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Sprin^^ In April thefe Plants will 

 flower, and if they arc in large 

 Tufts, will at that Time make a 

 very hanJforne Appearance ; for 

 which Reafbn moft People fuffer 

 them to remain three or foar Years 

 unremoved, and when they are 

 tranlplanted, do always plant 'em 

 in Bunches, that they may produce 

 a greater Number of Flowers. If 

 theie Plants are put into the full 

 Ground, they mud: have a fliady 

 Situation, otherwife they will not 

 thrive. 



The third Sort is a low, creeping 

 Plant, which lies upon the Surtace 

 of the Ground, fbmewhat like 

 Mofs} this grows wild in the Nor- 

 thern Counties of England^ and is 

 rarely cultivated in Gardens. 



The fourth Sort is propagated 

 for the Sake of its fpecious Flowers. 

 This is brought fiom the Alps and 

 Fyren^an Mountains, where it grows 

 wild : It is ufually planted in Pots, 

 fiU'd with frefli, light Earth, and 

 in the Summer Sealbn placed in 

 the Shade, but in ihe Winter it 

 lliould be cxpofed to rhe Sun; and 

 all the Off-lets flioulJ be taken off, 

 leaving the Plant iinele, which will 

 cauie it to produce a much ftrongcr 

 Stem for Flowering ; for when 

 there are Off-fets about the old 

 Plant, they exhaull the Nourilh- 

 ment from it, whereby it is rendred 

 much weaker. Thefe Off-iets muft 

 be each planted m a Icparate half- 

 penny Pot, fili'd with freih Earth, 

 m order to fucceed the older Plants 

 which generally pLTiih afLer Flower- 

 ing ; Thefe Off-iets will produce 

 Flowers the fecond Year, io that 

 there fhould be annually Ibme of 

 them planted, to fucceed the others* 

 When thefe Plants are itrong and 

 healthy, they will produce a Stem 

 of Flowers full three Feet high, 

 ^irhicil divides into Branches in a 



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pyramidal Order, and are beiet with 

 Flowers from Bottom toTop, fo as to 

 make a beautiful Figure; and as it 

 ufually flowers mj-une, fo it is com- 

 monly placed in Chimnies of Halls, 

 where it will continue in Flower 

 a long Time, provided it have 

 Water duly given it, and will afford 

 an' agreeable Profpe6l. 



The fifth Sort is alfo a Native of 

 the Alps, but will grow very well 

 in Gardens; and tho' the Flowers 

 are not very beautiful, yet for the 

 Variety of its ferrated, ever-green 

 Leaves, it may have a Place in every 

 good Garden. This may be pro- 

 pagated by Off-fets, and requires 

 the lame Management as the 

 former. 



SCABIOSA; Scabious. 

 The Characters are; 



It hath a, fiofculous Floiver, con-- 

 fifling of many unequal Florets, coU' 

 tained in a common Empalement, 

 Some of thefe which occupy the Middle^ 

 are cut into pour or five Segments ; 

 the refi which are placed at the Edge, 

 are bilabiated; each of thefe fits on 

 the Top of an Embrjo, which is 

 crowned; and is contained in a proper 

 Empalemeiit, which afterwards be- 

 comes a Capfule, either fimple or 

 Funnel-fJjap'd, pregnant with a Seed 

 crown'd, which before was the Em- 

 bryo. 



The Species are ; 



1. ScABiosA ; pratenfis, hirfuta, 

 qH£ officinarum. C. B. F. Common 

 Field Scabious. 



2. Scabiosa; int egrifoli a y glabra y 

 radice prAmorfa. H. L. Whole- 

 leav'd Scahioits, or DeviTs-bit. 



3. Scabiosa; JlelLita, folio non 

 dijfe5io. C. B. P. Starred Scabious, 

 with an undivided Leaf. 



4. Scabiosa ; fellata, folio laci- 

 niato, major. C. B, P. Greater 

 Ifarred ScabiosiSy with a cut Leaf 



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