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produces a beautiful Spike of purple 

 Flowers at their Extremities in the 

 Autumn ; which, together with its 

 large green Leaves, and jointed 

 Stalks, make a very grand Figure 

 in the Borders of large Gardens, late 

 in the Seafon, when few other Plants 

 are in Beauty. 



The Seeds therefore mould be 

 fown in Autumn, as foon as they are 

 ripe ; or. if they are permitted to 

 fall on the Ground, the Plants will 

 come up the Spring following better 

 than when they are fown by Art, as 

 was before observed ; for ir the Seeds 

 are fown in the Spring, it is very 

 rare, that any of them lucceed ; and 

 if fome few Plants come up from 

 thofe Seeds fown at that Seafon, they 

 feldom grow near fo lirong as thole 

 which are produced from the Seeds 

 which fell in Autumn ; lb that there 

 is no other Culture required to this 

 Plant, but to tranfplant them out in 

 the Spring,' where they are defign'd 

 to ftand, which mould be in large 

 Gardens, giving them great Space; 

 for if they are placed near other 

 Planes, they will lhade them iatireljf 

 from the Sun ; and, by continur.jly 

 dripping upon them, will greatly in- 

 jure them ; and if they liand too 

 clofe, their Beauty is greatly ditni- 

 nilhed. 



When the Plants begin to afpire 

 upward, which is commonly in 

 June, their Side- moots mould be 

 pruned off, to make them advance 

 in Height, and prefer ve them with- 

 in Compafs ; otherwise they are very 

 fubject to branch out widely on every 

 Side, fo as to become troublefome in 

 a Garden ; but when they are pru- 

 ned up regularly five or fix Feet high, 

 they may afterwards be permitted 

 to lhoot out Side- branches; hnce 

 thofe which are produced above 

 that Height, will never be very 

 long or troublefome, but will add to 



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the Beauty of the Plant : this de- 

 lights in a rich moiit Soil, upon 

 which it will grow to a prodigious 

 Height : it produces its Flowers in 

 Augvft and September, which continue 

 inBeauty until theFroft defiroys them. 



PERViNCA, Periwinkle. 

 The Characters are ; 



The Flower-cup cenffs of one Leaf, 

 Huhicb is divided into fve long na/ - 

 rcw Segments : the Flower al/o con- 

 jifis of cne Leaf, which expands intf 

 the Form of a Salver, and is cut inta 

 fve bro.id Segments : the Pointal^ 

 which arifes from the Centre of the 

 Flower- cup, b: comes a Fruit, ccmpofd 

 of two Hvfis ( or Pods ), which con- 

 tain ollctig cylindrical furrowed St\ds : 

 to which m:y be added, That this 

 Plant foots out many long creeping 

 Branches, which frike oat Roots at 

 their Joi <ts. 



The Species are ; 



1. Per vi nc a vulgaris angvfifg- 

 lia, fore cceruleo. Tcurn. Comnio:i 

 or narrow leav'd Periwinkle, With a 

 blue Flower. 



2. Pervinca vulgaris angufi; fo- 

 lia, fore albo. Tourn. Common Peri- 

 winkle, with a white Flower. 



3. Pervinca vulgaris luiifolia, 

 fore casrulco. Tcurn. Greater Peri- 

 winkle, with a blue Flower. 



4. Pervinca vulgaris angififlia, 

 fore ruhente. Tcurn. Common Peri- 

 winkle, with a redim Flower. 



5. Pervinca vulgaris angufifo- 

 lia, fore pltno, fat urate purpurea. 

 Town. Common Periwinkle, with 

 a double Flower, of a deep purple 

 Colour. 



6. Pervinca anguftifolia vulga- 

 ris v>riegata> ex aureo iff viridi* 

 Boerh Ind. Common Periwinkle, 

 with yellow ftriped Leaves. 



7 . Pervinca angufifolia vulgar it 

 variegata ex argent eo iff viridi. 

 Bo-rh. Ind. Common Periwinkle, 

 with filver-ftriped Leaves, 



