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' f. Thtapsij Rjfit ile H'wico dl- 

 ^nm. Mor. Hift^ Mithridate Mu- 

 ftard, caWd The Rofe of Jericho. 



The firft Sort is fometimes fbunJ 

 wild in E'igUndy but not near Lon- 

 Uon. This is the Sort which the 

 College of Phyhcians have order'd 

 the Seeds to be us'd in fome of the 

 grand Medicines of the Shops; tho' 

 the Seeds of fcveral other Plants are 

 commonly fubflituted inftead of it, 

 becaufe the Seeds of this Sort are 

 not very common in London\ but 

 the Plants might be eafily cultivated 

 in fuch Plenty, as to furnifh the 

 Town wi.h the right Sort, the 

 Plant being extream hardy, and re- 

 quires no other Culture but to fow 

 the Seeds in Vebrpmry upon an open 

 Spot of Ground j and when the 

 Plants are come up, they muft be 

 condantly clear'd trotn Weeds : In 

 Jun^ they will flower, and the 

 Seeds will ripen foon after \ when 

 the Plants do alvvays perifh, being 

 annual. 



The other Sorts are commonly 

 cultivated in Flower-Gardens, where 

 formerly they were Town for Sum- 

 mer Edgings to Borders; but as they 

 are apt to grow too rank for that 

 Purpofc, fo the better Way is to 

 fow the Seeds in fmall Patches in 

 the Middle of the Borders between 

 the taller Flowers ; and when t.he 

 Plants are come up, they fhould be 

 thin'd, and kept clear from Weeds, 

 which will caufe them to flower 

 much ftronger than if they are 

 drawn up weak. 



Thefe Plants do flower in June 

 and "JiiXy, and their Seeds do ripen 

 fbon afr er : But in order to have a 

 Succeflion of thefe and other fmall 

 annual Flowers, many Pcribns do 

 fow them at two or three different 

 Seafons, viz.. in March, April and 

 May^ by which Means they con- 

 tinue them until the Frofc comes 



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in Autumn i but thofe Seeds which 

 are fown late in the Spring, fhould 

 be carefully water'd in dry Weather, 

 otherwife they feldom grow. 



The red and white Candy Tufts, 

 do vary fo as not to be kept fepa- 

 rate j the Seeds of the Red pro- 

 ducing fome white Flowers, and 

 thofe of the White fome with red 

 ones ; but of late, the bitter umbel- 

 lated Sort has been cultivated in 

 Gardens, and the Seeds fold in the 

 Shops, by the Name of White Candy 

 Tuft, tho', in reality, it is a diffe- 

 rent Plant : Hov/ever, as this Sort 

 produces beautiful white Flowers, 

 it fhould have a Place in the Bor- 

 ders of the Flower-Garden for the 

 Sake ot Variety. 



The Rofe of Jericho is a Plant of 

 no great Beauty or Ule, fo is fel- 

 dom cultivated except in Botanick 

 Gardens. This requires the fame 

 Culture as the former Sorts, and is 

 alfo an annual Plant. 



THLASPIDlUxM ; Badard Mi^ 

 thridate Multard. 



The Characters are ; 

 The Flower conhfts of four Leaves, 

 Tvhich are plac'd in For??^ of a Crofs, 

 Ota of TX>hofe Cup rlfes the Fointal, 

 rohich after-wards becomes a double^ 

 fmooth Fruit, composed of troo Far^s, 

 that are feparated by an intermediate 

 Partition, each of which ftoells -with 

 a red Seed, -jsi^hich is generally flat 

 and oblong. 



The Species are,- 

 I . T H t. A s p I D I u M ; fruticofum, 

 leticoii folio, femperforens. Tourn, 

 Shrubby ihiypidiam, with a Wall- 

 flower Leaf, and alvvays flowerin'-r, 

 commonly call'd, The Candy Tuff- 

 irce. 



i. T H L A s p I D I u M .; fniticofHmy 

 leucoii folio variegafo, fcrr.perfionns. 

 Totirn. The ffrip'd Candy-Tufc- 

 tree ; vulgQ, 



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