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with other hardy Plants, where they 

 will thrive very well, provided they 

 are watered in dry Weather, and will 

 abide feveral Years. All thefe Sorts 

 will flower in May and June, and 

 their Seeds are ripe toward the End 

 of Augujl : but as thefe propagate fo 

 faft by their Roots, they are rarely 

 raifed from Seeds, which is a more 

 tedious Method ; for it is commonly 

 three Years before the Seedling- 

 plants produce their Flowers fo 

 Itrong as the old ones. 



Thefe Plants are propagated by 

 parting their Roots : the beft time 

 for this Work is in September, when 

 their Leaves begin to decay, that 

 they may take freih Root before the 

 Froft comes on to prevent them. 

 They mould alfo be planted in a frefh 

 light Soil, and have a fhady Situa- 

 tion, in which they will thrive ex- 

 ceedingly ; though they may be 

 planted in almoft any Soil or Situa- 

 tion, provided it be not too hot and 

 cry. Thefe Roots mould not be 

 parted or removed oftener thanevery 

 Other Year ; but if they are permitted 

 to ftand three Years, they will flow- 

 er much ftronger for it. 



Thefe Plants rl wer from the Be- 

 ginning of May to the Beginning of 

 "June ; and if the Seafon be mode- 

 rate, they will continue in Beauty a 

 long time : this, together with their 

 being hardy Plants, which require 

 little Culture, renders fome of the 

 beft Kinds worthy of a Place in 

 every good Flower-garden ; as their 

 Flowers are very proper to intermix 

 with others, ior Bafons to adorn 

 Halls, Chimneys, 6f c. in che Sum- 

 mer-time. 



THAPSIA, The Deadly Carrot, 

 or fcorching Fenel. 



The Characters are ; 



It bath an umbellated rofe-Jbaped 

 flower, eoajijihig of Jive Petals, 

 which are placed in a circuit Order, 



and reft on the Empalement ; which 

 afterward becomes a Fruit, compo/ed 

 of two long furrowed Seeds, which 

 have a large leafy Border, 

 The Species are ; 



1. Thapsia maxima, latijfitno fo- 

 lio. C. B. P. The greateft Scorch- 

 ing-fenel, with a very broad Leaf. 



2. Thapsia lot i folia <villofa. C. 

 B. P. Broad -leav'd hairy Scorching- 

 fenel. 



3. Thapsia foliis lihanotidis, fee- 

 tidijfma. C. B. P. The moft link- 

 ing Scorching-fenel, with Herb- 

 frankincenfe-leaves. 



4 . T H a p s 1 a apii folio, Lufitanica 

 faetidijftma, fore alho. Inf. R. H. 

 The moft {linking Portugal Scorch- 

 ing-fenel, with a Smallage-leaf, and 

 a white Flower. 



5. Thapsia tenuiore folio, Apula. 

 hft. R. H. Apulian Scorching-fenel, 

 with a narrow Leaf. 



6 . Th a p s i a five Turbith Garga- 

 nicum,femine latijfmo. J. B. Scorch- 

 ing-fenel with very broad Seeds, 

 whofe Roots were fuppofed to be the 

 Turbeth. 



7. Thapsia Alpina lucida, tha- 

 liclri aut carot<s folio, fore a/bo. 

 Bocc. Muf. Shining Scorching-fenel 

 of the Alps, with a Meadow-rue or 

 Carrot-leaf, and a white Flower. 



8. Thapsia thalidri folio, Lufita- 

 nica villofa. Inf. R. H. Hairy Por- 

 tugal Scorching-fenel, with a Mea- 

 dow-rue-leaf. 



9. Thapsia Orient a lis, an et hi fo- 

 lio, femine elegant er crenato. Tourn. 

 Cor. Eaftern Scorching-fenel, with 

 a Dill-leaf, and Seeds beautifully 

 notched. 



10. Thapsia O/ ientalis aquatica, 

 angelica folio. Tourn. Cor. Eaftern 

 Water Scorching-fenel, with an An- 

 gelica leaf. 



11. Thapsia Cretica, thaliclri 

 folio, *vilkfa, feminum alis purpura- 

 njiolaceis, Town. Cor, Hairy Scorch- 

 ing- 



