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Thefe Plants are all of them an- 

 nual ; fo their Seeds fhould be fown 

 the Beginning of March, on a Bed 

 of frefh light Earth, where they are 

 to remain ; for they feldom fucceed, 

 if they are tranfplanted. When the 

 Plants are come up, they mould be 

 carefully cleared from Weeds ; and 

 where the Plants are too clofe, they 

 muftbe thinned, leaving them about 

 fix or eight Inches apart ; after this 

 they will require no other Culture, 

 but to keep them constantly clear 

 from Weeds. In June thefe Plants 

 will flower, and their Seeds will be 

 ripe in Augufi. 



Sometimes, when the Spring 

 proves very dry, the Seeds will not 

 grow the firft Year ; but if the 

 Ground is kept clear from Weeds, 

 and not difturbed, the Plants will 

 come up the following Spring. I 

 have known the Seeds of thefe Plants 

 remain in the Ground two Years, 

 .and the Plants have come up the 

 third Spring very well ; fo that it 

 may be very proper to fow fome of 

 their Seeds in Autumn, foon after 

 they are ripe, in a warm Border, 

 where the Plants' may come up 

 early the following Spring; and 

 thefe will be Stronger, and more like- 

 ly to perfect Seeds, than thofe fown 

 in the Spring i by which Method 

 the Kinds may be preferved. 



Theft Plants are feldom propa- 

 gated but by thofe who are curious 

 in Botany, tho\ for the fake of Va- 

 riety, they rray have a Place in large 

 Gardens, becaufe they require very 

 little Trouble to cultivate them ; and 

 as they take up but little room, fo 

 they may be intermixed with other 

 fmall annual Plants in large Borders, 

 where they will make a pretty Ap- 

 pearance. 



The Juice of thefe Plants is of a 

 yellow Colour, refembling that of 

 Celandine ; and is afhrmcd by fome 



eminent Phyficians to have the fame* 

 Effect as Opium. 



HYPERICUM, St. JohnVwort. 



The Characlers are ; 

 // hath a jibrofe Root : the Leaves 

 grovj oppofite by Pairs at the Joints of 

 the Stalks : the Flouuer-cup confifts of 

 one Leaf which is divided into fife 

 Parts, and expanded r the Flower, 

 which confifts of five Leaves, expands 

 in form of a Rofe, having many Sta- 

 mina in the Centre, fur rounding a 

 conical Ovary, vjhich becomes a three- 

 cornered pointed Fruit, and is divided 

 into three Cells co?itainh:g many fmall 

 Seeds. 



The Species are ; 



1. Hypericum vulgare.C. B. P, 

 Common St. John's-wort. 



2. Hypericum Afcyron diclum, 

 caule quadrangnlo. J. B. St. JohnV 

 wort, with a lquare Stalk, common- 

 ly call'd St. Peter's-wort. 



3. Hypericum frtidum frute- 

 feens. Tourn. Stinking fhrubby St. 

 John's-wort. 



a. Hyp e r 1 cu m frutefcens Cana- 

 rienfe ?nultifljrum. Hurt. Amft. Shrub- 

 by St. John's-wort from the Canaries, 

 with many Flowers. 



5. Hypericum Orient ale, fore 

 magna. T. Cor. Eafiern St. John's- 

 wort, with a large Flower. 



6. Hypericum villo [urn ere Slum, 

 caule rot undo. Tourn. Upright hairy 

 St. John's-wort, with a round Stalk. 



7. Hypericum elegant iffimum 

 non ramofum, folio Into. J. B. The 

 moft beautiful St. John's-wort with- 

 out Branches, and a broad Leaf. 



8. Hypericum minus er eel urn. 

 C.B.P.Smali upright St. John's-wort. 



9. Hypericum minus fupinum, 

 <vel fupinum glabrum. C B. P. Small 

 fmooth trailing St. John's-wort. 



10. Hypericum folio breviorz. 

 C. B. P. Short-leav'd St.John's-wort, 



1 1. Hypericum enfpum, tnaw-:- 

 tro & cufpidato folio.Bocc. Muf Cu : \ 



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