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April, and the third at the end of that month, or the 
beginning of May •, but thefe beds will require a much 
lefs quantity of dung than the firft, efpecially that 
bed which is the laft made ; for if there is but warmth 
enough to put the roots in motion, it is as much as 
will be required ; and this laft bed will need no co- 
vering;, for many times thofe roots which are planted 
in the full ground at this feafon, will produce ftrong 
flowers in autumn; but in order to fecure their flow- 
ering, it is always the belt way to plant them on a 
gentle hot-bed. As to the leconti beo, tnat ftiouid 
be arched over with hoops, and covered with mats 
ever y night, and in bad weather, other wife the late 
frofts which frequently happen in May will pinch 
them. 
Thefe plants may remain in the beds until the flowers 
are near expanding, at which time they may be care- 
fully taken up, preferving the earth .to their roots, 
and planted in pots, and then placed in the (hade for 
about a week to recover their removal •, after which 
time the pots may be removed into halls or other 
apartments, where they will continue in beauty a long 
time, and their fragrant odour will perfume the air or 
the rooms where they are placed •, and by having a 
fucceflion of them, they may be continued from Mid- 
fummer to the end of Qdober, or middle of Novem- 
ber ; but as the items of thefe plants advance, there 
ihould be fome (ticks put down by each root, to which 
the items ihould be fattened, to prevent their being 
broken by the wind. 
It is a common pradice with many people, to plant 
thefe roots in pots, and plunge the pots into a hot-bed •, 
but there is much more trouble in rafting them in this 
method, than in that before direded ; for if the roots 
are not planted in very fmall pots, there will be a 
neceffity of making the beds much larger, in order to 
contain a quantity of the roots •, and if they are firft 
planted in fmall pots, they fhould be ihaken out of 
thefe into pots of a larger fize, when they begin to 
fhoot out their fiower-ftems, otherwife the ftalks will 
be weak, and produce but few flowers ; therefore I 
prefer the other method, as there is no danger in re- 
moving the roots if it is done with care. 
When the roots are ftrong and properly managed, the 
items will rife three or four feet high, and each item 
will produce ten or twelve flowers or more ; and in 
this the great beauty of thefe flowers confifts, for 
when there are but a few flowers upon the ftalks 
they will foon fade away, fo their places mull be fre- 
quently renewed ; for the flowers are produced in 
fpikes coming out alternately upon the ftalk, the lower 
flowers opening firft ; and as thefe decay, thofe above 
them open, fo that in proportion to the number of 
flowers upon each ftalk, they continue in beauty a 
longer or iliorter time. 
The fort with double flowers will require a little 
more care, in order to have .the flowers fair ; but this 
care is chiefly at the time of blowing, for the flowers 
of this fort will not open, if they are expofed to the 
open air ; therefore when the flowers are fully former 
and near opening, the pots ihould be placed in an 
airy gl-afs-cafe, or a fhelter of glades fhould be pre- 
pared for them, that the dews and rains may not fall 
upon them, for that will caufe the flowers to rot 
away before they open, and the heat of the fun drawn 
through the glaffes will caufe their flowers to expanc 
very fair. With this management, I have had this 
fort with very double flowers extremely fair, and up- 
ward of twenty upon one item, fo that they have 
made a beautiful appearance ; but where this has not 
been pradifed, I have rarely feen one of them in any 
beauty. 
POLIUM. Tourn. Inft. R. H. 206. tab. 97. Teu- 
crium. Lin. Gen. Plant. 625. Mountain Poley./ 
The Characters are, 
The impalement of the flower is permanent , of one leaf , 
cut into five acute fegments. ’The flower is of the lip kind ; 
it hath one petal> with a floort tube . The fiamina occupy 
the place of the upper lip , and the lower lip is cut into 
five fegments. It hath flour awl-Jhaped fiamina , which 
are terminated by fmall fummits , and a germen divided 
into four parts, fupporting "a fender fry A, crowned by two 
narrow fligmas the germen afterward become four naked 
feeds , inclofed in the empMement . 
This genus of plants is ranged in the firft fedion of 
Linnaeus’s fourteenth clafs, who has joined this genus* 
and alfo the Chamsedrys and Chamspitys of Tourne- 
fort to the Teucrium, making them but one genus, 
which includes thofe plants whole flowers have two 
long and two iliorter fiamina, and are fucceeded by 
four feeds in the calyx. 
