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thrive well. They produce their 

 Flowers early in March, for which 

 they are valued, as alfo for the Beau- 

 ty of their green Leaves. If Seeds 

 of the different Sorts are fown, there 

 may be fome new Varieties obtain'd, 

 which is well worth theTrial,where 

 we have fo few Species of an early 

 beautiful Flower as of this. 



DENS LEONIS, Dandelion. 

 The Char afters are ; 



It agrees in all refpetls with the 

 Hawkweed, but only in its having a 

 Jingle naked Stalk with one Flower 

 upon the Top ; whereas the Hawk" 

 needs have branching Stalks ; to 

 which ?nay be added, The Flowers 

 are, for the moji part, fjlulous or 

 piped. 



There are feveral Species of this 

 Plant, which are preferved in curious 

 Botanic Gardens : but as they are 

 Plants of no great Ufe, and withal 

 are- very troublefome in a good Gar- 

 den, if fuffered to feed ; fo they are 

 never propagated. We have three 

 or four Varieties which grow wild in 

 England ; but the moil common 

 broad-leav'd Kind is what is ufed 

 in Medicine. There are alfo fome 

 People very fond of it blanch'd in 

 the Spring, like Endive ; but who- 

 ever has a mind to have it for either 

 Ufe, may be abundantly fuppiied in 

 the Fields. 



DENT ART A, Toothwort. 

 The Charatlers are ; 



// hath a Flower conjijling cf four 

 Leaves, which expand in form of a 

 Crofs ; out of vjhofe Flower- cup rifes 

 the Point al, which afterward becomes 

 a Fruit or Pod, which is divided into 

 two Cells, by an intermediate Parti- 

 tion, to which the Valves adhere on- 

 loth Sides ; and is furnij'hed with 

 rcundijh Seeds : to thefe Marks fiould 

 be added, The Valves, when ripe, 

 ■ twif up like a Screw, a:id difcharge 

 the Seeds with Violence ; and the Rq'As 



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are ftfiy,fcaly, and cut in, as tt<wtrt, 



with Teeth. 



The Species are ; 



1 . D e n t a R i a heptaphyllos . C. B, 

 P. Seven leav'd Toothwort. 



2. Dentaria pentapbyllos, foHit 

 mollioribus. C. B. P. Five - leav'd 

 Toothwort, with foft Leaves. 



3. Dentaria pentapkyllos, foliis 

 a/peris. C. B. P. Five-leav'd Tooth- 

 wort, with rough Leaves. 



4. Dentaria heptaphyllos bacxi- 

 fera. C. B. P. Sevan-leav'd berry- 

 bearing Toothwort. 



5. Dentaria triphyllos. C.B.P. 

 Three-leav'd Toothwort. 



6. Dentaria enneaphyllos, Mon- 

 tis Aurei. H. R. Par. Nine-leav'd, 

 Toothwort of Mount a"Or. 



Thefe Plants grow on the Moun- 

 tains in Italy, and in the Woods of 

 Anfria. The firft Sort is found wild 

 in fome Parts of England, but par- 

 ticularly near Harcfield, in moift 

 fhady Woods, and is feldom pre- 

 served in Gardens: this produces 

 Bulbs on the Side of the Stalks, 

 where the Leaves are let on, which, 

 if planted, will grow, and produce 

 Plants. Thefe Plants are propagated 

 by Seeds, or parting their Roots; 

 the Seeds fliould be fown in Autumn, 

 foon after they are ripe, in a light 

 fandy Soil, and a fhady Situation : 

 in the Spring the Plants may be 

 taken up where they grow too clofe, 

 and tranfpl anted out in the like Soil 

 and Situation ; where, after they 

 have taken Root, they will require 

 no farther Care, but to keep them 

 clear from Weeds : the fecond Year 

 they will produce Flowers, and fome- 

 times will perfect their Seeds. , 



The belt time to tranfplant the 

 Roots is in OBober, when they mould 

 be planted in a moift Soil, and a 

 fhady Situation ; for they will not 

 live in a dry Soil, or when they are 

 expofed to the Sun. 



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