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"''.ivifig but one Cell, '» tfihich is 

 eontain'd one oblong Seed* 

 The Species arej 



1. Crambe j maritimcty Brc.jftca, 

 folio. Tour, Sea-Cole wort or Cab- 

 bage. 



2. Crambe i Orientalisy dsntis 

 leonis folio, er tie aginis facie. T.Cor. 

 Eaftern Sea-Colcwort, with a Dan- 

 delion Leaf, and the Face of Wild 

 Rocket. 



The firft of thefe Species is found 

 wild upon the Sea Shores in divers 

 Parts of England, but particularly 

 in Sujfex in great Plenty, where the 

 Inhabitants gather it in the Spring 

 ]to eat, preferring it to any of the 

 Cabbage^ Kind : But this muft be 

 gathered young, fcon after the 

 Heads arethruft out of the Ground, 

 otherwife it will be very tough 

 and rank. 



This Plant may be propagated 

 in a Garden, by Towing the Seeds 

 foon after it is ripe, in a fmdy or 

 gravelly Soil, where it will thrive 

 exceedingly, and increafe greatly by 

 its creeping Roots, which will 

 loon overfpread a large Spot of 

 Ground, if encourag'd : This may 

 te cut for Ufe in April and May, 

 while it is young i but if the Heads 

 are fuffer'd to remain, they will 

 produce fine regular Heads of white 

 Flowers, which appear very hand- 

 fome, and will perl^dl: its Seeds, 

 by which it may be propagated. 



The fccond Sort is only prefcrv'd 

 in curious Gardens of Plants for 

 Variety, but is not of any Ufe or 

 Bcanty. 



CRANE'S - BILL i njide Gera- 

 nium. 



CRASSULA i 'vide Anacamp- 

 feros. 



CRATiEGUS i the Wild Ser- 

 vice. 



TheC/?^r^^^nare; 



The Lefives arejmgk : The F'ower 



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confifls of five Leaves, which expand 

 in Form of a Rofe : the Fruit is 

 fmall 5 and fljap'd like a Fear, in 

 ■which arc contained man) hard Seeds. 

 The Species are^ 



1. Crat.«,gus ; folio laciniato. 

 Tourn. The Common or Wild 

 Service. 



2. Crat.'Egus J folio fubrotundo, 

 ferrato, fubtus incano. Town* The 



White Beam Tree, or Aria Thco- 

 phrafti. 



3 . Cratagus -ffylveflris, Anglica, 

 foliis Viburni. The Red Chefs- 

 Apple, or Englifli Wild Service. 



4. Crat^gus j Virginiana, foliis 

 Arbtiti. Tourn. The Virginian 

 Wild Service, with Leaves like the 

 Strawberry Tree. 



The firft of thefe Trees is very 

 common in divers Parts ot England, 

 growing in Woods, . (^'C. The 

 Leaves of this Tree are very like 

 thofe of the Harethcrn, but are 

 larger, and have fev/er Segments; 

 the Fruit grows in Bunches, and 

 are about the Bignefs of Black 

 Cherries, which are ibmetiraes fold 

 in the Markets in Autumn, and 

 are by Ibme People eaten as Med- 

 lars, 8cc. hut have fomewhat of 

 an auflere Tafre. 



This Tree, where it grows wild, 

 will arife to a great Height and 

 Magnitude, but is with Difficulty 

 traniplanted into a Garden. The 

 fureft Way to procure kindly Trees, 

 is to low their Fruits foon after 

 they are ripe, which muft be ma- 

 nag'd in the Manner directed for 

 the Hawthorn : The fecond Spring 

 after fowing, the Seeds will come 

 up, when you muft carefully keep 

 them clear from Weeds, and in 

 dry Weather gently water them. 

 In this Place the Plants may re- 

 main until the fecond Autumn after 

 they come up; when you muft 

 prepare a Spot of frefli Ground, 



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