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Bea or Box filled with fren% light 

 Earth, and rhe Ground kept con- 

 flantly clear from Weeds. In the 

 Spring the Planrs w.:l appear, at 

 which Time, it the Seafon be dry, 

 you fl:ould now and then refrefh 

 them with Water, which will 

 greatly promote their Growth i 

 and you muft carefully clear them 

 from Weeds, which, if permitted 

 to grow, will loon over- fp read and 

 deftroy thefe Plants while young. 

 The Spring following, juft before 

 thp Plants begin to flioot, you 

 {1-iOuId prepare a Bed of frelh, light 

 Earth, and carefully take up the 

 young Plants (obferving not to 

 break their Roots) and plant them 

 therein about fix Inches fquare, 

 where they may remain until they 

 are ftrong enough to flower, when 

 they fhould be tranfpianted into 

 the Borders of the Pleauire-Garden. 

 But as thefe Plants feldom flower 

 in lefs than four Years, from Seeds, 

 fo this Method of propagating them 

 is not very much pradifed in Eng- 

 lanJ. 



VERBASCUM; Mullein, 

 The Characiers arej 



The Flower conj.jls of one Leafy 

 •pphich expands in a circular Torm^ 

 and is cut into feveral Segments i 

 out of the Center ar'ifes the Fointal, 

 Tphich aftcrvpards becomes an oval, 

 pointed Fruit, divided into two Cells, 

 by a middle Partition, which are 

 ^lled rcith fmall angular Seeds. 

 The Species arej 



1. Verbascum 5 mas, latifolium, 

 luteum, C.B.F. Great white Mul- 

 lein, High-taper, or Cows-Long- 

 wort. 



2. Verbascum ,♦ pulverulent um, 

 Jlore luteo parvo. J. B. Hoary Mul- 

 lein with fmall yellow Flowers. 



2. Verbascum i fiofe albo parvo. 

 J, B. V/hite flowered Mullein. 

 4. Verbascum; nigrum, fore par- 



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vo, aplcibus pnrpureis, J. B. Sage- 

 leav'd black Mullein. 



5". Verbascum j blatteria. foliis 

 nigrum, amplioribus foliis aluteis, 

 apicibus purpurafcentibus. Hor. Bat. 

 Mullein with a dark Moth-Mullein 

 Leaf, and yellow Flowers with pur- 

 phfli Apices. 



6. Verbascum i Orientale, Sophia 

 folio. T. Cor. Eaftern Mullein v/ith 

 a Flix-weed Leaf. 



7. Verbascum ; nigrum, folio pa- 

 paveris corniculati. C. B. P. Black 

 Mullein with a Horn-poppy Leaf. 



8. Verbascum i hum/ile, Alpinum, 

 villofum, boraginis folio ^ Jlore. 

 Tourn. Low hairy Alpine Mullein, 

 with a Leaf and Flower like that 

 of Borage, commonly call'd. Bears- 

 ear Sanicle. 



The four firft Sorts grow wild 

 in divers Parts of England, and are. 

 rarely cultivated, except in Bota- 

 nick Gardens for Variety. The 

 firft Sort is that which is ufed in 

 Medicine, which is the mod: com- 

 mon of them all, growing upon 

 the Sides of dry Banks, in moft 

 Parts of England, 



Thefe may be all cultivated by 

 fowing their Seeds in Augufl, on a 

 Bed of light Earth, in an open Si- 

 tuation, where the Plants will 

 come up the fucceeding Month, 

 and will endure the Winter's Cold. 

 very well, provided they have a 

 dry Soil. In February the Plants 

 fnould be tranfplanted where they 

 are to remain, allowing them a 

 great Diftance ; for they grow 

 pretty tall and large: In June fol- 

 lowing they will flower, and their 

 Seeds will be ripe in fuly. But 

 notwithftanding thefe Plants grow 

 wild in Engla'fid, yet two or three 

 of each Kind may be admitted in 

 large Gardens, for the Variety of 

 their hoary Leaves, together with 

 the extreme Sweetneis of their 



Flowers, 



