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2. BoRRAGO Jlore pallefcente, rofeo 

 nut fuave-rubente. Tourn. The com- 

 mon Borrage, with a pale rofe-co- 

 loured Flower. 



3. Eorrago floribus albis. J.B. 

 The common Borrage, with a white 

 Flower. 



4. Borraco Cretica, fore reflexo 

 elegantifjimo fuave-rubcntc. T. Cor. 

 Cretan Borrage, with an elegant foft 

 red reflexed Flower. 



5. Borrago Conjiantinopolitana, 

 flore reflexo ceeruleo, calyce <veficario. 

 T.Cor. Borrage of Conflantinople, with 

 a blue reflexed Flower, and a fwell- 

 ing Empalement. 



The firft Sort is very common in 

 all Parts of England, being often 

 found upon Dunghils, and in public 

 Roads, where the Seeds have been 

 fcattered from Gardens, but is hardly 

 a native Plant of our Ifland : how- 

 ever, it is fo far naturalized amongft 

 us, that where-ever it is fuffered to 

 ftand till its Seeds are dropt upon 

 the Ground, there will always be a 

 plentiful Crop. 



The Seeds of this Plant may be 

 fown in the Spring or Autumn, foon 

 after they are ripe : it will grow in 

 almofi: any Soil, but belt, in that 

 which is dry. This Plant is often 

 ufed in the Kitchen, and for cool 

 Tankards in Summer-time, and the 

 Flowers are ufed in medicinal Cor- 

 dials. 



The white and rofe - coloured 

 Flowers are accidental Varieties of 

 the common Sort ; but the Seeds of 

 either Sort, being fown feparately, 

 will produce fome Plants of the fame 

 kind : there is alfo a Variety of this 

 with a variegated Leaf. 



The fifth and fixth Sorts were 

 difcovered by Dr Tvufnefarf., one 

 in the Ifland or Candia, and the other 

 at Conflantinople ; from whence he 

 fent the Seeds to the Royal Garden 

 at Paris, where they grew, and have 



fince been communicated to fevera! 

 Other Gardens : thefe Plants may be 

 propagated by Seeds, as alfo by 

 parting their Roots : the latter is 

 ufually pradtifed in this Country, 

 becaufe their Seeds are feldom per- 

 fected here: the belt time for part- 

 ing their Roots is about the End of 

 Augufl, that they may take Root be- 

 fore Winter : if thefe are planted in 

 a warm Border, they will endure the 

 Cold of our ordinary Winters very 

 well ; but fome of them fhould be 

 planted in Pots, that they may be 

 lheltered under a Frame in Winter, 

 for fear thofe in the open Air fhould 

 be deftroyed, which in fevere Win- 

 ters they very often are : thefe Plants 

 are commonly preferved in Botanic 

 Gardens for the fake of Variety; and, 

 for the Oddnefs of their Flowers, a 

 few Plants of each Sort may have 

 Place in the Flower-gardens. 



BOSIA. 



The Char afters are ; 



The Flower has no Petals : the Em- 

 palement is divided into jive Parts : 

 this afterward inclofes the Embryo, 

 which becomes a fucculent Berry, con- 

 taining one Seed. 



We have but one Sort of this 

 Plant; viz. 



Bos 1 a. Lin. Carol. Arbor bacci- 

 fera Canarienfls , fyringa ccerukes fo- 

 liis y put pur ant i bus venis, fruclu ?no- 

 nopyreno, Tervz-mora Hifpancrum. 

 Pluli. Phyt. Commonly called Gold- 

 en rod-tree. 



This Plant is a Native of the 

 Iflands of the Canaries ; and it hath 

 aho been fince found in fome of the 

 Btitijb Iflands in America : it was 

 firit brought into England .from the 

 Canaries, and has been long an In- 

 habitant of the Englifh Gardens ; 

 but I have not as yet feen any of 

 thefe Plants in Flower, tho' I have 

 had many old Plants under my Care 

 near thirty Years ; it makes a pretty 



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