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GHENOPODlUMi Goofc^fopt, 

 Cr Wild Orach. 



The Characiers are j 



The Seeds are Jingle And globcfe 

 in fome Species, but in others they 

 are ccmprefs'J : The Cup of the 

 Fiercer is quinquificl (or divided into 

 five Parts). The Leaves groTv alter- 

 nately upon the Stalks beivp&en the 

 Seeds, 



The Species are; 



1 . Chenopodium yfoetidunj, Tourn. 

 Stinking Orach. 



2. Chenopodium ; Lini folio, 

 'vlllofo, Tourn. Flax-Ieav'd Orach, 

 eommonly calVd, Summer-Cyprefs, 

 or Belvedere. 



3. Chenopobiumj Ambrofioldes, 

 folio finuato. Tourn, Cut-ieav'd 

 Orach, commonly caWd, Oak of 

 Jerufalem. 



4. Chenopodium j Ainbrofioides, 

 Mexicanujn. Tourn. Mexican O- 

 rach, commonly call'd. Oak of Cap- 

 padocia. 



5-. Chenopodium; Ambrofioides, 

 Mexicanum, fruticofum. Botrh. Ind. 

 Shrubby Mexican Orach. 



The firft of thefe Sorts is very 

 common upon Dunghils, and in 

 Gardens, in moil Parts of England: 

 it is feldora cultivated except irt 

 fome Phylick Gardens ; for the 

 Markets in London are fupplied with 

 it by the Herb-women, who ga- 

 ther it wild. 



The fecond Sort is fometimes 

 cultivated in Gardens-, 'tis a beau- 

 tiful Plant, which naturally is dif- 

 pos'd to grow very clofe and thick, 

 and in as regular a Pyramid as it 

 cut by Art. The Leaves are of a 

 pleaiant Green : And were it not 

 for that, it hath fo much of the 

 Appearance ofaCyprefs Tree,'^that 

 at fome Diftance it might be taken 

 for the fame, by good Judges. 

 The Seeds fhould be fown in Au- 

 tumn: And in the Spring, when 



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the Plants are come up, they may 

 be planted into Pots of good Earth, 

 and kept fupplied with V/ater, in 

 dry Weather : Thefe Pots may be 

 intermix'd with other Plants, to 

 adorn Court yards, c^c. where 

 they will appear very handfome, 

 until their Seeds begin to fwelland 

 grow heavy, which weigh down 

 and difplace the Branches : At 

 which Time the Pots Ihould be 

 remov'd to fome abjedf Part of the 

 Garden, to maturate their Seeds j 

 which, if permitted to fall upon 

 the Ground, will come up the next 

 Spring : So that you need be at no 

 more Trouble in propagating thefe 

 Plants, but only to tranfplant them 

 where you intend they , fhould 

 grow. 



The third Sort was formcrlT* 

 ufed in Medicine : But altho' it ftill 

 continues in the Catalogue of Sim- 

 ples annex'd to the London Di/pen- 

 fatory, yet is very feldom us'd at 

 prefent. This Plant may be pro- 

 pagated by fbwing the Seeds in an 

 open Border of good Earth in the 

 Spring, where it will perfecl its 

 Seed in Autumn; which, if per- 

 mitted to Ihed upon the Ground, 

 will arife as the former. 



The fourth and fifth Sorts were 

 brought fi-om America, where the 

 Seeds are call'd Worm-Seed-., I fup- 

 pofe, from fome Quality contained 

 in it, which deflroys Worms in 

 the Body. 



The fourth Sort is propagated 

 by lowing the Seeds in the Spring 

 (as the before-mention'd Sorts) i 

 and will perfeft its Seed in Au- 

 tumn ,• after which, the Plant de- 

 cays to the Ground : But if the 

 Root be preferv'd in Shelter under 

 a Hot-bed Frame, it will put forth 

 again in the fucceeding Spring. 



The fifth Sort grows to be a 

 fmall Shrub, arifmg fometimes to 



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