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^orbear to fay any thing of them in 

 this Place. 



The hrft of thefe Sorts is very 

 common in England, growing upon 

 the Sides of Banks and old Dunghils 

 almoft every-where. This is a very 

 poifonous Plant, and fhould be root- 

 ed out in all Places where Children 

 are fuffer'd to come ; for in the Year 

 1729. there were three Children 

 poifon'd with eating the Seeds of this 

 pjant, near Tottenham-Court ; two of 

 which flcpt two Days and two Nights 

 before they could be awakened ; and 

 were with Difficulty recovered ; 

 but the third, beingolder and ftrong- 

 er, efcaped better. 



The fecond Sort is by mod Au- 

 thors fuppofed to be the true white 

 Hen- bane of the Shop?, the Seeds of 

 which (hould be ufed in Medicine ; 

 tho' there is very little Difference in 

 the Seeds of that, and the third and 

 fourth Sorts, cither of which may 

 probably do. The other Sorts are 

 of no I fe or Beauty : but whoever 

 hath a mind to cultivate any of thefe 

 Plants, may fow their Seeds in the 

 Spring upon a light dry undung'd 

 Scil ; and when the Plants are come 

 up, they Ihould be tranfplantcd out, 

 allowing them two Feet Diitance 

 each Way. The fecond Summer 

 they will produce Flowers and 

 Seeds, and foon after the Roots 

 . perihh. 



The Seeds of thefe Plants, when 

 frwn in the Spring, frequently lie in 

 the Ground a whole Year before the 

 Plants appear; but if they are fown 

 in the Autumn, foon after they are 

 ripe, they feldom fail to come up, 

 either foon after they are fown, or 

 the following Spring ; fo that I al- 

 ways prefer that Seafon. 



The fixth Sort grows fhrubby, and 

 will abide feveral Years, provided 

 the Plants are fheltered in the Win- 

 ter ; for they will not live in the 



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open Air at that Seafon : but it only 

 requires 10 be protected from Froft ; 

 therefore if thefe Plants are placed 

 under a common Hot-bed-frame in 

 Winter, where they may enjoy as 

 much free Air as poffible in mild 

 Weather, they will thrive better than 

 when they are more tenderly treat- 

 ed. This Sort may be eafily propa- 

 gated by Cuttings, which, if planted 

 in a fhady Border, during any of the 

 Summer-months, will take Root in 

 a Month or fix Weeks ; and may be 

 afterward planted in Pots, and treat- 

 ed like the old Plants. 



This Sort will frequently ripen 

 Seeds ; but if thefe are not fown 

 in the Autumn, they rarely grow. 



H YPECwON. We have no Eng* 

 lijb Name for this Plant. 

 The Characters are ; 



The Flower confjls of four Leaves 

 which are placed in form of a Crofs ; 

 thefe are ufually divided into three 

 Parts: cut of the Flower- cup rifes 

 the Pointal, which afterward becomes 

 a plain fmooth jointtd Pod, full of 

 kidney jhaped Seeds, which are inch- 

 fed in each feint. 



The bfrecies are ; 



1. Hypecoon lad ore folio. Tourn 

 Broad-leav'd Hypecoon. 



2. Hypecoon tenuiore folic. Tourn 

 Narrow lea v'd Hypecoon. 



3. Hypecoon Orient ale, latiore 

 folio, fore magno. Tourn. Cor. Eaf 

 ern Hypecoon, with a broader Leaf, 

 and a large Flower. 



4. Hypecoon Orientate, fumarite 

 folio. Tourn. Cor. Eaf ern Hypecoon 

 with a Fumitary-leaf. 



The firit and fecond Sorts grow 

 plentifully in the South cf France, 

 in Spain, and Italy ; but the third 

 and fourth Sorts were difcovered by 

 Dr. Toumefort in the Levant; from 

 whence he fent their Seeds to the 

 Royal Garden at Paris. 



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