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Crs in Winter, when few other 

 Plants do flower, makes it the 

 more acceptable. The fecond Sort 

 is a Variety of the firft, which is 

 preferved for the Beauty of its 

 ftrip'd Leaves. 



Both thefe Plants may be pro- 

 pagated by Suckers taken trom the 

 old Plants, or by Layers, which 

 fhould be taken off m Autumn, 

 and planted in a ftrong Soil and 

 fhady Situation, where, after they 

 have taken Root, they will require 

 little farther Care. 



The fevei-al Sorts of Mezsreon 

 are propagat-rd by fowing their 

 Seeds, the bed Seafon for which 

 is in Augiij}, foon after they are 

 ripe, when they begin to fall from 

 the Trees : Thefe lliould be fown 

 upon an Eaft Border, where they 

 may have only the Morning Sun, 

 and cover'd about halt an Inch 

 with frefh Earth ; in the Spring 

 the Plants will appear, when they 

 mufl: be carefully cleared from 

 Weeds, and in dry Weather Ihouid 

 be often watered, which will greatly 

 promote their Growth. In this 

 Border they may remain two Years, 

 by which Time they will beflrong 

 enough to tran [plant i when there 

 fliould be a Spot of flirong frefh 

 Earth prepared for them, into 

 which they fliould be planted in 

 Autumn, m Rows three Feet di- 

 ilance, and the Plants eighteen 

 Inches afunder m the Rows, treat- 

 ing 'em afterwards in the ufual 

 Manner with other Kinds of Shrubs, 

 while in this Nurfery j and when 

 they are large enough to pJant out 

 for good, they may be taken up 

 in Autumn, with a Ball of Earth 

 to the Root cf each Plant, and 

 placed where they are to remain, 

 which fliould be in a Ibong, moiil: 

 Soil, and a fnady Situation, where 



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they will thrive and flower cx- 

 treamly well. 



Theie Plants are great Orna- 

 ments to a Garden early in the 

 Spring, before other Things are in 

 flower, for if the Seafon is mild 

 they often flower in January, but 

 in February they are always in 

 Perfedlion. They feldom grow to 

 be more than five or fix Feet high 

 in Ef7gla?itl, fo fhould be planted 

 among other Shrubs of the fame 

 Growth. 



The Sort with ftrip'd Leaves 

 may be propagated by budding or 

 inarching it upon the plain Sort, 

 becaufe the Seeds will not produce 

 Ilrip'd Plants. 



THYMUS; Thyme, 

 The characters are ; 



It hath a labiated Flower, con" 

 fjilng of one Leaf, Tvhofe Upper-lip 

 IS ereci, ami generally fplit in twoy 

 ami the Umler-lip is divided into 

 three Tarts ; out of the Flower- cup 

 aries the Foimal, accompany'd by 

 four Embryo's, which afterwards be- 

 come fo many Seeds, inclos'd in ^ 

 Husk, which was before the Flower^ 

 cup. To thefe Marks muji be added, 

 hard ligneous Stalks, and the FloW' 

 ers gathered into Heads. 

 The Species are; 



1. Thymus ; vulgaris, folio la'- 

 tiore. C. B. F, Common broad- 

 leav'd Thyme. 



2. Thymus ; vulgaris, folio te- 

 nuiore. C. B. P. Common narrow- 

 leav'd Thyme. 



5. Thymus j vulgaris, folio la- 

 tiore varifg.ito, Broad-leav'd ftrip'd 

 Tiyyme. 



4. Thymus; capitatns, qui Diof 

 coridis. C. B. P. The true Thyme 

 of the Antients. 



There are lever al other Species 

 of Thyme , which are preferved in 

 Bounick Gardens tor Variety; but 



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