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The sallads are, the lettice, curled, red cabbage 

 and savoy. The spinage, round and prickly, fen- 

 nel, sweet and the common sort, samphire, in the 

 marshes excellent, so is the dock, or wild rhu- 

 barb, rocket, sorrell, French and English, cresses, 

 of several sorts, purslain wild, and that of a larger 

 size which grows in the gardens ; for this plant is 

 never met withal in the Indian plantations, and 

 is, therefore, supposed to proceed from cow dung, 

 which beast they keep not. Parsley, two sorts, 

 asparagus thrives to a miracle, without hot beds or 

 dunging the land, white cabbage from European, 

 or !N"ew England seed, for the people are negli- 

 gent and unskilful, and dont care to provide seed 

 of their own. The colly flower we have not yet 

 had an opportunity to make trial of, nor has the 

 artichoke ever appeared amongst us, that I can 

 learn. Coleworts, plain and curled, savoys ; besides 

 the watermelons of several sorts, very good, which 

 should have o'one amons-st the fruits. Of musk- 

 mellons we have very large and good, and sev- 

 eral sorts, as the golden, green, guinea, and or- 

 ange. Cucumbers, long, short and prickly, all these 

 from the natural ground, and great increase, with- 

 out any helps of dung or reflection ; pompions, yel- 

 low and very large, burmillions, cashaws, an ex- 

 cellent fruit boiled ; squashes, simnals, horns and 

 gourds, besides many other species of less value, 

 too tedious to*name. 



Our pot herbs and others of use, which we al- 

 ready possess, are, angelica, wild and tame, balm, 



