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VACCARIA j •I'/V^ Lychnis. 

 V A C C I N I A i vide Vitis 

 Idea. 



VALERIANA; Valerian. 



_ The Characlers are j 



T^e Leaves grovf by Pairs^ oppc/ite 

 upon the Stalks ; the Flower conjifis 

 of one Leaf, is ttibulofe, and divided 

 into five Segments at the Top t Thefe 

 JFlowers are, for the mofi Part, col- 

 le^ed into a fort of Umbel upon the 

 Top of the Stalks, and are fucceeded 

 by oblong flat Seeds, rohich are winged 

 Toith a foft Dovpn. 

 The Species are; 



I. Valeriana ; hortenfis, Phu, 

 olufatri folio, Diofcoridis. C. B. P. 

 Great Garden Valerian, orPhu. 



2,. Valeriana; fylvejfris, magna, 

 (iquatica. J. B. Great wild Water 

 Valerian. 



3. Valeriana; jnajor, fylveflris, 

 montana. C.B.P. Great wild Moun- 

 tain Valerian. 



4, Valeriana ; pahiflris, minor, 

 C. B. P. Small Marfh Valerian. 



f. Valeriana ; rubra. C. B. P. 

 Red Garden Valerian. 



6, Valeriana ; rubra, angufli- 

 folia, C. B. P. Narrow-Ieav'd red 

 Garden Valerian. 



7. Valeriana; marina, latifolia, 

 major, alba. Mor. Umb. Great 

 broad-leav'd white Sea Valerian. 



The firft of thefe Sorts is pro- 

 pagated in England for medicinal 

 Ufe, and is c;ill'jd in the Shops by 

 the Name of Phu, to didinguifii it 

 from the Mountain Valerian, which 

 is preferred to all the other Sorts, 

 by the modern PhYficIanS;, though 



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the Roots of this firfl: are Hill con- 

 tinued in Ibme of the capital Me- 

 dicines. 



This Plant is propagated by part- 

 ing of its Roots, either in Spring 

 or Autumn, which fliould be planted 

 in Beds of frelli dry Earth, about 

 eight or ten Inches afunder, (for 

 they commonly Ipreadand multiply- 

 very faft) ; if the Seafon be dry, 

 you mull water the Plants until 

 they Jiave taken Root ; after which 

 they will require no farther Care, 

 but to keep them clean from Weeds, 

 and in Autumn, when their Leaves 

 are decay 'd, the Roots (bould be 

 taken up and dry'd for Ufe. 



The fecond Sort is very com- 

 mon in moift Places, and by the 

 Sides of Rivers and Ditches in moll 

 Parts of England, but is rarely cul- 

 tivated in Gardens. The Roots ot 

 this Kind, being fo common near 

 London, arc generally fold in the 

 Markets inftead of the third Sort, 

 which is what fliould always be 

 ufed, as being by far the ftrongeft 

 and mod valuable. 



The third Sort h generally found 

 upon dry chalky Soils, in fliady 

 Places, in diverfe Parrs of England, 

 the Roots of which are much 

 preferable to thofe of the fame 

 Kind which are cultivated in Gar- 

 dens ; (as are all the Sorts of Aro- 

 matick Plants, when garher'd from 

 their native Places of Growth). 



This Plant may be propagated hy 

 parting the Roots either in Sprincr 

 or Autumn, as was direcfled for 

 the tirft: Sort ; but you fliould al- 

 ways ohferve to plant them upon 

 a dry frefli undung'd Soil, in which, 

 though the Roots will not make 

 near i^o great Progrcfs, as in a rich 

 moid Soil, yet they will be much 

 preferable to them for Ufe. Thefe 

 Roots fliould alfo be taken up, 

 when the Leaves decay in Au- 



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