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bufhy. The Flowers are fmall, and 

 produced fparfedly on the Branches, 

 fo that it doth not make any good 

 Appearance in a Garden ; but as it 

 is very hardy, it may be admitted 

 as an Under-lhrub, to fill up Vacan- 

 cies in Wildernefs - quarters, where 

 it will add to the Variety. It is 

 eafily propagated from Suckers, 

 which it generally produces in great 

 Plenty from the Root, or by laying 

 down the Branches. It requires a 

 Soil not too hot and dry, nor over- 

 wet, but of a middling Nature. 



This Plant is now cultivated in 

 fome of the curious Nurferies about 

 London, for Sale, as are many of the 

 hardy Trees and Shrubs, fome of 

 which have not more Beauty than 

 this ; but as they increafe the Va- 

 riexy in Gardens, they are at prefent 

 much in Requeft. 



DIGITALIS, Fox-glove. 

 The Characters are ; 



The Leaves are produced alternately 

 on the Branches : the Cup of the 

 Flower confijis of one Leaf, which is 

 divided into fix ample long Segments : 

 the Flower confifs of one Leaf is tu- 

 bulofe a?id comprefs^d, and a little re- 

 flex'' d at the Brim : thefe Flowers are 

 difpefed in a long Spike, and always 

 grow upon one Side of the Stalk : the 

 Ovary of the Flower becomes a round- 

 ijb Fruit, which tnds in a Point, and 

 vpens in the Middle : it has two Cells, 

 in which are contained many fmall 

 Seeds. 



The Species are ; 



1. Digitalis purpurea. J. B. 

 The purple Fox-glove. 



2. Digitalis vulgaris, fiore car- 

 4 neo. Hort. Edinb. Common flefh- 



colour'd Fox glove. 



3. Digitalis fiore magno Candi- 

 da. J. B. Fox-glove with a large 



■ white Flower. 



4. Digitalis lat 'folia, fiore fsr- 

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rugineo. Mor. Hifi. Broad • leav'd 

 Fox-glove, with an iron - coloured 

 Flower. 



5. Digitalis angu/li folia, fiore 

 ferrugineo. C. B. Narrow - leav'd 

 Fox- glove, with an iron - coloured 

 Flower. 



6. Digitalis lutea, magno fiore. 

 C B. Fox- glove with a large yel- 

 low Flower. 



7. Digitalis major lutea vel 

 pallida, parvo fiore. C . B. Greater 

 Fox-glove, with a fmall pale-yellow 

 Flower. 



8. Digitalis Ortentalis, folio tra~ 

 g r 'pogi, fiore albido, T. Cor. Eaftern 

 Fox glove, with a Goat's- beard -leaf, 

 and a whitifh Flower. 



9. Digitalis Hifpanica purpurea 

 minor. Inf. R. H. Smaller purple 

 Spanijb Fox-glove. 



10. Digitalis lati folia, fiore fer- 

 rugineo minore. H. R. Par. Broad- 

 leav'd Fox-glove,with a fmaller iron- 

 colour'd Flower. 



The firft of thefe Plants is very 

 common in fhady Woods, and upon 

 uncultivated Heaths, in divers Parts 

 of England: the two next are alfo 

 Varieties of the firft, from which 

 they only differ in the Colour of 

 the Flowers. 



The fourth, fifth, fixth, and tenth 

 Sorts are preferved in Gardens, for 

 the Beauty of their Plants, being 

 very ornamental Flowers to a Gar- 

 den, as they continue a long time in 

 Flower, and do not take up much 

 room in the Borders ; therefore are 

 as well worth cultivating as many 

 other Plants, which are perhaps more 

 rare, as they have been lately intro- 

 duced ; but fome of thefe Kinds of 

 Fox-gloves, which were formerly 

 more common in the Englijh Gar- 

 dens, have, by Neglect, become un- 

 common at prefent : but the feventh, 

 eighth, and ninth Sons are only cul- 

 F i tivated 



