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flowering Plant, to adorn Gardens : 

 The beft Time to fow it is in 

 Augujly foon after the Seeds are 

 ripe, when it rarely failsj to grow, 

 and is very hardy, feldom being 

 hurt by Cold. 



Thefe Plants will flower mjune 

 and July, and the Seeds will ripen 

 foon after i but thofe which are 

 ibwn in the Spring very often fail 

 to grow, or at leafl: remain till 

 June or July before they appear, 

 ib that they feldom produce good 

 Seeds the fame Year, and rarely live 

 over the Winter after flowering. 



This Plant grows wild in feme 

 Parts of England, particularly near 

 the River Medrvay about three Miles 

 above Rochefter Bridge. 



The yellow Sort is uncommon 

 in England, and only to be found 

 in fome curious Gardens : This 

 makes a pretty Diver fity with 

 the former, and muft have the 

 fame Culture. 



The third Sort is flill more rare 

 than any of them : it is an abiding 

 Root, and is increased by parting 

 the Roots in Auguft, or by fow- 

 ing the Seeds, foon after they are 

 ripe in light fandy Earth : The Seed- 

 lings will be two Years before they 

 blow, but the Off-fets will flower 

 the liicceeding Spring: this pro- 

 duces its Flowers in March, or 

 early in April, and is not a de- 

 fpicable Plant in the moft curious 

 Gardens. 



This Plant is ufed in Medicine 

 by the Germans, as the true Helle- 

 bore. 



AGERATUM; Maudlin. 

 The Characiers arej 



The Flowers are digefled into 

 hoje Umbels 5 but, in other Re- 

 ffecis, it is very like the Coafi- 

 ) tnary. 



I There are feveral Species of this 

 Plant preferved in the Botanick 



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Gardens i but as there are not 

 above three Sorts which (either 

 for Ufe or Beauty) defcrve to be 

 cultivated j I i"hall only mention 

 thofe, and pafs over the reft. 



1, Ageratum; foliis ferratis. C.B. 

 The common Maudlin. 



2, Ageratum, qu& ptarmica in- 

 cana, pinnulis crijlatis. T. Voy. The 

 hoary Oriental Maudlin. 



3, Ageratum i Feruvianum, ar^ 

 bor mm folio lato, ferrate. Boerh. The 

 Peruviari Tree Maudlin, falfly call'd. 

 The Jefuit's Bark Tree. 



The firft ot thefe Plants is pro- 

 pagated in Gardens, for medicinal 

 Ufe J it is increafed by parting 

 the Pvoots either in Spring or 

 Autumn, and requires a light £oil 

 and open Situation, where it will 

 thrive abundantly. 



The fecond Sort is fomewhat 

 tender, and muft have a dry Soil, 

 and warm Situation : This is in- 

 crcas'd by planting the Cuttings 

 in any of the Summer Months. 

 This Plant was fuppofed by the 

 Ancients to be what produced 

 the Worm-Seed i but this is con- 

 futed by all the Moderns: How- 

 ever, it deferves a Place in a Gar- 

 den, for its fine hoary Leaves, to- 

 gether with its Umbels of yellow 

 Flowers, which continue moft Part 

 of the Summer. 



The third Sort grows to a 

 Shrub of eight and ten Feet in 

 Heights it is increafed by planr- 

 ing the Cuttings in any of the 

 Summer Months, or by la)ing 

 down the Branches : It requires 

 frequent Waterings, and muft be 

 houfed in hard Winters, but will 

 endure our common Winters in 

 the open Air, This Tree when 

 it firfl: came into England, was 

 fuppos'd to be the Tree frona 

 which the Terwvi^n Bark was 

 taken ; but this has been con- 

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