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The fecond fort grows naturally in marfiiy places in 

 Germany. The leaves of this are much longer and 

 cut inco narrower fegments than thofe of the former •, 

 the (talks riic higher ; the umbels are larger, as are 

 alio the feeds. The whole plant abounds with a 

 cauftic milky juice. 



Thcfe plants are preferred in botanic gardens for va- 

 riety, but are rarely cultivated any where elfe ; they 

 are eafily propagated by feeds, which fhould be fown 

 in autumn, and the plants afterward treated in the 

 fame way as Angelica. 



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hairy-edged leaves, ivhofe onsets are globular. Sedum 

 majus vulgari fimile, globulis decidentibus. Mor 

 Hilt. 3. p. 472. Greater Houfeleek refanblwo^ the con> 

 mon, and having globular offsets <which fall off 

 3. Sempervivum {Montanum) foliis ciliatis, propacrini- 



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fpreading off: 



Houfeli 

 Sedum montanum majus 



foliis non dentatis, floribus rubentibus. C.li.i-*. 28, 

 Greater Mountain Houfeleek whofe leaves are not indented 

 and having red flov^ers. ' 



4. Sempervivum {Arachnoidetim) foliis pilis intertextis 

 propaginibus globofis. Lin. Sp. Plant. 465. Houfeleek 

 with threads from leaf to leaf and globular offsets 

 Sedum montanum tomentofum. C. B. P. 284. fVcd 

 ly Mountain Houfeleek^ commonly called Cobweb Sedum, 



5. Sempervivum {Arboreum) caule arborefcente \xv\ 

 ram.ofo. Lin. Sp. Plant. 464. Houfeleek with a fmooth 

 tree-like^ branching fialk. Sedum majus arborefcens! 

 J. B. 3. 686. Greater Tree Houfeleek, 



6. Sempervivum (Canarienfe) caule foliorum ruderibus 

 lacero, foliis rctufis. Lin. Sp. Plant. 464. Houfeleek 

 withflalks torn by the rudiments of the leaves, and blunt- 

 pointed leaves, Sedum Canarinum, foliis omnium 

 maximis. Hort. Amft. 2. p 



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189. 



Houfeleek 



whofe upper part refembles a pipe cut off obliquely, 

 as in Ariftolochia or Birthwort. 

 SEMINAL LEAVES are thofe plain, foft, and 

 undivided leaves that firll: Ihoot forth from the great- 

 eft part of ail fown feeds, which leaves are very dif- 

 ferent from iliofe which fucceed on the fame plant, in 

 fize, figure, furface, and pofition. 

 A SEMINARY is a feed-plot v/hich is adapted or 

 fet apaft for the fowing of feeds. Thefe are of dif- 

 ferent natures and magnitudes, according to thefeve- 

 ral plants intended to be raifed therein. If it be in- 

 tended to raife foreft or fruit-trees, it muft bepropor- 

 tionably large to the quantity of trees defigned, and 

 the foil fhould be carefully adapted to the various 

 forts of trees. AVithout fuch a place as this every 

 gentleman is obliged to buy, at every turn, whatever 

 trees he may want to repair the lofTes he may fuftain 

 in his orchard, wildernefs, of larger plantations, fo 

 that the neceffity of fuch afpotof ground'will eafily 

 be perceived by every one ; but, as I have already 

 . given directions for preparing the foil, and fowing 

 the feeds in fuch a Seminary, under the article of 

 Nursery, 1 fhali not repeat it in this place, but refer 

 the reader to that article. 



It is alfo as neceffary for the fupport of a curious 

 flov/er-garden, to have a fpot of ground fet apart for 

 the fowing of all forts of feeds of choice flowers ; In 



order to obtain new varieties, which is the only me- | and lie clofe to the earth in which they grow, fend- 

 thod to have a fine colle£tion"of valuable flowers, as I ing out on every fide offsets of the fame form. From 



the center of thefe heads arifes the flower-ftalk which 





ing offs 



7. Sempervivum {Jfricanum) foliorum marainibus fer- 

 rato-dentatis, propaginibus patulis. Houfeleek with 



'hofe borders are indented like a faw, and fpr end- 

 's, Sedum Afrum montanum, foliis fubro- 

 tundis, dentibus albis ferratis confertim natis. Boerh. 

