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very double Flowers, they are plant- 

 ed in the Borders of the Flower gar- 

 den, where they make a very pretty 

 Variety, and continue long in Flow- 

 er : the firft Sort produces upright 

 Stalks, which grow about a Foot 

 high ; but the fecond is a creeping 

 Plant, with reclined Stalks : the lat- 

 ter propagates itfelf very fall by the 

 trailing Shoots, which put out Roots 

 3t every Joint, as they lie upon the 

 Ground. Thefe have both yellow 

 flowers. 



The fifth Sort is alfo a Variety 

 of the common bulbous- rooted 

 Crowfoot, which is common in the 

 Paftures in mod Parts of England: 

 this produces upright Stalks, which 

 grow eight or ten Inches high ; the 

 Flowers are but fmall, of a pale-yel- 

 low Colour, and vety double : thefe 

 often produce fmall Flowers com- 

 ing out of the Middle of another, fo 

 as to have fometimes three Flowers 

 growing above each other, and 

 coming out of the Centre ; and is for 

 that by fome called the Childing 

 Crowfoot. 



The third and fourth Sorts are 

 Natives of the Alps: the third pro- 

 duces fmall white fingle Flowers in 

 April, growing in large Bunches : but 

 this is only preserved in fome curious 

 Botanic Gardens, for the fake of 

 Variety; the fourth being much 

 more efteemed on the account of 

 its very double Flowers, which are 

 cf a fnow-white Colour, and are pro- 

 duced alfo in Clufters. Thefe Plants 

 delight in Shade ; and will thrive 

 much better when they are planted 

 in a loamy Soil, than on a light 

 warm Ground; nor mould their 

 Roots be too often tranf plan ted : if 

 they are taken up every third Year, 

 and their Roots parted, and planted 

 again immediately, it will be as often 

 as they will require : the bell time 

 for doing this is in Autumn, about 



the Beginning of Qtloher, that they 

 may get Root again before the Froft 

 comes on ; and the Roots mould not 

 be divided too fmall, especially if 

 they are defigned to flower flrong 

 the fucceeding Spring. If thefe 

 Roots are planted in a Border which 

 is expofed to the Eaft, fo as they 

 may have only the morning Sun, 

 they will thrive much better than in 

 a warmer Expofure ; nor mould the 

 Border be much dunged, for they 

 feldom thrive well in a rich Soil ; 

 therefore in the warm rich Grounds 

 near London it is very rarely found 

 to thrive : but in fome neglected 

 Country Gardens it grows luxuri- 

 antly, and produces much ftronger, 

 and a greater Number of Flowers, 

 than in the Gardens near London^ 

 where they are cultivated with great 

 Care : this Plant is very ornamental 

 to the Flower-garden, during the 

 Continuance of the Flowers, which 

 is in May. 



The eighteenth, nineteenth, and 

 twentieth Sorts are alfo preferved in 

 the Gardens of curious Perfons, for 

 the fake of Variety. The eighteenth 

 Sort hath long narrow Leaves, which 

 refemble thofe of fome Sort of Grafs; 

 the Flowers are fingle, and of a yel- 

 low Colour, much like thofe of the 

 common Crowfoot, or Butterflower, 

 which grows in Palture - grounds : 

 this is a Native of the Alps ; fo is a 

 very hardy Plant ; and if the Roots 

 are treated in the fame way, as be- 

 fore directed, and planted to an Eaft 

 Afpect, they will thrive very well. 



The nineteenth Sort hath broad 

 Leaves, like thofe of Plantain ; the 

 Stalks grow about a Foot high, hav- 

 ing feveral pretty large fingle white 

 Flowers on their Tops, growing in 

 Bunches: thefe appear in the Begin- 

 ning of April, at which time they 

 make a pretty Variety in the Borders 

 of the Flower- garden ; this is alfo a 



