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tumn, and preferved dry until 

 ufed. 



The fourth Sort is very com mon 

 in moifl Soils, in divers Parts of 

 England, but is feldom propagated 

 in Gardens. This is placed among 

 the Officinal Simples in the College 

 JDifpenfatory, though it is rarely u- 

 fed in Medicine. It may be pro- 

 pagated in a moid Soil, by parting 

 the Roots as the former. 



The fifth, fixth, and fcventh 

 Sorts are propagated in Gardens for 

 the Beauty of their Flowers, but 

 they are only proper for large Gar- 

 dens, being very apt to grow too 

 large for fmall Places. Thcfe may 

 be propagated by parting their 

 Roots, in the manner before di- 

 refted, or from Seeds, which fhould 

 be fown in Autumn, foon after 

 they are ripe, upon a Bed of light 

 frefh Earth; and in the Spring, 

 •t\^hcn the Plants come up, they 

 fliould either be tranrplanted into 

 Nurfery-beds, or the Borders where 

 they are to remain for good. 



Some of thefe Plants will flower 

 the firll Seafon, but the fecond 

 Year they will all flower very 

 ftrong. They commonly grow a- 

 bout three Feet high, and when 

 the Roots are ftrong, they will 

 continue flowering moft part of 

 the Summer, which renders them 

 worthy of a Place in large Borders, 

 and alio in Avenues and other ab- 

 ject Farts of the Garden, they be- 

 ing very hardy, and will grow in 

 aim oft any Soil or Situation ; but 

 their Roots will abide longeft in a 

 dry barren Soil ; for in rich moift 

 Places they feldom coatinue more 

 than two Years. 



The Seeds of thefe Kinds will 

 ofren get into the Joints of old 

 Walls, where they will grow and 

 abide many Years, without any 

 Care or Culture, and produce Flow- 



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ers moft Part of the Summer; and 

 in fuch a Situation they will en- 

 dure all Weathers, without the Icaft 

 Injury. Thefe Plants are never 

 ufed in Medicine. 



VALERIANA GRyECA ; vUe 

 Polemonium. 



VALERIANELLA; Corn-fallet, 

 or Lamb's-lettuce. 



The Characters are ; 



The Leaves grow by Pairs oppojiie 

 on the Branches i the Branches are 

 always {lii'uled into two VartSy and 

 appear at the Top like an Umbrello ; 

 the Flower corrpjls of one Leaf, which 

 is cut into many Segments, and is 

 fucceeded by one naked Seed, having 

 no Down adhering to it, in which it 

 diners from the Valerian. 

 The Species are i 



1. Valerianella ; arvenfis, prjL- 

 cox, hujnilis, femine cofnpreffo. Mor, 

 Vmb. Early low Corn-fallet with 

 a flat Seed. 



2. Valerianella; arvenfis, pra- 

 cox, humilis, foliis ferratis. Tourn. 

 Early low Corn-fallet with ferrated 

 Leaves. 



5. Valerianella; arvenfis, fero- 

 iina, altior, femine turgidiore. Mor. 

 Uinb. Taller late Corn-fallet with 

 a turgid Seed. 



4. Valerianella; femine fl ell a^ 

 to. C. B. P. Corn-fallet with a 

 ftarry Seed. 



5". Valerianella i cornucopoides, 

 rubra vel Indica. Mor. Umb. Red 

 or Indian Corn-fallet refembling the 

 Cornucopia. 



The three firft Sorts are found 

 wild in feveral Parts of England, 

 The third is often cultivated in 

 Gardens, for Sallets in the Spring, 

 though either of the three may be 

 cultivated for the fame Purpoie, 

 they being equally good. The Seeds 

 of thefe Plants fliould be fown in 

 Autumn, foon after they are ripe, 

 for ii they are kept till Spring, 



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