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fro:n v.'Iuch ariic fcveral branching dalles, v/hiLlvgrow 

 a^ouc one foot lii'^h, earnillied with leaves at each 

 i;j:nr, which are divided into five lobes j and are di- 

 vided at tlie top into many fl:iort fegnicnts, which are 

 crenated en their edges-, they areofa light green, ^and 

 ihiootli. The Howers are produced at the end of the 

 bran.ches, iViany t^rov/mg together in a bunch, but 

 each ihort foot-ilaiL fuftains two flowers. The flowers 

 have fwollcn empalements, refenibling inflated blad- 

 ders. The petals are pretty large, equal, and of a 

 fine bright purple colour, and the fcamina and llyle 

 are niucli longer than the petals-, the whole plant, 

 when rubbed, cmitb an aojeeable odour. This flowers 





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about the fame time with the firll fort, and may b 

 propagated and treated in the fame manner, the plant 



being equally hardy. 



'I'he third fort grows naturally in many parts of Eng- 

 land, but is often admitted into gardens ; this hath 

 pretty thick, ficfliy, fibrous roots, which grow to a 

 large head, froift which arife many ilalks, gar- 

 nifl^ed with leaves, divided into five lobes, which 

 are again divided almofl: to the midrib. The flowers 

 {land upon long hairy foot-italks, which come out 

 from the fide of the tl'aik, each fuftaining one flower, 

 compofed of Civc broad regular petals, which are of a 

 deep purple colour. This fort flov/ers in June and Ju- 

 ly ; there are tv/o varieties mentioned of this fort as 

 diftincl fpecie.s, one whofe ftalks grow more ered, and 

 the other hath leaves m.ore dee})ly divided j but the 

 plants which I have raifed from feeds of thefe do not 

 come up the fame as the parent plants, fo they are 



. only feminal varieties. 



. This hath a perennial root, which may be parted in 



, autumn, and thereby propagated; or it may be pro- 

 pagated by feeds, and the plants treated in the fame 

 manner as the firft. 



The fourtli fort hath been fuppofed by fome to be 

 only a variety of the third, but it is undoubtedly a 

 diltinft fpecies ; for I have frequently raifed the 



- plilnts from feeds, which have always proved to be 

 the fame. The fl:alks of this plant are ihorter than 



. thofe of the third, and fpread fiat on the ground -, 



the leaves are much lefs, and not fo deeply divided, 



and the flov/ers much firiailer and of a pale colour, 



marked with purple j it grows naturally in Lancafliire 



and Wefl:moreIand, where I faw it in plenty. This 



may be propagated and treated in the fame manner 



as the others. ■. , - , : , 



The fifth fort is a perennial plant, of fmaller growth 



than either of the former. It rifes with branching 



ftalks about fix inches high, garniflied with leaves, 



having three pretty broad lobes, which are undi- 



.vided, and crenated on their edges : thofe on the 



lower part of the fl:alks are placed oppofite, upon 



pretty long foot-flalks, but tlie upper leaves fit clofe 



to the ftalks and are fingle. l^he flowers are produced 



at the end of the ftalks, ftanding together upon two 



ihort foot-ftalks ; they are of a dirty purple colour, 



and appear in June. It grows naturally in France. 



This fort may be propagated and treated in the fame 



manner as the firft. 



, , The fixth fort grows naturally on the Alps and Hel- 

 vetian mountains, and is found in fome places in the 

 North of England : this bath a perennial root, from 



. which arifc fcveral ftalks near a foot high, with 

 leaves which are divided into five or fix lobes, which 

 are laciniated on their edges ; thofe which grow near 

 the root have long foot-ftalks, but thofe on the up- 

 per part of the ftalk fit clofe ; the ftalk branches out 

 at the top into three or four divifions, each being 

 terminated by tw^o or three foot-ftalks, fuftaining two 



.'flowers of a dark purple colour, with ereft petals. 



. This flowers in June, and may b 



. or parting of the roots, in the fame manner as the 

 firft fort. .^ . - . 



