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haaft the Nourimment from them, 

 and thereby ftarve them. 



AH the Starworts are propagated 

 by parting their Roots early in the 

 Spring or Autumn, and will grow 

 in almoit any Soil or Situation : the 

 larger Sorts increafe fo fair, thar, in 

 a fliort time, they will run over a 

 large Spot of Ground, if not pre- 

 vented : thefe grow bed in the 

 Shade ; the lower Kinds feldom creep 

 at the Root, but muft be taken up 

 and planted every other Year, which 

 will caufe their Flowers to be fairer. 

 The ninth Sort may be increafed by 

 planting Cuttings of it in any of the 

 Spring- months, which will flower 

 the firit Year i the Roots of this in- 

 creafirg but flowly, this is the only 

 Method to ^et a Stock of this Plant. 

 This Plant, if fet in Pots, and fhel- 

 tered in bad Weather, will continue 

 flowering moft Part of the Winter ; 

 but dies to the Surface in the Spring, 

 as do all the Sorts of Starworts. 



The Seeds of the twelfth Sort were 

 fent from China to Peris, and fown 

 in the Royal Garden there ; whence 

 this Plant hath been diftributed to 

 feveral curious Gardens in Europe, 

 and is become one of the greatell 

 Ornaments of the Flower - garden 

 in Autumn. It begins to produce 

 its Flowers the Beginning of dugufl, 

 and continues to produce new 

 Flowers until the Froft prevents it. 



This Plant is propagated from 

 Seed, which mould be fown on a 

 warm Border foon after it is ripe ; 

 for, if it be kept till Spring, it fel- 

 dom grows fo well. The Plants will 

 begin to appear early in the Spring, 

 when they mould be cleared from 

 Weeds, and, in very dry Weather, 

 xnuft be refreshed with Water, which 

 will forward their Growth ; for, 

 during the firft fix Week?, or two 

 Months, after they come up, they 

 make but fmall Pro&refs. The Be- 



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ginning of May thefe Plants will be 

 ht to tranfplant, when they mould 

 be carefully drawn up, and planted 

 in a Bed of rich Earth, fix Inches 

 afunder, obferving to water them 

 frequently in dry Weather, and to 

 keep them coniiantly clear from 

 Weeds. When thefe Plants are about 

 four or five Inches high, they Ihould 

 be taken up, with a Ball of Earth to 

 their Roots, and traniplauted, either 

 into Pots, or into the Borders of the 

 Flower- garden, where they are to 

 remain, obferving to water and made 

 them until they have taken Root ; 

 after which time thofe in the Bor- 

 ders will require no farther Care, 

 but to keep them clear from W eeds ; 

 but thofe in the Pots muit be frc# 

 quentiy refrefhed with Water, other- 

 wife they vviil not grow large, nor 

 produce near fo many Flowers. In 

 Augujjt thefe Plants will produce their 

 beautiful Flowers, which vviil con- 

 tinue till the End of September ; 

 at which time the Seeds will ripen, 

 when, as was before directed, fome 

 of it fhould be fown on a warm 

 Border; but it will be proper to fave 

 fome of the Seed tiil Spring, left, 

 by a violent hard Winter, thole fown 

 in Autumn fhould be denroyed. 



The thirteenth and fourteenth 

 Sores are Varieties of the twelfth, 

 which accidentally rofe from the 

 fame Seeds. Thefe only differ from 

 the former in the Colour of their 

 Stalks and Flowers; which, in one, 

 are white, and the other a lively blue 

 Colour : thefe make a fine Variety, 

 when they are intermixed in the 

 Borders of the Flower-garden. 



The twenty ninth, thirtieth, and 

 thirty-firit. Sorts were difcovered by 

 the late Dr. William Hou/icun, near 

 Vera Cruz, in the Spanijh Wcjl-In* 

 dies. The twenty-ninth and thirty- 

 hrlt grow plentifully on the fandy 

 Ground about Old Vera-Cruz; and 



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