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The fifth fort grows naturally in the fouth of France 
and Italy •, this hath a perennial root, fending out ma- 
ny (talks ■, thofe of them which fupport the flowers are 
erc£t, and near three feet high, but the other (talks 
are weaker, and hang loofely on every fide the plants ; 
thefe are garnished with long, narrow, fpear-fhaped 
leaves placed ipariedly ; they are ftnooth, and of a 
gray colour. The. (talks are terminated by long 
loofe fpikcs of blue flowers, which appear in June, 
July, and Auguft, and the feeds ripen in the autumn, 
which, if permitted to fcatter, will produce plenty of 
young plants without any further care. 
The fixth fort grows naturally about Henley in Ox- 
fordihire, and alfo in feme parts of Hertfordfhire. 
This hath a perennial root, from which arife feveral 
(talks near two feet high, which branch out on every 
fide, and are garniflied with narrow leaves growing 
in clutters toward the bottom, but upward they are 
fometimes by pairs, and at others Angle. The flowers 
are produced in loofe fpikes at the end of the (talks ; 
they are of a pale blue colour, which appear in June 
and July, and the feeds ripen in the aurumn •, which, 
if permitted to fcatter, will produce plenty of plants. 
When the feeds happen to fall upon old walls, the 
plants will grow there and continue longer than thofe 
planted in the ground. 
I received a fpecimen of this fort from abroad, by the 
title of Linaria arvenfis caerulea. C. B. P. 
The ieventh fort grows naturally in Sicily ; this is an 
annual plant, from whofe root arifes many (talks 
which are very {lender and about a foot high, which 
on their lower part are garniflied with five very nar- 
row leaves at each joint, but upward they are fome- 
times by pairs, and at others they are Angle : the (talks 
are divided into many finall branches, which are gar- 
nlfhed with finall yellow flowers, coming out Angle 
at Pittances from each other ; thefe are fliaped like 
thofe of the other fpecies. The flowery appear in Ju- 
ly, and the feeds ripen in the autumn. There are 
two varieties of this, one with a deep yellow, and the 
other a fulphur-coloured flower. 
This is propagated by feeds in the fame manner as 
the fecond fort ; if the feeds are permitted to fcatter, 
the plants will come up without care, and if they are 
kept clean from weeds, will produce their flowers 
early in the fu miner. 
The eighth fort grows naturally on the rocks about 
Gibraltar, from whence the late Sir Charles Wager 
brought the feeds, which were Town in his curious 
garden at Parfon’s Green near Fulham, where they 
fucceeded, and from thence many curious gardens 
were furnifhed with the plants. This has a perennial 
root, from which come out many (lender fucculent 
(talks about eight or nine inches long, which are weak 
and hang down on every fide the root ; they are gar- 
nifhed with fhort, narrow, lpear-fhaped leaves, of a 
gray colour, and fucculent, (landing without order ; 
they are about one inch long, and a fifth part of an 
inch broad. The flowers are produced at the end of 
the (talks in finall bunches ; they are yellow, marked 
with purple (tripes, and the chaps of the flower, as 
alfo the fpur, are of a dark purple colour ; the flowers 
fit dole upon the top of the (talk. They appear in 
June and July, but do not produce feeds in England. 
This plant is eafily propagated by planting cuttings 
• in any of the fummer months, which, if watered and 
(haded, will foon take root, and may be afterwards 
planted in pots, filled with frefh, light, undunged 
earth, in which they will fucceed much better than in a 
richer foil •, for if they are planted in a fine rich earth, 
it, caufes them to grow very faft for a fhort time, but 
they feldom fail to rot foon after. Thefe mutt be re- 
moved into (belter in winter, where they mutt have 
as much free air as poflible in mild weather, and be 
only protected from fevere cold •, fo that if the pots 
are placed under a hot-bed frame, the plants will 
fucceed better than in a green-houfe, where they 
are apt to draw too much, v/hich will caufe them to 
decay. 
