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leav*d Sweet • William, with red 

 Flowers. 



2. CaRYOPHYLLUS barbatm hor- 

 tenfislntifoliuSjjlire <variegato. Boerb. 

 In.L The broad leav*d Sweet-Wil- 

 liam, with variegated Flowers. 



3. CaRYOPHYLLUS barbvtus, flare 

 multiplici. C. B. The double Sweet- 

 William, with red Flowers, which 

 burit their Pods. 



4. CaRYOPHYLLUS barbatus,flore 

 multiplici rofeo. C.B. The rofe- 

 colour'd double Sweet- William. 



5. CaRYOPHYLLUS barbatui bor- 

 tenfis angvfl if alius. C. B. The nar- 

 row-leav'd Garden Sweet-William, 

 formerly called Sweet- Johns. 



6. CaRYOPHYLLUS bar bat us bar- 

 tenfis angufifolius, flore <verficolcre 

 in eod.m ramulo. C.B. The Sweet- 

 John, with various-colour'd Flowers 

 on the fame Branch. 



7. CaRYOPHYLLUS barbatus bor- 

 tenfis anguflijfjius, Jloro fleno rofeo. 

 The double rofe - colour'd Sweet- 

 Jx>hn, or FaircbiLfs Mule. 



The fmgle Kinds of thefe Flowers 

 are generally propagated by Seed?, 

 which raaft be fown the Latter- end 

 of March y or the Beginning of April, 

 in a Bed of light Ear th, and in June 

 they will be fit to tranfplant out; 

 at which time you muft prepare fome 

 Beds ready for them, and fet them 

 at fix Inches Diftance every Way : 

 in thefe Beds they may remain till 

 "Michaelmas •, at which time they may 

 be tranfplanted into the Border j of 

 the Pleafure- garden or Wildernefs : 

 thefe will flower the next Year in 

 June, and will perfect their Seeds 

 in Augufl, which you mould fave 

 from the beit-coiour'd Flowers for 

 a Supply. 



They may be alfo propagated by 

 jlippii ig their Roote at Mfch&elmas : 

 but this is feldom practiied ; iince 

 their Seedling Roots w ill always 



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blow the ftrongeft, and new Varie- 

 ties are obtained yearly. 



There is a Variety of this Flower, 

 which is commonly known among 

 the Gardeners, by the Name of 

 Painted-Lady Sweet- William : this 

 Sort feldom rifes fo high in their 

 Stems as the common Sort ; but the 

 Flowers have a great Variety of 

 bright Colours in them : and altho' 

 they have no Scent, yet their Beauty 

 renders them worthy of a Place in 

 every good Garden : but, in order 

 to prelerve the fine Variety of Co- 

 lours, the Seeds mould be only 

 faved from fuch Flowers as are the 

 molt beautiful ; and, if the Seeds 

 are frequently exchanged from one 

 Place to the other, at a confiderable 

 Diftance, and from Soils very dif- 

 ferent in their Nature, the Flowers 

 will not fo frequently degenerate 

 as when the Seeds are faved in the 

 fame Garden feveral Years. 



There are fome of the common 

 Sorts, with very deep-red and pur- 

 ple- colour'd Flowers, which deferve 

 Admittance into the moll curious 

 Gardens, efpecially to plant in large 

 rural Borders, or in Clumps of 

 Shrubs icattered with other hardy 

 Flowers, where they make a fine 

 Appearance for a Month, or longer, 

 if the Seafon proves moderately 

 cool. 



The double Kinds are propagated 

 by Layers, as the Carnations ; they 

 love a middling Soil, not too light, 

 nor too heavy or It iff, nor too much 

 dung'd, which very often occafions 

 their rotting : thefe continue flower- 

 ing for a long time, and are ex- 

 tremely beautiful, efpecially the 

 Mule, which produces two full 

 Blooms of Flower?, one in June, 

 and the other* in July : this is very 

 fubjett to canker, and rot away,, 

 efpecially if planted in a Soil over- , 



wet, 



