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Way is to get it from fome knowing 

 Druggift, who imports it from 

 abroad. 



The fecond and third Sorts have 

 been found growing on the Rock?, 

 in the North of Scotland: but as 

 they are not commonly found, they 

 have not been introduced into the 

 London Shops. 



The fourth Sort is a Native of 

 America, from whence it was ori- 

 ginally brought into Europe , and is 

 preferved by curious Perfons in their 

 Gardens. This has been formerly 

 preferved in Stoves in England, as 

 a very tender Plant ; but it is found 

 to be very hardy. 



There are many other Sorts of 

 this Plant in the Baft and Weft- 

 indies, from whence we have re- 

 ceived dried Samples of near thirty 

 Sorts; but as they are Plants which 

 are not cultivated in the European 

 Gardens, I mail not enumerate them 

 here. 



ADONIS, or FLOS ADONIS, 

 Bird's-eye, or Pheafant's-eye. 

 The Characters are ; 



The Leaves are like Fennel, or 

 Chamomile: the Flowers confift of 

 ?nany Leaves, which are expanded 

 in form of a Rofe : the Seeds are col- 

 letted into oblong Heads. 



There are but four Varieties of 

 this Plant to be met with in the Eng- 

 UJb Gardens ; viz. 



1 . Adonis hortenfs, fore minor e 

 atro-rubente. C. B. The common 

 red Bird's-eye. 



2. Adonis fylveftris, ficre luteo, 

 foliis longiorihus. C. B. The long- 

 leav'd yellow Bird's-eye. 



3. Adonis Jylvejiris, fore ph&- 

 niceo, ejufque foliis longiorikus.C.B. P. 

 Adonis Flower, or Flos Adonis. 



4. Adonis helkbori radice, bu- 

 fhthalmi pre. H. L. The Hellebore- 

 rooted PheafaniVeye ; commonly 



called, TheFennel-leav'd black Hel- 

 lebore. 



The third Sort is very common 

 in England, and is fown in open 

 Borders as an annual flowering 

 Plant to adorn Gardens : the beft 

 time to fovv it is in Auguft, foon 

 after the Seeds are ripe, when it 

 rarely fails to grow, and is very 

 hardy, being feldom hurt by Cold. 



Thefe Plants will flower in Juns 

 and July, and the Seeds will ripen 

 foon after ; but thofe which are 

 fown in the Spring, very often fail 

 to grow, or at leaft remain till June 

 or July before they appear ; fo that 

 they feldom produce good Seeds the 

 fame Year, and rarely live over the 

 Winter after flowering. 



The firft Sort grows wild in fome 

 Parts of England, particularly near 

 the River Mednvay, about three 

 Miles above Rochejhr Bridge j but 

 this is feldom fown in Gardens. 



The yellow Sort is uncommon in 

 England, and only to be found in 

 fome curious Gardens. This makes 

 a pretty Diverfity with the former, 

 and muft have the fame Culture. 



The fourth Sort is ltill more rare 

 than any of them : it is an abiding 

 Root, and is increafed by parting 

 the Roots in September, or by fow- 

 ing the Seeds, foon after they are 

 ripe, in light fandy Earth : the 

 Seedlings will be two or three Years 

 before they blow, but the OfF-fets 

 will flower the fucceeding Spring ; 

 but thefe Roots mould not be parted 

 oftener than every third or fourth 

 Year ; and then they ought not to 

 be divided into very fmall OfF-fetf, 

 which will prevent their flowering 

 the following Spring, or, at lealr, 

 caufe them to flower very weak. 

 This Plant mould have an Eaft Bor- 

 der, and a loamy Soil, in whirl* 

 it will thrive, and produce large 

 Flowers. 



