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Plants. It may be propagated by 

 planting Slips or Cuttings in Pots of 

 frefh Earth, during any of the Sum- 

 mer-monrhs ; which, if placed in a 

 moderate Hot -bed, watered and 

 fhaded, will take Root in a fhort 

 time ; after which they may be in- 

 ured to the open Air by degrees, in- 

 to which they mould be removed to 

 continue abroad until Odobir, when 

 they muil be carried into Shelters 

 but mu ft have as much free Air as 

 poUible in mild Weather ; for they 

 cnly require to be protected from 

 Jbard Frolt, and frequently watered. 

 This Plant produces Flowers moft 

 Part of the Year, for which it is 

 chiefly preferved ; tho' the Flowers 

 have not more Beauty nor Scent than 

 the common Field fort. 



The fourth Sort is an annual 

 Plant, which is preferved in the Gar- 

 dens of the Curious ; but the Flow- 

 ers of this are very like thofe of the 

 former Sort, and have no Scent. 



The Indian or Mufk Scabious's are 

 preferv'd for the Beauty and fweet 

 Scent of their Flowers, wnich con- 

 tinue a long time. Thefe are pro- 

 pagated by fovving of their Seeds ; 

 the bcfl time for which is about the 

 Latter-end of May, or the Begin- 

 ning of June, that the Plants may 

 get Strength before Winter ; for if 

 they are fown too earlyin theSpring, 

 they will flower the Autumn follow- 

 ing ; and the Winter coming on 

 focn, will prevent their ripening 

 Seeds : befides, there will be fewer 

 Flowers upon thofe, than if they had 

 remained fcrong Plants thro' the 

 Winter, and had fent forth their 

 Ffower-ftems in Spring ; for thefe 

 will branch out on every Side, and 

 produce a prodigious Number of 

 Flowers, ajfid continue a Succeffion 

 of them on the fame Plants from 

 June toSeptember, and produce good 

 Seeds in Plenty, 



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The Seeds of thefe Plants mould 

 be fown upon a fhady Border of 

 frefh Earth (for if they are fown up- 

 on a Place too much expofed to the 

 Sun, and the Seafon mould prove 

 dry, few of them will grow). When 

 thePlants are come up, they may be 

 tranfplanted into other Beds or Bor- 

 ders of frem Earth, obferving to 

 water and fhade them until they 

 have taken Root ; after which they 

 will require no farther Care, but to 

 . keep them clear from Weeds till 

 Michaelmas, when they may be 

 tranfplanted into the Middle of the 

 Borders in the Pleafure - garden ; 

 where the ftveral Sorts being inter- 

 mix'd, will make an agreeable Va- 

 riety. 



They are extremely hardy, be- 

 ing rarely injur'd by Cold, unlefs 

 they have mot up to flower before 

 Winter ; but feldom continue after 

 ripening their Seeds. 



The two African Tree Scabious's 

 are abiding Plants, which are pre- 

 ferved in Pots, and houfed in Win- 

 ter, as the third Sort : thefe may be 

 propagated by Slips or Cuttings, as 

 the third, and require the fame Ma- 

 nagement. 



The twelfth Sort is preferved by 

 fuch as are curious in collecting Va- 

 rieties of Plants ; but the Flowers 

 have no Scent: however, as it is an 

 hardy Plant, requiring no other Cul- 

 ture than the common Field Sort, it 

 may be admitted, for Diverfity, in- 

 to the Pleafure-garden ; becaufe it 

 will thrive in fhady Places, where 

 few other Plants will grow. 



The thirteenth, fourteenth, fif- 

 teenth, Sixteenth, feventeenth, eigh- 

 teenth, nineteenth, twentieth, twen- 

 ty-fourth, twenty-fifth, thirtieth, and 

 thirty- firft Sorts are all of them 

 abiding Plants, which are hardy 

 enough to live in the open Air in, 

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