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na's Heat, as mark'd on the Bota- 

 nic Thermometers, in which they 

 will thrive, and retain their beauti- 

 ful large Leaves all the Winter : and 

 the Male Sort will continue to pro- 

 duce frefh Flowers all that Seafon, 

 provided you do not keep them too 

 dry. The fecond Year the Female 

 Sort will flower, and, if duly at- 

 tended, will perfect the Fruit the 

 following Spring. 



Thefe Plants make a very beauti- 

 ful Appearance (when grow large) 

 amongft other Exotics in the Stove, 

 and deferve a Place in every Colle- 

 ction of rare Plants. 



PARIETARIA, Pellitory. 

 The Characters are ; 



It hatb an apetalcus Flower, whofe 

 Flovcer-cup is divided into four Parts ; 

 •which is fometimes bcll-jhapcd, and 

 at other times flmped like a Funnel, 

 with four Stamina (or Threads ) fur- 

 rounding the Pointal ; which Pointal 

 • becomes, for the mofl part, an oblong 

 Seed, Jurroundcd by the Flower -cup : 

 to which may be added, 7 he Flowers 

 are produced from the Wings of the 

 Leaves. 



The Species are ; 



1. Pari BT aria offcinarum, iff 

 Piofcoridis. C B. P. Pellitory of the 

 Wall. 



2. Parietaria minor, ocy mi fo- 

 lio. C. B. P. Letter Pellitory, with 

 a Bafil-leaf. 



The firft of thefe Plants is fup- 

 pofed to be the true Sort, which is 

 recommended by Diofcorides for me- 

 dicinal Ufe : this is the molt com- 

 mon in Germany, and fome other 

 Countries ; but it is very different 

 from that which grows wild in Eng- 

 land, which is more like the fecor.d 

 Sort, tho 1 I can't pofitively affirm it 

 to be the fame. 



Thefe Plants grow wild upon old 

 Walls and Buildings in great Plenty ; 

 but may be cultivated by fowing 



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their Seeds in Autumn, upon a dry 

 gravelly or Irony Soil ; where they 

 will thrive much better than in a rich 

 Soil, and are preferable for Ufe to 

 thofe which grow in a moift rich 

 Ground ; for though in fuch Places 

 they will often be very rank, yet 

 they are not near fo ftrongjy fcent- 

 ed. 



PARIS, Kerb Paris, True-love, 

 or One-berry. 



The Characters are ; 



The Empalement of the Flower is 

 compofedcf four Leaves which expand 

 in form of a Crcfs ; the Flower alfo 

 hath four Leaves, which fprcad open 

 in the fame manner : in ti e Centre of 

 the Flower is Jltuatedthcfquare Poin- 

 tal, attended by eight Stamina, each 

 being crown d with an oblong ereel 

 Summit : the Pointal afterward 

 changes to a round'/fl) Berry, having 

 four Cells, whitb are filed with 

 Seeds. 



We know but one Species of this 

 Genus; viz. 



Paris foliis quaterms. Lin. Ver. 

 Herb Paris, True - love, or One- 

 berry. 



This Plant grows wild in moifl: 

 fhady Woods, in divers Parts of 

 England, but efpecially in theNorth- 

 ern Counties ; and it is with great 

 Difficulty preferred in Gardens. 

 The only Method to procure it is, 

 to take up the Plants from the Places 

 where they grow wild, preferving 

 good Bails of Earth to their Roots, 

 and plant them in a mady moift 

 Border, where they may remain un- 

 difturbed : in which Situation they 

 will live fome Years ; but as it is a 

 Plant of little Beauty, it is rarely 

 prefer ved in Garden?. 



PARKINSONIAN 

 The Characters are ; 



It hath a polypetalous anomalous 

 Flower, confifting of fve dijimilar 

 Leaves, from whofe Cup arifes the 

 Pointaly 



