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that time make a very handfome 

 Appearance ; for which Reafon molt 

 People differ them to remain three 

 or four Years unremov'd, and when 

 they are tranfplanted, always plant 

 them in Bunches, that they may pro- 

 duce a greater Number of Flowers. 

 If thefe Plants are put into the full 

 Ground, they muft have a fhady 

 Situa*:on; othervvife they will not 

 thrive. 



The th ; rd Sort is a low creeping 

 Plant, which lies upon the Surface 

 of the Ground, lomewhat like Mofs : 

 this grows wild J n the Northern 

 Counties oi England; and is rarely 

 cultivated in Gardens \ tho' it de- 

 ferves a Place better than many 

 other Plants, which are treated with 

 great Care ; for in the Month of 

 March the w»,ole Plant is covered 

 with fine blue Flowere, which make 

 a beautiful Appearance on the Sur- 

 face of the Ground. This Sort mul- 

 tiplies very faft, by its trailing Bran- 

 ches, which put out Roots at their 

 Joints, and may be parted at AiY- 

 ckaelmas, which is the proper Seafon 

 to remove the Plants. . This Plant 

 jnuft have a fliady Situation, and 

 ihou-d be duly watered in dry Wea- 

 ther ; otherwife it will not thrive. 



The fourth Sort is propagated for 

 the fake of its fpecious Flowers : this 

 k brought from the Alps, and Pyre- 

 tiean Mountains, where it grows 

 wild. It is ufually planted in Pots 

 filled with frefr. light Earth, and in 

 the Summer-feaion placed in the 

 Shade ; but in the Winter it fhouid 

 Hie expofed to the Sun ; and all the 

 Off-fets fhouid be taken off, leaving 

 the Plant fingle, which will caufe it 

 to produce a much Wronger Stem for 

 flowering : for when there are Off- 

 sets about the old Plant, they cxhauft 

 the Nouriihment from it, whereby 

 it is rendered much weaker. Thefe 

 Qft fcti puft be each planted in a 



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feparate Halfpeny Pot filled with 

 rrefh Earth, in order to fuccecd the 

 older Plants, which generally perilh 

 after flowering : thefe Off-fets will 

 produce Flowers the fecond Year ; 

 fo that there mould be annually fome 

 of them planted, to fucceed the 

 others. When thefe Plants are ftrong 

 and healthy, they will produce a 

 Stem of Flowers full three Feet high, 

 which divides into Branches in a py- 

 ramidal Order, and are befet with 

 Flowers from Bottom to Top, fo as 

 to make abeautiful Figure: and as it 

 ufually flowers in June, it is com- 

 monly placed in Chimneys of Hails, 

 where it will continue in Flower a 

 long time, provided it have Water 

 duly given it ; and will afford an 

 agreeable Profpedt. 



The fifth Sort is alfo a Native of 

 the Al£s y but will grow very well in 

 Gardens : and tho* the Flowers are 

 not very beautiful ; yet, for the Va- 

 riety of its fer.rated ever - green 

 Leaves, it may have a Place in every 

 good Garden. This may be propa- 

 gated by Off-fets, and requires the 

 fame Management as the former. 



The fixth Sort is a Variety of the 

 common white Saxifrage, from which 

 it differs in bearing imall Bulbs at 

 the Leaves. This is not common in 

 England; but is found wild on the 

 Pyrrnean Mountains, and in other 

 moid Places in Spain and Italy ; and 

 propagates very faff by the Bulbs; 

 which grow on the Stalks in the 

 fame manner as the firy Lily. 



The feventh Sort is a low annual 

 Flant, which ufually grows on the 

 Tops of Walls, and on diy rubbifhy 

 Places, and flowers in April. This 

 Plant has been efleemed a very good 

 Remedy for the King's -evil, and 

 other fcrophulous Diforders. Mr. 

 Boyle y in his Treatife concerning the 

 Ufefulnefs of- Natural Phiiofophy, 

 has recommended this Herb to be 

 infufed 



