the Paradife ofPlants. 137 
them for pailes to fetch warer in and many other the like ufes ; as in Egypts Syria 
&c. Manyoftheleffer of them are ufedto put Tobacco in, even here among({t 
Usin England. The beftwayis to plane them in April, in a bed of Horfedung; 
yet, fo ordered that that they may nor want moifture : for if either of thefe be 
wanting, they thrive nor ; but both of them concurring,they will flourith in June 
and July, and the frnic will be ripe in the end of e4uguft, but they are gathered 
toeat before the rinds grow to be wooddy. : 
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The Temperatiire, 
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that is, cold and moiftin the fecond degree, : : uals “Y 
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*Jfeither the juyce of the leaves or young branches of an of thofe ¢ de 
the diftilled water of them, be applyed hy cloaths and tensa 95 
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_ inafreth Gourdall night, before it hath been c 
; are conyeniently. 
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