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Sect. XIX. 4. i. 



OF FLOWERS. 



545- 



The varieties of the fuigle flowers alfo of thofe roots may be p 

 pagated unchanged, as well 



as the double ones, 



by dividing 



th 



fplanting the offset 



or 



by laying their branches in th 



o 



cr 



d, as of pink 



d carnations. Other varieties may be pro 



red by colle6lincr feeds and fowing 



them in diffimilar fo 



and 



o 



fit 



d fuch flowers as are of app 



beaut 



ay p 



bably be occafionally ftrengthened and enlarged by depriving th 



in part of their 

 colours by keep 



fF^ 



rly 



th 



feafon ; or may be brok 



into 



the roots fome weeks or mon 



out of th 



g'round in the autumn in dry or warm apartments 



/ 



Th 



colours of flow 



of this kind. I bel 



frequently 



changed by fit 



in my garden fome roots of comfr 



fym 



phytum, with purple flowers had long exifled on a molftifh bord 



I fuppofe from the feeds of the former 



And Mr. Brad 



that fome root 



and bore white fl 



and lafl: year other roots, 

 grew in a dryer fltuation, 



ley aflerfs, in his Philof. Account of Nature, p. 7 

 of purple hepatica, which were removed from Toth ill-fields to Hen- 

 ley on the Thames, became white ; and became purple again, when 

 they were returned to their native fltuation. 



IV. Efcuknt and Medicinal Flowers 



I. 



cllage in 

 fleam, ai 



The efculent flowers moft in ufe at our tables have their mu- 



fome degree coagulated by boiling them in water'or in 

 id are confumed before their maturity, as thofe of arti- 



choke, cinara fcolymus ; of mercury 



mercu 



of fea 



mbe marltlma 

 ica and botryt 



d of %rocoli and cauliflower, brafli 



The fl.owers of the ivafl: 



jus, poflefs an agreeable acrimony, and are eaten 

 the fre(h leaves of lettuce, young muftard plants 

 Other flowers are ufcd for domefl:ic or 



peolum ma- 

 fhred with 



or red cabbag 



medicinal purpoft 



4A 



thofe 

 of 



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