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in Summer : therefore it is the bet- 

 ter Way to let them remain in the 

 Houfe moft Part of the Year, giving 

 them as much free Air as poflible, 

 when the Weather will permit, and 

 never letting them have much Wa- 

 ter. With this Management all the 

 Sorts will thrive much better, and 

 oftener produce Flowers. 



Although there is no great Beauty 

 in thefe Flowers, when blown; yet, 

 for their extreme Oddnefs, they will 

 deferve a Place in every curious Col- 

 lection of Plants. 



Thefe Flowers fo much refemble, 

 in Smell, ftinking Flelh, that the 

 Flies will cover them with their Eggs, 

 which come fo far, as juft to have 

 Life ; but, not finding proper Nou- 

 rishment, they foon perilh. 



The fixth Sort is only a Variety 

 of the fourth, and is very apt to run 

 back to its Original ; io that, in or- 

 der to preferve this Variety, all the 

 Branches which go back to their ori- 

 ginal Smalnefs, muft be conftantly 

 taken off ; and fome of the broadeft 

 muft be frequently planted into other 

 Pots ; for, if young Plants are not 

 conftantly raifed, the old ones will 

 foon degenerate. 



The Flowers of thefe two Sorts 

 are of a dulky-yellow Colour, che- 

 quered and fpotted with Black, fome- 

 what refembling the Belly of a Frog : 

 the fourth Sort, when preferved in 

 a warm Stove or if the Pots are 

 plunged into a Bark-bed, will flower 

 often, and fometimes produce Pods 

 of Seed. 



The Flowers of the fifth Sort are 

 of a dark Colour, and are very hairy ; 

 thefe are larger than thofe of the 

 other Sort, but are not fo beautiful, 

 and have a much flronger Scent of 

 Carrion. 



ASCYRUM, St. PeterVwort. 

 The Characler is ; 



ffo Plant differs from St. John's- 



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nvort, only in having a pyramidal 

 SeedveJJel, nvbich is divided into Jive 

 Cells. 



We have only two Sorts of this 

 Plant in England ; viz. 



1 . Ascyrum magno fore, C 

 B. P. The large-flowering St. Pe- 

 terVwort. 



2. Ascyrum Balearic urn frute* 

 fcens, maxima fiore luteo y foliis mino* 

 ribus, fubtus verrucojis. Salvador, 

 Boerh. Ind. Myrto-cijlus Peneei. Cluf m 

 H. The large-flowering St. Peter's- 

 wort from Majorca, with fmaU 

 warted Leaves. 



The firft of thefe Plants was fent 

 into England by Sir George Wheeler^ 

 to thePh) fic-garden at Oxford^ from 

 Co?iflantinople 9 where he found it 

 wild : this Plant produces very large, 

 Flowers, with a great Num.fcej of 

 Stan.ina or Threads in the Middle, 

 and makes a very agreeable Shew in 

 the Wiluernefa- quarters, or in fhady 

 Borders, where it chiefly ce'ig; ts to 

 grow : it is very hardy, and in- 

 creafes greatly by its creeping Roots, 

 which will foon overfpread a Bor- 

 der : it is beft when kept in imd.ll 

 Turfs, and net fufFered to run too 

 much, which often prevents its flow- 

 ering, by having too great a Quan- 

 tity of branches : the Flowers are 

 produced in June and July; but it 

 feldom perfects its Seeds with us. 

 This will grow in almoft any Soil or 

 Situation. 



The fecond Sort was firft mention- 

 ed by Dr. Lobe/, who received a 

 dried Sample of this Plant from Dr. 

 Pennee, who found it in Majorca* 

 when on his Travels, and was by 

 Dr. Lobe I called Myrto-cifus ; the 

 Flowers, as he thought, refembling 

 the Cijlus, or Rock-rofe, and the 

 Leaves thofe of the Myrtle. 



But this Plant was not known to 

 any of the modern Botanifts, until 

 one Monfieur Salvadore, an Apothe- 

 cary, 



