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12. Achillea (A'^?;/.'?) foliis plmiatis dentatis hirfotiiTi- 



mis floribus gloir.erato urnbcilatis. Lin. Sp. Flant. 



2671. Hoar^ /Ilpine Milfoih ''^^^f^ a ftcdous f,0\vei\ 

 i^. Achillea {Nobilis) foliis bipinnatis, interioribus nu- 



dis planis, fupcrioribus obtufis 



convexis confertlfTimis. Lin. Sp. 126S. Noble or Sweet 



Milfoil 

 ij,. AcHiLLi-A { Alpine) foliis lanccolatis dcntato-fcrratis 



lenticuktis tenuinime ierratis. Hort. Cliff. 413. Al- 



fi'ne Siicezzvcrt -jvith leaves deeply fcrrated^ commonly called 



IVhite Maudlin, 



The firft fort here enumerated, is the common Yar- 

 row or Milfoil, which grows naturally on banks and 

 by the fides of foot-paths in moll parts of England, 

 fo is rarely allowed a place in gardens; but being an 

 officinal plant, it is here mentioned to introduce the 

 others.^ Of this there is a variety with purple flowers, 

 which is frequently found wild in Engla*-di but the 

 plants feldom continue to produce purple flowers 

 long, when they are tranfplanted into gardens. The 

 Yarrow creeps greatly by its roots, and alfo multiplies 

 by feeds, fo that it becomes a troublefome weed, where 

 it is permitted to grow. 



The third fort is often planted in gardens for the fake 

 of variety. This is of humble growth, feldom rifing 

 more than eight or nine inches high. The leaves are 

 finely cut, and are very hoary-, the flowers are of 

 a bright yellow colour, and continue long in beauty. 

 It grows naturally in the fouth of France, Spain, and 

 Italy, but will live in the open air in England. It is 

 increafed by parting of the roots, the beft time for 



which is in Oftober. 1 



The fourth, fifth, feventh, and ninth forts, are na- 

 tives in the iflands of the Archipelago. Thefe were 

 introduced into France by Dr. Tournefort. The ninth 

 fort hath very hoary leaves, which remain all the year; 

 and the plants growing clofe and low, make a pretty 

 appearance at all feafons. The flowers are produced 

 in umbels on the top of the ftalks, which are yel- 

 low; thefe appear in June, July, Auguft, and Sep- 

 tember, and are of long duration, fo that frec[uently 

 fome of them continue the greater part of the winter. 

 This fort mufl: have a dry foil and a warm fituation, 

 where it will endure the cold of our ordinary winters 



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in the open air, but in very fevere froft: they are often 

 defl:royed; a few plants therefore ought to be fliel- 

 tered under a frame in winter, to preierve the kind. 

 It is propagated by flips, which may be taken pff ^nd 

 planted in a fliady border, any time in fummer, when 

 they will take root in about fix weeks, and then may 

 be tranfplanted either into pots, or the borders where 

 they are to remain. This fort rarely perfects its feeds 

 in Eno-land. 



The fourth, fifth, and feventh forts, are of taller 

 growth, propagating by their roots, and ripening feeds 

 in England, fo that they may be obtained in plenty; 

 and as they require little care to cultivate them, being 

 hardy enough to live in the open air, they may be 

 allowed aplace in gardens, where,by theirhoary leaves, 

 they will make a pretty diverfity; and their flowers 

 continuing long, though not the moft: beautiful, yet 

 make a pretty contraft: when intermixed with others. 

 The fixth fort is a very humble plant; the foct-ftalks 

 which fupport the umbels of its flowers, rarely rife 

 above fix inches high. As for the flowers themfelves, 

 they are near as large as tliofe of the common Sneez- 

 wort, white, and growing in flat umbels; thefe 

 appear in June and July. The leaves of the plant 

 have fomc likenefs to thofe of the common Worm- 

 wood, and arevery hoary, growing clofe totheground, 

 decaying in autumn, fo that in winter they make 

 little appearance. This fpecies of Yarrow is propa- 

 gated by parting of the roots, either in fpring or au- 

 tumn, and flioyld have a dry foil, for much wet in 

 winter will rot them. It never perfecfts its feeds here, 

 and therefore caii only be multiplied the other way. 

 This fort is a native of the Alps. 

