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2. OxYS ; flors purpumfcente. Infi. 

 R. H. Wood Sorrel, with a pur- 

 plifli Flower. 



3. OxYs i Ititex. y.B, Wood 

 Sorrel, with a yellow Flower. 



4. OxYs J luteor, Americana; ere- 

 aior, Inft, R. II. Upright yellow 

 American Wood Sorrel. 



The firft Sort grows wild in 

 moift Woods and other fnady Places 

 in divers Parts or England, and 

 flowers in April and May. This is 

 the Sort which is directed by the 

 College of Phylicians to be ufed in 

 Medicine, but the Markets are ge- 

 nerally fupplied with the fourth 

 Sort, which is not near Co good, 

 having very little tafte : The People 

 who cultivate Medicinal Plants have 

 propagated this Sort in their Gar- 

 dens, bccaufe it grows tall and 

 branches, fo that they can readily 

 gather and tie it up in Bunches for 

 Sale, whereas the true Sort grows 

 clofe to the Ground, and each Leaf 

 rifes with a Footllalk from the 

 Root, which renders it troublefbme 

 to gather in Quantities; but thofb 

 who ufe it in Medicine fhould always 

 be careful to have the true Sort. 



The fecond Sort is a Variety of 

 the firft, differing only in the Colour 

 of its Flower. This is found in the 

 North of England, and is prefer ved 

 in fome curious Gardens for Variety. 

 Thefe two Sorts are abiding Plants, 

 and multiply very faft by their creep- 

 ing Roots. They fhould be planted 

 in a moift fhady Border, where they 

 will thrive extremely well. 



The third Sort is an abiding Plant, 

 and increafes greatly by its creeping 

 Roots, as alfb from Seed, but this 

 is fomewhat tender, and requires 

 Shelter in fevere Frofts. This is 

 preferved for Variety, but is not fb 

 good as the firfl for Ufe. 



The fourth Sort is an annual Plant, 

 this was originally brought from 



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North vi^TicWtvt, but where it is once 

 fuffer'd to feed, it will rnamtair^ 

 itfelt in a Garden, and is very 

 hardy, lb chat at prefent it is be- 

 come more common in the Louden 

 Markets than our own Sort. 



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lADUSi I'ide Cerafus. 

 PiEONlA .; The Peony. 

 The Characters are; 

 It hath a Floroer composed of 

 feveral Leaves, rvhich are plac'd or- 

 bicularly, and expand in Eorm of a 

 Role; out ofwhofe Empalement rifes 

 the Fointal, which afterwards become f 

 a Eniit, in -which fever al little Horns 

 btnt downwards, are gathered, as it 

 were, into a little Head, cover' d with 

 Down, opening lengthwife^ containing 

 many globular Seeds. 

 The Species arej 



1. ?/E.ciiiA;folio nigricantey fpleri' 

 dido, c^uA Mas. C. B. 1\ The Male 

 Peony. 



2. P^oNiA ,• Mas, major, flore 

 incarnato. Hort. Eyjl. The greater 

 Male Feony, with a Ficlh-coiour'd 

 Flower. 



3. PuEONiA j communis 'vel Foe- 

 mina. C.B.P. The Female P^o;?/. 



4. PiEONiA ; Fce?7iina, flore pie-no, 

 rnhro, ?najore, C. B. P. Female 

 Peony, with a large, double, red 

 Flower. 



y. Pi£ONiA 5 pleno flore, rubrol 

 minor, f. B. Perny, with a IcfTcr, 

 double, red Flower. 



6. Paonia ; flore exalbido, pleno, 

 major. C. B. P. Greater Peony, with 

 a double, whitifh Flower. 



7. P^ONiA,- Lufitanica, flore ftm- 

 flici, odor at 0. Portugal Peony ^ with 

 a iingle iweet*rccnied Flower. 



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