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ftantly in dry Weather ; and when 

 the Plants are come up, and are 

 grown pretty ftrong, they mould be 

 tranfplanted each into a fmall Pot 

 rill'd with frem light Earth, and 

 placed in the fame Situation, ob- 

 ferving to water them in dry Wea- 

 ther ; and in Winter they mould be 

 placed under an Hot - bed - frame, 

 where they may be fheker'd from fe- 

 vere Frolls ; but in mild Weather 

 they mould be as much expofed to 

 the open Air as poflible. 



The March followiug thefe Plants 

 mould be put into larger Pots filPd 

 with the fame frem Earth, and plac'd, 

 as before, to the morning Sun ; ob- 

 ferving to water them in dry Wea- 

 ther, which will caufe them to flow- 

 er ftrong the Autumn following. 



Thefe Plants are alfo propagated 

 by parting of their Roots : the beft 

 Seafon for which is, either foon af- 

 ter they are palt Flower, or mMarcb; 

 obferving to water and manage 

 them, as hath been directed for the 

 feedling Plants, both in Winter and 

 Summer. 



The blue Sort conftantly produces 

 ripe Seeds in England ', which mould 

 be fovvn foon after they are ripe : in 

 the Spring following the Plants will 

 come up, when they mould be tranf- 

 planted and manag'd as the other 

 Sort ; with which Culture this will 

 alfo agree. This is prelerv'd for 

 Variety ; but the Flowers are not 

 near fo beautiful as thofe of the 

 former Sort. 



The thirdSort hath fmall blueFlow- 

 ers, and is an annual Plant, perifh- 

 ing as foon as the Seeds are ripe. 

 This may be raifed in the fame 

 manner as the former; but is fcarce- 

 ly worthy of a Place in the Flower- 

 garden. 



The fourth Sort is a Variety of the 

 fecond, from which it differs only 

 jn the Colour of the Flower - 3 and 



the fifth Sort is a Variety of the firfl: ; 

 but neither of thefe Variations are 

 lafting: for from the Seeds which I 

 have laved from thefe, and fown, I 

 had fcarce one Plant which prov'd of 

 the fame Colours as the Parent- 

 plants. 



The fixth and feventh Sorts feem 

 to . be only Varieties of each other. 

 The fixth Sort I have propagated fe- 

 veral times, and have had the Plants 

 produce Flowers ; but the feventh I 

 have not yet feen in Flower. Thefe 

 were collected by Mr. Robert Millar 

 in Jamaica. 



The eighth Sort is an annual Plant; 

 if the Seeds of this are permitted to 

 fcatter in the Pots, and are fhelter'd 

 in Winter, the Plants will come up 

 in plenty, and require little more 

 Care than to tranfplant them into 

 Pots, and place them in a warm 

 Situation. 



The ninth Sort is a biennial Plant, 

 which perilhes foon after the Seeds 

 are ripe. This produces very fmall 

 blue Flowers, growing in long (len- 

 der Spikes ; fo makes but an indif- 

 ferent Appearance. 



The tenth Sort is an hardy Plant, 

 fo may be fown in the common 

 Ground ; and if the Seafon proves 

 favourable, the Plants will flower, 

 and perfect their Seeds the fame 

 Year; and, in a warm Situation, the 

 Plants will live through the Winter. 

 The eleventh is only a Variety of 

 this. 



The twelfth, thirteenth, four- 

 teenth, and fifteenth Sorts are annual 

 Plants, which periih as foon as their 

 Seeds are ripe. The Flowers of 

 thefe are fmall ; fo are not much 

 valued. 



The fifteenth and feventeenth 

 Sorts are alfo pretty hardy ; but as 

 they have little Beauty, ar«j fekiom 

 prefer v'd in Gardens. 



RAUVOLFIA. 



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