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The firft Sort grows wild in di- 

 vers Parts of England, and is not fo 

 much cultivated in Gardens at pre- 

 fent as it was formerly, when it was 

 planted for Edging of Borders ; but 

 the Shoots being very apt to root at 

 their Joints, render'd it very d-fficult 

 to preferve in any tolerable Order ; 

 and the Plants, rooting deep in the 

 Ground, greatly exhauft the Good- 

 nefs of the Soil ; fo that it is now 

 almoft wholly call: out of Gardens. 



The fecond and fourth Sorts are 

 Varieties from the firft, differing 

 only in the Colour of their Flowers j 

 as are alfo the fixth and fevenrh, 

 which differ in their variegated 

 Leaves, for which they are preferv'd 

 in the Gardens of thofe who admire 

 ftriped Plants. 



The fifth Sort produces fine dou- 

 ble Flowers, which makes a very 

 handfome Appearance during its Sea- 

 fon of Flowering ; which renders it 

 worthy of a Place in every Garden. 



The third Sort grows much larger 

 than the former, and produces large 

 blue Flowers : this is found in 

 Woods, and fhady Places, in di- 

 vers Parts of England. 



All thefe Plants multiply exceed- 

 ingly by their Shoots from the old 

 Roots, which, trailing upon the 

 Ground, ftrike out Roots in a fhort 

 time, and may be taken off, and 

 tranfplanted where they are to re- 

 main : and though they are not fo 

 proper for a Flower-garden, yet a 

 few Roots of each Sort may be 

 planted in fhady Borders under Trees, 

 where few other Plants will thrive, 

 or in fmall Wildernefles ; in which 

 Places, if they are kept within Com- 

 pafs, they make a pretty Variety. 

 The large Sort may be planted un- 

 der Hedges, in Woods, £sV. where 

 it will grow four or five Feet high, 

 and continue a long time in flower. 



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Thefe Plants propagate themfeltfei 

 by Roots fo plentifully, that they 

 feldom produce Frilit. 



Monf. Tournefort fays, He could 

 never obferve any Fruit upon them 

 either in the Country adjoining to 

 Paris, or in Provence or Languedoc t 

 where they are very common, or in 

 the Neighbourhood of Lifbon. 



Of all the Botanical Writers be- 

 fore Tournefort, Grfalpi?:us is the 

 only Perfon who found and defcribed 

 this Fruit : which, he fays, is oblong, 

 being two fork'd Hufks, arch'd and 

 conjoin'd at their Extremities, con- 

 taining, for the moil part, two ob* 

 long Seeds in each. 



To have this Plant produce Fruit, 

 Monf. Tournefort advifes its being 

 planted in a Pot that contains but a 

 fmall Quantity of Earth ; fo that 

 the Sap, being prevented from dif- 

 fipating and fpending itfelf upon 

 nourifhing new Shoots, will mount 

 the Stems, and fwell the Pointal, 

 which becomes the Fruit ; and this, 

 he fays, was the Method whereby he 

 obtain'd .the Fruit of this Plant, of 

 which he has given a Figure in his 

 Elements of Botany. .* 



But notwithstanding what Monf. 

 Tcumrfort has related concerning 

 this Matter, yet I have often ob- 

 ferv'd the Fruit upon fuch Plants as 

 have grown fingly on a good Soil : 

 though where their Shoots are per- 

 mitted to entangle with each other, 

 and grow very clofe, there is feldom 

 any Fruit produe'd. 



PETASITIS, Butter-bur. 

 The Characters are ; 



// is a Plant with a fiofculous 

 Flower, conffing of many Florets t 

 divided into many Parts . fitting on 

 the Embryo, and contained in a cylin- 

 drical Empalement, divided alfo into 

 many Parts : the Embryo cfterward 

 becomes a Seed furnijh ■ d with Down: 



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