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Ai fit firfl to appear like a Flower 

 cut into five Segments ; out of -whofe 

 Tloroer-ciip rifes the Fointal, attended 

 by four 'Embryo's, which after-wards 

 becomes fo tnany roundifij Seeds in- 

 clofed in the Floyver-cup. To thefe 

 Marks muft be added, that the Flow- 

 ers are ranged in a various Series 

 into fcaly Heads, out of the Top of 

 •which peep fome f7nall Leaves ^ which 

 look very beautifully. 

 The Species are; 



1. Stoechasj purpurea. C.B.P, 

 Purple Stcechas or Caffidony, com- 

 monly caWd, Arabian Stocchas. 



2. Stoechas ; folio ferrato. C.B. P. 

 Caflidony, or French Lavender, with 

 a lerrated Leaf. 



3. Stoechas; cauliculis non fo- 

 liatis. C.B.F. Caffidony, or French 

 Lavender, with long naked Flower- 

 ftalks. 



The Heads of Flowers of the firll- 

 Kind are ufcd in Ibme of the capi- 

 tal Medicines directed by the Col- 

 lege of Phylicians, which are com- 

 monly brought from the South 

 Parts of France, where the Plants 

 are in great Plenty ; but thefe are 

 very apt to take a Mouldinefs in 

 their Pailage, and fo are not near fb 

 good for ule as thoie whicli are 

 gather'd frefli in England, where 

 tliQ Plants may be cultivated to 

 Sreat Advantap-e. 



The fccond and third Sorts are 

 prefer v'd in many curious Gardens 

 for Variety, but they are not of any 

 ufe. 



All thefe Plants may be culti- 

 vated by lowing their Seeds upon 

 a Bed of light, dry Soil m March j 

 ■and when the Plants are come up, 

 they fiiculd be carefully cleared from 

 Weeds until they are two Inches 

 high, at which Time they fliould 

 be removed ; therefore there muft 

 be a Spot of light, dry Ground pre- 

 pared, and laid level, which mufl 



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be trodden out in Beds, into which 

 the Plants fhould be planted at about 

 five or fix Inches Diftance each 

 Way, obferving to water and Ihade 

 them until they have talce Root, 

 after which they will require no 

 further Care, but to keep them 

 clear from Weeds the following 

 Summer; but if the Winter fliould 

 prove very fevere, it will be proper 

 to cover them with Mats, Feafe- 

 haulm, or fome other light Cover- 

 ing to guard them againft the Froft, 

 which otherwife would be apt to 

 injure them while they are fo young: 

 But in March, or the Beginning of 

 April, the following Spring, they 

 muft be rcmov'd into the Places 

 where they are to remain, obferv- 

 ing, if poftible, to tranfplant them 

 in a warm moift Seaibn, and not 

 to let them remain long above 

 CJvound, for if their Roots are 

 dry'd, they feldom grow well after. 

 The Soil in which thefe are planted 

 fhould be a dry, warm Sand or 

 Gravel, and the poorer the Soil is 

 in which they are planted, the better 

 they will endure the Cold of the 

 Winter, provided the Ground be 

 dry ; tho' indeed the Plants will 

 thrive better in Summer upon a 

 rich, moift Ground ; but then they 

 will not produce fo many Flowers, 

 nor will the Plant afford near £0 

 ftrong an aromatick Scent ; as is the 

 Cafe with moft Sorts of aromatick 

 Plants. 



Thefe Plants may alfo be propa- 

 gated by planting Slips or Cuttings 

 of any of the Kmds in the Spring, 

 obierving to refrefh them with 

 Water until they have taken Root, 

 after which they may be manag'd 

 as hath been directed for the feed- 

 ling Plants; but as thofe Plants 

 railed from Seeds are much better 

 than thefe, it is hardly worth while 

 to propagate them this way, efpe- 



ciaily 



