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fo that if you have Plants enough, 

 you need only take the ftriped ones ; 

 and, in order to preferve them from 

 degenerating, you mould take off all 

 fingle or plain - colour'd Flowers 

 from your Plants, and not fuffer them 

 to feed ; by which means you will 

 preferve this beautiful Plant many- 

 Years longer than you otherwise 

 could. 



The Seeds of this beautiful Kind 

 Ihould not be fown till the Middle 

 or Latter -end of March; for, if 

 they are fown too foon, and the 

 Weather mould prove cold and dark, 

 as that a good Quantity of Air can- 

 not be admitted every Day to the 

 Plants, they will draw up too weak 

 for their Stems to fupport their 

 .Heads, when they are in Flower; 

 nor will the Plants produce near fo 

 many Flower?, as when they have 

 ftrong Stems, and have a large Share 

 of Air. The Plants fown the End 

 of March, when properly managed, 

 will flower by the Beginning of June, 

 and will be early enough to produce 

 ripe Seeds. 



BALSAMITA, Coftus Uertorum, 

 or Coftmary. 



The Characters are ; 



It hath a difcous Flower, compofed 

 of Florets, which are Hermaphrodite, 

 ha<vi naked K ads, and are placed on 

 a fmooth even Placenta : the Empale- 

 ment of the Flowers is fcaly : to thefe 

 Notes may be added, c [ he Flowers grow- 

 ing on the Top of the Stalks, and the 

 Leaves being intire. 

 The Species are ; 



i. Balsa mit a major. Dod. The 

 large Coftmary. 



Z. Balsamita foliis agerati. 

 Vaill. Mem. Acad. R. Scien. Coftr 

 mary with Maudlin-leaves. 



3 . Balsamita conyz.ee folio, fere 

 eernuo. Vaill. Mem. Acad. R. S, 

 Coftmary with a Fkabane-Jeaf. 



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The firft Sort was formerJy in 

 greater Requeft than it is at prefent ; 

 many People were fond of it in 

 Soups, with other Herbs ; and its 

 Ufe in Medicine is, at pretent, but 

 fmall : however, as it hath been an 

 old Garden-herb, I thought proper 

 to mention it in this Place. 



This Plant increafes very faft at 

 the Root, and will grow in almoft 

 any Soil or Situation : therefore, 

 whoever have a mind to propagate 

 it, need only plant a few. Slips in 

 the Spring or Autumn, in any com- 

 mon Border, and they will foon be 

 furninYd with enough of it. 



The fecond and third Sorts are 

 very low annual Plants : the Seeds 

 of both thefe Sorts mould be fown 

 in the Beginning of April, on a 

 Bed of light Earth ; and, if the Sea- 

 fon mould prove dry, they muft have 

 frequent Waterings, otherwife the 

 Seeds will not grow. When the 

 Plants are come up pretty ftrong, a 

 few of each may be potted, and 

 placed in a warm Situation, and 

 frequently watered ; where they will 

 ripen their Seeds in Auguft ; which 

 mould be gathered as foon as they 

 are ripe ; for they foon fcatter. The 

 Flowers of the fecond Sort turn 

 downward as they begin to decay, 

 and cor tin ue in this Pofition till their 

 Seeds are perfected ; when they raife 

 their Heads again, to fcatter their 

 Seeds. I have frequently had the 

 Seeds of this Sort remain in the 

 Ground two or three Years; and, 

 afterward, the Plants have come up 

 very well. There is little Beauty 

 in thefe Plants ; but they are pre- 

 served for Variety. 



BAM I A MOSCHATA. Vide 

 K.etmia 



BANANA. /'V^Mufa, 



BARB A CAPR^E. Vide Ul- 

 mam. 



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