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Seeds are fown in the Spring, it is 

 commonly a Year before the Plants 

 come up: thefe Plants are hardy 

 enough to thrive in almoft any Soil 

 or Situation. 



The fifth, fixth, feventh, tenth, 

 eleventh, and twelfth Sorts are all 

 perennial Plants, and will all of 

 them, except the lait, grow in any 

 Soil or Situation ; but the lalt mould 

 be planted in a warm Border, other- 

 wife the Co d of the Winter will 

 deftroy the Plants. 



Thefe may all be propagated by 

 fowing their Seeds in a Border of 

 common Earth, as was directed for 

 the former Sorts ; and may be plant- 

 ed where they are to remain at 

 Michaelmas : the fifth is by much the 

 molt beautiful of all the Sorts and 

 will thrive in any Part of the Gar- 

 den ; fo merits a Place : and feme 

 of the other Sorts may be cultivated 

 in large Gardens, where there is 

 room for Variety ; bat are not fo 

 proper for fmall Gardens. 



The eighth Sort is a Native of 

 America : the Seeds of this Sort have 

 been introduced of late into the 

 Englijb Gardens, where the Plants 

 are now pretty common: thefe Plants 

 in their Growth have a great Re- 

 femblance to fome Sorts of Aloes, 

 or the Yucca ; but the Leaves are 

 thinner, and of a pale glaucous Co- 

 lour, and fawed on their Edges : in 

 the Centre of the Plant the Flower - 

 ftem arifes about two Feet high or 

 upwards, producing Flowers in an 

 Umbel on their Tops. It is faid, 

 that this Plant will cure the Bite of 

 the Rattle-fnake, when it is imme- 

 diately applied ; and from thence 

 the Inhabitants of Virguia gave 

 it the Title of Rattle-fnake-vveed. 



This Sort is propagated by Seeds ; 

 but as the Seeds do not often ripen 

 in this Country, fo, if they are not 

 orocured from abroad, the Plants 

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cannot be had in great Plenty ; for 

 they do not fend forth Oft-fets : but 

 as the Plants will continue many 

 Years, when once they are obtained, 

 they may be eafily preferved ; for 

 they will endure the Cold of our 

 common Winters in the open Air, 

 provided they are planted in a dry 

 Soil, and have a warm Situation. 

 When the Seeds of this Plant are ob- 

 tained, if they are fown in a Bed of 

 light Earth early in the Spring, the 

 Plants will come up the fame Sum* 

 mer, and be ftrong enough to tranf- 

 plant by Michaelmas. 



ERYSIiMUM, Hedge-muftard. 



The Characlers^&xz ; 

 The Flower confijls of four Leaves , 

 which expand in form of a Crofs: the 

 Feint al becomes a long Jlendcr hivaive 

 Pod, which is divided into two C Us 

 by an intermediate Partition, in which 

 are contained many round Seeds. 



The Species are ; 



1. Erysimum vulgare. C. B. 

 Common Hedge-multard. 



2. Erysimum latifolium majus 

 glabrum. C. B. Great broad-leav'd 

 fmooth Hedge-muliard. 



3. Erysimum, polsceratium <vel 

 comiculatum. C. B. Hedge- muftard 

 with many crooked Pods. 



4. Erysimum angujlifclium ma- 

 jus. C. B. Great narrow-leav'd 

 Hedge-muftard. 



5. Erysimum Sophia diJlum. 

 Raii Syn. Ed. 3. Flix-weed. 



There are feveral other Varieties 

 of this Plant, which are preferved 

 in Botanic Gardens : but as they 

 are Plants of little Ufe or Beauty, 

 they are feldom propagated in any 

 other Garden. 



The firlt, fecond, and fifth Sorts 

 are very common upon dry Banks 

 in divers Parts of Englemd: bat the 

 third and fourth Sorts are Native* 

 of a warmer Country. 



Thefe may all be propagated by 

 H h fowing 



