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£ers it proper to preferve the Walks 

 clean, by keeping the Earth of the 

 Borders from wafhing down in 

 hard Rains. 



It was alfo the Pradice former- 

 ly, to plant 'Edgings of divers Sorts 

 of Aromatick Herbs, as Thyme, 

 Savory, Uyflbp, Lavender, c^c. 

 But thefe being fubjea to grow 

 woody, lb that they can't be kept 

 in due Compafs, and in hard Win- 

 ters being often kill'd in Patches, 

 whereby the Edgings are rendered 

 incomplete, they are now feldom 

 us'd for this Purpofe. 



Some People alfo make Edgings 

 of Daifies, Thrift, Catch-fly, and 

 other flowering Plants,- but thefe 

 alfo will require to be tranfplanted 

 every Year, in order to have them 

 handfome, for they foon grow out 

 ©f Form, and are fubjecl: alfo to 

 decay in Patches, fo that there is 

 not any Plant which lo compleat- 

 ly anfwers the Defign as Dwarf- 

 Box, which mufl: therefore be pre- 

 ferr'd to all others. 



ELATERIUM^ the Wild Cu- 

 cumber. 



The CharaElers are , 



The Branches are fomewhat like 

 thofi of the Cucumber, 6ut have 'no 

 Tendrils : The Fruit is prickly, and 

 when ripe, burfts roith great Elafti- 

 citVf and abounds voith foetid juice. 



We have but one Species of this 

 Plant, which is, 



Elaterium ; officinarum. Boerh. 

 JnJ. This is the Cucumis f/lveftris, 

 Ajininus dicius, of Cafpar Bauhin. 



This Plant is cultivated in fome 

 Gardens for Medicinal Ufe, but is 

 chiefly pref.Tv'd in curious Gar- 

 dens for its Variety, as alio for 

 Diverfioni for when the Fruit is 

 ripe, if you offer to gather it, it 

 burfts and calls its J nice and Seeds 

 v/ith great Elafticity, for which it 

 is- call'd by fome, Noli me Tangere, 



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or. Touch me not : Which Appella- 

 tion may be given to many other 

 Plants on this Account. 



It may be propagated by (ow- 

 ing the Seeds in the Spring of the 

 Year in an open warm Border j 

 and when the Plants are come up, 

 they may be tranfplanted into open 

 Beds or Borders, about lix or eight 

 Feet Diftance from each other, for 

 the Vines will fpread very far, 

 efpecially if the Ground is good in 

 which they are planted: Thefe 

 produce their Fruit in Autumn, 

 which if you fuffer to fall off, and 

 emit their Seeds, will afford a 

 plentiful Supply of Plants without 

 any farther Care. 



ELATINE ; vide Linaria. 



ELICHRYSUM, or HEUO- 

 CHRYSON i Eternal Flower. 



The Chara^ers are-. 

 The Disk of the Flower contains 

 many hermaphrodite Florets ; in the 

 Center of each of thefe arifes the 

 Ovary, -which is crorvn'd with Hairs, 

 and is fupported by a naked Placen- 

 ta : Thefe are all contained in afcaly 

 Cup, which confifis of dry Mem- 

 branes, and is, for the mofl part, of 

 a fplendid Colour. 



The Species are ,• 



1. Elichrysum ; feu fioechas ci" 

 trina, a?2guJlifolia. C. B. Goldy- 

 locks, or Caflidony. 



2. Elichrysum j montanum,flore 

 rotundiori, candido. Tourn, Cats- 

 foot, or Mountain Caflidony, with 

 a white round Flower. 



]5. Elichrysum j montanum.fiore 

 rotundiori, variegato. Tourn, Cats- 

 foot, or Mountain Caflidony, with 

 a round variegated Flower. 



4. Elichrysum -, Americanum, 

 latifolium, Tourn. Broad leav'd 

 American Eternal-Flower. 



5-. Elichrysum i fylvefire, lati- 

 folium, fiore parva, fingulari. Tourn , 

 Broad- 



