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J earned Botanift, Dr. Herman, to the 

 Phyfic-garden at Leyden ; but they 

 are not peculiar to that Country ; 

 for I have received Seeds of both 

 thefe Sorts from feveral Parts of 

 America, which have flourifhed in 

 the Phyfic-garden at Chelfa. 



The fourteenth Sort was difcover- 

 ed by Father Plumier, in fome of the 

 French Settlements in America. The 

 Seeds of this Sort were fent me from 

 Campechy, by the late Dr. William 

 Houjioun. 



The fixteenth, feventeenth, eigh- 

 teenth, nineteenth, twentieth, and 

 twenty-firfl: Sorts were difcovered by 

 the late Dr. William Houjioun at 

 La Vera Cruz, 'Jamaica, Cimpcchy, 

 and Cartbagena; from which Places 

 he fent the Seeds and Specimens 

 (into England. The twenty-fecond 

 I Sort I received from South -Carolina, 

 I which grew in the Phyfic-garden at 

 -Chelfea. 



Thefe are mo ft of them annual 

 Plants ; and as they are Natives of 

 warm Countries, require to be ten- 

 derly managed, to have them thrive 

 tin this Country. The Seeds of thefe 

 Plants mould be fown on an Hot- 

 bed the Beginning of March ; and 

 when the Plants are about two Inches 

 high, they mull be carefully tranf- 

 Iplanted each into a feparate fmall 

 I Pot filled with light rich Earth, and 

 ':hen plunged into an Hot-bed of 

 [Tanners Bark, being careful to (hade 

 Hem from the Sun until they have 

 | aken Root ; after which time they 

 pull have frelh Air admitted to them 

 Ivery Day, in proportion to the 

 ^eat of the Weather: they mufl: 

 Ifo be frequently refrefhed with 

 KVater, which will greatly promote 

 I heir Growth: and as thole Sorts 

 ! vhich grow upright, rife to touch 

 | he GlalTes of the Hot -bed, they 

 nould be removed into the Bark- 



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bed in the Stove ; or into a Glats« 

 cafe, where they may have room to 

 grow. If thefe Plants are brought 

 forward early in the Spring, they 

 will begin to flower by the Begin- 

 ning of July, and then they will 

 have time to ripen their Seeds before 

 Winter ; for if they are backward 

 in flowering, they fekiom perfect 

 their Seed in this Country. 



The twelfth Sort rarely perfects 

 Seed in England ; fcr it generally 

 grows to be five or fix Feet high, 

 and is always late before it flowers ; 

 but the thirteenth Sort will produce 

 good Seeds every Year, if rightly 

 managed. 



The feventeenth, eighteenth, and 

 twenty-fecond Sorts will abide two 

 Years, provided they are placed in 

 a warm Stove in Winter ; and thefe 

 Plants, when they are kept through 

 the Winter, will flower early the 

 following Summer, fo that good 

 Seeds may be obtained from them. 



All thefe Plants afford an agree- 

 able Variety in the Stove amongft 

 other Exotic Plants in Autumn, when 

 they are in Flower; fo that they are 

 preserved by thofe who are curious 

 in Botany. 



HELEN I A, Baftard Elecampane, 

 or Willow-leav'd Sunflower. 

 The Characlers are ; 

 It hath a compcund radiated Flonver, 

 conjijiing of many Florets, which are 

 Hermaphrodite, and of Semi florets, 

 'which are Female: the Ovaries Jiand 

 on a naked Placenta, each bearing an 

 antient Cronvn : all thefe Farts art 

 included in a fimpls Empalement , which 

 expands, and is cut almojl to the Bot- 

 tom in fe veral Parts. 



The Title of this Genus has been 

 altered by Dr. Linn&us from Hcleni* 

 ajirum^ which was given to it by 

 Monfieur VaiUant^ P.rofeflbf of Bo- 

 tany at Paris. 



