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brevioribus crafTis obfcure virentibus. Rail Syn. Ed. 

 2. p. 1 86. D'uuirf^ perennial^ mar iHme Chamomile j with 

 Jhort^ thick^ dark green leaves. 

 Matricaria (irJica) foliis ovatis finuatis angulis 

 ferratis acutis. Feverfew with ovak Jinuated^ angular^ 

 acutely-fawed leaves. Matricaria latiore folio, flore 



pleno. Mor. Hift. 3. p. 33.^ . . . ' 

 Matricaria {Argentea) foliis bipinnatis, pedunculis 



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Feverfew with winged 



Chamaeme- 



folitanis, Horr. Cliff. 415. 



leaves^ andfinglefoot-flalks to the flowers. 



lum Orkntale incanumj Millefolium folio. Tourn. 



Cor. 37- 

 '■t, Matb^icakia (Americana) foliis lineari-lanceolatis in- 



tef^errimis, pedunculis unifloris. Feverfew ivith entire 



, fpear-fh aped leaves^ and foot-flalks with one flower, 



• ' The firft fort is the common Feverfew, which is di- 

 :■' refted to be ui'ed in medicine. It grows naturally in 



■ lanes, and upon the fide of banks in many parts of 

 ' Encrland, but is frequently cultivated in the phyfic- 



gardens to fupply the markets ; this is commonly a 



■ biennial plant, which decays foon after it has per- 



■ fefted feeds. The root of this plant is compofed of 

 a great number of fibres, which fpread wide on every 



'■•■■ fide/ The flalks rife upward of two feet high j they 

 ' ■ ' are round, fliff, and llriated, branching out on every 



fide. The leaves are compofed of feven lobes, which 

 '. are cut into many^obtufe fegments; they are of a 

 - yellowilh green colour. The fi:alks and branches arc 

 ' terminated by the flowers, which arc difpofed almofl: 

 ' in the form of loofe umbels, each flower Handing 

 ' upon a feparate foot-ftalk, about two inches long. 



The flowers are compofed of feveral fliort rays, which 



• are white, like thofe of the Chamomile, furrounding 

 yellow diflcj'cornpofeH of hermaphrodite florets, 



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/which form a hemifphere ; thefe are inclofed in one 

 common fcaly empalement, and are fucceeded by ob- 

 it flowers in June, and 

 The whole plant has a 

 The leaves and flowers ot 



■ . long, angular, naked feeds. 



.the feeds' ripen in autumn. 



ftrong'uhpfeafant odour. 



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and expelling the 



^this are ufed in medicine, and are particularly appro- 



/priated to the female fex, being of great fervice in all 



cold flatulent diforders of the womb, 'and hyft:eric af 



" fedions, procuring the catamenia, 



* birth' and fecundines. 



^yj The following varieties of this plant are preferved iq 



botanic gardens, many of which are pretty conftant, 



if cafe "is taken in faving the feeds ^ but where the feeds 



of thefe plants has been fu fleered' to Tcatter,'Tt"^will be 



almofl: impoflible to preferyQ the varieties without 



mixture ; but if the feeds arp fown upon a frefli fpqt 



of ground, where there has not grown any of the 



plants before, I am inclinable to believe the Teeds 



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'* 'will produre the fame prahts'Ss'tHofe the^y^^werS 'takeh^ 



/^ from; however, as they are fuppofed to be^only va- . 



^ ' rieties, fo I fhallonly jufl; infert them here^ for the 



;- ule or thole who are curious m collcctincr the varieties. 



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w witn very double flowers. 

 2. Feverfew witK^double- floW2rsr"'whofe borders, 

 rays are plain, a^d the diflcfifl:ular.^'e^' 

 *jr Feverfew with very fmall rays 



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mixed with other plants of the fame growth, they 

 make a handibme appearance during \hc fc.ilon of 

 flowering, which commonly continues a full month, 

 or more, which renders thern more valuable. But as 

 their roots fcldcm abide more tlian two, or at molt 

 three years, frefli plants would b- railed from feeds 

 to fupply their places ; for although they may be 

 propagated by parting their room either in fpring or 

 autumn, yet theie feidom make fo good plants as 

 thofe obtained from feeds •, but the fecund variety fei- 

 dom produces any good feeds, therefore that muil be 

 propagated in this manner, or by planting cuttings 

 in the fpring or fjmmer months, which will take 

 root, and make good plants. 



