Chap. XXII. CERES 
hath fmaller leaves, thicket fet én the ftalks, and {weeter than the 
common kind , the other hath larger leaves, and deeply cut in on the 
edges; they all perifh at the firft appearance of Winter, and are yearly 
renewed from feeds which are black, and a little long, thelaft big- 
geft, and the middlemoft the leaft, 
, Majorana odorata: 
Weet Marjérom is alfo an annual, as well known as the common 
Bail; of this we have afmaller kind, called Marjerom Gentle, the 
leaves whereof are leffer, more hoary, and {weeter than thofe of the 
common kind ; thefe are yearly raifed from feeds, fowed in april with 
Baffil, 
Botrys. 
(yi of Feru{alem rifeth up half a yard high, divided in many bran- 
ches, fet with leaves deeply cut in on the fides, refembling an 
oke-leaf, the feedy flowers grow cluftering.about the branches, like 
the bloffoms of the Vine , the whole Plant is fweet, and dies as foon 
as the {mall feeds are ripe, | 
Ambrofias 
O« of Cappadocia rifeth higher than the laft, with many crooked 
weak branches, bearing many tops of mofsie yellowifh flowers; 
the leaves are fomething like thofe of Mugwort, dufted asic were with 
meal all over the Plant, which is of a pleafant {weet {cent, and good 
tafte ; the feeds are round and black, the root threddy, and dies in 
Winter ; this is the Poets fo ES sel rate - 
refpect of its fragrant fcent, and pleafamt tuft, they leign to be tne 
And now the Swains fing Harveft home, 
"Tis time for CERES to be gone: 
Her Flowers are paft,’tis Seeding-time, 
Autumnal Fruits are in their prime. 
That you may tafte, and know the beff, 
POMONA bids you to her Feaft. 
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