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Trickles, the tfi'uhllemofl of \vhich is 

 (Ircnger than the reji. 

 The Species are ; 



1. OEnanthe 5 cictitA facie Lo~ 

 belli. Park* Theat. Hemlock Drop- 

 wort. 



2. OEnanthe j /J^«^?/V^. C.B.P. 

 Water Dropwort. 



There are £^veral other Species of 

 this Plant, fbme of which are Na- 

 tives of England ; but as they are 

 not at prelent ufeful, nor of any 

 Beauty, I ihall omit enumerating 

 them in this Place. 



The firft of thofc here mention'd 

 is very common by the Side of the 

 Thames on each Side London, as alio 

 by the Sides of large Ditches and 

 Rivers in divers Parts of England : 

 This Plant commonly grows four 

 or five Feet high,with flrong-jointed 

 Stalks, which being broke, do emit 

 a yellowifli foetid Juice: The Leaves 

 are fbmewhat like thole of the com- 

 mon Hemlock, but are of a lighter- 

 green Colour : The Roots divide 

 into four or five larger taper ones, 

 which, when leparated, have fbme 

 Refemblance to Farfnips 5 for which 

 Ibme ignorant Perlbns have taken 

 and boii'd them, whereby Them- 

 felves and Family have been poi- 

 fon'd. 



The poifonous Qiiality of this 

 Plant hath led forne Perlons to be- 

 lieve it is the Cicuta of the Anticnts : 

 But, according to M'^epfer, the Sium 

 dlterum Olufatri facie ot Label is 

 what the Antients call'd Cicuta, as 

 may be feen at large in tVepfer's 

 Book de CicHta. 



The fecond Sort is very common 

 in moid Soils, and by the Sides of 

 Rivers in divers Parts ot England : 

 This is not iuppos'd to be near lb 

 ftrong as the tirft, but is of a poi- 

 Ibnous Quality. ^ 



All the Sorts of thefe Plants do 

 naturally grow in moifl Places 3 lb 



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that whoever hath a mind to culti-- 

 vate them, fliould fow their Seeds 

 foon alter they arc ripe in Autumn, 

 upon a moifl: Soil, where they will 

 come up, and thrive exceedingly the 

 tollowing Summer, and require no 

 farther Care, but to clear them 

 from Weeds, 



OLEAj The Olive, 

 The Characters are ; 



The Leaves are, for the mofl part, 

 oblong and ever-green ; the FloroeY 

 confifis of one Leafi the lower Part 

 of -vflhich is hoUoiv'd, but the upper 

 Part is divided into four Parts; the 

 Ovary, -which is fix'd in the Center 

 of the Flower- cup, becomes pm oval^ 

 foft pulpy Fruit, abounding yvith j^ 

 fat Liq;4,or, enclofing a hard rough 

 Stone, 



The Species arej 



I. Oleaj fativa. C. B. P. The 

 manur'd Olive. 



2« Olea ; Africana, folio longo„ 

 lato fupra atroviriAi fplefidente, infra 

 pallide viridi. Boerh, Ind. African 

 Olive, with a broad long Leaf, of 

 a fhining dark-green Colour on the 

 upper-fide, but of a paler-greea 

 underneath. 



9. Olba 5 Africana, folio Buxiy 

 crajfo, atroviridi, lucido, cortice albo, 

 fjabro. Boerh. Ind, The African 

 Box-leav\l Olive. 



4. Oleaj minor, Lucenfis, fru^ii. 

 odorato. Tourn. I'he Luca Olive. 



5". Olea 5 fructu majori, camp 

 craffa. Tourn. Olive, with a laro-cr 

 Fruit, having a thicker Pulp. 



6. Olea i Sylveflris, folio tnolll 

 incano, C.B. P. 'TheOleafter, orW'ild 

 Olive, with loft hoary Leaves. 



Thefe five firff Sorts are prefer v'd 

 in the Gardens of the Curious, 

 where they are planted either in 

 Pots or Cafes, and remov'd into 

 the Grcen-houfe in the Winter, with 

 Oranges, Myrtles, &c. but they are 

 mofl of them hardy enough to en- 

 dure 



