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Egrimony. Agrimonia Evpatorta. 



The lesser Clot Bur. Xanthmm strimiarium. 



Water lilly, with Yellow Flowers. {ISnphar advejia.) 

 Our ingenious author has picked up some novel acquaintance 

 with this plant, for he assures us that ' ' the Lidians eat the 

 Roots, which are long boyling ; they taste like the Liver of a 

 Sheep : the Moose Deer feed much upon them, at which time 

 the Indians kill them, when their heads are under water." 



Dragons ; their leaves differ from the kinds with us, they 

 come up in June, These seem to be our Arum iriphyllum 

 or Indian turnip : similar to the British " Dragons," but 

 more beautiful in infloresence. 



Violets of three kinds — the white violet, which is sweet but 

 not so strong as our Blew violet ( Viola hlandd) ; Blew 

 Violets without scent, ( Viola cucullata) and similar, and a 

 Reddish violet without scent ; they do not bloom till June. This 

 "Reddish violet" may be a variety of Viola primuloefolia, 

 occasionally seen. The deliciously perfumed violets of modern 

 gardens is the true British Viola odorata : we have nothing to 

 compare with it among our numerous species. The " New 

 England Rarities Discovered" in violets, must have been a 

 disappointment on this score. 



Woodbine. Lonicera {Xylosieum) ciliata ? Marvellous 

 virtues are ascribed to this elegant shrub. 



Salamon's Seal, of which there are three kinds ; the first 

 common in England (the New England plant being Polygo- 

 naium latifoUum, easily mistaken for P. tnultiflorum) ; the 

 second the Virginian Salamon's Seal (another species, viz. P. 

 hijloriim •) and the third, differing from both, is called Treacle 

 Berries, having the perfect taste of Treacle when they are ripe: 

 or {Stnilacina racemosa,) described by Parkinson in glowing 

 colors, whose berries are " each of the bignesse of a Juniper 

 berry, yellowish before they be ripe and finely spotted with 

 blood red speckles, which after they have long so abidden are 

 worn out by the ripening of them and changed red like a 

 cherry, whose pulp or juice is sweet.'* Our author adds that 

 they " certainly are a very wholesome Berry and Medicinable." 



Doves foot. Geranium Caroliniamim 7 



