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ilicky, and good for nothing, fo 

 that they fhould never be more 

 than one Year old. 



SISYMBRIUM AQUATICUM; 



Water Crefs. 



This Plant grows in moft Ditches 

 and Ponds or {landing Water near 

 Lo'ndon, and is gathered for Sallads 

 in the Spring, being by many Per- 

 Ions greatly efteemed for that Pur- 

 pole. This is rarely cultivated in 

 Gardens, for when it is planted in 

 the Ground, it never thrives fo well 

 as in Water i but whoever hath a 

 jnind to propagate it, maygetfome 

 Plants early in the Spring, out of 

 the Ditches, and plant 'em in a 

 moift Soil, where they will thrive 

 tolerably well. 



SMALLAGEj vide Apium. 



SMI LAX; Rough Bind-weed. 

 The Characien are ; 



The Fiercer confifis of feveral 

 Leavep, tohich are plac'd circularly, 

 and expand in Form of a Rcfe, nohofe 

 Tointal afterwards becomes a Fruit, 

 or foft roundifJj Berry, containing 

 O'val-fljap'd Seeds. 



The Species are 5 



I. Smilax; afpera, fruciu ruhente. 

 C. B. P. Rough Bindweed, with 

 a red Fruit. 



i. Smilax; viticuUs, afperis, foliis 

 longis, angujiis, mucronatis UnjibpLs 

 uuriculis ad bajim rotundioribus. 

 Tluk. Fhyt. Rough Bindweed, with 

 long, narrow - pointed, Imooth 

 Leaves, having round Ears at the 

 Bafe. 



5. Smilax ; 'uiticulis afperis, Vir- 

 giniana, folio hederaceo leii, Zarza 

 nobil'Upma nobis. Tluk. Fhyt. Rough 

 Virginian Bindweed, with a fmooch 

 Ivy Leaf, commonly cail'd Zarza- 

 par ilia. 



There are fcveral other Species of 

 this Plant, v/hich grow wild in 

 Virgi/iia, Carolina, and other Parrs 

 ai America, in the V/':'od^, vvjiere 



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they climb round the Stems of 

 Trees and Shrubs to fupport them- 

 felves ; for their Branches are very 

 weak and trailing, and if not fup- 

 ported, do lie upon the Ground. 



Thefe Plants are preferv'd in the 

 Gardens of fiich as are curious in 

 Botany for their Variety ; but there 

 h no great Beauty or Ule in them, 

 fo that they are not very commonly 

 cultivated in other Gardens. 



They are moft of them hardy 

 enough to endure the Cold of our 

 Climate, if planted in a light Soil, 

 and under the Shelter of Trees, 

 where they delight to grow : They 

 may be calily propagated by OfF- 

 fets taken from the old Roots in 

 March, juft before they begin to 

 fhoot, and tranfplanted where they 

 are to remain, where, if it be in 

 a good Soil, they will flower very 

 well, but they fcldom produce Fruit 

 in this Country. 



But as the Seeds are often 

 brought into England, fo they may 

 be fown in Pots of light rich Earth, 

 and plac'd in a fhady Situation in 

 Summer i but in Winter they muft 

 be removed into Shelter, obferving 

 always to keep the Earth moift, 

 and the following Spring the Plants 

 will come up, when the Pots fj-iould 

 be again remov'd into the Shade, 

 and kept clear from Weeds, water- 

 ing them in dry Weather; and 

 the Spring following they may be 

 tranfplanted where they are to 

 remain. 



SMYRNIUM; Alexanders. 

 The Characters are ; 



The rloxoers are produc'd in Umbelsy 

 ccnfifting of feveral Leaves, which 

 are placed orbicularly, and expand in 

 Form of a Rofe : Thefe reft upon the 

 E:72paleme?2t, which afterwards be- 

 comes an aim oft globular Fruit, com- 

 poi'd ef two pretty thick Seeds, fome- 

 times fjab'd like a Crcjctnt, gibbous, 



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