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bugloss, borage, burnett, clary, marigold, pot mar- 

 joram, and other marjorams, summer and winter 

 savoy, columbines, tansey, wormwood, nep, mal- 

 lows, several sorts, drage, red and white, lambs 

 quarters, thyme, hyssop, of a very large growth, 

 sweet bazzil, rose mary, lavender. The more 

 physical are carduns, benedictus, the scurvy grass 

 of America, I never here met any of the European 

 sort ; tobacco of many sorts, dill, carawa, cummin, 

 anise, coriander, all sorts of plantain of England, 

 and two sorts spontaneous, good vulneraries, ele- 

 campane, comfrey, nettle, the seed from England, 

 none native ; monks rhubarb, burdock, asarum, 

 wild in the woods, reckoned one of the snake 

 roots ; poppies in the garden, none wild yet 

 discovered; wormseed, feverfew, rue, ground ivey, 

 spontaneous but very wild and scarce, aurea virga, 

 four sorts of snake root, besides the common spe- 

 cies, which are great antidotes against that ser- 

 pent's bite, and are easily raised in the garden ; 

 mint, Jamestown weed, so called from Virginia, the 

 seed it bears is very like that of an onion, it is ex- 

 cellent for curing burns, and assuaging inflama- 

 tions, but taken inwardly brings on a sort of drunk- 

 en madness. One of our marsh weeds, like a dock, 

 has the same effect, and possesses the party with 

 fear and watchings. The reed root, "whose leaf is 

 like spear mint, is good for thrushes and sore 

 mouths, camomil, but it must be kept in the shade, 

 otherwise it will not thrive ; housleek, first from 

 England ; vervin, night shade, several kinds ; 



