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As thefe Plants require no farther 

 Care, when they come up, but to 

 thin them where they grow too 

 clofe, and to keep them clear from 

 Weeds; fo they may be allowed 

 room in the Borders of large Gar- 

 dens, where they will add to the 

 Variety ; for they are Plants which 

 do not fpread far ; fo may be kept 

 in proper Compafs ; and the differ- 

 ent Colours of their Flowers will 

 make a pretty Appearance amongft 

 other hardy Plants. 



LINGUA CERVINA, HartV 

 tongue. 



Thefe Plants commonly grow out 

 from the Joints of old Walls and 

 Buildings, where they are moift and 

 Ihady ; but are feldom cultivated in 

 Gardens. There is a very great Va- 

 riety of thefe Plants both in the Eaft 

 and IV eft -Indies ; but there are very 

 few of them in Europe: they may 

 be propagated by parting their 

 Roots, and fhould have a moift Soil, 

 and fhady Situation. 



JLINUM, Flax. 



The Chat afters are ; 



The Leaves, for the moft part, 

 grow alternately on the Branches : 

 the Cup of the Flower covftjis of one 

 Leaf, is tubulous, and divided into 

 five Parts at the Top : the Flower 

 confifts of five Leaves, which expand 

 in form of a C/ove-gi/liJfower : the 

 Ovary, which rifes from the Centre 

 of the Flower-cup, becomes an almoft 

 globular Fruit, which is generally 

 pointed, and compofed of many Cells, 

 in which are lodged many plain 

 fmooth Seeds, which are blunt at mi 

 End, and generally Jharp at the 

 ether. 



The Species are ; 



1. Linum fativum. C. B. P. Ma- 

 .nur'd Flax. \ 



2. LiNUM fativum lati folium 

 Jfricanum, fruclu major t. Town. 



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Broad-leav'd African manur'd Flax, 

 with a large Fruit. 



3. Linum maritimum luteum. S, 

 B. P. Yellow maritime Flax. 



4. Linum fativum humilius, fiore 

 majore. Bob art. Dwarf manur'd Flax, 

 with a large Flower. 



5. Linum perenne majus caerule- 

 urn, capitulo majore. Mor. Hift. 

 Greater perennial blue Flax, with 

 a large Head. 



6. Linum perenne majus car rule* 

 um, capitulo minor i. Mor. Hi ft. 

 Greater perennial blue Flax, wi& 

 a fmaller Head. 



7. Linum catharlhum. Rubp. 

 for. Mountain, or Purging Flax.' 



There are feveral Sorts of this 

 Plant, which are preferv'd in fome 

 curious Gardens of Plants for Varie- 

 ty-lake ; but as they are of little UYe 

 or Beauty, it would be needlefs to 

 mention them in this Place. 



The firll Sort is that which is cul- 

 tivated for Ufe in divers Parts of 

 Europe, and is reckon'd an excellent 

 Commodity : the right rilling and 

 ordering of which is efteemVj a good 

 Piece of Hufbandry. 



This mould be cultivated upon a 

 rich Soil, that has not been plowM 

 for (everal Year?, upon which Flax 

 always makes the beft Improvement: 

 but as it draws greatly from the 

 Soil, it mould not be fown two 

 Years together upon the fame 

 Ground. 



The Land mud be well plow'd, 

 laid flat and even, upon which the 

 Seeds mould be fown about the mid- 

 dle of March, when the Weather 

 is mild and warm. During the 

 Spring you mult carefully weed it ; 

 which if neglecled (efpecially in a 

 moill SeafonT, the Weeds will over- 

 grow and deitroy the Crop. There 

 are fome People who recommend the 

 feeding of Sheep with Flax, when 



