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1 6 . Helleborine fa His liliaceis, 

 cfpbcdeli radice. Plum. Cat. Ballard 

 Hellebore of America, with Leaves 

 like the Lily, and an Afphodei- 

 root. 



17. Helleborine purpurea, tu- 

 bgrofa radice. Plum. Cat. Purple 

 Ballard Hellebore, with a tuberofe 

 boot. 



18. Helleborine Americana, 

 fcliis longijjimis , tuberofa radice. 

 {American Ballard Hellebore, with 

 very long Leaves, and a tuberofe 

 Root, commonly called, the Flower 

 of the Holy Ghoft. 



19. Helleborine graminea, fo- 

 fiis rigidis carinatis. Pi urn. Cat. 

 Grafs-like Ballard Hellebore, with 

 tliff Leaves. 



Thefe are all Natives of Woods, 

 md fhady Places : the four firft mtn- 

 ioned, as alfo the feventh, eighth, 

 md ninth Sorts, grow wild in the 

 [Woods of York/hire, Lincajbi) e, and 

 Tiany Parts of England': the tentii 

 Sort has been found in Ireland, and 

 Is pretty common in other Parts of 



\Europe. 



The fourth Sort is by much the 

 moft beautiful of all the European 

 fCinds, as it is alfo the moll fcarce, 

 >eing rarely to be found in any 

 kf the Gardens in the South; for 

 (his is an Inhabitart of the Northern 

 [bounties. I found this Sort grovv- 

 ng wild in the Park at Burrougb- 

 null near Kir by Lonfdale, the Seat 

 If Robert Fenwick, Efq; Thefe may 

 we tranfplanted into Gardens, from 

 (he Places of their natural Growth ; 

 Uher in the Spring, foon after they 

 I ppear above-ground, or in Autumn, 

 J [when their Leaves begin to decay ; 

 I f ut if they are tranfplanted in Spring, 

 I here mould be great Care had, to 

 referve a large Ball of F.arth to 

 I heir Roots, otherwife they will not 

 l|ucceed. Thefe Plants lhould be 

 I planted in Ihady moift Places, and 

 • Voi. II. 



in a flrcng undunged Soil, where 

 they will continue many Years, and 

 produce their Flowers toward the 

 latter Part of Summer* 



The fifth, fixth, eleventh, twelfth, 

 thirteenth, fourteenth, and fifteenth 

 Sorts are Natives of Virginia, Mary- 

 land, and Ne-xv- England; from which 

 Places feme of their Roots have been 

 brought into England, The bell Me- 

 thod to obtain thefe Kinds is, to pro- 

 cure fomeof their Roots to be taken 

 up with Balls of Earth, and planted 

 into Tubs of the natural boil in 

 which they grew, as clofe together 

 as poflible : thefe Tubs lhould re- 

 main in the Country, until the 

 Leaves of the Plants begin to decay, 

 when they may be put on board the 

 Ships, and fent over; for as the 

 Roots will then be in a State of In- 

 action, fo they will be in lefs Dan- 

 ger o; fuffcring in their Pafiage, than 

 if they were in a vigorous growing 

 State, and will require very little, if 

 any Water. Thefe Plants may be 

 planted out of the Boxes into fmail 

 Wildernefs-quarters, where they will 

 abide the Cold of the Winter ver/ 

 well, and produce their Flowers in 

 Summer. 



The fixteenth, feventeenth, and 

 nineteenth Sorts were difcovered by- 

 Father Plumicr, in the French Settle- 

 ments in America ; thefe three Sorts 

 were fent by the late Dr. William. 

 Hcujloun from Jamaica, where they 

 grow in the Woods, and lhady 

 Places, in great Plenty. The feven- 

 teenth Sort was alfo fent from the 

 Bahama Iflands to Mr. Peter Col I'm- 

 fin, and hath been fince dillributed 

 to many curious Perfons in England,, 

 This is a very fine Plant, and deferves 

 a Place in the Stove, becaufe it pro- 

 duces a mod beautiful Spike of pur- 

 ple Flowers every Year. This and 

 - the fixteenth'and nineteenth Sorts are 

 propagated by Oft-fets, which they 



