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more brown hairy-ftalks, five or fix inches high, each bearing at the 
top, three, or four flowers, confifting of five leaves, which are large, 
fharp-pointed, and of a fair rich blew colour , with fome fmall yel- 
low threds inthe middle , the root is long and brownith , with many 
{mall fibres annexed thereunto, This Plant as itisrare, foisirten-) - 
der, and impatient of our cold Winters, and therefore requirech to 
be planted ina pot, that it may be handled as the flos Cardinals, 
Cortufa Mathioli.. 
Pececrs Sanicle 3 as fome call it, fpringeth up with the leaves 
foulded, which opening are fair and broad, cut in divifions and 
hicked about the edges, alittle hairy, and of a dark green colour on 
the uperfide, but whiter on the other, from among the leaves rifech 
up one or two naked ftalks, five or fix inches high, bearing at the 
tops divers {mall flowers , like in form to an Auricula, but hanging 
down their heads, andof a dark purple colour, with afmall white 
eye and fome threds in the middle , after the flowersare paft, the 
feeds fucceed, like that of the Awricula , the root is compofed of a 
thick tuft of {mall whitifh ftrings faftened toa head, which abideth 
inthe ground all rhe Winter, the leaves perifhing and renewing at the 
Spring, This Plantis commonly raifed from feeds’, fec ina pot and: 
otdered.as inthe laft in Winter ; both this and the former. flower 
with the Awricu/aor a litce after them, ; 
_ All che feveral forts of Awrieula do flower in April or the begin-. 
ning of May, and fometimes they will flower againin the end of 4a- 
guft, or beginning of September , but thofe flowers that come then,, 
are neither {0 fair, nor fo many on one ftalk, as thofe of the Spring. . 
The Bears-ears muft be planted in fome place that is a little fhaded 
from the fcorching heat of the Sun, the foil made very rich, if {tiff with 
fand & ftore of well rotredN eats-dung, & therein the roots fet a foot 
dfunder, for they {pread wide, and will not thrive if they want rooms 
thebeft way to fet them, isto open awide hole, leaving or railing a 
liccle hillin the middeft thereof, then fet the root thereupon, and 
fpread the fibres round about it, laftly cover and water them. After 
the middle of Auguft every other year take them up , and then mend 
the foil where they grew, with fifted Neats-dung, and having flipped 
and parted che roots, and cat off thofe fibres that are too long , fet 
them in the fame place again; by this means you (hall not failto 
have them. thrive and bear ftore of flowers, but if you let chem 
ftand too long umremeved., orin poor, or ftiff ground, you mult 
expect the contrary. 
The beft forts of Awricwla are fet in pots, which they will well de- 
ferve fill the pots almoft half full with fitted Neats-dung, the reft 
with good fandy earth well mixed with fuch fitted dung, and about 
the end of Anguft fer the Plants therein , but not too deep, for the 
roots will beapt enough to draw downwards 5 -place thefe pots ia the 
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