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*us rotnndo. C.B.P. Soldanel of 

 the Alps, with a Leaf lefs round. 



Thefe Plants grow on the Alps, 

 and feveral other mountainous Places 

 of Italy, Germany, and Hungary ; 

 from whence the Plants have been 

 obtain'd by fome curious Perfons, 

 who preferve them in their Gardens 

 for the fake of Variety. They are 

 Plants of humble Growth, feldom 

 rifing above three or four Inches 

 high. Their round Leaves grow 

 dole to the Ground, from between 

 which the Flower-items arife ; each 

 of which have four or five Flowers, 

 which in the firft Sort are of a fine 

 blue Colour ; but the fecond of a 

 Snow- white, which hang down, and 

 are fhap'd like Bells- They flower 

 the Latrer-end of April, or the Be- 

 ginning of M 7 _y, and their Seeds are 

 ripe in July. 



The belt Method to propagate 

 thefe Plants is, by parting of their 

 Roots ; bjcaufe their Seeds do not 

 fucceed, unlefs they are perfectly 

 ripe, and well nourilh'd ; and this 

 rarely happens in England. Nor do 

 the Seeds which are brought from 

 abroad, fucceed; for they feldom 

 grow, unlefs they are fown foon af- 

 ter they are ripe. 



The Seafon for tranfplanting and 

 parting thefe Roots is in September, 

 that they may have time to make 

 good Roots before Winter ; for if 

 they are remov'd in the Spring, they 

 never flower very ftrong ; and if the 

 Seafon fhould prove dry, the Plants 

 will decay, unlefs they are conftantly 

 fupply'd with Water. 



The Soil in which thefe Plants 

 thrive belt, is a ftrong cool Loam, 

 and they mull have a fhady Situa- 

 tion ; for if they are expos'd to the 

 Sun, they will not live ; nor will 

 thrive in a warm light Soil. In dry 

 Weather thefe Plants fhould be fre- 

 quently watered ; which will caufe 



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them to flower firongly, and make 

 a good Increafe. 



If the Seeds ripen in England, and 

 any Perfon is defirous to propagate 

 the Plants that way, they mould be 

 fown in Boxes or Pots fill'd with freflt 

 loamy Earth, foon after they are 

 ripe , and the Boxes muft be plac'd 

 in a fhady Situation, and frequently 

 water'd in dry Weather. The Plants 

 will fometimes appear the fame Au- 

 tumn the Seeds are fown ; but more 

 frequently they do not come up till 

 the following Spring ; fo that the 

 Earth muft not be difturb'd, nor 

 Weeds permitted to grow in the 

 Boxes. When the Plants come up, 

 they muft be duly water'd in dry 

 Weather, and conftantly placM in a 

 fhady Situation. The following Au- 

 tumn the Plants fhould be taken out 

 of the Boxes, and planted in a fhady 

 Border, about fix or eight Inches 

 afunder, where they may remain to 

 flower; or they may be intermix'd 

 with other low Alpine Plants in North 

 Borders, where they will make an 

 agreeable Variety. 



SOLIDAGO, Woundwort. 

 The Characters are ; 



It bath compound radiated Flowers, 

 which are fome Female, and others 

 Hermaphrodite : the Female Flowers 

 compofe the Rays, being Jiiuatcd round 

 the Border, and each having a Seg- 

 ment Jlretched out like a Tongue, which 

 is trifid : the Hermaphrodite Flowers 

 are tubulous, and divided into five 

 Farts at their Brim ; thefe occupy the 

 Dijk in the Middle : they are many of 

 them included in a common cylindrical 

 fcaly Empalement : thefe Florets are 

 each fucceeded by a Jingle comprefs"d 

 Seed, which is crown d with a downy 

 Suhjtance. 



The Species are ; 



I. Soli dago Saracenica. Dod. 

 Pempt. Saracens Woundwort. 



z. Soudago ahijjima, foliis cb- 



