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Thefe Plants {hould not be plant- 

 i in a rich Soil; for they naturally 

 row on chalky Hills, or ltony and 

 -avelly Places, where th*y flower 

 uch better, and the Plants will con- 

 nue longer, than when they grow 



a rich Earth. As all thefe Plants 

 |e of humble Growth, and fpread 

 eir Branches near the Ground ; fo 

 ey mould not be placed among tall- 

 owing Plants, which will overbear 

 em ; nor Ihould large Weeds be 

 [frmitted to remain amongft them, 

 /caufe they will greatly weaken the 

 iants, and prevent their flowering. 

 "Thefe are all propagated by Seeds 

 'hich the Plants annually furnifh 



great Plenty) ; and mould be fown 



a warm Border of frem light 

 Irth in March, or the Beginning 

 I April ; and when the Plants are 

 'me up, they may be tranfplanted 

 i:o Beds of the" like Earth about 

 far Inches afunder, or fomewhat 

 lire ; in which Place they may re- 

 nin until September, when they 

 l>uld be removed to the Places 

 iiere they are to continue for good, 

 [ferving to take them up with a 

 pd Ball of Earth to their Roots, 

 herwife they are fubjeft to mif- 

 hy. 



They may alfo be propagated by 

 fnting Cuttings of any of the 

 Arts in May, in a Bed of frem light 

 Irth, obferving to water and made 

 t;m until they have taken Root: 

 t fe alfo may remain in the Beds 

 ttil Septembtr, when they mould 

 t planted out, as was directed for 

 t: feedling Plants : but as they ge- 

 r ally produce great Quantities of 

 hds every Year, there will feldom 

 tOccafion for propagating them 

 tj other way: becaufe the feedling 

 puts are generally better than thofe 

 rained from Cuttings; and it be- 

 i mere Trouble to propagate them 



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by Cuttings, few People pradlife that 

 Method. 



The thirteenth, fourteenth, fif- 

 teenth, forty-feventh, and forty- 

 eighth Sorts are annual Plants, and 

 mull be fown every Year, or the 

 Seeds fufFered to fall ; which, if the 

 Ground be clear from Weeds, will 

 come up, and abide the Winter, and 

 flower early in the fucceeding Sum- 

 mer; which is the fureft Method to 

 obtain large Plants, efpecially of the 

 fifteenth Sort, of which if the Seeds 

 are fown in the Spring, the Plants 

 are apt to be very fmall, and pro- 

 duce but few Flowers ; and many 

 times the Seeds will not come up at 

 all ; fo that if you fow them, it 

 mould be done foon after they are 

 ripe : the Flowers of this laft Sort 

 are very beautiful, each Petal or 

 Leaf having a deep-purple Spot at 

 the Bottom ; and fmce it is a Plant 

 which requires but very little Care, 

 it is well worth keeping in a Garden. 



The forty ninth, fiftieth, and 

 fifty-firif. Sorts are Ihrubby Plants, 

 which rife to the Height of four or 

 five Feet : thefe are preferved in Pots, 

 and removed into the Green-houfe 

 in Winter, being too tender to live 

 in the open Air in this Country 

 throughout the Year. They are 

 ufually propagated by Cuttings, be- 

 caufe they feldom perfect Seeds in 

 England: the beft time to plant the 

 Cuttings is in the Middle or latter 

 End of June, after the Plants have 

 have been expofed in the open Air 

 a fufficient time to harden the Shoots; 

 for if they are taken off foon after 

 the Plants are removed out of the 

 Green-houfe, the Shoots are general- 

 ly too weak to make Cuttings. 

 They ihould be planted in a Ihady 

 Border of light Earth, and frequenly 

 refremed with Water: in about two 

 Months the Cuttings will be fuffi- 



ciently 



