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in the Spring where they are dc- 

 iign'd to ftand, which fhould be in 

 hrge Gardens, giving them great 

 S'i'ace; tor if they are placed near 

 other Plants, they will fhade them 

 en.irdy from the Sun, and by con- 

 tinua: dripping upon them, will 

 greatly ir+jure rhem. ; and if they 

 ftand too dole, their Beauty is 

 greatly diminifhed. 



When the Plants begin to afpire 

 upwards, (which is commonly in 

 J^uly) their Side-fhoots fliould be 

 pruned off, to make them advance 

 in Height, and preferve them with- 

 in Coropafsi otherwife they are 

 very fubjc6l to branch out widely 

 on every Side, fo as to become 

 troublelome in a Garden; but when 

 they are pruned up regubrly five 

 or lix Feet high, they may after- 

 wards be permitted to fhoot out 

 Side-branches; lince thole which 

 are pio^luced above that Height, will 

 never be very long or troublefome, 

 but wjll add to the Beauty of the 

 Plant: This delights in a rich moift 

 Soil, upon which it will grov/ to 

 a prodigious Height j it produces 

 its Flowers in Septem^e*', which 

 continue in Beauty till the Froft de- 

 ftroys 'em. 



PERVINCA ; Periwinkle. 

 The CharaBers are; 



The Flower- Clip ccnfifls of one Leaf, 

 rphich is divided into fi-ve long, naf- 

 row Segments: The Flower alfo con- 

 Jijls of one Leaf, which expands in 

 the Form of (^ Salver^ and is cut 

 intofi-ve broad Segments: The Poin- 

 tal, which arifes from the Centre of 

 the Flower -cup, becomes ^^ Fruit 

 compos'd of two Husks (or Pods) 

 which contain oblong, cylindrical, 

 ftirrow'd Seeds : To -which may be 

 added. That this Plant flooots out 

 many long creeping Branches, which 

 Jirike out Roots at their Joint s^ 



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The Species are, 



I. Pervinca; vulgaris, angufii" 

 folia, fore c&ruleo» Tourn. Com- 

 mon or Narrow-leav'd Periwinkle, 

 with a blue Flower. 



1. Pervincaj vulgarisy angufii- 

 folia, fiore albo. Tourn. CommoQ 

 Periwinkle, with a white Flower, 



3. Pervincaj vulgaris, latifolia, 

 fiore cp-uleot Tourn. Greater Peri* 



■winkle with a blue Flower. 



4. Pervinca; vulgaris, angufli- 

 folia, fiore rubente. Tourn. Com- 

 mon Periwinkle with a reddifh 

 Flower. 



f. Pervinca ; vulgaris, angufii- 

 folia, fiore pleno, faturate purpurea. 

 Tourn, Common Periwinkle, with 

 a double Flower, of a deep purple 

 Colour. 



6. Pervinca 5 anguftifolia, vul- 

 garis, variegftta, ex aureo ^ viridi, 

 Boerh. Ind. Common Periwinkle, 

 with yellow-ftrip'd Leaves. 



7. Pervinca i angujiifolia, vuU 

 garis, variegata ex argenteo ^ vi- 

 ridi. Boerh. hid. Common Peri' 

 winkle, with filver-ftrip'd Leaves. 



The firfl Sort grows wild in di- 

 vers Parts of England, and is not 

 fo much cultivated in Gardens at 

 prefent, as it was formerly, when 

 it was planted for edging of Bor- 

 ders i but the Shoots being very 

 apt to root at their Joints, rendered 

 it very difficult to prelerve in any 

 tolerable Order; and the Plants 

 rooting deep in the Ground, do 

 greatly exhsuft the Goodnefs of the 

 Soil, lb that it is now alraolt 

 wholly call out of Gardens. 



The fecond and fourth Sorts arc 

 Varieties from the firft, differing 

 only in the Colour of their Flow- 

 ers ; as are alio the lixth and leventh, 

 which differ in their variegated 

 Leaves, tor which they are pre- 

 lerved in the Gardens of thole 

 who admire ftrip'd Plants. 



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