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Flowers, and arc in great Efteem 

 amongft the Inhabitants of thofe 

 Countries. 



The thirteenth Sort is by fome 

 People valued for the exceeding 

 Sweetnefs of its Seeds ; as are the 

 fifteenth and fixteenth Sotrs for their 

 Seed vellels, the Juice of which the 

 People of Burbuios, Jamaica, &c. 

 make ufe of, to add a pieafant 

 Tartnefs to their Viands. And the 

 Pods of the feventeenth and e gh- 

 teenth Sorts are by them put into 

 their Soups, to thiuken them. For 

 all which Purpofes thefe Plants are 

 much cultivated in thofe Countries ; ' 

 but with us they are prefer ved only 

 as Curiofities. 



The nineteenth, twenty - firlr, 

 twenty-fecond, twenty-third, twen- 

 ty-fourth, and twenty-fifth Sorts rife 

 to aconfiderable Height, before they 

 produce their Flowers, and are per- 

 ennial Shrubs : thefe are all very 

 tender j fo fhould be placed in the 

 Bark ftove, where they will make a 

 iine Appearance, as they retain their 

 Leaves all the Year ; and when they 

 produce their Flowers, which in 

 fome of the Species are very large, 

 and fine Co'ours, they will appear 

 very beautiful, but particularly the 

 twenty-fourth and twenty-fifth Sorts, 

 which have large Leave?; and the 

 Flowers of the lall are of a fine yel- 

 Jow Colour, with a very dark -purple 

 jBottom. 



The three laft Sorts are annual 

 Plants, which are propagated by 

 fowing their Seeds in Marcb^ in the 

 Places where they are defined to re- 

 main ; for they generally form down- 

 right woody Roots, and feldom fuc- 

 ceed well if tranfplanted, except it 

 be done while the Plants are very 

 young : they delight in a frefh light 

 Soil, and an open Situation ; for if 

 ihey are overlhaded with Tree?, 



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they never thrive well, nor product 

 fo great a Number of Flowers. 



They are very proper Ornament* 

 for the Borders of Pleafure-gardens, 

 where, being intermixed w th other 

 annual Plants, they make an agree- 

 able Variety, and are very hardy, 

 requiring no other Culture than only 

 to fow their Seeds, and keep them 

 conftanriy clear from Weeds. They 

 produce their Flowers in June and 

 July, and their Seeds are perfected 

 foon after: and tho' their Flowers 

 are of ihort Duration, feldom con- 

 tinuing open above half a Day, 

 which occafion'd Gerrard, in his 

 Herbal, to call them Flowers of an 

 Hour ; yet they are every Day fuc- 

 ceeded by new Flowers, until the 

 Froft prevents them. 



KITCHEN - GARDEN: The 

 Kitchen - garden fhouid always be 

 fituatcd on one Side of the Houfe, fo 

 as not to appear in Sight j but mult 

 be placed near the Stables, for the 

 Conveniency of Dung ; which ought 

 always to be coufidered in the Dif- 

 pofition "of the Buildings, and the 

 laying out of the Garden': for if this 

 Garden be placed at a great Diflance 

 from the Stables, the Labour will 

 be very great in wheeling the Dung ; 

 and luch Expences mould ever be 

 avoided, if poliible. 



As to the Figure of the Ground, 

 that is of no great Moment, fince. 

 in the Diftribution of the Quarters 

 all Irregularities may be hid ; tho', 

 if you are at full Liberty, an exact 

 Square, or an Oblong, is preferable 

 to any otlaer Figure. 



The great thing to be confidered 

 is, to make choice of a good Soil, 

 not too wet, nor over-dry, but of a 

 middling Quality ; nor mould it be 

 top Urong or ftubbom, but of a pli- 

 able Nature, and eafy to work ; 

 and if the Plajce where you intend 



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