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the third Species which is cultivated 

 in Gardens ; and this is found grow- 

 ing wild in Tome of the Northern 

 Counties of England, The firft Sort 

 here mention'd ftands in the Cata- 

 logue of Medicinal Plants in theD:f- 

 penfatory : therefore I have men- 

 tion'd it here, though it is one of the 

 inoft common Weeds in England, 

 growing plentifully on Commons 

 and wafte Land every-where, but ef- 

 pecially on all cold Ground j where 

 by its creeping Stalks, which put out 

 Roots at every Joint, it fpreads over 

 the Surface of the Ground, and be- 

 comes a very troublefome Weed. 



The fifth Sort is alfo a bad Weed, 

 having the fame fort of creeping 

 Stalks as the firft ; fo that where 

 ever it once gets PofleiTion of the 

 Ground, it multiplies and fpreads to 

 a great Diftance ; therefore thefe two 

 Sorts mould be extirpated from eve- 

 ry good Garden, 



The fecond, fourth, and fixth 

 Sorts are fometimes preferv'd in Gar- 

 dens for the fake of Variety ; but as 

 they are Plants of no Beauty, few 

 Perfons care to allow them room in 

 rheir Gardens : thefe will propagate 

 very fad: by Seeds, which if permit- 

 ted to fall on the Ground, the Plants 

 will come up and thrive without any 

 Culture. Thefe Plants, which come 

 up from felf-fown Seeds, will flower 

 and produce Seeds the next Seafon, 

 and the Roots of the fecond and 

 fourth will continue feveral Years ; 

 but the fixth U biennial, and gene- 

 rally periflies (con after the Seeds are 

 ripe. 



The third Sore is propagated in 

 many of the Nurfery- Gardens near 

 London for Sale. This is a lew Shrub, 

 feldom rifirig above four Feet high, 

 branching out on every Side from 

 the Stem : > the Leaves are divided 

 into feveral narrow Segments, which 

 join kit the Footflalk: the Flowers are 



yellow, and in Shape like thofe of 

 the common Cinquefoil ; thefe are 

 produced at the Extremity of the 

 Branches, and by their Succeflion 

 continue to flower upward of two 

 Months, efpecially when they grow 

 upon a moift Soil. 



This Plant is commonly propaga- 

 ted by Suckers, or laying down the 

 tender Branches, which will take 

 Root in one Year, and may then be 

 taken ofF from the old Plants, and 

 planted in a Nurfery for a Year or 

 two, to get Strength, before they are 

 planted where they are defignd to 

 remain : it may alfo be propagated 

 by Cuttings, which may be planted 

 during any of the Summer-month*, 

 in amoiftfhady Border, where they 

 will foon takeRcot, and ^Michael- 

 mas following, may be tranfplanted 

 into the Nurfery. 



The beft Seafon for tranfplanting 

 of thefe Plants is in October, that 

 they may get new R.oots before the 

 hard Froft fets in : for as this Plant 

 grows naturally upon moift boggy 

 Land, fo when it is remov'd in the 

 Spring, if due Care is not taken to 

 water it in dry Weather, it is apt to 

 mifcarry : nor will this Plant live 

 in an hot dry Soil ; but in a fhady 

 Situation, and on a cool moift Soil, 

 it will thrive exceedingly. 



The Title of this Genus has been 

 long applied to the firft Species by 

 feveral Writers on Botany and Me- 

 dicine ; but Dr. Tournefort has fepa- 

 rated all thofe Species which have 

 wing'd Leaves, and conftituted a 

 Genus of them, by the Title of Fen~ 

 tapbyiloides ; which, being a com- 

 pound Name. Dr. Linn <e us has re- 

 jected : the other Species with hand- 

 ed Leaves has been ranged under the 

 Genus of ^uinqtte folium ; but now 

 they are both join'd umJer the Title 

 of Psttntiila. 



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