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any of the other Kinds. To enu- 

 merate the Varieties of the chief 

 Flowers in any one of thefe Claffes, 

 would be needlefs, fince every County 

 produces new Flowers aim oil every 

 Year ; fo that thofe Flowers which 

 at their firft raifing were greatly 

 valued, are in two or three Years 

 become fo common, as to be of little 

 Worth, efpecially if they are de- 

 fective in any one Property : there- 

 fore, where Flowers are fo liable to 

 Mutability, either from the Fancy 

 of the Owner, or that better Kinds 

 are yearly produced from Seeds, 

 which, with good Flonfls, always 

 take place of older or worfe Flowers, 

 which are turned out of the Gar- 

 den to make room for them, it 

 would be but fuperfluous in this 

 Place to give a Lilt of their Names, 

 which are generally borrowed either 

 from the Names and Titles of No- 

 blemen, or from the Perfon's Name, 

 or Place of Abode, who rais'd it : 

 I mail only beg Leave to mention 

 two or three old-defcribed Sorts, by 

 way of Introduction, and lhall then 

 proceed. 



1. Carophyllus alt iln major. 

 C. B. The Clove-gilliflower. 



2. Caryophyllus maxima; ru- 

 ler. C. B. The large baftard Clove- 

 gilliflower. 



3. Caryophyllus maximus alter, 

 lata porri folio. H. R. Par. The 

 broad - leav'd Carnation, or Gilli- 

 flower. 



The firft of thefe Sorts is the true 

 Clove-gilliflower, which hath been 

 for a long time fo much in Ufe for 

 making a cordial Syrup, iffc. of 

 which there are two or three Va- 

 rieties commonly brought to the 

 Markets, w.hich differ greatly in 

 their Goodnefs ; fome of them 

 having very little Scent, when com- 

 pared with the true Sort : the large 

 Kind hath been much plenti^r foine 



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Years fince than at prefent : tins 

 ufed to burft the Pods, and then- 

 Petals hang loping about in fuch a 

 manner, that the People did not 

 care to buy them in the Market i 

 which was the Reafon it hath not 

 been cultivated fo much of late. 

 The third Sort is only to be found 

 in fuch fmall Gardens as raife great 

 Quantities of thefe Flowers from 

 Seed, to fupply the Markets in the 

 Spring of the Year : this being a 

 very hardy Kind, and their Leaves 

 being fo broad, and the Plants fo vi- 

 gorous, that the People who are 

 wholly unacquainted with thefe 

 Flowers, make choice of thefe as the 

 moil promifing Plants ; whereas they 

 feldom have more than four or five 

 Leaves in a Flower, and thofe are 

 very fmall, and ill-colour'd: the firft 

 of thefe, vise, the Clove-gilliflower, 

 is worthy of a Place in every good 

 Garden ; but of late there have been 

 fo many new Kinds produced from 

 Seeds which are very fine and large, 

 that moft of the old Sorts have been 

 excluded the Gardens oi the Ho- 

 rifts. 



Thefe Flowers are propagated 

 either from Seeds, by which new 

 Flowers are obtained, or from Layers, 

 for the Increafe of thofe Sorts which 

 are worthy maintaining : but I fha.ll 

 firll lay down the Method of pro- 

 pagating them from Seed ; which is 

 thus : 



Having obtained fome good Seeds, 

 either of your own faving, or from 

 a Friend that you can confide in ; 

 in the Beginning of April, prepare 

 fome Pots or Boxes, according to 

 the Quantity of Seed you have to 

 fow : thefe hhould be filled with 

 frefti light Earth mixed with rotten 

 Neats-dung, which mould be well 

 incorporated together ; then fow 

 your Seeds thereon, but not too 

 thick, covering it about a Quarter of 



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