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large Spikes of yellow Flowers, and 

 their long Continuance in Flower, 

 they make an agreeable Variety. 



Thefe Plants have been preferv'd 

 in Pots, and placed in the Green- 

 houfe in Winter among other tender 

 Exotics : but they are hardy enough 

 to endure the Cold of our ordinary 

 Winters in the open Air, provided 

 they are planted in a dry Soil, and 

 have a warm Situation ; and are 

 rarely injured by Cold, unlefs in a 

 very fevere Froft. 



They are propagated by Cuttings 

 in this Country ; for their Seeds fel- 

 dom ripen well in England, except 

 in very warm dry Seafons. The beft 

 time to plant thefe Cuttings is in 

 May, that they may have good Roots 

 before Winter. They mould be 

 planted in a Bed of freih light Earth, 

 and lhaded from the Sun until they 

 have taken Root ; after which, they 

 will require no farther Care, but 

 only to keep them clear from Weeds 

 until the following Spring, when 

 they may be remov'd to the Places 

 where they are defign'd to be con- 

 tin u'd. 



The befl Seafon for tranfplanting 

 them is in April, before they begin 

 to moot, obierving to preierve a 

 Ball of Earth to the Root of each 

 Plant, as alfo to water them until 

 they have taken Root : and in order 

 to form them into a regular Shape, 

 they mould be ftak'd, and their 

 Stems kept conftantly faften'd there- 

 to, until they arrive at the Height 

 you defign them : then you may 

 iuffer their Branches to moot out on 

 every Side, to make an handfome 

 Head ; in order to which, you mould 

 prune off fuch Branches as grow ir- 

 regular on either Side, which muft 

 always be perform'd in Summer ; 

 for if they are wounded in Winter, 

 the Cold often injures the Plants, 

 by entering the Wounds. 



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The Soil in which they are plac'i 

 mould not be dung'd ; for that cauies 

 them to grow too faft, whereby their 

 Shoots are too replete with Moifture, 

 and lefs capable to endure the Cold ; 

 whereas if they are planted upon a 

 dry, barren, rocky Soil, they are 

 feldom injur'dby Cold, which is the 

 Cafe of raoft of the fame Clafs of 

 Plants with Lip- flowers. 



The tenth, eleventh, twelfth, and 

 thirteenth Sorts are Ihrubby Plants, 

 which grow three or four Feet high ; - 

 and are very proper to intermix with 

 other Shrubs of the fame Growth. 

 Thefe are fometimes injur'd by hard 

 Frofts ; but will endure the Cold of 

 our ordinary Winters in the open 

 Air, if they ar« planted in a warm 

 Situation. Thefe maybe propagated 

 by Cuttings in the fame manner as 

 hath been directed for the former 

 Sorts. 



The other Sorts, being low her- 

 baceous Plants, are all of them pro- 

 pagated by parting of their Roots, 

 which mould be done in the Spring 

 of the Year, obferving to preferve a 

 leading Bud to each Off-fet. Thefe 

 mould alfo be plac'd in a dry, rocky, 

 or gravelly Soil, in which they will 

 thrive much better than if planted in 

 a richer Ground, and will endure 

 the Cold of our ordinary Winters 

 extremely well in the open Air. 



Thefe Plants laft - mentioned are 

 of no great Beauty ; but are pre- 

 ferv'd in the Gardens of thofe who 

 are fond of Variety. A Tea made 

 with the Leaves of thefe Plants is ac- 

 counted very good for fore Throats. 



PHLOX, Lychnidea or Baftard 

 Lychnis. 



The Characters are ; 



The Empalement conjijls of one 

 Leaf is tubulous, and cut at the Brim 

 into f<ve acute Segments : the Floivcr 

 is of one Leaf Jhafd like a Salver % 

 having a long Tube, and is fp^e/rd 



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