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after planting, before they are taken 

 up for Ufe. Note, Thefe Roots 

 Ihould not be taken up till the Leaves 

 are decayed. 



If you intend to propagate this 

 Plant by Off-fets, you muft take 

 them carefully off from the old 

 Roots at Michaelmas (which is the 

 time they are taken up for Ufe), lb 

 as to preferve a good Bad to each 

 Off-fet ; then plant them in a well- 

 prepared Spot of Ground, in the 

 fame manner as hath been directed 

 for the feedling Plants ; and the fol- 

 lowing Summer they muft be treat- 

 ed in the fame manner as thofe. 



All thefe Plants are ranged under 

 the Genus of After, by Dr. bourne- 

 fort, as agreeing in the manner of 

 their Flower and Seed with that 

 Tribe :• but as the Title of Hdenium 

 has been applied to the firft Species 

 by the Writers in Botany before his 

 Time, and the outward Face of the 

 the Plant being very different from 

 the Starworts, as alio-- the Flowers 

 being yellow ; Monfieur Vaillant, 

 Profeffor of Botany at Paris, has 

 conitituted a Genus by the Name of 

 Helenium, and feparated all the Spe- 

 cies which have yellow Flowers, 

 from the Afters., and placed them 

 under this Genus; for which R.eafon 

 I have added the Englijh Name of 

 yellow Starwuort to all the Species. 



The eleventh Sort, being very 

 common by the Sides of Ditcnes and 

 Ponds in moft Parts of England, is 

 feldom planted in Gardens ; becaufe 

 it creeps very much by the Root, 

 and will foon overfpread a large 

 Spot of Ground, when it has once 

 taken Root. This Sort is commonly 

 known by the Name of Middle 

 Fie a bane, in England. 



The twenty -firft Sort is aTo very 

 common in England : this is an an- 

 nual Plant, which lows itlelf on 

 moilt Grounds, where the Water 



ufu ally Hands in Winter: it flowers 

 in July and Auguft. This Plant is 

 placed in the Catalogue of Simples 

 annexed to the College- Difpenfatory, 

 under the Title of Conyza minor, 

 fiore globofo : it is alfo called Pulica- 

 ria ; becaufe, they fay, the Smeil of 

 this Herb will drive away Fleas. 



The twenty-ninth Sort grows on 

 the Rocks and gravelly Snores by 

 the Sea fide, in divers Parts of Eng- 

 land ; and is frequently gathered, 

 and brought to the Markets for Sam- 

 phire, and pickled as fuch. This is 

 often dillinguiihed from the true 

 Samphire, by the Title of Golden 

 Samphire, becaufe the Flowers are 

 yellow. 



The other Sorts are not Natives 

 of this Country, but are all of them 

 hardy enough to thrive in the open 

 Air ; and feveral of them will grow 

 in fhady Places, and under the Drip 

 of Trees; fothat they deferve to be 

 propagated in the Englijh Gardens. 

 They are commonly propagated by 

 parting their Roots, becaufe they 

 feidom produce good Seeds in this 

 Country. The belt time to part 

 their Roots is ;n Autumn, when their 

 Stalks begin to decay : in doing 

 this, you mould be careful not to 

 divide them too fmall, as alfo to pre- 

 ferve fome good Buds to each Off- 

 fet. Thefe fhould be planted in large 

 Borders in the Pleafu re-garden, in- 

 termixed with other hardy perennial 

 Plants ; where they will require no 

 other Culture, but to keep them 

 clear from We^ds, and to tranfplan: 

 the Roots every other Year, when 

 they may be parted to increafe them. 

 In the Summer-time, when the Stalks 

 are grown pretty high, they mould 

 have Sticks thrull into the Ground 

 by each Root, and their Branches 

 fattened thereto with Bafs, to fup- 

 port them ; otherwife they are often 

 broke i c^own by heavy Rains, or 



