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The -three firft forts are annual plants, which are pro- 
pagated by leeds : the feafon for lowing them is the 
end of March or the beginning of April, upon a 
bed of if cfn light earth •, and when the plants are 
come up, you mufij carefully clear them from weeds • 
and in very dry weather they mull be now and then 
refrefhed with water. When they are about two 
inches high, you muft tranfplant them into the places 
where they are defigned to remain, which fboukl be 
in the middle of the borders in the flower- dlrden •, for 
if the foil is good, they will grow two or three feet 
high j in tranfpianting them, you muft take them up 
very carefully, preferving a ball of earth to then- 
roots, otherwife they are , apt to mifcarry •, and alio 
water and fbade them until they have taken root, after 
which they will require no other care but to clear 
them from weeds, and to fallen them to flakes, to 
prevent their being injured by ftrong winds. You may 
alfo fow their feeds in autumn, and when the plants 
are come up, tranfplant them into fmall pots, which, 
towards the end of G&ober, fhould be placed in a 
common hot-bed frame, where the plants being de- 
fended from fevere frofts, - will abide the winter very 
well ; and in the fpring, you may fhake them out of 
the pots, and plant them into larger, or elfe into the 
full ground, where they may remain to flower. The 
plants thus managed will be larger, and flower ftronger 
and earlier than thofe flown in the fpring, and from 
thefe you will conftantly have good feeds, whereas 
thofe lbwn in the fpring fometimes mifcarry. The 
feeds of the third fort fhould be flown in the fpring 
in the place where they are to remain, for they do not 
well bear removing in the fummer. 
The two firft forts are very ornamental plants in a 
' fine garden, when placed among other annuals, either 
in pots or borders. 
The fourth fort hath a perennial root which abides fe- 
veral years, but the ftalks decay in the autumn, and 
new ones arife in the fpring. This is propagated by 
feeds, which fhould be flown upon a bed of light 
earth in the fpring, and when the plants are fit to re- 
move, they fnouid be either tranfpianted to the places 
where they are to remain, or into pots where they may 
Hand to get more ftrength, before they are planted in 
the full ground. After the plants are well rooted, 
they will require no other care but to keep them clear 
from weeds. And if the winter fhould prove very 
fevere, it will be proper to cover the ground about 
them with old tanners bark to keep out the frcft ; but 
they will endure the cold of our ordinary winters very 
weft, and will produce their flowers and' ripen their 
, feeds annually. 
The fifth fort 'will not live through the winter in the 
open air in England, fo the feeds fhould be fown in 
the fame manner as thofe of the other forts •, and when 
the plants are fit to remove, they fliould be each 
planted into a fmall pot filled with light earth, and 
placed in the ffiade till they have taken new root ; 
then they may be removed to a fheitered fituation, 
and mixed with other hardy exotic plants. As the 
plants advance in their growth, fo they will require 
larger pots, and muft be treated in the fame way as 
other exotic plants ; in the autumn they muft be re- 
moved into the green-houfe, and placed with Myrtles 
and the other kinds of plants, which only require pro- 
tection from hard froft, but muft have as much free 
air as pcffible in mild weather. 
LAVENDU LA. Tourn. Inft. R. H. 198. tab. 93. 
Lin. Gen. Plant. 630. Lavender ; in French, La- 
‘ vends- . [It takes its name of Lavando, Lat. walk- 
ing, becaufe it was ufed to be thrown into baths 
for the fragrancy of the fcent ; or becaufe ufed in 
lye, to give a fragrancy to linen •, and becaufe it is 
very good to vvafh the face with, and give it both 
beauty and a grateful fcent.] 
The Charact£5.s are, 
The, flower hath an oval permanent empalement of one 
leaf which is cbfcurely indented at the brim. The flower 
ts of the lip kind , with one petal , having a cylindrical 
lube longer than the empalement, but fpreading above ; 
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the upper lip is large , bifid , and open ; the under lip is 
cut into three equal fegments. It hath four fhort famines- 
fituated within the tube of the petal , two being for ter 
than the other , terminated by fmall fummits. It hath 
a germen divided in four* parts, fupporting a fender fiyie 
the length of the tube , crowned by an obtufe indented 
figma. The germen afterward turns to four oval feeds, 
fitting in the empalement. 
