of the former fpedes. It flowers in June, July, and 
Auguft, but rarely ripens feeds in England. It hath 
a perennial root, which fends out offsets, by which 
it is propagated in England, in the fame manner as 
the laft mentioned, and the plants mult be treated in 
the fame way. 
The twenty-fourth fort grows naturally in Portugal, 
but hath been long cultivated in the flower-gardens 
in England for ornament ; this is ufually titled Con- 
volvulus Minor, by the feedfmen and gardeners. It 
is an annual plant, which hath feveral thick herbace- 
ous -{talks, growing about two feet long, which do 
not twine like the other forts, but decline toward the 
ground, upon which many of the lower branches lie 
proftrate; thefe are garnifhed with fpear-fhaped leaves, 
which fit dole to the branches ; the foot-ftalks of the 
flowers come out juft above the leaves at the fame 
joint, and on the fame fide of the ftalks ; thefe are 
about two inches long, each fuftaining one large open 
bell-fhaped flower, which in fome is of a fine blue 
colour, with a white bottom ; in others they are pure 
white, and fome are beautifully variegated with both 
colours. The white flowers are fucceeded by white 
feeds, and the blue by dark-coloured feeds, and this 
difference is pretty conftant in both ; but thofe plants 
with variegated flowers, have frequently plain flowers 
of both colours intermixed with the ftriped ; there- 
fore the only method to continue the variegated fort, 
is to pull off all the plain flowers when they appear, 
never fuffering any of them to remain for feed. 
This fort is propagated by feeds, which fhould be 
fown ori the borders of the flower-garden where they 
are defigned to remain. The ufual method is to put 
two or three feeds in each place where they are in- 
tended to flower, covering them half an inch with 
earth 5 and when the plants come up, if the feeds all 
grove, there fhould be but two left in each place, 
which will be fufficient ; the others fhould be drawn 
out carefully, fo as not to difturb the roots of thofe 
which are left; after which they will require no 
other culture but to keep them clean from weeds. If 
the feeds are fown in autumn, the plants will flower 
in May ; but thofe which are fown in the fpring, will 
not flower till about the middle of June, and will 
continue flowering till the froft ftops them. The 
feeds ripen in Auguft and September. 
The twenty-fifth fort grows naturally in Italy and 
Sicily. This hath a perennial root, which runs deep 
in the ground, from which arife two or three upright 
branching ftalks near two or three feet high, garnifh- 
ed with narrow leaves about two inches long, which 
fit clofe to the ftalks ; the foot-ftalks of the flower 
proceed from the fame place ; thefe are four or five 
inches long, each fuftaining four or five flowers, of a 
pale Rofe colour, which fpread open almoft flat. This 
flowers in June and July, but feldom produces good 
feeds in England. It is propagated by feeds, which 
muft be obtained from the countries where it natu- 
rally grows ; thefe fhould be fown upon a warm dry 
border, where they are defigned to remain ; for as 
the plants run down with long tap-roots, they will 
not bear tranfplanting, for I have often made trial of 
this without any fuccefs. When the plants come up, 
they fhould be thinned where they grow too clofe, and 
afterward conftantly kept clean from weeds, which is 
all the culture it will require. It flowers in July and 
Auguft, and the ftalks decay in autumn ; but the 
roots will laft feveral years, and if they are in a dry 
foil and warm fituation, will abide through the win- 
ters very well without covering. I have received a 
variety of this from Nice, where it grows naturally, 
with broader leaves, which are hairy. The flowers 
are placed all toward the top of the ftalk upon long 
foot-ftalks, growing many together very clofely join- 
ed : but I cannot be fure if it is not a feminal varia- 
tion, for it was lent me by the fame title. 
