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The fir/l Sort here mention'd 

 v/as formerly prcferved in Grcen- 

 houles with great Care, but of late 

 Years it hath been planted out into 

 the open Air, and is found hardy 

 enough to endure the Cold of our 

 fever eft: Winters without Shelter, 

 provided it be planted on a dry 

 Soil. 



This may be propagated by plant- 

 ing Cuttings in the Spring, on a 

 Bed of freih light Earth, obierving 

 to fliade and water them until they 

 have taken Root, after which they 

 will require no farther Care, but to 

 keep them clear from Weeds until 

 the following Spring, when they 

 may be tranlplanted out into the 

 Places where they are to remain, 

 being careful ia removing thern, 

 not to fliake off all the Earth from 

 their Roots, as alfo to water them 

 until they have taken frcOi Root, 

 after which the only Care they re- 

 quire, is to keep the Ground clean 

 about them, and to prune off fuch 

 Shoots as are ill lituatcd, whereby 

 their Heads will appear more re- 

 gular. 



The Spanijl) Sort Is tenderer than 

 the former, though that will endure 

 the Cold of our ordinary Winters, 

 it planted on a dry Soil, and in a 

 warm Situation j but ,in a fevere 

 hard Froft it is often deft:roy'd, for 

 which Reaibn the Plants art gene- 

 rally prcferved in Pots, and removed 

 into the Green-houfe in Winter. 

 This is propagated in the fame 

 Manner as the tormer. 



The Sort with ftrip'd Leaves is 

 lefs common than the plain j and 

 is valued by thofe that delight in 

 variegated Plants. This is fome- 

 what tenderer than the plain Sort, 

 but may be propagated and prc- 

 ferved in the fame Manner, only 

 obferving to place it in a warmer 

 Part of- the Green-houfe in Winter, 

 Vol. 11. 



There is no very great Beauty la 

 thefe Plants j but they are prelerved 

 for the Sake of Variety, by thofe 

 who are curious in collefting the 

 various Kinds of exotiek Plants. 



THALICTRUMj Meadow 

 Rue. 



The Characters are; 

 The Flower conjijis of feveral 

 Leaves^ -placed orbicularly^ which 

 expand in Form of a Roje, in the 

 Middle of which arife numerous 

 Clufiers of Chives, encompajjing the 

 FointaU which afterwards becomes n 

 Fruit, in -which are collecledy as in 

 a little Head, the Capfules, which 

 are fometimes winged and fometimes 

 without Wings, each containing one 

 Seed, for the moft part oblong. 

 The Species are; 

 I. Thalictrumj Alpinum, aqui- 

 legia foliis, forum fiaminibus pur- 

 purafcentibus. Tourn. Alpine Mea- 

 dow Rue with Columbine Leaves, 

 and the Chives of the Flower of a 

 puvplifli Colour, commonly called, 

 the Feather'd Columbine. 



z. Thalictrum ; Alpinum majus, 

 aquilpgi^ foliis, forum fiaminibus 

 albis, caule viridi. Tourn, Greater 

 Alpine Meadow Rue with Colum- 

 bine Leaves, white Chives to the 

 Flowers, and a green Stalk. 



5. Thalictrum ; Canadenfe, caule 

 purpurafccnte, aquilegi^ foliis, Jiorunt 

 fa77nriibus albis. Tourn, Canada 

 Meadow Rue, with a purplifli Stalk, 

 Columbine Leaves, and white Chives 

 to the Flower. 



4. Thalictrum ,• Americanum 

 minus. V.irh. Theat. Leffer Ame- 

 rican Meadov/ Rue. 



There are many other Species of 

 tliis Plant, which are preicrv'd in 

 Boranick Gardens for Varietyj ibme 

 of which are Natives of Englandy 

 but thofe above-mcntion'd are. all 

 the Sorts which I have oblervcd to 

 be cultivated in the Fiower-Gardens 

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