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about Hilderfham, fix miles from Cambridge, and 

 on Bernack Heath not far from Stamford, and on 

 Souchrop Common adjoining thereto ; alfo on moun- 

 tainous and dry paftures jult by Leadftone Hall near 

 Pontcfraft in Yorkfhire. It flowers in April. 

 This hath a flefhy taper root which runs deep in the 

 ground \ the leaves are hairy, and finely cut, like 



. thofe of the wild Carrot, and Ipread near the ground -, 

 the ftalk riles near a foot high, is pretty thick and 

 hairy, and naked at the top, v;here there is a leafy 

 involucrum to the flower, which is hairy, ending in 

 many points •, it is terminated by one flower compof- 

 cd of fix petals ranged in two orders, three without, 

 , and three within , they are oblong, thick, and of a 

 bright purple colour j they form a fort of bell-ftiaped 

 flower nodding on one fide, and their points turn up- 

 ward. , Within the petals are a great number of flen- 

 der yellowifli fl:amina terminated by ere6t fummits, 

 and in the center a great number of germen are col- 

 lefted in a head, which afterward become feeds, each 

 having a long tail, by which they are difl:inguiftied 



■ from Anemone. 

 There is a variety of this with double, and another 

 with white flowers, but thefe have been obtained from 

 feeds of the other. 



The fecond fort hath fliorter leaves than the firft , the 

 ftalks do not rife fo high ; the flowers do not expand 

 fo wide, and hang dowmvard, but their brims are re- 

 flexed ; they are of a very dark purple colour. This 

 grows naturally in the meadows in Germany. 

 The third fort grows naturally on the Alps and Hel- 

 vetian Mountains J this hath a perennial root. The 

 leaves are like thofe of Smallage, and are fimply 

 wineed ; the {talk rifes near a foot "high, is naked al- 

 jnoft: to the top, where comes out a neat hairy invo- 

 lucrum, and above that one yellow flower Ihaped like 

 the perennial yellow Adonis, fl:anding ereft. Thefe 

 "appear about the fame time with the former, and are 

 fucceeded by feeds which ripen at Midfummer. 

 The fourth fort grows in Siberia; this hath a thick 



-, flefhy root which fends out many flrrong fibres. The 



leaves are hand-fliaped, compofed of feveral round- 



i(h lobes, like fome of the forts of Ranunculi ; they 



-are downy, and cut into feveral fegments. Thefl:alk 



rifes nine or ten inches high, having a hairy involu- 



. crum a confiderable difliance below the flower ; it is 

 terminated by one flower, which is large, fpreading, 

 and of a whitifli yellow colour, with deep yellow fl:a- 

 mina. This flowers early in the fpring. .- :.; ..::: 

 There are fome other fpecies of this plant, but thofe 



. here itientioned are all the forts which I have feen 

 growing in England, and therefore I have-not enu- 

 merated more, as it would be to little pur^ofe, fmce 

 it is difficult to procure them froni the co^imtries where 

 they naturally grow. ^r>. 





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Thefe plants may be propagated by feeds, which 

 rihould be fown in boxes or pots filled with very light 

 faridy' earth, obfervlng not to. cover the feeds too 

 :deep with mould, which will prevent their rifing, 

 ., for they require no more than jufl: to be covered. 

 /.Thefe boxes fhould be placed where they may have 

 the morning fun until ten of the clock, but mult 

 be fcreened from it in the heat of the day ; and, if 

 . the feafon proves dry, the earth fhould be often re- 

 frefhed with water. The befl time for fowing of 

 thefe feeds is in July or Augufl:, foon after they are 

 ripe, for if they are kept till fpring, they feldom 

 grow. . - . 



Thefe boxes or pots, in which the feeds are fown, 

 fliould remain in this Ihady fituation until the begin- 

 ning qf Oftober, when they fl:iould be moved where 

 they may enjoy the full fun during the winter feafon. 

 About the beginning of March the plants will be- 

 gin to appear, at which time the boxes fhould be 

 again removed where they may have only the forenoon 

 fun ; for if they are too much expofed to the heat, 

 the young plants will foon be deflroyed. They 

 fliould alfo be refreflied with water in dry weather, 

 which will greatly promote their growth, and fhould 

 be carefully kept clean from weeds, which, if fuf- 



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fered to grov/ among them, will in a fliort timeover, 

 bear tliem. 



