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The third fort grows naturally upon the Helvetian 

 Mountains ; this is a perennial plant, whofe leaves 

 are large, fpear-(haped, and rough. The foot-ftalks 

 of the lower leaves are broad j the (Valks rife a foot 

 high, and are garnidied with fpear-Ihaped leaves, 

 whofe bafe half embrace the ftalks -, the leaves are 

 greatly fpotted with white, appearing as if they were 

 incrufted with fugar-candy ; the flowers grow in 

 large bunches on the top of the ftalk -, their tiibes 

 are longer than the empalcment, and their brims are 

 fpread more than thofe of the common fort. They 

 are of a bright blue, and appear in April and May. 

 The fourth fore grows naturally in Auftria and Hun- 

 gary; this hath leaves much narrower than thofe of 

 the common fort, which are covered with foft hairs. 

 The ftalks rife a foot high, and are garnilhed with 

 narrow leaves of the fame fhape with thofe below, but 

 fmaller; thefe almoft embrace the ftalk with their bafe. 

 The flowers are produced in bunches on the top of 

 the ftalks like the others ; thefe appear of a red co- 

 lour before they expand, but when they are fully 

 blown, areof a moft. beautiful blue colour. This fort 

 flov/ers early in the fpring, but is very rare in Eng- 

 land at prefent. . . , 

 The fifth fort was difcovered in the Archipelago by 

 Dr. Tournefort, who fent the feeds to the Royal Gar- 

 den at Paris ; this is an annual plant. The lower 

 leaves are oblong and hairy ; the ftalks trail upon the 

 ground, and are a foot and a half long, garniftied 

 with oblong hairy leaves fitting clofe to the ftalks ; 

 juft above each leaf comes a fingle flower of a fullen 

 purple colour, funnel-fliaped, the brims not fpread- 



the empalement is fwoUen like an inflated blad- 



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th^r comes on in the fpring, which will caufe them td 

 flower much ftronger. 



The foil in which they are planted ftiould not be 

 rich, but rather a frelh light landv ground, in which 

 they will thrive much better than' in a richer foil in 

 which they are very fubjeft to rot in the winter 

 They fliould have a ftiady fituation, and the firlt 

 and third forts thrive beft in a ntoift foil, for In a hoc 

 dry foil they burn and decay in fummer, unlefs they 

 are duly watered in dry weather. All thefe early- 

 forts are better tranfplanted, and parted in autumn 

 that they may be well rooted to flower ttron^ the 

 followmg fpring. The fixth fort Ihould not hive a 

 foil too moift, for as the roots run deep in the o-pound 

 they will be in danger of rotting by much wet. ' 

 The other fort is annual, and propagated by feeds 

 only. The beft time to fow thefe is in autumn, foon 

 after they are ripe, for the plants will reflft the cold 

 of our winters very well, fo will flower early the 

 following fummer, and good feeds may be obtained j 

 whereas thofe which are Ibwn in the fpring fomecimes 

 mifcarry, or lie a year in the ground. Thefe feeds 

 fhould be fown where they are defigned to remain, 

 for the plants do not fucceed very well when they 

 are tranfplanted. When the plants come up, they 

 require no other culture but to keep them clear 

 from weeds ; and, where they are too clofe, to thin 

 them. If thefe plants arc permitted to fcatter their 

 feeds, the plants will come up better than when they 

 ■ are fown. 



PULSATILLA. Tourn. Inft. R. H. 284. tab. 

 148. Anemone. Lin, Gen. Plant. 614. [fo called of 

 Pulfando, Lat. becaufe the feeds of this plant are 

 blown, and fly away with the leaft wind.] Pafque- 



be feen without a near infpeftion. This plant flowers -; flower ; in French, Coquelourde. ' 



May, if the plants come up in autumn, and after 

 the flowers are paft, the four feeds ripen In the eoT- 





«^^The Characters are, 

 ""^ J'he flower hath a leafy 

 - • it hath two 



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?/ petals^ three in -each which are obi 

 'andpdmtedy and a great 'number of flender ftamtna ab 

 half the length of the petals^ terminated by ereEl twin ft. 





