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the Seafon : and after they have made 

 pretty good Shoots, you mould en- 

 ure them to the open Air by degrees ; 

 into which they mould be removed, 

 placing them in a Situation where 

 they may be defended from ftrong 

 Winds : in this Place they mould 

 remain till Ocfober following ; when 

 they mult be removed into the 

 Green-houfe, as was before directed. 

 Having thus managed thefe Plants 

 until they have acquired ftrong 

 Roots, and made tolerable good 

 Heads, you may draw them out of 

 the Pots, preserving the Earth to 

 their Roots, and plant them in the 

 ©pen Air in a warm Situation, where 

 you mud manage them as was before 

 directed for the young ones; and thefe 

 will in two or three Years produce 

 Fruit, provided they do well. The 

 Luca and Box-leav'd Olives are the 

 hardieft; for which Reafon they 

 fhould be preferr'd to plant in the 

 open Air; but the firft Sort will grow 

 t© be the largeft Trees. 



OMPHALODES, Venus Navel- 

 wort. 



The Characters are ; 



the Flower conjtfis of one Leaf, 

 •which expands in a circular Order, 

 and is cut into federal Segments : the 

 Point al, which rifes in the Middle of 

 the Flower, becomes a Fruit, composed 

 of four hollow umhilicated Capfules, 

 Jsmewhat refembling a Bajket ; in 

 each of which is contained one abnofl 

 flat Seed adhering to the Placenta, 

 which is pyramidal and four-corner- 

 td. 



The Species are ; 

 I. Omphalodes Lufitanica, 'lint 

 folio, Tourn.. Venus Navelwort, <vul- 



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z. Omphalodes Lufitanica ela- 

 tior y eynoglojft folio. To urn. Taller 

 Portugal Navelwort, with an 

 Hound's - tongue - leaf. 



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3. Omphalodes pumila <verns v 

 fimphyti folio. Tourn. Low vernaj 

 Venus Navelwort, with a Comfry- 

 leaf, or Letter Borage. 



The firft of thefe Plants hath 

 been a long time in the Englijh 

 Gardens. The Seeds of this Kind 

 are fold in the London Shops, as a 

 Dwarf annual Flower, to be us'4 

 for Edgings ; for which Purpofe it 

 is by no means proper ; for it often 

 happens, that not a tenth Part of the 

 Seeds grow, tho' they were faved 

 with all pomble Care; fo that the 

 Plants will be very thin, and in 

 Patches ; but, however, it is a pretty 

 Ornament to the Borders of the 

 Pleafure-garden, if fown in Patches, 

 as hath been directed for the Dwarf 

 Lychnis, and other annual Plants of 

 the fame Ground ; amongft which 

 this Plant, makes a pretty Variety. 

 The Seeds of it mould be fown in 

 Autumn, foon after they are ripe 5 

 at which Seafon they will come up 

 very well ; whereas thofe fown in 

 the Spring feldom fucceed : and the 

 Plants will abide the Cold of our or- 

 dinary Winters, and will flower ear- 

 ly the fucceeding Spring, from 

 which Plants you will have good 

 Seeds in July ; but thofe fown in the 

 Spring very often fail of ripening 

 Seeds. 



The fecond Sort is only in fome 

 curious Botan'c Gardens ac prefent, 

 tho' it is equally as hardy as the firft, 

 and muft be treated in the fame 

 manner. This grows taller, and 

 hath broader Leaves, than the firft, 

 in which refpefts the onlyDifFerence 

 between them confifts. 



The third Sort is an abiding Plant, 

 and multiplies very faft by its trail- 

 ing Branches, which take Root at 

 their Joints as they lie upon the- 

 Ground, and may be taken off, and 

 tranfplanted to make new Plants. 



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