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lion only, that the Refult of other 

 Computations can be faid to have 

 any tolerable Degree of Exadlnefs, 

 but the Calculations themlelves are 

 undoubtedly very unaccurate. 



I have faid nothing here concern- 

 ing the Charge in Buying, or Pro- 

 fits in Selling the Sajffon-heaJs, be- 

 caufe in many large Trails of 

 Ground thefe mull at length ba- 

 lance one another, while the Quan- 

 tity of Grouad planted yearly conti- 

 nues the fame, which has been pretty 

 much the Cale for ieveral Years 

 paft. 



CROTOLARIA. 

 The Characters are; 



U hath fingU Leaves, in vohich 

 it differs from Reft- Harrow, and 

 the Pods are turgid, in which it dif- 

 fers from Spanilh Broom. 

 The Species are j 



1. Crotolaria } Afatica, folio 

 fmgulariy verrucofo, fioribus cdruleis, 

 H. L. Afiatick Crotolaria, with a 

 fingle warted Leaf and blue Flow- 

 ers. 



2. Crotolaria j Afiatica, folio 

 fngulari, cordifor?m, fioribus luteis. 



H. L. Afiatick Crotolaria, with 

 a Heart-fliap'd Leaf, and yellow 

 •Flower. 



3. Crotolaria; Africana, flrya- 

 cis folio, fiore CAruleo. Tourn. A- 

 frican Crotolaria, with a Leaf of 

 the Storax-Tree and a blue Flower. 



4. Crotolaria i fagittalis glabra, 

 longioribus foliis, Americana. Pluk, 

 Thyt. American Crotolaria, with 

 long, fmooth Spear- wort Leaves. 



The firft, fecond, and fourth 

 Roots are annual: The Seeds of 

 thefe muft be ibwn on a Hot-bed 

 early in the Spring ; and when the 

 Plants are come up, they muft be 

 tranfplanted into a frefti Hot-bed, 

 and treated in the fame manner as 

 is direded for Amaranths ; (to 

 which Article I refer the Reader 



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to avoid Repetition : ) If thefe are 

 brought forward early in the Year, 

 they will produce their Flowers in 

 July, and perfed: their Seeds in 

 September ; but if they are late, and 

 the Autumn fhould prove bad, they 

 will not live to ripen Seeds. 



The third Sort v/ili abide three 

 or four Years, if prefer v'd in a 

 warm Stove, and will produce 

 Flowers and Seeds annually, by 

 which it may be propagated. Ail 

 thefe Varieties are very ornamental 

 to curious Gardens of Plants. 



CROWN IMPERIAL ; ^ide 

 Corona Imperiaiis. 



CRUCIATA; Crofs-wort. 

 The Characters are; 



It hath (oft Leaves like the La- 

 dies Bed-ftraw, from which it dif- 

 fers in the Number of Leaves which 

 is produced at every Joint, which in 

 this is only four, difpos'd in Form of 

 a Crofs. 



The Species are; 



1. Cruciata; hirfuta, C. B, 

 Rough or hairy Crois-wort. 



2. Cruciata ; glabra^ C. B. 

 Smooth Crofs-v/ort. 



3. Cruciata ; Alpina, latifolia, 

 Uvis. Tourn. Broad fmooth-leav'd 

 Crofs-wort of the Alps. 



4. Cruciata ; Orientalis, lati- 

 folia, erecia, glabra. T. Cor. Up- 

 right and Oriental Crofs-wort, with 

 broad fmooth Leaves. 



The firft of thefe Plants is fbme- 

 times us'd in Medicine : This h 

 found wild in divers Parts oi: 

 England, growing on dry fandy 

 Banks. 



The other Sorts are preferv'd 

 in Botanick Gardens for the Sake 

 of Variety, but there is no great 

 Beauty in them. They may ail of 

 them be propagated ealily by Per- 

 fbns curioQs that way, for they 

 fpread and increafe by their creep- 

 ing Roots, or their trailing Branches 

 flriking 



