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more Beauty nor Scent than the 

 common Field Sort. 



The fourth Sort is an annual 

 Plant, which is preferred in the 

 Gardens of the Curious j but the 

 Flowers of this are very Hke thofe 

 of the former Sort, and have no 

 Scent. 



The Indian or M^isk Scabious's 

 are prcierv'd for the Beauty and 

 fweet Scent of their Flowers, 

 which continue a long Time : 

 Thefe are propagated by fowing 

 of their Seeds, the beft Time for 

 which is about the latter End of 

 May or the Beginning of y/j;«?, that 

 the Plants may get Strength before 

 Winter 5 for if they are Town too 

 early in the Spring, they will 

 flower the Autumn following, and 

 the Winter coming on foon, will 

 prevent their ripening Seeds i befides, 

 there will be fewer Flowers upon 

 thofe, than if they had remained 

 flvong Plants thro' the Winter, and 

 had lent forth their Flower-ftems 

 in Spring, for thefe will branch out 

 on every Side, and produce a pro- 

 digious Number of Flowers, and 

 continue a SucceiTion of them on 

 the fame Plants, from fune to Sep- 

 nmbery and produce good Seeds ni 

 Plenty. 



The Seeds of thefe Plants fliould 

 be fown upon a fliady Border of 

 frefli Earth (for if they are fbwn 

 upon a Place too much expofed 

 to the Sun, and the Seafon ihould 

 prove dry, few of them would 

 grow): When the Plants are com^ 

 up, they may be tranfplanted into 

 other Beds or Borders of frefli Earth, 

 obferving to water and fliade them 

 until they have taken Root, after 

 which they will require no farther 

 Care, but to keep 'cm clear from 

 Weeds, 'till Michaelmas^ when they 

 may be tranfplanted into the Middle 

 of the Borders in the Pleafure- 



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Garden, where the feveral Sorts 

 being intermixed, will make an 

 agrec;able Variety. They are ex- 

 tream hardy, being rarely injured 

 by Cold, unlcfs they have fliot up 

 to flower before Winter, but do 

 feldom continue after ripening their 

 Seeds. 



The two African Tree Scabious's 

 are abiding Plants, whxh are pre- 

 ferred in Pots, and houfed in 

 Winter, as the third Sort. Thefe 

 may be propagated by Slips or 

 Cuttings, as the third, and require 

 the fame Management. 



The twelfth Sort is prelen^ed by 

 fuch as are curious in collecting 

 Varieties of Plants, but the Flowers 

 have no Scent j however, as it is a 

 hardy Plant, requiring no other 

 Culture than the common Field 

 Sorts, {b it may be admitted, for 

 Diverfity, into the Pleafure-Gardcn, 

 becaufe it will tihrive in fliady 

 Places, where few other Plants 

 will grow. 



SCILLA; Squils. 

 The C.haracfers are j 



If hath a large, acrid, bulbous 

 Root, like an Onion: The Leaves are 

 broad i the Flowers are like thofe of 

 Orniihogalum, or the flarry Hyacinth: 

 They grow in a long Spike, and come 

 out before the Leaves, 

 The Species are; 



1. SciLLA ; vulgaris, radice rubra. 

 C. B. P. Common red Squil. 



2. SciLLA ; radice alba,. C.B.P* 

 The White SquiL 



Thefe Plants are very common 

 upon the fandy Shoars oi' Spain and 

 the Levant, from whence their 

 Roots are annually brought to Eng- 

 land, for Medicinal Ufe. But 1 was 

 lately informed by a Letter from 

 Dr. IVilUam Stevens, ProFelTor of 

 Botany at Dublin, that the V/hite 

 Squil grows in great Plenty upon 

 the Sea Coafl of the County ot 



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