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Trouble than the other Method of 

 tranfplanting, and the Plants will 

 be mach larger and fairer. 



TRAGOSELINUM, Burnet- 

 faxifrage. 



The Characlers are ; 

 It hath an umbcllated rofe jhaped 

 Flotver, compofed of fi<ve unequal 

 heart-jhaped Petals, which are placd 

 circularly, and reji on the Empale- 

 ment ; which afterward becomes a 

 Fruit, compos* d of two oblong [freaked 

 Seeds. 



The Species are ; 



1. Tragoselinum mnjus, umbel- 

 la Candida. Lift. R. H. Greater 

 Buruet-iaxifrage, with a white Um- 

 bel. 



2. Tragoselinum ma jus, umbel- 

 la rubente. Lift. R. H. Greater 

 Burnet-faxifrage, with a red Um- 

 bel. 



3. Tragoselinum alteram mi- 

 nus. hjl. R. H. Letter round- 

 leav'd Burnet-faxifrage. 



4. Tragoselinum minus. Inf. 

 R. H. Small Burnet-faxifrage. 



5. Tragoselinum radice nigra, 

 Germanic urn. JuJJieu. German Burnet- 

 faxifrage, with a black Root. 



<5. Tragoselinum Auflriacum y 

 foliis profundijfime incifis. Boerh. Au- 

 firian Burnet-faxifrage, with Leaves 

 very deeply cut. 



7. Tragoselinum Creticum 

 maximum villofum, flore albo. Tov.rn. 

 Cor. The greater! hairy Burnot- 

 faxifrage of Crete, with a white 

 Flower. 



8. Tragoselinum minus faxa- 

 ttle fcetidijfimum, apii folio. Town. 

 Cor. The leaft ftinking rock Burnet- 

 faxifrage, with a Smallage-leaf. 



9. Tracoselinum Orient ale la- 

 ciniatum.umhella purpura fcente .Tourn . 

 Cor. Eaftern Burnet-faxifrage, with 

 cut Leaves,-and a purplilh Umbel. 



10. Tragoselinum Orlentale la~ 

 ciniRiuvt) umbella alba, Tokrn, Cor, 



Eaftern cut leav'd Burnet-faxifrage, 

 with a white Umbel. 



The hrft Sort is directed by the 

 College of Phyficians to be ufed in 

 Medicine ; but many times the 

 Herb-women in the Markets im- 

 pofe on ignorant Perfons two Herbs 

 for this one ; viz. Burnet and 

 Mcadow-faxifrage ; which they fell 

 for Burnet-faxifrage, which are two 

 very different Plants, and of contra- 

 ry Qualities. This Sort grows wild 

 on the dry fhady Banks in Kent, and 

 in feveral other Parts of England. 



The fecond Sort is a Variety of 

 the firlt, from which it only differs 

 in the Colour of the Flowers, which 

 in this Sort are red, and in the other 

 white. 



The third Sort grows wild in 

 fome Parts of England ; but is not 

 fo common as the fourth, which is 

 the moft common Sort in the Fields 

 near London. This fourth Sort is 

 fometimes brought to the Markets 

 and may be ufed inftead of the firft '* 

 tho' it is much better to have the 

 particular Sort ordered by the Col- 

 lege, when it can be procured. 



All the other Sorts are. Strangers 

 in this Country ; but are often pre- 

 ferv'd by the curious Botanifts in 

 their Gardens for Variety ; and are 

 all of them as hardy as the common 

 Sorts. 



Thefe Plants are propagated by 

 Seeds, which mould be fovvn on a 

 fhady Border of frefh Enrth at Mi- 

 chaelmas ; for if they are fown in 

 theSpring, they frequently mifcarry , 

 or remain a Year in the Ground, as 

 do many of the umbelliferous Plants. 

 In the Spring following the Plants 

 will appear, when they Ihould be 

 carefully clear'd from Weeds ; and 

 as the Plants obtain Strength, they 

 mould be thinn'd where they grow too 

 clofe, leaving them five or fix Inches 

 apart. After this they will require 



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