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may remain where they were fown, 

 observing to keep them clear from 

 Weeds, which is all the Culture 

 they require. This Sort feldom 

 continues longer than two or three 

 Years ; fo that Seeds mould be Town 

 every other Seafon to raife a Supply 

 of young Plants. 



Thefe Plants are fuppos'd to have 

 the fameVirtues as Savory, to which 

 they are nearly ally'd. 



Moll of the aromatic verticillate 

 Plants will endure the Cold of the 

 moft fevereWinters in England, pro- 

 Tided they grow on rocky ftony dry 

 Ground, where they will be (hort 

 and Hinted ; and are alfo much 

 stronger fcented, than when they are 

 fown or planted on a richer Soil ; 

 nay, moft of .them will grow on old 

 Walls and Buildings, where they will 

 root into the Joints between the 

 Stones or Bricks ; and though they 

 are expos'd to the fevereft Winds, 

 yet will they refill the Cold, when 

 the Plants of the fame Kinds, which 

 are in the warmeft Situations of the 

 Garden, are intinely deftroy'd. Of 

 this there have been feveral Inftances 

 within the Memory of fome Perfons 

 now living ; when all the Rofmary, 

 and many other of the like aromatic 

 Herbs, have been deftroy'd in the 

 Gardens ; when fome few Plants, 

 Which were growing on old Walls, 

 nave efcap'd ; whereby their Species 

 nave been preferved in England. 



THYMEL,EA, Spurge - laurel, 

 or Mezereon. 



The CharaJlers are ; 

 The Flower confifs of one Leaf ; is, 

 for the mojl part, funnel-Jhafd, end 

 cut into four Segments ; from whofe 

 Centre rifes the Point al, which c ; : 

 ternvard becomes an c<val Fruit, which 

 is in fome full of Juice, but in others 

 is dry, in each of which is contain "done 

 oblong Seed. 



The Species are ; 

 Vol. III. 



1. Thymel/ea lauri folia femper- 

 virens, feu I aureola mas. To urn. The 

 Spurge or Dwarf laurel. 



2 . Thymel^a laurifolia femper- 

 virens, fcl is <var U gatis. The ftri- 

 ped Spurge-laurel. 



3. Th ymel/e a lauri folio dcri- 

 duo,f-vclaureola fcemina. Toum. The 

 common Mezereon. 



4. Thymeltea lauri flio dtci- 

 duo,flore albido, fruclu fa-vefcente. 

 Toum. The Mezereon with white 

 Flowers, and yellowith Fruit. 



5 . Th Y M e l IE a lauri folio decidua, 

 fore rubra. The Mezerton w ith red 

 Flowers. 



6. Thymel.-ea lauri folio deci- 

 duo,foliis ex luteo 'variegatis. The 

 common Mezereon, with ftriped 

 Leaves. 



7. Thymel/ea foliis lini. C.B.P. 

 Spurge-olive, or Laurel with Fla/- 

 leaves. 



8. Thymeljea A'pira la t folia 

 humilicr, fore purpweo odoralijfmo. 

 Inf. R. H. Dwarf Spurge -laurel 

 of the Alps, with a Flax-leaf, and a 

 very fweet purple Flower. 



9. ThYxMEl^f.a Alpina lati folia 

 humilicr, /lore albo odorattjfimo . Inf. 

 R. H. Dwarf Spurge-laurel of the 

 Alps, with a Flax-leaf, and a very 

 fv/eet white Flower. 



10. Tkymel£a n:! II of a minor 

 Luftanica, palygoni folio. Inf. R.H. 

 Smaller hairy Portugal Spurge-lau- 

 rel, with a Knot-grais-leaf. 



11. Tmymel 2£. a lit: aria folio, 

 'vulgaris. I nil. R. II . Common 

 Spurge laurel, with a Toad -flax- 

 leaf. 



12. TnYMELiEA linnrirf fol'o, 

 Hifpcnica. Inf. R. II. Sf.tnljb 

 Spurge-laurel, with a Toad flax- 

 leaf. 



13. Thymel^a I at if Ai a Hi- 

 fpanica, clea foliis. Inf. R. H. Broad- 



leav'd Spanjb Spurge- laurel, with 

 Ol.ve-leaves. 



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