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thrive faft enough, in any Soil or 

 Situation : they are molt of them 

 abiding Plants. 



The fecond, twenty- fixth, twenty - 

 feventh, twenty-eighth, twenty -ninth 

 and thirtieth Sorts are alfo abiding 

 Plants, which grow upon the Alps 

 and Apennines ; and are preferved 

 in the Gardens of fuch Perfons as 

 are curious in having a Variety of 

 Plants; but as there is little Beauty 

 in their Flowers, they are not much 

 cultivated in England. 



The eighth Sort is an abiding 

 Plant, which produces Tufts of 

 fcarlet Flowers, which continue a 

 long time in Beauty ; and being a 

 very hardy Plant, is frequently ad- 

 mitted into Gardens : this is fome 

 times called Grim the Collier, and 

 Golden Moufe-ear. 



The thirty iirft and thirty-fecond 

 Sorts grow wild in the South of 

 France, and in Italy ; yet are hardy 

 enough to endure the Cold of our 

 ordinary Winters very well in the 

 open Air. The Seeds of thefe Plants 

 Ihould be fown in the Spring, on a 

 Bed of frefh undung'd Earth, where 

 they are defigned to remain, becaufe 

 they feldom fucceed when they are 

 tranfplanted. When the Plants are 

 come up, they fhould be cleared 

 from Weeds ; and where they are 

 too clofe, they mould be thinned, 

 leaving them about eight or ten 

 Inches afunder. Some of thefe 

 Plants will flower the firft Year they 

 are fown ; but thefe will not pro- 

 duce good Seeds ; but thofe which 

 live over theWinter will flower early 

 the following Summer ; and, if the 

 S eafon proves favourable, will pro- 

 duce good Seeds in Augufi. Tkefe 

 Plants feldom continue longer than 

 two Years ; fo that Seeds ihould be 

 annually fown, in order to preferve 

 their Kinds ; for as they continue in 



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Flower the greatefl Part of the Sum- 

 mer, they merit a Place in every 

 good Garden. 



The other Sorts here mentioned 

 are annual Plants, which, for the I: 

 Variety of their Flowers, deferre a V 

 Place in a Garden ; thefe Plants are i 

 much ftronger, and produce a greater 

 Quantity of Flowers, when they 

 raifed in Autumn, than thofe which 

 are fown in the Spring ; and th< 

 are fo hardy, as to endure the f« 

 vereft Cold of our Climate in the 

 open Air, provided they are planted 

 or fown upon a dry Soil ; for too 

 much Wet is apt to rot them : the 

 belt Seafon for fowing the Seeds is 

 in Augufi ; and toward the latter End 

 of September the Plants will be 

 ftrong enough to tranfplant, which 

 mould be into the Borders where 

 they are to remain for Flowering ; 

 thefe will produce their Flowers in 

 May,, and their Seeds will be ripe in 

 Jiffy; which, if fufFered to fried 

 upon the Ground, will grow, and 

 fave the Trouble of fowing them. 



HIPPOCASTANUM, Horfe- 

 cheltnut. 



The Characlers are ; 



It hath digitated or fingered 

 Leaves : the Flowers, which conjift 

 of five Leaves, are ofi an anomalous 

 Figure, opening, as it were, with 

 two Lips : there are Male, Female, 

 and Hermaphrodite Flowers upon the 

 fame Spike, which, when fully blown, 

 make a fpecious Shew, being always 

 pro due. d at the Extremity ofi tht 

 Branches : the Hermaphrodite Fiowr 

 ers are fiuccceded by Nuts, which grow 

 in green prickly Hufiks. 

 The Species are ; 



1. Hippocastanum vulgare. 

 Tourn. ' Common Horfe-cheftnut. 



2. Hippocastanum *vulgave, 

 fioliis ex luteo varicgatis. The yej- 

 low-biotch'd Horfe- cheftnut. 



