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them In proportion to the Warmth 

 of the Seafon,and muft be frequently 

 watered. In this Bed the Plants may 

 remain until Michaelmas, when they 

 mould be placed in the Bark-Hove, 

 where, if they are kept in a tem- 

 perate Warmth, they will make good 

 Progrefs, and the fecond Year will 

 produce their Flowers, when they 

 will make a fine Appearance : for 

 they produce long Spikes of Flowers, 

 which are fhaped fomewhat like 

 thofeof the Fox-glove. Thefe Plants 

 do not continue many Years, fo that 

 new Plants mould be frequently 

 raifed ; for after the Sorts are pro- 

 cured from Abroad, they will per- 

 fect their Seeds in England, if they 

 are carefully managed : but it will 

 be the fureft Method to raife the 

 Plants, if the Seeds are fown foon 

 after they are ripe : and if the Seeds, 

 procured from Abroad, are fent over 

 in the Pods, foon after they are ripe, 

 and fown when they arrive in Eng- 

 /and, they will often fucceed ; efpe- 

 cially the fecond Sort, which has 

 grown with me very well. 



The fourth Sort has been many 

 Years preferved in fome of the cu- 

 rious EngUJh Gardens. This Plant 

 is a Native of the Canary Iflands ; 

 fo is too tender to live in the open 

 Air in England: it is therefore kept 

 in Pots, and preferved in Green- 

 houfes. This Sort hath woody Stems, 

 and will rife to the Height of 

 three Feet, and divides into many 

 Branches, each jf which will pro- 

 duce a Spike of pale orange-colour'd 

 Flowers at their Top ; and thefe 

 flower frequently at different Sea- 

 fons, fo that the Plants are feldom 

 long deftitute of Flowers, during 

 the Summer months; and fometimes 

 they will flower in Winter, which 

 renders this Plant more valuable. 



This Sort is propagated by Seeds ; 

 for although there have been fome 



Plants raifed by Cuttings, yet it'lfi 

 very rare they can be fo propagated* 

 Thefe Seeds frequently ripen in Eng* 

 land ; but they mould be fown as 

 foon as they are ripe, in Pots filled 

 with frefh Earth, and covered very 

 lightly with Earth ; and the Pots 

 mould be placed in a fhady Situation* 

 and duly watered in dry Weather : 

 and in Autumn, when the cold Wea- 

 ther comes on, the Pots muft be 

 fheltered under an Hot-bed- frame, 

 which mould have the GlafTes taken 

 off every Day in mild Weather ; 

 for thefe Seeds only require to be 

 protected from Froft. With this 

 Management, I have had Plenty of 

 the Plants come up the following; 

 Spring ; and this is the only fure 

 Method to obtain thefe Plants : for 

 if the Seeds are not fown till the 

 next Spring, they feldom grow ; and 

 if they do, it is not till the Spring 

 following that the Plants come up. 



The Plants of this Sort muft be 

 fet abroad toward the Middle of 

 May, in a fheltered Situation, and 

 will require frequent Watering in 

 dry Weather ; and in Autumn they 

 muft be removed into the Green- 

 houfe, placing them where they 

 may have free Air in mild Weather, 

 otherwife they will grow mouldy* 

 and decay. 



GEUM, Hairy Kidney wort, or 

 Sanicle. 



The Charafters are ; 



The Cup of the Flovoer is quinquefdi 

 the Flower confifls of five Leaves, 

 'which expand in form of a Ro/e P 

 having eight or ten Stamina orThreads 

 furrounding the Ovary: the Fruit is 

 roundi/h, and is fplit into tvuo Horns 

 at the Tcp : this becomes a biiapfular 

 Seed-vcjfel containing many fmallSeeds. 

 The Species are ; 



I. Geum palujlre minus foliis 

 ohlongis crenatis. Town. Hairy Kid<» 

 ney-wort, or Water Sanicle. 



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