The ninth fort grows naturally in Wales, particularly 
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near Penryn. This hath a perennial root-, from which 
arife many branching (talks near two feet high, gar- 
nifhed with very narrow leayes growing in clutters, 
which are of a grayifli colour. The flowers are pro- 
duced in loofe fpikes at the end of the branches j they 
are of a pale blue colour, and finell fweet. Thefe ap- 
pear in June, and there is often a fucceffion of flowers 
on the plants till winter. The feeds ripen in the au- 
tumn, which, if permitted to fcatter, 'will furnifh a 
lupply of young plants without any further care. If 
the feeds of this fort get on a wall, the plants will come 
up, and continue there a much longer time than when 
they are planted in the ground. 
The tenth fort grows naturally in Spain ; the feeds of 
it were fent me by Dr. Hortega from Madrid. This 
is an annual plant, which riles with a Angle ftalk 
about a foot and a half high, garniflied with hairy 
fpear-fhaped leaves, fitting clofe to the ftalk, which 
are placed alternate. The flowers grow on the top 
of the, (talks in loofe fpikes ; they are of a pale yel- 
low colour, with a few dark (tripes, and the chaps are 
of a gold colour ; the upper fegment of the empale- 
ment is much larger than the lower. The flowers of 
this fort are as large as thofe of the common fort ; 
they appear in July, and the feeds will in warm fea- 
fons ripen in autumn in England. 
The feeds of this fort fhould be fown in the fpring, 
upon a border of light earth where the plants are de- 
figned to remain •, and when the plants come up, 
they mutt be treated in the fame way as thofe of the 
fecond fort. 
The eleventh fort grows naturally in France ; this is 
an annual plant, having round leaves at the root ; the 
(talks are (lender, branching, and rife a foot high, 
garniflied with very narrow leaves at each joint. The 
flowers are produced in loofe fpikes at the end of the 
branches •, they are of a bright blue colour, and ap- 
pear in July ; the feeds ripen in the autumn, at which 
time they fhould be fown ; for thofe which are fown 
in the fpring frequently lie in the ground till the 
fpring following, before the plants appear. When 
the plants come up, they mutt be thinned where they 
are too ciofe, and kept clean from weeds, which is 
all the culture they require. 
The twelfth fort grows naturally in Sicily ; this is an 
annual plant, which riles with a branching (talk two 
feet high, garnifhed with very narrow fpear-fhaped 
leaves placed alternately. The flowers are produced 
fingly all along the branches the greateft part of their 
length 5 they are finall, white, and have very long 
tails or fpurs. This flowers in July, and the feeds 
ripen in the autumn. If the feeds of this fort are 
permitted to fcatter, the plants will come up and 
fucceed better than if fown with care, and require no 
other culture but to keep them clean from weeds. 
The thirteenth fort grows naturally in Crete, and alfo 
in Dalmatia. This rifes with a ftrong ligneous (talk 
three feet high, garnifhed with fmooth fpear-fhaped 
leaves placed alternate, fitting clofe to the ftalk. The 
flowers are produced at the end of the branches in 
fhort loofe fpikes *, they are of a deep yellow colour, 
and much larger than thofe of the common fort, (land- 
ing upon fhort foot-ftalks. This fort flowers in July, 
but the feeds very rarely ripen in England, fo that the 
plants are feldom feen in any gardens here. It is 
propagated by feeds, which fhould be fown early in 
the fpring upon a border of light earth j and when 
the plants come up and are fit to remove, form of 
them (houid be planted in pots filled with light handy 
earth, and placed in the (hade till they have taken new 
root; then they may be expofed with other hardv ex- 
otic plants till the end of Oftober, when they fhould 
be put into a common hot-bed frame, where they may 
be protected from hard froft ; but in mild weather 
they fhould enjoy the free air, for thefe plants only 
require to be prote&ed from hard froft, for in mild 
winters they will live abroad without (belter, if they 
are upon a dry foil ■, therefore a part of the plants 
may be planted on a warm border of poor fandy foil, 
where they will live through our common winters 
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