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England; fo may be managed as 

 hath been directed for the common 

 Sorts of Scabious. 



The twenty-firft, twenty -fecond, 

 twenty - third, and twenty - lixth 

 Sorts, are alfo abiding Plants ; but 

 are fomewhat tenderer than thofe 

 before mention'd : fo fome Plants 

 of each Kind mould be kept in Pots, 

 that they may be ihelter'd in Winter 

 under a common Hot-bed-frame ; 

 and the others muft be planted in 

 warm Borders, othcrwife they will 

 not live thro' the Winters in this 

 Country : and if the Soil in which 

 thefe are planted, is poor and dry, 

 they will grow Hinted, and bear the 

 Cold much better, than thofe which 

 are planted in a rich Soil, and grow 

 freely. Thofe Plants which are in 

 Pots, and are placed in Shelter in 

 Winter, muft have as much free Air 

 as poifible in mild Weather ; other- 

 w'ie they will draw up weak, and 

 appear very unfightly ; fo they 

 fhculd only be cover 'd in very hard 

 Frofts, and continually expos'dwhcn 

 the Weather is mild. 



The twenty-feventh and twenty- 

 eighth Sorts were brought from the 

 Cape of Good Hope ; fo are more ten- 

 der than the former : therefore thefe 

 muft always be kept in Pots, and in 

 Winter fhould be placed in an airy 

 Glafs-cafe, where in mild Weather 

 they may have as much free Air as 

 partible ; they mould be frequently 

 water'd, for they are very thirlly 

 Plants. In fevere Froft they mull 

 be carefully guarded ; but they will 

 bear a little Cold pretty well. 



All the mrubby Sorts of Scabious 

 may be propagated by Cuttings, 

 which may be taken off during any 

 of the Summer-months ; and mould 

 be planted in a mady Border, and 

 duly water'd in dry Weather, which 

 will promote their taking Root; and 

 then they may be potted, and placed 



in a mady Situation, till they have 

 taken new Root ; after which time 

 they may be placed amongft other 

 hardy Exotic Plants, in a fhelter'd 

 Situation, where they may remain 

 until the End of Ocloitr, when they 

 muft be removed into Shelter. In 

 fome favourable Seafons thefe Plants 

 will produce good Seeds in Englani % 

 fo that the Plants may be raifed 

 from thefe, by fowing them in an 

 open Border of light Earth about 

 the Middle of March ; and if the 

 Spring fliould prove very dry, it will 

 be neceflary to water the Ground 

 now-and-then, which will forward 

 the Vegetation of the Seed ; fo that 

 the Plants will appear in about three 

 Weeks after the Seeds are fown. 

 When they come up, they muft be 

 kept clear from Weed?, and in dry- 

 Weather duly water'd ; and when 

 they are ftrong enough to tranfplant, 

 they fhould be planted in Pets, and 

 managed in the fame manner as 

 thofe Plants which are propagated 

 by Cuttings. 



The twenty-ninth, thirty-fecond, 

 thirty-third, thirty-fourth, and thir- 

 ty - fifth Sorts are annual Plants, 

 which are only propagated by Seeds, 

 Thefe may be managed in the fame 

 manner as hath been directed for the 

 Indian Scabious's. 



All the Sorts of Scabious continue 

 a long time in Flower, for which 

 they are regarded ; for there is no 

 very great Beauty in many of their 

 Flowers : but as moft of the hardy- 

 Sorts produce Flowers near three 

 Months fucceffively, they may be 

 allowed a Place in the Borders of 

 large Gardens, becaufe they require 

 very little Care to cultivate them. 

 Ar.d as the fhrubby Kinds continue 

 in Flower moft Part of the Year, 

 they make an agreeable Variety 

 amongft hardy Exotic Plants in 

 Winter, 



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