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The third Year from the Seed, 

 die Plants will flower very ftrong, 

 and continue fo to co every Year 

 after ; and then they make a fine 

 Appearance among other Exotic 

 Plants : and as they are green all the 

 Year, they may deferve to be pre- 

 served as much as moll other Green- 

 houfe Plants. 



Thefe Plants will grow feven or 

 eight Feet high ; and if they are 

 trained up to have clear Stems, while 

 they are young, they may afterward 

 be formed to have regular good 

 Heads ; for they are very manage- 

 able, efpecially when they are young : 

 and where care is taken of them to 

 form them handfomely, they will 

 make a much better Appearance in ' 

 the Green-houfe, during the Win- 

 ter feafon. 



GENISTA SPINOSA,TheFurz, 

 Whins, or Gorfe. Vide Ulex. 

 . GENTIAN A, Gentian or Fell- 

 wort. 



The Char after s are; 



^he Leaves grow by Pairs oppofte 

 to each ether : the Cup of the Flower 

 (onfejls of 07ie membraneous Leaf : the 

 Flower corfijls of one Leaf,, and is 

 Jhaped like a Cup, being cut into ftmr, 

 five, cr more Segments : it is fuc ceded 

 by a membranous ovalfbaped Fruity 

 ending in a Jharp Pointy opening length- 

 wife into two Parts, and containing 

 many fiat roundifb Seeds, which are 

 bordered with a L ofy Rim. 

 The Speehs are ; 



1 . Gentian a major lutea. C. B. 

 P. The great Gentian, with yellow 

 Flowers. 



2. Gent i ana ajclpisdis folio. 

 C.B. P. Gentian witn a Swallow- 

 wort-leaf. 



3 . Gen ti ana A l pin a, fore magno. 

 y. B. Large - fiower'd Gentian of 

 the Alps, commonly called Gentia- 

 wlla. 



4. Gentiana cruciaia. C.B. P. 

 Crofs wort Gentian. 



5. Gentiana angu/lijclia autum- 

 na/u m jor. C. B. P. Great autum- 

 nal Gentian, or Caiithian Violet. 



There are feveral other Sorts of 

 Gentian, fome of which are Natives 

 of England, and others are Inhabit- 

 ants of the Alps, and other cold 

 mountainous Parts of Europe: but 

 as they are Plants which are rarely 

 tamed, fo as to thrive well in Gar- 

 dens, efpecialiy near London, I (hall 

 pafs them over in tins Place, and pro- 

 ceed to the Culture of thofe here in- 

 ferted, ail of which are worthy of a 

 Place in every good Garden. 



The firlt Sort, which is the true 

 Gentian, whofe Root is ufed in Me- 

 dicine, is an Inhabitant of the Moun- 

 tains near Geneva, and the Paitures 

 of the Alps and Pyrenees t this Plant 

 is propagated by Seeds, which mould 

 be fown foon after they are ripe; 

 for if it be kep: long out of the 

 Ground, it rarely grows. The beft 

 Method is, to fow the Seeds in a 

 large Pot filled with light undung'd 

 Earth, covering them about a Quar- 

 ter of an Inch thick with the iarne 

 light Earth ; then place the Pots in 

 the Shade, where they may remain 

 until November, at which time you 

 may remove them into a Place wnere 

 they may have the morning Sun : in 

 this Situation they msy remain till 

 March following ; by which time 

 the young Plants will appear above- 

 ground : you muft then remove the 

 Pots again into a (hady Place, where 

 they fhoald rem?.in all the Summer- 

 feafon, obferving to clear them from 

 Weeds, as alio to water them in dry 

 Weather, which will greatly pro- 

 mote their Growth. The Autumn 

 following they will be fit to tranl- 

 plant ; at which time you mould 

 prepare a mady moift Border, that 



ihould 



