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The Species arej 



I. OcYMUM; 'vulgatiiis, C. B. P. 

 Common Baiil. 



1, OcYMUM; 'vtilgatius, foli'is ex 

 mgro-virefccntibusy Jlore albo. H. R. 

 P. Common Balii with dark green 

 Leaves and white Flowers. 



3. OcYMUMj mi?ius, angujiifoli- 

 um, foliis ferratis. C. B. P. Lefler 

 Baiil with narrow ierratcd Leaves. 



4. OcYMUM ; minus, angtijlifoli- 

 nm, foliis biillms. H. R. P. Lefler 

 narrow-leav'd Bafil with warted 

 Leaves. 



5*. OcYMUxM 5 minimum. C. B. P. 

 The leaft Bafil, commonly calVcl, 

 Buni-Bafil. 



6. OcYMUMj minimum., foliis ex 

 purpura nigricantibus. H. r' F. The 

 leafl Bafil v/ith dark purple Leaves. 



7. OcYMUM; Citriodore. C.B.?^ 

 Baiil with a Citron Scent. 



8. OcYMUM J Idtifolium, macula- 

 tum, 'vel crifpum. C. B. P. Broad- 

 leav'd Balii with curl'd Ipotted 

 Leaves. 



There are feveral other Varieties 

 of this Plant mention'd by Bota* 

 nick Writers, moft of which are 

 leminal Variations, which do not 

 continue, but are annually varying 

 from Seeds, fo that it would be 

 needlefs to mention them herej 

 fome of thofe here inferted are al- 

 io Varieties, but as they are the 

 mofl: remarkable, I have given 

 them a Place for the Sake of thofe 

 who love Varieties. 



Thefe Plants being annual, are 

 propagated from Seeds, which 

 fiiould be fown in March, upon a 

 moderate Hot-bed; and when the 

 Plants are come up, they fhould 

 be tranfplanted into another mo- 

 derate Hot-bed, obferving to wa- 

 ter and fliade them, until they have 

 taken Root, after which they 

 fhould have Plenty of Air in mild 

 Weather, otherwife thev will draw 



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up very weak -, you mull alfo wa-' 

 ter 'em frequently, for they love 

 Moiilure. In Ivlay they fhould be 

 taken up with a Ball of Earth to 

 their Roots, and tranfplanted ei- 

 ther into Pots or Borders, obferv- 

 ing to fiiade them until they have 

 taking Root, after which they will 

 require no farther Care, but to 

 clear 'em from Weeds, and refrelh 

 them with Water in dry Weather. 

 Tho' thefe Plants are only propa- 

 gated from Seeds, yet if you have 

 any particular Sort which may a- 

 rife from Seeds, which you are 

 deiirous to increafe, you may take 

 off Cuttings, any time in May, 

 and plant 'em on a moderate Hot- 

 bed, obferving to water and fhadc 

 'em for about ten Days, in which 

 time they will take Root, and in 

 three W eeks Time will be fit to 

 remove either into Pots or Bor- 

 ders, with the feedling Plants. In 

 Augufi thefe Plants will perfc6t 

 their Seeds, when thofe Sorts 

 which appear the mod diftindt, 

 fhould have their Seeds preferved 

 feparate, for faving the following 

 Spring. 



The firfl Sort is what the Col- 

 lege of Bhyjicians have prefcribed 

 for Mediciaal Ufe, but the fifth 

 Sort is mofl efleemcd for \u Beau- 

 ty and Scent, by thofe who culti- 

 vate them to adorn their Gar- 

 dens. 



OENANTHEj Water Drop- 

 wort. 



The Characters are j 



It is an umbelliferous Tlanf, 

 •jnhofe Flower conflfis of many Heart- 

 fjjap'd Leaves, vihich expand in Form 

 of a Rofe : The Ovary is fix'd to 

 the Top of the B?npalement, which 

 turns to a Fruit composed of two ob- 

 long Seeds, that are gibbous and 

 Jlreak'd on one Side, and plain on the 

 other, ending, as it roere, in fome 



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