The twenty-fixth fort grows naturally in France ; 
this hath a perennial creeping root, from which arife 
feveral fhort branching ftalks about four inches high, 
garnifhed with fp'ear-ihaped fllky leaves ; the flowers 
are produced on the, fide, and at the top of the ftalks, 
in imall clufters, fitting clofe together; thele are 
much fm aller than thofe of the former fort, but' are 
of a deeper Rofe colour : this feldom produces feeds 
in England, but the roots propagate ' in plenty. It 
delights in a light dry foil, and requires no other care 
but to keep the plants clean from weeds ; it may be 
tranfplanted either in the fpring or autumn. This is 
by fome iuppofed to be the fame as the laft mentioned 
fort, but whoever has, cultivated them, can have no 
doubt of their being different fpedes. 
The twenty-feventh fort grows, naturally in Italy,, Si- 
cily, and the iftands in the Archipelago. It riles with 
upright fhrubby ftalks about three feet high. ; clofely 
garnifhed with blunt, fpear-fnaped, filky leaves, which 
are placed on every fide the ftalks ; they are near two • 
inches long, and a quarter broad, rounding at their 
ends. The flowers are produced in clufters at the 
top of the ftalks, fitting very clofe ; they are of a 
pale Rofe colour, and come out in June and July, but 
do not perfebt feeds in England. This plant. will live 
in the open air in mild winters, if it is planted in a 
light foil and a warm fituation, but in hard winters it is 
deftroyed ; therefore fome of the plants fhould be kept 
in pots,- and fheltered under a common frame in win- 
ter, where it may enjoy the free air in mild weather, and 
be protected from the froft, and in fummer placed 
abroad with other hardy exotic plants, where its fine 
filky leaves will make a pretty appearance. It may 
be propagated by laying down the branches, and alfo 
by cuttings, but both very feldom put out roots the 
fame year, and many of them wall fail ; fo that the 
beft way is to procure the feeds from Italy, for thofe 
plants which come from feeds, grow much larger than 
thofe which are propagated the other way. 
The twenty-eighth fort grows naturally in Candia, 
and feveral of the iflands in the Archipelago. This 
hath a perennial root, which fends up feveral erebt 
branching ftalks about two feet high, which are gar- 
nifhed with very narrow-pointed leaves, fitting clofe 
to the ftalks, which are hoary. The flowers come 
out fingly on the fide of the ftalks, fitting very clofe 
to them, having fcarce any foot-ftalks ; thefe are of a 
very pale bluifh colour, and fpread open almoft to 
the bottom. It flowers in June and July, but rarely 
produces any feeds in England. 
This fort is propagated in the fame manner as the 
twenty-fifth, and the plants require the fame treat- 
ment. This plant muft have a dry foil and a warm 
fituation, otherwife it will not live through the win- 
ter in the open air in England. As the ftalks of 
this fort decay in autumn, fo if the furface of the 
ground about their roots is covered with fome old 
tanners bark, it will preferve them in the hardeft 
frofts. 
The twenty-ninth fort is ufed in medicine. This is 
ftiled Soldanella, and Braffica marina ; it grows na- 
turally on the fea beaches in many parts of England, 
but cannot be long preferved in a garden. This hath 
many fmall, white, ftringy roots, which fpread wide, 
and fend out feveral weak trailing branches, which 
twine about the neighbouring plants like the com- 
mon Bindweed, and are garnifhed with kidney -fh aped 
leaves about the iize of thofe of the leffer Celandine, 
ftanding upon long foot-ftalks, and are placed alter- 
nate. The flowers are produced on the fide of the 
branches at each joint. Thefe are fhaped like thofe 
of the firft fort, and are of a reddifh purple colour ; 
they appear in July, and are fucceeded by round cap- 
fules, having three cells, each containing one black 
feed ; every part of the plant abounds with a milky 
juice. This is efteemed a good medicine to purge off 
watery humours, and is preferibed in dropfies. 
The thirtieth fort grows naturally in the ifland of 
Ceylon. This is a perennial plant, having thick fiefhy 
roots, which fpread far in the ground, and abound 
with a milky juice, which flows out when the roots 
are broken or wounded, and foon hardens into a refi- 
nous fubftance, when expofed to the fun and air. 
From the root fhoots forth many twining branches, 
6 which 
