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leafon, it will be proper to have 

 ome of the Plants in Pots, in order 



preferve the Kind. This Sort 

 lowers, and produces good Seeds, 

 n this Country ; but the Roots fel- 

 lom continue above two or three 

 fears. 



VERGE is the Edge or Outfide 

 >f a Border ; but in Gardening it is 

 renerally underitood to be a Slip of 

 3rafs which joins to Gravel-walks, 

 ind divides them from the Borders 

 n the Parterre-garden. 



1 VERONICA, Speedwell, or 

 ?luellin. 



The Characlers are ; 



Tin Leaves, for the moji part, grow 

 ppofite by Pairs : the Calyx confifts 

 f one Leaf, -which is divided it/to 

 *bur Paris, and expands in form of a 

 *tar : the Flower confjis of cnc Leaf 

 \vhich is, for the moji part, divided 

 nto four Segments^ and expands in 



circular Order : when the Flower 

 'ecajs, the Ovary becomes a membra- 

 naceous Fruit, divided into two Cells, 

 which are f japed like an Heart, and 

 -re filed with Seeds, which are fome- 

 v'mes /mall, and at other times large 

 md thick. 



The Species are ; 

 \ I. Veronica was fi'pina iff vul' 

 wtif ft ma. C. B. P. Common Male 

 ppeedwell, or Fluellin. 

 I 2 Veronica fpicat.x avguftifolia. 

 F. B. JP. Narrow - leav'd fpik'd 

 Speedwell. 



f 3. Veronica major latifdia 

 \re8i. Mor. Hi ft. Greater broad- 

 eav'd upright Speedwell. 

 1 4. Veronica multi epulis Panno- 

 tJca. Tourn. Hungari. in Speedwell, 

 earing many Stalks or Spikes of 

 'lowers. 



: 5. Veronica fpicata Camlro- 

 hitannica, bugulee fuhhirfuto folio, 

 \aii Syn. Edit. 3. Weljb fpiked 

 peed well, with an hairy Bugle- 

 •af, 



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6. Ve R ON 1 c a caerulea, trifido ant 

 quinquefdo folio. Flor. Bat. Blue 

 Speedwell, with a trifid or quinque- 

 fid Leaf. 



7. Veronica Virginiana altijjt* 

 tna,fpica multiplici, fori bus candidis, 

 Flor. Bat. Tall Virginian Speed- 

 well, with many Spikes, and white 

 Flowers. 



8. Veronica fpicata tongifoUai m 

 'Tourn. Long-leavM fpik'd Speed- 

 well. 



9. Veronica p r tra?a femper*vi- 

 rens. Pon. Bald. Ever-green Rock 

 Speedwell. 



10. Veronica mas repens Pyre- 

 naica, folio longiori glabro. Schol. 

 Bot. Male creeping Pyrenean Speed- 

 well, with a longer fmooth Leaf. 



11. Veronica mas erect a. C.B. 

 P. Male upright Speedwell. 



12. Veronica fpicata minor. C. 

 B. P. Smaller fpiked Speedwell. 



13. Veronica Alpina fruticans, 

 ferpylli minoris folio circinato. Pluk. 

 Phyt. Shrubby Speedwell of the 

 Alps, with a round ieffer Mother-of- 

 thyme-leaf. 



14. Veronica frutefcens durior, 

 ohlongo chama'dryos folio, Patavina. 

 Bocc. Muf. Harder fhrubby Speed- 

 well of Padua, with an oblong Ger- 

 mander-leaf. 



15. Veronica Auftriaea, foliis 

 tenuijjime laciniatis. Inft. R. H. Au- 

 f>ia>! Speedwell, with Leaves finely 

 jagged- 



16. Veronica mtxima. Lugd. 

 The greateft Speedwell, or falfe 

 Germander. 



17. Veronica major frute ferns 

 alter 1. Mor. H/f. Another greater 

 fnrubby Speedwell, or falfe a Ger- 

 mander. 



18. V f r o n 1 c a fupina, facie teu~ 

 crii praUnfs. Lob. Icon. Lo# 

 Speedwell, with the Face of Mea- 

 dow-germander. 



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