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fcringthem forward : about the mid- 

 dle of June fome of the Plants may 

 be fhaken out of the Pots, and 

 planted into rich Earth ; but it will 

 be proper to keep two Plants of each 

 Kind in Pots, which may be placed 

 in the Stove (in cafe the Seafon 

 mould prove bad), that they may 

 ripen their Seeds, fo that the Species 

 may be preferved. 



NIGELLA, Fenel - flower, or 

 Devil in a Bum. 



The Characters are ; 



The Flower - cup confifls of five 

 Leaves, which expand in theForm of a 

 Star, and branch out into ?nany other 

 frnall narrow Leaves : the Flower 

 confijis of many Leaves placed orbi- 

 cularly, and expand in form of a 

 Rofe, having viany fl?ort Stamina 

 furrounding the Ovary on the Centre 

 of {he Flower ; which Ovary becomes 

 a membranaceous Fruit, confifting of 

 feveral Cells, which are furnifhed 

 with Horns on the Fop, and are full 

 of Seeds. 



The Species are ; 



1. Nig ell a arvenfis cornuta.C. 

 B. P. Wild horned Fenel-flower. 



2 . Nigella lati folia, fore majore 

 fimplici cceruho. C. B. P. Broad - 

 leav'd Fenel - flower, with a large 

 fmgle blue Flower. 



3. Nigella angufti folia, flore ma- 

 jore fimplici caeruleo. C. B. P. Nar- 

 row-leav'd Fenel-iiower, with a large 

 fingle blue Flower. 



4. Nigella angufi folia, flore 

 majore fimplici albo. C. B. P. Nar- 

 row-leav'd Fenel-flower, with a large 

 iingle white Flower. 



5. Nigella flore majore plena 

 cceruleo. C. B. P. Double blue Ni- 

 jgella, or Fenel-flower. 



6. Nigella flore minore fimplici 

 kandido. C.B.P. Fenel-flower with 



a frnall white fingle Flower. 



7. Nigella flore minore } plena cif 



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albo. C. B. P. Fenel-flower with a 

 frnall double white Flower. 



8. Nigella Or ien talis, flore fla- 

 vo, femine alato piano. Fourn. Cor, 

 Oriental Fenel - flower, with a yel- 

 low Flower, and a flat wing'd 

 Seed. 



9. Nigella Cretica latifolia cdo- 

 rata. Park. Theat. Broad - leav'd 

 fweet-fcented Candy Fenel-flower. 



There are fome other Varieties of 

 this Plant, which are preferv'd in 

 fome curious Botanic Gardens ; but 

 thofe heremention'd are what I have 

 obferv'd cultivated in the EngliJI? 

 Gardens at prefent. 



All thefe Plants may be propaga- 

 ted by fowing their Seeds upon a 

 Bed of light Earth, where they are 

 to remain (for they feldom fucceed 

 well, if tranfplanted) : therefore, in 

 order to have them intermix'd 

 amongft other annual Flowers, in 

 the Borders of the Flower - garden, 

 the Seeds fhould be fown in Patches 

 at proper Diftances ; and when the 

 Plants come up, you muft pull up 

 thofe which grow too clofe, leaving 

 but three or four of them in each 

 Patch, obferving alfo to keep them 

 clear from Weeds ,• which is all the 

 Culture they require. In July they 

 will produce their Flowers, and their 

 Seeds will ripen in Auguft, when 

 they mould be gather'd and dried ; 

 then rub out each Sort feparately, 

 and preferve them in a dry Place, 



The Seafon for lowing thefe Seeds 

 is in March ; but if you fow fome of 

 them in Auguft, foon after they are 

 ripe, upon a dry Soil, and in a warm 

 Situation, they will abide in Winter, 

 and flower ftrong the fucceeding 

 Year : bywhichlVlethod they may be 

 continued in Beauty molt Part 

 of the Summer. 



The fifth Sort is that which is 

 molt commonly cultivated in Eng- 



