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2, TussiLAGO {Alpina) fcapo fubriudo unifloro, foUis 

 cordato-orbiculatis crenatis. Hort. Cliff. 41,1. Colics- 

 foct with an almoft naked Jlalk bearing onefl(rj:er^ and or- 

 bicular^ beart-Jhaped^ crenated leaves, Tuffilago Alpina 

 rotundifolia glabra. C, B. P. iqt. Round-leaved 



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fmootb CoU's-foot of the Alps. 

 The firft of thele ibrts is very common in watery 

 places in almoft every part of England, and is rarely 

 kept in gardens ; for the roots creep under ground, 

 and increafe fo faft, that in a fhort time they will 

 fpread over a large fpotof grouhd. This plant is fo 

 well known as to need no defcription. 

 The fecond fort grows naturally in Siberia ; this is a 

 very low plant, whofe leaves grow clofe to the ground ; 

 they are of an oval form, and indented on the fides 

 like a lute. The flowers ftand upon flicrt foot-ftalks 

 which rife between the leaves, and are three or four 

 inches long, each fuftaining one flower at the top, of 

 a dirty purplifli colour. Thefe appear early in the 

 fpring, and are fucceeded by downy feeds which ri- 

 pen in June. 



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The third fort grows naturally on the Alps ; this is a 



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low perennial plant, v;hofe leaves are round, and in- 

 dented at the foot-ftalk in form of a heart, and their 

 edges are crenatcd ; their upper furface is fnioorh, and 

 of a bright green colour-, their under fides are a litrlo 

 downy and whitifli ; their foot-ftalks arilc from the 

 ground, and are three inches long. The foor-ftalks 

 of the flowers which arife from the root are four 

 inches long, v/oolly, and fuftain one purplifii flower 

 at the top, which is made up of liermaphrodite and 

 female florets, like thofe of the other forrs. ' 

 The two laft are frequently kept in gardens for the 

 fake of variety; they are eafily propagated by parting" 

 their roots in autumn, and muft be planted inamoiit 

 ftiady border, where they will thrive, and require no' 

 farther care but to keep them clean from weeds, 

 TYPHA. CatVtail, or Reed-mace. 



Of this there are two fpecies, which grow naturally in 

 ftanding waters in many parts of England, one with 

 broad, the other with narrow leaves -, but as thefe 

 plants will not live in dry ground, fo it will be to no 

 purpofe to trouble the reader farther about them. 



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^he fiower has a_ ft _ 

 the germen\ it is bell-fhaped^ of one petals which isflightly 

 att into four fegments at the brim^ which turn backward-, 

 it has aght jlaniina., which are terminated by horned fum- 



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the flower^ fupporting afmgleflyle longer than the flamina^ 

 crowned by an obtufe Jligma -, ^, . <?//^rze;^r^ Jurns to an 

 mnbilicated globular berry with four ^ cells, containing a few 



fmall feeds.' • . •-■" - - ,' ■ - ■ --' > - - ■ ■ ■ --'■''- 

 This genus is placed in the firfl: feftion of Linn^us's 

 eio-hth clafs, which includes thqfe plants^ whofe fig wers 

 have eight ftamina and one ftyle. ._ , ,-^ v: _c->v*i ->>[__ 

 I. Vaccinium {Myrtillus) .pedunculis unifloris, foliis 

 ovatis ferratis deciduis, caule angulato. Flor. Lapp. 

 14^, Whortle-berry with one flower upon each foot- 

 flaik^ ovalfazved leaves which fall off in winter^ and an 

 angular fl alk . Vitis Id^a foliis oblongis crenatis, fruftu 

 niffricante. C. B. P. ^yo. Black Whorts, Whortle-ber- 

 or Bill-berries. 



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2. Vaccinium {Vitis Idaa) racemis termihalib,i3,s, nu- 

 'tantibus, foliis obovatis revolutis integerrimis fubtus 

 punftatis. Lin. Sp. Plant. 351. Whortle-berry with 



mdding branches of flowers terminating the branches^ and 

 oval leaves which are entire^ turned back^ and pun5fured on 



Vitis Id.Ta foliis fubrotundis non 





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crenatis, baccis rubris. C. B. P. 470- -^^^ Whorts^ or 



Whor tie-berries.: .. ■ ,:'■:.:.'_ 



Vaccinium {Penfykanica) foliis ovatis mucronatis, 

 fioribus alaribus nutantibus.. IVhortle-berries with oval- 

 pointed leaves^ and nodding flowers proceeding from the 

 wings of the flalks. Vitis Ida^a myrtinis foliis, flofcu- 

 lis dependentibus. Pluk. Phyt. tab. 321. fig.* 4- 



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ovatis, caulibus repentibus, filiformibus, hifpidis. 

 Lin.' Sp. Plant. '352. Whortle-herrics with oval entire 

 leaves turning back, and aflender, creeping, brijlly Jlalk. 

 .Vitis Idsea paluftris Virginiana, fru6lu majore. Raii 

 Hift. 685. Marflj Virginia Whorts with a larger fruit. 

 VACcmruM {Oxycoccos) foliis integerrimis revolutis 

 ovatis, caulibus repentibus filiformis nudis. Lin. Sp.. 

 Plant, ^s'^*- Whor tie-berries with oval, entire, reflexed 

 leaves, and naked, flender, creeping Jlatksi Oxycoccus 

 feu vaccinia paluftris. J. B. t. p. 525. Whortle- berries, 

 Mofs-berries, or Moor-berries j by foine called Cran* 



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The firft fort grows very common upon lafge wild 

 heaths in many parts of England, but is never culti- 

 vated in gardens, it being, with great difficulty tranf- 

 planted ; nor will it thrive long when it is removed 

 thither, for from many trials which I have made, by^ 

 taking up the plants at different feafons with balls of 

 earth to their roots and planting them in gardens, I 

 could never fucceed fo as to preserve the plants above 

 two years, and thofe never produced any fruit, fo that 

 it is not worth the trouble of culdvating, . -■ 

 The fruit of this fort is gathered by the poor inha- 

 bitants of thofe villages which are fituated in the neigh- 

 bourhood of their growth, and carried to the market- 

 towns. -Thefe are by fome eaten with cream or milk ; 

 they are alfo put into tarts, and much efteemed by the 

 people in the north, but they are feldom brought to 

 London. The fhrub on which thefe grow rifes about 

 two feet high, having many ftems, which are garniftied 

 with oblong leaves, ftiapcd like thofe of the Box-tree^ 

 but fomewhat longer, and are a little fawed on their 

 edo-es. The flowers are fhaped like thofe of the Ar- 

 butus, or Strawberry-tree, of a greenifli white co- 

 lour, changing to a daxk red toward the top. The 

 fruit are about the fize of large Juniper-berries, and 



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