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every Year, otherwife they will 

 grow too large for fuch Places. 

 They may be planted in Hiady Bor- 

 ders, where their Flowers will 

 continue longer than if expos'd too 

 much to the great Heat of the Sun. 

 This Flower feldom furvives the 

 Day, but is fucceeded by new ones 

 daily, for feveral Months } fo that 

 it may deferve a Place for the long 

 Continuance of its Flowering. 



EPIMEDIUM i Barren-wort. 



The Chambers are; 



The Stalks are diijided into three 

 Branches, each fingle Branch fujiain- 

 ing three Leaves, which are Jljap'd 

 fomewhat like Ivy : The Calix con- 

 Jifis of four Leaves : The Flower 

 conjifis of four Vetals, which are 

 hollow, and expand in Form of a 

 Crofs : The Pointal of the Flower 

 becomes a Pod with one Cell, having 

 two Valves, in which are contained 

 round fiat Seeds. 



We have but one Species of 

 this Plant at prefent in England, 

 which is, 



Eplmedium. C. B. Barren-wort. 



This is a Plant of no great 

 Beauty, yet, for Diverlity, may 

 have a Place in a Garden : It is 

 ealily propagated, by parting the 

 Roots (which increafe very fall 

 under Ground) either in the Spring 

 or Autumn, and fhould be planted 

 in a moift Soil, and a fliady Situa- 

 tion. This Plant produces its 

 Flowers in May^ but feldom ripens 

 Seeds with us : this may be owing 

 to its ipreading Roots, which ex- 

 hauil the Nourifhment from the 

 Flowers and Fruit and might, 

 perhaps, be procured, by confining 

 the Roots to a Pot. The P..oots 

 thereof, if planted in a good Bor- 

 der, fhould be every Year reduc'd, 

 fo as to keep it within Bounds ,• 

 otherwife it will overfpread the 



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v/hole Spot, and deftroy whatever 

 Plants grow near it. 



EQUISETUMi Horfe-Tail. 



There are feveral Species of this 

 Plant, which are found in England, 

 on the Sides of Ditches, or in l"hady 

 Woods : But as they are Plants 

 which are never cultivated in Gar- 

 dens, fo I fliall pafs them over in 

 this Place. 



ERANTHEMUM; vide Adonis. 



ERICA i Heath. 



The Characters are; 



It is a Shrub of low Stature : The 

 Leaves are fmall, and abide green 

 all the Tear : The Flower confifis of 

 one Leaf, is naked, and for the moji 

 part fiafd like a Pitcher : The Ovary 

 (which is produced in the Bottom of 

 the Flower) beco7nes a roundifli Fruity 

 which is divided into four Cells, in 

 which are contained many [mall 

 Seeds, 



The Species are; 



1. Erica ; vulgaris, glabra, C. B. 

 Common fmooth Heath. 



2. Ericas vulgaris, hirfuta. C. B, 

 Common rough-leav'd Heath. 



3. Erica; tenuifolia. Ger. Fine 

 narrow-leav'd Heath. 



4. Erica j vulgaris, flore albo, 

 C. B. Common Heath with a 

 white Flower. 



y. Erica ; Brabantica, folio Co- 

 ridis, hirfuto, quaterno. J. B, Low- 

 Dutch Heath. 



6. Erica ; foliisCorios, 7nultiflora, 

 J, B. Fir-leav'd Heath with many 

 Flowers. 



7. Erica; Cant abric a, flore maxi- 

 mo, foliis Myrti, fubtus incanis, 

 Tourn. Hoary Myrtle-leav'd Heath, 

 with a large Flower. 



Thefe Plants grow wild upon 

 barren uncultivated Places, in divers 

 Parts ot England : But notwith- 

 ftanding their Commonnefs, yet 

 they deferve a Place in fmall Quar- 

 ters of humble Flowering Shrubs, 

 where. 



