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than to place them in a Green houfe, 

 where they are apt to draw too 

 much, which will caufe them to de- 

 cay. This Sort never produces 

 Seeds in England. 



The iixth, feventh, and eighth 

 Sorts are annual Plants, which fhould 

 be fown early in the Spring upon a 

 Bed of frefn light Earth, in the 

 Borders of the Flower-garden, where 

 they are to remain ; for they do not 

 bear tranfplanting well : thefe pro- 

 duce their Flowers in June and Ju- 

 ly, and their Seeds are ripe in Sep- 

 tember. The Seeds of thefe Plants 

 may alfo be fown in Autumn, foon 

 after they are ripe, under a warm 

 Wall or Hedge, where they will en- 

 dure the Cold of our ordinary Win- 

 ters very well : and thefe autumnal 

 Plants will grow much larger, and 

 come to flower much fooner, than 

 thofe raifed in the Spring and from 

 thefe you will always have good 

 Seeds. 



The ninth Sort here mentioned is 

 directed by the College of Phyfici- 

 ans, to be ufed in Medicine : this 

 frauds in their Catalogue of Simples 

 under the Title of E latin e. This, 

 and the tenth Sort, grows wild 

 amongll the Corn in divers Parts of 

 England. They are both annual 

 Plants, which fcatter their Seeds 

 where- ever they are permitted to 

 grow ; and the young Plants gene- 

 rally come up in Autumn ; fo that 

 they are more frequently to be met 

 with amongfl: Wheat, Rye, and 

 other Crops which are fown in 

 Autumn, than in fuch Lands as are 

 plowed in the Spring. The Flowers 

 of thefe Plants are very fmall, and 

 come out at the Joints clofe to the 

 Footftaiks* of the Leaves, and the 

 whole Plant trails on the Ground : 

 they ufually flower in June, and 

 their Seeds are ripe in Augujl. 



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The eleventh Sort is a low annual 

 Plant, which is very common on 

 arable Land in moft Parts of Eng- 

 land; fo is feldom admitted into 

 Gardens. 



The twelfth Sort was originally 

 brought from abroad ; but is now 

 become fo common in many Parts 

 of England, as to be thought a Na- 

 tive by fome Perfons. This has 

 been elteemed a Plant very efficaci- 

 ous in fome Diftempers ; but is not 

 ufed by any of the Englijb Phyfici- 

 ans at prefent. It grows not only 

 on the Ground, but on Wails, 

 Pales, or whatever Place the Seeds 

 fall ; fo it becomes a very trouble- 

 fome Weed where- ever it is fufFered 

 to feed. 



The other Sorts are not Inhabit- 

 ants of this Country ; but are by 

 the Curious preferved in their Gar- 

 dens, for the Variety of their Flow- 

 ers. They are all of them Plants of 

 ftiort Duration, feldom continuing 

 after they have perfected their Seeds ; 

 fo that where the Seeds are not per- 

 mitted to fcatter, they mould be 

 fown every Year, in order to pre- 

 ferve the Kinds. The Seeds mould 

 be fown in the Places where they are 

 defigned to remain ; for the Plants 

 do not thrive fo well when they are 

 tranfplanted. Some of thefe Seeds 

 may be fown in the Autumn on a 

 dry Soil, where the Plants will come 

 up, and abide the Winter ; and 

 thefe will flower much fooner the 

 following Year, than thofe which 

 are fown in the Spring ; fo that good 

 Seeds may be certainly obtained 

 from thofe, whereas the Seeds of 

 fome Sorts do not ripen well in bad 

 Seafons on. fuch Plants which come 

 up from the Spring-fowing : but by 

 fowing at the two Seafons there 

 will be a longer Continuance of the 

 Plants in Flower. 



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