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take Root before the Froft, which 

 will caufe them to flower much 

 tfronger than thofe transplanted in 

 the Spring ; and the Plants will not 

 be in fo much Danger of mifcarry- 

 ing as thofe are, efpecially when the 

 Spring happens to prove dry. Afcer 

 thefe Plants have taken Root, they 

 will require no farther Care, but to 

 keep them clear from Weeds; and 

 the May following they will begin 

 to flower, which will continue in 

 Beauty three Weeks or a Month, 

 provided the Seafon be not too hot 

 and dry. 



The Portugal Son is not fo hardy 

 as either of the former, tho 1 it will 

 en.dure the Cold of our ordinary 

 Winters very well in the open Air, 

 provided it is planted in a dry Soil, 

 and a warm Situation ; but in very 

 fevere Frolb it is often deftroyed. 

 This may alfo be propagated by 

 Cuttings or Slips, which mould be 

 planted in a Bed of frelh Earth in 

 the Spring, and waterd and Ihaded 

 until they have taken Root; after 

 which they muft be kept clear from 

 Weeds till Michaelmas, when they 

 mould be planted either into Pots to 

 be flickered in Winter, or in fome 

 warm Situation ; n the full Ground, 

 where they may remain to flower. 



This Plant will grow two or three 

 Feet high, and become fhrubby, pro- 

 vided it be not injurM by Cold. 



STOCK GILLIFLOVVER. Vide 

 Leucoium. 



STOECHAS, Caffidony, Trench 

 Lavender, or Stickadore. 

 The Characters are ; 

 It hath a labiated Flower, con- 

 fining of one Leaf ; whofe Upper-lip is 

 upright, and cut in two , hut the Un- 

 der lip, or Beard, is cut into three 

 Parts ; hut both are fo divided, as at ■ 

 jirft to appear like a Flower cut into 

 five Segments ; out of whofe Flower- 

 cup rifes the Poinial, attended by four 

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Embryoes, ivhich afterward become fo 

 many roundifj Seeds, inclofed in the 

 Flower-cup : to thefe Marks muji be 

 added, That the Flowers are ranged 

 in a various Series into fcaly Heads ; 

 out of the Top of which peep feme fmatt 

 Leaves, which look very beautifully. 

 The Species are ; 



1. Stoechas purpurea. C. B. P. 

 Purple Stcechas, or Caflidony, com- 

 monly called Arabian Stcechas. 



2. Stoechas folio ferrato. C.B.P. 

 Caflidony, or French Lavender, with 

 a ferrated Leaf. 



3. Stoechas cauliculis nonfolia- 

 tis. C. B. P. Caffidony, or French. 

 Lavender, with long naked Flower- 

 ftalks. 



The Heads of Flowers of the fiin: 

 Kind are ufed in fome of the capital 

 Medicines directed by the College 

 of Phyficians : thefe are commonly 

 brought from the South Parts of 

 France, where the Plants are in great 

 Plenty ; but they are very apt to take 

 a Mouldinefs in their Paflage, and fo 

 are not near fo good for Ufe as thofe 

 which are gathered frefh in England, 

 where they may be cultivated to 

 great Advantage. 



The fecond and third Sorts ?.re 

 preferved in many curious Gardens, 

 for Variety ; but they are not of any 

 Ufe. 



All thefe Plants rrvay be cultivated 

 by fowing their Seeds upon a Bed of 

 light dry Soil in March; and when 

 the Plants are come up, they ftiould 

 be carefully clear'd from Weeds un- 

 til they are two Inches high ; at 

 which time they mould be removed ; 

 therefore there muft be a Spot of 

 light dry Ground prepared, and laid 

 level, which muft be trodden out in 

 Beds ; into which the Plants fhould 

 be planted at about five or fix Inches 

 Dillarice each Way, obferving to 

 water and fhade them Until they have 

 taken Root • after which they will 

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