M Y 



M Y 



Ufe or Beauty, I thought it not ne- 

 ceftary to enumerate them in this 

 Place. 



The nrft-mentioned is an abiding 

 Plant, which is fometimes ufed in 

 Medicine : this may be propagated 

 by fowing the Seeds in February up- 

 on a Bed of light rich Earth, in a 

 lhady Situation ; and when the Plants 

 come up, they mould be tranfplanted 

 out into the like rich Earth, in a 

 moift mady Situation, at about two 

 Feet afunder ; for they fprcad very 

 wide, and take up much room (es- 

 pecially if they are permitted to re- 

 main 2 or 3 Years unremov'd) : af- 

 ter the Plants have taken Root, they 

 will require no farther Care, but to 

 keep them clear from Weed>i and 

 they will endure feveral Years, and 

 produce great Quantities of Seeds ; 

 by which, as alfo by parting the-ord 

 Roots, they may be gready increaf- 

 cd. If the Seeds of this Sort are 

 permitted to fcatter, they will fill 

 the Ground about the Plants with 

 young ones, foas to become trouble - 

 i'ome Weeds. 



The Seeds of the fecond Sort are 

 moft commonly fold in the Shops for 

 thofe of the Daucus Creticus ; but it 

 is the third Sort which is generally 

 accounted the true Daucus Creticus; 

 the Seeds of which are us'd in fome 

 of the capital Medicines of the 

 Shops. 



Thefe may be propagated by fow- 

 5ng their Seed^ in the Spring upon a 

 Border of light Earth expos'd to the 

 morning Sun, in which the Plants 

 will rife in about fix Weeks after ; 

 when they may be tranfplanted out 

 into Beds of light Earth, obferving 

 to water and made them until they 

 have taken Root ; after which they 

 will require no farther Care, but 

 only to keep them clear fromWeeds. 

 The Summer following thefe Plants 

 will produce Flowers and Seeds ; 



foon after which, the fecond Sort 

 will decay ; but the third will fome- 

 times abide two or three Years, and 

 produce Seeds annually. 



MYRTUS, The Myrtle. 

 The Cbaraclers are ; 



The Flovuer confijis of feveral 

 Leaves difpos'd in a circular Order, 

 which expand in form of a Rofe : upon 

 the Top of the Footjlalk is the Ovary, 

 vchich has a fort far- like Cup, divi- 

 ded at the Fop into fve Parts, and ex- 

 panded: the Ovary becomes an oblong 

 umbilicated Fruit, divided into three 

 Cells, vjhich are full of kidney -fbafd 

 Seeds. 



The Species are ; 



1. Myrtus communis Italic a. 

 C. B. P. Common Myrtle, with 

 pretty large Leaves. 



2. Myrtus lati folia Romana. C. 

 B. P. Common broad-leav'd Myr- 

 tle. 



3 . Myrtus minor vulgaris . C. B. 

 P. Thyme-leav'd Myrtle ; vulgo. 



4. Myrtus folio buxi. Schuyl. 

 Boerh. bid. Box - leav'd Myrtle, 



vulgo. 



5. Myrtus foliis minimis & tnu- 

 cronatis. C. B. iV Rofmary-leav'd 

 Myrtle, vulgo. 



6. Myrtus fore pie no. Corn. 

 Double-flowering Myrtle, vulgo. 



7. Myrtus foliis odore nucis mo- 

 fchattf, cauliculis rubentibus, vulgo 

 ■odore citri. Schuyl. Boerh. Fnd. The 

 Nutmeg Myrtle, vulgo. 



8. Myrtus Beetica angufifolia. 

 Cluf. Narrow-leav'd Spanifo Myrtle, 

 commonly call'd The upright Myr- 

 tle. 



9. Myrtus half arnica, foliis malt 

 granata?. H. L. The Pomgranate- 

 leav'd Myrtle. 



10. Myrtus lati folia Bsettca fe- 

 cunda, vel foliis laurinis confertim 

 nafcentibus. C. B. P. The Orange- 

 lea v'd Myrtle, vulgo. 



it. Myr.- 



