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Native of the Jlps, and mull be 

 treated the fame way as the for- 

 mer. 



The twentieth Sort is fuppofed to 

 be a Native of Auftria and Hungary ; 

 but this is alfo a very hardy Plant : 

 the Roots of this Sort are very like 

 thofe of the Garden Ranunculus; 

 but are very fmall : the Leaves are 

 alfo like thofe of fome of theGarden- 

 kir.ds j but are pretty woolly : the 

 Flowers are fingle, and of a pale-yel- 

 Low 'Jo lour, like fome of the Field- 

 cro vfoots ; therefore it i< feldom pre- 

 ferved in the Flower-garden: but 

 thofe who are curious in the Study 

 of Plants, preferve it for the fake 

 of Variety. The Roots of this Kind 

 fhould be planted in a lighter Soil 

 than either of the former; and if 

 they are more expofed to the Sun, 

 they will thrive the better : but thefe 

 ihould not be taken out of the 

 Ground oftener than every other 

 Year : and if they are taken up foon 

 after their Leaves decay, the Roots 

 may be kept out of the Ground till 

 the Beginning of Oftober, and may 

 be treated in the fame manner as the 

 Garden Ranunculus. 



I have been informed, that in 

 fome Gardens in France there aie 

 Plants of thefe three Sorts, with very 

 double Flowers ; but I have never 

 yet feen either of them ; fo would 

 not enumerate them here : tho', if 

 they can be obtained, they will be 

 worthy of our Care, as they muft be 

 very ornamental Plants, efpecially 

 the nineteenth Sort with double 

 Flowers; for that with the fingle 

 Flowers is no defpicable Plant in the 

 mofl: curious Garden of Flowers, as 

 it comes early in the Spring : and 

 the Leaves of the Plant, having a 

 fine glofly green Colour, fet off the 

 fnowy white Flowers to great Ad- 

 vantage. 



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The other Sorts were originally 

 brought from Turfy, and were for-* 

 merly in great Efteem in England; 

 but of late Years there have been in- 

 troduced many other beautiful Flow-* 

 ers of a different Kind, from Perjia ; 

 among which are many with femi- 

 double Flowers, which produce 

 Seeds ; from which there are fuch 

 prodigious Varieties of new Flowers 

 annually obtained, which are fo large, 

 and of fuch Variety of beautiful Co- 

 lours, as to exceed all other Flowers 

 of that Seafon, and even vie with the 

 moft beautiful Carnations : thefe are, 

 many of them, finely fcented ; and 

 the Roots, when ftrong, generally 

 produce twenty or thirty Flowers 

 upon each ; which, fucceeding each 

 other, continue in Beauty a full 

 Month or longer, according to the 

 Heat of the Seafon, or the Care 

 taken to defend them from the In- 

 juries of the Weather : all which ex- 

 cellent Qualities have rendered them 

 fo valuable, that the old Sorts here 

 named are almoft difregarded, ex- 

 cept in fome old Gardens : but how- 

 ever, as they are ftill preferv'd by 

 fome Perfons, I fhall briefly fet down 

 their Management, before I proceed 

 to that of the new Kinds, which 

 muft be treated in a different man- 

 ner from thefe. 



All thefe very double Flowers ne-' 

 ter produce Seeds ; fo that they are 

 only multiplied by OfF-fets from 

 their Roots, which they generally 

 produce in great Plenty, if planted 

 in a good Soil, and duly attended in 

 Winter. The Seafon for planting their 

 Roots is any time in Ocloher ; for if 

 they are planted fooner, they are apt 

 to come up in a fhort time, and grow 

 pretty rank before Winter, whereby 

 they will be in greater Danger of 

 fuffering by Froll ; and if they are 

 planted much later, they will be in 

 Danger 



