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|jrq>are their Camphlre, which is 

 procured by making a fimple De- 

 coftion of the Root and Wood of 

 this Tree cut into fmall Pieces : 

 Biiit this Sort of Camphire (he fays) 

 is ejctremely cheap, being in Value 

 eighty or an hundred times Ucfs 

 than the true Bcrnea?i Camphire. 



This Tree is at prefent very rare 

 in Europe, and is only increased by 

 laying down the Branches, which 

 are commonly two Years before 

 they take Root, £o as to be fit to 

 remove : It requires a light Soil, 

 and frequent Waterings in warm 

 Weather, but in Winter you mull 

 do it sparingly : It muft be kept in 

 a moderate Warmth in Winter, 

 tut in Summer may be expos'd to 

 the open Air in a weii-fhelter'd 

 Place. 



CAMPION i vUe Lychnis. 

 CANDLE-BERRY-TREE i vUe 

 Gale. 



CANDY-TUFT j viJe Thlafpi. 

 CANNA INDICAi vUe Canna- 

 corus. 



CANNABIS; Hemp. 

 The Characters are ; 

 It hath digitated (or Jinger'd) 

 Lf-avesy which grow oppojite to one 

 another i The Jloroers have no vijible 

 Tetals: It is Male and Female, in 

 digirent Tlants. 



Cannabis; fativa. C. B. The 

 Manured Hemp. 



This Plant is propagated in the 

 rich Fenny Parts ot Lincolnfiire, in 

 great Quantities, for its Bark, which 

 IS fo ufeful for Cordage, Cloth, O'c. 

 and the Seeds afford an Oil which 

 is uftd in Medicine. The Manner 

 of propagating it is fo well known, 

 that it would be needlefs to infert 

 it in this Place. 



CANNACORUS: The Indian 

 Reed. 



The Characters are; 

 // h0th a knohbed tHberofe Koot : 



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The Leaves are long and nervous : 

 The Flower confifls of one Leaf is 

 ttibulousy and cut into fix Segments y 

 thefe are fucceeded by roundiJJj mem- 

 branaceous VeJ[elsy which are divided 

 into three Cells, each containing two 

 or three round hard Seeds. 

 The Species are ; 



1. Cannacorus; latifolius ', vul' 

 garis, Tourn. The common broad- 

 Teav'd Indian Reed, with pale 

 Flowers. 



2. Cannacorus,' latifolius; vuU 

 garis; foliis variegatis. The com- 

 mon Indian Reed, with flrip'd 

 Leaves. 



3 . Cannacorus ; Jiore luteopuno 

 tato, Tourn, The yellow-ipotted 

 Indian Reed. 



4. Cannacorus ; ftore caccineo j 

 fplendente. Tourn. Tlie fine Scar- 



let-colour'd Indian Reed., 



5'. Cannacorus ; amplijjimo 

 folio ; fiore rutilo. Tourn. The 

 largeil-leav'd Indian Reed, with 

 reddifh-colour'd Flowers. 



6. Cannacorus ; angufifolius i 

 ftore fiavefcente. Tourn. Narrow- 

 leav'd Indian Reed, with yellow 

 Flowers. 



7. Cannacorus; ampUjJimo folio, 

 flore fiavefcente majore. The largeft- 

 ieav'd Indian Reed with large yel- 

 low Flowers, commonly called. 

 Wild Plantain in America. 



Thefe Sorts are all propagated 

 by Seeds, which mufl: be fown on 

 a Hot-bed in March, S.nd after- 

 wards fhould be tranfplanted into 

 Pots fiird w^h good rich Earth, 

 and, during the Summer-feafon, 

 muft be plentifully water'd 1 Thefe 

 Plants, thus manag'd, will many 

 times produce Flowers the firft 

 Seaibn ; but 'tis not till the fecond 

 Year that they blow ftrong : In 

 order to which, you fhould houfe 

 them before the Froft pinches their 

 Leaves, obferving to give them but 



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