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Sempervivum, but far less, being not above a handful 

 hi<?h, with one sleniler stalk adorned with small, pale, 

 yellow Flowers, like the other Pirola. It groweth not 

 everywhere, but in some certain, small spots, overgrown 

 with m(iss, close by swamps and shady, they are green 

 both Summer and Winter." Another plant is ilUistrated 

 and described in the followinii; lanocuasre : "This Plant 

 the Humming Bird feedeth upon, it groweth likewise in 

 wet grounds, and is not at its full growth till July, and 

 then it is two cul)its high and better, the leaves are thin 

 and of a pale green colour, some of them as big as a 

 Nettle leaf, it spreads into many Branches, knotty at the 

 setting on and of a purple colour, and garnished on the 

 top with many hollow, dangling Flowers of a bright, 

 yellow colour, speckled with a deeper yellow as it were 

 shadowed ; the Stalkes are as hollow as a Kix, and so 

 are the Roots, which are transparent, very tender and 

 full of a yellowish juice." The list of plants in the 

 fourth group is short and we will mention only a few ; 

 they are the plants which hiive sprung up since the Eng- 

 lish planted and kept cattle. " Couch Grass, Shepherd's 

 Purse, Dandelion, Mallowes, Plantain, which the Indians 

 call English Man's Foot, as though produced by their 

 treading. Knot Grass, Chick weed. I have done now 

 with such plants as grow wild in the country. I shall 

 now in the Fifth place give you to understand what Eng- 

 lish herbs we have growing in our Gardens that prosper 

 there as well as in their proper soil, and of such as will 

 not grow there at all. Cabbage grows there exceeding 

 well. Lettice, Parsley, Burnet, Tansie, Sage, Carrots, 

 Parsnips of a prodigious size," other Vegetables and 

 grains. "Spearmint. Rew will hardly grow. Southern 

 Wood is no Plant for the country, nor Rosemary, nor 

 Bayes, Lavendar Cotton, but Lavendar is not for the cli- 



