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be propagited from Seeds, or by 

 parting their Roots j the beft Time 

 to tranlplant them is at the Begin- 

 ning of March : This mufl have a 

 light Soil, and a warm Situation. 



The Red Foppy, or Com Rofe, is 

 never propagated in Gardens, but 

 is very common upon chalky dry 

 Soils in almoft every Part of Eng- 

 land, where the Plants come up a- 

 rnongft the Corn, and are very 

 troublefomc : The Flowers of this 

 Kind are brought into the Markets 

 for Medicinal Ule. There are ma- 

 ny Varieties of this Plant with dou- 

 ble Flowers, which are cultivated 

 in the Flower Garden, but efpeci- 

 allv the Dwarf Sort, of which there 

 are feme with very double Flow- 

 ers, which are beautifully edged 

 with white; thele are by many 

 Perfbns iown for Edgings to the 

 larffe Borders of the Pleafure-Gar- 

 <icn ; tho' I think them no ways 

 proper tor this, fince their Flowers 

 are but of a fhort Duration i and 

 the Plants, when their Seeds are 

 perfected, do immediately decay, 

 lb that they appear unlightly. Bc- 

 fides, where they grow very clofe, 

 the Flowers are generally fmall : 

 but if they are Ibwn in Patches 

 upon the Borders, and when the 

 Plants ronie up, are thinned out, 

 fo as to leave but three or four in 

 each Piacc, they v/ill flower very 

 well, and look very beautifully. 



All the Sorts of FoPpies Ihould 

 be Ibwn in Autu/nn-^ (for when 

 they are fown in the Spring, the 

 Plants have not Time enough to 

 set Stren2:th before I he hot Wea- 

 ther cauics them to run up to 

 iioweri fo thit their Flowers are 

 never fo large or double as thofe 

 ■ibwn in the Antuimi.) When the 

 Plants come up, they fliould be 

 carefully cleai'd from Weeds, which 

 is all the Culture they reauire (ex- 



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cept to pull them up where they 

 are too thick ;) for they thrive bet- 

 ter when they are fulfer'd to re- 

 main where they were fbwn, than 

 if they were tranfplanted : but you 

 fliould obferve to let them have 

 Room in Proportion to the Growth 

 of the Plants. This Sort firft men- 

 tion'd grows very large, and tall, 

 therefore fiiould be not clofer than 

 eight or ten Inches, But the Black 

 Sort, may (land fomewhat nearer j 

 tho' this appears handibmer when 

 the Plants fland iinglej therefore it 

 is the better way to fcatter the 

 Seeds of thofe which have beauti- 

 ful Flowers very thin over the Bor- 

 ders of" the Flovver-Garden : and 

 when the Plants come up they 

 may be puU'd out where they are 

 not well fituated, leaving here and 

 there a Plant, as the other Flov/ers 

 in the Borders will admit, where, 

 at the Seafon of their Flowering, 

 they will make a pretty Variety a- 

 mongft the Flowers : but they are 

 of fliort Duration •, and having an 

 ill Scent, they are lefs elfeem'd of 

 late Years, hnce the Plenty of o- 

 ther more valuable Flowers. 



PAP AVER CORNICULATUMi 

 'vide Glaucium. 



PAPAVER SPINOSUxM j 'v'lds 

 Ar2:emone. 



PAPAYA i Papaw Tree. 

 The Characters are; 



It hath a fimple Stalk : The Flortf- 

 ers are Male and Female in. different 

 Plants : The Male Tlorvers (which 

 are barren) are tubulous^ confining 

 of one Leaf, and expand in the Form 

 of a Star : The Female Flowers con- 

 fifl of feveral Leaves, which expand 

 in Form of a Rofe, out of whofe 

 Flower- cup rifes the Point al, which 

 afterwards becomes a fleJJyy Fruity 

 fr-aped like a Cucumber or Melon, 

 containing many Jm^lU oblong.^ fur- 

 row' d Seeds* 



The 



