SECT. XVI. GF HERBS, &6. tfffl 



Balm, and mofl perennial herbs, fhould be frefh 

 planted in beds every third or fourth year ; and each 

 year, in autumn or fpring, have the ground Sirred about 

 them, and drefled with fome frefh earth, or a little well 

 confumed manure, the plants being previoufiy cut 

 down, and ground weeded. 



Basil is a pretty annual, of which We have two 

 forts, the large and the bufi: (each having a variety) 

 both are ufed as pot-herb*, but chiefly the former, 

 Sometimes alfo this herb (a few of the young leaves) 

 is ufed in fallads, and occafionally in medicine. The 

 large grows about a foot high, and the bufh but a few 

 inches. They are both fweet, but the bufh bajil moit 

 fo. It has a delicate round form, and fo is cultivated 

 as. ornamental, though its flower is nothing. Both forts 

 are ufually fown on a gentle hot-bed, in March or Aprils 

 and may be pricked out in fmall pots, but will hardly 

 endure the open air till June. The large is the hardiefr, 

 and will come up on cold ground, but be backward. 

 They like a rich foil, and the bufh does befl in one full 

 half dung. 



Borage is a cordial herb, that has its varieties, 

 Hue, red, and white flowered, and one with variegated 

 leaves; but the former is that commonly cultivated as 

 a pot-herb, and its flowers {or fallads, and cool -tankards. 

 To have it young all the year, let it be fown in fpring, 

 fummer, and autumn, either in drills, or broad cait. 

 Thin the plants to nine inches afunder. It fows itfelf 

 in autumn, and likes a dry foil. 



Bu gloss polTeiles the like cordial virtues with 

 borage, fo that the one may be fubltituted for the other. 

 Culture is the fame. 



Bu rnet is a warm perennial fallad herb, ufed alfo 

 in coo! tankards, propagated in fpring, or autumn, either 

 by feed, or parting its roots, and planting them a foot 

 afunder. Keep it frequently cut down, that it may 

 conftantly- furniih young (hoots for uie, 



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