P 



fhtMeJieeti it will be of great Ser- 

 vice to the Roots, and occafion the 

 Shoots to be much ftronger than if 

 wholly negletted, as is the common 

 Pra&ice. 



This Sort of Hay is excellently 

 good for Horfes, and is efteemed one 

 of the beft Sorts of Food for moft 

 Cattle, efpecially in the Spring, 

 there being no Danger attending it, 

 as there is in Clover, and fome other 

 Sorts of Fodder : it breeds abun- 

 dance of Milk ; and the Butter that 

 is made of it is very good. 



And altho 1 it is common in many 

 Parts of England* yet a few Plants 

 of the deep-red flower'd Sort, when 

 difpofed in large Borders of the Plea- 

 fure- garden, afford an agreeable 

 Variety : the Flowers, which are of 

 a beautiful red Colour, being col- 

 lected into a long Spike, and con- 

 tinuing a long time in Beauty, make 

 a very pretty Mixture amongft other 

 Flowers in the Borders of large 

 Gardens, where there is room ; and 

 the Roots will abide feveral Years 

 without renewing, requiring very 

 little Culture, being extreme hardy, 

 in refpect to Heat or Cold, provided 

 they are planted upon a dry Soil. 



The third Sort is annual ; nor are 

 the Flowers fo beautiful as thofc of 

 the former Sort, for which Reafon 

 it is feldom cultivated, except in Bo- 

 tanic Gardens, for Variety. This 

 may be fown in the Beginning of 

 April, upon a frefli light Soil, where 

 the Plants will come up in May ; and 

 will require no farther Care but to 

 clear them from Weeds : the Seeds 

 will ripen in Auguft, when they 

 fhould be gathered, and preferved 

 for fowing the fucceeding Spring. 



OPHIOGLOSSU M, Adders- 

 tongue. 



The Characters are ; 



It bath no <viftble Float er ; hut the 

 Seta's are produced on a Spike, which 



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refemble a Serpent's Tongue : uohich 

 Seed is contained in many longitudinal 

 Cells , 'which open, and caji forth the 

 Seeds when ripe. 



The Species are ; 

 l« Ophioglossum ifulgatutn. C. 



B. P. The common Adders-tongue. 



2. Ophioclossum angulofo folio. 



C. B.P. Adders - tongue with an 

 angular Leaf. 



3. Ophioglossum minus, fubri- 

 tundo folio. C. B. P. Lefler Adders- 

 tongue, with a roundifh Leaf. 



4. Ophioglossum hilingue md- 

 jus, folio acuto. Mentz. Pug. Great- 

 er Adders - tongue, with a pointed 

 Leaf, and a double Tongue. 



5. Ophioglossum hilingue medi' 

 um, folio ohtufo. Mentz. Pug. Middle 

 Adders-tongue, with a blunt Leaf, 

 and a double Tongue. 



6. Ophioglossum hilingue mini- 

 mum. Mentz. Pug. The leaft Ad- 

 ders-tongne, with a double Spike or 

 Tongue. 



7. Ophioglossum palmatum. 

 Plum. Handed Adders-tongue. 



8. Ophioglossum cordiforme & 

 feticulatum. Plum. Heart-fhaped and 

 netted Adders-tongue. 



The firft Sort grows wild in moift: 

 Meadows in feveral Parts of Eng- 

 land. This is directed to be ufed in 

 Medicine, by the College of Phy- 

 ficians, in their Difpenfatory ; but is 

 feldom to be found in Gardens, be- 

 ing very difficult to tranfplant ; and 

 will not live long where the Grafs 

 doth not grow about it. The beft 

 Method to have it fucceed is, to dig 

 up the Plants about the Beginning of 

 April, with large Balls of Earth to 

 them, being careful to dig fo deep 

 as to get bejow their Roots ; then 

 plant thefe with the Turf about 

 them, in a moift mady Place, wheie 

 they will grow pretty well, and may 

 continue for fome Years. 



The fecond and third Sorts grow 



wild 