When the leaves of this plant are entirely decayed 

 Cwhich is commonly in July,) you lliould tlicn take 

 up all the roots, which being nearly of the colour of 

 the ground" will be difficult to find v/hile Imall i 

 therefore you fiiould pafs the earth throu^rh a fine 

 wire fieve, which is the befl: m^ethod to feparate the 

 roots from the earth, (but notwithftanding all pofll- 

 ble care taken, yet there will be many fmall roots 

 left ', fo that the earth fhould either be put into the 

 boxes again, or fpread upon a bed of light earth, to 

 fee what plants will arife out of it the fucceeding 

 year.) The roots being taken up, fliould be imme- 

 diately planted again on beds of light, frefli, fandy 

 earth, about three or four inches afunder, covering 

 , them about three inches thick v/ith the fame lio-hc 

 earth. The fpring following moft of thefe plants will 

 produce flowers, but they will not be fo large and 

 fair as in the fucceeding years, when the roots are 

 larger. 



. The roots of thefe plants generally run down deep in 

 the ground, and are of a flefl::y fubilance, fomewhat 

 like Carrots, fo will not bear to be kept long out of 

 the ground ■, therefore, when they are removed, it 

 fhould be done early in the autumn, that they may 

 take frefli root before the froft comes on •, for if they 

 are tranfplanted in the fpring, they will not produce 

 fl:rong flowers. Thefe plants thrive befl: in a loamy 

 foil, for in very light dry ground they are apt to de- 

 cay in fummer. 



PUMP I ON. SeePEPO. 



PUNIC A. Toufn. Infl:. R. H. 633. tab. 407. 

 Lin. Gen. Plant. 544. [This plant takes its name 

 from its punicean or red appearance, for its flowers 

 and fruit are of that colour. It is called Granatum, 

 from the word Granis, becaufe the fruit has many- 

 grains J or, as fome fuppofe, of Granata, or Grana- 

 da, becaufe it grows in great plenty in that country.] 

 The Pomegranate-tree ; in French, Grenadier, ' 



The Characters are, 

 The empalement of the flower is permanent, bell-Jhapedy 

 coloured^ and of one leaf ^ cut into fix parts at the top. 

 Thefloiver has five rcundijhy ereEf^ fpreading petals "dvhich 



are inferted in the empalemmt^ and a great number of 

 ■flender fiamina^ which are alfo inferted in the empalement , 

 terminated by oblong fummits, ihe germen is fttuatediiyi- 



^der the flower^ f^pporfing a fingle fiyle crowned by ahead- 

 "ed fiigma \ it afterward becomes a large almofi globular 

 fruity crowned by the empalement. The fruit is divided 

 into feveral qells by^' membranous partitions, which are 



ailed with roundilh fucattent feeds. ' . - ■■ . 



.This genus of plants \% ranged in the firft feflion of 

 Linnfeus's twelfth clafs, in which he places thofe 

 plants whofe flowers have rnpre than twenty fl:amina, 

 which are inferted either in the petals or empale- 

 ment, andoneftyle. :..:.;,::•;, . ;:. 



The Species are, • - ^' ' ■ - ■:* . . ^ ,-,.^ ;•_ - 



1. PuNiCA {Granatum) io\\\%\znztcAzi\^^ caule arboreo." 



Horc. Cliff. 134. Pomegranate with linear fpear-fjjaped 

 leaves, and a tree-like ftalk.' Punica qu^e malum gra- 

 natum fert. Csfalp. Punica which bears the Pome- 

 granate 



2, Punica 



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{Nana) foliis linearibus, caule fruticofo. 

 Pomegranate with linear leaves, and a fhrubby ftalk, 

 Punica Americana, nana feu humilHma. Lig. Tourn. 

 Infl:. 636. The American Dwarf Pomegranate, 

 There are the following varieties of the firfl: fort, 

 which are fuppofed to be accidental variations obtain- 

 ed by culture from the feeds, therefore I have not 

 enumerated them as fpecies; but as many curious per- 

 fons will expedt to find them inferted here, I foall 

 juft mention them. 



The wild Pomegranate with fingle and double flowers. 

 The fweet Pomegranate. 



The fmall flowering Pomegranate with fingle and 

 double flowers. . , 



The Pomegranate w^ith fl:riped fiow^crs. . , 

 Thefe plants grow naturally in Spain, Portugal, Iti- 

 ly, and Mauritania-. There arc alfo many of ihc n 



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