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8. Cyan J s fcgetum, fore alio. 

 C. B. Corn-bottle with a white 

 Flower. 



9. Cyanus fegetum, fore varie- 

 gato. Corn- bottle with a variable 

 Flower. 



The firft and fecond Species are 

 abiding Plants, which increafc greatly 

 by their creeping Roots. The firil 

 is very common in mod of the old 

 Country gardens, but is feldom pre- 

 ferved in curious Flower-gardens; 

 becaufe it is fo apt to overipread 

 whatever Plants grow near it ; how- 

 ever, it may have a Place in large 

 Borders under Trees, or WilderueiTes, 

 where it will thrive very well : and 

 altho 1 it is a Flower of little Beauty, 

 yet, for its Variety, and long Con- 

 tinuance to flower, it deferves to be 

 propagated in very large Gardens. 

 The fecond is, at prefent, left com- 

 mon in England, being rarely to be 

 found but in Botanic Gardens. Thefe 

 are multiplied by taking OfF-fets from 

 the old Roots, which they furnihh 

 in great Plenty, either in Spring or 

 Autumn, and will grow in any Soil 

 or Situation. 



The third, fourth, fifth, and fixth 

 Sorts are commonly fown on an 

 Hot bed, and treated as the Balia- 

 mine, or Marvel of Peru : but thefe 

 will flower full as well, if they are 

 fown on a Border of good light 

 Earth, in a warm Pofition, except 

 the fixth Sort, which mould have an 

 Hot-bed ; and when the Plan ts come 

 up, they may be pricked out upon 

 another Bed of good Earth fix Inches 

 apart each Way, where they may 

 remain until they are ftrong enough 

 to be tranfplanted where they are to 

 flower ; which may be either in Pots, 

 or in Borders amongft other Annu- 

 als : in doing of which, you mult 

 be careful not to (hake tiie Earth 

 from their Roots; and when they 

 are planted, they mould be watered 



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and (haded until they have taken 

 new Root. In July thefe Plants 

 will begin to flower, and continue 

 until the Froft prevents them. But 

 you ftiould obferve to let the earlier! 

 Flowers remain for Seeds ; for if the 

 Autumn fhould prove cold and wet, 

 the late Flowers will not produce 

 good Seeds, efpecially the yellow 

 Sort, which feldom perfects Seeds, 

 unlefs they are brought to flower 

 very early. 



There are two or three other Va- 

 rieties of thefe Flowers, as one with 

 quilled Flowers, both of the yellow 

 and white Sorts; and another with 

 large plain Florets, of a Flefh-colour, 

 which is call'd in Turky Ambcrboi ', or 

 Embcrbci; but thefe are not conftant, 

 but are very fubjeit to vary from the 

 Sorts which the Seeds were faved 

 from ; therefore fhould not be 

 efteemed as different. 



Thefe Plants are annual, and 

 rarely continue after perfedling their 

 Seeds ; yet, in order to have them 

 flower early in the Seafon, you may 

 low their Seeds the Latter-end of 

 July, or the Beginning of Auguft % 

 that the Plants may have Strength 

 before the cold Weather comes on; 

 and if thefe are planted into warm 

 Borders, they will ensure the Cold 

 very well, provided they are not fo 

 forward as to run up to flower ; and 

 thefe will flower early the next Sum- 

 mer ; by which Method you ma 7 

 always be fure to obtain good 

 Seeds. 



The Corn-bottles are alfo Annuals, 

 which, for the Diveifity of their 

 Flowers, were propagated in Gar- 

 dens ; but ^>f late Years they have 

 been aim oft excluded : however, the 

 variable Flowers are worthy of a 

 Place in every good Garden ; efpe- 

 cially thofe with variegated Flowers, 

 of which there are now a great 

 Variety of Colours in the Englijb 

 Gardens. 



