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The fecond Sort is not near fo 

 eautiful as the firft ; but is prelerv- 

 idin curious gardens of Plants, for 

 ]ts Variety. The Flowers of this 

 Cind are very fmall ; and it is com- 

 nonly fo late in the Seafon before 

 hey are produced, that they fcldom 

 )erfe& their Seeds with us, unlefs 

 :he Plants come up in Autumn, and 

 ibide the Winter. The Seeds of this 

 Plant I received from my honoured 

 Friend Mr. Henry Hcpkey, who ga- 

 thered it on Gibraltar Hills, where 

 it grows wild. 



The third Sort is the Stave/acre, 

 the Seeds of which are ufed in Me- 

 dicine : this is a large handfome 

 Plant, and produces fair large Flow- 

 ers : the Seeds of this Ihould be fown 

 in a light fandy Soil, and a warm 

 Situation, foon after it is ripe ; for 

 if it be kept until Spring, it very 

 often mifcarries, or at leaft will re- 

 main in the Ground until the follow- 

 ing Autumn, before the Plants will 

 appear : but if the Seeds are fown 

 in Augujl, as foon as they are ripe, 

 the Plants will come up the fame 

 Autumn, or early in the Spring, and 

 will produce Flowers the following 

 Summer. 



This Plant is preferved in many 

 Curious Gardens of Plants, and is 

 worthy of a Place in the Borders of 

 the Flower-garden, for its long Con- 

 tinuance in Flower, and the Beauty 

 of the large Leaves, efpecially as it 

 grows ereel:, and takes up but little 

 room. It is an annual Plant, which 

 dies as foon as the Seeds are per- 

 feded. 



The other Sorts are commonly 

 cultivated in Gardens, for the Beauty 

 of their Flowers ; where, when the 

 feveral Varieties are intermixed in a 

 Bed, they make a goodly Shew. The 

 Seeds of thefe Ihould be fown in Au- 

 tumn, foon after they are ripe ; for 

 thofe fown in the, Spring do -not 



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grow near fo large, nor will thear* 

 Flowers be fo double. When the 

 Plants come up, they Ihould be either 

 tranfplanted out, or fome of them 

 puird up ; fo that the remaining 

 Plants may be left eight or tea 

 Inches Diitance each Way ; where- 

 by they will have room to grow, 

 and fpread their Branches, which 

 they generally produce in great 

 Plenty, and their Flowers will be 

 produced in larger Bunches. They 

 will require no farther Care, but to 

 keep them clear from Weeds. la 

 June thefe Plants will flower; and 

 their Seeds will ripen about the Be- 

 ginning of Aitgufl : but in order to 

 have your Flowers more beautiful, 

 you mould mark fuch only for Seeda 

 as produced very double and finely- 

 variegated Flowers, pulling up or 

 cutting off all fingle or plain-colourM 

 Flowers. 



The Sort of Larkfpur with 

 branching Stalks ihould be fown fe- 

 parately, and not mixed with the 

 upright Sort, becaufe they do not 

 flower together : the upright Sort 

 will be part flowering, before the 

 branching Sort begins, when the 

 Seeds are fown at the fame time: 

 there are a greater Variety of Co- 

 lours in the Flowers of the upright, 

 than in thofe of the branching Kind : 

 and as the Flowers of thefe are pro- 

 duced in large clofe Spikes, fo when 

 they are very double, and of fine 

 Colours, they make a fine Appear- 

 ance during the Seafon of their Flow- 

 ering. The Plants of this Sort will 

 not require fo much room as thofe 

 of the branching Kind ; therefore 

 when they are fown in whole Beds, 

 if the Plants are Angled out to the 

 Diflance of fix or feven Inches aparr, 

 it will be fufficient room for them ; 

 whereas the branching Kind muii 

 not be left nearer than ten Inches or 

 a Foot afunder. If there are Toine 



