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This is a plant which is fcldom propagated in gar- 

 dens, therefore I fball not trouble the reader with any 

 account of it more than this. Thar whoever hath a 

 mind to cultivate any of the forts, mult procure the 

 plants from the countries where they naturally grow •, 

 there are two forts which are natives of the warmer 

 arts of Europe, but in America there is a great num- 

 er of very different kinds ; thtfc muft be planted in 

 pots filled with loamy undunged earth, and fuch of 

 them as are natives of hot countries, muft be placed 

 in the ftove ; the others may be fheltercd under a com- 

 mon frame in winter, and during the fummer they 

 muft be frequently watered, but in winter they will 

 require but little. .In fummer they fhould alfo have 

 plenty of free air admitted to them ; with this ma- 



naeement the plants will thrive, 

 HEPATIC A. Boerh. Tnd. Plant. 



Ranunculus. 



Tourn. Inft. R. H. 286. Anemone. Lin. Gen. 

 . Plant. 614. fllTrarrTK, of '"HTrap, the liver,^ fo called, 

 becaufe the leaves of this plant are divided into lobes, 

 like the liver (but it does not at all take its name from 

 its ufe, for it is of no virtue againft the difeafes of the 

 liver, as many have erroneoufly imagined ^ ^nd trifo- 

 lia, from its fimilitude thereto.] Hepatica, or Noble 

 Liverwort. 



The Characters are. 



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^he flower hath a three-leaved empakment. 

 ftx petals^ which are cval^ and expand to the bottom^ 

 with a great nwmber offlender Jlamina jhofter than the 

 fetals^ terminated by obt ufe fummits \ and fever al ger men 

 coUeSIedinto a head^ fupporting acuminated Jlyles^ crowned 

 hy obtufe ftigrnas. ne germ en afterward turns to acumi- 

 nated feeds fitting round the flyles. . ;■. '-. ' - -\": ' 

 This genus of plants is by Tournefort ranged among 

 . the Crowfoots, and by Linnseus it is placed under 

 Anemone i but as the flpwers of Anemone have no 

 . etnpalement, and the Hepatfca hatli a three-leaved 

 one, it may be feparated from that genus; "and as it 

 - is well kno'v/h m the gardens by this title, fo fhould 

 ':^Aye range it with the Anemone, it might occaiion con- 

 •" fufion; ..This is ranged in the feventh fetStibn of Lin- 

 "iLnjEus's thirteenth clafs, which includes the herbs with 



flowers having many ftamina^ and ftyles. 



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I. Hepatica [Nobilis) trifolio, cceruleo ^ore. Cluf. *Tbe 



r Jingle blue Hepatica^ or Noble Liverwort,: t-^v' 

 a. 'Hepatica (P/fM)trifoliacderuleo'pleno. Cluf. The 

 - double blue Hepatica^ or Noble Liverwort. ';■'■-'■:: 

 Hepatica {Alba) trifolia, flore alba fimplici. Boerh. 



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they are eafily propagated, and alfo nev/ flowers may 

 be that way obtained. I'he bdl fcafon for lowin<»-of 

 the feeds is in the beginning of Auguft, cither in pots 

 or boxes of light earth, which ihould be placed lo as 

 to have only the morning fun until Oclooer, v;htii 

 they Ihould be removed mto the full fun, to remain 

 during the winter feafon ; but in March, vvhen the 

 young plants will begin to appear, they nuni be re- 

 moved again to a fhady fituacion, and in dry weather 

 fhould be freqiiently watered, and about the bemn- 

 ning of Auguft they will be fit to be tranfplanted ; ac 

 which time you fhould prepare a border facino- the 

 eaft^ of good, frefh, loamy earth, into which you 

 ihould remove the plants, placing them about fix 

 inches diftance each way, clofing the earth prttty 

 faft to their roots, to prevent the worms from draw- 

 ing them out of the ground, which they are very 

 apt to do at that feafon; and, in the fp ring follow. 

 ing, they will begin to ftiew their fiov/crs ; but it will 

 be three years before they flower flrong, and till then 

 you cannot judge of their goodnefs ; v^hen, if you 

 find any double flowers, or any of a different colour 

 from the common forts, they fhould be taken up 

 and tranfplanted into the borders of the flower-o-arden 

 where they Ihould continue at leaft two years before 

 they are taken up or parted \ for it is remarkable 

 in this plant, that where they are often removed and 

 parted, they are very fubjcft to die ; whereas, when 

 they are permitted to remain undifturbed for many 

 "years, they will thrive exceedingly, and become very 

 large roots. 



The double flowers, w^hich never produce feeds, are 



propagated by parting their roots, which fliould be 



"done in March, at the time when they are in flower'; 



v{but you Ihould be^careful not to feparate them into 



t;very fmall heads, nor Ihovild they be parted oftener 



. tlian every third oi* fourth year, if you inteiid to have 



them thrive, for the reafon before "given. They de- 



' light in a ftrong loamy foil, /and in an eaftern pofi; 



tion, where they may have only the morning fun^ 



though they will grow in almoft any afpeft, not too 



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HEPATORIUM. See Eupatorium. 



