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Dews : it will therefore be much 

 the better Method to fet them in an 

 open Glafs-ftove, where the Win- 

 dows may be fet open in good Wea- 

 ther, and fhut in cold or wet. The 

 other four Sorts muft not be expofed 

 too much to the open Air, even in 

 the hotteft Seaion, efpecially if you 

 defign to have them flower ; and in 

 Winter they, mould be kept very 

 warm, and have no Water given 

 them. 



When you have once cut oft the 

 Tops of any of thefe Plants, in 

 order to increafe them, the lower 

 Parts will put forth frefh Shoots 

 from their Angles, which, when 

 grown to be eight or nine Inches 

 long, may alfo be taken off to make 

 freih Plants ; and, by this means, 

 the old Plants will continually afford 

 a Supply ; fo that you never need- 

 cut off above one Piant of a Sort, 

 which you mould preferve for a 

 Breeder. > 



Thefe Plants being fucculent, they 

 will bear to be a long time out of 

 the Ground ; therefore, whoever 

 hath a mind to get any of them from 

 the Weft- Indies , need give no other 

 Inftruclions to their Friends, but to 

 cut them off, and let them lie two 

 or three Days to dry ; then put 

 them up in a Box with dry Hay or 

 Straw, to keep them from wound- 

 ing each other with their Spines ; 

 and if they are two or three Months 

 on their PafTage, they will keep 

 very well, provided no Wet get to 

 them. 



CERINTHE, Honey-wort. 

 The Char r>.£lers are ; 



It hath glaucous deep- green Leaves, 

 which are, for the moft -part, befet 

 *with Prickles: the Flonvers are cylin- 

 drical, conffting of one Leaf , in Shape 

 like thefe of Comfrey, and are pen- 

 dulous : each Flower is fucceeded by 

 two oblong naked Sefds, 



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The Species are ; 

 I. Cerinthe quorundam major, 

 'ver/icolore fore. J. B. The larger 

 Honey -wort, with party - colour'd 

 Flowers. 



Cerinthe quorundam major, 

 fpinofo folio, fa<vo fore. J.B. The 

 larger Honey - wort, with prickiy 

 Leaves, and yellow Flowers. 



3. Cerinthe quorundam major, 

 fere ex rubra purpurafcenie. J. B. 

 The Jarger Honey-wort, with redilh 

 purple Flowers. ^ 



4. Cerinthe quorundam minor, 

 fa-vo fore. J. B. The leffer Honey- 

 wort, witfi yellow Flowers. 



5 . Cerinthe folio non macula to 

 firidj.* C. B. Honey -wort with 

 deep green Leaves without Spots. 



6. Cerinthe fore, verf colore ex 

 albo & rubro. Boerh. Ind. Honey- 

 wOrt with red and white party-co- 

 lour'd Flowers. 



7. Cerinthe fore verf colore, ex 

 albo iff purpurea. Boerh. Ind. Ho- 

 ney- wort -with purple and white 

 party-colour'd Flowers. • 



The feveral Varieties of this Plant 

 are propagated by Seeds, which 

 mould be fown foon after they are 

 ripe j for, if they are kept till 

 Spring, the ' growing Quality of 

 them is often loll : the Plants are 

 hardy, and if the Seeds are fown in 

 a warm Situation, they will endure 

 the Winter's Cold very well without 

 Shelter: thefe autumnal Plants alfo 

 are much furer to produce ripe Seeds 

 than thofe which were fown in the 

 Spring, which are generally late in 

 the Seafon before they flower ; and 

 confequently, if the Autumn fhould 

 not prove very warm, their Seeds 

 would not be perfected. 



Thefe Plants are pretty Varieties 

 forjarge Borders in Gardens, where, 

 if they are buffered to drop their 

 Seeds, the Plants will arife without 

 sny farther Care ; to tha: when a 



Perfoa 



