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1 8. Bur leu rum arhorefcenSj fo- 

 lio fall cis. Tourn. Se/e/i JEtbiopicum, 

 frutex. Dod. The fhrubby Hart- 

 wort of Ethiopia. 



19. Bupleurum foliis radica- 

 iibus pbmato-hicljis, caulims fafcl- 

 culatis quo.dragcnls. F/or. Leyd. 

 Shrubby IiareVear, with the lower 

 Leaves winged, and the upper Leaves 

 fquare, growing in JBjnches. 



The fifth and fixth Sorts are Na- 

 tives of England, and grow on cul- 

 tivated Places amongft the Corn in 

 feveral Counties. The fixth Sort is 

 placed amongft the medicinal Plants 

 in tne College Djfpenfatory ; but is 

 rarely ufed, though it has been 

 formerly eiteemed as a vulnerary 

 Herb. 



All thefe Sorts, excepting the 

 fourteenth, fifteenth, and eighteenth, 

 are annual Plants, which are ex- 

 tremely hardy, and may be propa- 

 gated by lowing their Seeds in Au- 

 tumn, upon a Bed of frefh Earth, 

 in almoit any Situation ; but they 

 thrive belt in the Shade. When 

 the Plants are come up, they mould 

 be thinned where they come up too 

 thick, and cleared from Weeds, 

 which is all the Culture thefe Plants 

 require ; for if they are permitted 

 to fhed their Seeds, the Plants will 

 come up, and maintain themfelves 

 without any Care. 



The fourteenth and fifteenth Sorts 

 are perennial Plants, which rife to 

 the Height of five or fix Feet: thefe 

 mav be propagated by fowing their 

 Seeds on a fhady Border in the 

 Spring, or in Pots foon after they 

 are ripe in Autumn : thefe Pots may 

 be put under a common Hot- bed- 

 frame in Winter, and the Seeds will 

 come up better than thofe fown in 

 the Spring: when the Plants are two 

 Inches high, they may be tranf- 

 planted, fome of them into Pots 



filled with light Earth, and others 

 into a fhady Border, where, if they 

 are duly watered, and kept clear 

 from Weeds, they will thrive very- 

 well : thofe planted in Pots fhould 

 be fheltered in Winter, and the 

 others may be left abroad, where, 

 in the ordinary Winters, they will 

 abide very well, but in fevere Frofl 

 they are often deftroyed ; therefore 

 fome Plants of each Sort fhould al- 

 ways be kept in Pots, and fheltered 

 from the Cold. 



The eighteenth Sort is a fhrubby 

 Plant, commonly growing to the 

 Height of fix or feven Feet, and 

 divides into many Branches : the 

 Leaves, which are ever-green, are 

 fomewhat like thofe of the broad- 

 leav'd Willow, but much thicker : 

 this Shrub is hardy, and will endure 

 our fevereft Winters in the open 

 Air, provided it is planted in a dry 

 Soil : this may be propagated by 

 Cuttings, which will take Root, 

 if they are planted the Latter- end 

 of Auguft, or the Beginning of S/p- 

 t ember, on a fhady Border, and con- 

 flantly watered in dry Weather : 

 thefe will be well rooted by the fol- 

 lowing Autumn, and may then be 

 transplanted where they are to re- 

 main. 



The nineteenth Sort grows to the 

 Height of four or five Feet, and 

 becomes fhrubby : the under Leaves 

 of this are cut and divided into fe- 

 veral Lobes, like many of the um- 

 belliferous Plants ; but thefe foon 

 fall away ; fo that they are not fre- 

 quently obferved ; but the upper 

 Leaves have a great Refemblance, 

 at firfl Sight, to thofe of the Horfe- 

 tail : this Sort may be propagated 

 by Seeds, or planting Cuttings, du- 

 ring any cf the Summer- months ; 

 the latter Method is ufually pra&ifed 

 in England, becaufe the Seeds are 



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