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11. Cistus ladamftra Cretica, 

 Jlore purpurea. Tourn. Cor. Sweet 

 gum -bearing Ciftus or Rock-rofe 

 from Crete, with purple Flowers. 



12. Cistus mas Lufitaviea, flio 

 cmplijfimo incano. In/I. R. H. Male 

 Portugal Rock-rofe, with an ample 

 Jioary Leaf. 



13. ClS : us frmina, folio fal<vi<e, 

 elatior, iff reclis <virgis. C B. P. 

 Female Rock rofe, with Sage-leaves, 

 and the Shoots growing erecl. 



14. Cistus faemir.a, folio falvi<e> 

 fupina humi fparfa. C.B.P. Low- 

 fpreading Female Rock-rofe, with a 

 Sage -leaf. 



15. Cistus hdan, birf-tum. 

 C. B. P. Hairy gum Ciftus or Rock- 

 rofe. 



1 6. Cistus ledon angufis foliis. 

 C. B. P. Narrow-leav"d guin Ciftus 

 or Rock-rofe. 



1 7 . C 1 s t u s ledon, foliis rorifma •> ini 

 hifpidis. C. B. P. 'Gum Ciilus or 

 Rock-rofe, with prickly Rofmary- 

 leaves. 



The various Kinds of thcfe Plants 

 are very great Ornaments to a Gar- 

 den : their Flowers are produced in 

 great Plenty all over the Shrubs, 

 which, tho' but of a fliort Duration, 

 yet are fucceeded by frefh ones almoft 

 every Day for above two Months 

 fucceffively. Thefe Flowers are many 

 of them about the ■ ignefs of a mid- 

 dling R.ofe, but fingle, and of dif- 

 ferent Colours. The Plant continues 

 green throughout the Year. 



Thefe Plants are all of them hardy 

 enough to live in the open Air in 

 England, unlefs in very fevere W in- 

 ters, which often deftrov thern ; fo 

 that a Plant or two of each Sort may 

 be kept in Pots, and flieltered in 

 Winter, to preferve the Kinds : the 

 reft may be intermixed with other 

 Shrubs, where they will make a 

 pretty Diverfny ; 2nd in fuch Places, 

 where they are flickered by o;her 



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Plants, they will endure the Coli 

 much better than where they are 

 fcattered fmgly in the Borders. Many 

 of thefe Plants will grow to the 

 Height of five or fix Feet, and will 

 have large fpreading Heads, pro- 

 vided they are permitted to grow 

 uncut ; but if they are ever trimmed, 

 it mould be only fo much as to pre- 

 vent their Heads from growing too 

 large for their Stems; for whenever 

 this happens, they are apt to fall on 

 the Ground, and appear unfjghtly. 



When thefe Plants are propagated 

 by Seeds, they are very apt to vary 

 from the original Plants whence the 

 Seeds were taken ; fo that I believe 

 many of them, which are enumerated 

 as different Species, are only acci- 

 dental Varieties ; but thofe which 

 are distinguished by the Title of 

 Male, never produce any of the Fer 

 male, nor 'vice <verfa. 



Thefe Sorts may all be propa- 

 gated by fowing their Seeds upon a 

 gentle Hot-bed, or on a warm Bor- 

 der in the common Ground in March j 

 and when the Plants are come up 

 about three Inches high, they fhould 

 be tranfplanted either into fmall 

 Pots, or a Border of good light Earth, 

 at about ten Inches Diftance every 

 Way : if they are planted into Pots, 

 they mould be removed under a com- 

 mon Hot bed frame in Winter, to 

 defend them from the Froft, which 

 may be hurtful to them while young, 

 if they are not protected from it ; 

 but they mould have as much free 

 open Air as pcfhbie in mild Weather, 

 and will require to be often refrefhed 

 with Water. 



In the Spring following, thefe 

 Plants may be turned out of the Pots, 

 with ail the Earth preferved to their 

 Roots, and , planted in the Places 

 where they are to remain (for they 

 are bad Plants to remove when 

 grown old) s obferving to give them 



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