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Weeds ; and in the Autumn follow- 

 ing they may be tranfplanted in the 

 fame manner as before directed for 

 thoferaifed from Cuttings, and may 

 be afterward treated more hardily, 

 as they acquire Strength. 



A Plant or two of each of thefe 

 Species may be allow'd to have a 

 Place where there are Collections of 

 the different Sorts of ever - green 

 Shrubs, for the fake of Variety, ef- 

 pecially where the different Sorts of 

 Ciftus, Phlomis, Tree - wormwood, 

 and Medicago, are admitted, becaufe 

 thefe are equally hardy, and when a 

 fevere Winter happens, which c)e- 

 ftroys the one, the others are fure of 

 the fame Fate. 



PRENANTHES, Wild Lettuce. 

 The Characlers are ; 



// hath fiofculous Flowers, which 

 are included in one common Empale- 

 ment, which is cylindrical and f qua - 

 mous : the Florets are hermaphrodite-, 

 each being monopetalous, having one 

 Side jlretched out like a Tongue, and 

 divided into four Segments, each of 

 thefe having a Point al in their Centre 

 attended by five fender Stamina ; and 

 afterward the Point al becomes an ob- 

 long Seed y crowned with a Down. 

 The Species are ; 



1. Prenanthes fiofculis quints, 

 foliis pinnato - kaftatis. Lin. Hort. 

 Cliff. Wild Lettuce, or Sowthiftle, 

 with fpear - fhap'd wing'd Leaves, 

 and a yellow Flower. 



2. Prenanthes fiofculis quinis, 

 foliis lanceolatis denticulatis. Lin. 

 Hort. Cliff. Purpie mountain wild 

 Lettuce. 



3 . P r e n a n t h e s fiofculis plurimts, 

 foliis hajiaiis. angulatis. Lin. Hort. 

 Cliff. American VVild Lettuce, with 

 ftngular Leaves. 



4. Prenanthes cutumnalis. fiore 

 diiu'c purpurea deorfum nutante, fpi- 

 eaHUn ad cftulem diffefifo, foliis [ca- 



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hris incifts, caule fingulari. Flor. 

 Virg. Dr. Witt's Rattle-fnake Root. 



5. Prenanthes foliis integris 

 ferratis fcabris t rad/ce repente, fiore 

 purpuro - caeruleo. American wild 

 Lettuce, with whole faw'd rough 

 Leaves, a creeping Root, and pur- 

 ple Flower. 



The firft Sort grows wild upon 

 the Sides of dry ftony Banks, and on 

 the Tops of Walls, in feveral Parts 

 of England. The fecond grows wild 

 in feveral Parts of Europe : but the 

 others are Natives of America. The 

 fourth Sort has been efteem'd a fure 

 Antidote to expel the Poifon of the 

 Rattle-fnake, and therefore I have 

 mention'd thefe Plants ; for they 

 are never preferv'd in Garden-, ex- 

 cept for the fake of Variety, being 

 troublefome Weeds, where they are 

 permitted to fcatter their Seeds; fo 

 that whoever is defirous to cultivate 

 them, need be at no Trouble but to 

 fow their Seeds in a moid fhady Si- 

 tuation, where the Plants will come 

 up and thrive without any farther 

 Care. 



PRIMULA, Primrofe. 

 The Chara£iers are ; 



The Flower confifis of one Leaf ; the 

 lower Part of which is tubulofe, but 

 the upper Part expands iff If fiat in 

 form of a Salver, and is cut into fe- 

 deral Segments : from the Flower -cup 

 ( which is fjlulous ) arifes the Poin- 

 tal ', which , when the Flower is de- 

 cayed, becomes an oblong Fruit or 

 FLufk, lying almoji conceal'd in the 

 Flowcr-cupy and opens at the Top; in 

 which are contain d many round 'tjh 

 Seeds fafiend to the Placenta. 

 Tne Species are ; 



I Primula vnlgaris . Park. Cam> 

 mon Primrofe. 



2. Primula CanfiantitioffSt Altai 

 fiore albo. Toum. Primrofe of Con- 

 Jtantinofle, wilk a white Flower, 



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