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tither intofeparatefmall pots/^or on a v/arm border, at 

 about fix inches diftance every way, obferving to 

 lliade them from the iun, and fupply them with water 

 till ihcy have taken new root; after which they will 

 require no other care but to keep them clean from 

 weeds. Thele plants will live through the winter in 

 the open air, if they are planted in a dry foil and a 

 warm fituation, when the frofts are not very levere; 

 but in very hard winters they are frequently killed, if 

 they are not protefted by mats or fome other covering. 

 There was about forty years ago a great number of 

 thefe plants growing in the warm borders of the 

 Royal Gardens atKenfington, which w^ere clipped in- 

 to conical forms, and were near three feet high, but 

 now there are few plants of a large fize to be found in 

 the EncrliHi gardens, becaufe their branches are an- 

 nually cut to keep them fliort. 



The cats are very fond of this plant, and where there 

 are but few of thefe plants will deftroy them, unlefs 

 they are protedted from them ; but, v/here there is 

 a great number of the plants together, the cats feldom 



touch them. 



The thirteenth fort is the common Ground Pine 

 which is ufed in medicine -, it grows naturally on 

 chalky arable land in feveral parts of England ; it is 

 an annual plant, with a fingle ligneous root, which 

 ftrikes deep into the ground, fending out a few {len- 

 der fibres from the fide, from which arife many weak 

 trailing fl;alks which are very hairy ; thefe aregarniih- 

 ed with narrow leaves ending with three points, which 

 are fet by pairs, and crofs over each other at every 

 joint ; they are hairy, and, when bruifed, emit a ftrong 

 refinous odour. The flowers fit clofe to the ftalks at 



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nlfo an annual plant, with a ilender, upright, four-cor- 

 ncred ftalk which riles three feci high, and divides 

 into feveral fmooth branches, which are garniflied 

 with oval fpear-fhaped leaves, three inches lono- and 

 one bro.id, of a bright green on their upper fide, h;;c 

 pale on their under -, they are unequally fawed on rheir 

 edges, and fl:and upon long foot-ftalks. I'hc flowers 

 come out in long bunches from the v;ino;3 of tlie 

 fl:alk, and alio at the top •, they are pretty lar"^^, white 

 and have bladdered empalements -, thefe appear late 

 in July, and unlefs the feafon proves favourable 

 they will have no good feeds fucceed them. 

 The fixteenth and fcventeenth forts are tender fo will 

 not thrive in the open air in England ; and unlefs the 

 feafon proves warm, they will not perfecl: their feeds 

 here. The feeds of thefe fliould be fown in fmall pots 

 in autumn, which Ihould be plunged into the tan-bed 

 in the ftove between the other pots, where they fhould 

 remain till fpring, and then they may be taken out, 

 and plunged into a hot-bed, which will bring up the 

 plants. When thefe are fit to remove, they fhould 

 be each planted in a feparate pot, and plunged into a 

 hot-bed, and afterward treated in the fame way as 

 other tender plants which require conftant Ihelter. 

 The eighteenth fort grows naturally in North Ameri- 

 ca; this is a perennial plant, very like our Scorodonia 

 or Wood Sage, but does not creep at the root as that 

 does ; the ftalks are ereft, and garnifhed with oval 

 fpear-fiiaped leaves which are white on their under 



fide, and deeply fawed on their edges ; the ftalks are 

 terminated by racemi of yellow flowers, and the 

 whorls have fix leaves. 



This is a very hardy plant, fo will thrive in the open 



the wings of the leaves ; there are two or three of I air ; it may be propagated by parting of the roots, 



them at each joint, of a bright yellow colour, and or by fowing of the feeds, which is beft if done in 



fhaped like the other fpecies ; thefe appear in July, . autumn. ' ' ' 



and the feeds ripen in September. If thefe are per- I The nineteenth fort grows naturally in Virginia ; this 



mitted tofcatter, the plants will come up better than I ■' is alfo a perennial plant, having oval leaves which 



if fown, and require no other care but to thin them, I > are unequally fawed ; the ftalk is annual, and rifes near 



and keep them clean from weeds. 



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This plant is greatly recortimended for its virtues ; j red flowers, which appear in July and Auguft, when 

 there is fcarce a better herb than this for opening ob- J , the plants make a pretty appearance. 

 ftruftions -, it is a ftrong diuretic, and an excellent re- 1 .This is eafily propagated by feeds, which are pro- 

 rriedy for the rheumatifm. . ' ' I ; duced in plenty; if thefe are fown in the autumn on 



The fourteenth fort grows naturally in the foilth of I ::; a bed of a light earth, theywill fucceed better than 

 France, in Italy; and Spaih ; it is an afthual plant, ] tu if fown in the fpring. 



