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ing Tree ftands near the Walk, to 

 cut away the fmall Wood, fo as to 

 make an Opening round the Trees, 

 where there may be fome Seats 

 plac'd, for Perfons to reft under the 

 Shade : the Turns made in thefe 

 Walks fhould be as natural as pof- 

 fible ; nor mould there be too many 

 of them, for that will render the 

 Walking thro' them difagreeable ; 

 therefore the great Skill in making 

 of thefe Walks is, to make the 

 Turns fo eafy as not to appear like 

 a Work of Art, nor to extend them 

 ftrait to fo great Length, as that 

 Perfons who may be walking at a 

 great Diftance, may be expofed to 

 the Sight of each other : both thefe 

 , Extremes mould be avoided as much 

 as poffible, fince they are equally 

 difagreeable to Perfons of true 

 , Tafte. When a Wood is properly 

 manag'd in this Way, and a few 

 i Places properly left like an open 

 Grove, where there are fome large 

 Trees fo fituated as to form them, 

 there can be no greater Ornament to 

 a fine Seat, than fuch a Wood. 



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XERANTHEMUM, Eternal 

 Flower, or Ptarmica, njulgo. 

 The Char afters are ; 

 // hath a fcaly fiver-colour d per- 

 manent Empalement : the Flower is 

 dry ; the Dijk conjijiing of many plain 

 Petals, having no Embryces affixed to 

 them ; yet are included in the fame 

 Empalement nvith the Florets, which 

 reji on the Emhryoes, which after- 

 ward become Seeds, each bearing a 

 leafy Read. 



The Species arej 



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1. Xeranthemum fore fmplici 

 purpureo majore. H. L. Eternal 

 Flower, or Ptarmica, with a large 

 fingle purple Flower. 



2 . Xeranthemum florephno pur- 

 pureo majore. H. L. Eternal Flow- 

 er, or Ptarmica, with a large dou- 

 ble purple Flower. 



3. Xeranthemum fore flmplici 

 alba. H. L. Eternal Flower, or 

 Ptarmica, with a fingle white Flow- 

 er. 



4. Xeranthemum fore pleno al- 

 bo. H. L. Eternal Flower, or Ptar- 

 mica, with a double white Flower. 



5. Xeranthemum fore fmplici 

 purpurea minore. Tourn. Eternal 

 Flower, or Ptarmica, with a leiTer 

 fingle purple Flower. 



6. Xeranthemum fore purpurea 

 fmplici minima, femine maxima. H. 

 L. Eternal Flower, or Ptarmica, 

 with a very fmall fingle purple 

 Flower, and a large Seed. 



Thefe Flowers were formerly 

 much more cultivated in the Englijb 

 Gardens than at prefent; efpecially 

 the two Sorts with double Flowers; 

 which the Gardeners near London did 

 cultivate in great Plenty for their 

 Flowers, which they brought to 

 Market in the Winter-feafon, to fet 

 in GlafTes in Rooms, to fupply the 

 Place of other Flowers, which are 

 not eafy to be procur'd at that Sea- 

 fon ; for thefe, being gathered when 

 they are fully blown, and carefully 

 dry'd, will continue frefh and beau- 

 tiful many Months ; but as there are 

 no other Colours in thefe Flowers 

 but White and Purple, the Garden- 

 ers had a Method of dipping them 

 into various Tinctures, fo as to have 

 fome of a fine Blue, others Scarlet, 

 and fome Red, which made a pretty 

 Variety; and, if they were rightly 

 itain'd, and afterwards hung up till 

 they were thorough-dry, they would 

 continue 



