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‘ Condition of which we here fpeak, 
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A COMPLEAT BODY 
On the Summit of each is placed one Flower, 
too large and heavy for that tender Support, 
fo that it always hangs drooping: in the double 
it is com- 
pofed of a Multitude of oblong, broad, and ob- 
tufe Petals, of a very deep velvety blue, with 
fome Tinge of purple; and it has a light, but 
very delicate Fragrance. 
~ Petals : 
- Petal, 
ainited Bottoms : 
This is its Condition under the prefent State 
in Gardens; but ’tis to the Hedges he muft go 
‘who would refrefh the Senfe with ‘its full Per- 
fume, or trace its Characters. 
‘There gathering a fingle Flower, he will find 
in it a great deal over-look’d by common Eyes, 
and worthy of his moft {trict Obfervation. 
The Cup is fhort, and form’d of five Leaves, 
pointed at the Tops, equal in Bignefs, but irre- 
pularly placed: two fupport only the upper Pe- 
tal of the Flower; of the others, one is placed 
near each of the Side Petals, and on the remain- 
ing one reft the two lower. 
- The Flower we have already faid is form’d of five 
Difpofition, and they make in the whole a gaping 
Figure. | 
The upper Petal which fiend pee is Sil 
than the others, divided at the End, and runs out | 
behind into a fmall clofe Tube, which. makes its 
Way beyond the Leaves of the Cup: the com- 
mon Name of this Part is the Spur of the | 
Flower, but Science calls it the Nefarium, Seat 
of the Honey Juice. 
The two Side Petals are Gath and obtufe, 
and they ftand ftrait and even : 
are larger, and turn upwards. 
The Filaments are five, and they are very 
fmall. Two of them are placed at the upper 
all have broad obtufe Buttons, 
which are edged with Membranes, and natural- 
ly coaleice ees | : 
The Style is fingle: it fhews itfelf beyond 
the Buttons, and is terminated by a hooked 
‘Stigma. 
The Seed Vefiel mich follows is of an oval 
Form, compofed of three Pieces, and contains 
numerous Seeds. | 
The Student will perceive that the Coalefcence 
of the Buttons upon the five Filaments in this 
Flower, declare the Plant one of the Syngenefia. 
He will remember that thofe Plants we have 
_ hitherto taught him to refer to this Clafs, were 
of the compofite flower’d Kind; in which the 
various Impregnation from Hermaphrodite to Fe- 
male Flofcules, added the Title Polygamia, 
This Plant having nothing of that Singula- 
rity, ftands in another Series, whofe Title of Di- 
finétion 1 is Monogamia. 
Culture of the Dousre VioLer. 
The Plant being in its wild State, native of 
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thefe are unequal in Size, and irregular in. 
the under Pair | | 
and run into the Neéarium by their | 
our own Country, cannot demand “great Care 
from the Gardener in its Prefervation : 
its Situation wild is in fhadowy Places, and un- 
der cover, this he muft regard. Let him give a 
better Soil in the fame Kind of Shelter, and he 
| does all his Art can to affift and improve jit. 
It is a general and unlucky.Truth, that in 
Gardening where little is needed, nothing is done, 
The very Books written with purpofed Intention 
to inftruct the Gardener, fay nothing of the Cul- 
ture of this elegant Flower. We thall therefore 
lay it before the Reader entire, as Practice, 
founded upon Reafon, has fhewn it moft lowed. 
ful. 
If any have a Mind for a quick Supply, the ~ 
| Double Violet is common enough, and the part- 
ed Roots are free in growing. Thefe planted 
in the Shade fill our Borders: and this fills up 
the Meafure of the Gardeners Knowledge. Let 
him who would raife them more fuccefsfully, pro- 
| ceed thus. 
In the Beginning of Offober let him dig up 
a Load of Earth from under the Turf, in a 
rich upland Pafture. Let him mix with this 
a third Part of a Load of rotten Earth from 
under an old Wood- -pile; and blending thefe well, 
Jay them up in a Heap for Winter. 
In Spring let him mark where the bet Violets 
flower wild under Hedges. Let him fix upon 
a Dozen ftrong, and flourifhing Plants, and take 
off all the F eek but one from each. Let 
him leave thefe for Seed, and when it is ripe 
gather it with Care. 
burft upon a paper’d Shelf; and let the Piece 
of Ground be now chofen for them. Dig out 
the Earth, and fill up with the Compoft ; it mutt 
be in a Part of the Garden fhaded, but open. to 
the South Eaft. i 
Lay the Surface level, and fcatter on the Seeds ~ 
after they have lain a Week in the Seed Vef. 
fels, and a Week to harden out of them. Sift 
| over them a Straws-breadth of the fame Com- — 
poft; and then lay upon the Bed a licht Cover- 
ing of Hawthorn Boughs. 
Thus let the Seeds remain to take their 
Growth, only obferving to keep the Ground 
clear of Weeds, and in very dry Seafons to give 
it fometimes a little Water, 
The fecond Year the Plants in general will 
flower, and there will be found among them 
fingle Flowers, blue, white, and adit’ all of 
es moft perfect Fragrance ; and many double, 
blue, and alfo white ones. 
Let thefe be mark’d as they are in flower: 
the double blue with one Mark, the double 
ei with another, and the fingle ones with a 
third. 
In the Middle of Ofober following, Jet all the 
fingle ones be taken up, and planted among 
Shrubs, and in Wildernefs Quarters. Let che 
double white be next taken away, and planted 
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Let the ripe Seed Veffels be laid to dry, and. 
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