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they are planted in a dry Soil, and 

 a warm Situation, they will thrive 

 very well ; and thofe Plants which 

 live abroad, will flower much ftrong- 

 cr, and make a finer Appearance, 

 than thofe which are preferved in the 

 Green houfe; for thefe Plants re- 

 quire a large Share of Air, otherwife 

 thev are apt to draw up weak ; fo 

 feldom produce their Flowers in 

 plenty : therefore when any of the 

 Plants are (heltered in Winter, they 

 mull be pl?.ced as near the Windows 

 as pofEble, that they may have all 

 the Advantages of Air ; and in the 

 Spring they muft be hardened to 

 bear the open Air as foon as poifi- 

 bJe. 



This Sort is propagated by Seeds 

 i as the former : if the Seeds are fown 

 early in the Spring, upon a warm 

 Border of light Earth, the Plants 

 will flower in Augujl ; and if the 

 I Autumn prove favourable, they will 

 ripen their Seeds very well : but 

 there are fome Perfons who fow the 

 Seeds upon a moderate Hot-bed in 

 the Spring, whereby they bring the 

 Plants fo forward as to flower in 

 July, fo that the Seeds are always 

 perfected from thefe Plants : when 

 '■ thefe Plants are tranfplanted, it 

 mould always be done while they 

 are young ; for they do not bear re- 

 moving well when they are large. 

 This Sort will iometimes live in the 

 open Air for three or four Years, 

 when they Hand in a well-fneltered 

 Situation; and thefe will grow to 

 have large Heads, and make a very 

 fine Appearance when they are in 

 Flower ; they will alfo continue 

 much longer in Beauty than thofe 

 Plants which are treated more ten- 

 derly. 



The fifth Sort is a low annual 

 Plant, which feldom grows more 

 than a Foot and an half in Height : 

 the Flowers being fmall, and having 



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little Beauty, it is feldom pTeferved 

 but in Botanic Gardens : the Seeds 

 of this Sort muft be fown upon a 

 moderate Hot-bed in the Spring; 

 and the Plants muft be planted kv:o 

 fmall Pots, and brought forward ia 

 another Hot- bed : in July they will 

 flower, when they may be expofed 

 in the open Air, in a warm Situa- 

 tion, where the Seeds will ripen ita 

 September, and the Plants will foon 

 after decay. 



The fixth Sort was brought into 

 Evglandhy the Rev. Dr. Pocock from 

 die Levant : this Sort is very muca 

 like the firft, in its outward Appear- 

 ance, but never grows fo tall: this 

 fends forth Suckers in plenty from 

 the Root: the fmall Leaves of this 

 Sort are oblong, and much fmaller 

 than thofe of the firft; and each 

 Leaf has a greater Number of thele 

 Pinnae placed along the Midrib : the 

 Flowers are like thefe cf the fir ft, 

 but are feldom more in Number 

 than three upon each Footftalk. 

 This Sort begins flowering almofi a 

 Month before the firft, and conti- 

 nues longer in the Autumn; which 

 renders it more valuable, efpecially 

 as it is equally hardy, and may be 

 propagated in as great Plenty by 

 Seeds. 



CO LUTE A SCORPIOIDES. 

 Fide Emerus. 



COLLIFLOWER. Vide Braf- 

 fica. 



COMA AUREA. Vide Chryfo- 

 coma. 



COMARUM, Marfh Cincue- 

 foil: 



The Char afters are ; 

 The Emp element of the Flower is 

 cf one Leaf , which is cut at the Top 

 into ten Paris : the Ffauw has five 

 Petals : in the Centre of the Flo-iver' 

 is fituated a great Number of rcundifb 

 Point als collecled into en H. ad : theft 

 are attended by a great N*mipr of 

 Stamina: 