The feventh fort is very like the fixth, but the 

 leaves are larger, the lobes fhorter, broader, and not 

 fomuch cut; they are ftriped with black; the ftalks 

 rife higher, the flowers are larger, and the petals are 



. rcriexed. Thefe differences are permanent, fo are 





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fuflicient to conftitute a fpeciiic dirlercnce betw^--^ 

 them. This may be propagated and treated in c'-.- 

 fame manner as the firft fort. It grjw:i natu^allv '*" 

 the Alps. ^ y oa 



The eighth fort hath a perennial root, which frnl 

 up many branching ftalks a foot and a half hi^S^ 

 garniflied with light green leaves; thofe on th* 

 lower part of the ftalk hath five lobes, and ftam^ 

 upon long foot-ftalks ; but thofe on the upper m 

 have but three lobes, fit clofer to the ftalks an^^ 

 are ft^arply indented on the edges ; the flowers' ftanH 

 upon long flender foot-ftalks, each fuftaining two 

 flowers, compofed of five obtufe petals, which are 

 deeply indented at the top ; they are of a dull wliite 

 with many purple ftripcs running longitudnally thro* 

 them. Thefe appear in June, and in cool feafons 

 there will be a fucceflion of flowers a great part of 

 July. This fort is very hardy,^ fo may be propagated 

 by dividing of the roots, or from feeds, in the Vmc 

 manner as the firft fort. 

 . The ninth fort grows plentifully in tlie meadows In 

 Lancafliire and Weftmoreland ; this hath a perennial 

 root, which fends cut three or four uprjglit ftalks 

 about nine inches high, garniflied with leaves, havino- 

 five lobes, which are fawed on their edges; they aie 

 placed oppofite on the ftalks; thofe on the lower 

 part have pretty long foot-ftalks, but thofe on the 

 upper part fit clofer. Tlie flowers are fituated 

 on the top of the ftalks, ftanding upon ftiort foot- 

 ftalks, each fuftaining two pretty large blue flowers 

 with entire petals. This flowers in May and June 

 and may be propagated and treated in the fame way 

 as the firft fort. 



The tenth fort was difcovered by Dr. Tourncfort in 

 the Levant, from whence he fent the feeds to the Royal 

 Garden at Paris ; this hath a perennial root, from 

 which, arife a few weak ftalks about nine inches long, 

 garniflied with leaves which are round, and divided 

 into five lobes, which' are indented at the top, and 

 placed oppofite on the ftalks. The flowers ftand upon 

 pretty long foot-ftalks, which come fingle from 

 the joints of the ftalks, each fuftaining two purplilh 

 flowers with entire petals, having very fliort empale- 

 ments. It flowers in June, and may be propagated 

 either from feeds, or by parting of the roots in the 

 fame manner as the firft fort, but the plants requinea 

 drier foil and a warmer fituation ; for although in 

 common winters it will live in the open air, yet in fe- 

 vere froft thefe plants are fometimes killed, efpecially 

 when they are planted in moift cold land. 

 The eleventh fort grows naturally on the Pyrenean 

 mountains ; this hath a perennial root, from which 

 arife many branching ftalks a foot and a half high, 

 garniflied with round leaves, divided into many ob- 

 tufe fegments at the top, placed oppofite. The 

 flowers are produced upon fliort foot-ftalks, which 

 come out at the divifions on the fides, and at the top 



, of the ftalks ; they are in fome of a pale purple co- 

 lour, and in others white. The petals of the flowers 



. are bifid, like thofe of the common Dove's-foot 

 Crane's-bill, to which the whole plant bears fome re- 

 femblance ; but the ftalks are eredl, the leaves and 

 flowers much larger, and the root is perennial; this 

 will propagate itielf faft enough by its fcattered feeds 

 where it has once got pofl^eflion, and will thrive in any 

 foil or fituation. . - j 



The twelfth fort grows naturally upon the Alps. The 

 feeds of this were fent me by Sig. Micheli, of, Flo- 

 rence ; this hath a perennial root, which runs very 

 deep into the ground. The lower leaves of the plane 

 have very long foot-ftalks, they are doubly wingea 

 and fmooth. The ftalks rife a foot and a half high, 

 which are garniflied w^th leaves of the fame form as 



,,the lower, but fmaller, and ftand oppofite. The 

 flowers grow many together upon very long ioot- 

 ftalks ; they are purple. This flowers in Jun^> ^^^ 

 has never ripened any feeds in England. , The plan 



. is hardy, and lives in the open air, but asthcroo 

 puts out no offsets, nor perfeds fecdo here,- w'^ 

 not been able to propagate it. 





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