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Show VE a black Root, or becaufe it purges a black Humour.] White Hellebore. The Che ; The Flower is naked, coufifing offix Leaves, expand in Formofa Rofe, in. the Middle D of which arifes the Pointal, [urrounded by fix vards turus Stamina. part, three 1 into alittle is, refemblit a Grain of Wheat, and encompa/s d, as it were, by a leafy Wing. The Species are ; . 1. Veratrum; flore fubviridi. Tourn. White Hellebore with a greenifh Flower. VE the Borders of the Pleafure-Garden, But as thefe Plants feldom flower in lefs than four Years, from Seeds, fo this Method ofpro : gating them is not very muchprattifed jp England. ther with the extreme Sweetnefs of their VERBASCUM, [fo call’d, as though Bar. bafcum, becaufe the Leaves of this Plant are Leyden, by the learned Dr. Boerhaave, but I bearded, rough, and hairy. Flowers, which have a Scent fomewhat like Violets. tain’d from abroad; the fifth was fent from don’t at prefent know from whence he receiv’d it. The fixth Sort was gather’d by my ingenious Friend Mr. Henry Hopkey, upon Gibraltar It is alfo call’d Candela Regia, Lychnites, becaufe its Leaves are ufed inftead of Cotton ina Lamp; itis alfo call’d Phlomos, of patye. to bu becaufe it feems, as it were, to burn.] Mullein. : The Charaéiersare ; The Flower confifts of one Leaf, which ex. a circular Form, and is cut into feveral 2. Veratrum3 flore atro-rubente. Tourn. pands in Segments ; out of the Center artfes the Poital, White Hellebore with a dark red Flower. The firft of thefe Plants is that which is which afterwards becomes an oval, pointed Fruit, Partition, érdered for medicinal Ufe, and is, by much, divided into two Cells, by a mic the ftronger and more acrid Plant ; for when which are filled with [mall angular Seeds. The Species are ; both Sorts are placed near each other, the 1. Versascum; mas, Jatifolinm, luteum. nails will entirely devour the Leaves of the cond Sort, when at the fame time they will C.B.P. Great white Mullein, High-taper, or ely touch thofe of the firft. The fecond Cows-Longwort. 2. VERBAsCuM3 pulver: Sort doth alfo appear fooner in the Spring, and flowers near a Month before the firft parvo. F.B. Hoary Mullein wi lowFlowers. Sort. 3. VWERBASCUM; | Thefe Plants are very pretty Ornaments when planted in the middle of open Borders White flower’d Mullein. 4. VERBASCUM 3 Higrui ofthe Pleafure-Garden ; for if they are placed near Hedges or Walls, where generally Snails cibus purpureis. F. B, Sage-leav'd t tein. do harbour, they will greatly deface the 5. Versascum ; Dlatteria foliis f Leaves, efpecially of the fecond Sort, by eating themfull of Holes; and asa great Part amplioribus foliis aluteis, apicibus purpurafcer of the Beauty of thefe Plants confifts in their tibus. Hor. Bat. Mullein with a dark Mothbroad-folded Leaves, fo when they are thus Mullein Leaf, and yellow Flowers with putplith Apices. defaced, the Pleafure is almoft loft, 6. Versascum ; Orientale, Sophia folio. They may be propagated by parting. their Roots toward the latter end of February or the J. Cor. Eaftern Mullein with a Flix-weed beginning of March, juft before they begin Leaf. 7. Versascum ; nigrum, folio papaveris to fhoot, and fhould be planted in light, frefh, rich Soil, in which they will thrive ex- corniculati. C. B. P, Black Mullein with a cecdingly, and produce ftrong Spikes of Flow- Horn-poppy Leaf 8. Versascum; bumile, Alpinum, villoers. Thefe Roots fhould not be removed oftener than once in three Years, by which fum, boraginis folio € flore. Tourn. Lowhairy Gf theylike the Soil) they will be very Alpine Mullein, with a Leaf and Flower like rong, and afford many Heads to betaken that of Borage, commonly called Bears-ear off; but if they are frequently tranfplanted, Sanicle. The four fir Sorts grow wild in divers it will prevent their increafing, and caufe them Parts of England, and are rarely cultivated, ver very weak. ay alfo propagate thefe Plants by except in Botanick Gardens for Variety. The which fhould be fownas foon as ripe, fir Sort is that which is ufed in Medicine, in a Bedor Box filled with frefh, light which is the moft commonof them all, growh, and the Ground kept conftantly clear ing upon the Sides of dry Banks, in moft Parts Weeds. In the Spring the Plants will of England. Thefe maybeall cultivated by fowing their at which Time, if the Seafon be dry, i now and then refrefh them with Seeds in Avguft, on a Bed of light Earth, in which will greatly promote their an openSituation, where the Plants will come and you muft carefully clear them up the fucceeding Month, andwill endure the Weeds, which, if permitted to grow, Winter's Cold very well, provided they have a on over-fpread and deftroythefe Plants dry Soil. In February the Plants fhould be J g i g following, juft be- tranfplanted where theyare to remain, allowthe Plants begin to fhoot, you fhould ing them a great Diftance; for they grow pare a Bed of frefh, light Earth, and care- pretty tall and large: In June following they fully take up the young Plants, (obferving will flower, and their Seeds will be ripe 1 But notwithftanding thefe Plants t to break their Roots) and plant them Fuly, tein about fix Inches fquare, where they grow wild in