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The Species arc ; 



1. Helen i a/oIUs linear: bus duur- 

 rtnttbus. Baftard Elecampane, with 

 a longer and narrower running Leaf. 



2. Helen i a foliis lanceolatis de- 

 currentibui. Ballard Elecampane, 

 with a broader and fhorter running 

 Leaf. 



Thefe Plants are both of them 

 Natives of America : the Seeds of 

 both Sorts I have' received from Vir- 

 ginia and Ktw-England, where they 

 grow wild in great Plenty in the 

 Woods, and other mady Places, 

 where the Ground is moilt. They 

 may be propagated by Seeds, or by 

 parting their Roots ; but the latter 

 is generally praclitcd in this Coun- 

 try, becaufe they feldom perfect 

 their SeeJs here; but if Seeds are 

 procured from abroad, they fhould 

 be fown the Beginning of M irch on 

 a warm Border of light Earth : and 

 if the Seeds mould not come up the 

 firft Year, the Ground mould not be 

 dillurbed ; becaufe they often re- 

 main a whole Year under-ground, 

 before the Plants appear : in which 

 Cafe there if. nothing more to be 

 done, but to keep the Ground clear 

 fromWeeds, and wait till the Plants 

 come up. When they appear, if the 

 Seafon proves dry, they mull be 

 often watered, Which will greatly 

 forward tneir Growth ; and where 

 the Plants come up too clofe to each 

 other, they fhoald be thinned, and 

 tranfplanted out into Beds a Foot 

 afunder every Way ; being careful 

 to made them until they have taken 

 Root, as sdfd to water them in dry 

 Weather. In the Autumn they will 

 produce their Flowers, which will 

 continue till the Froft prevents them j 

 and their Roots will abide many 

 Years, and afford many Off lets, by 

 which they may be increased. 



The beft Seafon to tranfp.'ant the 

 old Root?, and to pari them for In- 



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creafe, is in Oclober, or the Begin- 

 ning of Marc/?, juft before they be- 

 gin to moot ; but if the Spring mould 

 prove dry, they mull be duly water- 

 ed, otherwife they will not produce 

 many Flowers the fame Year. Thefe 

 Pla its fliould not be removed oftener 

 than every o'her Year; for as they 

 do not fprtad their Roots very wide, 

 they will very well continue two 

 Years within due Compafs. They 

 delight in a Soil rather moift than 

 dry, provided it be not too iirong, 

 or hold the Wet in Winter : but if 

 .they are planted in a dry Soil, they 

 mutt be often and plentifully water- 

 ed in dry Weather, to make them 

 produce plenty of Flowers. 



Thefe Plants generally rife about 

 three Feet and an half, or four Feet 

 high; therefore mould be planted in 

 the Middle of large Border^ inter- 

 mixed with Flowtrs of the fame 

 Growth, where they will make a 

 pretty Variety, becaufe ihey con- 

 tinue a long time in Flower : and as 

 they require very little Care to cul- 

 tivate tnehr, they deferVe a Place in 

 every large Garden, Their Flowers 

 refemble thofe of the fmaller Kinds 

 of Sunflower, and have been by 

 fome Botanifts ranged in that Genus. 

 The time of their Flowering" is from 

 July until the Froft /tops them. 



KKLENIUM, Elecampane. 

 The Chan:ciers are ; 



// hath a radiated Flotver, whofe 

 Florets are Hermaphrodite, but the Se- 

 mi florets are Female ; both thefe are 

 yellow ; the Ovaries, which reft on 

 a naked Placenta, are crowned with 

 Down : all the fe Parts are included 

 in a fcaly Cup : to thefe Notes may. 

 be added, 1 he Leaves growing alter- 

 nately on the Stalks, and the Flowers 

 grow on the Top cf the Branches. 

 The Species are ; 



i. Helenium uulgari* C.B. P. 

 Common Elecampane. 



2. Hele- 



