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until after the tliird year, when you have feeii them 

 blow llrong, at which time you v/il! be capable to 

 judge of their goodnefs ; for until the roots^have ac- 

 quired ftrength, the flowers v/ill not fliew themfelves 

 to advantage. 



By this time your roots will be too thick in the feed- 

 bed to remain, therefore you muft, as fbon as their 

 green leaves are decayed, fift the earth of your bed 

 through a very fine Cicve^ in order to get out the 

 roots, which can be no otherwife found, as being 

 fmall, and fo nearly the colour of the ground; but 

 in doing this, obfervc not to difturb the ground too 

 deep, fo as to endanger the burying any of the roots ^ 

 for, notv/ithftanding all your care, many fmall roots 

 will be left beliind, therefore as foon as you have fift- 

 ed your whole bed, and taken out all the roots you 

 can find, you mult level the earth of your bed again, 

 and let it remain till next year, wlien you will find a 

 plentiful crop of roots come up again ; the young 

 roots wliich you take up muft be dried, as was direfted 

 for the old ones, but fhould be planted again three 

 w^eeks before them, that they may increafe in ftrength, 

 fo as to flower llrongly the fucceeding year. 

 The fingle (or Poppy) Anemonies will flower moft 

 part of the winter and fpring, when the feafons are 

 favourable, if they are planted in a warm fituation, 

 at which time they make a fine appearance, therefore 

 deferve a place in every flower-garden, efpecially as 

 they require little culture; for if thefe roots are taken 

 up every other year, it will be often enough ; and 

 when they are taken up, they fliould be planted again 

 very early in the autumn, otherwife they will not 

 flower till the fpring. There are fome fine blue co- 

 lours amongfl: thefe fingle Anemonies, which, with 

 the Scarlets and Reds, make a beautiful mixture of 

 colours ; and as thefe begin flowering in January or 

 February, when the weather is cold, they will conti- 

 nue a long time in beauty, provided the froft is not 

 too fevere. Tlie feeds of thefe are ripe by the mid- 

 dle or end of May, and muft be gathered daily as it 

 ripens, otherwife it will foon be blown away by the 

 winds. 



The Anem.one grows naturally in the Levant, parti- 

 cularly in the iilands of the Archipelago, where the 

 borders of the fields are covered with them of all the 

 colours,^ but the flowers are fingle, and have been 

 greatly improved by culture. In France they w^re 

 long cultivated before they were much known in Hol- 

 land or England. Tournefort mentions two French 

 gentlemen, Mefirs. Malaval and Bachelier, who con- 

 tributed greatly to the improvement of thefe flowers ; 

 and of the latter he relates a pleafant ftory, as fol- 



lows 



Mr 



chclier had refufed to communicate the feeds of his 

 fine Anemonies, and finding he could not obtain any 

 either by friendfliip or money, a fancy came into his 

 head, to make a vifit to Mr. Bachelier, with fome of 

 his friends who v/ere in the fecret ^ he ordered his 

 lacquey who fupported the train of his gown, to let 

 it drop on a bed where the Anemonies grew, which 

 he wanted, whofe feeds were then ripe. They walked 

 a confiderable time talking on various fubjedls, and 

 when they came to the fpot where the Anemonies 

 grew, a merry gentleman of the company began a 

 ftor)',^ which engaged the attention of Mr. Bachelier ; 

 at which time the lacquey, who was no fool, let fall 

 his mafter's train over the bed, and the feeds havino- 

 a downy covering, ftuck to the gown, which the boy 

 afterwards took up again, and the company went for- 

 ward. The virtuofo took leave of Mr. Bachelier, and 

 went directly home, where he carefully picked ofi^ the 

 feeds which had ftuck to his robes, and fowed them, 

 which produced very beautiful flowers. 

 The feventh fort grows naturally In Canada and Si- 

 beria • the roots of this creep and multiply greatly 

 in the ground, thxC lower leaves are deeply cut •, "the 

 ftalks rife two feet high, garnifhed with leaves placed 

 oppofite, which embrace the ftalks, and the flowers 

 are produced from the forks of the ftalks upon flen- 

 der toot.ftalks i thefe flowers are white, and beino- 



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fmall, make little appearance, fo the plant is rarely^ 

 preferved, except in botanic gardens for variety : i'c 

 is a very hardy plant, and multiplies very laft where 

 it is allowed to have a place. 



