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mould be well dug and loofened ; 

 then (hake the Earth cut of the Pots, 

 by which means you will the more 

 readily take them out without hurt- 

 ing their Roots. The Diftance they 

 mould be al'owed, if defigned to re- 

 main for good, muft be fourteen 

 Inches fquare : but if they are in- 

 tended to be removed again, four or 

 fix Inches will be fufficient. In plant- 

 ing them, you muft obferve to make 

 deep Holes ; fo that the Roots, 

 which generally grow long, may be 

 placed full as deep as they are in 

 Length, that no Part may appear 

 above-ground : nor mould they be 

 bent at the Bottom, which would 

 check their downright Growth, and 

 greatly injure them. The beft Sea- 

 Ion to tranfplant them is in the Be- 

 ginning of Oclober, juft as they be- 

 gin to drop their Leaves : for as 

 thefe Plants are Natives of cold 

 Countries, if they remain till after 

 Chrifimas unremoved, they will be- 

 gin to (hoot ; therefore it will be un- 

 ?afe to tranfplant them after. 



In about five or fix Years time, 

 if the Plants thrive well, and are not 

 difturbed, they will begin to flower, 

 and will produce good Seeds; fo 

 that it will not be difficult to have 

 them in great Plenty : but as it is 

 hardly worth cultivating for medi- 

 cinal Ufe, it being generally im- 

 ported hither at a very moderate 

 Price, the Beauty thereof is not fuch 

 as would recommend the having it 

 in great Quantities, though a few of 

 them will do very well to make a 

 Variety. 



The fecond and fourth Sorts are 

 at prefent very uncommon in Eng- 

 land, and only to be found in fome 

 curious Gardens ; thefe are both of 

 them very pretty Ornaments to a 

 Garden : they are propagated by 

 parting their Roots jn Autumn, and 



require a pretty ftrong Soil, and a 

 lhady Situation. 



The third Sort was formerly more' 

 common in the Gardens near London 

 than it is at prefent ; but in fome 

 old Country Gardens it is Hill fre- 

 quently to be met with : this is a 

 very beautiful Plant, and well worth 

 propagating : it is increafed by part- 

 ing the Roots in Autumn. Thefe 

 Plants require a ilrong, moid, cool 

 Soil, and mould be planted where 

 they may have only the morning 

 Sun ; for if they are too much ex- 

 pofed to Heat, they are very fubjedl 

 to decay ; nor do tney care to be 

 often tranfpianted, which will alfo 

 make them poor and weak : and I 

 am apt to believe, that this has oc- 

 cafioned their prefent Scarcity near 

 London, where People are too apt to 

 part and divide Plants often, in or- 

 der to increafe them, and thereby fre- 

 quently deftroy their whole Stock. 



The fifth Sort grows wild in di- 

 vers Parts of the North, as in Tork- 

 Jhire, Cumberland, and Northumber- 

 land ; and is equal to any of the 

 above-mentioned Kinds for Beauty; 

 but is rarely to be found near Lon- 

 don. The Roots of this Plant may 

 be brought rrom the Places of its na- 

 tural Growth, and planted in a cool, 

 moift, undung'd Soil, where it will 

 grow, provided it be not under the 

 Drip of Trees, which this Plant by 

 no means cares for; nor fhould it 

 be ofen removed, but fuffered to re- 

 main (as was faid above) ; by which 

 means it will thrive, and produce 

 beautiful Flowers. 



GENTIANELLA. Fide Gen- 

 tiana. 



GERANIUM, Crane's-bill. 



The Characters are; 

 The Leaves are, for the mojl part, 

 conjugate : the Cup of the Flower 

 conjlfs of one Leaf, which is divided 



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