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. iPRODUGTION 



Sect. XIX. 4. i. 



of hops, humulus lupulus, camomile, anthemis nobills, rqfes, carda- 

 mine, violets. 



' and mercury, and 



Th 



th 



foremoft of thefe, the 



chok 



fea-cale^ are perennial pi 



d, as they put forth num 



fc 



or 



offi 



may have their principal flem much invigorated 



and will confequently produce larger fl 

 of thefe offsets, fo as to leave but tw 



bj taking away many 



ee nn a root. And as 



the ripening of the feed is no ohje6l, a greater abundance of moid 



than thefe plants have bee 



fe of warmth in refpe6t to fit 



ftomed to^ with propor- 

 jation. will forward thei!" 



srowth, and increafe their fiz 



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A great part of tb 



the upp 



part 



f the ftem 



mucilage in the artichoke Is placed 

 s well as in the pericarpium of the 



flower, which fliould therefore be boiled along with it for the 

 pofe of coagulation; and might then probably be managed fo 



pur 



refemble fagoe, if granulated by paffing it through fieves. 



The art of boiling vegetables of all kinds in fleam inftead of 

 water, might probably be managed to advantage, as a greater degi 



of heal: might be thus given them, by contriving to increafe the h( 

 of the fteam after it has left the water ; and thus the vegetable m 



d feeds, as in potatoes and flour- pudd 



o 



11 



as in their leaves, fl:e 



m 



d fl 



ps, mig 



ht be rendered pro 



bably more nutritive, and perhaps more palatabl 



fp 



But many of -the leaves of vegetables, as the fummlts of cabbag 



fe th 



eir 



like blanched ve^etabl 



Th 



by being boiled in fl:eam, and look 

 etiolation of 



fl 



probably owing to its difTolving 



which may then become decompof^d 



fome vegetables by 

 their colouring matter^ 

 d may render them lefs 



- 



tbofe who choofe by the eye rather than by the palat 



which green colour is 



h 



heightened by boiling 



th 



^ 



m in 



fome hard waters which contain diflblved lime or fea-falt, or 



flight admixture of common fait with foft water. An efFed which 



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