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where they may have the morning 

 Sun only till Ten o'Clock ; for if 

 they are too much expofed to the 

 great Heats of the Sun, they will 

 not thrive : thefe mould alfo have 

 a moift light Soil ; but the Ground 

 mould not have Dung in it, which 

 is very fubject to rot the Roots of 

 thefe Plants. 



If you propagate them by Seeds, 

 they mould be fown foon after they 

 are ripe, which is commonly in May, 

 in a Border expofed to the morning 

 Sun, where the Plants will come up 

 the following Spring, and ihould be* 

 kept clear from Weeds ; which, if 

 fuffered to grow, would foon deftroy 

 the young Plants: in this Border they 

 Ihould remain until the February fol- 

 lowing ; at which time rhey (hould 

 be tranfplanted into another Border, 

 to the Diftance of fix Inches fquare, 

 obferving to keep them, constantly 

 clear from Weeds ; and in one Year 

 after planting out they will flower, 

 and may then be removed to the 

 Places where they are to remain for 

 good. 



The third Sort is called theCbriJi- 

 mas Rofe, from its flowering at that 

 Keafon: the Flowers of this Sort 

 .are much larger than thofe of any 

 of the other Species: they are white 

 on the Infide, and of a greenifh- 

 white on the Outfide ; and are pro- 

 duced fmgly on Ihort Footftalks 

 arifing from the Root : but when the 

 Roots are ftrong, they produce a 

 great Number of thefe Flowers ; 

 fo that they make a fine Appear- 

 ance; and this being at a Seafon 

 when there are few other Plants in 

 Flower, it renders ^them the more 

 valuable : if the Seafon mould prove 

 fevere at the time they are in Flower, 

 it will be proper to cover them, 

 otherwife the Froft will pinch the 

 Flowers, ai;d foon deftroy their 

 Btauty. 



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The ninth and tenth Sorts are 

 fomewhat tenderer than the others; 

 fo mould be planted in a warmer 

 Situation ; and if one or two Plants 

 of each Sort are kept in Pots, and 

 fheltered under an Hot-bed-frame 

 in Winter, it will be a good Method 

 to preferve the Species ; becaufe in 

 very hard Winters, thofe which are 

 planted in the full Ground may be 

 deftroyed. 



The eleventh Sort muft be planted 

 in a very moift Soil, otherwife it willj 

 not thrive in Gardens ; therefore, 

 may be placed in any wet Spot, 

 where few other Things will grow ; 

 in which Situation thefe Plants will) 

 thrive exceedingly, and produce 

 plenty of Flowers. 



The twelfth Sort is well known 

 in the Gardens under the Title of 

 Winter Aconite, from its flowering 

 foon after Chrijimas : the Flowers' 

 are yellow, each arifing with a (hort 

 Footftalk from the Root, being fur- 

 rounded by Leaves. This Sort pro- 

 pagates very fait by its Root, and 

 will thrive in any Soil or Situa- 

 tion. 



There are great Doubts, whether 

 any of thefe Species be the true Hel- 

 lebore of the Antiewts ; tho' Mon- 

 fieur Tournefort, and fome othel 

 Travellers, affirm that the thirc 

 Species is it : but the German 

 life the Adorns hellebort radice, bu 

 fbthalmi fore for the Hellebore; am 

 many ether People believe it to b 

 a Plant different from both theft 

 but it is hoped, that we lhall fliortl 

 know, who arc in the right. 



HELLEBORUS ALBUS. PiA 

 Veratrum. 



HELMET-FLOWER, ( 

 MONK/s-HOOD. Fide Aeon 

 turn. 



HEMEROCALLIS, The til; 

 afphodel, or Day-lily. 



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