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The third fort grows naturally upon the Helvetian 
Mountains ; this is a perennial plant, whole leaves 
are large, fpear-fhaped, and rough. The foot-ftalks 
of the lower leaves are broad •, the dalles rife a foot 
high, and are garni fired with fpear-fhaped leaves, 
whofe bafe half embrace the ftalks ; the leaves are 
greatly fpotted with white, appearing as if they were 
incrufted with fugar-candy •, the flowers grow in 
large bunches on the top of the ftalk ; their tubes 
are longer than the empalement, and their brims are 
fpread more than thofe of the common fort. They 
are of a bright blue, and appear in April and May. 
The fourth fort grows naturally in Auftria and Hun- 
gary , this hath leaves much narrower than thofe of 
the common fort, which are covered with foft hairs. 
The ftalks rife a foot high, and are garniihed with 
narrow leaves of the fame (hape with thofe below, but 
fmaller-, thefe almoft embrace the ftalk with their bafe. 
The flowers are produced in bunches on the top of 
the ftalks like the others ; thefe appear of a red co- 
lour before they expand, but when they are fully 
blown, are of amoft beautiful blue colour. This fort 
flowers early in the fpring, but is very rare in Eng- 
land at prefent. 
The fifth fort was difcovered in the Archipelago by 
Dr. Tournefort, who fent the feeds to the Royal Gar- 
den at Paris •, this is an annual plant. The lower 
leaves are oblong and hairy ; the ftalks trail upon the 
ground, and are a foot and a half long, garniihed 
with oblong hairy leaves fitting clofe, to the ftalks ; 
juft above each leaf comes a Angle flower of a fullen 
purple colour, funnel-fhaped, the brims not fpread - 
ing •, the empalement is fwollen like an inflated blad- 
der, and covers the petal of the flower, fo as not to 
be feen without a near infpedion. This plant flowers 
in May, if the plants come up in autumn, and after 
the flowers are paft, the four feeds ripen in the em- 
palement. 
The fixth fort grows naturally upon mountains in 
moft parts of North America. The feeds of this 
plant were font many years flnce by Mr. Banifter from 
Virginia, and fome of the plants were raifed in the 
gardens of the Bilhop of London, at Fulham, where 
for feveral years it was growing, and was communi- 
cated to feveral other curious gardens •, this hath a 
thick, Belhy, perennial root, fending out many fmall 
fibres. The ftalks rife a foot and a half high, and 
divide at the top into feveral ihort branches ; the leaves 
which are near the root are four or five inches long, 
and two inches and a half broad ; they are fmooth, 
obtufe, and of a light green, having fhort foot-ftalks 
thofe upon the ftalk diminifh in their fize upward, 
but are of the fame (hape, and fit clofe to the ftalk. 
Each of the fmall branches at the top of the ftalk is 
terminated by a clufter of flowers, each (landing up- 
on a feparate fhort foot-ftalk ; their empalements are 
very (hort, and are cut into five fegments almoft to 
the bottom ; the tube of the flower is long, and at 
the top fpreads open in (hape of a funnel, the brim 
being entire, but appears five-cornered from the fold- 
ing of the petal. The moft common colour of thefe 
flowers is blue, but there are fome purple, others red, 
and fome white. They appear in April, and, if they 
have a fhady fltuation, will continue in beauty great 
part of May, and fometimes they are fucceeded by 
feeds in England. The leaves and ftalks entirely de- 
cay in Auguft, and the roots remain naked till the 
following fpring. 
There are fome other fpecies of this genus, which are 
preferved in botanic gardens for the fake of variety, 
but, having little beauty, they are feldom cultivated 
in other places. 
The firft, fecond, third, fifth, and fixth forts have 
perennial roots, fo may be cultivated by parting of 
their roots, which may be done either in the fpring, 
or autumn j but if the ground be moift into which 
they are planted, it is better to be done in the fpring, 
otherwife the autumn is the more preferable feafon, 
that the plants may be well rooted before the dry wea- 
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ther comes on in the fpring, which will caufe them to 
flower much (Longer. 
