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25. Leucoium majus, fiore phno 

 ferrugineo. Tourn. The old double 

 bloody Wall-flower. 



26. Leucoium lutcum, pleno fo- 

 re, foliis ex luteo njaricgatis. The 

 yellow variegated Wall-flower, with 

 a double Flower. 



27. Leu coiu m luteum, pleno fo- 

 re, foliis ex alio eleganter <variegztis. 

 The filver-ftrip'd Wall-flower, with 

 a double Flower. 



There are feveral other Varieties 

 of thefe Flowers, which are pre- 

 ferv'd in fome curious Botanic Gar- 

 dens ; but thofe here mentioned are 

 the mod beautiful, and belt worth 

 propagating in all curious Flower- 

 gardens. 



All the Sorts of Stock-gilliflowers 

 are propagated by Seeds: the belt 

 time for lowing them is in the Be- 

 ginning of April, upon a Border 

 of frefh light Earrh, where they 

 may be expos'd to the morning 

 Sun ; for if they are too much ex- 

 pos'd to the Sun in the Heat of the 

 Day, they are very fubjecl to be 

 eaten by a fort of Fly ; as they of- 

 ten are while young, upon an hot 

 dry Soil. To remedy which, you 

 Ihould always fow a few Radilh.es 

 amongft them which will fecure 

 them from this Mifchief : for the 

 Flies will always prey upon the 

 Radilhes, whereby your Gilliflower- 

 plants will be preferved ; but then 

 vou mult not fufTer the Radifhes to 

 be too thick amongft them; for that 

 would draw them up very weak, 

 and caufe them to be long fhank'd. 

 When your Plants have gotten fix 

 Leaves, they mult be tram" planted 

 into other Borders of the like frefh 

 Earth, and expos'd to the morning 

 Sun at about fix Inches Diftance; 

 obferving to water and lhade them 

 until they have taken Root ; after 

 which they will require no farther 

 Care, than only to keep them clear 



from Weeds, until the Latter-end of 

 Augufy or the Beginning of Septem- 

 ber, when you mult tranfpiant'them 

 into the Borders of the Pleafure- 

 garden ; which mould be done, if 

 poflibie, in moift Weather, that they 

 may the fooner ftrike Root, where- 

 by they will be fecurely faften'd in 

 the Ground before the Frolt comes 

 on ; which would prevent their 

 taking Root, and thereby either 

 quite deftroy them, or at lealt caufe 

 them to flower very weak the fuc- 

 ceeding Spring. 



There are many People who make 

 a great Stir about fowing thefe Seeds, 

 and tranfplanting the Plants always 

 at the fame time when the Moon is 

 at the Full, in order to obtain a 

 greater N amber of double Flowers ; 

 but from feveral Years ObfervationT 

 I could never find any thing in this 

 Management, nor from the fre- 

 quently removing the Plants, as is 

 by fome directed ; which only weak- 

 ens them, and caufes them to pro- 

 duce fmaller Bunches of Flowers; 

 but I never could obtain any more 

 double Flowers by this Management, 

 than if they had never been re- 

 moval : but the belt Method that I 

 have obferv'd, to have thefe Flow- 

 ers in the greateft Perfection, is, to 

 change the Seeds every Ye3r, if yon 

 can procure a good Correfpondent 

 at fome Place at a great Diftance 

 from you, who will faithfully fur- 

 nifh you with good Seeds : and in 

 faving thefe Seeds, if you obferve 

 a greater Number of Petals than 

 ufual in the Angle Flowers, it is a 

 good Sign, that the Seeds of fuch 

 Plants will produce double Flowers. 

 I have alfo obferv'd, that if the 

 Seeds are preferved in the Pods a 

 Year before they are fown, a greater 

 Number of Plants with double Flow- 

 ers has been produced, than" from 

 the fame Seeds fown the firft Year. 



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