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Tnerly in greater Requeft than at prc- 

 fent, it having been in great Ufe 

 for bordering of Flower-beds ; but 

 as it increafes very fait, it is apt to 

 fpread too far, and fometimes decays 

 in Patches, which renders it very 

 unfightly : befides, it mart be tranf- 

 planted at leaft once a Year, other- 

 wife it cannot be kept in any tole- 

 rable Order : however, a few Plants 

 of this Kind may be preferved as 

 proper Furniture for lhady Borders ; 

 b-ut it will grow upon a drier Soil 

 than any of the former Sorts. 



The five next - mentioned Sorts 

 grow on the Alps and Apennines in 

 Plenty, from whence they have been 

 tranfplanted into fome curious Gar- 

 dens by Lovers of Variety : they 

 are all extreme hardy ; wherefore 

 they fhould be planted in ihady 

 moift Places, and a poor Soil, where 

 they will thrive much better than in 

 an open Situation. They are pro- 

 pagated by Oit-fets, which they fend 

 forth in great Plenty : the beftSea- 

 fon for this Work is in October, that 

 the Plants may be well rooted before 

 Spring, other wife they will not 

 flower fo ltrong the following Sum- 

 mer. Some of thefe Plants were 

 formerly planted for Edgings on the 

 Sides of Borders in the Flower gar- 

 den ; but they are by no means fit 

 for this Purpofe ; therefore appear 

 more beautiful when planted in 

 Patches on lhady moift Borders, 

 where few other Plants will thrive: 

 in fuch Places thefe Plants will make 

 a pretty Variety. They flower in 

 May, and fome of them will pro- 

 duce good Seeds in Autumn ; but as 

 they increafe fo faft by Off-fets, few 

 Perfons regard their Seeds. 



The other three Sorts were difco- 

 ▼ered by Dr. Tournefbrt in the Le- 

 vant, who fent them to the Royal 

 Garden at Paris. Thefe are not 

 quite fo bardy as the former Sorts, 



but will endure the Cold of our or- 

 dinary Winters very well in the full 

 Ground, being never deftroyed but 

 by extreme hard Froft. Thefe may 

 be propagated by Ofr-fets, in the 

 fame manner as the former Sort?, 

 and (hould have a fhady Situation. 



GILLIFLOWER, or JULY- 

 FLOWER. Vide Caryophvl us. 



GILLIFLOWER, or STOCK- 

 GILLIFLOWER. Vide Leuco- 

 ium. 



GILLIFLOWER, the Queen'* 

 or Dame's Violet. Vide Helper is. 



GINGER. f7A Zinziber. 



GINGIDIUM. Vide Vifnaga. 



GLADIOLUS, Cornflag. 

 The Characlers are ; 



// hath a fifhy double tuberofe 

 Root : the Leaves are like thofe of 

 the Flower-de-luce : the Flower con- 

 fijis of one Leaf, and is Jbaped like 

 a Idly, fprcading open at the Top in! a 

 two Lips ; the upper one being imbri- 

 cated, and the under one divided into 

 five Segments : the Ovary becomes an 

 oblong Fruit divided into three Cells, 

 vjhich are filfd with roundifj Seeds 

 wrapt up in a Cover. 

 The Species are ; 



1. Gladiolus utrinque JHoridus. 

 C. B. P. Cornflag with Flowers on 

 both Sides the Stalks. 



2. Gladiolus carnei colons. 

 Swert. Flor. Fleflvcolour'd Corn- 

 flag. 



3. Gladiolus fori bus uno verfu 

 difpofitis, major, fioris colore pur pur eo- 

 rubente. C. B. P. Great Cornflag, 

 with redilh-purple Flowers rang'd 

 on one Side the Stalk. 



4. Gladiolus major Byzantinus % 

 C B. P. Great Cornflag of Qan- 

 Jlantinople. 



5. Gladiolus utrinque fioridus, 

 floribus albis. H. R. Monf. Cornflag 



with white Flowers ranged on each 

 Side the Stalk. 



Mm 3 & Gla- 



