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the only Culture they will require, 

 is, to prune off the ftraggling 

 Shoots, and keep the Ground clean 

 about them. 



Thefe Plants delight in a fandy 

 Soil, not over rich, and fliould be 

 plac'd amongft Shrubs of a mid- 

 dling Growth, tor they rarely grow 

 above fifteen or fixteen Feet high 

 in England, but are very hardy in 

 refpedt to Cold. 



TAMNUSi the Black Briony. 

 The CharaBers are j 



It is Male and Female in different 

 TlantJi the Flowers of the Male 

 Tlant confifl of one Leaf and are 

 Sell-fiap\ly but thefe are barren-^ 

 the Embryo's are produced on the 

 Female Flants, which afterwards be^ 

 comes an oval Berry, including roun- 

 diflj Seeds. To thefe Notes flwuld be 

 added, that thefe Hants have no 

 Clafpers, as the White Briony hath. 



We have but one Species of this 

 Plant in England, viz. 



Tamnus i racemofa, flore minore 

 luteo pallafcente. Tourn. The com- 

 mon Black Briony. 



This Plant is rarely cultivated in 

 Gardens, but grows wild under 

 Hedges in divers Parts of England, 

 and is there gather'd for jnedicinal 

 Ufe. It may be ealily propagated 

 by fowing the Seeds icon after 

 they arc ripe, under the Shelter of 

 Bufhes, where, in the Spring, the 

 Plants will come up, and fpread 

 their Branches over the Buflies, and 

 fupport themfelves, requiring no 

 farther Care ; and their Roots will 

 abide many Years in the Ground, 

 without decaying. 



TANACETUMj Tanfy. 

 The Characters are i 



It hath a flofculous Flower, con- 

 fifing of many Florets, divided into 

 feveral Segments jitting on the Em- 

 b^jo, and contained in a fc^uamous 



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and hemifpherical Empalement } the 

 Embryo afterwards becomes a Seedy 

 not at all downy. To thefe Notes 

 mufi be added, thick Flowers ga- 

 thered into a kind of Head, 

 The Species are j 



1. Tanacetum; vulgare luteum, 

 C. B. P. Common Tanfy. 



2. Tanacetum; foliis crifpis, C, 

 B. P. Curled or Double Tanfy. 



3. Tanacetum; vulgare, foliis 

 variegatis. Common Tanfy with 

 ftrip'd Leaves. 



4. Tanacetum ; vulgare luteum 

 maximum. Boerh. Ind. The largeft 

 Common Tanfy. 



5*. Tanacetum; Africanum, avf 

 borefcens, foliis LavenduU, multifido 

 folio. H. Am. A frican flirubbf Tan- 

 fy with Leaves like the multifid 

 Lavender. 



The firft and fecond Sorts are 

 very common in England, bein^^ 

 promifcuoufly cultivated in Gar- 

 dens for the Ufe of the Kitchen 5 

 but the firft (hould be propagated 

 for medicinal Ufe. The third Sort- 

 is a Variety of the firft, which is 

 by fome prefer ved for the Sake 

 of its variegated Leaves. The fourth 

 Sort is very like the Common in 

 Appearance, but is much larger, 

 and has lefs Scent. 



All thefe Sorts arecafily propagated 

 by their creeping Roots, which if 

 permitted to remain undifturb'd, will 

 in a fhort Time over-fpread the 

 Ground where they are planted, ib 

 that the Slips (hould be placed at leaft 

 a Foot afunder, and in particular Beds, 

 where the Paths round them may 

 be often dug, to keep their Roots 

 within Bounds. They may be 

 tranfplanted either in Spring or Au- 

 tumn, and will thrive in aimoft a«- 

 ny Soil or Situation. 



The common Tanfy is greatly u- 

 fed in the Kitchen e^rly in the 

 Spring, at which Seafon that which 



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