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amongft which they fhould be inter- 

 fperfed, to continue the Succeiiion 

 of Flowers; where they will make 

 a fine Appearance when blown, 

 efpecially the red Sort, which pro- 

 duces very handfome Flowers. 



Thefe are tolerably hardy, and 

 are feidom hurt but by extreme Cold, 

 or great Rains. Moilture, efpecially 

 in the Winter- feafon, is very apt 

 to rot their Roots; therefore they 

 fhould be planted in a dry Soil, and 

 in a warm Situation ; and in the 

 Spring they may be removed to the 

 Borders ; where if they are much 

 expofed, or the Soil rooift, they- 

 fhould not be tranfplanted t.W Marc's, 

 jult before they begin to moot out 

 their Fiower-ftems: but then they 

 will not produce their Fiowers fo 

 ftrong as thofe which are planted in 

 Autumn. 



In order to have a Succefllcn of 

 thefe Plants, their Seeds mould be 

 fown every Spring; for the old 

 Roots feidom continue long after 

 they have flowered ; and when they 

 do remain, their Flowers are feidom 

 fo ftrong as from young Roots. J heir 

 Seafon of flowering is in June and 

 Jufy, and their Seeds are perfeeled 

 in Auguft and September. 



The third Sort is preferved in 

 fome Gardens for Variety ; but the 

 Flowers are not near fo fair as thofe 

 of the two former: this requires the 

 • fame Management as is directed for 

 them. 



The fourth Sort hath a perennial 

 Root, which will abide many Year?, 

 if planted in a dry Soil. This is 

 propagated by fowing the Seeds in 

 the manner directed for the former : 

 but when the Plants are come up 

 two Inches high, they fhould be 

 tranfplanted where they are to re- 

 main for good j for if they are not 

 too t n'ck in the Seed-bed, they may 

 be iu.rered to remain there until the 



March following; at which time 

 they Ihould be carefully taken up, 

 and tranfplanted into the Borders 

 where they are defigned to ftand ; for 

 their Roots generally run down very 

 deep, fo that it is not fafe to remove ' 

 them often. This Plant produces its 

 Fiowers about the fame time of the 

 Year as the former, and perfects its 

 Seeds in Autumn ; and the Roots 

 will abide in the open Air very well, 

 rehiiing the levered Cold, provided 

 they are planted in a dry Soil. 



The fifth, fixth, and feventh Sorts 

 are very hardy Plants ; fo will live j 

 in the open Air in this Country. 

 Thefe are propagated by Seeds,which 

 mult be fown in March, in a Bed or 

 Border of light Earth, in the Place 

 where they are defigned to remain ; 

 becauie as they fhoot their Roots 

 deep into the Earth, they do not 

 well bear tranfplanting. The Plants, 

 as they advance in their Growth, 

 ihould be thinned where they are too 

 clofe ; leaving thofe which are de- 

 figned for Flowering, about a Foot 

 or eighteen Inches apart. In dry 

 Weather they will require fomeWa- . 

 ter ; and to keep them clear from 

 Weeds, is all the Culture they want. 

 In July they will flower, and, if the 

 Autumr proves favourable, they will 

 perfect their Seeds in September. 



The eighth, ninth, tenth, and - 

 eleventh Sorts were difcoveied by 

 St Hans Shane, Bart, in Jamaica ; 

 from whence the Seeds have been 

 fent into England, and havefucceed- 

 ed in feveral curious Gardens. Thefe 

 are all of them annual Plants, not- 

 withftanding fome of them grow 

 lhrubby, and will rife to the Height 

 of eight or nine Fee w ; for they pe- 

 rifh as foon as they have ripened 

 their Seeds in the Country of their 

 natural Growth. 



The twelfth and thirteenth Sorts 

 were brought from Ceyldh, by the 

 learned 



