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banc are Natives of the Alps or Py- 

 I renean Mountains, where (it is re- 

 i ported) the Huntfmen, who hunt 

 : the Wolves, dip their Arrows into 

 the Juice of thefe Plants, which ren- 

 ders the Wounds given with thefe 

 Arrows mortal. They are moft of 

 them too noxious to have a Place in 

 Gardens which are much frequented 

 by Children, there having been fe- 

 veral Perfons much injured,and fome 

 have loft their Lives, by eating of 

 this Plant. A late Inftance of this 

 hath been publinYd in the Philofo- 

 fbical *Tranf aft ions, where there is 

 an Account of fome unfkilful Per- 

 fon gathering fome Roots of this 

 (early in the Spring, when the Plant 

 was newly riien above-ground) in- 

 ilead of Celery ; and putting them 

 into a Sallad, two Perfons were poi- 

 foned therewith ; one of whom was 

 with great Difficulty faved. 



The yellow Sorts are lefs com- 

 mon, and are only preferved in the 

 Gardens of the Curious : they flow- 

 er in June and July, and are in- 

 creased by parting the Roots in Au- 

 tumn ; but mult have a more open 

 Expofure than the blue. 



The wholfome Kind is rarely to 

 •he met with in the Englijh Gardens, 

 altho 1 it is equally as hardy as any 

 of the other Sorts : this is increafed 

 as the other Sorts ; but req.ires a 

 loofer Soil than they do : this is 

 fometimes ufed inPhyfic,and isfup- 

 pofed to be an Antidote to the 

 fon of the Wolf's bane. 



The fifth Sort of Wolf's-bane is 

 very common in almolt all old Gar- 

 dens, and is ufually known by the 

 Name of Monk'i hood, the Flower 

 refembling a Frier's Cowl, from 

 whence it had that Name ; the Flow- 

 ers of this Kind are commonly 

 brought to Market in May, to fur- 

 nim Flower-pots for Chimneys. The 

 Roots of this Plant increafe abun- 

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dantly, foon over-running a large 

 Piece of Ground ; therefore mould 

 be confined in fome abject Part of 

 the Garden, or planted under Trees, 

 it being very hardy, and growing in 

 almoft every Soil or Situation. 



All thefe Kinds of Wolf's-bane 

 are great Ornaments to a large Gar- 

 den ; and many of them will thrive 

 in the greater!: Shade, and on the 

 pooreft Soil, where few other Plants 

 will grow, efpecially the fifth, eighth, 

 twelfth, fifteenth, fixteenth, and fe- 

 venteenth Sorts, which are extreme- 

 ly hardy, and greatly multiply by 

 the Root ; fo that a few Plants of 

 each Sort will, in a few Years, pro- 

 duce a great Stock. The belt time 

 to tranlplant thefe Roots is at Mi- 

 chaelmas, when the Roots are in an 

 unadtive State ; for foon after that 

 time they begin to put out new 

 Roots, and early in the Spring the 

 Plants will appear above-ground ; 

 when it will be too late, to trans- 

 plant them ; for although they will 

 often grow if removed at that Sea- 

 fon, yet they rarely flower the fame 

 Year, and will make very little In- 

 creafe at the Root. 



Some of the Sorts with blue Flow- 

 ers will grow to the Height of three 

 or four Feet ; but thofe with yellow 

 Flowers ufually grow much higher; 

 and the Eaftern Kind with white 

 Flowers, I have feen upwards of fix 

 Feet high ; but this Sort is very rare 

 in Europe, and only to be found in 

 fome curious Gardens at prefent. 



The fifth Sort commonly begins 

 to flower in April, and continues 

 through May ; and this is fucceeded 

 by fome of the other Sorts, fo that 

 there is a continual Succciiion of 

 them until Augujl, and in a cool Sca- 

 fon fometimes later. 



ACONITUM HYEMALE. Vidt 

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