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Thefe Treei are always green, 

 which renders them more valuable ; 

 and their Leaves being of a beauti- 

 ful Figure, and their Heads gene- 

 rally growing very regular, renders 

 them worthy of a good Situation : 

 they feldom rife above twelve or 

 fourteen Feet high with us, and 

 Should therefore be intermixed with 

 other Ever -greens of the fame 

 Growth : but as thefe Trees are 

 fometimes injured by fevere Froftj 

 fo it is proper«o keep fome Plants 

 in Tubs, which may be flickered in 

 Winter in the Green-houfe, in order 

 to preferve their Species. 



LEONTOPET A LON, Lion - 

 leaf. 



The Char afters are ; 



It hath a thick tuber of e per en vial 

 Root : the Flower is naked, and con- 

 fifs of five or fx Petals, which ex- 

 pand in form of a Bofe, attended 

 by Stamina: in the Middle of the 

 Fhwer rifes the Pointal, which 

 afterward becomes a Bh.dder, con- 

 taining many fpherical Seeds. 



We have but one Spates of this 

 Plant in the Englijo Gardens j which 

 is, 



Leontopetalon foliis coft<e ra- 

 fnofa? innafcentibus, Flor. Lion-leaf 

 With Leaves growing on a branched 

 Rib. 



This Plant is found in greatPlenty 

 in the Iflands of the Archipelago, but 

 in the greateft Plenty about Aleppo, 

 and alfo in fome Parts cf Italy ; but 

 at prefent is very rare in England : 

 it may be propagated by fowing the 

 Seeds, or parting the Roots ; but 

 the former is the bell: Method, if 

 the Seeds could be obtained from 

 abroad ; for they feldom produce 

 good Seeds in EngL.nd, nor do they 

 ancreafe very fail by their Roots. 



The Seed of this Plant mould be 

 fownfoonafter itisripe.inPois orTubs 

 Hird with frdh light Earth, that the 



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Plants may be removed into SheJter 

 in the Winter; for if they are ex- 

 pofed at that Seafon (which is the 

 time they arife), the Cold will de- 

 ftroy them ; but in the Summer 

 they fhould be let abroad, where 

 tliey may have the morning Sun un- 

 til Ten of the Clock ; and when the 

 Plants are ftrong enough to be tranf- 

 planted, they mould be eac:, of them 

 put into a feparate Pot, and in Win- 

 ter placed into an Hot-bed-frame, 

 where they may be fhelter'd in fe- 

 vere Frofts ; but in mild Weather 

 they mould be expos'd to the open 

 Air. 



When the Plants are two Years 



old, rhey may be taken out of the 

 Pots, and piai.:°d into a warm Bor- 

 der ui.der a South Wall, where the/ 

 wiil endure the Cold of our ordinary 

 Winters very well, being feldom 

 hurt but by fevere Froits, or too 

 much Wet ; for which Reafon they 

 mould always be planted in a dry 



Boil; 



The beft Seafon for tranfplaating 

 thefe Roots is in June, when their 

 Leave; are decay 'd j for if you de- 

 fer it till July or Auguf, they will 

 be linking out new Roots, when 

 they will not be fo Mcly remov'cU 

 They produce their Flowers in Win- 

 ter, for which they are chiefly valu- 

 ed. 



LEONTOPOD1UM. Vide Plan- 

 tago. 



LEONURUS, Lior.Vtail. 

 The Charcclers are; 



// is one of the c verticillaie Plants 

 with a Lip-flower, which conf/ls of 

 one Leaf, whofe Galea or Crefl is i?u* 

 bricated, and much longer than the 

 under Lip, which is diwded into three 

 Segments : out of the Flower- cup rif s 

 the Pointal, fx'd like a Nail to the 

 hinder Part of the Flower, furr a nded 

 by four Embryoes, which aftert: ard 

 turn to fo many Setds, which &re oh- 



