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Earth mould not be diflurbed ; and 

 it" any of the Plants fhould come up, 

 they may be drawn out, and planted 

 each into feparate Pots ; but the 

 Seed-pots mould be placed under a 

 Frame, where they may be fhelterM 

 from fevere Froft, but in mild Wea- 

 ther have a large Share of free Air ; 

 and in the Spring following thePlants 

 willcome up : when they have obtain- 

 ed Strength,they may be planted out 

 into a Border of light Earth, about 

 four Inches afunder each Way. In 

 this Bed they may remain until the 

 Autumn following, when they fhould 

 be tranfplanted where they are to 

 Hand for Flowering, which mould 

 be in a warm Situation ; otherwife, 

 if the Winter proves fevere, they 

 will be deftroyed : therefore it is ad- 

 vifeablc to plant a few lants of each 

 Sort in Po^s, that they may be placed 

 under an Hot bed- frame in Winter, 

 to fhelter them from hard Froft, in 

 order to prelerve the Kinds. 



The third, fourth, and fifth Sorts 

 are very hardy Plant', though they 

 came orginally from the fame Coun- 

 try as the others. Thefe grow fix 

 or eight Feet high, and produce a 

 great Number of Flowers in a fort of 

 Umbel on the Tops of the Branches ; 

 which are in Shape like fmall Sun- 

 flowers, fo have been by many ran- 

 ged in that Genus. Thefe Plants 

 flower in July and Avgufi, and are 

 proper Furniture for the Borders of 

 large Gardens. They are propa- 

 gated by Ofr-fets, which the Roots 

 lurnifh in plenty ; and fhould be 

 planted in October, that they may 

 get good Root before the Froft fets 

 in j and then they will flower ftrong- 

 ly the following Summer : for when 

 the Plants .are removed in the 

 Spring, they will not get good Root 

 in the Ground before they put out 

 their Flower-ftems ; fo cannot pro- 

 duce their Flowers fo large. Thefe 



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alfo perfeft their See^s in England 

 in favourable Years. 



The fixth Sort fnouid be treated 

 in the fame manner as the two firft ; 

 but it is fomewhat hardier, and will 

 perfed its Seeds in good Summer in 

 England, fo may be propagated in 

 greater Plenty. 



RUELLIA. 



The Ck arc c7er s are ; 



It hath a funnel jhap.d Flower, 

 conjif.iug of one Leaf which is cut in- 

 to fed eral Parts at the B im t from 

 whofe Empalcmcnt arifes the Pointa/, 

 which is fxed like a Nail in the Bot- 

 tom cf the Flower, and afterward be- 

 comes a membranaceous Pod, which 

 opens into federal Parts, and is filed 

 with fmall Seeds. 

 The Species are ; 



1 . Rue LLI a Americana hum;' I is, 

 afpbodeli radice. Plum. Nov. Gen. 

 Dwarf American Ruellia, with an 

 Afphodel root. 



2. Ruellia Caroliniana, foliis 

 oblongis angufis,fore purpureo. Houf. 

 Carolina Ruellia, with narrow oblong 

 Leaves, and a purple Flower. 



3. Ruellia Americana humilis, 

 par<vo fore cceruleo, capfulis tereti- 

 bus. Houft. Dwarf American Ruel- 

 lia, with a fmall blue Flower, and a 

 taper Pod. 



The firft Sort was difcovered by 

 Father Plunder in America, who 

 gave this Name to the Genus, in 

 Honour of Dr. Ruellius, who was a 

 very learned Perfon in Natural Hi- 

 ftory, and lived about two hundred 

 Years pait. 



The fecond Sort grows plentifully 

 in South-Carolina, from whence it 

 was brought into the EngUJh Gar- 

 dens. This Sort grows much ullei 

 than the other two. 



The third Sort was difcover'd by 

 the !atC Dr. William Hcufcun in Ja- 

 maica, who fent the Seeds into Eng- 

 land. The Flowers of tnis Kind ar« 



much 



