1 EA Mr. Cu ORA Account of indigenous Vegetables. 
SILKIW. ZED.  Blofoms redifh. “Common Lá - road. — 
and i in paftures.” — ! 
~ "Ehe feeds are contained in large ud and are mano with. 
White down; extremely fine and foft, refembling filk, which has 
ccafioned the name of Silkweed. It may be cardedand {pun in- 
„toan even thread, which makes.excellent Wickyarn. ‘The candles 
awill burn equally free;:and afford a:clearer light than thofe made 
of ‘cotton wicks, They will not require fo fr equent faufiing, 
„and the fmoke of the fnuff is Jefe offenfive. The texture of the 
_ down is weak; but, fufliciently .ftrong.for dipped candles. If 
greater ftrength. fhould.be neceffary, a fall quantity. of cotton 
wool may be mixed with the down.. Large quantities may. be 
-eafily collected, and the tallow-chandlers might, doubtless, be 
: fupplied for lefs than half the price. of cotton yarn. | 
1 COMfelopias Ji a Tih tus vil os, caule Ji mplitt, umbellis 
i are nefariis refupinatis. “Sy. Nat. 
INDIAN HEMP. -Blofloms redifh. “In moift land. July. 
The : fibres of the- bark are ‘Strong, and capable of being 
wrought i ‘into a fine feft thread ; but it is very difficult to fepa- 
: 'rate the bark from. the ftalk. At is fid to have been ufed by 
“the Indians for bow-ftrin 1gs. 
Afelepias foliis lanceolatis glabris, caule fimplici, unbellis erec- 
_ tis lateralibus Jolitaris. Sykt. Nat. 
SWALLOWIVORT. Blofloms white. About) fences in moift 
du pen 
i Bloffoms purple, In old fields. jdn 
CHENOPODIUM, 
