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the Appearance of the fifteenth Sort ; 

 but the Plant is much Trailer, and 

 the Leaves are more cut. This flow- 

 ers in May. 



The twenty - feventh, twenty- 

 eighth, twenty-ninth, and thirty-firft 

 Sorts were difcover'd by Dr. Tourne- 

 ftrt in the Levant, and are rare in 

 England zx. prefent. Thefe are pre- 

 ferv'd in fome curious Botanic Gar- 

 dens for Variety ; but are not fo 

 beautiful as many of the Sorts here 

 named. 



There are fome more Species of 

 this Genus, than are here enumera- 

 ted ; moft of which are annual Plants, 

 which have no Beauty: I have there- 

 fore omitted them, as they are fel- 

 dom admitted to have a Place in 

 Gardens. 



Tne thirty -fecond Sort is preserv- 

 ed in fome Gardens, for its variega- 

 ted Leaves ; but it is the fame with 

 the feventeenth Sort. 



The Iaft Sort is a Native of the 

 warmeft Parts of America ; therefore 

 is too tender to live in England, un- 

 lefs it is preferv'd in a warm Stove ; 

 but as it has little Beauty, it is rarely 

 preferv'd in the Gardens, unlefs for 

 the fake of Variety. 



Moft of the Sorts before-men- 

 tion'd deferve to have room in large 

 Gardens ; where, if they are planted 

 in a lhady Border, they will conti- 

 nue a long time in Flower ; and as 

 the Sorts fucceed each other, fo, 

 where they are rightly plac'd, they 

 will make an handfome Appearance 

 during moft of the Summer-months : 

 for fome of the Sorts begin to flow- 

 er in April, others in May, fome in 

 June and July, and continue great 

 Part of Augufi : and as they require 

 but little Care to cultivate them, be- 

 ing extreme hardy, growing upon 

 an;/ Soi!, or in any Situation, they 

 better deferve room in a Garden 

 than many other Plants, which are 



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more efteemM for being rare, than 

 for their Beauty or Ufe. 



Thefe Plants may all be propa- 

 gated by parting their Roots, which 

 may be done every third Year ; for 

 if they are too often parted, or divi - 

 ded into fmall Heads, they will not 

 make any Figure ; becaufe when 

 they have not a Number of Stems, 

 fo as to form a good Bunch, they are 

 foon paft their Beauty, and have but 

 a mean Appearance. The beft time 

 to part thefe Roots is ziMichaelmas, 

 that they may be well rooted again 

 before Winter ; for when they are 

 remov'd in the Spring, they feldom 

 flower ftrong the fameYear, efpecial- 

 ly if the Seafon mould prove dry. 

 Thofe Sorts which grow pretty tall, 

 are very proper to plant under large 

 Tree% in open Wildernefs-quarters : 

 but thofe with trailing Branches are 

 fit for the Sides of Banks, or irregu- 

 lar lhady Slopes, where they will 

 make an agreeable Variety. 



I cannot omit mentioning the 

 Virtues of the common Speedwell, 

 which have caufed it to be in great 

 Requeft of late. It is found an ex- 

 cellent Remedy for the Gout, and all 

 Rheumatic Diforders. The Method 

 is, to make aTea of the dried Herb : 

 the Quantity to be us'd is about a 

 Quarter of an Ounce, from which 

 four common Difhes of Tea may be 

 drawn : thefe are to be drunk every ^ 

 Morning, until the Patient finds Re- 

 lief. To this fome add the dried ' 

 Herbs of Bug-bean and Ground- 

 pine, which they mix in equal Quan- 

 tities, and make a Tea of them ; 

 from which many Perfons have re- 

 ceived great Benefit. 



VIBURNUM, The Wayfaring, 

 or Pliant Mealy-tree. 



The Charaders are ; 



The Flower cenfijh of one L>af . 

 nvbic'j ij divided into five Parts, and 

 expand: in a circular Otdtr \ thefe I 



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