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will deftroy them ; but thofe that 

 are backward will endure our feve- 

 reft Winters, provided they are 

 planted on a dry rubbifhy Soil; and 

 the next Spring will flower, and pro- 

 duce good Seeds. When thefe Plants 

 are in Flower, they perfume the Air, 

 and have a Scent fomewhat refem- 

 bling Violets at a fmall Diitance. 



The fourth, fifth, fixth, feventh, 

 and eighth Sorts are Perennials, 

 their Roots abiding feveral Years in 

 the Ground : thefe are alfo raifed by 

 lowing their Seeds ; for their Roots 

 do feldom part well, and the often 

 removing them prevents their flow- 

 ering itrong. All thefe Sorts delight 

 in a dry, poor, llony, or gravelly 

 Soil, and are often found growing 

 upon old Walls and Buildings. 



The twelfth Sort is a Perennial ; 

 but this, being tenderer than the 

 former Sorts, mull be fheltered in 

 Winter; therefore thefe mould be 

 planted in Pots filled with frefh un- 

 dunged Earth ; and, if they are 

 placed in Winter under a common 

 Hot -bed -frame, where they may 

 have as much free Air as poflible 

 in mild Weather, and only covered 

 in frofty Weather, they will thrive 

 very well. 



The thirteenth, fourteenth, and 

 fifteenth Sorts were difcovered by 

 Dr. 'Tournefort in the Levant, who 

 fent their Seeds to the Paris Garden, 

 from whence feveral other Gardens 

 have been fupplied* with them. 

 Thefe Sons do not ripen their Seeds 

 well in this Country; and, as their 

 Roots do feldom continue above 

 two or threeYears, it is very difficult 

 to preferve them long : thefe mult 

 be fheltered in fevere Frolts, other- 

 wife they. will be deftroyed. 



The feventh and eighth Sorts are 

 the moft beautiful of all the Kinds : 

 thefe produce very tall Spikes of 

 Flowers, which continue for a long 



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time, there being two or three Suc- 



ceffions of Flowers, which come out 

 alternately on the fame Spikes, which 

 have a very agreeable Scent : thefe 

 Plants, with Care, may be preferved 

 fome Years ; but they mull not be 

 planted in a rich Soil ; for if they 

 grow very rank in Summer, they 

 are fubject to rot in Winter. 



BLITUM, Blight, or Strawberry, 

 fpinach. 



The CharaSlers are; 



The Empalement of the Flcnver is 

 divided into three Parts : there is no 

 Petal to the Flower ; hut in the Cen- 

 tre of the Empalement arifes the 

 Poijital, attended by three Stamina : 

 the Empalement afterward becomes a 

 fucculcnt Berry , compofed of feveral 

 Acini, each containing one Seed. 

 The Species are ; 



1. Blitum foliis triavgularibus 

 dentatis, calycibus baccatis, capitulis 

 fummis nudis. Lin. Smaller Straw- 

 berry - fpfnach, or berry - bearing 

 Orach. 



2. Blitum foliis triangulares 

 dentatis, calycibus baccatis, capitulis 

 fummis foliojis. Lin. Hort. Cliff. 

 Large Tartarian Strawberry - fpi- 

 nach. 



3. Blitum foliis triangular:' bus 

 obtufis iff dentatis, capitulis non fo- 

 licfis. The common large Straw- 

 berry-fpinach. 



Thefe Plants are frequently pre- 

 ferved in Gardens for their odd Ap- 

 pearance, when their Fruits are ripe: 

 the firjft of them has but little Beauty, 

 the Berries being fmall, and not fo 

 well colour'd as thofe of the two 

 other Sorts : the third has been lon«r 

 an Inhabitant of the Englijh Gar- 

 dens ; but the fecond Sort, which 

 came from Tartary, has almoll fup- 

 pianted the other: for as the Seeds 

 of thefe Plants, if fuffered to fcatter 

 on the Ground, will come up with- 

 out any Care, the Seeds have fowed 

 themfelves 



