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The four flrfl: Sorts grow wild in 

 divers Parts of England, and are rare- 

 ly cultivated, except in Botanic Gar- 

 dens for Variety. The flrfl: Sort 

 is that which is us'd in Medicine, 

 which is the moft common of them 

 all, growing upon the Sides of dry 

 Banks, in moft Parts of England. 



Thefe may be all cultivated by 

 fowing their Seeds in duguft, on a 

 Bed of light Earth, in an open Situa- 

 ation, where the Plants will come up 

 the fucceeding Month, and will en- 

 dure the Winter's Cold very well, 

 provided they have a dry Soil. In 

 February the Plants mould be tranf- 

 planted where they are to remain, 

 allowing them a greater Diftance ; 

 for they grow pretty tall and large : 

 in June following rhey will flower, 

 and their Seeds will be ripe in July. 

 But notwithstanding thefe Plants 

 grow wild in England, yet two or 

 three of each Kind may be admitted 

 in large Gardens, for the Variety of 

 their hoary Leaves, together with 

 the extreme Sweetnefsof their Flow- 

 ers, which have a Scent fomewhat 

 like Violets. 



The fifth, fixth, and feventh Sorts 

 are not Natives of this Country, but 

 have been obtained from abroad : 

 the fifth was fent from Leyden, by 

 the learned Dr. Boerhaa<ve ; but I 

 don't know at prefent from whence 

 he receiv'd it. The fixth Sort was 

 gather'd by my ingenious Friend Mr. 

 Heury Hopkey, upon Gibraltar Hills, 

 from whence he fent me the Seeds ; 

 which flourifiVd in the Phyfic-gar- 

 den very well two Years, and flow- 

 cr'd extremely, but did not perfect 

 Seeds ; and, being a biennial Plant, 

 is fince intirely decay'd. 



The feventh, eighth, ninth, tenth, 

 eleventh, and twelfth Sorts grow 

 wild in feveral Parts of Europe ; and 

 thefe are prcferv'd in feveral Botanic 



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Gardens for the fake of Variety, and 

 are rarely admitted into other Gar- 

 dens. But yet where there is room 

 to admit of Plants which grow tall, 

 a few of each of thefe Sorts mould 

 have a Place ; fince, by their odd 

 Appearance, they will add to the 

 Variety; and their Flowers, having 

 an agreeable fweet Scent, will per- 

 fume the Air of the Garden. 



The (even next mentioned Sorts 

 were difcover'd by Dr. Tournefort'm 

 the Levant, from whence he fent 

 their Seeds to the Royal Garden at 

 Paris. All thefe Sorts are hardy 

 enough to thrive in the open Air in 

 England, provided they are fown on 

 a dry undung'd Soil ; for when they 

 grow on a moid Soil, their Roots 

 are fubjedt to rot in Winter ; and if 

 the Ground is enriched with Dung, 

 it caufes the Plants to grow fo rank 

 in Autumn, that they are in Danger 

 of being deftroyed by hard Froft. 



All thefe Plants are propagated by 

 Seeds, which ftiould be fown on a 

 Bed of-frelh light Earth, in an open 

 Situation. The belt time to low 

 thefe Seeds is in Autumn, foon after 

 they are ripe ; when they will more 

 certainly grow, than if they are fown 

 in the Spring : and when they are 

 fown early in the Autumn, the Plants 

 will flower the following Summer, 

 by which there will be a Year fav'd. 

 Thefe Seeds mould be fown in 

 Drills, which mould be made about 

 eighteen Inches afunder ; becaufe it 

 will be proper to let fome of the 

 Plants remain to flower in the Seed- 

 bed, where they will grow much 

 fironger than thofe which are tranf- 

 planted : when the Plants come up, 

 they mould be kept clean from 

 Weeds ; and about Michaelmas, fome 

 of the Plants ftiould be carefully 

 drawn out, where they grow too 

 clofe together, which may be tranf- 

 planted 



