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Will flower, and their Seeds will 

 ripen in Autumn. 



The fecond Sort will abide two 

 or three Years, provided they are 

 on a poor, dry Soilj but the other 

 two Sorts perifh every Year. 



The firft Sort, which is the mpft 

 common, is ufed in Medicine; but 

 the other two are never ufed io 

 England. 



■ PTARMICA; Sneezwort. 

 The CharaBers are ; 

 It hath radiated Florvers, vphofe 

 I)isk conjijls of mmy FkretSy but the 

 ^orders are composed of half Florets ; 

 the Embryo's are lodgd in the Fiotv- 

 er-cup, which isfialy, each of tsfhich 

 becomes one flender Seed. 

 The Species are ; 

 J. PtaRxMica; 'vulgaris, folio lon- 

 g3,'ferraio, fore albo. J. B. Com- 

 mon Sneez-wort, with a long fer- 

 jated Leaf, and a white Flower. 

 ^ 1, Ptarmicaj vulgaris, fore pie- 

 no. Cltif. Hiji. Common Sneezwort, 

 with a double Flower, by fome 

 call'd Double Pellitory. 

 ' 5. Ptarmica ; foliis profunde fer- 

 ratis, late viridibus, elatior, H. L. 

 Taller Pneezwort, with broad green 

 Leaves deeply ferrated. 

 ■ 4. ■ Ptarmica j Alpina, incanis, 

 ferratis, foliis. H. I. Alpine Sneez- 

 wort, with hoary ferrated Leaves. 



f. Ptarmica ; incana, pinnulis 

 crij1atis» T. Cor. Hoary Sneezwort, 

 with crefted Leaves. 



The firft of thefe Plants is very 

 common upon Heaths and in fhady 

 Places in divers Parts of England, 

 and is rarely cuiiivatcd in Gardens, 

 This is the Sdrt diredcd for Me- 

 <iicinal Ule in the College Difpcnfa- 

 tory. 



' The fecond Sort is a Variety of 

 the firft, ' which was accidentally 

 obtained : The Flowers of this Kind 

 ire very double, and generally pro- 

 duced in large Bunches i I'/hich, 



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together with its long Continu- 

 ance in Flower, renders it worthy 

 of a Place in every good Garden. 

 This Sort propagates it felf very 

 faft by its Roots, which fpread ve- 

 ry far under Ground, fo that it 

 fhpuld not be planted too near o- 

 ther Plants, left it over-run and de- 

 ftroy them. 



The beft time to tranfplant thefe 

 Roots is in Autumn, that they 

 may take Root before Winter, fo 

 that they will be in no Danger of 

 fuffcring from Drought the Spring 

 following i and will be capable of 

 producing ftronger Stalks, and a 

 greater Quantity of Flowers. 



This Plant always makes the 

 beft Appearance when its Roots 

 are confined ; becaufe, when they 

 are fuffcrcd to fpread, the Stalks 

 come up thin and ftraggling, and 

 the greateft Beauty of it is, to fee 

 it grow clofe in large Tufts, for 

 which Reafon many Perlbns chufe 

 to plant it in Pots, fill'd v/ith light, 

 landy Earth, in which, if they are 

 duly v/ater'd in dry Weather, they 

 will thrive exceedingly, and make 

 a very hand fome Appearance. It 

 is alio very proper to plant on 

 fuch Borders as are gravelly and 

 poor (on which few other things 

 v/iil thrive) where the iN.oots of 

 this Plant will be confined, more 

 than if planted in a better Soil, 

 and rhey will flower very well. 



The third and fourth Sorts are 

 feldom prefervcd in FIower-Gar- 

 dens, being Plants of little Beauty. 

 Thefe may be propagated by part- 

 ing their Roots, either in Spring 

 or Autumn, and will grow upon 

 almoft any Soil,' or in any Situa- 

 tion. 



The fifth Sort was brought froni 

 the. Levant by Monlieur Tournefertl 

 but was known long before : Ma- 

 ny of the old Eocanifts v/ere of 

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