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ROCKET (WINTEB.)— (.fih^ca Brumalit.) 



Called also Winter Creesea. 



DescHp. — This plant has large sad green leaves lying on 

 the ground, torn in different parts, like turnip-leaves, with 

 smaller pieces next the bottom, and broad at the ends, from 

 which rise up small round stalks, full of branchos, bearing 

 many small yellow flowers of four leaves each, after which 

 come small pods with reddish seed in them ; the root is ra- 

 ther stringy, and perishes every year after the seed is ripe. 



Place, — It grows of its own accord in gardens and fields^ 

 by the way-sides, in many places. 



TifM, — It flowers in May, seeds in June, and then dies. 



Oovemment and Virtues. — This is profitable to provoke 

 urine, to help strangury, and expel gravel and the stone. 

 It is good for the scurvy, and serviceable to cleanse aU 

 inward wounds ; if the juice or decoction be drunk, or out- 

 wardly applied to wash foul ulcers and sores, cleanses them 

 by sharpness, hinders and abates the dead flesh from grow- 

 ing therein, and heals them by a drying qoaUty. 



EOOT OF 8CABjCrrY,—{Beta Altissima.) 



DMcrip. — This is a species of the beet-root, and grows io 

 the same manner. In Germany, it is called Dick Keubeu, 

 (the Great Turnip) ; Dick Wurzel, (the Great Root) ; and 

 Mangel Wurzel, (the Root of Scarcity). It is known by the 

 name of Mangel Wurzel in this country. 



Oavem$HierU and VirtvLei. — This root is under Saturn. It 

 ii easy to cultivate it, and its nourishing Qualities are so 

 many that it ought to be cultivated every where. Insects 

 and vermin which destroy other roots and plants, will not 

 touch or injure it : it is not affected by mildew, or blasted 

 by drought. It not only does not draw the virtues from the 

 soil, but the better prepares it for the reception of corn or 

 other seed which may oe pat in. Cattle, sheep, and horses 

 will readily eat the leaves, and poultry may be fed upon the 

 rooto if nut small and mixed with bran. When the crops 

 have failed, or provender is scarce, this plant will be found 

 one of the cheapest, most valuable and wnolesome roots that 

 has ever been introduced into this country, and is prslsn^ 

 ble to either turnips, carrots, or beet-root. 



