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The nrft of thefe Plants hath been 

 an old Inhabitant of the Englijh 

 Gardens; where it hath had a Place 

 more for Variety, than any parti- 

 cular Beauty. 



The fecond Sort is a Variety 

 which hath been obtained from Seeds 

 of the former. Thefe Plants may 

 be propagated by fowing their Seeds 

 in the Spring, in a light Soil : and 

 when the Plants are ftrong enough 

 to remove, they may be tranfplanted 

 into the Middle of large Borders, 

 or in any abject Part of the Garden ; 

 for they are too large to ftand among 

 nicer Plants, which would be greatly 

 injured by their large Leaves. The 

 fecond Year after fowing they will 

 produce Flowers ; and if the Autumn 

 is not too cold or wet, will perfect 

 Seeds : but the Roots of thefe abide 

 three or four Years, and produce 

 Flowers and Seeds annually. 



The third Sort is an annual Plant, 

 and requires to be fown early ; as 

 alfo to have an open warm Situation ; 

 otherwife it will not produce good 

 Seeds in this Country. This Plant 

 is of fmall Growth ; fo may be 

 allowed to have a Place in a 

 warm Border, amongft other curious 

 Plants. 



ECHIUM, Viper's Buglofs. 



The Charaders are ; 

 The Cup of the Flower is large, 

 And divided into f<ve long /lender Seg- 

 ments : the Flower confijts of one Leaf 

 is Jhaped like a Funnel, and fomewhat 

 infected, having its Upper - part 

 Jiretch'd out to a greater Length than 

 the lower : the Upper part or Galea 

 of the Flower is divided into two, 

 and the Lower -part or Beard into 

 three Farts: in the Middle of the 

 flower are produced five Stamina, 

 er Threads j which are refiexed; each 

 Flower is fucceeded hy four Seeds, 

 which are in form of a Vipers 

 Head. 



The Species are ; 



1. Echium vulgare. C. B. Com- 

 mon Viper's Buglofs. 



2. Echium majus cif a/per ius, 

 fiore alio. C. B. Great rough Vi- 

 per's Buglofs, with a white Flower. 



3. Echium majus Cif afperius, 

 fiore dilute purpureo. Bot. Monf. 

 Great rough Viper's Buglofs, with 

 a Flower of a pale-purple Colour. 



4. Echium amplijfimo folio, Lu- 

 fitanicum. Tourn. Portugal Viper's 

 Buglofs, with a large Leaf. 



5. Echium Creticum latifolium 

 ruhrum. C. B. Broad-leav'd Candia 

 Viper's Buglofs, with a red Flower. 



6. Echium Creticum angujiifolium 

 rubrum. C. B. Narrow -leav'd Can- 

 dia Viper's Buglofs, with a red 

 Flower. 



7. Echium foliis anguftis & vil- 

 lous. Tourn. Viper's Buglofs, with 

 narrow hairy Leaves. 



There are feveral other Varieties 

 of this Plant, which are preferved in 

 curious Botanic Gardens ; but thefe 

 here-mentioned are the chief Sorts 

 which I have obferved in England. 

 The firfl Sort is found wild upon dry 

 chalky Hills, and gravelly Soils, in 

 divers Parts of England, and is fome- 

 times ufed in Medicine : but there 

 are none of the Varieties which are 

 cultivated for their Beauty ; though 

 I think the firft, fifth, and fixth Sorts 

 deferve a Place in fome dry abject 

 Part of the Garden, where little elfe 

 will grow, for the fake of Variety, 

 and the long Continuance of their 

 Flowers. They are all of them bi- 

 ennial Plants, except the fifth and 

 fixth Sorts, which are annual ; and 

 thefe are the moll beautiful of all 

 the Kinds : the Seeds of thefe muft 

 be fown every Year. The Seeds of 

 the other Sorts, being fown in the 

 Spring, will the fecond Summer 

 after produce Flowers and Seeds, 

 after which they feldom continue. 



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