' ^ ' " " - THALICTRUM. Tourn. Inft. R. H. 270. tab. 



'i4j. Lin. Gen. Plant. 617. [This name is ancient, 

 and written in a two-fold manner. In the manufcripts 

 it is foupd j&aAiyflfoi^ and ^d^xJ^cj/^ hut has now ob- 

 tained the name of Thaliftrum among all the mo- 

 It was 



with a fingle ligneous root, fending out a'few'fibfes. 



The ftalks are about fix inches high, Und are tlofely 



garniftied with very hairy narrow leaves which are 



indented toward their points. The flowers come out 



from the wings of the ftalks to which they fit very 



clofe ; they are large, of a bright purple colour, and J '^'"derns, from ^dxxta^ to flourilh, or look green. 



appear in July ; but unlefs the feafon proves favoura- j anciently ufed at weddings, and is called xs-^vya^ov, be- 



-cauTe fome botanifts have claiTed this plant with Rues.] 

 ..^.,Mdadow Rue. , 

 t^'^^-^'^The Characters are,. 

 plant, much like the former, but the leaves are nar- I t'^^he flower has no mpakment^ hut has four or Jive round" 



ble, they are not fucceeded by feeds in England. 

 .:^vThe fifteenth fort grows naturally about Nice in Italy, 

 ^ ''''"-^ wherfce it was Tent me; this is alfd an annfial 



rower and entire. The whole plant is covered with r ijh concave petals which fall off foon^ and a great number 

 white woolly hairs," and the flowers are fmaller than j - of ftamina^ which are broad and compreffed toward their 



'■ topSy terminated ly twin fummits^ which are oblongs with 



thofcof the former. 





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- vl^-Both thefe plants fucceed beft, if, when they perfe<5t J feveral very Jhort ftyles fitting fingly upon romdifh ger- 



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.♦i their feeds, they are permitted to fcatter in the fame 



-manner as the thirteenth forf; or if the"^ feeds are 



^:1 fown. It fhould be in atuumh,T6r they rarely fucceed 



S 'when they ai*e fown in the lpnAg..i i^^ -^! - , ' *vt 



4!;.The fixteenth fort vfas difcovei-ed by the late Dr. Houf- 



1 toun, growing ftaturally at La Vera Cruz- this is an 



t;^f|(nhual plant, with an ere6b ftalk a foot and a half high; 



1 itis four-cornered and fmooth, garnifhed with fmooth, 



.:'^^oblong, pval leaves which are bluntly indented ; they 



'.•^ are about an inch and a half long, and three quarters 



^^^of an inch broad, ftanding upon fhort foot-ftalks. 



The flowers come out from the wings of .the ftalks, 



: .jwb of them arifihg at each joint, upon fhort flender 



- fbot-ftalks; they are fmall and white, having fhort 



- empalements, which are cut at the brim into five very 

 ^^^^S points.' The flowers appear in July, and are 



* fucceeded by feeds which ripen in autumn. <r :'?v^r 

 ;. The feventeenth fort was difcovered by the late Dr. 



Houftoun at the fame place with the former; this is 



men^ and crowned by thick ftigmas. * - The germen after- 

 ' ward turn to fo many keel-Jhaped capfules^ colle£fed in a ■ 



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^' head^ each containing one oblong feed. - 



* This genus of plants is ranged in the feventh feftion 

 of Linnasus's thirteenth clafs, which contains thofe 

 plants whofe flbwefs have a great number of ftamina 

 and many ftyles. 

 The Species afeV' 





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1. Thalictrum {Flavmn) caule foliofo fulcato, pani- 

 cull multiplici ereda. Hort. Cliff. 226. Meadow Rue 



' with a furrowed leafy ftalk^ and many ere£f panicles of 

 flowers. " ThzXxGtrum majus, filiquaangulofo autftri- 

 ata. C. B. P. 336. Greater Meadow Rue, with angular 



. or channelled pods. "- ' ' ■ 



2, Thalictrum (Speciofum) caule angulafo,'foliis line- 

 aribus bifidis trifidifque^ panicula multiplici erefta. 



"Meadow Rue with an angtdar flalk} harf-ow leaves end- 



ing in two or three points^ and many ereB panicles of 



- flower s.^ Thalidrum majus, filiqua feminis ftriata, fo- 



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