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and fend out many fide branches ; the leaves upon the 

 ftalks are longer, narrower, and more acute-pointed 

 than the lower,, and are not faweJ on their edges. 

 The flowers grow in clofe bunches toward the top of 

 the branches, which come out from the fide j they are 

 fmall, and are compofed of four fmall white petals, 

 which appear in June and July, and the feeds ripen 

 in the autumn. The whole plant has a hot biting | 

 tafte like Pepper, and the leaves have been often ufed 

 by the country people to giVe a relifh to their viands 

 inftcad of Pepper, from whence it had the appellation 

 of Poor Man's Pepper. 



This plant Is eafily propagated, for every piece of 

 the root will grow and multiply wherever it is planted, 

 fo will become troublefome to root out after growin 

 for fome time in a garden. The leaves of this plant 

 bruifed and mixed with hog's lard, and applied as 

 a cataplafm to the hip, help the fciatica ; and 

 chewed in the mouth, caufe a great defluxion of 

 rheum, (o is faid to help fcrophulous tumours in the 

 throat. 





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The fecond fort grows naturally in Auftria and Italy ; 



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quire no other care but to thin them, and keep thcrn 

 clean from weeds. 



The fixth fort is an annual plant, which grows na- 

 turally in Virginia, andalfo in all the iHands of the 

 -Weft-Indies, where the inhabitants gather the leaves, 

 end eat them in their failads, as we do the Garden 

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The lower leaves of this fort are three inches lono- 

 and one broad, fawed on their edges, and arc of a light 

 green, with a biting tafte like Crefs. The ftalk rifes 

 a foot and a half high, fending out a great nuinber 

 of fmall fide branches, which are garnifhed ymh nar- 

 row leaves regularly fawed on their edges, fo as to re- 

 femble winged leaves ; thefe fit clofe to the branches. 

 The fiowers are produced at the end of the branches 

 in loofe fpikes ; they are fmall and white, and are fuc- 

 ceeded by roundilh or heart-fhaped comprefled feed- 

 yeffels, which have a border round them. It flowers 

 in June and July, and the feeds ripen in the au- 

 tumn ; this fort is eafily propagated by feeds, which 

 may be fown upon an open bed in April, where the 

 plants are defigned to remain ; and when they come 



this hath a flelhy fibrous root, from whence arife fe- up, they will require no other care but to thin them 



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veral weak ftalks about a foot and a half high, which 

 are garniihed with fpear-fliaped leaves, three inches 

 long and one and a half broad, deeply cut in upon 

 the edges ; thefe are fmooth, a little hoary, and em-' 

 brace the ftalks with their bafe -, the flowers are fmall, 

 white, and grow in loofe bunches at the end of the 

 branches. They flower from June till \he beginning 

 of September, arid the feeds ripen in the autumn. 

 This is a perennial plant, which propagates very faft 

 ty its roots, and is feldom adfnitted into gardens. •. 

 The third fort grows naturally about Aleppo ; this 

 hath creeping roots, which extend to a great dif- 

 tance^fo will foon fpread over a large piece of ground. 

 The leaves of this are longer and narrower than 



where they are too clofe, and keep them conftantly 

 clean from weeds ; or if the feeds are permitted to 

 fcatter in the autumn, the plants will come up very- 

 well, and may be treated in the fame way a$ the 



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The feventh fort grows naturally in Afia, and alfo in 

 Spain, from whence I have received the feeds. This 

 is a biennial plant ; the lower leaves which fpread on 

 the ground, are near two inches long, and about half 

 an inch broad, indented on both fides in fhape of a 

 lyre, and curled on the edges j th^ ftalks rife a foot 

 high, and divide into a great number of fleoder 

 branches, CTarniflied with fmall oblong leaves, which 

 are cut on their fides, and a little curled on their 



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grow in loofe bunches at the end of the branches ; 

 they are fmall and white like thofe of the firft. This 

 is a hardy perennial plant, which propagates by its 

 creeping roots in as great plenty as either of the 

 former. 



-The fourth fort grows naturally in the fouth of 

 France, Italy, and Sicily, but is preferved in fome 

 Englifti gardens for variety. This hath a long fleftiy 



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inclining toward hoarinefs. The flowers are produced 

 in clufters at the end of the branches ; they are very 

 fmall and white, appearing in July, and are fucceeded 

 by roundifli bordered feed-veflTels, which are com^ 

 prefiTed, and have two cells each, containing two 

 fmall oblong feeds, which are ripe in the autumn* 

 This fort may be propagated by feeds in the fame 

 manner as the former; or if the feeds are permitted to 

 fcatter in the autumn, the plants will come up with- 

 out care,' and fhould be treated in the fame way 

 as the former fort ; but this does not. Roy^^^x till the 



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t, which runs deep into the ground, and fends out 

 many oblong leaves, which are fawed on their edges, 

 and fpread flat on the ground ; the ftalks are flen- 



der, ftiflf, and branch out horizontally on every fide; j fecond year, fo the plants 

 they rife about two feet high, and are garnifhed with 

 very narrow entire leaves. The flowers come out in 



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they are white, and appear in June and Jul/, and the 

 feeds ripen in the autumn. If the feeds are permitted 

 to fcatter, the plants will come up early in the fpring, 

 and require no other care but to keep them clean 

 from weeds ;. the roots will abide feveral years if 

 they are in a dry foil. This plant is alfo commended 

 - for its virtues in fciaticas, if bruifed and nuxed with 



leaves which fpread on the furface of the ground ; 

 between which arifes a naked ftalk two or three 

 inches high, fupporting five or fix fmall white flowers, 

 each having four petals placed crofswife, and four fta- 

 mina placed near the flyle -, the germeh afterward be- 

 comes a fliort capfule, including four or five roundilh 



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the title of Sciajtica Crefs. 

 *'vThe fifth fort grows naturally in Perfia and Syria j 



■ this is fup^ofed to be the true Mithridate Muftard of 



■ Diofcoxides. It is an annual plant, whofe lower leaves 



are vWnged, and finely cut into many fegments ; the I them.'' 



plants will flower in April and their feeds ripen in 

 May;" which, if permitted to fcatter, the plants will 

 come up in autumn, and require no other care but 

 to thin them where they are too clofe, and weed 



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-■ "^^alks rife a foot high, dividing into many flender 

 ' branches, which are garniftied with heart-ftiaped 

 leaves that are entire, and embrace the ftalks with 

 their bafe. The flowers grow in long loofe Ipikes from 

 the end of the branches ; they are fmall, yellow, and 

 appear in June and July, and the feeds ripen in Sep- 

 tember, foon after which the plant decays. 

 The feeds of this plant ftiould be fown in the au- 





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The ninth fort is alfo alow annual plant, which grows 

 naturally on "Putney-heath ; the leaves of this are 

 winged and entire, thefe are placed near the ground j 

 the flower-ftalks rife two Jnches high, fupporting a 

 few white flowers, whofe petals are lefs than the em- 

 palement, and are indented at their points. This 

 flowers in May and June, and if their feeds are 

 permitted to fcatter, the plants will come up as the 



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flower the fame year, and are often killed by the froft 

 in winter ; whereas thofe which are fown in the au- 

 tumn, or the plants that rife from fcattered feeds, will 

 always flower about Midfummer, and the feeds ripen 

 ^ in Auguft and September following. ^ The plants re- 



-uThe tenth fort is the Garden Crefs, fo much ufed in 



- winter and fpring failads, and being fo well known ^ 



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■ this, one with broad leaves, another with, curled 



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