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The Seeds of this Plant are an- 

 nually brought over in Plenty from 

 the Wefi-Indies, which, if fown up- 

 on a Hot-bed, will rife very eaii- 

 ly: and when the Plants are come 

 up, they fliould be tranfplanted in- 

 to fmall Pots, and plung'd into a 

 Hot-bed of Tanners-Bark, obfer- 

 ving to {bade them until they have 

 taken Root ; after which you mufl: 

 give them Air in Proportion to the 

 Warmth oi the Seafon, and they 

 muft be frequently refreib'd with 

 Water. When the Plants have fill'd 

 the Pots with their Roots, they 

 fhould be taken out, and plac'd in- 

 to larger ones, that they may have 

 Room to grow : If Care be taken 

 to water and fliift them as often as 

 is necefiary, they will grow to be 

 three Feet high the firfl Seafon. 

 At Michaelmas the Pets fhould be 

 plung'd into a frefh Hot-bed of 

 Tanners-Bark, in the Stove, which 

 fliould be kept to the Anana's Heat, 

 mark'd on Mr. Foroler^s Thermome- 

 ters, and frequently refrefii'd v/ith 

 Water, but you muft never give them 

 large Quantities, which is very inju- 

 rious to thefe Plants at that Seafon. 

 The Earth which thefe Plants fh.ould 

 be planted in, muft be trefti, light, 

 and fandy (but not over rich;j in 

 v/hich they will Rand the Winter bet- 

 ter than if plac*d in a ftronger Soil. 



With this Management I have 

 rais'd feverai Plants to be five Feet 

 high ; fome of which I have pre- 

 ferv'd two or three Years, and have 

 had the Buds ot the Flowers ap- 

 pear, but have not as yet been able 

 to bring them to flower 5 tho' I 

 am in hopes it may be efredted, 

 iince the Improvements which are 

 made every Year in the keeping of 

 tender Plants, are very confidcrable. 



POKE VIRGINIAN i vuk Phy- 

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POLEMONIUM ; Greek Valc-^ 

 rianj or Jacob's Ladder, 

 The characters are ; 



The Tlower conjifis of one Leaf^ 

 -which is divided deeply into five Tarts, 

 and is IVheeUfloap'd -^ the Tointal 

 ■which rifes from the Flower -cup, af' 

 terwards becomes a roundijh Fruity 

 divided into three Cells, which are fill' J 

 with ohlong Seeds •■, to which Jloould be 

 addedy The Leaves are pinnated. 

 The Species arej 



I. PoLEMONiuMj vulgare, c&ru- 

 leum. Tcurn, Green Valerian, with 

 a blue Flower. 



z. PoLEMONiuM; vulgare, album. 

 Town, Greek Valerian, with a 

 white Flower. 



3. PoLEMONiuM J vulgare, flort 

 variegato. Tourn. Greek Valerian, 

 with a ftrip'd Flower. 



4. PoLEMONiuMj vulgare, foliis 

 eleganter variegatis* Boerh. Ind, 

 Greek Valerian, with beautiful 

 ftrip'd Leaves. 



The two firft Species arc very 

 common in many Fnglifiy Gardens, 

 where they are cultivated for the 

 Beauty of their Flowers : They have 

 alio been found wild in Carleton- 

 Beek, and about Malham Cove near 

 Craven, The Sort with variegated 

 Flowers, as alio that with ftrip'd 

 Leaves, are Varieties which have 

 been obtain'd from the former. 



Thefe Plants are eafily propaga- 

 ted, by fowing their Seeds in the 

 Spring upon a Bed of light Earth j 

 and when they are come up pretty 

 ftrong, they Ihould be prick'd out 

 into another Bed of the fame light 

 Earth, about three Inches afunder, 

 obferving to fhade and water them 

 until they have taken Root, after 

 which they will require no farther 

 Care but to keep them clear from 

 Weeds, until Michaelmas ^ at which 

 time they muft be tranfplanted into 



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