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fcrence between them, but only the 

 Colour of their Leaves, fo that 

 they are both equally -good forUfe ; 

 but the green Sort, having a better 

 Appearance, is generally preferr'd in 

 the Markets. 



The wild Sort is not a Native of 

 England, but grows plentifully in 

 many warm Countries ; where when 

 it has once obtain'd fo as to fried its 

 Seeds, 'tis very difficult to extirpate 

 again. This is feldom us'd ; though 

 'tis not different from the Garden 

 Kind, except in the Smalnefs of its 

 Leaves. 



The fourth Sort is very common 

 in moft of the warm Parts of Ameri- 

 ca, where it grows in great Plenty 

 upon the Shores and Rocks near the 

 Sea. This is preferv'd in fome cu- 

 rious Gardens for Variety, but is a 

 Plant of no great Beauty. 



Purilane is propagated from Seeds, 

 which may be fown upon Beds of 

 light ricn Earth during any of the 

 Summer-months ; but if you intend 

 to have it early in the Seafon, it 

 mould be fown upon an Hot bed; 

 for it is too tender to be fown in the 

 open Air before April, and then it 

 mull be in a warm Situation. This 

 Seed is very fmall, fo that a little of 

 it will be fufficient to fupply a Fa- 

 mily. There is no other Culture 

 which this Plant requires, but to 

 keep it clear fromWeeds, and in dry 

 Weather 10 water it three or four 

 times a Week In warm Weather 

 this Plant will be fit forUfe in fix 

 Weeks after fowing ; fo that,in order 

 to continue a SucceiTion of thisPlant, 

 you mould fow it at three or four 

 different Seafons, allowing a Fort- 

 night between each Sowing, which 

 will be fufficient to Jail the whole 

 Seafon, while it is proper to be eat- 

 en ; for, being of a very cold Na- 

 ture, it is unfafe to be eaten, except 

 in the Heat of Summer, in EngLnd; 



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for which Reafcn, it is not to any 

 Purpofe to fow it upon an Hot-bed, 

 fince it will come early enough for 

 Ufe in the open Air. 



POTENTILLA, Cinquefoil. 

 The Char afters are ; 



The Empalement of the Flower is 

 of one Leaf which is /lightly cut into 

 f<ve Parts, and alternately cut deep 

 into fve Parts : the Flower is compo- 

 fed office Leaves, which are infer ted 

 into the Etnpalement , and fpread open: - 

 in the Centre of the Flower there an 

 federal Pointals collecled into one 

 Head, and are attended hv a Number 

 of Stamina, which rife out of theEm- 

 palement : after the Flower is pajl 9 

 the Pointals become an Head of rcundijh 

 Seeds included in the Empalement. 

 The Species are ; 



1. Potenti lla foliis pinnatis, 

 caule repente. Lin. Flor. Silver-weed, 

 or wild Tan fey. 



2. Potent i lla foliis pinnatis 

 quinatis, foliolis cvatis crenatis, caule 

 ereclo. Lin. Hort. Cliff. Upright 

 Cinquefoil, with Meadow - fweet- 

 leaves. 



5. Potenti lla caule fruticofo, 

 Lin. Hort. Cliff. Shrubby Cinque- 

 foil. 



4. P0TENTILLA foliis digit at is in* 

 cifoferratis, cattle redo. Lin. Hort. 

 Cliff Greater upright Cinque- 

 foil. 



5. Potent ill a foUit digit atis 

 longitudinaliter patenli-ferratis, caule 

 repente. Lin. Hort. Cliff. Common 

 creeping Cinquefoil. 



6. Potentilla foliis ternat*s 

 incifis, caule diffufo. Li ?i. Hort. Cliffi 

 The barren Strawberry, with up- 

 right Stalks. 



There are fome other Species of 

 this Genus, which grow wild in fe- 

 veral Parts of Europe ; but are rarely 

 admitted into Gardens ; therefore I 

 (hall not enumerate them here : and 

 of thofe above-mention'd, it is only 

 3 the 



