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'^^ but as there is little beauty in this fort, a few plants 



for variety will be as many as mofl: perfons willchoofc 



to keep There is a variety of this with variegated 



' leaves, which is preferved in fome gardens, and is 



^- • propagated by parting the roots ; but this hath little 



>'ieauty, fo is fcarce worth cultivating. . ., . '[ ..] , 



CANELLA. 



See WiNTERANA. 



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CANNABINA. See Datisca: 

 /CANNABIS [Unxt;, Gr.] Lin. Gen. Plant. 988. 



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>i;The Characters are. 



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^*:i /> male and female in different plants. ''\pje male 



' flowers have a five-ieaved empatcment which is^ coHcuve^ 



'' but have no petals \ they have five Jhort hairy Jiaminay 



t terniinated ly oblong fquare fummlts. The female flowers 



have permanent empalements of one leaf which are objpng 



rand pointed. They have no petals, but a fmall germen, 



fnpporting two long ftyles, crowned hy acute ftigma-, 



the fmall germen afterward becomes a globular deprejfed 



' feed J inclofedin the empalements """ ' . 

 ' This genus of plants is ranged in the fifth feftion of 

 Linnius's twenty-fecond clafs, intitled Dioecia Pen- 

 tandria, the male and female flowers being in feparate 

 ' plants, and the male having five ftamina. 



.. We have but one Species of this plant, which is, 



Lin. Sp. Plant. io27._JH[emp." Xanhabis 



Mofl: of the 



Cannabis. 



C B. P. 



fativa. 



320. Manured Hemp, 



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■ old writers have applied the latter title to 'the ft male 

 Hemp^ and the male they have titled Cannabis erra- 



• tica, or Wild Hemp •, but as both arife from the fame 

 feeds, fo they fliould not be made different plants. 

 This plant is ' propagated in the rich fenny parts of 

 lincolnfliire, in great quantities, for its bark,^ which 



' is ufeful for cordage, cloth, &c. and the feeds afford 

 an oil, v;hich is ufed in medicine, v^ ' '^ ' ' * ' . 

 Hemp is always fown on a deep, moift:, rich foil, fuch 

 as is found in Holland, in Lincolnfliire,* and the fens 

 in the ifle of Ely ; where it'Ts'cuItivated to great ad- 



*•' vantage, as it might in many dther parts of England, 

 where^there is the like foil ; but it will not thrive on 

 clay, or ftifF cold land : it h efteemed very good to 

 deftroy weeds, which is no other way effc6led, but 



"' by robbing them of their nourifliment -, for it will 

 greatly impoverifli the land, fo that this crop mull 



'^not be repeated on the fame ground. 

 The land on which Hemp is defigned to be fown, 

 fliould be well ploughed, and made very fine by har- 

 rowing ;■ about the middle of April is a good fealbn for 

 fowing the feed: three bufliels is the ufual allowance 

 for an acrej'but two is flilly fufficient. In the choice 



lecds will prove abortive, produce nothing If fo;vn 

 the next year, nor will thofe concerned in the oil* 

 mills give any thing for them, there being only empty 

 huflcs, without any kernels to produce the oil. Thefe 

 male plants begin to decay foon after tliey have flied 

 their farina; 



The fecond pulling is a little after Michaelmas, when 

 the feeds are ripe : this is ufually called Karle Hemp, 

 it is the female plants which were left at the time 

 when the male were pulled. This Karle Hemp Is 

 bound in bundles of a yard compafs, according to 

 ftatute meafure, which are laid in the fun for a few 

 days to diy ; and then it is fl:acked up, or houfed to 

 keep it dry, till the feed can be thrcflied out. An 

 acre of Hemp on a rich foil, will produce near three 

 quarters of feed, which, together with the unwrought 

 Hemp, is worth from fix to eight pounds. 

 Of late years the inhabitants of the Bptifli colonies 

 in North America, have cultivated thi^ ufeful plant, 

 and a bountj^was granted by parliament for the Hemp, 

 which was imported from thence ; but whether the 

 inhabitants of thofe colonies grew tired of cultivating 

 it, or the bounty was not regularly paid, I cannot 

 fay ; but whatever Has been the caufe, the quantity 

 imported has by no means anfwered the expectation 

 of the public, which is greatly to be lamented ; be- 

 caufe, as this commodity is foefl^ential to the marine, 

 ■\yhich fliould be the principal objeft of this king- 

 dom, the being furniflied with it from 

 plantations, will not only fave the ready money paid 

 for it, but fecure to the country an ample lupply at 



all times, without being obliged to our 



for it. -: ... .,.- 



our own 



neighbours 





CANNACORUS. See Canjta. 

