B A 



B A 



2. Balsamina fcemina, fiore pur- 

 purea The Female Balfamine, with 

 purple Flowers. 



3. Balsamina farmina, fiore con- 

 dido. H. L. The white Female Bal- 

 famine. 



4. Balsamina fecmina, fiore ru- 

 bro. H. L. The red Female Bal- 

 famine. 



5 . Balsamina fezmina, fiore ma- 

 jore candido. Tov.rn. The large 

 white- flowered BaHamine. 



6 . Balsamina farmina , fiore ma- 

 jore fpeaofo. Town. The large fpe- 

 cious flowered Female Balfamine. 



7 . Balsamina fcemina, fiore par- 

 tbn candido, partint purpuric. The 

 purple and white-ftriped BaHamine. 



8. BjkLSAMlNA fifrtnina, fiore ma- 

 jore, elegantijfime varirgato. The 



large-flowered ltriped Balfamine. 



9. Balsamina fcemina, fiore ma- 

 jore plcno, elegantijfime t variegat6. 



The double large flowered ltriped 

 Balfamine, or Immortal Eagle - 

 flower. 



The firft of thefe Species is per- 

 ferved in Gardens, for the Diver - 

 fion ic afford?, when the Seed-velTels 

 are ripe, by defiring ignorant Perions 

 to gather them, who are furprifed 

 to And, upon the firft Touch, that 

 the Pod? fly to Pieces in theirHands: 

 this Plant is very hardy in refpect to 

 Cold ; and, altho' it is annual, yet, 

 if Goffered to call its Seeds, will come 

 up every Spring without any Care : 

 it delights belt in moi^t fhady Places, 

 where if it is not rooted out, it will 

 multiply faft enough. 



The other Sorts are commonly 

 raifed on Hot-beds in the Spring, 

 and afterwards planted into Pots or 

 Borders, to adorn Court- yards and 

 Parterr The fecond, third, and 

 fourth Sorts will come up in the com- 

 mon Gro.md, without any artificial 

 Heat, and make ftronger Plants than 

 when raifed in an Hot-bed, and 



fland longer in Flower; but the 

 four laft-mentioned Sorts are much 

 tenderer, and mud be raifed on an 

 Hot-bed, and afterward planted in 

 Pots, and let into a freih Het-bed 

 to bring them forward, efpecially 

 the lalt Sort which otherwife will 

 not flower foon enough to produce 

 ripe Seeds. There are two different 

 Kinds of this large double-flowered 

 Balfamine: one is brought from the 

 Wcji- Indies , by the Name of the 

 Ccckfpur : this is very apt to pro- 

 duce large ftrong Plants, but rarely 

 begins to flower till the End of the 

 Summer, and then very often hath 

 but fmall Quantities of Flowers, and 

 feldom produces ripe Seeds in Eng- 

 land. 



The other Sort is brought from 

 China, by the Name of Immortal 

 Eagle flower: this Plant produces 

 large beautiful Flowers, in great 

 Quantities; and is one of the fineft 

 annual Plants we have, continuing 

 a long time in Flower, efpecially if 

 flickered from the Violence of Wind 

 and Rain, both of which are great 

 Enemies to this Plant : this Sort alfo 

 ripens Seeds very well ; but is apt 

 to degenerate in a few Years with 

 us to hngle Flowers, and plain Co- 

 lour?, if great Care is not taken in 

 faving the Seeds from the fineft- 

 ftriped Flowers. 



Thefe Plants mult be taken great 

 Care of while young, and in the 

 Hot bed, particularly to give them 

 as much free Air a^poflible, to pre- 

 vent their running up too {lender; 

 nor muit they have much Water, 

 which often rots them at Bottom, 

 near the Surface of the Ground. 



When you put thefe Plants into 

 Pots, obferve to choofe fuch as have 

 clear fpotted Stems, which always 

 produce ftriped Flowers ; and thofe 

 with green 2 fh Stems, white Flowers; 

 and the red Stems, red Flowers : 



