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curious Gardens, which weredertroy- 

 ed in the fevere Winter in 1 749-50.; 

 but they are fo hardy, as to refill the 

 Cold of our ordinary Winters very 

 well in the open Air. 



Thefe Shrubs may be propagated 

 by Cuttings, which mould be planted 

 in Pots of frefh rich Earth, and 

 plung'd into a moderate Hot-bed. 

 The bell time for planting them is 

 in the Beginning of March ; but they 

 muft be carefully manag'd, fo as not 

 to have too much Heat, and lhadcd 

 from the Sun in the Middle of the 

 Day,otherwife they will not fucceed. 

 They may alfo be propagated by 

 Layers ; but thefe mould be duly 

 water'd, otherwife they will not take 

 Root : but if good Seeds can be pro- 

 cur'd from abroad, the Plants raifed 

 from thofe will be much ftronger, 

 than thofe which are propagated by 

 either of the former Methods. 



Thefe Seeds may be (own the Be- 

 ginning of April, on a Bed of light 

 Earth, in a warm flickered Situation; 

 where, if the Ground is moiften'd in 

 dry Weather, the Plants wul come up 

 in five or fixWeeks : but if the Seeds 

 arefown inPot^and placed on a very 

 moderate Hot-bed, the Plants will 

 come up fooner, and make greater 

 Progrefs the furl Year : but they 

 muft not before d or drawn, for that 

 will make them very tender ; there- 

 fore in June the Plants Ihould be ex- 

 pos'd to the open Air, in a fhelter'd 

 Situation, where they may remain 

 till the Froft comes on ; when thofe 

 in the Pots mould be either placed 

 under a common Frame, to fhelter 

 them from fevere Froft ; or the Pots 

 plung'd into the Ground, near an 

 Hedge, that the Froft may be pre- 

 vented from penetrating through the 

 Sides of the Pots to the Roots of the 

 Plants. The following Spring the 

 PJante.rjiay be planted into a Nur- 



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fery-bed, at about one Foot Di- 

 itance, where they may grow two 

 Years ; by which time they will be 

 fit to tranfplant where they are de- 

 signed to remain. 



PULEG1UM, Penyroyal, or Pud- 

 den -grais. 



The Characters are ; 



. It hath a labiated Flower t conjiff- 

 ing of one Leaf, whofe upper Lip {or 

 Creji) is intire ; but the lower Lip 

 ( or Beard) is divided into three 

 Parts : out of the Flower-cup rifes 

 the Feint al, attended by four Ent- 

 bryoes, wbicb afterward become fa 

 many Seeds : to ~xkicb mny be added, 

 That the Flowers grow in Jhart thick 

 H horles. 



The Species are ; 



1. Pulegium kmtifolium. C B. 

 P. Common, or Broac-ltav'd Pe- 

 nyroyal. 



2. PulegiumH fpanicum ereJlum, 

 fiaminibus forum t stantibus. 

 r\g\rtSpanffj Pinyroya], whofe Sta- 

 mina (land out from the Flowers. 



3. Pulegium angufi folium. C. 

 B. P. Narrow - leav'd Penyroy- 

 al. 



4. Pulegium anguftifolium, flare 

 albo. H. R. Pin. Narrow-leav'd 

 Penyroyal, with a white Flower. 



The firft of thefe Plants is very 

 common on moill Heaths in divers 

 Parts of England: this is the Sort re- 

 commended by the Phyficians for 

 medicinal Ule. But thefecond Sort, 

 although not a Native of England, 

 hath fo much obtain'd in the Gar- 

 dens where medicinal Plants are cul- 

 tivated, as to have quite fuperfeded 

 the other in the Markets, for its up- 

 right Growth, early Flowering, and 

 more beautiful Appearance : but 

 whether it is equally good for Ufe, I 

 (hall leave to thofe to whofeProvince 

 it more immediately belongs to ex- 

 amine. 



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