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z. Persicaria; 'vrdg/^rls, acrlsy 

 fm Hydr0-fiper. J. B. Water-pep- 

 per, LakeJweed, or Arfmart. 



5. Persicaria j major, lapathi 

 foliis, calice ficris purpurea. Tourn. 

 Greater Arfmart, with Dock-leaves, 

 and a purple Flower-cup. 



4. Persicariaj Orient alts, Nica- 

 tiana folio, calice florum purpurea. 

 T.Co)f. Eaftern Arfmart, with a 

 Tobacco-leaf, and a purple Flower- 



Ciip. 



There are feveral other Species of 

 this Plant, which grow wild upon 

 moid: Soils and Dunghills in divers 

 Parts of England: But as they are 

 rarely cultivated in Gardens, and 

 being Plants of no Ufe at prefent, 

 fo I omit enumerating of them in 

 this Place. 



The two firft Sorts here men- 

 tion'd are fometimes ufed in Medi- 

 cine; the latter of which is a very 

 fharp acrid Plant, from whence it had 

 its Name of Water-pepper and Arf- 

 mart : This is a perennial Plant, 

 which grows in great Plenty on 

 the Sides of Ditches, and in moid 

 Places, almoft in every Part ot Eng- 

 land, and is a very bad Weed, \i 

 once it gets PoflefTion in a Garden j 

 for the Roots extend them/elves 

 greatly under- ground, and ariie 

 from every Joint (as doth Cauch- 

 grafs) fo that it is with great Diffi- 

 culty extirpated. 



The firft is an annual Plant, that 

 propagates itfelf in great Plenty 

 from Seeds, which failing upon 

 the Ground, rife in the iucceeding 

 Spring, and fpread over the Ground, 

 where-ever they are permitted to 

 growi fo that they fhould not 

 be fufferM to remain in Gardens: 

 Thefe are both gathered in the 

 Fields" in Autumn for Medicinal 

 Ufe, when they are in Perfection. 



The third Sort is cultivated in 

 fome curious Gardens tor Variety^ 



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it making a handibme Appearance 

 during the Seafon of its Flower- 

 ing : This may be propagated by 

 fowing the Seeds upon a Bed of 

 rich moift Earth in Autumn, fbon 

 after they are ripe, and the Plants 

 will come up the Spring following, 

 when they may be tranfplanted in- 

 to the Borders where they are to 

 remain: This is alfo an annual 

 Plant, which requires to be fown 

 every Year, or the Seeds permitted 

 to (bed, which will grow better 

 than thofe which are fown by Art. 



The fourth Sort was brought 

 from the Eaftcrn Country by Monf. 

 Tournefort, to the Royal Garden at 

 Taris, from whence it hath been 

 fince communicated to feveral Parts 

 of Europe. This Plant (though buc 

 an Annual) doth grow to be ten 

 or tv/elve Feet high, and divides 

 into feveral Branches, each of 

 which produces a beautiful Spike of 

 purple Flowers at their Extremities 

 in the Autumn-, which together 

 with its large green Leaves, and 

 jointed Stalks, do make a very 

 grand Figure in the Borders of 

 large Gardens, late in the Seafon, 

 when few other Plants are in 

 Beauty. 



The Seeds thereof fhould be 

 fown in Autumn as fooa as they 

 are ripe; or if they are permitted 

 to fall on the Ground, the Plants 

 will come up the Spring following 

 better than when they are lb wn by 

 Art, (as was before obferved); for 

 if the Seeds are fown in the Spring, 

 it is very rare that any of them flic- 

 ceed; and if fome few Plants do 

 come up from thoic Seeds fown at 

 that Seafon, they feldom grow 

 near fb ftrong as thofe which are 

 produced from the Seeds which 

 fell in Autumn ; lb that there is 

 no other Culture requned to this 

 Plant, but to tranipiant them out 

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