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^. AsARUMi Canfidenfe. Cornnt, 

 The Canada Afarabacca. 



The firft of thefe Sorts is very 

 common, and hath been found 

 wild in fome Parts ot England, 

 tho' but rarely; it delights in a 

 moifli fhadv Place, and is increas'd 

 by parting the Roots in Autumn : 

 This is the Sort which is ufed in 

 Medicine. 



The Canada Sort is tolerably 

 •hardy, and will endure our com- 

 mon Winters in the open Ground, 

 being rarely hurt but by great 

 "Rains, or planting it in a wet Soil. 

 This is propagated as the other. 



Both thefe Sorts prelerve their 

 green Leaves in Winter, which de- 

 -cay as their new ones are pro- 

 duc'd: Their Flowers appear in 

 April, which grow ib clofe to the 

 Ground as not to be feen unlefs 

 you put away the Leaves with 

 your Hand; The hrft Sort pro- 

 duces ripe Seeds, but it is not 

 worth the Trouble of fowing, it 

 being two Years before thefe Plants 

 will have any Strength, and they 

 are much ealier rais'd by Slips. 

 The fecond very rarely produces 

 good Seeds in England. 



ASCLEPIASi Hirundinaria, or 

 Swallow-wort. 



The Characters are ; 



It hath a Elovoer conjifting of one 

 Leafy vphich b divided into fivs 

 Tarts, . expanded in Form of a Star : 

 The Ovary becomes a Fruit, which 

 is for the tnojl part composed of two 

 membraneous Husks, which open from 

 ihe Bottom to the Top, inclojing many 

 Seeds, which are covered with a fine 

 Down, and are fix'd to the Mem- 

 brane, like as Scales are difpos'd up- 

 on the Skins of Fi/Ijes : This Flant 

 hath no milky Juice, wherein it dif- 

 fers from the JDogsbane. 



Tdiere are fix different Varieties of 

 this Plant preferv'd in the Gardens of 

 the Curious, vix,. 



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1. AscLEPi as; albojlore. C. B, 

 The common Swallow- wort, with 

 white Flowers. 



2. AscLEriAs; nigrofore. C.B. 

 The common Svyrallow-woit, with 

 black Flowers. 



3. AscLEPiAs; angufiifolia, Jhre 

 flavefcente, H. R, Tar. The nar- 

 row-leav'd Swallow- wort, with 

 yellow Flowers. 



4.. AscLEPiAs; Africana, aix.o- 

 oides. Tourn. The African Swal- 

 low-wort, commonly calVdy Fritilla- 

 ria CrafTa. 



f. AscLEPiAs; Africanety aizih- 

 oides, fiore pulchre fimbriato. Com. 

 Rar. The African Swallow-wort, 

 with fair hairy Flowers, commonly 

 calVd, Fritillaria CrafTa major. 



6. AscLEPiASi Africana, aizo- 

 oides, folio compreffo digitate ^ crif- 

 tato. Boerh. Ind. The African 

 Swallow-wort, with crefted Leaves, 

 commonly call'd, The Cockfcomb 

 Fritillaria. 



The three firft Sorts are very 

 hardy, and will endure the Win- 

 ter's Cold in the open Ground 5 

 the firfl Sort is fbmetimes uled in 

 Medicine, and is for thatPurpofe pre- 

 ferv'd in the Phyiick Gardens i they 

 are all three of them propagated by 

 parting their Roots, cither in Spring 

 or Autumn, and will grow in al- 

 moft any fort of Soili they may 

 be alfo rais'd from Seeds, which 

 muft be Ibwn early in the Spring, 

 in a Bed of common Earth, and 

 the fecond Year the young Plants 

 will produce Flowers, but thefe 

 rarely produce any Seeds in Eng' 

 land. 



The fourth, fifth and ilxth Sorts, 

 are Natives of the Cape of Good 

 Hope, and were firfl brought from 

 thence into the Dutch Gardens, 

 and were afterwards brought into 

 England^ thefe Plants are propa- 

 gated by plantmg Cuttings in any 

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