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fine (iopper-cdlour come off, which 

 will colour the Hands and Face : 

 and fome unlucky People adviic Per- 

 fons, who are ignorant of this, to 

 fmell to the Flower ; in the doing 

 of which, their whole Face will be 

 dyed of a Copper-colour. 



The Sa*v oy Spiderwort, or, the 

 French call it, St. Bruno's Lily, is a 

 Plant of humbler Growth than either 

 of the former : this Sort flowers 

 earlier in the Year : the Leaves of 

 this Sort are fomewhat like thofe of 

 the Spiderwor- ; and pretty firm, 

 and grow upright : thef louer-ftalks 

 grow about a Foot high, and have 

 Several white Flowers at the Top, 

 fhaped l;ke thofe of the Lily, which 

 hang on one Side, ar.d have an agree- 

 able Scent : thefe are but of fhort 

 Duration, feldom continuing in 

 Beauty above two or three Days ; 

 but when the Plants are ftrcng, they 

 will produce eight or ten Flowers 

 upon each Stalk ; fo they make a 

 good Appearance while they laft. 



This Sort is ufually propagated 

 by parting the Roots : Autumn is 

 the beft Seafon for doing this Work, 

 as it alfo is for tranfplanting of the 

 Roots j for when they are removed 

 in the Spring, they feldom flower 

 the fame Year ; or, if they do, it 

 is but weakly : thefe Plants fhould 

 not be tranfplanted often cr than 

 every third Year, when the Roots 

 may be parted to make an Increafe 

 of the Plants ; but they fhould not 

 be divided too fmall ; for if they 

 are, it will be two Years before 

 they flower : this Sort delights in 

 a light loamy Soil, and in an open 

 Expofure; fo mull not" be plan:ed 

 under the Drip of Trees : but if they 

 are planted to an Eaft Afpeft, where 

 they- may be protected from the 

 Sun in the Heat of the Day, they 

 will continue in Beauty longer than 

 tthch they are n:ore C7f cfed. 



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HEMICNITIS, Moonfern. 



This is a Plant which is feldorri 

 propagated in Gardens ; therefore I 

 ihall not trouble the Reader with 

 any Account of it more than this; 

 that whoever hath a mind to cul- 

 tivate it, may fee full Directions for 

 that Purpofe under the Article Lin- 

 gua Cer*oina t to wnich this Plant is 

 nearly allied, and delights in the 

 fame Situation and Culture. 



HEPATICA, Noble Liverwort. 

 The Characters are ; 



The Root is fihrofe and perennial : * 

 the Leaf cenfifts of three Lobes groiv 

 ing on a Pedicle, which arifes from 

 the Root : the Pedicle of the Flower 

 is naked and /ingle, arifing from the 

 Root : the Cup of the flower is, for 

 the tnoft part, cotnpofed of one Leaf 

 which is fome times cut into three or four" 

 deep Diiifons : the Flower confjls of • 

 many Leaves, which expand in form 

 of a Rofe : the Fruit is globular, con~ 

 fifing of one fugle Cell, which is cur- 

 <vated, as in the Lfffer Celandine. 

 The Species are ; 



1 . HepatiCA tri folia, carruleo 

 f ore. Cluf The fingle blue Hepa- 

 tica, cr Noble Liverwort. 



2. Hepatica trifolia, fore cae- 

 ruleo plena. Cluf. The double blue 

 Hepatica, or Noble Liverwort. 



3. Hepatica trifo lia, fore albo 

 fvKplici. Boerh. bid. The fingle white 

 Hepatica, or Noble Liverwort. 



4. Hepatica trifolia, rub>o fore. 

 Cluf Single red Hepatica, or No- 

 ble Liverwort. 



5. Ketatica trifolia, fore rubrj 

 plena,. Berh. Irtd. Double-red, or 

 peach-colour"d Hepatica. 



Thefe Plants are fome of the 

 greater! Beauties of the Spring : their 

 Flowers are produced in February 

 and Mur'ch in great Plenty, before 

 the green Leaves appear, aiid make 

 a very beautiful Figure in the Bor- 

 ders, of the Plea(fure-garden ; efpe- 



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