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2. Vulneraria ruflica, fori al- 

 io. Injl. R. H. Ruftic Wound- 

 wort, with a white Flower. 



3 . Vulneraria jlore purpura - 

 fcente. Injl. R. H. Ruftic Wound- 

 wort, with a purplilh Flower. 



4 . V u L n E R a R I A pent aphy lbs . Injl. 

 R. H. Five-leav'd Woundwort. 



5. Vulneraria Cretica, Jlore 

 far<vo njario. Tourn. Cor. Candy 

 Woundwort, with a fmall variable 

 Flower. 



The firft Sort grows wild on poor 

 chalky Ground in divers Parts of 

 England; but is rarely cultivated in 

 Gardens. This fends forth feveral 

 Stalks from the Root, which are 

 about eight or nine Inches long, al- 

 ternately befet with hairy Leaves, 

 which are compofed of four or five 

 Pair of Lobes, terminated with an 

 odd one. On the Top of the Stalks 

 the Flowers are produced, which 

 are fmall, and of a yellow Colour, 

 collecled together in a broad Head, 

 which are fucceeded by fhort Pods 

 fill'd with roundifh Seeds. This 

 Plant flowers toward the End of 

 May, and the Seeds are ripe in 

 July. 



The fecond Sort is a Variety of the 

 £rft, from which it only differs in 

 the Colour of its Flowers, which 

 are white. 



The third Sort is found wild fn 

 fome Parts of Wales, from whence 

 the Seeds and Plants have been pro- 

 cured by feme curious Botanifts, who 

 prefer ve them in their Gardens. 

 This Sort produces pretty purplifh 

 Flowers, collecled into Heads, which 

 make an agreeable Appearance. 



The fourth Sort is found wild in 

 Italy, Sicily, and fome other warm 

 Countries ; but in England it is pre- 

 ferv'd in fome curious Gardens for 

 the fake of Variety. This is an 

 annual Plant, which perifhes with 

 the firft Approach of Winter. The 



Seeds of this Plant fhould be fowtt 

 about the Middle of March, on a 

 Bed of light Earth, in an open Si- 

 tuation, where they are defign'd to 

 remain ; becaufe the Plants do not 

 very well bear tranfplanting. There- 

 fore the belt Method is, to fow the 

 Seeds in fmall Drills, made two Feet 

 afunder; and when the Plants are 

 come up, they mould be thinned 

 where they are too clofe, fo as to 

 leave them fix or eight Inches afunder 

 in the Rows ; and then keep the 

 Ground clear from Weeds, which is 

 all the Culture they require. The 

 Branches of this Plant fpread flat on 

 the Ground, and the Flowers are 

 produced in large Bladders from the 

 Wings of the Leaves. Thefe appear 

 in June, and the Seeds will ripen the 

 End of Augujl. 



If fome of thefe Seeds are fown 

 the Beginning of September, on a 

 warm dry Border, the Plants will 

 come up in Autumn, and live thro* 

 the Winter (provided it is not very 

 fevere), and will flower early the 

 following. Summer, whereby good 

 Seeds may be obtain'd ; for when 

 the Summers prove cold and wet, 

 thofe Plants which come up from 

 Seeds fown in the Spring, do not 

 produce ripe Seeds ; fo that the Spe- 

 cies may be loft, where there are not 

 Autumnal Plants. 



The fifth Sort was difcover'd by 

 Dr. bourne fort in the Ifland of Can- 

 dy, from whence he fent the Seeds to 

 the Royal Garden at Paris. This 

 is alfo an annual Plant ; therefore 

 mould be manag'd in the fame man- 

 ner as hath been dire&ed for the for- 

 mer Sort. 



The nrft, fecond, and third Sorts 

 will abide two, and fometimes three 

 Years, before their Roots decay ; 

 though they generally are in the 

 greateft Vigour the fecond Year; 

 lor thefe rarely flower the fame 



Year 