This genus of plants is ranged in the firft feflion of 
Linnxus 5 s fourteenth clafs, intitled Didynamia Gym- 
nofpenrua, which includes thofe plants whofe flowers 
have two fhort and two longer {lamina, and have 
four naked feeds fitting in the empalement. 
The Species are, 
1. Lavendula (<$ 'pica) foliis lanceolatis integerrimis fpi- 
cis nudis. Hart. Cliff’. 303. Lavender with entire fpear- 
faped leaves and naked fpikes. Lavendula latifolia. C. 
B. P. 216. Broad-leaved Lavender. 
2. Lavendula {Angtyftifolia) foliis lanceolato-linearibus, 
fpicis nudis. Lavender with fpear-faped narrow leaves , 
and naked fpikes. Lavendula anguftifolia. C. B. P. 
2 1 6. Narrow-leaved Lavender. 
3. Lavendula ( Multifida ) foliis duplicato-pinnatifidis. 
Vir. Cliff. 56. Lavender with leaves doubly wing- 
pointed. Lavendula folio difleClo. C. B. P. 216. 
Lavender with a cut leaf. 
4. Lavendula ( Canarienfis ) foliis duplicato-pinnatifi- 
dis hirfutis, fpicis fafciculatis. Lavender with doubly 
wing-pointed hairy leaves , and fpikes of fewer s growing 
in differs. Lavendula folio longiore tenuius & ele- 
gantius diffcclo. Tourn. Inft. R. H. 198. Lavender 
with a longer , narrower , and more elegant cut leaf. 
The firit fort is cultivated in feveral of the Englifh 
gardens, and has been generally known by the title 
of Spike, or Lavender Spike ; the leaves of this fort 
are much fhorter and broader than thofe of the com- 
mon Lavender, and the branches are fhorter, more 
compaft, and fuller of leaves. Tins fort doth not 
often produce flowers, but when it does, the flower- 
ftalks are garnifhed with leaves very different from 
thofe on the other branches, approaching nearer to 
thofe of the common fort, but are broader •, the 
ftalks grow taller, the fpikes of the flowers are 
larger, the flowers are fmaller, and are in fooler 
fpikes. It generally flowers a little later in the fea- 
fon. This has been frequently confounded with the 
common Lavender, and has been fuppofed the fame 
fpecies, but is undoubtedly a different plant. 
This I believe to be the lame with what Dr. Moriffon 
calls Lavendula latifolia fterilis, for the plants will 
continue feveral years without producing flowers ; du- 
ring which time they have a very different appearance 
from thofe of the common Lavender, as thole branches 
of the fame plant always have which do not flower; 
but I have planted flips taken from thofe flowering 
branches with narrow leaves, and others from thole 
with the broad leaves, but have always found the 
plants fo propagated return to their original fort, 
the cuttinss with the narrow leaves have become broad 
again. 
The fecond fort is the common Lavender, which 
is fo well known as to require no defeription. Both 
thefe forts flower in July, at which time the fpikes 
of the fecond fort are gathered for ufe ; there is a 
variety cf this with white flowers. 
Thefe are propagated by cuttings or flips ; the belt 
feafon for which is in March, when they Ihould be 
planted in a fhady fituation, or at leaft they fhould 
be fhaded with mats until they have taken root, 
after which they may be expofed to the fun ; and 
when they have obtained ftrength, may be removed 
to the places where they are defigned to remain. 
Thefe plants will abide much longer in a dry, gravelly, 
or ftony foil, in which they will endure our fevered 
winters though they will grow much fafter in the 
fummer, if they are plantedfopon a rich, light, moift 
foil, but then they are generally deftroyed in winter; 
nor are the plants half fo ftrong Rented, or fit for me- 
dicinal ufes, as thofe which grow upon the moil bar- 
ren rocky foil. 
Thefe 
