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Figure In a Garden, fo they are fel- 

 dom cultivated : a few Plants of each 

 Sort, for the fake of Variety, are 

 as many as any curious Perfon com- 

 monly keeps. Thefe Plants will 

 drop their Seeds, and the Plants will 

 come up from the felf-fown Seeds, 

 full as well, if not belter, than when 

 they are fown by Hand ; fo may be 

 eafily maintained. 



The.thirteenth Sort was difc^verM 

 by Father Plumicr, in the French 

 Settlements in A?nerica ; and the four- . 

 teenth was difcovered by the late 

 Dr. Houfoun, at the Havannah; from 

 whence he brought the Seeds to Eng- 

 land. Thefe are both very tender 

 Plants, fo muft be preferved in a 

 Stove, oihtrwife they will, not live 

 thro' the Winter in this Country. 

 They may be propagated by Seeds, 

 which mould be fown on a moderate 

 Hot-bed in the Spring ; and when 

 the Plants are come up, they mould 

 be each tranfplanted in a feparate 

 fmall Pot filPd with frelh light 

 Earth, and then plunged into a mo- 

 derate Hot- bed of Tanners Bark, 

 and fnaded from the Sun in the Pleat 

 of the Day, until they have taken 

 new Root ; after which time they 

 fhould have a large Share of free Air 

 admitted to them in warm Weather, 

 and muft be plentifully watered. 

 When thefe Plants are brought for- 

 ward early in the Spring, fome of 

 them will produce their Flowers the 

 fame Seafon ; but they rarely pro- 

 duce ripe Seeds the firft Year; fo 

 the Plants mould be removed into 

 the Stove at Michaelmas, and, during 

 the Winter-feafon, mould have a 

 moderate thare of Heat, and will 

 require to be frequently refrefhed 

 with Water ; but it muft not be gi- 

 ven to them in large Quantities when 

 the Weather is cold; for that will 

 often occafion their Leaves falling 

 off. Thefe Plants, which are pre- 

 preferved through the Winter, wiil 



flower early the following Spring' 

 and produce good Seeds ; and the 

 old Plants may be preferved three or 

 four Years, if they are cor.ftantly 

 kept in a Stove. 



THALICTRUM, Meadow-rue. 

 The Characters are ; 



The Flower conffis of federal 

 Leaves placed orbicularly , which ex - 

 pand in form of a Rofe ; in the Mid- 

 dle of which arife numerous C Infers 

 of Chives, emompajfng the Point a I, 

 which afterward beco?nes a Fruit ; in 

 which are collected, as in a little 

 Head, the Capfules, which are fome- 

 times winged y ana 1 fometitnes without 

 Wings, each containing one &eed, for 

 the moji part oblong. 

 The Species are ; 



1. Thalicthum Alpinum, aqui- 

 legiee foliis, forum faminibus pur- 

 purafecntibus .Tourn. Alpine Meadow- 

 rue, with Columbine- leaves, and 

 the Chives of the Flowers of a pur- 

 plifh Colour, commonly called the 

 feather'd Columbine. 



2. Thalictrum Alpinum majus, 

 aquilegia foliis, forum faminibus al- 

 his, caule viridi. Tourn. Greater 

 Alpine Meadow-rue, with Colum- 

 bine-leaves, white Chives to the 

 Flowers, and a green Stalk. 



3. Thalictrum Canadenfe, caule 

 purpurafcente, aquilegite foliis, fo- 

 rum faminibus albis. Tourn. Canada 

 Meadow-rue, with a purplifh Stalk, 

 Columbine-leaves, and white Chives 

 to the Flower. 



4. Thalictrum Americanum mi- 

 nus. Park. Theat. Lefter American 

 Meadow-rue. 



5. Thalictrum majus, fliqua 

 a77gulofaaut friata. C. B. P. Great- 

 er Meadow - rue, with an angular 

 furrow'd Pod. 



6 . Thalictrum pratenfe majus , 

 Mcn/pelienfum, foliis rugofis. H. R. 

 Par. Greater Montpelier Meadow- 

 rue, with rough Leaves. 



7. Thalictrum majus t mn fr 'la- 



tum. 



