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& good Hot-bed ; and if the Plants 

 are potted, and preferved in a Bark- 

 ftove, they will make great Progrefs ; 

 but they are too tender to live in 

 this Country, unlefs they are con- 

 flantly kept in the Stove, and treat- 

 ed in the fame manner with other 

 tender Exotic Plants ; obferving, as 

 they are Natives of Swamps, to iup- 

 ply them often with Water: thefe 

 Plantsareever-grcen, calling off their 

 old Leaves when the- new come out. 



CONSOLIDA MAJOR. Vide 

 Symphytum. 



CONSOLIDA MEDIA. Vide 

 Bugula. 



CONSOLIDA MINIMA. Vide 

 Bellis. 



CONSOLIDA REGALIS. Vide 

 Delphinium. 



CONVALLARIA, Lily of the 

 Valley. 



The Char a tiers are ; 

 The Flower hath no Empalement, 

 and confijls of one Leaf ; is Ji hoped like 

 a Bell, and cut into fix Parts at the 

 Brim, which are reflcx*d: in the 

 Centre of the Flower is fituated a glo- 

 bular Pointal, attended by fix Sta- 

 mina, which Juppori oblong erect Sum- 

 mits : the Point a I afterward becomes 

 a foft round Berry, inclofing three 

 roundijh Seeds. 



The Species are ; 



1. Cosvallari hfcapo nudo. Lin. 

 Hart. Cliff. The common Lily of 

 the Valley. 



2. Con v all aria fcaponudo, fore 

 rubente. Lily of the Valley, with 

 red Flowers. 



3. ConvaixaRI a latiflia. Li!y 

 of the Valley, with broad Leaves. 



4. Con valla ri a latifolia, ficre 

 fleno n)ariegato. Broad-leav'd Lily 

 of the Valley, with a double-ftriped 

 Flower. 



The firft Sort grows wild in feveral 

 Parts of England, but particularly in 

 the Woods near Wohum in Bedford- 



shire, where the poor Inhabitants 

 gather the Flowers to fupply the 

 Markets in London: this Sort is alfo 

 planted in Gardens for the Sweet- 

 nefs of its Flowers. 



The fecond Sort is a Variety of 

 the firft, from which it only differs 

 in the Colour of its Flowers : this is 

 only to be found in fome curious 

 Gardens. 



The third Sort hath Leaves much 

 broader than thofe of the firft ; and 

 the Spikes of Flowers are generally 

 larger; this is not found wild in 

 England, but in Germany it is very 

 common. 



The fourth Sort is a Native of the 

 Alps : the Leaves of this Sort are 

 very broad, and the Flowers are 

 much larger than thofe of the com- 

 mon Sort, and are finely variegated 

 with Purple : this Sort is very rare 

 in England at prefent. 



All thefe Sorts increafe very fad 

 by their creeping Roots, except the 

 lalt, wbereby they may be had in 

 great Plenty by parting their Roots 

 in Oclober: they mull be planted in 

 a lhady Situation, and, in a moift 

 Soil, will produce more Flowers 

 than in a dry Ground : when they 

 are planted, the Roots mould be put 

 near a Foot afunder, to allow them 

 room to fpread ; for they will foon 

 meet at this Diftance \ and, as they 

 Ihcuid not be tranlplanted oftener 

 than every third Year, when they 

 are planted too clofe, they will mat 

 their Roots fo clofely together, as to 

 prevent their flowering hrongly. 



CONVOLVULUS, Bindweed. 

 The Characters are ; 



It hath, for the mojl pert, trailing 

 Stalks : the Lecves grow alternately 

 upon the Branches : the Flower con- 

 fifis of one intire Leaf fiiaped like a 

 Bell, whofe Mouth or Brim is, for- 

 the mojl part, widely fpread and cxi 

 fan did: the Ovary becomes a roundijb I 



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