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a Wall or Pale where they may hav« 

 the morning Sun ; but muft not be 

 expofed to the great Heat of the 

 mid-day Sun, which would Toon de- 

 ftroy them : they delight moft in a 

 frcfh light loamy undung'd Soil, and 

 to be pretty moift. 



The fixth Sort is the moft beau- 

 tiful and rare of all the Kinds : the 

 Flowers of this Sort are very large, 

 and finely variegated with black and 

 white ; fo by fome it is called, the 

 Second mourning Iris. 



All thefe Sorts may alfo be pro- 

 pagated by Seeds, which they gene- 

 rally produce in great Plenty ; which 

 ihould be faved from fuch as have 

 variegated Flowers, thofe being moft 

 likely to produce the greateft Va- 

 riety. 



The Seeds Ihould be fown either 

 in Cafes of Earth, or upon an Eaft 

 Border, foon after they are ripe, 

 which will come up the fucceeding 

 Spring ; but if the Seeds are kept 

 till that time before they are fown, 

 they will not come up until the 

 fecond Year, and {ometimes will not 

 grow. The young Plants mould be 

 conftantly kept clean from Weeds, 

 and in dry Weather ihould be wa- 

 tered, which will greatly promote 

 their Growth ; and the Michaelmas 

 following they mould be tranfplanted 

 into an Eaft Border, at about eight 

 or ten Inches Diftance, where they 

 may continue until they flower, 

 which, in the fmall Sort?, will be 

 the fucceeding Spring ; but the large 

 Sorts will not flower till the third 

 Year from fowing, when you may 

 mark all fuch as produce valuable 

 Flowers, which at Michaelmas may 

 be tranfplanted into the Garden: 

 but thofe which are of little Beauty 

 may be pulled up in Flower, and 

 thrown away, to give the better 

 Sort* more room. 



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IRIS BULBOSA. ) Vide Xiphf* 



IRISPERSICA. J urn. 



ISATIS, Woad. 



The Characlers are ; 



The Flower confifs of four Leaves v 

 which are difpofed in form of a Crofs ; 

 out of wbofe Flower-cup rifes the 

 Point a I, which afterward turns to a 

 Fruit in the Shape of a Tongue, flat 

 at the Edge, gaping two Ways, hav- 

 ing but one Cell ; in which is con- 

 tained, for the mojl part, one oblong 

 Seed. 



The Species are ; 



1. Is at is fat l i<v a, five lati folia. 

 C. B. Broad-leav'd manured Woad. 



2. I s at is fjlvejtris, *vel angufli- 

 folia. C. B. Narrow-leav'd wild 



Woad. 



3. Is AT is Dalmatica major. B&- 

 bart. Greater Dalmatian Woad. 



There are fome other Varieties of* 

 this Plant, which are preferv'd in 

 fome curious Botanic Gardens: but 

 as they are Plants of little Ufe of 

 Beauty, I mall omit mentioning them 

 here. 



The firft Sort is that which is cul- 

 tivated in England, for the Ufe of 

 Dyers ; who ufe it for laying the 

 Foundation of many Colours, efpe- 

 cially all Sad-colours. 



It is a very rich Commodity, and 

 well worth the propagating ; whicfr 

 is done by Seed. 



The Soil that it requires, is one 

 that is dry and warm : it will not be 

 amifs if it be a little gravelly or 

 fandy ; and it fhould have reftexl 

 long, to be in good Heart : and the 

 richeft Garden - ground near great 

 Towns is the bert j tho' it will do 

 well in many other Places. 



Woad is commonly fown upon a 

 Lay, which they plow into high 

 Ridges, except the Land be very 

 dry ; and they harrow the Turf till 

 they break it to Pieces, and pick out 



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