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mted out into aNurfery-bed to get 

 rength ; and afterward they may 



removed, and planted about in 

 ildernefs- quarters; where (if they 

 e not too much over {haded by 

 -ees) they will thrive and flower 

 ry well, and make an agreeable 

 iriety. Thofe Plants which are 

 : t in the Seed-beds to flower, fhould 



fingled out to a Foot or more Di- 

 mce in the Rows ; otherwise they 

 ill not have room to fpread. 

 VERBENA, Vervain. 



The Charadtrs are ; 

 // hath a labia tid Flower, confijl- 

 g of one Leaf, whofe Upper- lip is 

 right, and commovly divided into 

 vo ; but the Under-lip is cut into 

 ree Parts , fo that at the firji Sight 



appears like a Flower with five 

 \a<ves : thefe Flowers are each fuc- 

 I'ded by four naked Seeds, which fill 

 \e Calyx : to which may be added, 

 we Flowers generally grow in Spikes 

 \ Heads, but not in Whorks round 

 p Stalks. 



I The Species are ; 



[i. Verbena communis, cceruho 



ye. C. B. P. Common Vervain, 



I th a blue Flower. 



12. Verbena Lujitanica latifolia 



Ycerior. Tourn. Taller broad- 



liv'd Portugal Vervain. 



I 3 . Verbena urticte folio, Cana- 



Vifis. H. R. Par. Canada Nettle- 



l.v'd Vervain. 



■ 4. Verbena Americana, fpica 

 \ltiplici, foliis urtica anguftioribus, 

 w-ibus caeruleis. Par. Bat. Prod. 

 Aterican Vervain, with many Spikes, 

 i row Nettle-leaves, and blue Flow- 

 e. 



15. Verbena tenuifolia. C.B.P. 

 1 rrow-leav'd Vervain. 

 15. Verbena urticse folio longiore 

 \rato. Houft. American Vervain, 

 • ha longer favved Nettle-leaf. 

 ■ 7. Verbena Bouari en/is altiijlma. 



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plici. Hort. Elth. The tallefl Ver- 

 vain of Buenos Ay res, with many- 

 Spikes refembling the Canary La- 

 vender. 



8. Verbena Carolinienfis, meliff<e 

 folio afpero. Hort. Elth. Carolina 

 Vervain, with a rough Balm-leaf. 



9. Verbena Mexicana, trachelii 

 folio, fruciu aparines. Hort. Elth, 

 Mexican Vervain, with a Throat- 

 wort-leaf, and a Fruit like Goofe- 

 grafs. 



The firfl Sort here mention'd is 

 very common on the Side of Roads 

 and Foot-paths, near Habitations; 

 for although there is fcarce any Part 

 of England, in which this Plant is 

 not found in Plenty, yet it is never 

 found growing above a Quarter of a 

 Mile from an Habitation ; which oc- 

 cafion'd its being call'd Simplers Joy ; 

 becaufe, where-ever they found this 

 Plant growing, it was a fure Token 

 of an Houfe being near. This is 

 rarely cultivated in Gardens ; but is 

 the Sort directed by the College of 

 Phyficians for medicinal Ufe ; and is 

 brought to the Markets by thofe who 

 gather it in the Fields. 



The next five Sorts, tho' not Na- 

 tives of this Country, yet are very 

 hardy, and will endure the fharpeft 

 of our Winters in the open Air. 



Thefe may all be propagated by 

 fowing their Seeds on a Bed of frelh 

 Earth in the Spring ; and when the 

 Plants come up, they fhould be trans- 

 planted out, or thinned fo as to al- 

 low them ten or twelve Inches Di- 

 ftance (for they generally grow pret- 

 ty large, and require to have room) ; 

 after which they will require no far- 

 ther Care, but to clear them from 

 Weeds, and the fecond Summer they 

 will flower and feed ; which Seeds, if 

 permitted to fall upon the Ground, 

 will come up the fucceeding Spring, 

 without any farther Culture. 



The iixth Sort was diicover'd by 



the 



