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tal to Flower-pots, when intermixed 

 with Flowers 0/ different Colours, to 

 place in Rooms. 



They are all eafily propagated by 

 parting their Roots in the Spring, 

 before they begin to moot; andihould 

 be planted in the Middle of the lar- 

 ger Borders in the Flower-garden : 

 they will grow in almoft any Soil or 

 Situation; but will thrive Deft in a 

 frefh light Earth, and an open Ex- 

 pofure ; tho' fome of the hardieft of 

 them may be plac'd under Avenues 

 of Trees, where they will continue 

 in Flower a long time, and look: very 

 well. The firft twelve Sorts are har- 

 dier than the reft, and will increafe 

 very faft by OfF-fets, which fome of 

 them fend forth in very great Plen- 

 ty ; infomuch that if they are not 

 carefully dug round, at leaft once in 

 every Year, and their Roots cut 

 round, they will fpread over the Bor- 

 ders where they are planted, and de- 

 ftroy fuch Plants as ftand near them. 

 The other Sorts fhould have a warm- 

 er Situation, and a dry Soil : thefe 

 are not fo apt to fpread at their Roots 

 as the others ; fo that there will be 

 no Difficulty of keeping them with- 

 in Bounds. 



The firft Sort here mention'd is 

 fometimes ufed in Medicine. This 

 grows wild in moft fhady Woods in 

 the South Parts of England ; from 

 whence the Roots may be tranfplant- 

 ed into a fhady Part of the Garden, 

 where they will thrive and flower 

 very well. 



The fecond Sort grows upon the 

 Mountains in Wales, as alfo upon 

 the Alps and Pyrenees: this is a very 

 low Plant, feldom rifing more than 

 a Foot high, and flowers toward the 

 Latter-end of June. 



The nineteen Sorts next-men- 

 tion'd are Natives of America : thefe 

 grow fome two Feet, others three, 

 iome four and five Feet high ; and 



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flower after each other from July ta 

 November. 



Thefe are all perennialPlants,which 

 die to the Surface of the Ground 

 every Winter, but rife again the 

 fucceeding Spring : moft of them, 

 produce their Flowers in Autumn ; 

 and if the Seafon proves favourable, 

 will ripen their Seeds; which, if 

 fown foon after ripe, will come up 

 the following Spring, from whence 

 fome new Varieties may be obtain- 

 ed. 



The twenty- fecond, twenty-third, 

 and twenty- fourth Sorts feldom con- 

 tinuing longer than two or three 

 Years, fhould be often renewed. 

 Thefe may be increafed by parting 

 their Roots ; but the Plants which 

 are thus parted, rarely thrive fo well 

 as thofe which are raifed from Seeds : 

 but as thefe Plants do not perfect 

 their Seeds every Year in England, 

 the other Method muft be pradtifed 

 to preferve the Kinds. The belt 

 time for this Work is in Autumn, 

 that they may be well rooted before 

 the Spring, otherwife they will not 

 flower very ftrong. Thefe Sorts 

 fhould be planted on a loamy Soil 

 on open Borders ; for they will not 

 thrive under the Drip of Trees. 



The twenty-fifth Sort is an annu- 

 al Plant of no great Beauty ; which, 

 if permitted to fcatter its Seeds, will 

 become a Weed over the Garden. 

 This Plant is now become a com- 

 mon Weed in the Fields in divers 

 Parts of England: but it is generally 

 believ'd the Seeds were at firft blown 

 out of Gardens ; for it was originally 

 brought from America. 



The twenty - flxth, twenty - fe- 

 venth, and twenty-eighth Sorts were 

 difcover'd by the late Dr. Houjloun, 

 at La V era Cruz. Thefe, being ten- 

 der Plants, will not live in the open 

 Air in England. They may be pro- 

 pagated by Seeds, which fhould be 



fown 



