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Botanic Writer, before the Dbclor. 

 Since which time, this and the fif- 

 tenth Sort have been figured and de- 

 fer i bed by Mr. John Martyn, Pro- 

 fefibr of Botany at Cambridge, in his 

 fourth and fifth Decades of rare 

 Plants-. Thefe two Sorts produce 

 very beautiful Flowers ; and the fif- 

 teenth continues flowering near three 

 Months* which renders it more va- 

 luable. The other two Sorts* having 

 little Beauty in their Flowers, are 

 only preferved by thofe who are cu- 

 rious in the Study of Botany. Thefe 

 Plants are tender, and require to be 

 placed in a Bark-ftove ; where they 

 will climb to a great Height, and 

 produce great Plenty of Flowers. 

 There is now an Efpalier in a very- 

 large Stove in the Phyfic-garden, 

 which is fixteen Feet high, and co- 

 hered over with thefe Kinds of Paf- 

 [lon-flowers, which has a fine Effect. 

 But as the Plants will foon root thro' 

 :hefe Pots into the Bark bed, ib, if 

 :hey are diftu'rbed, it will greatly 

 :heck their Growth ; therefore they 

 liould be permitted to remain in the 

 Bark : or if, in the firlt making of 

 :he Stove, a Border be taken out of 

 he Pit (on the Backfide next the 

 "lues) about two Feet wide, which 

 nay be boarded up with ftrong Ship- 

 ?lank, and this Border filled with 

 iarth, into which thefe Plants may 

 )e planted ; they may remain feveral 

 fears undifturbed in thefe Borders, 

 tnd will make a fine Appearance, 

 rhe Reafon of my adviiing this 

 border to be divided from the Bark- 

 pit with Boards, rather than by a 

 Jfick-waDj is, that the Heat of the 

 Sark may more eafily warm the Bor- 

 lers, which will be of great Service 

 o the Plants. 



Thele four Sorts may be propa- 

 gated from Seeds, which fhould be 

 own on u.n Hot-bed in the Spring, 

 Dd treated in the fame manner as 



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hath been dire&ed for the eighth and 

 ninth Sorts. 



GRAPES. r^eVhls. 



GRASS. The Englijb Grafs is 

 of fo good a Quality for Walks or 

 Grafs-plats, that if they be kept in 

 good Order, they have that exquifite 

 Beauty that they cannot come up to 

 in France^ and feveral other Coun- 

 tries. 



But green Walks and green Plats 

 are, for the mod part, not made by 

 fowing the Grafs-feed, but by lay- 

 ing Turfs : and indeed the Turfs 

 from a fine Common or Down arc 

 much preferabls to fown Grafs. 



In fowing a fine green Plat, therft 

 is a Difficulty in getting good Seed ; 

 it ought not to be fuch as it taken 

 out of an Hay -loft without Diitin- 

 ction ; for that Seed is always mix- 

 ed, fo that there will be many Sorts 

 of Grafs, which will be rank, and 

 the Stalks large, fo will never make 

 a good Sward; but, on the contrary, 

 will come to nothing but Tufts of 

 Weeds and Quick-grafs, very little 

 better than that of the common 

 Fields. 



If Walks or Plats be made by 

 Sowing, the bell way is to procure 

 the Seed from thofe Paftures where 

 the Grafs is naturally fine and clear, 

 or elfe the Trouble of keeping ic 

 from fpiry and benty Grafs will be 

 very great, and it will fcarce ever 

 look handfome. 



In order to fow Grafs-feed, the 

 Ground mull be fir ft dug or broken 

 up with a Spade ; and when it has 

 been drefTed, and laid even, it mull 

 be very finely raked over, and all 

 the Clods and Stones taken olt, and 

 covered over an Inch thick with good 

 Mould to facilitate the Growth of 

 the Seed : this being done, the Seed 

 is to be fown pretty thick, that it 

 may come up clofe and fhort ; and 

 it mult be ra&ed over again to burv 

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