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Baftard Dittany, or Fraxinella, with 

 white Flowers. 



2. Fraxinella purpurea major 

 multifiora. H. R. Par. Great purple 

 fraxinella, with many Flowers. 



3 . Fraxinella minor purpurea 

 Belgarum. H. R. Par. Small pur- 

 ple white Dittany of Holland. 



4. Fraxinella nivto fiore. Cluf. 

 Hi ft. White Dittany, with fnow- 

 white Flowers. 



The firft and fecond Sorts are the 

 moll common in England ; the other 

 two Sorts are at prefent more rare ; 

 and only to be found in fome curious 

 Gardens. 



They are propagated either by 

 lowing their Seeds, or parting the 

 Roots : the latter Method, being the 

 mod expeditious, is generally made 

 ufe of, though, if we would fupply 

 ourfelves with a Quantity of thefe 

 Plants, we mult procure them from 

 Seeds; for the Roots do not multi- 

 ply very fait ; nor fhould they be 

 diiturb'd by parting them oftener 

 than every fourth Year : for if you 

 part them frequently, or into fmall 

 Heads, the Flowers will be few in 

 !N umber, and very weak. 



The beltSeafon totranfplant thefe 

 Roots fs towards the Latter-end of 

 Sfptember, or Beginning of Ocloher, 

 that they may be rooted before the 

 hard Frolts begin; by which means 

 they will be enabled to refiit the 

 Cold, and produce much fairer Flow- 

 ers than thofe which are tranfplaated 

 in the Spring. The Soil in which 

 thefe Plants thrive belt, is a frefh rich 

 gentle Loam, not too ltiff, or wet ; 

 in both of which they are apt to rot 

 in Winter. 



If you would propagate them by 

 Seeds, you mult fow them on a Bed 

 of good frefh Earth, in an open Ex- 

 posure, foon after the Seeds are ripe; 

 for if they are kept till Spring be- 

 fore they are fown, they either rail- 



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carry, or lie in the Ground till the 

 next Spring before they come up : 

 but you mult carefully obferve to 

 weed the Bed ; for if you fuffer the 

 Weeds to root deep in the Ground, 

 they will endanger the drawing of 

 the Seeds out of the Earth, when the 

 former are pulled up. If the Spring 

 mould prove dry when your Plants 

 firft appear, you fhould gently water 

 the Bed, and (hade it with Mats in 

 the Heat of the Day, until the Plants 

 have got Strength, obferving, as be- 

 fore, to keep them clear fromWeeds : 

 in this Bed they may remain until 

 Michaelmas following ; at which 

 time you fnould prepare one or more 

 Beds (according to the Number of 

 your Plants) of the like frefh Earth, 

 into which you muft plant your 

 Plants at above five or fix Inches 

 Diltance each Way, being careful, 

 in taking them out of the Seed-bed, 

 not to break or wound their Roots ; 

 as alfo to clofe the Earth fait to their 

 Roots, when planted, with your 

 Hands, to prevent their being turned 

 out of the Ground by Froft. In 

 thefe Beds they may rema ; n one 

 Year, by which time (if they have 

 thriven well) they will be Itrong 

 enough to produce Flowers the fu.c« 

 ceeding Year ; fo that now it will 

 be time to tranfplant them into the 

 Borders of the Flower garden,where 

 they are defigned to remain. 



Thefe Plants, continuing a long 

 time in Beauty, are very great Or- 

 naments to a Garden ; and their be- 

 ing very hardy, requiring but a little 

 Culture, renders them worthy of a 

 Place in every good Garden. They 

 flower in June. 



FRAXINUS, The Afh tree. 

 The Characters are; 



It hath pennated Leaves, which 

 mofily end in an odd Lobe : the Male 

 Flowers ( which grow at a remote 

 Difurncc /rem the Fruit J ka<ve no Pe- 

 tals, 



