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HELLEBOR OR AN U N- 

 C U L U S. Vide Helleborus. 



HELLEBORUS, Black. Helle- 

 bore, or Chnftmas- flower. 

 The Cbarailers are ; 



It hath a digitated Leaf: the 

 Flower confjls of fevcral Leaves, 

 which are placed orbicularly, and ex- 

 pand in form of a Rofe : in the Centre 

 of the Flower rifes the Pointal, which 

 is en compared about the Bafe with fe- 

 deral little Horns lying bttween the 

 \Chi<ves and Petals, which afterward 

 turn to a Fruit, in which the 7ne;n- 

 \braneous llujks are gathered, as it 

 were, into a little Head, ending, for 

 the mojl part, in an Horn, opining 

 tjengtbwife ; and, for the ?r.ojt part, 

 full of roundijh or oval Seeds. 

 The Species are ; 



I. Helleborus niger fastidus. 

 \C. B. P. Stinking Black Hellebore, 

 LBears-foot, or Setterwort. 

 L 2. Helleborus niger hortsnfs, 

 Vfiore viridi. C.'B. P. Green-flow- 

 fcred Black Hellebore, or Bears foot. 

 I 3 . Helleborus niger, fere albo, 

 Vetiam inierdum <valdt rubente. f, B. 

 LTrue Black Hellebore, or Chrijimas 

 Rofe. 



& 4. Helleborus niger t rife Hat us. 

 Wort. Fam. Trifoliated BlackHel- 

 Liebore. 



1 5 Helleborus niger, fore rofo, 

 \minor Belgicus. H. R. Blaf Small 

 Melgic Black Hellebore. 



6. Helleborus niger hortenfis 

 miter. C. B. P. The other Garden 

 hjB'ack Hellebore. 



7. Helleborus niger, ampliori- 

 l\busfc/iis. Tourn. Black Hellebore, 



(With larger Leaves. 

 [ 8. Hrlleborus niger autumna- 

 Y } is, fore maximo. H. R. Par, Au- 

 - .umnal Black Hellebore, with a very 

 I 'arge Flower. 



9. Helleborus niger, fa n^ttineo 

 i folio. Bocc. Muf. Elack Hellebore, 

 1 with a bloody Leaf, 



10. Helleborus niger Oriental! s 9 

 amplijjimo folio, caule pr&alto, fore 

 purpurafcente. Tourn. Cor. Eaftern 

 Black Hellebore, with a very large 

 Leaf, a tall Stalk, and a purplifn 

 Flower. 



11. £Teli. eborus fcliis ang ulatis 

 multifidis, fore globofo. Lin. Hort. 

 Cliff. Globe Ranunculus, or Locker - 

 gowlans. 



12. Helleborus fore folio injt~ 

 dtnte. Lin. Hort. Cliff. The Winter 

 Aconite. 



The nrft, fecond, and eleventh 

 Sorts grow wild in feveral Parts of 

 England, efpecially in the Northern 

 Counties : the firft and fecond are 

 Natives of Woods, and {hady Places ; 

 but the eleventh Sort grows in very 

 moifl Meadows, and by the Sides of 

 Brooks : this Sort I found in great 

 Plenty near the Bridge at Kirby-Lonf- 

 dale, by the River-fide. 



All the other Sorts have been 

 brought from other Countries ; 

 which thrive as well with us in the 

 open Air, as thofe that are Na- 

 tives. The two nrft Sorts, being 

 Wood-plants, thrive much better 

 when planted in ihady mo;it Places, 

 than when they are planted in a 

 wanr.er Situation, and too much 

 expofed to the Sun : and as they 

 produce their Flowers in the Middle 

 of W r inter, when few other Plants 

 appear, they deferve a Place in fniall 

 Wildernefs-quarters, Avenues, and 

 ihady Borders, where they will 

 flourifh exceedingly ; and, iffuffer- 

 ed to fhed their Seeds, will ibon fur- 

 niih a Garden with Plants enough : 

 and this is the eafielt and bell Me- 

 thod to propagate them. 



The other Sorts are propagated 

 either from Seeds, or by parting 

 their Roots : the belt Seafon for 

 this W ork is in Ocfjbtr, when you 

 may divide the Roots into (mall 

 Heads, and plant them in a Situation 

 R r 2 where 