HEPTAPHYLLUM. See Potentilla. 



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HERACLEUM. Lin. Gen. 345. Sphondyliam. 

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Ind, The ftngle white Hepatica^ or Noble Liverwort, 



The calyx of the greater umbel is large ^ ccmpofed of many 

 Jmaller^ which are plain \ the general involui rum is com- 

 pofedofmany leaves which fall off-^ the partial umbds 



4. Hepatica {Vulgaris^ trifolia, rubro flore. Cluf. Single j have involucrums of three to feven leaves^ the cuter being 



the longeft. The general umbel is deformed^ the florets an 



„ red Hepatica^ or Noble Liverwort. v ...": .:. 



5, Hepatica {Rubra) trifolia, flore ' rubro ple- 



J:,no; Boerh. Ind. Double red-^ or Peach-coloured Hepa- 

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moftly fruitful ; thofe of the dijk have five equal petals^ 

 which are inflexed \ thofe of the rays have the fame mm- 

 her of unequal petals^ the outer being the largeft \ they 



Thefe plants are fome of the gfeatefl: . beauties of I have each five ftamina longer than the petals^ terminated 

 the fpring ; the flowers are produced in Februarj;^ and j : Jg^ fmall fummits. The germen is fttiiatcd under the 



- flower^ 'and is almoft ovaU fuppor ting two ftyles^ crowned 

 . by fimple ftigmas . The germen afterward becomes an ellip- 

 i- tical fruity compofed of two oval comprejfed feeds. - "tiv., 

 ^- This genus of plants is ranged in the fecond order 

 ,:.of Linnasus's fifth clafs, intitled Pentandria Digynia, 

 V. the flowers Tiaving five ftamina and two ftyles. 

 ;-;.:^k?rhe Species' are, , X •' ^ :.-: ^f '^-^ 

 I. 'Heracl^um iSpbondylium) foliolis plnnatifidis. Hort. 

 fK Cliff. 102;' Cow Parfnep with . win^-pointed leaves. 



157, Com- 



'March in great plenty, before the green leaves appear, 

 ' and make a very beautiful figure in the b6r3^ers of the 

 li pleafure-garden, efpecially^ the ''double forts, which 



'-commonly continue a fortnight long in flower than 

 the fingle kinds, and the flowers arc much fairer; - I 



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; ihave feenthe double white kind often mentioned in 

 ^a^oks, but could never fee It 'growing, though I do 

 V not know but fuch a flower might be obtained from 

 ■-'^feeds of the finele white, or blue kinds. *:I have 

 f: fonietimes known the double blue lort produce fome 

 f%>flowers in autumn, which, were inclining to' white, 

 ^.*irid thereby Tome people have been deceived, who 

 Fhave procured the roots at that feafon, and planted 

 5.ithem in their gardens-, but the fpring following 

 ?;-their flowers were blue, as before-, and this is what 

 -"frequently happens, when the autumn is'fo mild as to 

 -'iCaufe them to flower •, but whether the double white 

 -':fort, mentioned in the books, was only this acciden- 

 ■. tal alteration 'in the colour of the flower, I cannot 

 fay, though tt feems very probable it was, fince I ne- 

 ver could, hear'bf any perfon ^Vh6 ever faw the dou- 

 ble white fort flower in the fprino;. -' ' ■'■' :-' ^ 

 The angle forts produce feeds every year, whereby 



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*:;Sphondylium vulgare hirfutum. CJB. P 



.- mon Cow Parfnep: \\*^ J. V*^^<- . :•' '-> >'1 v ' ''-_ 



2. Heracleum {Panaces) foliis pinnatis, foliolis quinis, 

 ^ Thterrnediis feflllibus, fJoribusradiatis. Hort. Upfal. 65. 



Cow Parfnep ^ with winged leaves having five Icbes^ and 

 '' . radiated flowers, ' Panax Sphondylii' folio, fc. Her^- 

 racleum, C.b.Jrr if/."^':;..: v. ::,,;. v, 



3. Heracleum" C^^m/;«J' foliis fimphcibus, floribus 

 r^diatis. Lin. Sp. 359.*' Cow Parfnep withfimple leaves 

 and radiated flowers. Sphondyhum Alpinumglabrum. 



.' C\ B." P. 157. Smooth Alpine Cow Parfnep. -^ .*. . 

 4.- Heracleum {Sibricum) foliis' pinnatis, folioliis qui- 

 ^ nis, interm'ediis feffilibus, coroUulio uniformibus. Hort. 



• Upfal. 6^, Cozv Parfnep with winged leaves^ having fi"^^ 



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