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rot fo apt to fend out Suckers from 

 their Roots, as thofe which are from 

 Suckers; therefore fhould be pre- 

 ferred before them ; becaufe they 

 may be much eafier kept in Com- 

 paf> : and thefe will alfo flower much 

 ikronger. Thefe Plants may be tranf- 

 planted any time from QQobtr to 

 April ; but when they are defign'd 

 to flower rtrong the flrft Year after 

 planting, they fhould be planted 

 early ; tho\ as I faid before, if they 

 are planted late in the Spring, it 

 will caufe them to flower in Au- 

 tumn, provided they do not fuffer 

 by Drought. 



Moll of thefe Sorts delight in a 

 rich moift Soil, and an open Situa- 

 tion, in which they will produce a 

 greater Quantity of Flowers, and 

 thofe much fairer, than when they 

 are upon a dry Soil, or in a fhady 

 Situation. The Pruning which they 

 require is only, to cut out dead 

 Wood, and the Suckers cleared orf, 

 which fhould be done every Au- 

 tumn : and if there are any very 

 luxuriant Branches, which draw the 

 Nourifhment from the other Parts 

 of the Plant, they fhould be taken 

 out, or fhorten'd, to caufe it to pro- 

 duce more Branches, if there be Oc- 

 cafion for them to fupply a Vacancy; 

 but you mull avoid crouding them 

 with Branches, which is as injurious 

 to thefe Plants as to Fruit-trees; for 

 if the Branches have not an equal 

 Benefit of the Sun and Air, they 

 will not produce their Flowers fo 

 flrong, nor in fo great Plenty, as 

 when they are more open, and bet- 

 ter expos'd to the Sun ; fo that the 

 Air may circulate the more freely 

 between them. 



ROSA "SINENSIS. Vide Ket- 

 mia Sinenfis. 



ROSE THE GUILDER. Vide 

 Op'.-ius. 



ROSE-TREE. Vidt Rofa. 



ROSEMARY. Vide Rofmari- 

 nus. 



ROSMARINUS, Rofmary. 



1 he Characters are ; 

 // is a <vert;ci'late Plant, with a 

 labiated fiiotver, conf/iing of one Leaf, 

 ivkofe Uf per -lip cr Crejt is cut into 

 two Parts, and turns up backward, 

 with created Stamina, or Chives : 

 but the Under -lip, or Beard, is divi- 

 ded into three Parts ; the middle Seg- 

 ment being hollow like a Spoon : out 

 of the tixo or three tteth'd Flower- cup 

 arifes the Pointal, attended, as it 

 Wit?, by fur Embryocs, which after- 

 ward turn to fo 77iany Seeds, that are 

 roundijb, and are in c loft d in the 

 Flower- cup. 



The Species are ; 



1. Rosmarinus hortenfis, /at lore 

 folio. Mor. Hi ft. Broad-leav'd Gar- 

 den Rofmary. 



2. Rosmarinus hortenfs, avgu- 

 fiore folio.'C. B. P. Narrow-leav'd 

 Garden Rofmary. 



3. Rosmarinus friatus, five au- 

 reus. Park. Iheat. The Gold-ltriped 

 Rofmary. 



4. Rosmarinus hortenfis, angu- 

 fiiore folio, argent t us. H. R. Par. 

 The narrow-leav'd Silver -Itrip'd 

 Rofmary. 



5. Rosmarinus Almerienfs, fiore 

 mojore fpicalo purpurafcente. Toum. 

 Rofmary of Almtria, with a large 

 fpiktd purplifh Flower. 



6. Rosmarinus fpontaneus, folio 

 eleganter <variegato. Boerh. Ind. 

 Broad-leav'd Rofmary, with an ele- 

 gant llripcd Leaf. 



Dr. Lir.nrus has fcparated this 

 Genus, with fome others, from the 

 Clais where they have by all Bo- 

 tamfts been ranged, on account of 

 their having but two Stamina in each 

 Flower : whereas the other Plants of 

 this Clals have four, two long, and 

 two Ihort : but this is not altogether 

 jullihable; fince in every other Cha- 

 racter, 



