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af the Top of the Shoot, which, 

 when fully blown, they cut or pull 

 off, and dry it, which is the Part 

 the Dyers make ufc of: And this 

 is fometimes mix'd with Saffron ; 

 to which (if it be rightly dry'd, 

 and artfully mix'd) it is ib like, as 

 not to be diftinguiflied but by good 

 Judges. 



This Plont was formerly- culti- 

 vated m\ England, particularly in 

 GlouceJler-fJ/ire, where, they fay, it 

 did very v/ell: Tho' I. am fatisfy'd 

 it muft be a very good Seafon if it 

 ripens Seeds well in England; for 

 the Flower-Heads are fo clofe and 

 compadt, that if, in the Seafon of 

 the Seeds Formation, there happens 

 to be wet Weather, this enters the 

 Bloflbms of the Florets, and is fel- 

 dom dry'd away before the tender 

 Seeds are delhoy'd , and altho' the 

 Seeds fhall many times appear very 

 lair and good to outward Appear- 

 ance, yet, upon breaking them, 

 they are hollow, and deflitute of 

 Kernels. This Seed is fometimes 

 ufed in- Medicine •■, therefore fuch 

 People as purchafe it for that Pur- 

 pole, fliould be careful that they 

 be found . The Florets of this Plant 

 (which are the Pirts the Dyers ufe) 

 have been fonietimes put into Pud- 

 dings, to colour them j and at the 

 Time wh^n it was cultivated in 

 JEnglandy the poorer Sort of People 

 in the Country us'd to gather it 

 for that Purpcic, until they put 

 iuch Quantities into their Pud- 

 dings, that it purged them, which 

 ©ccalion'd their leaving it oC 

 CARUIj Caraway. 



The CharacJ:ers- are;- 

 It hath winged Leave's, which are 

 cut into fmall Segments, and are 

 ■placed opfo/ite on the Stalks, having 

 no Fvot-Jlalli The Pefa's (ffl:^ Elorp- 

 <rrs tvr-?, h^d, mdfloafd like a Heart : 

 ■She SseS are long, Jlender, ftnmh^ 

 ftnd/Hrrow'd^ 



The Species are; 



1 . Carui i C&falp. The com* 

 mon Caraway. 



2. Carui ; femine majore. VailL 

 Tlie brge-feeded Caraway. 



3. Carui; foliis tenui£imis', Afr- 

 phodeli r a dice. To urn. The nar- 

 rowefl-leav'd Carav/ay, with Af- 

 phodel Roots. 



4. Carui ; Alpinum. C. B, Al^ 

 pine Caraway. 



The firft of thefe Sorts is fome- 

 times found wild in England, in- 

 rich moift Paftures, efpecially in 

 Holland in U'/icolnJlnre. The other 

 Sorts have been fent from Abroad, 

 and are only cultivated in curious 

 Gardens of Plants. 



Thefe Sorts may be all cultivated' 

 by fowing their Seeds in the Spring 

 of the Year in a moift rich Soilf 

 and when the Plants are come up, 

 they fliould be boe'd out- to about 

 fix Inches fquare, which will great- 

 ly ftrengthcn them, and promote 

 their feeding plentifully : In the 

 Autumn their Seeds will ripen, at 

 which- Time the Plant fliould be 

 cut up, and laid upon Mats to- 

 dry; and then it may be beaten 

 out and dry'd, when it may be put 

 up for Ufe. Thefe Seeds are ufeA 

 in Medicine, as alfo in the Con- 

 fectionary, for making Seed-Cakcsj, 

 ^c. The firft Sort only is what is 

 ufed ; tho' the Seeds of the fecond' 

 feem to be full as good, and are 

 much larger and fairer than the 

 firft. The other Sorts are onljr 

 kept in Colleftions of Plants, to in- 

 creafe their Numbers. 



CARYOPHYLLATA j. Avens, 

 0r Hcrb-Bennet. 



The CharaBers are 5. 

 If haih fennated (or rornged }' 

 Leaves, f&msrphat like thofe of A- 

 grimony : The €up of the Elov?er 

 confijis of one Leaf, which is ctit in- 

 to ten Segments : The Flawer cofifjls 



