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^nd is brought to the Markets by 

 thofe who gather it in the Fields. 

 ' The other Sorts, though not 

 Natives of this Country, yet are 

 very hardy, and will endure the 

 fharpefl of our Winters in the open 

 Air. 



Thefe may all be propagated by 

 fowing their Seeds on a Bed of 

 frefh Earth in the Spring, and 

 when the Phnrs come up they 

 fhould be tran (planted out, or thin- 

 ned £6 as to allow them ten or 

 twelve Inches Diftance (for they 

 generally grow pretty large, and 

 require to have Room) after which 

 they will require no farther Care, 

 but to clear them from Weeds, and 

 the lecond Summer they will flow- 

 er and ktd, which, if permitted 

 to fall upon the Ground, will come 

 up the fucceeding Spring, without 

 ^ny farther Cuhure. 



VERONICA i Speedwell or Flu- 

 ellin, ^ ' ; 



The Characters arc ; 



The Leaves for the mofl part, 

 gron> oppofite by Pairs; the Calix 

 ccnfifts of one Leaf, vphich is (litided 

 into four Tarts, and expands inform 

 of a Star ,• the Flower conffis of one 

 Leaf which is, for the mofi part, 

 divided into four Segments, and ex- 

 pands in a circular Order j rvken the 

 JFlovcer decays, the Ovary becomes a 

 membranaceous Fruit, divided into 

 two Cells, -which are Jlmp'd like a 

 Heart, and are fiWd -with Seeds, 

 -which are fometimes [mall, and at 

 ether times large and thick. 



The Species are ; 



I. Veronica; mas, fupina, ^ 

 ■^'ulgatiffima. C. B- P. Common 

 Male Speedwell or Flucllin. 



z. Veronica ,• fpicata, anguflifo- 

 I'la. C. B. P, Narrow-leav'd Ipik'd 

 Speedv/eil, • . ■ ■ • ^^ • • • , 



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3. Veronica; major, latifolia, ^- 

 re^ia, Mor. Hift. Greater broad- 

 lea v'd upright Speedwell. 



4-. Veronica ; multicaulis. Pan- 

 nonica. Tourn. Hungarian Speed- 

 well, bearing many Stalks or Spikes 

 of Flowers. 



5". Veronica ^ fpicata, Cambro- 

 Britannica, BuguU fukhirfuto folio. 

 Rail Syn, Edit. 3. Wellh fpiked 

 Speedwell, with a hairy Bugle Leaf. 



6. Veronica ; c£rulea, trifido, aut 

 quinquefdo folio. Flor. Bat. Blue 

 Speedwell with a trifid or quinque- 

 fid Leaf. 



7. Veronica; Virginiana, altiff- 

 ma fpica tnultiplici, foribus candidis. 

 Flor. Bat. Tall Virginian Speed- 

 well, with many Spikes and white 

 Flowers. 



8. Veronica; fpicata, longifolia, 

 7ourn. Long-leav'd fpik'd Speed- 

 well. 



9. Veronica; petrdia, fempervi- 

 rens. Pon. Bald. Ever-green Rock 

 Speedwell. 



There are many other Species of 

 this Plant, which are cultivated in 

 Botanick Gardens for Variety, fome 

 of which are Natives of England, 

 but as they are feldbm preferved in 

 Gardens for Pleafure, fo I thought 

 it not worth while to enumerate 

 them in this Place; thofc here- 

 mentioned being the mofl: beauti- 

 ful, and bed worth cultivating for 

 their Flowers. 



The lirfl: Sort grows wild, in 

 Woods and other ihady Places, in 

 divers Parts of England, and is a 

 Plant ot little Beauty, but as it is 

 the Sort which is ufed in Medi- 

 cine, under the Title of Pauls Be- 

 tony, {o I thought it not amifs to 

 fct it down here. This is gene- 

 rally brought to Market by fiich 

 Pcribns who make it their Buli- 

 nefs to gather Herbs in the Fields 