 CAPERS. SeeCAPPARis. 



CAP IL LAMENTS [Capillamenta, Lat.} the 



ftrings or threads about the roots of plants; 



CAPILLARY plants, [of Capillaris, Laf. of, or 

 like hair,] are fuch plants as have no main ftem, but 

 the leaves arife from the root upon pedicles, and pro- 

 duce their feeds on the back of their leaves, as the 

 Eern, Maiden Hair, &c. 



CAPITULUM; i. e. a little head; the head or 

 top of any flowering plant. 



CAPNOIDES. 

 CAPNO'RCHIS 



See FuMARiA. 



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CAP PARIS. Lin. Gen. Plant. 5 C7. The Caper 



Bufli. 



The Characters are, 



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The empalement is compofcd of three oval concave leaves ; 



, of thefeed, the heaviefl: and brightefl: coloured fliould I the flower hath four large roundifh petals, which are 



l)e preferred; and' particular care fl.i^uld be had to the | indented at the top, and fpread open-, it hath a great 



number of flender ftamina, which are as long as the petals, 

 terminated by fugle faramits,^ In the midft of thefe arife 



kernel of the feed, fo tRat fome of them fliouId be 

 cracked to fee if they have the germ or future plant 



spferfedtj for in fome places the male plants are drawn a ftngle ftyle longer than the ftamina, with an oval ger- 

 out too foon from the female, i. e. before they have men, cro-joned by aftjcrt obtufe ftignia. The germen af- 



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'impregnated the female plants with the farina: in 



^ which cafe, though .the feeds produced by thefe fe- 

 male plants may feem fair to the eye, yet they will 



\ not grow, as is well known by the inhabitants of 



V Bickar, Swinefliead, andDunnington, three pariflies 

 in the fens of Lincolnfliire, where Hemp is cultivated 



1^ in great abundance, who have dearly bought their 

 experience. 



* When the plants are come up, they fliould be hoed 

 out in the fame manner as is praclifcd for Turneps, 

 leaving the plants a foot or fixteen inches apart ; ob- 

 . (erye alfo to cut down all the weeds, which, if well 

 performed, and in dry weather, will deftroy them. 

 This crop will require a fecond hoeing about a month 

 or fix weeks, after the firft:, in order to deftroy the 



' weeds. If this be well performed, it v/IU require no 

 farther care ; for the Hemp will foon after cover the 

 •ground, and prevent the growth of v/eeds. 

 The firft feafon for pulling the Hemp, is ufually about 



the middle of Auguft, when they begin to pull wh 



^ they call the Fimble Hemp, which is the male plants ; 



■ but it would be much the better method to defer this 



a fortnight Or three weeks longer, until tiicfe 



terward becomes a flefhy turiinated capfule, with one celt, 

 filled with kidney-fk aped feeds. v 



This genus of plants is ranged in the firft feflion of 

 Linnreus's thirteenth clafs, intitled Polyandria Mono- 

 gynia, the flower having m.any ftamina and but one 

 Ityle. 



The Species are, 



1. Capparis {Cpinofa) pedunculis folitariis unifloris, fti- 

 pulis fpinofis foliis annuis, capfulis ovalibus. Lin. 

 Sp. 720. Caper with one flower on eaih fvot-ftalk^ prickly 

 ftiptila, annual leaves, and oval fruit. Capparis fpi- 

 nofa, fruclu minore, folio rotundo. C. B. P. 480. 



2. Capparis {Baducca) pedunculis lubfolitariis, foliis 

 perfiftentibus ovato-oblongis nudis determinate con- 

 fertis. Lin. Sp. 720. Caper withfingk foot-ftaiks, oh- 



oval, naked leaves in clufters, which 



long. 



are 



always 



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Aiuiujiyntor tnree weeks longer, until tiicle niaie 



. . plants have fully flied their duft, without which, the 



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green, Capparis arborefcens Indica Baducca difta. 

 Raii Hift. 1630. Indian Tree Caper, called Baducca, 

 Capparis {Arborefcens) h\u^ lanceolato-Ovatis pcren- 

 nantibus caule arborefcenti. Caper with oval fpear- 



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fbaped leaves which continue through the year, and a tree- 

 like ft alk, 

 Capparis {Cynophallophora) pedunculis multifloris 



terminalibus angulatis, foliis perfiftantibus ovalibus 



obtufis. 



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