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rel is preferred to it in the Kitchen- 

 Garden, it rarely running to Seed, 

 but is increafed by parting the Roots 

 cither in Spring or Autumn, and is 

 lit for Ufe all the Year round. 



The Round-leaved (or French) 

 Sorrel is the moft j;ratefal Acid, 

 and is preferred to the other two 

 Sorts for Kitchen Ufe ; it is alfo a 

 medicinal Plant, and fliould not be 

 wanting in any good Garden : It is 

 a great Runner at the Root, by 

 which Means it is eatily propagated, 

 and muft be planted at a large Di- 

 flance, a Foot Square at lead; it 

 will agree better with an open Situ^ 

 ation than the other two Sorts. 



ACETOSELLAi i.Ue Oxys. 



AG4ILL/EA ; is Millefolium. 



ACINOSi Stone, orWildBafil. 

 The Characicrs arc ; 



It hath Le^fjes like thofe of the lejfcr 

 Balili the Cup of the Flower is oblong 

 and furrowed •■, the Florfers are pro- 

 duced in Lunches on the Top of little 

 Foctjhlksy which arife from between 

 the Footfialk cf the Leaf and the 

 Sialk of the Plants, in which it differs 

 from Serpylium. 



The Species are^ 



1. Agings i ruuhis. I. B. Wild 

 Bafil. 



2. Acini j pulchra fpccies, J. B, 

 Broad-leaved Aufiricn Wild Bafil. 



The fir 11 of thcfc Plants is very 

 common on dry arable Land in 

 many Parts of England, but efpeci- 

 ally on gravelly or chalky Hills : It 

 is 'an annual Plant, lowing itfclf, 

 and rifing again early in the Spring : 

 This is not cultivated in Gardens, 

 nor doth it care to grow on a good 

 Soil j but it may be propagated in a 

 dry poor Soil by fowing the Sc^ds., 

 lb iboa as they are ripe. This Plant 

 hath been brought to the Markets 

 by the Herb-WoVnen ior the Moun- 

 tain Poley. 



The iecond Sort is prefcrvcd in 



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curious Botanic Gardens, but is ^' 

 Plant of no great Beauty or Ufe. 



ACONITUMi Wolf's-Bane i 

 The Characters arej 



It hath circumfcrib'd roundifJj di- 

 vided Leaves ; the Flowers confijl 

 of four Leaves, which are fJjaped- 

 like a Monies Mood : Each of thefe 

 Flowers are fucceeded by thne or 

 more Pods, which contain feveral 

 rough Seeds j the mofl Part of thefe- 

 Species are deadly Poifon. 



There are feveral Sorts of this- 

 Plant in the Botanick Gardens 

 Abraod; but in England we have 

 not above five Sorts, which are, 



1. AcoNiTUMj lycocionum, lute- 

 urn, C. B. The yellow poilbnous 

 Wolf's-Bane. 



2. AcoNiTUM ; luteum, majus^ 

 ampliore caulc, amplioribufque foliis. 

 Bod. The largeft yellow Wolf's- 

 Bane. 



3. AcoNiTUM ; c&rulcum, five 

 napdlus. II. C. B. The large blue 

 Wolf's-Bane. 



4. AcoKiTUMj falutiferum, five 

 Author a. C. IL The wholefomc 

 Wolf's-Bane. 



5". AcoNiTUMj pyramidale, mul- 

 tiprum, H. R. Par. The Pyrami- 

 dal many flowering Wolf's-Banc, 

 or Monk's-hood. 



The fifth Sort of Wolf's-Bane 

 k very common in almoil all old 

 Gardens, and is ufually known by 

 the Name of Monk's-hood, the 

 Flower refembling a Friar's Cowl, 

 from whence it had that Namej 

 the Flowers of this Kind are com- 

 monly brought to Market in May^. 

 to furnifli • Flower Pots for Chim- 

 nies 5 but it being a very poifon- 

 ous Plant, Ihould not be put in 

 the Way of Children, Icll they 

 Ihould prejudice thcm-felves there- 

 wich -. The Roots of this Plant 

 mcrcaie abundantly, foon over-run- 

 ning a large Piece of Ground* 

 there- 



