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The Garden Cress. 

 NASTURTIUM HORTENSE.. 



Common Garden Plant raifed for Sallets. It 



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is two Feet high: The Stalk is round and 

 ^rm, and of a bluifh Green •, the Leaves are di- 

 vided into Segments, and the Flowers are fmall 

 and white ; but the full grown Plant is not feea 

 at our Tables ; we eat only the Leaves rifing im- 

 mediately from the Root. Thefe are large, finely 



of a bright Green, and (harp -, CrelTes 



in Quantity are very good againft the Scurvy 

 The Seeds op^n Obftructions. 



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NASTURTIUM AQUATICUM. 



Wild Plant common with us in Ditches, and 

 fhallow Rivers. It is a Foot high, the Stalk§ 

 are round, thick, but'not very upright, "of a pale 

 Green, and much branched •, the Leaves are of a 



freili and bright Green, divided in a winged Man- 

 ner and obtufe •, the Flowers are fmall and white, 

 and there is generally feen a kind of Spike of thp 

 Flowers and Seeds at the Top pf the Stalks. 



The Leaves are ufed, they maybe eaten in the 

 Manner of the Garden Crefs, -and are full as plea- 

 fant, and they are excellent againft the Scurvy. 

 The Juice expreifed from them has the fame Vir- 

 tue, and works alfo powerfully by Urine, anjl 

 opens Obftrudions. - 





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