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feldom grow to be more than five or 

 1i x Icei high in England; fo fliould 

 be planted among other Shrubs of 

 the fame Growth. 



The Sort with ftrip'd Leavesmay 

 be propagated by budding or inarch- 

 ing u upon the plain Sort ; becaufe 

 the Seeds will not produce ftriped 

 Plants. 



The fixtecn Sorts next-mention"d 

 grow wild in Germany, Bohemia, Au- 

 Jtria, on the Alps and Apennines, and 

 f ome in the South ofFrance, mSpain, 

 and Portugal ; but moft of them are 

 Strangers in England, where there 

 are but few of the Plants to be 

 found. Indeed, fome of the Sorts 

 are fo difficult to tranfplant, that 

 when they are remov'd from the 

 Places of their natural Growth into 

 the neighbouring Gardt ns, they will 

 not thrive ; particularly the eighth 

 Sort, which is one of the moft beau- 

 tiful of the whole Tribe ; the Flow- 

 ers of this Sort being of a bright- 

 purple Colour, and have a very fra- 

 grant Scent. 



The twenty-fecond Sort is now in 

 feveral of the Engkjb Gardens j but 

 the Plants make but little Progrefs as 

 yet. This will live through the 

 Winter in the open Air, provided it 

 grows on a drySoil,and in a fhelter'd 

 Situation ; but it will be proper to 

 keep a Plant or two in Pots, to 

 be remov'd into Shelter in Winter, 

 for fear thofe in the open Air fliould 

 be deilroy'd by fevere Ftoft. 



Moft of tlnfe Sorts may be propa- 

 gated by Seeds, which mull be fown 

 and treated in the fame manner as 

 hath been directed for the Mezereon; 

 and the Seeds of thefe are apt to re- 

 main as long in the Ground : there- 

 fore the fame Caution mould be 

 tife'd, not to difturb the Earth where 

 the Seeds are fown, until there are 

 no Hopes of* more Plants coming up 

 for fome Seeds may grow the firit; 



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Year, and others not till the fecond 

 or third Year. 



The twenty-third, and the five 

 next-following Sorts, were difcover- 

 ed by Dr. Toumefort in the Levant , 

 from whence he fent their Seeds to 

 the Royal Garden at Paris, where 

 many of the Plants wererais'd ; but 

 moft of the Kinds have been fince 

 loft : fo that at prefent there are 

 few of them to be found in the Gar- 

 dens of Europe ; tho' they are hardy 

 enough to live through the Winter 

 in the open Air, if they are planted 

 in a warm Situation. 



Thefe Sorts may be propagated 

 by Seeds, in the fame manner as the 

 former: but as they are difficult to 

 procure, the beft way will be to fow 

 the Seeds in Pots ; which may be 

 plac'd urder a Frame in Winter, to 

 flicker them from the Froli ; but 

 they muftbe kept open in mildWea- 

 ther, and in Summer the Pots may 

 be remov'd into a fhady Situation ; 

 which is more agreeable to the 

 Seeds, than in a Place which is expo- 

 fed to the Sun. When the Plants 

 are come up, they may be tranf- 

 planted in the Autumn, either into 

 Nurfery-beds, or into fmall Pots ; 

 where they may grow a Year or two 

 to get Strength, and afterward be 

 tranfplanted where they are to re- 

 main. 



Thefe Plants continue green 

 throughout the Year, which renders 

 them worthy of a Place in good 

 Gardens ; where, 'if they are rightly 

 difpos'd, they will afford an agreea- 

 ble Variety. Moft of thele are low 

 Shrubs, which feldom rife above two 

 or three Feet high ; fo are very pro- 

 per to plant under Trees to fill up 

 the Vacancies, where they will have 

 a good ErTedt. The Seeds of the 

 feventh Sort are ufed in Medicine, 

 fo that the Plants of this Kind are 

 preferv'din Phyfic-gardensj but this 



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