The Species are, 
it Folium ( Montanum ) . folds laneeoiatis integerrirms, 
caulibus prQCumbentibus, floribus cbrymbofis termi- 
nalibus. Mountain Poky with entire fpear-jhaped leaves* 
trailing folks, and flowers growing in a corymbus at the 
end of the branches. Folium lavenduks folio, C. B. P. 
220. Mountain Poky with a Lavender leaf. 
2. Polium ( Luteum ) fpicis oblongis fains obtains crena- 
tis tomentofis. Mountain Poky with oblong fpikes of 
flowers , and obtufe , crsnated , woolly leaves. Folium 
montanum luteum. C. B. P. 220. Yellow Mountain 
Poley. 
3. Polium ( Angufiifolium ) fpicis fubrotundis, caulibus 
fuffruticofis incanis, foliis linearibus tomentofis. 
Mountain Poley with roundifh fpikes of flowers, hoary 
forubby folks, and very narrow woolly leaves. Polium 
luteum anguftifolium. C. B. P. 220, Narrow-leaved 
yellow Mountain Poley. 
4. Polium ( Album ) caule ramofo procumbente, foliis 
lineari-lanceolatis dentatis, floribus corym boils termi- 
nal i bus. Poley with a branching trailing folk, narrow , 
fpear-jhaped, woolly, indented leaves , and flowers grow- 
ing in a corymbus terminating the branches. Polium 
montanum album. C. B. P. 221. 'White Mountain 
Poley. 
5. Polium ( Capitatum ) caule eredo diffufo, foliis line- 
ari-lanceolatis crenatis, corvmbis terminalibus latera- 
libufque. Poley with an erebi diffufed ftalk , narrow, 
fpear-jhaped, crenated leaves , and flowers growing in a 
corymbus, terminating and proceeding out of the ftdes of 
the branches. Polium maritimum ere cl urn Monfpe- 
liacum. C. B. P. 221. Upright maritime Poley of Mont- 
pelier. 
6. Polium ( Pyreniacum ) caulibus procumbentibus hir- 
futiflimis, foliis cuneiformi-orbiculatis crenatis. Poley 
with very hairy trailing ftalks, and orbicular wedge- 
fhaped haves which are crenated'. Polium Pyreniacum 
iupinum, hederse terreftris folio. Tourn. Inft. R. H. 
206. Low Pyrenean Poley, with a leaf like that of 
Ground-ivy. 
7. Polium ( Latifolium ) caule eredo ramofo, foliis lan- 
ceolatis dentatis fubtus tomentofis, floribus confertis 
terminalibus. Poley with an. upright branching ftalk , 
fpear-jhaped indented leaves which are woolly on their 
under fide, and flowers growing in clufters terminating 
the branches. Polium montanum album ferratum, la- 
tifolium, eredum maj'us. Barrel. Obf. 34. Greater 
upright white Mountain Poley, with a broad flawed leaf. 
8. Polium ( Ere Bum ) caule eredo corymbofo, foliis li- 
nearibus reflexis, floribus terminalibus. Poley with an 
upright ftalk branching cut in form of a corymbus, nar- 
row reflexed leaves, and flowers terminating the ftalks. 
Polium montanum album anguftifolium. C.B.P, 221. 
Narrow-leaved white Mountain Poley. 
9. Polium ( Ramofum ) caule ramofo, procumbente,- fo- 
liis lineari-lanceolatis fuperne dentatis, fpicis oblongis 
terminalibus. Poley with a trailing branching ftalk , nar- 
row fpear-jhaped leaves which are indented toward the 
top, and oblong fpikes of flowers terminating the ftalks , 
Polium Hifpanicum fupmum, (lore flavefcente. Tourn. 
Inft. 20 7. Low Spahifh Poky with a yellowijh flower. 
10. Polium ( Spicatum ) caule eredo fuffruticofo, foliis 
linearibus confertis, fpicis cylindricis faftigiatis ter- 
minalibus. Poley with an upright under fhrub ftalk, nar- 
row leaves growing in clufters , and cylindrical fpikes of 
flowers which terminate the ftalks . Polium ereditm 
album, anguftiori folio & fpica. Phil. Tranf. 417. 
Upright white Poky with a narrower leaf and fpike, 
11. Polium 
