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time for this Work is the Beginning 

 of March. Thefe Slips mull be 

 planted in Beds of moiit Earth, 

 about four or five Inches afunder, 

 obferving to water them well until 

 they have taken Root ; aft^r which 

 they will require no further Care 

 but to keep them clear from Weeds, 

 and in July the Plants will be fit to 

 cut for medicinal Ufe, being at that 

 time in Flower ; but it is not pro- 

 per to tranfplant them every Year, 

 for then the Crop will be fmaller; 

 therefore every other Year will be 

 fufncient to renew thefe Beds : nor 

 Ihould they be planted again upon 

 the fame Ground, but upon a frelTi 

 Spot ; other wife they will not 

 thrive. 



The Wild-fage is very common 

 in Woods, and lhady Places, in di- 

 vers Parts of England ; and is rarely 

 cultivated in Gardens, except by 

 chofe who are curious in Botany. 

 This may be propagated by fowiag 

 the Seeds in the Spring upon a Bed 

 of frefh Earth ; and when thePlants 

 are come up, they fhould be tram- 

 planted out, at about a Foot afander, 

 «pon a frefh light Soil, obferving to 

 water them until they have taken 

 Hoot ; after which they will re- 

 quire no farther Care but to keep 

 them clear from Weeds ; for t-hey 

 are extremely hardy, and will abide 

 many Years in almoil any So;l or 

 Situation. 



The third Sort is of a more ten- 

 der Nature, and requires to be mel- 

 ter'd from fevere Froft ; to which if 

 it be expos'd, it is often deilroy'd. 

 This may be propagated by lowing 

 the Seeds as the former ; but when 

 the Plants come up they mould be 

 plac'd in Pots of frefh Earth, and in 

 Winter put in an airy Part of the 

 Green-houfs, where they may enjoy 

 the free Air when the Weatksr is 



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mild ; for if they are too much 

 drawn, they are fubject to mould 

 and decay. In the Summer-fealbn 

 they fhould be expos'd to the open 

 Air, with Myrtles, and other foreign 

 Plants; and mull be frequently re- 

 frefh'd with Water. 



SCORPIURUS, Caterpillers. 



The Characters are ; 

 It hath a papilionaceous Flower, 

 out of whofe Evipaletnent rifes the 

 Polntal, which after^vard becomes a 

 jointed Pod, convoluted like a Snail 

 or Galcrp 'dL r, having a Seed in each 

 Joint, which is, for the moji part, of 

 an o-jal Figure. 



The Species are ; 



1. Scorpiurus bvpleuri folio. C. 

 B. P. The great rough Caterpii- 

 ler. 



2. ScorpiurUo lupleuri folio, cor- 

 ni cults afperis, magis in fe contort is <of 

 ccn-jolutis. Mar. ^Hijl. Prickly Ca- 

 terpiller. 



3. SCORPIURUS bupleuri folio, /i- 

 liquis le-jiLus. Park. 'I heat. Smooth- 

 podded Caterpiller. 



4. Scorpiurus fli qua traffa 

 Boelii. Ger. Emac. Thick - podded 

 Caterpiller. 



c. Scorpiurus Jiliqua cochlcata 

 & firiata Ohjfponenfis. H. R. Par. 

 Caterpiller with a twilled furrowfd 

 Pod. 



6. Scorpiurus foliis <via'sr, mini* 

 ma. Mor. Hijl. The fmalkil Ca- 

 terpiller, with Vetch-leaves. 

 Thefe Plants are preferv'd in feve- 

 ral curious Gardens, for their Odd- 

 nefs more than for any great Beau- 

 ty : they are all of them annual 

 Plants, which are propagated by 

 fowirg their Seeds upon a Bed of 

 frefh light Earth ; and when the 

 Plants are come up, they fhould be 

 thinned, fo as to leave them about 

 ten Inches or a Foot afunder;, be- 

 came their Branches trail upon the 

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