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jnon Sort ; but requires to be Shel- 

 ter 'd from extreme Cold in the Win- 

 ter ; which often deftroys thefe 

 Plants, if they are too much expos'd 

 to it. 



The yellow- ftrip'd Wall-flower is 

 alfo a Variety of the common dou- 

 ble Sort, having its Leaves beauti- 

 fully variegated ifl the Spring and 

 "Winter-feafon ; but in the Summer, 

 when the Plants are very free of 

 Growth, they degenerate to be al- 

 moil quite plain ; fo that at that 

 Seafon there is very little Beauty in 

 them. This is a!fo propagated by 

 Slips, as the common Sort ; but 

 lhould be planted in a warm Situa- 

 tion, othcrwife it will often fuffer by 

 great Colds in Winter. 



The filver-ftrip'd Wall-flower is 

 much more beautiful than the Iaft, 

 and generally retains its curious 

 Variegation through the whole Year. 

 This is propagated by Slips, as the 

 former ; but mould be fhelter'd in 

 Winter, being much tenderer than 

 the laft: for which Reafon, the 

 Plants (hould be let into Pots, and 

 treated as the double white Wall- 

 flower : but you (hould obferve, ne- 

 ver to plant them in a rich Soil ; 

 which will cauie them to become 

 plain (as I have often obferv'd) : nor 

 should they have too much Moifture, 

 which very often deilroys them. 



All the Sorts of Wall-flowers will 

 abide the Cold much better, if 

 planted in a very gravelly and ftony 

 Soii, than when they are in a rich 

 Larch ; as may be obferv'd by thofe 

 which grew upon the Tops of Walls, 

 and other Buildings ; where fome- 

 times they are very much exposed to 

 the cold Winds-, and yet often en- 

 dure the (harped Winters; when 

 iboie which were planted in a good 

 Sfejl have been deftroy'd, tho' they 

 iihit had a warm Situation, 



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LICHEN, Liverwort. 



There being two Sorts of thisPlanr, 

 which are uied in Medicine, and one 

 of thofe being accounted a Sovereign 

 Remedy for the Bite of mad Dogs, 

 I thought it would not be improper 

 to mention them here, tho' they are 

 Plants which cannot be propagated 

 by any Method, except by paring 

 up the Turf of Grafs whereon they 

 grow, and laying it down in fome 

 moiit fhady Place; where, if the 

 Turf takes Root, and thrives, thefe; 

 Plants will fpread, and do well. 

 The two Sorts are ; 



1. Lichen petraus lattfolius, Ci-vt 

 Hrpatica font ana. C. B. P. Com- 

 mon broad-leav'd Liverwort. 



2. Lichen ttrreftrii cinereus. 

 Raii Sjn. Afh-colour'd Ground-li- 

 verwort. 



The firft Sort grows on the Sides 

 of W ells, and in moift lhady Places 

 not only on the Ground, but on 

 Stones, Bricks, or Wood. Of this 

 there are feveral Varieties, which 

 are diftinguifhed by the Curious in 

 Botany : but as they are Plants of no 

 Ufe, 1 fhall not enumerate them. 



The fecond Sort (which is ufed to 

 cure the Bite of mad Dogs) grows 

 on Commons, and open Heaths, 

 where the Grafs is foort, in molt 

 Parts of England, efpecially on De- 

 clivities, and on the Sides of Pits. 

 This fpreads on the Surface of the 

 Ground ; and, when in Perfection, 

 is of an A lb-colour ; but as it grows 

 old, it alters, and becomes of a dark 

 Colour. This is often carried into 

 Gardens with the Turf, which is laid 

 for Walks and Slopes ; and where 

 the Soil is moift and cool, it will 

 fpread, and be difficult to deftroy, 

 fo that it renders the Grafs unfight- 

 ly : but this is the only Method yet 

 known to have it grow in Gardens, 

 wheie it is defired. 



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