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filho. Tourn. Cor. Conflantinople Com- 

 frey, with a Leaf and Face of Bo- 

 rage, and a white Flower. 



15. Symphytum Orientate, folio 

 fuhrotundo afpero, fiore cceruleo. Tourn. 

 Cor. Eaftern Comfrey, with a rough 

 roundiih Leaf, and a blue Flower. 



16. Symphytum Orient ale, folio 

 Jubrotundo afpero, flare caeruleo odo- 

 ratifiimo. Tourn. Cor. Eaftern Com- 

 frey, with a rough roundifh Leaf, 

 and a very fweet blue Flower. 



The firft Sort grows wild upon 

 the Sides of Banks and Rivers in di- 

 vers Parts of England, where it is 

 commonly gather'd to fupply the 

 Markets for medicinal Ufe. The 

 fecond Sort is fometimes found wild 

 in England; but is lefs common than 

 the former. In Holland it is the 

 only Sort I obferv'd wild ; where it 

 grows on the Sides of the Canals al- 

 moft every- where. 



The third Sort I never yet ob- 

 served growing wild ; but it is pre- 

 ferv'd in many Gardens for Varie- 

 ty- 



The fourth Sort here mentioned 

 is pretty common in feveral Englifo 

 Gardens, where it is preferv'd for 

 the fake of Variety. This increafes 

 pretty faft by its Roots ; but is fel- 

 dom propagated by Seeds. The fifth, 

 lixth, and feventh Sorts grow wild in 

 Spain and Portugal, from whence 

 their Seeds may be obrain'd. Thefe 

 have red Roots, fomewhat refem- 

 bling thofe of the Alkanet ; and 

 are by fome Botanifts ranged amongft 

 the Alkanets. 



The other Sorts were difcover'd by 

 Dr. T ournefort in the Levant, from 

 whence he fent their Seeds to the 

 Royal. Garden at Paris. 



AH thefe Plants may be cultivated, 

 either by fowing their Seeds in the 

 Spring, or by parting of their Roots: 

 the latter Way, being the molt ex- 

 peditious, is chiefly praclis 1 d, where 



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they are planted for Ufe. The beft 

 Seafon for parting their Roots is in 

 Autumn ; at which time almoft every 

 Piece of a Root will grow. They 

 Ihould be planted about eighteen 

 Inches afunder, that they may have 

 room to fpread, and will require no 

 farther Care but to keep them clear 

 from Weeds ; for they are extreme 

 hardy, and will grow upon almoft 

 any Soil, or in any Situation. 



SYR1NGA, The Mock-orange, 

 vulgo. 



The Characters are ; 



The Flovuer,for the mojl part, con- 

 fifis of five Leaves, vjhicb are plac'd 

 circularly, and expand in form of a 

 Ro/e ; from vohofe Flcvjer-cup rifes 

 the Pointal, which afterward be- 

 comes a roundijh Fruit adhering to the 

 Flovjer-cup, divided into four Cells t 

 vjhich are full of fmall Seeds. 

 The Species are ; 



1. Syringa alba, five Phi lade I - 

 phus Athenai. C. B. P. The com- 

 mon white Syringa, or Mock- 

 orange. 



2. Syringa fiore albo pleno. C.B. 

 P. The double white Syringa. 



3. Syringa fiore albo fimplici,fo- 

 liis ex luteo variegatis. The ftriped- 

 leav'd Syringa. 



Dr. Linnaus has chang'd the Title 

 of this Genus to Philadelphus ; and 

 he has given this Title of Syringa to 

 the Lilac ; but as the old Titles of 

 both Genera are more commonly 

 known, I fhall choofe to continue 

 them to the Plants they have been 

 apply'd to by former Botanifts. 



The firft Sort is that which is 

 commonly cultivated in the Englijh 

 Gardens. The fecond feldom pro- 

 duces its Flowers, which are very, 

 double; and the Plants are of humble 

 Growth. 



The variegated Sort is preferv'd in 

 the Gardens of fuch as are curious 

 in ftriped Plants, though there is no 



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