The eighth fort is a very humble plant, feldom rifing 

 more than fix inches high. This grows naturally in 

 the woods of North America, where it flowers early 

 in the fpring, when it makes a pretty appearance, 

 efpecially if many of the plants grow 'xl^ cluilers : 

 fome of thefe flowers are double, which make a bet- 

 ter appearance than the fingle, and continue longer 

 in beauty. The leaves of this plant are very hkc 



Meadow 



ing in whorles, and are terminated by a fingle flower: 

 this fort fliould be planted under the flieher of trees, 



and if the furface of the ground is covered with rotten 

 tanners bark in winter, it will greatly prcferve the 



plants. 



NEM 

 NEM 



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S. See Anemone. 

 RMOS. See Arctotis. 



becaufe it is quick of growth.- 

 The Charactehs are. 



It is, ah umbelliferous plants having many umbels^ which 

 havi no involucnm. %he umhels are uniform^ and com- 



ofed of many fmalli 



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flowers have five fp 



fhaped petals^ each of thefe have five flender Ji 

 crowned zvilh blunt fmmnits ; under the flower is fjuated 

 the germen^ fupporting two fmall ftyles crowned with blunt 

 fiigma \ the germen afterward becomes two compreffed feeds 

 having borders. 



This genus of plants is ranged in the fecond feftion 



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tied Pentandria Digynia, the flowers having five fta- 

 mina and two ftyles. 



We have but one Species of this genus, viz. 



Anethum {Graveolens) ^rvi&:ihus comprelfis. Hort. ClifT. 

 1 06. Dill with comprefled feeds. Anethum hortenfe. 

 C." B. P. 147. Common DHL 



There are two other varieties which are mentioned 

 as diftinft fpecies by the botanifts, but I have fre- 

 quently fown them, and have always found them 

 prove to be only varieties arifing from the fame f :eds. 

 This plant is propagated by fowing the feeds, whicji 

 fliould be done in autum.n foon afcer they are ripe ; 

 for if they are kept out of the ground till fpring, they 

 frequently m.ifcarry ; or if any of the plants come 



^ up, they often decay before they have perfefted their 

 feeds. They love a light foil, and will not bear to be 

 tranfplanted, but rnuft be fown where they are to re^ 

 main, and fliould be allowed eight or ten inches room 

 to grow, otherwife they will draw up very weak, and 

 produce few lateral branches, whereby their leaves 

 will decay, and be rendered ufelefs, nor v/ill they 

 produce fo good feeds ; therefore the beft way is, 

 when the plants are come up, to hoe tliem out, as is 

 praftifed for Onions, Carrots, &c. leaving the plants 

 about eight or ten inches afunder everyway, obferv- 

 ing to keep them clear from weeds ; and when the 

 feeds begin to be formed, you fliould cut up thofe. 

 that are intended to be put into the pickle for Cucum- 

 bers, leaving thofe that are' intended for the ufe of 

 the feeds unril they are ripe ; at which rime it fliould 

 be cut, and fprcad upon a cloth to dry, and then 

 beat out for ufe : if you let the feeds fall upon the 

 ground, the plants v;:ll rife the next fpring without 

 any care, fo that the trouble of fowing their feeds may 

 be fpared. 



ANGELICA [of Jngclusy fo called, as fome quacks, 

 &c. pretend, from the angels, on account of its ex- 

 cellent qualities.] 



The Characters are, 

 // is an umbelliferous plants the greater umbel being com- 

 fofed of many fmall ones -, the involucrum^ cr cover of the 



ofed offyve fnoll leaves^ and thofe of 



fmaller cf eighty and the empahncnt of the fl 



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The flowers of 



fall 



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iform^ eaih of them conjift 

 ; thefe have five fl. 



hich arc longer than 



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germen 



