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Article II. 



Mifcellaneous Ohfervations on a variety of Plant Sf &c* 

 confidered in an Agricultural and Cojmnercial View, 



[By Mr. Abraham Crocker, of Frome.] 



Gentlemen, 



TO a- Society whofe principal view is the 

 promotion of Agriculture, every fpecies oi 

 ufeful information, relating to the vegetable king- 

 dom, may be ufeful. I fliall therefore take the 

 liberty of prefenting you with a few detached oh- 

 fervations on a variety of plants, &:c. collefted 

 from various authors, which, although generally 

 known by perfons {killed in botany, may be new 

 and ufeful to many of your readers, if you fhould 

 think them worthy of publication. 



Butterwort — -TorkJIjirc Sanicle — m Bogs. 



If the frefh-gathered leaves of this plant are put 

 into a drainer through which the warm milk from 

 the cow is poured, and tlie milk is fet by for a day 

 or two to become acefcent, it acquires a confiftenceJ 

 and tenacity; the whey does not feparate, nor 

 does the cream. In this ftate it is an extremely 

 grateful food, and ufcd as fuch by the inhabitants 

 of S-Ji-eden. Half a fpoonful of this prepared 



milk^ 



