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are duly watered: then they may 

 be taken oft" from the old Plant, 

 fcnd each planted into a feparate 

 imall Pot filled with frefh loamy 

 Earth ; and, if the Pots are placed 

 in a moderate Hot-bed of Tanners 

 Bark, and the GlaiTes lhaded in the 

 Heat of the Day, until the Plants 

 have taken new Root, it will be a 

 very fafe Method to preferve them, 

 and will greatly promote their 

 Growth. 



The fecond Year after thefe Layers 

 are taken from the old Plants, they 

 will produce Flowers, and continue 

 fo to do every Year after. Thefe 

 Plants may be placed abroad in Sum- 

 mer ; but they muil not be taken 

 out of the Stove til! the Middle of 

 June, and muft be placed where 

 they mav be well defended from 

 ilrong Winds ; othervvife they will 

 lofe :r;eir Leaves in Summer, which 

 will prevent their Flowering : nor 

 ihould they remain abroad too late 

 in Autumn ; for if they remain fo 

 late as to be pinch'd by morning 

 Frolb, they feldom furvive it; be- 

 caufe, when the upper Leaves, and 

 tender Shoots, are nipped, the Shoots 

 will quickly decay, and the whole 

 Plant be foon dcitroyed. In Sum- 

 mer thefe Plants require to be plen- 

 tifully watered ; but in Winter they 

 mould not have too large Quantities, 

 but muft be frequently refrefhed. 



The firft Sort is a Native of the 

 Northern Parts of America, and at 

 prefent is very rare in Europe : this 

 Plant has large Leaves like thofe of 

 the Laurel, and produces its Flowers 

 in Clufters at the End of the Shoots, 

 which make afine Appearance during 

 their Continuance ; and the Leaves 

 continuing all the Year, renders it 

 one of- the iinetf Shrubs of the Coun- 

 try. 



The Seeds of this Plant rarely grow 

 when brought over : fo the be it Me* 



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thod is to procure the Plants from 

 America ; which, if planted in a 

 moift Soil, and a fheltered Situation, 

 will live abroad in the full Ground. 

 There are fome Plants of this Kind 

 now growing in the Gardens of his 

 Grace the Duke of Argyll, at Whit- 

 tcn, near HouvJImv. 



CHELIDONIUM MINUS. Vide 

 Ranunculus. 



CHELIDONIUM MA JUS, The 

 greater Celandine. 



The Characters are ; 



The Cup of the Flower confifts of 

 two Leaves, which foon fall away: 

 the Flower hath four Leaves, which 

 are expanded in form of a Crofs: the 

 Ovary in the Bafe of the F/ovuer is 

 farrounded by many Stamina, or 

 Threads: the F/ovuer s foon fall cway 9 

 and are fuccecded by many bivalve 

 Pcds, which contain many jmall round 

 Seeds : 'and the whole Plant is full of 

 a yellow hot fuice. 

 The Species are ; 



1. Ch eli do mum majus vulgar e. 

 C. B. Common great Celandine. 



2. Chelidonium majus , folits 

 qucrr.is, fore laciniato. Mor. Hift. 

 Greater Celandine, with Leaves like 

 the Oak, and laciniated Flowers. 



3. Chelidonium majus, foliis 

 iff fore minutiffime laciniatis. H. R. 

 Par. Greater Celandine, with nne- 

 cut Leaves and Flowers. 



The firft Sort grows wild upon 

 dry Banks and Walls in mcft Parts 

 of England, and is brought to the 

 Markets by the Herb-women, who 

 gather it for medicinal Ufe. 



The fecond Sort hath been found 

 wild in fome particular Places ill 

 England, particularly at Wimbledon 

 in Surry : this Sort cenftantly retains 

 it? Difference when cultivated in 

 a Garden, and fown yearly; the 

 Seeds of this never producing any 

 Plants of the common Sort among 

 them. 



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