 The eighth fort is commonly known by the ttle of 

 Sweet Maudlin in the markets; it was formerly more 

 ufed in medicine than at prefent, fo that there is fcarce 



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I any of it cultivated in the gardens for falc; and when 

 it is afivcd for, the people in the markets commonly 

 give the fourteenth fort for it, which being a very 

 hardy plant, and eafily propagated, is now generally 

 fold for the other. For though the true Maudlin is 

 hardy in refpetSt to cold, yet in wet winters th^? roots 

 are often killed by moifture, efpecially thofe which 

 are in good ground ; but when the plants grow out of 

 the joints of walls, orinrubbifli, tliey will live many 

 years without care. There are two other variedes of 

 this plant which are found growing naturally in Spain, 

 one of them having longer and more compaft UiTibels 

 of flowers, and the other hath broader leaves and 

 fmallef flowers ; but thefe approaching fo near to the 

 common fort in every other particular, I thought it 

 v/ould be needlefs to enumerate them as difl:in6t ij^e- 

 cies. The common Maudlin is propagated by parting 

 of the roots, either in fpring or atitumn; and as ic 

 ripens feeds very well, fo it may be propagated by 

 fowing the feeds in April. It flowers in June and July, 

 and the feeds are ripe in September. 

 The tenth fort is the comm.on Sneezwort ; this grows 

 wild in the woods and ether fliady places, in many 

 parts of England, fo is not admitted into gardens ; 

 . this creeps greatly by its roots, fo as to cover a large 

 fpot of ground foon. It is fometimes ufed in medi- 

 cine, and in the Ipring the young tender fhoots are put 

 into fallads, to forreil the coldnefs of other herbs ; 

 and the roots are ufed for the tooth-ach, whence fome 

 have given the' title of Field Pellitory to this plant. 

 There is a variety of this with double flowers, which 

 is preferved in gardens, and is commonly known by 

 the title of double Maudlin. When this is planted 

 in pots, fo as to confine the roots from creeping, the 

 fl:alks will grow clofer together, and then they make 

 a^ tolerable appearance when in flowef ; but where the ' 

 roots have full liberty to run, the fl:alks grow farther 

 dift:ant from one another, in which cafe they make 

 but an indifferent appearance. It flowers in July and 

 Augufl:. ; 



The fourteenth fort has fome refemblance to the 

 tenth, but the leaves are longer, deeper cut on their 

 edges, and are "of a darker green colour- This pro- 

 ^pagates fafl: enough by its creeping root, and is very 

 nardy. ' \ . 



The eleventh and twelfth forts are natives of the Alps, 

 and confeqiiently very hardy; they multiply by feeds, 

 and alfo by parting of their roots, and will thrive in 

 almoft any foil, but love an open expofure. The ele- 

 venth produces many ftalks which rife near three feet 

 high, having loofe branching umbels of white flowers 

 on their top, refembling thofe of the common S.neez- 

 wort, but larger. The twelfth fort hath hoary leaves, 

 and the umbels of its flowers are more compaft ; the 

 ftalks of this do not rife more than a foot high. Both 

 thefe deferve a place in o-ardens. '-' •• 

 The thirteenth fort approaches near the firfl:, but the 

 leaves are of a pale green, and hot fo long, or fo 

 much ciit as thofe of the firft:; thefe have a ftrong 

 fweet fcent when bruifed. It is equally hardy with the 

 firfl:, and therefore requires little culture. ' " ' 



ACHRAS. SeeSAPOTA. . 



ACHYRANTHES. 



" The Characters are, 



The empalement confifis of jive pointed rigid leaves which 

 are permanent ; the fozver hath no petals ; but in the cen- 

 ter of the empalement is fltuated the point al^ having a bifid 

 fiigma^ attended by fiveflamina^ fuppcrting fmallfumniits, 

 The point al afterward becomes a jingle roundifh feedy in- 

 clofed in the empalement, ■ 



The 'Species are, ' • 



I. AcHYRANTHEs {Afpcra) caule ereclo, calycibus fe- 

 Piexis fpica^ adpreflis. Fl. Zeyl. 105. Achyranthes with 

 an up7'ight Jlalky and a refexed flower-cup, Amaranthus 

 ficulus fpicatus radice perenni. Bocc. Ran Plant, 16. 



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2. A.CHYRANTKES {Indico) caulc erefto, foliis obverse 

 ovatis undulatis floribus reflexis. Achyranthes with an 

 ereSf'Jlalky obvcrfc oval waved leaves and refiexed flowers. 



3, Achyranthes 



