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deicends from the Rots, when they 

 are water'd, is by tRe Bark dctain'd 

 from being too foon diflipated; 

 which cannot be obtairrd in a com- 

 mon Hot-bed, the Earth in fuch be- 

 ing work'd away by the Vv'ater, and 

 thereby leaving tae Seeds often de- 

 ftitute of Moifture. 



Some of thefe Seeds I have had 

 {hoot in a Fortnight's dine ; which, 

 I am inform'd, would not have fo 

 done in a Month, in their natural 

 Soil ana Climate. 



I have alfo found this to be an ex- 

 cellent Method to reftore Orange 

 {or any other Exotic) Trees, which 

 have fuffer'd by a tedious PafTage, in 

 being too long out of the Ground ; 

 infomuch that I recovered two 

 Orange-trees, which had been ten 

 Months without either Earth or Wa- 

 ter. 



SENECIO, Groundfel. 



The Characters are ; 

 It hath a flofculous Flower, con- 

 ftjling of many Florets, divided into 

 Jevcral Segments, fitting on the Em- 

 bryo, contained in an Empalement, 

 conf, fling of one Leaf, and di-jided in- 

 to many Parts, aferward becoming cf 

 a conical Figure : the Embryo after- 

 ward becomes a Seed, furnif/od with 

 Down ; at which time, the Empah- 

 Pient is reflex 'd, to make way for the 

 Seeds to efcape. 



The Species are ; 



1. Senecio minor vulgaris. C. B. 

 P. Common Groundfel. 



2. Senecio Aft icav.us altifimus, 

 blattarite <vcl hieracii folio. H. L. B. 

 Tallelt African Groundfel, with a 

 Mothmuliein-lcaf. 



3. Senecio Maderafpatanus, rapt 

 folio, floribus maximis, cujus radix a 



tionnullis China dicitur. Hart. Elth. 

 The China Root. 



4. Senecio AEgyptius, folio ma- 

 tricar i a:. Boerh. bid. alt. Egyptian 

 Gioundfel, with a Feverfew -itaf. 



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5. Senecio Bonarienfl.s purpura* 

 fcens, foliis imis coronopi. Hort. Eltb m 

 Purplilh Groundfel of Buenos Ayns 9 

 with Under-leaves like Bucldhora- 



plantain. 



The firft Sort here mention'd i& 

 one of the molt common Weeds up- 

 on Dunghils, old Walls, and Gar- 

 dens, that we have in England; fo 

 that, inftead of cultivating it, it re- 

 quires fome Pains to deltroy it in 

 Gardens ; for if it be fuffer'd to feed 

 in a Garden (which it foon do, 

 if permitted to ftand), it will be very 

 difficult to extirpate it. This is fome- 

 times ufed in Medicine ; but its chief 

 Ufe in England is to feed Birds. 



The fecond Sort is an annuai 

 Plant, which grows three or four 

 Feet high; having large Leaves, 

 which are /lightly cut on the Edges, 

 This is in plenty in the warm Parts 

 of America, as well as hi Africa : in 

 both Places it is a troublefome 

 Weed ; but in England it rarely pro- 

 duces good Seed.<, unlefs the Plants 

 are raiied on an Hot-bed ; and being 

 a Plant of no Ufe or Beauty, it is 

 rarely cultivated in Gardens. 



The fourth and fifth Sorts are alfo 

 annual Plants : the fourth is a Na- 

 tive of Egypt, and is of hum hie 

 Growth : the fifth Sort was brought 

 from Buenos Ayres : this grows up- 

 ward of two Feet high. Both thefe 

 are very hardy Plants ; and if their 

 Seeds are permitted to fcatter in a 

 Garden, the Plants v. ill come up, 

 and become Weeds there. 



The third Sort hath large tuber- 

 ous Roots, which are order'd for 

 medicinal Ufe, under the Title of 

 China Root. This is a perennial 

 Plant, whofe Roots remain feverat 

 Years ; but the Sraiks and Leaves 

 decay annually in the Autumn ; fo 

 that the Roots remain in an unatfive 

 S:ate ail the Winter and Spring, and 

 in May the new Leaves and Stalks 



come 



