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tng with thofe of LepUium, it has 

 been placed in that Genus. 



The firft Sort here mentioned is a 

 Jovv fhrubby Plant, which feldom 

 rifcs above a Foot and an half high, 

 , having many flender Branches, 

 which fpread on every Side, and 

 [ fall to the Ground, if they are not 

 , Supported. Thefe Branches are well 

 ( furnilhed with Leaves toward their 

 Extremity* which continue green 

 all the Year ; and in the Autumn 

 I the Flowers are produced at the End 

 of the Shoot?, which are white, and 

 grow in an Umbel. Thefe Flow- 

 ers continue long in Beauty, and arc 

 fucceeded by others ; fo that the 

 Plants are rarely deftitute of Flow- 

 ers for near eight Months, from the 

 End of Oftober to the Beginning of 

 Jnne t which renders the Plant va- 

 luable. 



This Plant is fomewhat tender ; 



therefore is generally preferred in 



; Green-houfes in Winter ; where, 

 being placed among other low 

 Plants toward the Front of the 

 Houfe, it makes an agreeable Va- 

 riety, as it continues flowering all 



. the Winter. But although it is 

 commonly fo treated ; yet in mode- 

 rate Winters this Plant will live in 

 the open Air, if it is planted in a 



• warm Situation, and on a dry Soil : 

 and if in very hard Froft they are 

 cover'd either with Mats, Reeds, 

 Straw, or Peas-ha>ulm, they may be 



I preferved very well ; and thefe 

 Plants which grow in the full 



I Ground, will thrive be:ter, and pro- 



I duce a greater Number of Flowers, 

 than thofe which are kept in Pots : 



i but the Soil in which thefe are plan- 

 ted, mould not be over- rich, nor too 

 wet ; for in either of thefe they 

 will grow too vigorous in Summer ; 

 fo will be in greater Danger of fuf- 

 fering by the FrOft in Winter: but 

 when they grow on a gravelly Soil* 



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or amongft Lime-rubbifti, *&»f 

 Shoots will be fhort, ftrong, and 

 not fo replete with Moiftura ; lb tt ill 

 better refill the Cold. 



This Plant very rarely produces 

 Seeds in England-, therefore is on!** 

 propagated by Cuttings ; which, if 

 planted during any of the Summer- 

 months, and fhaded from the Sun, 

 and duly watered, will be rooted in 

 two Months ; and may afterward be 

 either planted in Pot:, or into the 

 Borders where they are defigned to 

 ftand. 



There is a Variety of this with 

 variegated Leaves, which is preferv- 

 ed in forae of the Gardens where 

 Perfons delight in thefe ltriped-leav'd 

 Plants. ThL is not fo hardy as thir 

 plain Sort; therefore muft be treated 

 more tenderly in V/inter ; this is ak 

 fo increafed by Cuttings in the fame 

 manner as the other. 



The fecond Sort is a Plant of 

 humbler Growth than the firft: 'hi* 

 feldom rifes more than fix Inchef 

 high, ncr do the Branches grow 

 woody, but are rather herbaceous ; 

 the Leaves of this Plant continue 

 green through the Year, and the 

 Flowers are of as long Duration as 

 thofe of the firft Sort; which ren- 

 ders it valuable. This rarely pro- 

 duces Seeds in England; but is pro- 

 pagated by Slips, which in Summer 

 eafily take Root ; and the Plants may 

 be treated in the fame manner as 

 hath been directed for the firft Sort. 



The four other Sorts are low an- 

 nual Plants. The third and iixth 

 Sorts are frequently cultivated in.. 

 Flower-gardens, by the Title of 

 Candy-tuft. There is of the third 

 Sort fometimes a Variety with white 

 Flowers ; but the Red is the moft 

 common ; i"o that the fixth Sort is 

 ufually fold by the Seedfmen .for 

 the white Candy-tuft, tho 1 it is evi- 

 dently different from the other. 



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