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Thefe Plants were commonly 

 fown to make Edgings to large 

 Borders in the Flower gardens, and 

 are as proper for that Purpofe as 

 any of the low annual Plants : but 

 they make a much better Appear- 

 ance when they are fown in Patches, 

 intermixed with the Dwarf Lychnis, 

 Venus Looking-glafs, and other low 

 Annuals. If the Seeds of thefe are 

 fown in the Autumn, the Plants 

 will grow much ftrongcr, and flower 

 •arlier in the Year, than thofe which 

 are fown in the Spring ; but by 

 lowing them at different Seafons, 

 they will flower at fo many different 

 times ; by which means there will 

 be a Succeflion of them in Flowci 

 until the Frolf. puts a Stop to them. 



All the Culture thefe require, is, 

 to fow their Seeds in the Places 

 where they are to remain ; for they 

 do not bear removing well, unlets 

 it is done while the Plants are young, 

 and taken up with Balls of Earth to 

 their Roots : afterward, if they are 

 kept clear from Weeds, they will 

 thrive and flower very well. All 

 thefe low annual Flowers are very 

 proper Ornaments for the Borders, 

 or vacant Spaces, between flowering 

 Shrubs; where, by the different 

 Sorts being blended together, they 

 will add much to the Beauty. 



J'BISCUS, or MARSH-MAL- 

 LOW. PMeAUhxA. 



ICACO. Vide Chryfobalanus. 



ILEX, The ever-green Oak. 

 The Characters are ; 



The Leases are, for the mofi party 

 indented or finuated [and in fame the 

 Edges cf the Leaves are prickly), and 

 are ever-green : it hath amentaceous 

 Flowers, which are produced at re- 

 mote Difiances from the Fruit, on the 

 fame free : the Fruit is an Acorn, 

 like the common Oak. 



This Title of Ilex if, by Dr. Lin- 

 neus, applied to the Holly, who 



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has placed this Genus to the ^uer- 

 cusy to which, by its Characters, it 

 certainly belong? : but as this Title 

 of Ilex h now more generally known, 

 and applied to tht-le Trees, by the 

 Englijb Gardeners, I (hall continue 

 it to them. 



The Species are; 



1. Ilex folio angujlo non. fcrrato. 

 C. B. P. The olive-leav'd ever- 

 green Oak. 



2. Ilex folio oblongo frrato.C.B.P. 

 Narrow-leav'd ever- green Oak, with 

 ferrated Leaves. 



3. Ilex folio agrifolii. Bot. Monfp. 

 Holly-Jeav'd ever-green Oak. 



4. Ilex folio rotundiore molli, 

 modiccque finuato, five Smilax Tbeo- 

 phrafii. C. B. P. The ever-green 

 Oak, with round fmooth finuated 

 Leaves. 



5. Ilex aculenta cocciglandifera. 

 C. P. B. The Holm-oak. 



There are feveral other Varieties 

 of thefe Trees, which dirfcr in the 

 Shape of their Leaves ; fome being 

 longand'fmooth, others are rounder, 

 and have many Prickles upon their 

 Edges ; and iome have their Leaves 

 finuated and waved like thofe of the 

 Holly : but as thefe are only femi- 

 nal Variations, and will arife from 

 Seeds taken from the fame Tree ; 

 fo it is not worth troubling myfelf 

 or the Reader to enumerate their 

 feveral Diftindlions in this Place; 

 fince thofe above-mentioned are the 

 molt common Varieties; and all the 

 other Differences will be nearly al- 

 lied to one or other of the four firft 

 Sorts. 



Thefe Trees are propagated by 

 fowing their Seeds : the bell Seafon 

 for this Work is in the Beginning of 

 March: but then, as the Acorns 

 are ripe in Autumn, they mould be 

 preferved cither in Sand, or dry 

 Earth, until the Spring, othenvife 

 they will lofe their growing Faculty ; 



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