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Medicine, and is the moft com- 

 pionly cultivated in England. 



Tiie fecond Sort is propagated 

 •but in few Gardens in EngLand; 

 jfeho' the third, which is a Variety 

 of the fecond, and only differing 

 from it in having its Leavcj varie- 

 gated with White, is very common 

 in England, being greatly cultivated 

 by thofe Gardeners w]>o iupply the 

 l^ondoii JVbrkers with Plants in thr: 

 Spring Seafon, at which Tinv:: Lhis 

 Plant makes a beautifal Appear- 

 ance j but as the Seafon advances, 

 •and the Piants increafe in Vigour, 

 fo the Variegation of the Leaves 

 goes off, and they appear aluioft 

 •green, but tlr.ir Colour returns a- 

 gain in Winter. 



The two Sorts of Alepfo Rus 

 are only preferv'd in fome cuiious 

 Gardens, being rarely ufed in Me- 

 ^dicincj though, of late Years, the 

 broad-kav'd Sort was bccom.c fo 

 plenty, as to be brought to the 

 Markets inflead of the tirft Sort: 

 But it being much ranker, and of 

 a more offenUve Smell, it was ne- 

 gledred. 



The greater Wild Rue is lefs 

 common in England than eirher 

 of the former. This I rais'd from 

 Seeds, which were fcnt me by my 

 Honoured Friend Mr. Henry Hop- 

 hey, from Gikraltary where this 

 Plant grows upon the Hills in great 

 Plenty. 



All thefe Plants may be propaga- 

 ted cither by fowing of their Seeds, 

 or by planting Slips or Cuttings, 

 both of which muft be done in the 

 Spring. The Manner of propaga- 

 ting them frcra Cuttings being the 

 iame with KofemAry:, (^-c. I fliall 

 not repeat it here, but retcr the 

 Reader to that Article j and if they 

 are propagated by Seeds, there needs 

 »o farther Care but tc dig a Bed of 



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frefli Earth in the Spring, making 

 it level J then to fow the Seeds 

 thereon, treading them in, and ra- 

 king the Ground fmooth : After 

 which you mufl obierve to keep 

 the Bed clear f.om Weeds until the 

 Plants are come up about two In- 

 ches highj when they fliould be 

 tran^i'; anted out into frefli Beds, 

 "vhere they may remain for Uic. 

 All thefe Plants muft have a dry 

 Soil, othcrwiic they are very fub- 

 jc(St to be deftroy'd in V/mter. The 

 tvjo Abpto Rtics, and the Wild E.m 

 are fomcwhat tendcn^r than the 

 common Sort; but thefe will en^ 

 dure our ordinary Winters very 

 well in the open Air, efpecially if 

 they are planted on a dry Soil. 



Thefe Piants were formerly ufed 

 to plant for Edgings on the Sides 

 of Borders j but they are by no 

 means proper for this Ufe, for they 

 flioot^ fo vigoroufiy that there is no 

 keeping them within the Bounds 

 of an Edging i befides, Vv^'hcn they 

 are kept clofely fnecr'd they appear 

 very ragged and (lumpy, and their 

 Roots do fprcad fo far, as to ex- 

 hauft the Goodnefs af the Soil, io 

 that the other Piaiits would be de- 

 priv'd of their Nouriflimenti which 

 Rcalbns have C2us'd them to be 

 wholly neglected for this Purpofe ji 

 fo that, at prclent, they are chiefly 

 cultivated for Medicinal Ufe, or to 

 furnifli the Balconies of the Citi- 

 zens in the Spring. 



RUTA MURARIA ; W^all-Ruc 

 er White Maidenhair. 



This Plant is found growing out 

 of the Touts of old Walls in divers 

 Parts of England, where it is ga- 

 thered for Medicinal Uiej but a^ 

 it can't be cultivated in Gardens, {a 

 as to grow to Advantage, I ihall not 

 fiy any thing more of it in this 

 Place* 



