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Growth, feldom rifing higher than 

 the common Sort ; but is too tender 

 to live in the open Air in England ; 

 fo the Plants fhould be planted in 

 Pots, and preferred in the Green- 

 houie in Winter. This may be 

 propagated by Seeds, as the two for- 

 mer Sorts. 



The next feven Sorts, as alfo the 

 thirteenth, are all of them Natives 

 of Virginia, Maryland, Ne<w - Eng- 

 land, and fcveral other Places in the 

 North of America ; fo are hardy 

 enough to live in the open Air in 

 England, provided they are planted 

 in a warm Situation, and on a light 

 Soil. Thefe are very pretty Plants, 

 and require very little Trouble to 

 cultivate them ; for after they are 

 come up from Seeds, the only Care 

 they require, is, to keep them clear 

 from Weeds, and in very dry Wea- 

 ther to water them while they are 

 young ; for when thej have obtain- 

 ed Strength, they will not be in 

 muchDanger of fufFering by Drought ; 

 for the Roots run pretty deep into 

 the Ground, fo will find Nouri foment 

 to fupport them. 



The Root of the thirteenth Sort 

 hath been long ufed by the Senegas 

 Indians to cure the Bite of the Rat- 

 tle-make ; which, if taken in time, 

 is an infallible Remedy. And of late 

 Years it hath been ufed by the Inha- 

 bitants cf Virginia in many Difor- 

 <iers, which are occafioned by a 

 thick fizy Blood ; fo that the Root 

 of this Plant, when its Virtues are 

 fully known, may become one of 

 the moil ufeful Medicines yet difco- 

 yered. The fourteenth Sort, by the 

 Account which Pere Feuillce gives of 

 it r partakes of the fame Qualities 

 with this, tho' the Indians ufe it dif- 

 ferently ; for he fays they make a 

 Deco&ion of the Plant, which they 

 drink to cure the Pain of the Side ; 

 whereas the Senegaiu Indians, ufe the 



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Root of the thirteenth Sort, which 

 they powder, and generally carry 

 about them, when they travel in the 

 Woods, left they mould be bit by 

 the Rattle-fnake ; and whenever this, 

 happens, they take a Quantity of 

 the Powder inwardly, and apply 

 fome of it to the Part bitten ; which, 

 is a fure Remedy. 



The twenty. fecond Sort is propa- 

 gated by Seeds, which mould be 

 fown in Pots of light Earth, foon af- 

 ter it is ripe, and Iheltered in Win- 

 ter ; and in the Spring the Pots 

 mould be placed upon a moderate 

 Hot-bed : and when the Plants are 

 come up, they mould be prick'd in- 

 to fmall Pots fill'd with light rich 

 Earth, and plunged into another 

 Hot-bed r where they mould be 

 maded until they have taken Roov 

 and often refrefhed with Water ; af- 

 ter which they muft have Air given 

 them in proportion to the Warmth 

 of the Seafon - r and in July they* 

 may be removed into the open Air, 

 placing them in a warm Situation,, 

 where'they may be iheltered from 

 itrong Winds;, and in dry Weather 

 they mull be often refrefhed with 

 Water: in this Place they may re- 

 main until Oclober, when the Nights 

 begin to be frolty ; then you mould 

 remove them into the Green-houfe, 

 placing them where they may have 

 the Advantage of the free Air r when 

 the Weather is favourable enough to. 

 admit of the Glafles being open'd ; 

 for they only require to be protected 

 from Froft. During the Wiriter- 

 feafon they fhould olten be refrefhed 

 with Water; but it mould not be 

 given to them in large Quantities,, 

 which will injure their Roots. In 

 Summer they may be expofed with 

 Myrtles, Geraniums, in a Si- 



tuation where they are defended 

 from ftr.ong Winds ; and as their 

 Roots increafe, the Size of theur 



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