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like other Flowering Shrubs, a- 

 mongft which, this is commonly 

 fold at the Nurferies. It delights 

 in a dry Soil, and may alio be pro- 

 pagated by laying down the tender 

 Branches, which will take Root in 

 about a Year's time, and may then 

 be tranfplanted into a Nuriery, and 

 managed in the fame manner as 

 the Seedlings. 



EMPETRUM i Black-berry'd 

 Heath. 



The CharciBers arej 

 IP hftth Leaves like thofe of the 

 Heath : The Flowers are Male and 

 Female, which grow in dijferent Tarts 

 of the fame Plant: The Male Flowers 

 have no Petals : The Female Flowers 

 arefucceedcd by Black-berries, in each 

 of which are contained three or four 

 hard Seeds. 



We have but one Species of this 

 Plant in England, which is, 



Empetrum i montanum, fruclH 

 nigra. Tourn, Black-berry'd Heath;, 

 Crow-berries, or Crake-berries. 



This little Shrub grows wild 

 upon the Mountains of StajfordfJjire, 

 X>erbyfjire and TorkjJiire, and is fel- 

 dom propagated in Gardens, unlefs 

 for Variety-fake : but it may be 

 cultivated in Ihady Places where the 

 Soil is fiiff in Gardens, and will 

 thrive very well; and may be pro- 

 pagated by fowing the Seeds, foon 

 after they are ripe, in a moift fhady 

 Place, which Ihould be kept clear 

 from Weeds, and fuffer'd to remain 

 undifturb'd until the fecond Year, 

 at which Time the Plants will 

 come up, and the Year foliov/ing 

 may be tranfplanted where they are 

 to remain, and will require no far- 

 ther Care than to clear them from 

 Weeds. 



ENULA CAMP ANA } vt^e Ut- 

 lenium. 



EPHEMERON j Virginian Spi> 

 der-wortj vnlgo. 



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The Characters are ,• 

 The Cup of the Flower conffls of 

 three Leaves : The Flower alfo hath 

 three Petals, which expand in Form 

 of a Rofe, and have three StaminA 

 (or Threads) which ^ar round thi 

 Ovary : The Fruit is oblong, and di- 

 vided into three Cells, which are 

 fll'd with Seeds like a Grain of 

 Wheat. 



The Species are ; 



1 . Ephemerum i Virginianum,fIore 

 c&ruleo majori, Tottrn. Virginian 

 Spider-wort, with a large blue 

 Flower. 



2. ^vmiA^v^xiiA.jVirginianum.jlore 

 purpurea majori. Tourn. Virginian 

 Spider-wort, with a large purple 

 Flower. 



3. Ephemerum j Virginianum, flore 

 az.ureo majori. Tourn. Virginian 

 Spider-wort, with a large azure 

 Flower, commonly call'd the Savoy 

 Spider-wort. 



4. EpHEMr.RUMi Virginiamrm, flora 

 cAruleo minore. Tourn. Virginian 

 Spider-wort, with a fmall blue 

 Flower, commonly called John Tra- 

 defcantV Spider-wort. 



5". Ephemerum; VirgitiianH7n, flore 

 albo. Tourn. Virginian Spider-wort, 

 with a white Flower. 



6. Ephemerum; Virginianum, flore 

 purpureo minore. Tourn. Virginian 

 Spider-wort, with a fmall purple 

 Flower. 



The fevcral Varieties -of this Plant 

 are ealily propagated, by parting 

 their Roots either in Spring or 

 Autumn ; and fhould be planted in 

 a moift Soil, where they will thrive 

 and increafe exceedingly, and are 

 extreme hardy, endurmg our icvc^ 

 reft Cold in the open Air. 



Theie are very proper for large 

 Borders, where they may have 

 room to grow : But if they arc 

 planted in fmall Borders, they 

 (bould be parced into imall Heads 



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