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The double Sopewort is a Plant 

 of no great Beauty ; and, being a 

 very great Runner in Gardens, has 

 been almoft excluded from all curious 

 Gardens ; butas it isaPiant which re- 

 quires very iittleCulture.it maybe ad- 

 mitted to have aPIace in ibme abject 

 Part of ihe Garden. This is propagat- 

 ed by its running Root-, which fnould 

 be tranfplanted in 0£Ubcr t and may 

 be placed in any Soil and Situation ; 

 but mould never ftand near any 

 otherPiants; for it will over-run and 

 deftroy them. It may be planted 

 under Trees in large Avenues, tzfe. 

 where it will thrive very well ; and 

 in Auguft will produce large Bunches 

 of double Flower.^, which are very 

 proper to place in Chimney. , cjfr. 

 or in Batons among other Flowers, 

 where it will make a fine Appear- 

 ance ; and, were it lefs common, it 

 would be more efteem'd than it is 

 at prefent. 



The Spatliflg - poppy, or White 

 Behen, is a very common Plant in 

 the Field?, in moil Parts of England, 

 and is rarely cultivated in Gardens ; 

 but thofe who have a mind to pre- 

 ferve it for medicinal Ufes, may 

 propagate it by fowing the Seeds 

 in March, on a Bed of common 

 Earth ; where the Plants will eafi- 

 ly rife, and, if kept clear from 

 Weed?, will foon overfpread the 

 Ground, and continue for feveral 

 Years. 



The red German Catchflie?, both 

 fingle and double, are eafily pro- 

 pagated by parting the Roots, which 

 ihould be done in Autumn ; for if 

 it be perforrr/d in the Spring, the 

 dry Weather, which ufually hap- 

 pens at that Seafon, greatly retards 

 their Growth ; whereby their Flow- 

 ers are never fo ftrong, nor produ- 

 ced in fuchPlenty, as when they are 

 removed in Autumn. Thefe pro- 

 dace their Flowers in Spikes upon 



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clammy Stalks, which grow about a 

 Foot high, and flower in April ard 

 May : that with fingle Flowers al- 

 ways is the earlieft ; but the double 

 Sort continues iongeft in Flower. 



The fingle Sort may be propa- 

 gated by Seeds, which fhould be 

 iown in March, upon a Bed of light 

 Earth ; and when the Plants come 

 up, they fnould be tranfplanted in- 

 to Nurfery-beds about fix Inches 

 afunder, where they will require no 

 farther Care than to keep them clear 

 from Weeds, and in very dry Wea- 

 ther to give them a little Water : at 

 Michaelmas they may be removed 

 where they are defigned to remain. 



The fingie-ilower'd Sort is not 

 near fo beautif ul as the double, and 

 therefore hardly worth propagating, 

 f.nce the double is very eafily mul- 

 tiphed, cfpecially if planted in a 

 moid light Soil, in which it will 

 thrive exceedingly, and produce 

 ltrong Flowers. This Sort is very 

 proper to plant in Pots, to adorn 

 fmall Court-yatds at the time of its 

 Flowering. 



The lixteenth and nineteenth 

 Sorts are pretty Varieties in a Gar- 

 den ; and as they take up but little 

 room, and are not very nice in their 

 Culture, they may have a Place 

 amongft other Flowers of the fame 

 Growth. Thefe are propagated by 

 fowing their Seeds in March, upon 

 a Bed of frem light Earth ; and when 

 the Plants are come up, they fhould 

 be tranfplanted into a Nurfery bed, 

 as the former, and at Michaelmas 

 may be removed into the Borders 

 of the Flower-garden, where they 

 are to remain. Thefe Plants com- 

 monly grow about two Feet high ; 

 but as their Leaves are narrow, and 

 the Flower-Items ftand erect, they 

 take up very little room, and their 

 Roots will continue feveral Years, 

 and annually produce large Quanti- 

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