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Show er HE other Northern Countries in & two laft mentioned are Nativ but the i from whence fome of the Plants have been fent into England, which thrive and produce Flowers very well ev ery Year. There is no other Methodto obtain thefe Plants but by fearching them out in their natural Places of Growth, and taking up their Roots, with a large Ball of the natural Soil to em, and then to tranfplant “em into a fhadyPlace in the Garden, and ina ftrong undung’d Soil : Thefe are very pretty Ornaments to fmall Wilderneffes, where, if the Ground between the Trees be planted with thefe, and other commonFlowers which grownaturally in Woods, it will render fuch Places very agreeable ; and as thefe require little other Culture than to preferve them from be over-run with Weeds, fo the only Expence is in the firft procuring them, which is eafily effected in manyParts of England. 'The beft Seafon for niplanting them is in May, foon after they appear above-ground. HELLEBOROIDES HYEMALIs ; Aconitum Hyemale. HELLEBORX.0- RANUNCULUS; GlobeRanunculus, ) valgé. The Species 1. Hetiesorus ; niger, fetidus. @ B.P. Stinking Black He//ebore, Bear’s foot, or Set. terwort. ‘up of the.Flower ia in the Centre: The Brnuit CoH 1 which arecolletledintoa Seeds. es of this Plant ; L-EBORO-RANUNCULUS ; Boerh. Ind. The Globe-Flower, Lockergoowlons. T his Plantis found wild in the North Parts ales in great Plenty. It is the Roots in Autumn, Ww hich hould ted in a moift th ady Situation, where rt ill thrive and flower exceedingly, ) and verylittle CArey except to keep them ‘cleaar from W eeds, and parting the Roots every othe they are perm) tted HEMEROCALLIS ; vide Lilium. HEMIONITIS, i Small. BeIgick Black The twofirft Species are found wiild in the Woodsin divers Parts of EFngland ; but the 3d, ath, and sth Sorts are brought fromother Countries, which do thrive as well with usin the open Air, as thofe chat are Natives, The mov'd, the Flowerswill not be fo large, nor in {0 great Quantity HELLEBORUS, [* miCoe@-] Black Heli s Flower, es and Petals, in which gather'dd, as _ g for the mo 5 andforthe fo ov oval Seeds, [Heine of ‘Hulw@ a Mule, q. d. Mule-wort, becaufe this Plant was believ’d to be as barren as a Mule.] MoonFern. This isa Plant which is feldom propagated in Gardens ; therefore I fhall not trouble the Reader with any Account ofit more thanthis, that whoever hath a mind to cultivate it, may fee full Directions for that Purpofé under the Article Lingua Cervina, to whichthis Plant is neatlyally’d, and delights in the fame Situation and Culture. two firft Sorts being WoodPlants, do thrive much better, w hen planted in theady moif Places, than when they are planted in a warmer Situation, and too much expos’dto the Sun. Andas they pious: their Flowers in the middle of Winter -hen fewother Plants appear; fo they deferve Placein {mall W HEPATICA, [‘Hawsns, of fre the Liver fo call’d, becaufe the Leaves of this Plant are divided into Lobes like the Liver: (but it does not at all ¢ its Name from its Ufe ; for it is of no Virtue againft Difeafes of the Liver, as many have erroneoufly imagin’d) demnetQuearters, Avenues, and fhady pasa where they will flourith exceedingly, and, and Yrifolia, from its Similitude thereto. | Garden with Plants enough ; and thisis the eafieft and beft Method to propagate them. Theotheee ts are propagatedeither from Seeds, or by planting of their Roots: ‘The beft Seafon for this W‘ork is in wary, wh The Root is fibrofe and perennial : The Leaf } bre Lobes growing on a Pedicle twh arifes from the Root : The Pedicle of the Flower you may divide the Roots into fimall He and plant them in aSituation wherethey may have the Morning Sunonlytill 10 0’Clock for if they are too muchexpos’d to the great Noble Liver-wort. TheCharaéfers are ; is naked and fingle, arifing from the Root: The 3 the moft part, compos’d ofone Leaf, w etimes cut into three or four deep Di The Flower confifts of 4 Leaves, which expand in Formof a Rofe: T,we erate ss Ruibaiar, _Confifting of one e le Heats of the Sun, theywill not thrive. Thefe fhould alfo have a moift light Soil ; but the Ground fhould not have Dung init, which is veryfubject to rot the Roots of thefe Plants. If youpropagatethei by Seeds, they fhould be fown foon after they are ripe, whic commonly in May, ina Border expos *d to the Mor ning Sun, where the Plants will come ! P the Spring following, and