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Uv>«r Tart of the Tlowey y'lfes the 

 TointM, yvh'ich afterroctrds becomes a 

 broad Fruit, divided into two Cells, 

 xehich contain oblong Seeds , the Fruit 

 is generally enclosed in the Flor&er- 

 etipy which is composW of five Leaves, 

 viz. three fviall ones, and fwo larger, 

 which afterwards embrace the Fruit 

 like IVings. 



The Species are i 



1. PoLYGALA i major, c&rulea, 

 Tahern. Greater blue Milkwort. 



2. PoLYGALA J major, alba. Ta- 

 Bern. Greater white Milkwort. 



3. PoLYGALAi vulgaris. C.B.P. 

 Common Milkwort, with a blue 

 Flower. 



4. PoLYGALA ; alba Tabern. 

 White common Milkwort. 



f. PoLYGALA i Africana frutefcens, 

 folio buxi, fore maximo. OldenL 

 Shrubby Ahican Milkwort, with a 

 Box-leaf, and a very large Flower. 



The four Hrft Species are found 

 wiid in moift Meadows in divers 

 Piirts of England, and are never 

 prcferv'd in Gard-ens, except for the 

 Sake of Variety : However, I 

 thought proper to infert them in 

 t\ik Place, to introduce the fifth 

 Sort, which is a beautiful Plant, 

 and 15 worthy to be preferv'd in all 

 curious Collctlions of rare Plants. 



This is propagated by Seeds, 

 which fl'ould be lown upon a mo- 

 derate Hot- bed m the Spring; and 

 Tvhen the Plants are come up, they 

 Ihould be prick'd into Imail Pots, 

 iili'd with light rich Earth, and 

 plung'd into another Hot-bed, v/here 

 they fnculd be Ihaded until they have 

 taken Root, and often refrei>i'd with 

 .Water •, after which they mud have 

 Air given them in Proportion to 

 the Warmth of the Seafon, and in 

 "July they mav be remov'd into the 

 open x'Kir, placing them in a warm 

 Situation, where they may be fhcl- 

 tcr'd from llrong\Vi)vi>. ind in dry 



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Weather they muil be often refrefli'd 

 vCnth Water : In this Place they 

 may remain until O^iJ^er, when the 

 Nights begin to be frofty; then 

 you (hould remove them mto the 

 Green-Houfe, placing them where 

 they may have the Advantage ot the 

 free Air, when the Weather is fa- 

 vourable enough to admit of tlie 

 Glailes being open'd, for they only 

 require to be protected from Froft : 

 During the Winter Seafon, they 

 fliould often be refrefh'd with Wa- 

 ter, but it fhould not be given to 

 them in large Quantities, which 

 will injure their Roots: In Summer, 

 they may be expos'd with Myrtles, 

 Geraniums, Sec. in a Situation where 

 they are defended from flirong Winds ; 

 and as their Roots increafe, fo the 

 Size of their Pots fhould be inlarg'd j 

 but you muft be very cautious not 

 to over-pot them, which is inju- 

 rious to all forts of Exotick Plants. 



The Earth in which thcfe Plants 

 are fet, Ihould be rich, frefli, and 

 light, in which they will thrive 

 exceedingly, and continue in Flower 

 mod part of the Year, which ren- 

 ders it very valuable, and if the 

 Seafon proves favourable, the Seeds 

 will ripen very well; but you mufl 

 be careful to gather them when 

 ripe, otherwile they wHl drop oft 

 and be l^fl. 



POLYGONATUM i Solomon's- 

 Seal. 



The Characiers are ; 



The Flower confifls of one Leaf, is 

 tuberofe, and expands at the Jap in 

 shape of a Bell, and is Aivided into 

 fever al Segments ; the Ovary, n>hich 

 is fituated in the Center of the Flower 3 

 becomes a, foft globular Fruit, con- 

 taining roundifh Seeds. 

 The Species are j 



I. PoLYGONATUM; UtifoHum, vul- 

 gar e. C. B. P. Common B.'oad- 

 icav'd Solomon's-Seal. 



2, PoLY" 



