————— this for the Flowers, that for the F ruit ; 
being large and in great Tufts, is a fine Variety 
among other Trees. 
We fee that when either of them has by Ac- 
cident been planted near a Pond, or in the Way 
of Damp, the Flowers are vaftly finer. 
What happens to thefe let the Gardener who 
{tudies his Art according to our Rules, carefully 
provide ; and he will always produce this and fuch | 
other Shrubs in their full Perfection. 
- et him chufe a Piece of the Gtobr near 
where there is Water, and digging out the Mould 
to fome Depth, let him fill up the Place with 
fine black Meadow Earth, mix’d with a third 
Part of Pond Mud, and» a ye rotted Cow 
Dung. 
s 1 thriving Tree that has ftood where there is 
Moifture, and confequently bears tolerable Tufts 
of Flowers. : 
. The Suckers take Root feel: ee oak they 
will require no farther Care, but covering the 
Ground about their Stems the firft Winter, 
and gentle frequent Waterings the fucceeding 
Spring. 
into a Nurfery for three Years, and then brought 
‘In this plant fome Suckers from the Root of 
The Time for planting thefe Sitcicoes is in 
September : _and they may be either planted out 
Nem. kept in. Gardens 5 che other has alfo its’ Place : ; | _into the ‘Garden in their full Bedetion. or fet _May, 
which - 
at once in their Place. The Circumftances of —. 
the Garden muft determine this; but the plant- 
ing the Suckers at once where they are to re- 
main, is the fecure Way to have handfome 
Shrubs. 
‘There is a great Advantage in the Hardynefs 
of this Shrub: it is able to = any Severity of 
Cold: the North Winds never hurt it, and no- 
thing is to be fear’d for it : but Drought and too 
much Sun. 
Therefore let the Cardigiss felect for it fuch 
Parts of his Ground as will fcarce fuit with any 
Thing befide: the Confideration of a damp Bot- 
tom we have named already, and where there is 
this he can fcarce fail. 
Some propagate it by Layers: ; but this is a 
tedious and troublefome Way. ‘They require to 
be laid deep, and to have frequent Waterings. 
In a Year from the laying they may be tranf- 
| planted for Ufe, and they will grow freely: but 
they are no way preferable to thofe Suckers the 
Root furnifhes naturally, and which require only 
to be taken up and put into the Ground. 
_ The beft Height for this Shrub is about nine 
Feet : it will grow more if permitted, but a fkil- 
ful Gardener will chufe to give it a good full 
Head at this Height, and it will be cover’d at 
this Seafon with Flowers. - 
& GREAT DORONICUM.: 
Ploy, The Gardener is not. unacquainted with this 
Fig. 3. Plant, which altho’ it have fomething the Afpe&t 
of a Weed, tho’ of a bold and note one, has 
been now long honour’d with a Place among 
Flowers, and for many Reafons deferves it: to 
the Singularity of its Afpect may be added its 
Virtues, and its eafy Culture. 
All the Writers on Plants have deferihtd It, and 
if we except ion all under the fame 
Name Doronicum, tho’ with various Additions. 
That Author gives it the Name conite, mixing 
it by that Title among a Set of Plants moft unlike 
to it in all Refpects. Our Gardeners know it by 
the fingle Name Doronicum, or Leopard’s Bane. 
ae Authors who have known other Species, 
add as the Diftinction of this, Epithets from the 
Size of the Plant, the Form of the Leaves, and 
other fuch Particulars, 
Some, as it is the mott common, call it Doro- 
nicum vulgare ; others Doronicum latifolinm, broad 
leav’d; fome Doronicum Maximum; and others, 
Doronicum Pardalianches, as we, Leopard’s Bane, 
from its fuppofed poifonous Qualities. 
Dopon us, who calls it Aconize, adds to the 
Confufion by annexing this DiftinGion, 
The Baunings fuppofe the Scorpion rooted Do- 
ronicum different in Species, but Linn aus ranks 
it only as a Variety. He adds as the DiftinGtion 
of the Kind, foliis cordatis obtufis, radicalibus 
petiolatis, caulinis amplexicaulibus: Doronicum with 
2 | 
Heart-fhap’d obtufe Leaves; thofe from the Root 
having Footftalks, and the others furrounding the 
Stalk at their Bafe. | 
The Root is white and of a fingular Form, 
divided into feveral Parts, and {preading under 
the Surface: the principal Divifions are jointed, 
and have a kind of fealy Covering; from the 
lower Parts of thefe run down into the Earth a 
few Fibres. 
Thefe Fancy has ogtenaiad’ as the Legs, and 
the larger Parts as the Bodies of Scorpions ; ; and 
hence the Plant has been named Doronicum radice 
fcorpii, Scorpion rooted Doronicum. 
‘Where the Soil is light and fine, thefe Divi- 
fions of the Root are more numerous and {pread- 
ing, and the Plant from the fame Reafaa more 
| branch’d. 
_ It is in this State the earlier Writers have called 
it particularly Scorpion rooted, and the latter have 
fuppofed the more ufual Appearance of the Plant 
a diftinct Species, diftinguifhing it by the Breadth 
of the Leaves without that Addition. 
_ The Leaves which firft rife from the Root are 
fupported on tender Footftalks, and are large, 
broad, obtufe, and of a pale but pleafant green; 
high rib’d on the under Side, and cover’d with a 
flight and delicate filvery Down. 
‘The Stalk is thick but tender, mark’d like the 
fluted Column of fome Order, with a Number 
of regulag Ridges, hollow’d between; of a pale 
green, 
