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fnmll, fl>hir\cal) and ivar/ed ; and 

 the ivhole Plant has a 'very rank 

 flrong Smell. 



The Species arc ; 



1 . S a in N a folio tantarifci Diofcori- 

 dis. C.B, P. The Male or common 

 Savine. 



2. Sabina folio CUprtffl. C.B. P. 

 The berry-bearing, or upright Sa- 

 vine. 



3. Sabina folio e varitgato. The 

 fhiped Savine. 



Thefe Plants are commonly culti- 

 vated for medicinal Ufc, and are 

 rarely planted in Gardens for Plea- 

 fure, becaufe their ill Scent renders 

 them difagreeable in frequented Pla- 

 ces ; but yet they may be admitted 

 for planting in Clumps, or to form 

 Amphitheatres of ever- green Trees ; 

 where, if thefe are intermixed among 

 other low growing Plants, they will 

 add to the V ariety. 



Thefe Plants may be propagated 

 by laying down their young Branches 

 in the Spring; which, if duly wa- 

 tered in dry Weather, will take 

 Hoot in a Year's time, and may then 

 be tranfplanted out either into a Nur- 

 fery, or the Places where they are to 

 remain : they may alfo be propaga- 

 ted by Cuttings, which mould be 

 planted on a moift Soil about the 

 J^eginning of October ; which, if 

 duly water'd in dry Weather, will 

 take Root, and the Autumn follow- 

 ing may be removed, as was directed 

 for the Layers. 



The time for tranfplanting thefe 

 Plants is the fame with Laurels, 

 Laurus Tinus, &e. obferving to do 

 it in moift W T eather, laying a little 

 Mulch upon .'the Surface of the 

 Ground about their Roots, to pre- 

 vent their drying : after they are 

 rooted, they will require no farther 

 Care, but to keep them clear from 

 \Vj;eds, .and ro dig the Ground about 



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their Roots every Spring, which 

 will greatly promote their Growth. 



Thefe Plants are ufually ranged 

 with the Junipers ; to which Genus 

 they properly belong by their Cha- 

 racters ; but as they have been long 

 known by the Title of Savine in the 

 Shops, I have continued this Name 

 to them. 



The firft: Sort feldom produces 

 Berries in this Country, r.or in many 

 other Places ; which has occafion'd 

 many Perfons to give it the Epithet 

 of Male, and to the upright Sort 

 that of Female, from its bearing 

 plenty of Berries ; and from hence 

 fome have fuppofed them to be but 

 one Species ; but they are certainly 

 two diftincl: Plants ; for they totally 

 differ in the mariner of their Growth, 

 as alfo in their Leaves. I have fome- 

 times found Berries on the firft Sort; 

 but thefe are produe'd fparingly, and 

 never but on old Plants. 



The firft feldom rifes above three 

 or four Feet high ; the Branches 

 fpread horizontally to a great Di- 

 ftance from the Stem ; fo thefe Plants 

 are very proper to plant for cover- 

 ing of Rocks, or to hang over Wa- 

 ter, where the dark Green of the 

 Leaves will have a very good Effect ; 

 and being extremely hardy, is an- 

 other Recommendation : for in the 

 fevere Froft in the Year 1739-46. 

 when there were few Plants efcap'd, 

 thefe retain'd their Verdure, and 

 were not isjur'd. 



The other Sort grows more erect, 

 and will rife to the Height of ten or 

 twelve Feet. The Leaves of this 

 referable thofe of the Virginian Ce- 

 dar, and have the fame rank Scent 

 as the common Savine ; but this is 

 not common in England at prefent : 

 however, it deferves to be propa- 

 gated, as it makes a Variety among 

 other ever-green Shrubs. 



SAFFRON. 



