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Show HE HE Angelica fyl- HERBA GERARDI; veftris minor. HE The Species are ; The Species are; 1. HErMANNiIA; frute/cens, folio oblon Serato, latiori. Boerb. Ind. Shrubby Herm, R05 HERBALIST, HERBARIST, a Perfon with a broader oblong ferrated Leaf whois skill’d in diftinguifhing the Kinds, Na2. Hermannta; frute/cens, folio gr ([Jularie, tures, or Virtues of Herbs and Plants. parvo birfuto. Boerb. Ind. Shrubby Herimannia, HERBAPARIS. Herb-Paris, True-love, or One-berry. The Charaéfers are ; The Cupof the Flower confifts of four Leaves, which expand in Form of a Crofs: The Flower alfo bath four Leaves, which expandin the fame with a fmall, hairy, Goofeberry Leaf, SLR a ‘Rc ainapty ; 3. HERMANNIA ; frutefcens, folio Tbifei Lirfuto, molli, caule pilofo. Boer. Ind. Shrubby Hermannia, with a foft, hairy Marfhmallow Leaf, and a woollyStalk. 4 Hermannia ; frutefcens, folio, oblonga, ferrato. Zourn. Shrubby Hermannia, with an Stamina: The Pointal of the Flower becomes a oblong, ferrated Leaf. There are fome other Sp of this Plant Soft globular Fruit, which is divided into four in the Botanzck Gardens in Hollan > but thefe Cells, and are fill'd with oblong Seeds. : here mention’d are all the S which I have We have but one Species of this Plant in yet feenin the Englifh Gardens. England, which is Thefe Plants are all propagated byplanting Hersa Paris. F. B. Solanum, quadrifolium, bacciferum. C. B. Herb True-love, or Cuttings of them during any of the Summer Months, in a Bed of light freth Earth, obOne-berry. This Plant is found wild in fhady Woods in ferving to water and fhade them until theyare divers Parts of England, and is rarely culti- well rooted, which will be in about fix Weeks vated in Gardens: ‘Thofe who have a mind to after planting ; then you fhould take them up, propagate it, fhould fearch it out in the natu- preterving a Ball of Earth to their Roots, and ral Places of its Growth in April, whenit firft plant them into Pots fill’d with light frehh appears above-ground, and take up the Roots Earth, placing them in a fhadySituation until which they with a Clod of the natural Earth to them, and they have taken frefh Root ; after tranfplant them into a fhady Part of the Gar- may be expos'd to the open Air, with J den, where, if they are not difturb’d, they will Geraniums, &c. until the Middle orlatter live and flower, but they are not very apt to ofOétober, when they muft be remoy’d into incteafe when cultivated. There is no great the Green-houfe, oblerving to place them in Beauty in this Plant, but thofe who delight in the cooleft Part of the Houfé, and where they Variety, maygive it Place in a Wildernefs, may have as muchfree Air as poffible, forif where few other ‘Things will thrive. they are too much drawn in the Houte, they will appear very faint and fickly, and ieldom HERBIFEROUS, fignifies bearing or bringmanner, and is generally furnifo’d with four ing forth Herbs. HERBIVOROUS, i. e. devouring or feeding on Herbs or Gra/s. To HERBORIZE, to go abroad in the Fields in Queft of different or new Herbs or Plants. HERBOSE, graffy, or full of Grafs or Herbs. HERBOSITY, Graffine/s, or abunda nce of Gra/s or HERBULENT,graffy, full Herbs , produce many Flowers ; whereas, when they are only preferv’d from the Froft, and have a great Share of free Air, they will appear ftrong and healthy, and produce large Quan- tities of Flowers in April and May, duri which Seafon they make a very handfome Shew in the Green-houfe : ‘Theymutt alfo be frequently water’d, and will require to be new Pottedat leaft twice every Year, i.¢ in M and September, otherwife their Roots will be fo matted as to prevent their Growth. ‘Thefe Plants rarely produc us ; but whenthey are obtain of Grafs or they muft be fown upon a moder: and whenthe Plants come up, th : tranfplanted into final] Pots, and plung’dinto _HERMA} efort gives the another very moderate Hot-bed, in order to Name Hermannia to this Plant in Honour of Promote their Rooting ; after which they mult the immortal Memo , ryof the celebrated Her: It is call’d Ketmia Afric ana in the rdam Garden ; but Ketmi a has a Calix of the Mallow, and this a bladd ery, oe Calix, by which it is eafily diftin- 3 Jer confifts of one Leaf, Bladder, andis cut into five TiinerngLitercote of Boe Leste on) wermoft of which are narrow, but the upper NY & pentan. ter, which is furrounded by S afterwards turn’d to a be harden’d by degrees, to endure the open Air in Summer, and may then be treated as the old Plants, HERMODACTYLUS; vide Colchi HERNIARIA, [of Hernia, Lat. a RupRupture-wort, ff ture.