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Botanic Gardens - where they are 

 preferv'd for the fake of Variety. 



All thefe Sorts are propagated by 

 Seeds, which may be fown in Au- 

 tumn on a Border of frefh Earth in 

 a fhady Situation ; and when the 

 Plants are come up. they will 

 require no farther Care, but to keep 

 them clear from Weeds; and, where 

 they grow too clofe, to thin them, 

 fo as to leave them about eight or 

 ten Inches afunder ; which may be 

 done by hoeing them, in the fame- 

 manner as is pra&is'd for Carrots. 

 Thefe Plants will flower and feed 

 the fecond Summer, and the Roots 

 of the three firftSortswill abide fome 

 Years; but the fourth Sort com- 

 monly perifhes foon after it has pro- 

 duced Seed. 



SILER, Sefelior Sermountain. 

 The Charatlevs are ; 



It hath a rofe and umbellated 

 Flower, conjijling of /enteral Lea-ves, 

 ivbich are ranged orbicularly, and 

 reft on the Empalement, which be- 

 comes a Fruit co7npofed of two large 

 oblong furrowed Seeds, having folia- 

 ceous Ridges on one Side : to thefe 

 Notes may be added, That the Lobes of 

 the Leaves are large, long, and intire, 

 excepting their Extremity, where they 

 are fiightly cut into three Parts. 

 The Species are ; 



1. SiLER tnontanum ma] us. Mor. 

 Umb. Greater Sermountain. 



2. S I L E R tnontanum angujii folium: 

 Park. Narrow-leavM Sermountain. 



The firft Sort is ufed inMedicine, 

 by the Direction of the College of 

 Phyficians.The Seeds of this Sort are 

 the Semen Sefeleos of the Shops,which 

 enters in Compofitions ; and the 

 green Herb is alio ufed ; for which 

 fome of the People, who fupply the 

 Shops, often impofe on their Cufto- 

 jners the Mountain Ofier, which, by 

 fcartflating S4ler an Ofier, may afford 

 them fome Pretence. 



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The fecond Sort differs from the 

 firft, in being fomewhat lefs, and 

 having narrow Leaves : this is found 

 wild in Auftria, and the former Sort 

 grows on the Alps and Apennines ,and 

 other mountainous Parts of Italy and 

 Spain. 



Thefe Plants maybe propagated 

 by Seeds, which fhould be fown in 

 Autumn, foon after they are ripe, on 

 a Border of frefh undung'd Earth ; 

 and in the Spring, when the Plants 

 will appear, theyfhould be kept con- 

 ftantly clear fromWeeds; and in very 

 dry Weather mould be watered, 

 which will greatly promote their 

 Growth. Where the Plants come 

 up too clofe together, they mould be 

 thinned, fo as to leave them three or 

 four Inches apart ; which will be 

 fufficient room for them the firft 

 Seafon : and at Michaelmas, when 

 their Leaves decay, fome of the 

 Plants may be carefully taken up, 

 fo as not to cut or break theirRoots, 

 and tranfplanted into a moift fhady 

 Border, about eighteen Inches afun- 

 der, where they may remain for 

 Continuance. If thefe Plants thrive 

 well, they will produce Seeds the 

 fecond Seafon ; otherwife it will be 

 the third Summer before they flow- 

 er and feed ; after which the Roots 

 will abide many Years, and greatly 

 increafe in their Size, and will pro- 

 duce Seeds every Year. 



The Culture which thefe Plants 

 require, is only to kexp them clear 

 from Weeds ; and every Spring* juft 

 before thePlants put out theirLeaves, 

 to dig the Ground between them 

 gently, fo as not to injure their 

 Roots ;and when their Flower-ftems 

 are advanced, to place fome Sticks 

 down by them, to which their Stems 

 mould be fattened with Bafs, to fup- 

 port them from being broken down 

 by Winds ; for as thefe Stems rife 

 to the Height of four or five feet, 