 Ind. alt. I. p. 286. African Mountain Houfeleek, with 

 roundifh, indented, fawed leaves, having white edges. 

 The firil: fort is our common Houfeleek, which is 

 feen in every part of England growing on the tops 

 of houfes and walls, but is not a native of this coun- 

 try •, it has many thick fucculent leaves fet together 

 in a round form -, they are convex on their outfide 

 and plain within, fharp-pointed, and their borders 

 are fet with ihort fine hairs. The leaves fpread open. 



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alfo for the fowing of all forts of biennial plants to 

 fucceed thofe which decay in the flower-garden, by 

 which means the borders may be annually replenifli- 

 edj which^ without fuch a Seminary, could not be fo 

 well dorie.'"^^ ^ u v'-vV:^---;-^ - ,- > ^ .. .'--.-v.,- .:.-.. j. - 



This Seminary fliould be fituated at fome diftance from 

 the houfe, and be entirely clofed either with a hedge, 

 wall, or pale, and kept under lock and key, that all 

 vermin may be kept out, and that it may not be ex- 

 pofed to all comers and goers, who many times do 

 mifchief before they are aware of it. As to the fitua- 

 tion, foil, and manner of preparing the ground, it 

 has been already mentioned under the article of Nur- 

 sery, and the particular account of raifing each fort 

 of plant being diredled under their proper heads, it 

 would be needlefs to repeat it here. . - v , 



SEMINIFEROUS. Bearing or producing feed. 



SEMPERVIVUM. Lin. Gen. Plant. 53 S. Sedi 

 ' fpecies. Tourn. Inft. R. H, 262. tab. 140. 

 The Characters are, •- 



range of flowers which are reflexed. 



is about a foot high, lucculent and round, of a red- 

 difli colour, and is gariiiflied at bottom with a few 

 narrow leaves ; the upper part of the ftalk divides 

 into two or three parts, each fuftaining a fpikc or 



The flowers are 

 ^ compofed of feveral petals which fpread open, and 

 end in acute points -, they are red, and in the center 

 is fituated the crown or germen which are placed cir- 

 culariy, and, after the petals are fallen ofl", they fwell 

 and become fo many horned capfules filled with fmall 

 feeds. It flowers in 

 tumn. 



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pinted petals a little longer than the empalementy and 



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I'fhaped flamina terminated by 



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Jit ting upon fo many ftyles which fpread out, and are crown- 

 edby acute Jligmas, The germen afterward become fo many 



fhort compreffed capfules^ pointed on the outfide^ and open 

 on the injide, filled with fmall feeds. 



-{rhis genus of plants is ranged in the fifth feftion of 

 Linn^eus's eleventh clafs, which includes thofe plants 

 whofe flowers have twelve ftamina and many fl:yles. 

 The Species are, 



Sempervivum (Te^orum) foliis ciliatis, propaginibus 



'd fpreading offs 



Houfeleek 

 Sedum majus vul- 



globofis 



Common large Houfeleek. 

 ^biferum) foliis ciliatis, propagi- 



. Sp. Plant. 464. Houfeleek with 



This plant is eafily propagated by offsets, which the 

 plants put out in plenty on every fide. If thefe are 

 planted in mud or fl:rong earth placed on a building 

 or old wall, they will thrive without farther care. 

 The fecond fort grows naturally in the northern 

 parts of Europe. The leaves of this fort are much 

 narrower, and the heads are furniftied with a greater 

 number of leaves than thofe of the former, which 

 grow more compadt, and are clofely fet on their 

 edges with hairs. The offsets of this are globular, 

 their leaves turning inward at the top, and lie clofe 

 over each other •, thcfe are thrown off from between 

 the larger heads, and falling on the ground take root, 

 whereby it propagates very faft. The flower-ftalks of 

 this are fmaller, and do not rife fo high as thofe of 

 the former, and the flowers are of a paler colour. 

 The third fort grows naturally upon the Helvetian 

 mountains; this greatly refembles the firfl:, but the 

 leaves are fmaller and have no indentures on their 

 edges ; the offsets of this fort fpread out from the 

 fide of the older heads, and their leaves are more open 

 and expanded. Out of the center of the crown comes 

 forth the flower-ftalk, which rifes nine or ten inches 

 high, garniflied below with fome narrow leaves ; the 

 upper part is divided into three or four branches, 



which are clofely furniflied with deep red flowers, com- 



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