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The ftrft is a biennial Plmt, which 

 will fcatter its Seeds, and the Plants 

 will come up without any Care, 

 which will flower and feed the 

 following Summer, after which the 

 Plants will diej thefe Plants come 

 up much better when the Seeds 

 fall of themfelves, than if fown 

 with great Care, nor will they bear 

 removing, unlefs it be done while 

 they are young > becaufe they ge- 

 nerally fend forth a Tap-root, which 

 is often broken by tranfplanting, 

 and thereby the Plant deftroy'd. 

 This is order'd by the College of 

 Thyjicims to be ufed in Medicine, 

 under the Title of Catatutia minor, 

 for which Reafon it is preferv'd in 

 fome Gardens, though there is no 

 great Beauty in the Plant. 



The fecond Sort is found wild in 

 Woods and other fliady Places in 

 clivers Parts of England, but is wor- 

 thy of a Place in fmall Wildernefs 

 Quarters, or in other fhady Plan- 

 tations, where it will thrive very 

 Well, and in the Spring will pro- 

 duce great Tufts of Flowers, which 

 although not very beautiful, yet are 

 of a lingular Figure and Colour, 

 and will add to the Variety of the 

 Place. Thefe Plants may be taken 

 out of the Woods in Autumn, and 

 tranfplanted into the Places where 

 they are defign'd, in v/hich, if they 

 are once efcablilli'd, they will fow 

 their Seeds, and thereby be con- 

 tinued J but if they are not placed 

 under the Shelter and Shadow of 

 Trees, they will not thrive ib well. 



The third Sort is a Variety of 

 the fecond i the Leaves of this Kind 

 are beautifully flrip'd, fo as to ap- 

 pear of three Colours: This may 

 be propagated by Cuttings, which 

 fhould be planted in Pots, filied 

 •^viih light iandy Earth, and placed 

 in the Shade until they have taken 

 Root, aitcr which they n ay be 



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placed amongfi: other curious Plants, 

 where they may be fcreen'd from 

 the Violence ot the Sun in Summer, 

 and in Winter they muft be flielter'd 

 under a Frame from hard Froft, 

 which will deftroy them, but they 

 mull have the free Air in mild 

 Weather, and not too much Wet in 

 Winter. 



The fourth Sort is found wild 

 upon the Sea Coarts in feveral 

 Places in England, from whence it 

 has been tranfplanted into feveral 

 Gardens : This may be propagated 

 by fowing the Seeds, or by Cuttings, 

 which muft be planted in the Spring, 

 upon a gravelly poor Soil, in which 

 this Plant will eadure the Cold of 

 our ordinary ^''i titers very well, 

 but in very ferere Frofts it is often 

 deftroy'd. This ispreferved in Ibme 

 Gardens, more or the Sake of its 

 Variety than Beauty. 



The hfth Sort may alfo be pro- 

 pagated either by fowing its Seeds 

 or planting Cuttings, in the lame 

 manner as the former, but mull: 

 have a dry Soil, and a warm Si- 

 tuation, otherwile the Cold will 

 dcftroy it in Winter. This Plant 

 trails upon the Ground, fo fliould 

 be planted at a Diftance from 

 other Plants, becaufe if it be over- 

 hung by 'em it will not thrive, and 

 the Branches of this will many 

 times extend themfelves two Feet 

 from the Root, {o that if it has 

 not Room, they will rot and die 

 away. 



The iixth Sort grov/s wild in 

 marfliy Places in Trance, Italy, and 

 Germany, but in England it is pre- 

 ferved in Ibme curious Boranick: 

 Gardens it being an oi^cinal Plant. 

 This may be propagated by parting 

 the Roots, and plaaang Cuttings iii 

 the Spring, which muft be done 

 in a light Soil and an open Situa-' 

 tion, where it will ^row four oi^ 



