, obferving 

 alfo to keep them clear from Weeds, 

 v/hich is all the Culture they re- 

 quire. In "^uly they will produce 

 their Flowers, and their Seeds will 

 ripen in Augufi, when they fliould 

 be gathered, and dry'd 5 then rub 

 out each Sort feparately, and pre- 

 fer ve them in a dry Place, 



The Seafbn for fowing thefe Seeds 

 is in March, but if you low Ibmc 

 of them in Augufi, loon after they 

 are ripe, upon a dry Soil, and in at 

 warm Situation, they will abide 

 the Winter, and flower ftrong the 

 fucceeding Year 5 by which Method 

 they may be continu'd in Beauty 

 moH part of the Summer, 



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