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■annexed to the College Difpenfatory, 

 but is not often ufed in Medicine : 

 thefe Plants are feldom propagated 

 in Gardens, except for the fake of 

 Variety ; for they have no great 

 Beauty, nor are of much Ufe. There 

 are alfo many more of this Kind, 

 fome of which grow wild in Eng- 

 land: but as they are never cultiva- 

 ted, I (hall pafs them over without 

 naming, and proceed to the third 

 Sort, which is often preferved in cu- 

 rious Gardens for the Variety of its 

 fine filver-colour'd Leaves. This 

 Plant is found upon the Sea-coafts of 

 Cornwall, and fome other Parts of 

 England-, but yet will rarely abide 

 the Cold of our Winters near Lon- 

 don, if planted in the open Air ; tho', 

 if it be preferved in acommonFrame 

 from the Severity of Froft, it will 

 thrive very well : this is propagated 

 by planting its Cuttings in any of 

 the Summer-months, obferving to 

 water and (hade them from the Vio- 

 lence of the Sun in the Middle of 

 the Day ; and in about two Months 

 they will be rooted enough to tranf- 

 plant ; at which time you mould 

 provide a Parcel of fmall Pots, which 

 mould be filled with light fandy 

 Earth, planting your young Plants 

 therein, fhading them again until 

 they have taken new Roots ; after 

 which they may be expofed until 

 the End of Oclober, when you mould 

 remove the Pots into Shelter for the 

 Winter-feafon. But although I have 

 advifed the planting of thefe Plants 

 into Pots, yet, if you have a Stock 

 of them, you may plant fome of 

 them abroad under a warm Wall, 

 where they will ftand very well in 

 mild Winters ; but in very fliarp 

 Frofts they are generally deftroyed. 

 They muft be frequently watered in 

 dry Weather, otherwife the/ will not 

 flower. 



GNAPHALODES. 

 The Characters are ; 



// is a Plant with a fiofculout 

 Flower, can fifing of federal barren 

 Florets : the Ejnbryoes, which conjli- 

 tuted the Empakment of the flower % 

 become a crejled Fruit, pregnant with 

 a Sped for the mojl part oblong. 



We have but one Species of this 

 Plant at prefent in England ; which 

 is, 



Gnaphalodes Lujitanica. Tourn. 

 Portugal Gnaphalodes. 



This is a low annual Plant, which 

 feldom rifes above four Inches high, 

 but divides into feveral trailing 

 Branches, which are befet with fmall 

 filver-colour'd Leaves, which have 

 a great Refemblance to thofe of Cud- 

 weed ; tho' the Flowers are fo fmall 

 as not to be confpicuous, unlefs they* 

 are magnified by a Glafs. 



This Plant is feldom preferved in 

 Gardens, unlefs it be for the fake of 

 Variety ; for there is little Beauty 

 in it. The Seeds of this Plant may- 

 be fown the Beginning of April, on a 

 Bed of light Earth, in an open Situa- 

 tion ; and when the Plants are come 

 up, they mould be kept clean from 

 Weeds, and in very dry Weather 

 they Ihould be fometimes refrelhed 

 with Water : with this Management 

 the Plants will flower in July, and in 

 Auguft the Seeds will ripen, when the 

 Plants will foon after decay. 



GOOSBERRY. Vide GrofTu, 

 laria. 



GORZ. Vide, Ulex. 



GOSSYPIUM. 



The Char afters are ; 



The Flower hath a double Empale* 

 ment, the outer being large, confifing 

 of one Leaf, and divided at the Brim 

 into three Parts ; the inner confjls of 

 one Leaf, which is cut into fi<ve Parts, 

 and opens like a Cup : the Flpwer con- 

 Jifis of five Leaves, which are joined 



together 



