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feveral Perfbns have recommended 

 it as worth our Care in England, 

 But however ufeful this Plant may 

 be in Crete, Sicily^ Naples, or thole 

 warmer Countries, yet I am per- 

 fuaded it will never thrive in Eng- 

 land, Co as to be of any real Ad- 

 vantage for that Purpoie ; for in 

 fevere Froft it is very fubjedl to 

 be deftroy'd, or at Icaft fo much 

 damag'd as EOt to recover its for- 

 mer Verdure before the Middle or 

 latter End of May ^ and the Shoots 

 which are produc'd, will not bear 

 cutting above once in a Summer, 

 and then will not be of any conli- 

 derable Lengthy and the Stems 

 growing very v/oody, will render 

 the cutting of it very troublefbme: 

 So that upon the Whole, it can 

 never anfwer the Trouble and Ex- 

 pence in cultivating it, nor is it 

 worth the Trial, fince we have fo 

 many other Plants preferable to it i 

 though in hot, dry, rocky Coun- 

 tries, where few other Plants will 

 thrive, this may be cultivated to 

 great Advantage, fince in fuch Si- 

 tuations this Plant v/ill live many 

 Years, and thrive very well. 



But however unfit this may be 

 for fuch Ufes in England, yet for 

 the Beauty of its hoary Leaves, 

 which will abide all the Year, to- 

 gether with its long Continuance 

 in Flower, it deferves a Place in 

 every good Garden, where being 

 intermix'd with Shrubs of- the 

 fame Growth, it makes a very a- 

 greeable Variety. 



iMEDLAR ; 1'ide Mefpilus. 



MELAMPYRUM; Cow- Wheat. 

 The Characiers are ; 



The Leaves grow oppojue by Fairs : 

 The Flower confijh of one Leaf, is of 

 an anomolous perfonated Figure, and 

 divided into two Lips y the upper mo/i of 

 •sphich has a Spury but the under 



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vne is entire: The Fruit is roundi 

 and divided into two Cells, containing 

 Seeds refembling Grains of Wheat. 

 The Species are j 



1. Melampyrum} luteum, lati" 

 folium, C, B. P. Yellow broad- 

 leav'd Cow- Wheat. 



2. Melampyrum J luteum, angu-' 

 Jlifolium. C. B. P. NarroWrleav'd 



Yellow Cow- Wheat. 



3. Melampyrum; Comd purpu- 

 rafcer?te, C. B, P. Cow- Wheat, with 

 purplifh Tops. 



The two firft Sorts are very- 

 common in Woods and fhady Pla- 

 ces, growing near the Foot of 

 Trees in divers Parts of England, 

 and are never cultivated in Gar- 

 dens. 



The third Sort is very rarely 

 found wild in England j but, in 

 Weft-Friefland and Flanders it grows 

 very plentifully among the Corn, 

 and Clufius fays, it ipoils their 

 Bread, making it dark, and that 

 thofe who eat of it, us'd to be 

 troubled with Heavinefs of the 

 Head, in the fame manner as if 

 they had eaten Darnel or Cockle ^ 

 but Mr. Ray fays. He has eat of 

 this Bread very ohen, but could 

 never perceive that it gave any 

 difagreeable Tafte, or that it Was 

 accounted unwholfome by the 

 Country People, who never endea- 

 vour to feparate it from the Corn ; 

 and Tabernernontanus declares. He 

 has often eaten it without any 

 Harm, and fays, it makes a very 

 pleafant Bread. It is a y delicious 

 Food for Cattle, particplarly for 

 fattening of Oxen and Pows : For 

 v/hich Purpofe it may .^be cultiva- 

 ted in the fame manner as hath 

 been di redded for the F)tg.opyrum or 

 Buck-Wheat : It Wes a 'light ian- 

 dy Soil. 



MELIANTHU^j Honey-Flower. 

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