} having five Stamina in the Senter : which grows in the Bottom of the H r. HERNIARIA 5 glabra. F. B. Rupture-wort. Smooth ’ 2. Hernrarta ; Pirfuta, 7. B.. hairy Rupture-wort. Rough or 3. Herniaria, Alfines folio. Tourn. Rupture-wort, with a Chick-weed Leaf. 4. Herntarta; fruticofa, viticulis lignofis. C. B. Shrubby Rupture-wort, with woody ‘Branches, Thefe Plants are feldom cultivated but in Botanick Gardens, for the Sake of Varicty: The three firft are, for the moft part, annual Plants, feldom continuing longer than one Year, and muft be permitted to fhed their Seeds, whereby theyare better preferv’d than if fown with Art. The fourth Sort is an abiding Plant, which may be propagated by Cuttings; but as they are Plants of no Beauty, fo they are not worth cultivating. The firft Sort is what fhould be us’d in the Shops, but is rarely feen in London; the Herbwomen commonlybringing the Par/ley Breakfione to the Markets, which is fold inftead of this Plant. . 9. Heseeris ; Montan C. B. P. Pale Mountai a very {weet Smell, There are Plant, whichare p to add to tl tion’d are th worth propaga The feven firft mentior Plants, and maybe pro their Roots in / f double Flowers, which ne but the fingle Kindsa fowing th Seeds in duce ftronger Plants than thofe ob Offfets: The Heads, which fhould bewell furnifh’d with Roots, otherwi theyare very fubje& to mifcarry ; norfhould the old Roots be feparated into very {mall Heads, which would occafion their flowering weak the fucceedi afon: The Soil in which thefe Plants fhould be planted, ought to be frefh and inclining to a fandy Loam, but fhould not be mix’d h Dur which often Caufes the Roots to rot; but if you bury fome rotten Wood-pile Earth, or very HESPERIS; [Some derive the Name of rotten ‘T'anners-bark, juft deep enough for this Plant from He/peria, Italy, from whence the People were antiently call’d He/perides ; but it is pretty plain that the Name was taken from ” G@, b e ft commonly they fmell moft ivening ; either of thefe may be admitted: It is call’d Viola Matronalis, beibles the Violet, and was at firft e’s Violet, or their Fibres to reach it, the Plants will thrive exceedingly, and produce great Quantiti of very large fair Flowers, as I have feveral times experiencd; but if this fhould be fo fhallow as to touch the main Roots, *tis ten to one if they don’t rot away, which is very often the C with thefe Flowers whenthey are planted ina rich dung’dSoil. white Rocket is by far fis, for the moft part, offour b nd in Form of a Crofs ; out Hlower-cup avrifes the Pointal, whicl cylindrical Pod, 2 Th é 1. Hesperis b ; Unfavo 1. H purpureo. ris ; fylveftris, inodora. C. B. P. wild Dam ] Garden Dame’s Violet, with a variegated Flower, sperts; hortenfis flore purpureo pleno, w. Garden Dame’s Violet, with double purple Flow er, commonly cal?'d Double Purple Rocket. 6. Hesverrs ; bortenfis, flore albo pleno. arden Dame’s Violet, with adouble er or double white Rocket. fi ai titiid, rio pleno. J Dame’s Markets with Flowers which Purpofe there is not any Plant better adapted, and will continue in Beauty for a long Time: But oflate Years thefe have not fucceeded fo well formerly, which € owing to the dunging ofthe Soil ; for ¢ C.B.P. Garden Dame's Violet, with a purple Flower. 2. Hesperis ; borter e candido.C. RB.P. Garden Dame’s Violet, with a white Flower. 3. Gilliflower: It was formerly pl: Plenty in the Gardens nea the ves do adhere ith oblong cy- double moft beautiful Plane ofall the Kinds, the Flowers of which are as large and double as the {t double Stock- > With a ay exIgUua. Violet, or it is obfervable, that in frefh Ground, which has not been till’d, thefe Plants do fucceed beft. The fingle Kinds have very little Beauty in them, when compar’d with the Double, and are therefore feldom cultivated in Gardens, but as they are much hardier than the Double, 2 y Border, fo they may be admitted for Variety. Thefe all produce i ts in Mzy, and the fingle Kinds do si u?,, whichif fuffer’d to fhed upon tl well, andfave th The eighth » will come up very ble of fowing them. is often fown for Edgings to large Borders in the Pleat rden, and is commonly known by Annual Stock-Gil the Name of DwarfThe Seeds of this Kind are commonly fown in March, which will come up in a fhort time, and produce Plowers in Fune, and the Sceds will ripen in 3 : But the Methodto have this Plantin the greateft Perfection, is to fow the Seeds in fimall Patches in the Borders under warm Walls in Augu/?, which willcome up foon after, Gggg and |