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fhe Seeds, as the former, or by plant- 

 'ng Cuttinas during any of the Sum- 

 mer months, which, if watered and 

 fhaded, will take Root in a fhort 

 time ; afte,r which they muft be 

 p'ar.ted in Pots fill'd with fandy 

 Earth, and fneltered in Winter un- 

 der an Hot-bed-frame, where they 

 may have a great Share of free Air 

 in mild Weather, and only require 

 to be fcreened from hard Froft. This 

 Plant is preferved for the beautiful 

 WhStenefs of its Leaves, which, 

 when intermixed with other low 

 Plants, makes a pretty Variety. 



MEDICAGO, Mooa trefoil. 

 The Characters are ; 



// hrdh a -papilionaceous Flower, 

 eut of *wbofe Empalement arifes the 

 Point al, which afterward becomes a 

 plain or bicu luted Fruit, Jhaped fome- 

 ivhat like an Half -moon ; in which 

 itrt contained kidney Jhaped SeJds. 

 The Species arc ; 



t. Medicago annua, trifolii fa- 

 cie. Tourn. Annual Moon -trefoil, 

 with the Appearance of Trefoil. 



2. Medicago i-ulneraria facie, 

 llifpanica. Tourn. Sp'anrjb Moon- 

 trefoil, with the Appearrnce of VuU 

 v.traria. 



3. Medicago tri folia frutefcens 

 incana. Tourn. Shrubby three-leav'd 

 hoary Moon-trefoil, by many fup- 

 pofed to be the true Cytifus of Vir~ 



pi- 



The two nrft Sorts are annual 

 Plants, which are preferved in Bo- 

 tanic Gardens for Variety, more 

 than any fmgular Beauty or Ufe : 

 thefe may be propagated by fovving 

 their Seeds in the Beginning of April 

 upon a Bed of light Earth, in the 

 Places where they are to remain ; 

 tnd when they come up, they mould 

 be cleared from Weeds, and thinn'd 

 to the Diftance of a Foot afuncler, 

 after which they will require no far- 

 ther Care, but only to keep them 



clear from Weeds ; and in July they 

 will flower, and their Seeds will be 

 perfetled in September. The Seed- 

 vtffels of thefe Plants being fnaped 

 like Half-moons, is the only remark- 

 able Difference between them and 

 the Medica's. 



The third Sort grows to be a . 

 ftrong Shrub, and will rife to the 

 Height of five or fix Feet, and may 

 be reduced to a regular Head, when it 

 will appear very beautiful : but it 

 mould not be cut too often, which 

 would prevent its Flowering; for if 

 the Shoots are permitted to grow 

 Without much Trimming, they will 

 produce Flowers moll Part of the 

 Year, which, together with the 

 Beauty of its filver- coloured Leaves, 

 renders it worthy of a Place in every 

 good Garden. 



This Plant may be propagated by 

 fowing the-Seeds, either upon a mo- 

 derate Kot-bed, or a warm Border 

 of light Earth, in the Beginning of 

 April ; and when the Plants come 

 up, they mould be carefully cleared 

 from Weeds ; but they mould remain 

 undifturbed, if fown in the common 

 Ground, till September following; but 

 if on an Hot-bed, they mould be tranf- 

 planted about Midfummer into Pots, 

 placing them in the Snade until they 

 have taken Root : after which they 

 may be removed into a Situation 

 where they may be fcreened from 

 ftrong Winds ; in which they may 

 abide till the Latter-end of October^ 

 when they muft be put into a Frame, 

 in order to lhelter them from hard 

 Frofts ; for thofe Plants which have 

 been brought up tenderly, will be 

 liable to fuller by hard Frofts, efpe- 

 cial'y while they are young. In 

 April following thefe Plants may be 

 fhaken out of the Pots, and placed 

 into the full Ground where they 

 are deligncd to remain, which mould 

 be in a light Soil, and a warm Situ- 

 ation, 