fhould bekept cle from W eeds, which, if fuffer’d to grov foon deftroy the young Plants: In this Bor Year ; for if they fhould remain until the Z to continue too long unre- or MONK’ HOOD ; vide Aconitum. faffer’d to thed their Seeds, will foon ee seae ofthe fame Colour w L fits of many L bn m of a Ranu I ALBUS ; wide Vera- HELMET-FLOWER, 2. Heriesorus 3 miger, be Cc. B. P. Green-flower’d or Bear’s-foot. 3. He erdum lebore, or Chri 4. ee aieae, Farn. Trifoliated Black Hel §. Hercesorus; niger, flo Be s. HR. Blef. Hellebore. HELLEBORUS trum. HE ing, at which ‘Time they planted into another Border to the Diftance of fix Inches {guare, obferving to |keep tl i preside clear from Weeds; and in one Ye after planting our, they will flower, a then be remov’d to the Places wh: to remain for good, There are great Doubts whetl thefe Species be tients; tho’ NV font Travellers affirm, a yet —Germ other es > belli different from both thefe: but that we fhall fhortly know who right. 4 3 trifolia, flore ceruleo pleno. The double blue Hepatica, or Noble yer-wort, 3. Hr PA trifolia, tio ve albo fimplici. The fingle white Hepatica, ot Noble Liver-wort. Hepartica ; trifolia, rubro flore. Clu. red Hepatica, or Noble Liver-wort. §. Heparica; h trifolia, flore rubro pleno. Double red, or Peach-colour’d Chefe Plants are fome of the greateft Beauties of the Sj 5 their Flowers are pod in Febru y and March in great Flenty, before green Leaves appear, and make a very beautiful Figure in the Borders of thePleafureraen, elpecially the Double Sorts, which do com monly continue a Fortnight longer in e Single Kinds, and the Flowers I have feen the Double mention’d in Books, it growing ; tho’ { do be obtain’d from » or Blue Kinds. I have fometimes known the Double Blue Sort produce fome Flowers in Autumn which were inclining to White; and thereby fome People have been deceiv’d, who have procur’d the Roots at that Seaion, and plaanted them in their Gardens, but the Sp g following their Flowers wereBlue as before: Andthis is a commonthing to caufe them Double White was only this when the Autumnis fo mild as to flower, But whether the Sort mention’d in the Books, accidental Alteration in the Colour of the Flower, I can’é fay tho? it feems very probable it was, fince 1 could hearof any Perfon who e Double White Sort flower in the Spr: ‘The Single Sorts produce Seeds every Yea whereby they are eafily propagated, and If new Flowers may be that wayobtain’d. The seafonfor fowing of the Seedsis in th inning of 4ugu/t, either in Pots or Box oflight Earth, which fhould be plac ‘a io as to lave only the Morning Sun until O¢fol when they fhould be remov’d into thefull Sun, to remain during the Winter--feafon : but in AL, when the young Be begin to appear, they mutt be remov’ to a fhady Situation, and in dry fhould be frequently water’d; and about the beginning of Auguft they will be fit tran{planted, at which Time you fhould pre- pare a Border, facing the Eaft, of good freth LoamyEarth, into whieh you th1ould remoy the Plants, placing them at about fix Inches Diftance each way, clofing the Earth pretty faft to their Roots, to prevent the Worms from drawing themout ofthe Ground, which they are very apt to do at that Seaton, and in the Spring following they will b Flowers ; but it will be thre before they flower ftrong, and till then yout cannot judge of their Goodnets; w 15 if you find any double Flowe rs, or anyof adifferent Colour from the common Sorts, they fhould be taken up and tranfplanted into the Borders of the Flower-Garden, wherethey fhould con- tinueat leaft two Years before they are taken up, or pared for it is remarkable in this Plant, that where they are often remov’dand parted, they are very fubje&to die 3 whereas, whentheyare permitted to remain undifturb rd for manyYears, theywill thrive exceedingly, and become a large Roots. The Double Flowers, which never produce Seeds, are propagated byparting their R oots, which fhould be done in Mare b, at theti me but you fhould be when they are in Flower: careful not to feparate hd m into very {mall Heads ; nor mig_they be parted oftener than everythird or fourth Year, if you intend to have them ae, for the Reafon before given. They delight in a ftrong Loamy Soil, and in an Eaftern Pofition, where they m iy have only the Morning San; tho’ they will grow in almoft any Aipedt, and are never J *d by Col HEPATORIUM ; vide Eupatorium. HE PTAPHYLLUM;; vide ro ERBA |