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which are placed orhicuUrly, and 

 expand in Term of a- Rofe : In the 

 Centre', of the Ilower rifes the Fointal, 

 which is incomfO'fs'd about the Bafe 

 with feveral little Horns lying be- 

 tween the. Chives And F eta Is, which 

 afterwards turn to a Fruit, in tvhkh 

 the metnbranaceous Husks are ga- 

 thered, as it were, into a little H' ad, 

 ending for the mofi part in a Horn, 

 opening le-ngthrcife, and for the mofi 

 fart full ofroundiflj or oval Seeds, 

 The Species are ; 



1. HELLEBORUSi niger, foetidus. 

 C. B, P. Stinlcing Black Hellebore, 

 Bear's-foot, or Setterwort. 



2. Helleborus i niger, hortenfis, 

 fiore viridi. C. B. P. Green-flower 'd 



Black Hellebore, or Bear's-foot. 



5, HELLEBORUSi nigcr,flore albo, 

 etiam interdum valde rtibente. J. B. 

 True Black Hellebore, or Chrittmas 

 Rofe. 



4. Helleborus j niger, trifoUatus. 

 Hort, Farn. Trifoliatcd Black Hel- 

 lebore. 



f. Helleborus 5 77iger, fiore ro- 

 feo, minor, Belgicus. H. R, Bl&f, 

 Small Belgick Black Hellebore. 



The two firft Species are found 

 wild in the Woods in divers Parts 

 of England ; but the ^d, 4th, and 

 ^th Sorts are brought from other 

 Countries, which do thrive as well 

 with us in the open Air, as thole 

 that are Natives. The two hrft 

 Sorts being Wood Plants, do thrive 

 much better, when planted' in ihady 

 moift Places, than when they are 

 planted in a warmer Situation, and 

 too much cxpos'd to the Sun. And 

 as they produce their Flowers in 

 the Middle of Winter, when few 

 other Plants appear ; i^o they defcrve 

 a Place in fmall Wildcrneis Quar- 

 ters, Avenues, and fliady Borders, 

 where they will flouvifli exceedingly, 

 and, if furfer'd to flied their Seeds, 

 will foon furnilh a Garden with 



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Plants enough -,. and this is the 

 ealieft and beft Method to propa- 

 gate them. 



The other Sorts are propagated 

 either from Seeds, or by planting 

 of their Roots : The beft Seafon 

 for this Work is in February, when 

 you may divide the Roots into 

 fmall Heads, and plant them in a 

 Situation where they may have the 

 Morning Sun only till ro o'Clock ^ 

 for if they are too much cxpos'd to 

 the great Heats of the Sun, they 

 will not thrive. Theie ihould alio 

 have a moift light Soil ; but the 

 Ground fliould not have Dung in 

 it, which is very fubjedl to rot the 

 Roots of thefe Plants. 



If you propagate them by Seeds, 

 they fliould be Town foon after they 

 are ripe, which is commonly in 

 May, in a Border expbs'd to the 

 Morning Sun, where the Plants will 

 come up the Spring following, and 

 Ihould be kept clear from Weeds, 

 which, if fuffer'd to grow, would 

 foon deftroy the young Plants : In 

 this Border they Ihould remain until 

 the February following, at which 

 Time they Ihould be tranfplanted 

 into another Border to the DilLnce 

 of fix Inches fquare, obferving to 

 keep them conllantly clear from 

 Weeds ; and in one Year after plant- 

 ing out, they will flower, and may 

 then be remov'd to the Places 

 v/hcre they are to remain tor 

 good. 



There are great Doubts whether 

 any of thcfe Species be the true 

 Hellebore of the Antients j tho' 

 Monf Tournefort and fome other 

 Travellers affirm, that the third 

 Species is it ; but yet the Germans 

 ufe the Adonis, Hellebori radice, 

 huphthalmi fiore for the Hellebore ;. 

 and many other People believe it 

 to be a Plant different from both 

 thefe : but it is hop'd that we 



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