#F HERBS, &C. SECT. XVI, 



PENNY-ROYAL is a /Ktf and medical herb of the 

 mint spices. There is an upright and a trailing sort 

 of it; but the latter is that chiefly ubed: This is pro- 

 pagated by rooted branches, of which it atibrds 

 plenty, as it spreads fast ; and it will grow in the 

 summer months from slips, or cuttings. Set them a 

 foot asunder in spring or autumn, and in a strong 

 moist soil it will most flourish. If, however, it is 

 suffered to mat thick, it is apt to rot. As this herb 

 is often wanted in winter, let it have a somewhat 

 sheltered situation. If cut for preserving in winter, 

 the time of flowering must be observed, and it must 

 be very carefully dried, and kept, for it is apt to 

 mould. 



PURSLANE is a low growing succulent herb, of a 

 cold and tender nature, used chiefly in summer sal- 

 lads, but sometimes for culinary purposes The 

 sorts are the green and golden, but the former is pre- 

 ferred, and is hardiest. This plant will not succeed 

 in the open ground till towards the end of May, and 

 then it must be sown on a warm border. In March 

 or April, it is raised on a gentle heat ; for which pur- 

 pose the lining of a hot-bed may do. Sow in drills 

 four inches' apart, cover a quarter of an inch, and 

 let the soil be light and rich. In dry weather, water 

 it twice or thrice a week, The end of the young 

 scoots only are used, and when cut down it springs 

 again. It is usual to sow it three or four times in 

 the summer, in cooler places, as the weather gets 

 sultry. 



RAPE, or coleseed, is sown for a sallad herb, to be 

 eat while in the seed leaf:, with mustard and cress; 

 and is to be treated as they are : it is stomachic, and 

 some persons are fond of it when boiled. 



RAMPION is a sallad and culinary root, in but lit- 

 tle request. Sow it thin in April and May, and 



