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fni, fourth, and fixth Sorts will rife 

 to the • eight of three or four Feet, 

 provided their Roots are kept pretty 

 clear from Suckers ; otherwise they 

 will fpread very far, and fend forth 

 great Plenty of Suckers ; which will 

 prevent their rifing in Height. Some 

 of thefe Plants were formerly pre- 

 ferved in Pot?, and were houied in 

 Winter ; but by later Experience they 

 are found to thrive bei.ter in the full 

 Ground. 



EPHEMERON, Virginian Spi- 

 derwort, vulgo. 



The Characters are; 

 The Cup of the Flower conffs of 

 ihree Leaves : the Fiower alfo hath 



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The feveral Varieties of this Plant 

 are eafily propagated, by parting 

 their Roots either in Spring or Au- 

 tumn ; and mould be planted in a 

 moilt Soil, where they will thrive 

 and increafe exceedingly, and are 

 extreme hardy, enduring ourfevereft 

 Cold in the open Air. 



Thefe are very proper for large 

 Borders, where they may have room 

 to grow ; but if they are planted in 

 fmall Borders, they mould be parted 

 into fmall Heads every Year, other- 

 wife they will grow too large for 

 fuch Places. They may be planted 

 in fhady Borders, where their Flow- 

 ers will continue longer than if ex- 



three Petals, v:hich expand in form ^^pofed too much to the great Heat of 



efaRofe; and hath three Stamina, 

 or Threads, which fur round the Ova- 

 ry i the Fruit is oblong, and div'.d, d 

 into three Cells, nvhich are filed with 

 Seeds lilce a Grain of Wheat. 

 I The Species are ; 



1. EphemerumF irginianum,fore 

 iceruleo majori. Tourn. Virginian 

 Spiderwort, with alarge blue Flow er. 



2. Ephemerum Virginianum, 

 fore purpurea majori. Town. Virgi- 

 nia}? Spiderwort, with a large pur- 

 ple Flower. 



3 . Ephemerum Virginianum, 

 fere azureo majori, Tourn. Virginian 



Spiderwort, with a large azure Flow- 

 er, commonly called the Savoy Spi- 

 derwort. 



4. Ephemerum Virginianum, 

 Jlore ece>uleo minor e. Tow n. Virginian 

 Spiderwort, with a fmall blue Fiow- 

 er, commonly called, John Tradef- 

 cant\ Spiderwort. 



5. Ephemerum Virginianum, fore 

 alio. Tourn. Virginian Spiderwort, 

 with a white Flower. 



6. Ephemerum V irginianum,fore 

 furpureo minor e. Tourn. Virginian 

 Spiderwort, with a fmall purple 

 Flower. 



the Sun. This Flower feldom fur- 

 vives the Day ; but is fucceeded by 

 new daily, for feveral Months ; fo 

 that it may deferve a P;ace for the 

 long Continuance of its Flower- 

 ing. 



EPILOBIUM, Willow-herb, or 



French Willow. 



Tiie Characters are; 

 The Flower is compofed of four 

 roundijh Petals: the Empal'ment is 

 four- leaved, which falls away : the 

 Poinial is ftuated in the hinder Part 

 of the Flower, and is attended by 

 eight ^tamina, which are alternately 

 fhorter ': the Pointal afterward be- 

 comes a long cylindrical Pod, which is 

 freaked, and divides into four Parts, 

 and full of fmall oblong Seeds, which 

 have Dovjn adhering to each. 

 The Species are ; 



1. Epilobium foliis lanceolatis 

 integerrimis. Lin. Hort. Cliff. Com- 

 mon broad- leav'd Willow-herb, or 

 French Willow. 



2. Epilobium foliis lanceolatis 

 ferratis. Lin. tiort. Cliff. Willow- 

 herb, with fpear-lhaped fawed 

 Leaves, commonly called Codlins 

 and Cream. 



3. Epi- 



