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and the whole Plant has an acid 

 Tafte ; from whence it received the 

 Name of Sorrel-tree. This Plant 

 is propagated by Seed?, which muft 

 be obtained from America; for they 

 are never perfected in this Country. 

 Thefc Seeds fnould be fown as foon 

 as pofiible after they are received, in 

 Pots fillfd with frelh Earth, and 

 placed under a Frame ; where, if 

 they are plunged into an o!d B#d of 

 Tan, which has little Heat, it will 

 preferve the Earth from drying j 

 and, as the Weather grows warm, 

 they mould be Jhcded in the Heat 

 of the Day, and frequently watered. 

 With this Management the Plants 

 will fometimes come up the firft 

 Year, tho' they often do not come 

 up till the fecond ; therefore if they 

 fhoald not come up the firft, the 

 Pots mould be preferred the Winter 

 following under a Frame, to keep 

 them from hard Froft ; and the 

 Spring following, if they are placed 

 on a moderate Hot-bed, it will be 

 a fure Method to bring up the Plants. 

 While the Plants are young, they are 

 much more tender than when they 

 get Strength ; therefo;e it will be 

 proper to fhelter them the two firft 

 Winters, after which time they may 

 be planted in the open Air, obferv- 

 ing to give them a warm Situation. 



The other two Sorts grow in Vir- 

 ginia, Maryland, and A 'ew- England ; 

 from which Places their Seeds may 

 be obtained. Thefe muft be treated 

 in the fame manner as is directed for 

 the former Sort ; but as thefe grow 

 in a colder Climate than that, they 

 will not require to have a warm Si- 

 tuation.: thefe del.ght in a moift 

 Soil, but mould not have too much 

 Wet in Winter. 



ANDROSACE. We have no 

 Enghjh Name for this Plant. 

 The Chore elers are ; 



The Flowers grow in an Umbel on 



the Top of the Stalk, and are inclofei 

 in a larger Involucrum ; each Flower 

 fianding upon a Jlender Footfialk : the 

 Flower confifts of one Leaf cut at the 

 Top into five Parts, having five Jhort 

 Stamina, which furround the Point al\ 

 which afterward turns to a Fruit of 

 one Cell, filled with roundijb Seeds. 

 The Species are ; 



1. Androsace vulgaris latifolia 

 annua. Jnfi. R. H. Common broad- 

 leav'd Androface. 



2. Androsace Alpina perennis 

 angufi folia, villofa iff mult for a. 

 Inf. R. H. Hairy narrow-leav'd 

 perennial Androface of the Alps, 

 with many Flowers. 



5. Androsace Alpina perennis 

 angufiifoHa glabra, fore fingulari. 

 Inft. R. H. Smooth narrow-leav'd 

 perennial Androface of the Alps, with 

 a fingle Flower. 



4. Androsace Oriental! 's, foliis 

 valeriaxcllte undulatis & crifpis. Cor. 

 Inft. R. H. Eaftern Androface, with 

 Corn -fallad- leaves, which are curled" 

 and waved. 



5. Androsace Orient a lis, foliis 

 eoris, fore odoratijjimo. Cor. Inft. 

 R. H. Eaftern Androface, with a 

 Coris-leaf, and a fweet Flower. 



There are fome other Species of 

 this Genus, which have been dif- 

 covered in the Eaftern Countries of 

 late Years, but have not as yet been 

 introduced into the Englijb Gardens. 

 The firft is the only Species which 

 has been common in England, and 

 is found growing wild near Vienna 

 in the Corn-fields, from whence the 

 Seeds were brought. Th:s Plant 

 greatly refembles the Auricula in 

 Leaf and Flower, excepting the large 

 Jnyolucrum or Cover, which in- 

 clofes the whole Umbel. As thefe 

 Plants are feldom cultivated, unlefs 

 in Botanic Gardens, I fhall not 

 trouble the Reader with a farther 

 Defcription. 