The fecond fort grows naturally near the fca, in fe- 

 veral parts of England. I have obferved it upon the 

 SuflTex coafl: in great plenty, from whence I brought 

 the plants, which were of no longer duration in the 

 garden than two years, though in their native foil they 

 may continue longer. The ftalks of this plant branch 

 out pretty much, and fpread near the ground ; they 

 are garniflied with dark green leaves, which are com- 

 pofed of many double wings, or pinnae, like thofe of 

 the common Chamomile,, but are much thicker in 

 fubftance-, they have their edges turned backward, fo 

 "arecbnvex on their upper iurface, and concave on 

 their under. The flowers arc white, like thofe of 

 •the common Chamomile, and are difpofed almoll in 

 'the form, of an umbel -, they appear in July, and the 

 feeds ripen In autumn. ' 



This plarit'is feidom cultivated but in botanic gar- 

 dens for variety. It may be propagated by feeds, 

 which may be fown either in autumn, foon after they 

 ;are ripe, or in the fpring, upon a bed of common 

 earth, in almofl: any fituation •, and when the plants ' 

 come up, they ^yill require no other care but to thin 

 them where they are too clofe, and keep them clean 

 from weeds: .. ■ ■'"*■' ■^'* * - "■ : '\, .-.. v^* ^\ 



The third fort grows naturally in many parts of In- 

 dia, I received it from Nimpu, where it grows plen- 

 tifully I this plant rifes a foot and a half high, dividing 

 into many branches, garniflied with angular oval 

 leaves, which are acutely fawed on their edges, and 

 are of a pale colour •, the flovvcrs are produced on 

 foot-ft:alks which arife from the wins;s of the leaves, 

 and alfo terminate the branches ; thefe are, in all I 

 ■have yet feen, very double, and full as large as thofe 

 of the double fort befort^-mentioned ; thefe appear in 

 July, and in favourable fealons are fucceeded by feeds 

 which ripen late io the autumn." ^v^/^"^r^ior-.u> 

 "•This fort is propagaft^ by feeds^^'hich fl^oufd b& 

 . - fown 1h 'the fpring upon a' fnoderate hbt-b^ed, and 

 i'-. when the plants conie up, tfi'cy muft be treated in the 

 -cmanner already dhefted for the Chryfanthemum Co- 

 -roh^afiqm, witn which cultuil!' they will thrive and 

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^'^-*^. Feverfew with very ftiort fiflrular flbre'ts,-'^^^,^ 1 

 ^' . 5. Fevbfew with naked hHds,KHvlnghb fays of ^ 



'*6, Feverfew with naked fulphUr-colourcd he^ds. 

 7- Feverfew with elegant curled leaves.' :.r^^/' 



:Thefe plants are all propasfatedT By theii: feeds, which 



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ftioiild be'pTahteicl ifi*t!ic bord^r^s of the flo\vef-gar- 

 '■'den-, where, if they'are kept clean from weeds, they 





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•'■''The fifth fort grows naturally ih North America j 



■■ - "this is a' perennial plant, whofe ftalks and leaves decay 



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* ; ihould be Town In March upon'a bed of light 

 '" and, when t*hey^ are come up, they Ihould be'"'tranf- 

 . planted out into nurfery-beds, at about eight inches 

 - ^^""«?^> where they may remain till the middle of 

 '^'V'-May^ when they may be taken up,' with a ball of 

 'earth to their roots, and planted in the' middle of 

 1 ^l^rge borders^ where they will flowerln July and Aii-' 

 gijft ; and, if the'autumn be favourable, will produce 

 - npe feeds the fame year. ' But it is not advifeable to 

 ., permit them to feed, which often weakens and de- 

 *. \^^ys the roots ; therefore', when their flowers arepafl:, 



^ ■ you fhould cut dbwn their fl:ems, which will caufe "broad, "entlfe'ori the edges, and of a deep green, 

 'y^^^5f^ to pufli out frefti heddsjwheteby the roots may The branches are terminated by fingle foot-ftalks, 

 ■;;;nc maintained; - -?.>^^H*'^;i ^;^:o '* -.''.:.,^ .. ; l^* each fupporting one blue flower, very hke thofe. of 



fome kind of Starwort; but the empalement l^elng 



' -'The fourtTiIbft' grows" naturally in the eafl: -, this fort 



-■^ rifes a foot, high, having winged leaves of^' filver 



•- colour, which are for the moft part placed oppofite ; 



the'foot-fl:alks of the ffowers arife fingJe from the fide 



'■*^' of the brandies, each fupportlrig one white Ifower^ 



'* This flowersin JulyV and in wai'm feafons will fonae- 



' times'perfeft feeds in autumn. ' '> v-i i'[ - i '^^ 



V The feeds of this fort fliould be fown in April, on a 



bed of light earth, in a good expofure ; and when the 



ptaiits'are "grown of a proper fize to renaove^^they 



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in the autumn, and new ones come out again m the 

 ■"fpfihg ; the fl:alks rife a foot and a half high, and di- 

 ""vide upward into feveral forked branches ; at each of 

 .thefe divifions is placed one linear fpcar-fliaped leaf 



about two incTies long, "and a quarter of an inch 



' when the diiferent varieties of thefe plants are inter 



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