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March, which will produce ftronger 

 Plants than tboie obtained from OrF- 

 fets. The Heads, which are divi- 

 ded, fhould bs well furnifned with 

 Roots, otherwise they are very uib- 

 jecl to mifcary : nor mould the old 

 Roots be feparated into very fmail 

 Heads, which would occahon their 

 flowering weak the fucceeding Sea- 

 son. The Soil in which thefe Plants 

 mould be planted, ought to be frelh, 

 and inclining to a fandy Loam ; but 

 fhould not be mixed with Dung, 

 whjch often caufes the Roots to rot : 

 but if you bury f^me rotten Wood- 

 pile Earth, or very rotten Tanners 

 Bark, juft deep enough for their 

 Fibres to reach it, the Plants will 

 thrive exceedingly, ;md produce great 

 Quantities of very large fair Flow- 

 ers, as I have feveral times experi- 

 ence : but if this mould be fo mal- 

 low as to touch the main Roots, 'tis 

 ten to one if they don't rot away ; 

 which is very often the Cafe with 

 thefe Flowers, when they are plant- 

 ed in a rich dung'd Soil. The double 

 white Rocket is by far the moil beau- 

 tiful Plant of all the Kinds, the 

 Flowers of which are as large and 

 'double as the faireil double Stock- 

 gilliflower : it was formerly planted 

 in great Pienty in the Gardens near 

 London, to fupply the Markets with 

 Flowers for Bafons; for which Pur- 

 pofe there is not any Plant better ad- 

 apted, and will continue in Beauty 

 for a long time : but of late Years 

 thefe Plants have not fucceeded fo 

 well as formerly, which may be ow- 

 ing to the dunging of the Soil ; for 

 it is obfervable, that in frefli Ground, 

 which has not been till'd, thefe Plants 

 fucceecl belt. The fmgle Kinds have 

 very little Beauty in them, when 

 cornpar'd with the double, and are 

 therefore feldom cultivated in Gar- 

 dens : but as they are much hardier 

 that* the double, and will thrive in a 



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mady Border, they may be admitted 



for Variety. Thefe all produce their, 

 Flowers in May, and thefingle Kinds 

 wilt perfect their Seeds in Augujl\\ 

 which, iffuflefd to med upon the j 

 Ground, will come up very well, and J 

 fave the Trouble of lowing them. 



The eighth, eleventh, fourteenth, 

 and fifteenth Sorts are low annual 

 Plants of little Beauty ; fo are fel-; 

 dom preferved but in Botanic Gar-, 

 dens. Thefe may be fown either in*; 

 the Spring or Autumn, upon a Bor- 

 der of light Earth, where they are 

 to remain ; for they do not bear 

 tranfplanting well. The autumnal 

 Piants will grow inuch ftronger than 

 thofe which are fown in the Springs 

 and if the Seeds of thefe are iufter* 

 ed to fcatter when they are ripe, the 

 Plants will come up, and require no 

 other Culture, but to keep them 

 clear from Weeds. 



The twelfth Sort is an abiding 

 Plant ; but, having no Beauty, is 

 feldom allowed a Place in Gardens. 



The thirteenth Sort grows wild by 

 the Sides of Ditches, and in mady 

 Woods, in mofr. Parts of England ; 

 and being of late much ufed in Me- 

 dicine, I have inferted it here. It is 

 a biennial Plant, which periihes foon 

 after the Seeds are ripe. 



The eleventh Sort is a very low 

 Plant, which may be fown for Edg- 

 ings, or in Patches on the Borders of 

 the Pleafu re-garden, as the Dwarf 

 Lychnis, Venus-lookmg-glafs, and 

 other low annual Plants, are ufuallf 

 cultivated to embellim the Borders 

 in Autumn, after molt other Flow- 

 ers are part : for which Purpofe this 

 Sort is juftly efteemed. The Seed 

 may be .fown in April or May, to 

 flower late. But the Method to have 

 this Plant in the greateft Perfection 

 is, to fow the Seeds in fmali Patckes 

 in the Borders under warm Walls in 

 Auguft) which will come up foon 



after, 



