H E 



H E 



fnentefum 1$ incanum> bellidis y fo- 

 liis crifpis. D. Lippi. Hoary woolly 

 Egyptian yellow Starwort, with curl- 

 ed Daify-leaves. 



25. Helenium jEgyptiacum to* 

 merit of um 13 incanum, polii folio. D. 

 Lippi. Hoary woolly Egyptian yel- 

 low Starwort, with a Mountain- 

 poley-leaf. 



2b. Helen I um bellidis, folds 

 amp lis t afpboJelt retrace. Vaill. Mem. 

 Yellow S'arwort, with large Daify- 

 leaves, and an Afphodel root. 



27. Htr.ENiUM perenne glahrum 

 hxffofifoHv.TK. Vaill. Mem. Smooth 

 perennial yellow Starwort, with an 

 Hyffop leaf. 



28. Hh:.enium perenne glabr urn y 

 folio crajfa in fumrno tricufpidato. 

 Vaill. M.m. Smooth perennial yel- 

 low Starwort, with a thick three- 

 pointed Leaf. 



29. HELENIUM rorifmarini trajfts t 

 ofitujis, confertifque foliis. Vaill. 

 Metn. Yellow Starwort, with thick 

 blunt Leaves growing in Clutters, 

 commonly called Golden Samphire. 



3c. HELENIUM fax at He, hy/Jopi 

 folio <villofo & glutinofo. V a ill. Mem. 

 Rock yellow Starwort, with an 

 hairy clammy HyfTop-leaf. 



The fir ft Sort is the true Elecam- 

 pare. which is ufed in Medicine ; it 

 grows wild in moift Fields and Mea- 

 dows in federal Parts of England, 

 and is pretty much cultivated in 

 Gardens near London \ to furnilh the 

 Shops wit h the Roots ; which is the 

 only Part of the Plant in Ufe. 



This Sort may be propagated by 

 Seeds, cr from fmall OfY-fets, which 

 are furnifned with Buds cn their 

 Tops. If you would propagate it 

 by Seed?, they Ihould be fown on a 

 moil! Bed of light Earth loon after 

 they are ripe ; for if they are kept 

 long out of the Ground, they will 

 not fucceed. Thefe Seeds generally 

 remain in the. Ground until the fol- 



lowing Spring, when the Plants will 

 begin to appear: at which time they 

 muft be carefully weeded, and if the 

 Seafon mould prove dry, they muft 

 be frequently watered ; which will 

 greatly promote their Growth In 

 this Bed the Plants fhould remain till 

 Michaelmas following; being care- 

 ful to keep them conftantly clear 

 from Weeds during the Summer- 

 feafon. Then you mould prepare a 

 Spot of Ground in proportion to 

 the Number of Plants you have to 

 tranfplant ; which fhould be well 

 digged, and deanfedfrom the Roots 

 of all noxious Weeds ; then you 

 muft carefully fork up the Roots of 

 the feediing Plants, fo as not to break 

 them ; and with a Dibble they fhould 

 be plained in Rows about a Foot 

 afunder, and nine Inches Diftance in 

 the Rows. In the planting thefe 

 Root?, you muft obferve to make 

 the Holes deep enough to receive 

 them without being bent or broken, 

 fo that the Crown of the Roots may 

 be juft u-nder the Surface of the 

 Ground; then clofe the Earth gently 

 about them with your Feet. When 

 the Plantation is nnifhed, there will 

 be no farther Care required until the 

 Spring, when the Plants begin to 

 fhoot ; at which time the Ground 

 ihould be carefully hoed to clear it 

 from Weeds; which Work muft be 

 repeated three or four times in the 

 Spring, but always in dry Weather ; 

 which will intirely deftroy theWeeds, 

 if it be carefully performed ; and 

 when the Elecampane-plants have 

 acquiredStrength, they will keep the 

 Weeds under; becaufe their Leaves, 

 being large, will fpread, and cover 

 the Ground. If the Ground is good 

 in which the Plants are placed, the 

 Roots will be large enough to take 

 up the Michaelmas following ; but 

 if the Ground is very poor, or too 

 dry, they fliould remain two Years 



