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their fide, fo that thefe are undoubtedly a diftindt fpe- 
cies from the former. 
The ninth fort is known by the title of White Wall- 
flower, among the gardeners and florifts. This riles 
with a greenifh ftalk a foot high, dividing into many 
branches, garnifhed with narrow, fmooth, fpear- 
fliaped leaves, of a lucid green, and of thicker con- 
fluence than thofe of any of the other forts •, they 
come out without any order, are near three incnes 
long, and about half an inch broad in the middle ^ 
the flowers are produced in loofe fpikes at the end of 
the branches, which are of a pure white, and have a 
great fragrancy, efpecially in an evening or in cloudy 
weather •, the flowers are lucceeded by oblong corn- 
preflfed pods like thofe of the other fpecies. There is 
a variety of this with double flowers, which is propa- 
gated by cuttings or flips, in the fame manner as the 
double Wall-flowers but thefe plants require protec- 
tion from great rains, and froft in winter -, fo if they 
are planted in pots, and placed under a common 
frame in winter, where in mild weather they may en- 
joy the open free air, and be covered from hard rains 
and froft, they may be preferved feveral years. 
Sometimes many of the plants with double flowers 
will come up from feeds, but not fo frequent as 
fome of the other forts. I have for feveral years raifed 
.more than one hundred plants in a feafon, without 
obtaining one double flower •, and from the leeds 01 
thefe, have the following year had more than half 
the plants with double flowers : but this is not to be 
expected often. 
The feeds of the tenth fort were fent me by Dr. 
Linnmus, from Upfal in Sweden. This plant riles 
about fix inches high, with an herbaceous fwelling 
ftalk ; the leaves are produced in clufters at the top, 
which are very hoary, waved on their edges, have ob- 
tufe points, and let very clofe to the ftalk •, the flow- 
ers are produced in {lender fpikes from the fide of 
ftalk *, thefe are purple, but not fo fragrant as many 
of the other forts •, the pods are woolly, and recurve 
backward at the end. 
All thefe forts flower in May and June, at which 
time they are the greateft ornament to the flower- 
garden, therefore deferve our care to cultivate them 
as much as any of the flowery tribe ; but in order to 
have many double flowers, there muft be great care 
taken in the choice of plants for feeds, without which 
there can be little hopes of having thefe flowers in 
perfe&ion. The only lure way of getting many dou- 
ble flowers, is to make choice of thofe Angle flowers 
which grow near many double ones ; for 1 have al- 
ways found thofe feeds which have been laved from 
plants growing in beds clofe to each other, where 
there happened to be many double flowers among' 
them, have produced a much greater number of 
plants with double flowers, than thofe which have 
been faved from plants of the fame kinds, which 
grew Angle in the borders of the flower-garden •, fo 
that there fliould be a fmall bed of each kind planted 
on purpofe to lave feeds in the flower-nurfery •, or if 
they are fown there, and the plants thinned properly 
when they are young, they need not be tranfplanted ; 
for I have always obferved the plants which have 
come up from fcattered feeds, which have not been 
tranfplanted, endure the froft much better than thofe 
which have been removed ; for as thefe plants fend 
out horizontal roots from the bottom of their Hems, 
which fpread near the furface of the ground, fo when 
they are tranfplanted, the roots are forced downward 
out of their natural direction •, and if their ftalks were 
grown tall before removal, they are generally planted 
low in the ground, whereby they are apt to rot, if 
the ground is moift, or the winter fhould prove wet ; 
therefore where they can be left unremoved, there 
will be a better chance of their living through t le 
winter •, and as thefe beds heed not be of great extent, 
fo when the winter proves very fevere, it will not be 
much trouble or expence to arch the beds over with 
hoops, and cover them with mats in frofty weather, 
by which method they may be always preferved. 
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The gfound where thefe feeds are fown, muft riot 
have any dung, for in rich land the plants will groW 
very vigorous in furnmer, but when the froft comes 
on, or the heavy rains in autumn, either of which 
will foon deftroy them ^ for thefe plants will thrive 
upon rocks or old walls, as was before obferved ; and 
in fuch Atuations they will live, when all thofe which 
are planted in gardens are deftroyed. The bell time 
to fow the feeds is about the beginning of May ; and 
if the feafon fliould prove dry, it will be proper to 
fhade the beds with mats every day, to prevent the 
earth from drying too fall but the covering muft be 
taken off every evening, to admit the dews' of nighty 
and they fliould be gently watered in the evening two 
or three times a week. When the plants ftrft appear, 
with their two feed-leaves, they are often attacked by 
flies, efpecially in dry hot feafons ^ therefore to pre- 
vent their deftroying of the plants, the covering 
fliould be continued over them during the heat of the 
day, and the plants frequently refreftied with water, 
which will keep them in a growing ftate, fo the flies 
will not infeft them ^ for I have always obferved, they 
never attack any plants unlefs they have been Hunted 
in their grcwth : when the plants have got ftrength, 
they will be fecure from this danger^ and the cover- 
ings may be removed ; after this the plants will re- 
quire no farther care but to keep them clean from 
weeds, and to be thinned to the diftance of nine 
inches or a foot afunder, that they may have proper 
room to grow, and not draw each other up tall and 
weak. The plants which are drawn out of thefe beds 
to thin them, may be planted in the borders of the 
flower-garden, where they are deflgned to remain, 
and the fooner they are removed, when the plants 
have got Ax or eight leaves, the more likely they will 
be to live through the winter ; becaufe their roots 
will not have extended themfelves fo far, fo cannot 
be planted deep in the ground, and may take their 
natural diredtion ; therefore whenever thefe plants are 
removed, it is always the beft way to do it when they 
are young. 
The farther care of the plants which are left in the 
beds, will be to cover them in winter with mats ; and 
when they come to flower, all thofe which are not of 
good colours, or whofe flowers are fmall, fliould be 
drawn out as foon as they appear, that they may not 
impregnate thofe wfliich are deflgned for feeds with 
their farina ; but thofe with double flowers fliould by 
no means be removed, nor fliould their flowers be cut 
off, but fuffered to fade among the Angle ones, by 
which the feeds will be improved ; it will alfo be a 
fure method of preferving each fort in perfedlion, to 
liave them leparate from each other, in diftinct beds ; 
though I think there is no danger of any of the fpe- 
cies Altering, by the mixture of their farina, but their 
colours are liable to be changed by it ; fo that in or- 
der to continue thofe pure, they fliould not Hand 
too near each other. 
The time for flowing the feeds before-mentioned^ 
muft be underftood to be for the forts which are bien- 
nial ; for the annual, or ten Weeks Stock GilliflowCr 
fliould be for the flrft feaion fown in February, as 
was before diredted ; and to fucceed thefe, there 
fhould be another parcelTown in March ; and thofe 
who are curious to continue thefe flowers late in the 
autumn, fliould fow a parcel of the feed the latter 
end of May ; and if thefe laft fown plants are upon 
a warm border, where they may be covered, by 
placing glaffes before them in winter, or covering 
them v/ith mats, they may be continued in flower till 
Chriftmas ; and if fome of the plants are potted, and 
put under a hot-bed frame in autumn, where they 
may enjoy the open air in mild weather, and be 
fereened from hard rains and froft •, by which method 
I have known thefe plants kept flowering all the win- 
ter* when the winters have not been very fevere. 
There are fome who propagate the double Stock Gib 
liflowers by flips and cuttings, which will take root 
when properly managed •, but the plants fo raifed are 
never fo ftrong as thofe which come from feeds, and 
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