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ceedingly, and become a great Im- 

 provement to poor fandy Land. 



The eighth Sort is a Variety of the 

 feventh, from which it only differs 

 in the Colour of the Flower ; this 

 bavirg a fine purple Flower, and is 

 by m*ny Perfons fowen in Gardens 

 by way of Ornament. If the Seeds 

 of this Sort are fowen in Autumr, 

 the Plants will come up, and Lbide 

 the Winter very well ; to will flower 

 the following May ; but if the Seeds 

 are fown in Spring, the Plants will 

 not flower till ^/y or Auguft: fo that 

 by fowing at the two different Sea- 

 sons, thefe may be continued in 

 Beauty for feveral Months. 



The ninth Sort has been by fome 

 Perfons fown for Feed for Cattle : 

 but it doth not anfwer near fo well 

 for this Purpofe as the firft Sort ; fo 

 is not worth cultivating. The tenth 

 Sort is a Variety of the firlt, from 

 which it differs in the Colour of the 

 Flower 5 fo is preferved by the Cu- 

 rious in Botanyj for the fake of Va- 

 riety. 



The eleventh Sort is aVarietyof the 

 common Ever!afting-Pea : the Flow- 

 ers of this, being white, are preferv- 

 ed by feveral Perfons for the Variety; 

 but it is not fo beautiful as the com- 

 mon Sort. This may be propagated 

 in the fame manner as is directed for 

 the common Sort. 



The nine following Sorts are pre- 

 ferved in fome curious Gardens for 

 the Variety of their Flowers. Thefe 

 fnay all of them be propagated by 

 fowing their Seeds, either in Spring 

 Or Autumn ; but thofe which are 

 fowen in Autumn fhould have a light 

 Soil, and a warm Situation, where 

 the Plants will abide, the Winter, and 

 come to flower early the following 

 Spring, and their Seeds will ripen in 

 July . but rhofe which are fbwn in 

 the Spring, fhould have an open Ex- 

 pofurr, and may be planted upon al- 



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moft any Soil : for they are not ver^ 

 tender Plants in their Culture. T hefe 

 Sorts mould all of them be fown 

 where they are defigned to remain ; 

 for they feldom fucceed, whan they 

 are tranfplanted : fo that where they 

 are fown for Ornament, there fhould 

 be fix or eight Seeds fow n in a fmall 

 Patch, indifferentParts of the Borders 

 of the Flower-garden ; and when the 

 Plants come up, they fhould be care- 

 fully kept clear from Weeds; but when 

 they are grown two or three Inches 

 high, there mould be fome Sticks 

 put down by them to fupport them j 

 otherwife they will trail on the 

 Ground, and become unfightly ; be- 

 fides, they will trail on whatever 

 Plants grow near them. 



LAV ATERA. 



The Characters are ; 



The Leaf y Flower, Style, and Cup 

 of the Flower, have the Appearance 

 of a Mallow : the Style becomes a 

 Fruit, which is armd in Front with an 

 hollow Shield ; the Seeds, which are 

 Jhaped like a Kidney, growing to the 

 inner Part. 



The Species are ; 



1. La vat era folio bf facie al- 

 thaea. Town. Lavatera with the 

 Leaf and Face of Marfhmallow. 



2. Lavatera folio iff facie al- 

 thtrtv, fore albo. Lavatera with the 

 Leaf and Face of Marfhmallow, and 

 a white Flower. 



3. Lavatera Africana, fore 

 pulcherrimo. Boerh. hid. African La- 

 vatera, with a moft beautiful Flower. 



4. Lavatera foliis owto-lcm- 

 ceolatis, infrne angulatis, pedunculis 

 uniforis, caule herbaceo. F/or. Leyd. 

 Lavatera with oval fpear-fhaped 

 Leaves, the under Leaves angular, 

 One Flower upon each Fcotftalk, 

 and an herbaceous Stalk, common- 

 ly called, Mallow with variable 

 Leaves. 



Thsie are all annual Plants, which 



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