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/erv'd cultivated in England. The 

 firft Sort is greatly priz'd by the 

 Curious for the Beauty of its rich 

 Crim&n Flowers, which exceed 

 all the Flowers I have yet feen, in 

 the Deepnefs of its Colour: And 

 thefe commonly, when their Roots 

 are flrong, produce large Spikes of 

 thefe Flowers, which contiraue a 

 long time in Beauty, and make a 

 moil magnificent Shew amongft 

 other Flowers. The Time of their 

 Flowering is commonly in J-uly 

 and Augufiy and if the Autumn 

 proves very favourable, they will 

 fbmetimes produce good Seeds in 

 JEngland. Thefe Plants are Natives 

 of Virginia and Carolina, where 

 they grow by the Sides of Rivu- 

 lets, and make a moffc beautiful 

 Appearance i from whence the Seeds 

 are often fent into England. Thefe 

 Seeds do commonly arrive here in 

 the Spring; at which Time they 

 fhould be ibwn in Pots fill'd with 

 light Earth, and but jufl cover'd 

 over, for if the Seeds are bury'd 

 deep, they will not grow: Thefe 

 Pots lliould be placed under a Frame 

 to defend them from Cold until 

 the Seafbn is a little advanc'd, but 

 they fhould not be placed on a Hot- 

 bed, which will alfb deftroy the 

 Seeds. 



When the Weather is warm, to- 

 wards the Middle of April, thefe 

 Pots fliould be plac'd in the open 

 Air, in a Situation where they 

 may have the Morning-Sun till 

 twelve o'clock, obferving to wa- 

 ter them conflantly in dry Wea- 

 ther j and when the Plants come 

 up, they fliould be tranfplanted 

 each into a fmall Pot fiU'd with 

 frefh light Earth? and plac'd in the 

 fame Situation, obferving to water 

 them in dry Weather ^ and in Win- 

 ter they fliould be plac'd under a 

 Hot-bed Fram»» where they may 



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be (helter'd from fevere Froflsj 

 but in mild Weather, they fliould 

 be as much expos'd to the open 

 Air as polTible. 



The March following, thefe 

 Plants fliould be put into larger 

 Pots fill'd with the fame frefh 

 Earth, and plac'd, as before, to the 

 Morning-Sun, obferving to water 

 them in dry Weather, which will 

 caufe them to fiov^er flrong the 

 Autumn following. 



Thefe Plants are alfo propagated 

 by parting of their Roots: The 

 belt Seafon for which is, either 

 foon after they are pafl Flower, or 

 in Match, obferving to water and 

 manage them, as hath been dired:- 

 ed for the Seedling Plants, both in 

 Winter and Summer. 



The Blue Sort does conftantly 

 produce ripe Seeds in England^ 

 which fhould be fown foon after 

 they are ripe; in the Spring fol- 

 lowing the Plants will come up, 

 when they fhould be tranfplanted 

 and managed as the other Sort, 

 with which Culture this will alfo 

 agree. This is prefer v'd for Vari- 

 ety; but the Flowers are not near 

 fo beautiful as thofe of the former 

 Sorts. 



The other Sort, with fmall 

 Blue Flowers, is a biennial Plants 

 peri filing as foon as the Seeds are 

 ripe. This may be rais'd in the 

 fame Manner as the former, but is 

 fcarcely worthy of a Place in a 

 Flower-garden. 



RHABARBARUM MONACHO- 

 RUiVI ; vide Lapathum. 



RHAJViNOIDESi The Sea Buck- 

 thorn. 



The CharaBers are -, 



It hath the -whole Appearance of 

 the Buckthorn, but is Male and 

 Female in different Trees: The 

 Flowers of the Male have no Petals ; 

 the Flower-cHp confifts of tm Leaves i 



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