England, yet two or three of remain until they are ftrong enough to each Kind may be admitted in large Gardens, when they fhould be tranfplanted into for the Variety of their hoary Leaves, tog& : Thefifth, fixth, and feventh Sorts are not Natives of this Country, but have been ob- Hills, from whence he fent me the Seeds, which flourith’d in the Phyfick Garden very well two Years, and flower’d extremely, but did not perfeét Seeds, and being a biennial Plant is fince intirely decay’d. The feventh Sort was found in the Levant by Monfieur Tournefort, chief Botanift to the late French King, who brought the Seeds to the Royal Gardens at Paris, from whence it hath been communicatedto feyeral other curious Gardens in England and Holland. This Plant isalfo biennial, and rarely produces good Seeds in England, unlefs the Summer be warm and dry. Thefe Sorts may be propagatedin the fame Manner as the four firft, but fhouldbe planted in a warm, dry Situation in Winter, otherwife they are very fubjeét to be deflroy’d by Froft, being Natives of warmer Countries. The eighth Sort is a Native of the Alps and Pyrenean Mountains, and was formerly preferv’d in feveral Gardens with great Care, being placed in the Green-houfe in Winter, as fuppofing it too tender to endure the Cold of our Climate in the open Air; but this is now treated in a different Manner; for it fhould be placed, as muchaspoffible, in the Shade, and managed as Auricula’s, with it thrives much better than great Tendernefs, and will and Seeds in great Plenty. which Treatment if preferved with produce Flowers This Plant may be propagated by Off-fets, as is practis’d for Auricula’s, and fhould be planted in a light rich Earth, in which it will multiply very fait. TE divided into two, but the under Lip is cut int? three Parts, fo that at the firft Sight it a like a Flower with five Leaves;. thefe I are tach fucceeded by four naked Seeds, ich fill the.Calixs to which may be added, the Flowers do generally grow in "Spikes or Heads, but not in Wihorles round the Stalks. The Species are ; 1. VERBENA 3 communis, ceruleo C.B.P. Common Vervain with a Flower. 2. VERBENA; Lufitanica, lati rior. Tourn. Taller Vervain. 3. VerBena; Urtice folio, H.R. Par. C tle-leav’d Verv 4. VERBE j |pica multiz foliis Urtice anguftioribus,. floribus ce : Par. Bat, Prod. 4 can Vervain with many Spikes, narrow Nettle Leaves, -and blue There are feveral other Species of this Plant, which are preferv’d in curious Botanick € dens ; but it is not my Purpofe to enume themin this Place, as being Plants of no gr Beauty or Ufe. _ The firft here-mentioned is very comme in moft Parts, andis rarely cultivatedin dens; this is the Sort which is direéted by the College of Phy as for medicinal Ufe, and is brought to the Markets by thofe who gather it in the Fields. The other Sorts, though not Natives of this Country, yet are very hardy, and will en- dure the fharpeft of our Winters in the open Air. Thefe may all be propagated by fowing their Seeds on a Bed offreth Earth in the Spring, and when the Plants come up they fhould be tranfplanted out, or thinned fo as to allow them ten or twelve Inches Diftance, (for they generally grow pretty large, and require to have Room) after which theywill require no farther Care, but to clear them from Weeds, andthe fecond Summer they will fower and feed, which, if permitted to fall upon the VERBENA, [takes its Name of verrere, Lat. to brufh; becaufe in old Times it was Ground, will come up the fucceeding Spring, without any farther Culture. ufed in cleanfing the Altars: It was alfo call’d Perifterium, of Teeter, a Dove, becaufe Doves are greatly delighted with it. There is no Herb of which the Ancients have faid fo much der; but in Gardening it is generally underftood to be a Slip of Grafs which joyns to of its being a Vulnerary, or Wound-herb ; whenceit is called Herba Vulneraria, or a Spe- Borders in the Parterre Garden. cies of the Sideritis: There has beenno Herb of which the Poets have been more fertile in their Fiétions, no Herb more commended for Sacrifices; whence it is called Hierebotane, of tee facred, and Borévy an Herb. Nor any Herb of which the Magi have been fuller of their Fables: They fay, that if a Perfon crop it with his Left-hand, being circumfcrib’d in a Circle, before he has feen Sun or Moon, then he fhall obtain whatfoever he wifhes for; but if it be plucked with the Right-hand, nothing will favour him. ] The Charaét Vervain. It bath a labiated Flower, confilling of one Leaf, whofe upper Lip is upright, and, commonly I VERGE, is the Edge or Outfide of a Bor- Gravel Walks, and divides them from the VERONICA, [was fo call?dafter the Prin- cefs Veronica, who firft difcoveredit.] Speedwell or Fluelling. The Charafers are ; The Leaves, for the moft part, grow oppofite by Pairs; the Calix confifts of one Leaf, which is divided into four Parts, and expands in form of a Stars the Flower confifts of one Leaf, which is, for the moft part, divided into four Segments, and expands in a circular Order ; when the Flower decays, the Ovary becomes a membranaceous Fruit, divided into two Cells; which are foapd like a Heart, and are fill’'d with Seeds, which are fometimes Jmall, and at other times large and thick. sO The |