The foil in which they are planted (hould not be 
- rich, but rather a frefli light Tandy ground, in which 
they will thrive much better than in a richer foil, in 
which they are very fubjed to rot in the winter, 
l hey (hould have a Toady fltuation, and the firft 
and third forts thrive bed in a moift foil, for in a hoc 
dry foil they burn and decay in fummer, unlefs they * 
are duly watered in dry weather. All thefe early 
forts are better tranfplanted, and parted in autumn, 
that they may be well rooted to flower (Irons the 
following fpring. The fixth fort (hould not have a 
foil too moift, for as the roots run deep in the ground, 
they will be in danger of rotting by much wet. 
The other fort is annual, and propagated by feeds 
only. The bed time to fow thefe is in autumn, foon 
after they are ripe, for the plants will refift the cold 
of our winters very well, fo will flower early the 
following fummer, and good feeds may be obtained ; 
whereas thofe which are fown in the (pring fometimes 
mifoarry, or lie a year in the ground. Thefe feeds 
(hould be fown where they are defigned to remain, 
for the plants do not fucceed very well when they 
are tranfplanted. When the plants come up, they 
require no other culture but to keep them clear 
, from weeds ; and, where they are too clofe, to thin 
them. If thefe plants are permitted to fcatter their 
feeds, the plants will come up better than when they 
are fown. 
PULSATILLA. Tourn. Inft. R. H. 2 84. tab. 
148. Anemone. Lin. Gen. Plant. 614. [fo called of 
Pulfando, Lat. becaufe the feeds of this plant are 
blown, and fly away with the lead wind.] Pafque- 
flower ; in French, Coquelourde . 
The Characters are, 
The flower hath a leafy involucrum ending in many pints ; 
it hath two orders of petals, three in each which are oblong 
and pointed, and a great number of fender flamina about 
half the length of the petals, terminated by erebt twin fum- 
vnits, and a great number of germen collebled in a head , 
with acute flyles crowned by obtufe fligmas. The germen 
afterward become fo many feeds, having long hairy tails 
fitting upon the oblong receptacle. 
This genus of plants is ranged in the feventh fection 
of Linnaeus-s thirteenth clafs, which includes thofe 
plants whofe flowers have many (lamina and (lyles, 
and joins this genus to the Anemone in the later edi- 
tions of his works. 
The Species are, 
1. Pulsatilla ( Vulgaris ) foliis decompofitis pinnatis, 
(lore nutante, limbo eredlo. Hort. Cliff. 223, Pafque- 
flower with decompounded zvinged leaves, and a nodding 
flower having an erebl rim. Pulfatilla folio craffxore & 
majore (lore. C. B. P. 177. Pafque -flower with a thick- 
er leaf, and a larger flower. 
2. Pulsatilla ( Pratenfis ) foliis decompofitis pinnatis, 
(lore pendulo, limbo reflexo. Hort. Cliff. 223. Paflque- 
flower with decompounded winged leaves, and a pendulous 
flower whofe border is reflexed. Pulfatilla (lore minore 
nigricante. C. B. P. 177. Pafque-flower with a fmaller 
darkijh flower. 
3. Pulsatilla (Vernalis) foliis fimpliciter pinnatis, foli- 
olis lobatis, (lore eredlo. Flor. Suec. 448. Pafque- 
flower with fimple winged leaves, whofe wings have lobes 
and an erebl flower. Pulfatilla lutea apii hortenfis fo- 
lio. C. B. P. 177. Yellow Pafque-flower with a Parfley 
leaf. 
4. Pulsatilla ( Patens ) foliis digitatis multifidis, (lore 
eredlo patente. Pafque-flower with hand-jhaped leaves 
having many points, and an erebl flpreading flower. Pul- 
fatilla anemones folio diffedo lanuginofa, (lore majore 
dilute luteo patente. Amman. Ruth. 104. P afque-flower 
with a cut Anemone leaf which is downy, and a larger pale, 
yellow flpreading flower. 
The firft of thefe plants is common in divers parts of 
England ; it grows in great plenty on Gogmagog-hills 
on the left-hand of the highway leading from Cam- 
bridge to Haveril, juft on the top of the hill , alfo 
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