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New Principles of Gardening. 
: 2. Its Defcription. 
Clivers or Goofe-grafs, hath many fmall fquare Branches very 
rough and fharp, fuli of Joints, which are befet with fmall hairy 
Leaves, and are generally fix in Number at every Joint. The 
Flowers or Bloffoms are produced at the tops of the Sprigs of 
a white Colour, and very {mall, as alfo is the Seed which are 
of a fpherical Form, but indented or hollow on one Side, 
The Roughnefs or Ruggednefs of this Plant being very great, 
tis reported by Déofcorides, that the Shepherds ufed this Herb, 
to ftrain or take the Hairs out of Milk, inftead of a Cullander, 
or other Strainer, now ufed. 
: 3. Its Temperature. 
According to Ga/en, ’tis moderately hot and dry, and fomes 
what thin of parts. 
4. Its Medicinal Virtues. 
Clivers being boiled and eaten in Soup, or fpring Pottage, 
prevents Fatnefs, and its Juice is good againft Poyfon, being 
drank in Wine. 
3. The Parts for ufe. 
The tender Tops, gathered when young in the Spring. 
6. The Quantity to be eaten, muft be proportional, to the 
other {pring Herbs eaten with it, as half if but two Kinds ; three 
Parts if three Kinds; four Parts if four Kinds, éc. 
7. Its Cultivation. 
This Herb being a great Delighter in Hedges, Ditches, ee. 
is very cafy to be had in great Plenty during the Spring and 
Summer, and therefore is never cultivated in our Gardens. 
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