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fhall fliortly know who are in the 

 right. 



HELLEBORUS ALBUS ; vUe 

 Veratrum. 



HELMET -FLOWER, or 

 MO N K 's - H O O D i vide Aco- 

 nitum. 



HEMEROCALLISi viJe 

 Lilium. 



HEMIONl'TISi Moon-Fern. 



This is a Plant which is feldom 

 propagated in Gardens y therefore 

 I (hall not trouble the Reader with 

 any Account of it more than this, 

 that whoever hath a mind to culti- 

 vate it, may fee full Directions for 

 that Purpofe under the Article 

 LingHH Cervwa, to which this Plant 

 h nearly ally'd, and delights in the 

 fame Situation and Culture. 



HEPATlCAi Noble Liver- wort. 

 The Characiers are j 



The Root is Hbrofe and perennial : 

 The Leaf confifts of three Lobes grow- 

 ing on A Vedide yah'ich arifes fro7Ji 

 the Root: The Fedide of the Flower 

 is naked and fmgle, arifihg from 

 the Root : The Cup of the FloTver ij, 

 for the mofl part, compos'd of one 

 Leaf, which is fo7?jeti>iies cut into 

 three or four deep Divifions : The 

 FloTper conffis of many Leaves, rohich 

 expand in Form of a Rofe : The Fruit 

 is globular, conjijling of one fmgle 

 Cell, which is curvatsd, as in the 

 lejfer Celandine. 



The Spedes arej 



1. Hepatica i trifoUa, aruleo 

 fore. Cltif The fingle blue Hepa- 

 tica, or Noble Liver-wort. 



2. Hepatica j trifolia, fiore c Aru- 

 leo, plena. Cluf The double blue 

 Hepatica, or Noble Liver-wort. 



3. Hepatica ; trifolia, fiore albo, 

 fimplici. Boerh. Ind. The lingle white 

 Hepatica, or Noble Liver-wort. 



4. Hepatica; trifolia, rubro fiore. 

 Cluf. Single red Hepatica j or Noble 

 Liver-y/oru 



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5". Hepatica,- trifolia, fiore rubro, 

 pie no. Baerh. Ind. Double red, or 

 Peacn-colour'd Hepatica, 



Thefe Plants -are fome of the 

 greateft Beauties of the Spring j 

 their Flowers are produc'd in Fe- 

 bruary and March in great Plenty, 

 before the green Leaves appear, 

 and make a very beautiful Figure in 

 the Borders of the Pieafurc-Garden, 

 efpecially the Double Sorts, which 

 do commonly continue a Fortnight 

 longer in Flower than the Single 

 Kin.is; and the Flowers are much 

 fairer. I have icen the Double 

 White Kind often mentioned in 

 Books, but could never fee it grow- 

 ing ; tho' I don't know but fiich 

 a Flower might be obtain'd from 

 Seeds of the Single White, or Blue 

 Kinds. I have ibmetimes known 

 the Double Blue Sort produce ibme 

 Flowers in Autumn which were 

 inclining to White j and thereby 

 fome People have been deceived, 

 who have procur'd the Roots at 

 that Seafon, and planted them in 

 their Gardens, bur the Spring fol- 

 lowing their Flowers were Blue as 

 before : And this is a common 

 Thing when the Autumn is £0 

 mild as to caufe them to flower. 

 But whether the Double White 

 Sort mention'd in the Books, was 

 only this accidental Alteration in 

 the Colour of the Flower, I can't 

 fayi tho' it feems very probable it 

 was, iince I never could hear ot any 

 Perfon v/ho ever faw the Double 

 White Sort flower in the Spring. 



The Single Sorts produce Seeds 

 every Year, whereby they are ealily 

 propagated, and alfo new Flowers 

 may be that way obtain'd. The 

 beft Seafon for fowing of the Seeds 

 is in the Beginning of Augitft, 

 cither in Pots or Boxes of light 

 Eavih, which fhould be plac'd io as 

 t-o!iP/e only the Morning Sun until 

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