C H 



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5. Cham^edrys Alpina frute* 

 fcens, folio fplendente. Tourn. Shrubby 

 Germander of the Alps, with fhine- 

 ing Leaves. 



6. Chamedrys fruticofa Cre- 

 tica, purpurea Jlore. Tourn. Shrubby 

 Germander of Crete, with a purple 

 Flower. 



7. Ch aM/EDRYS multifda fpinofa 

 odorata. Vir. Lufit. Prickly fweet- 

 fmelling Germander, with Leaves 

 divided into many Parts. 



Thefe Plants are feldom cultivated 

 in Gardens : the firft Sort grows 

 wild in many Parts of England, 

 where it is gathered, and brought to 

 the Markets for medicinal Dies : 

 the fecond Sort grows wild in the 

 Southern Parts of France ; from 

 whence feveral Botanic Gardens 

 have been fupplied with the Seeds : 

 the fourth Sort is very common in 

 Spain and Portugal: thefe are all 

 of them very humble Plants, their 

 Branches always trailing upon the 

 Ground ; therefore never rife more 

 than a Foot high ; but the fifth Sort 

 grows (hrubby, and often rifes to 

 three Feet high ; and being an Ever- 

 green, may be allowed a Place in 

 large Gardens, for the fake of 

 Variety: this is a Native of the Alps ; 

 fo will endure the fevereft Cold in 

 the open Air, and will produce 

 plenty of Seeds; by which the Plant 

 may be readily propagated, if fown 

 in the Spring, in a Bed of common 

 Earth, in an open Situation. 



The fixth and feventh Sorts fhould 

 have the Shelter of a Wall, Hedge, 

 or Pale, to protect them from the 

 North and Eaft Winds, which are 

 fometimes deftru&ive to them, if 

 too much expofed thereto. Thefe 

 Sorts may alfo be increafed, by 

 planting their Cuttings in a fhady 

 Border, in May or June ; which, if 

 fupplied with Water in dry Weather, 

 will take Root very well in about 



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three Months time, when they may 



be removed with Safety. 



The third Sort is a biennial Plant, 

 rarely abiding after it hath perfected 

 its Seeds : th:s mould be fown in a 

 Border which is fcreened from the 

 cold Winds ; and when the Plants 

 are come up, they may be tranf- 

 planted to a greater Diftance in the 

 fame weli-fheltered Border ; and the 

 Spring following the Plants will 

 flower, and foon after will perfect 

 their Seeds ; which, if permitted to 

 fcatter upon the Ground, will arife 

 of themfelves, without any more 

 Trouble, and need only to be tranf- 

 planted where the Plants are intended 

 to remain. 



Tne firft and fecond Sorts are 

 very hardy, 'and propagate them- 

 felves very faft by their creeping 

 Roots, which, if fufFered to fpread, 

 as they are naturally inclin'd, will, 

 in a fhort time, cover a large Spot 

 of Ground ; therefore they mould 

 be planted at a good Diftance, and 

 removed every Spring or Autumn, 

 left they over-run the Ground. 



The fecond Sort is prefcribed in 

 the laft College Difpenfatory : but the 

 firft is our common Sort in England % 

 which is what the Markets are fup- 

 plied withal; the fecond being to be 

 found only in curious Gardens of 

 Plants. 



CHAMiELi£A. ^'Cneorum. 

 CHAMyEMELUM, Camomile. 



The Characlers,2.re ; 

 It bath a fibrofe Root ; the Cup of 

 the Flower is fqua?Kof, which ex- 

 pands, and appears like many Leaves : 

 the Flowers are, for the moji part, 

 radiated : the Petals of the Flower 

 are white, and the Diji yellow : the 

 Leaves are cut into fine Segments. 



The Species are j 

 I. Cham^emelum odoratifjimum 

 repens, fore Jimplici. J. B. Sweet- 

 fcented creeping Camomile. 



X 2. Cha- 