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The fixth fort grows naturally 'upon mbuhtains in 

 -moft parts of North Arherica.. 'The feeds' of this 

 •-i plant were lent many years fince by Mr. Banifter from 

 ■:^' Virginia,"and fome of the plants were rajfed in the 

 'V'-gardens of t|ie Bifliop of London, at Fulham, where 



for feveral years it' was growing, and 

 -cated *to feveral other curious gafdens ; "this hath a _ _ 



thick," flefliy, pei*ennial root, fending' but many Tmall I '^^ of Linnseus's thirteenth clafs, which includes thofe 



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with acute fly les crqwnedby obtufe Jligmas. ' The ger'men 

 '"afterward become fo many feeds y having long Fairy tails 

 Jitting upon the oblong receptacle. ' ' - ' ' ■ • ^-^ ■- 



This genus of plants is ranged in the feventh feclion 



fibres. -The ftalks rife a foot and a half high, and plants whofe flowers have many ftamina and ftyles, 

 divide at the top into feveral fliort branches ; the leaves | and joins this genus to the Anemone in the later edi- 

 tions of his works. 



'-. which are near the root are four or five inches long, 

 -and two inches and a half broad j they are fmooth, 



The Species are. 



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obtufe, and of a light green, having ftiort foot-ftalks J i. Pulsatilla {Vulgaris) foliis decompofitis pinnatis. 



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■ thofe upon the ftalk diminifh in their fize upward, 



'"^^/-but are of the fame ftiape, and fit clofe to the ftalk. 



-•^Eaclfofthermair branches at the top of the ftalk is 



-"^-ferfnihated'by a clufter of flowers, each ftanding up- 



•6h a feparate fliort foot-ftalk ; their empalements are 



■very fliort, and are cut into five fegments almoft to 



the bottom ; the^ tube of the flower is l9ng, and at 



the top fpreads open in ftiape of a funnel, the** brim 



' ^ Imt appears"five-c6rhered from the fold- 

 ing of the petal. -The iribff cSmrnon 



Pafqu. 



flower with decompounded winged leaves^ and a nodding 

 flower having an ereEl rim. Pulfatilla folio crafllore & 



leafy and a larger fli 



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 flowers is blue,' but there are fome purple, 'others red, 

 if^znd fome wTilte.^ -They Appear in April, "ahd, if they ' 

 v^^have a fliady fituation, will continue in beauty great 

 -*'^ part of May, andfometimes they are fucceeded by 

 . '^^ feeds in England, -^The leaves and ftalks entirely de- 

 ^^^ cay in Auguft, and the roots remain naked till the 

 "^5 following fpring. '■': t' ■ -' - " ■ ■^/^:" 

 ->*^There are fome other fpeciesof this genus, which are 

 ■^«" preferved in botanic gardens for the fake of variety, 

 ut, having little beauty, they arc feldom.^ cultivated 

 in other places. . . - 



'Thefirft, fecond, third, fifth, and fixth forts have 

 perennial roots, fo may be cultivated by parting of 

 their roots, which may be done either in the fprin 

 orautum'h; but if the ground be moift into which 

 they aire planted, it is better to be done in tlie fpring, 

 otherwife the S'utumn" is the more preferable feafon, 

 that the plants may be Well rooted before the dry'wea- 



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'- flower whofe Tdrder is reftexedr- Pulfatilla fldre m 



■■ nigricante. C. B. V, ijhJ Pafque-flow^^'whh afn 



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3. Pulsatilla {Vernalis) foliis fimpliciter pinnatis, foli- 

 , plis . lobatis, flor?. eredto. Flor. Suec. 4.4.8. Pafque- 

 ''flower with fmple winged leaves^ whofe 



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Pulfatilla lutea apii hortenfis fo- 

 dlow Pafque-flower with a Parfley 



4.- Pulsatilla {Patens) foliis digitatis multifidis, flore 

 erefto patente". Pafque-flower ' with hand-floapcd leaves 

 having many pomfs^ and an ereSf fpreading flower, Pul- 

 fatilla anemones folio diflfedto lanuginosa, flore majore 



leaf 



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, yellow fpreadingfli 



- The firft of thefe pTants is common in divers parts of 



.'.'' England ; it grows in great plenty on Gogmagog-hills 



' on the left-hand of the highway leading from Cani- 



-.bridge to Haveril, juft on the top of the hill ; alfo 



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