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~ New Principles of Gardening. 
‘5 an excellent good Sallet at all times, but particularly in the 
Winter and Spring. : 
S. BAG? Bal SV. 
Of Garden and Water-creffes. 
| 1. Their Names. 
y Arden Creffe is. called in Greek napoaoy, in Latin Na- 
fturtium, in French Creffon, in Italian Nafturtio and 
Agretto, and in Englifo Creffes, borrowed from the Germans, 
who call it Ker/fe. 
=a. Water-crefles, in Latin Nafturtium Aquaticum, and Laver 
Cratene, and in Englifh Brown, or Water-Crefles. 
2. Their Defcription. 
1. Garden-crefles, Nafturtium Hortenfe, or Town-creffes, has 
{mall narrow ragged Leaves, mordicant and hot in Tafte, The 
Stalks are round, and generally rife near two Feet in height, 
producing many {mall white Flowers, which are fucceeded by 
little fat Husks or Seed Veffels, like unto thofe of Shepherds 
Purfe, wherein are contained Seeds of a brown reddifh Colour, 
which when ripe (may be fown again, and) its Root then dies. 
2. Water-crefies, the Stalks are weak and hollow, creeping 
upon the Ground, and ftrike Root at moft of its Joints, which 
enables it to cover a large compafs of Ground; the Leaves are 
compat, and their Edges fomething indented or jagged, grow- 
ing exactly one againft another, the end Leaf excepted, which 
ftands alone. The Leaves: are of a brown Colour. above, and 
green underneath, which is the truc fign to diftinguifh the phy- 
fical Kind from the others. _ The Flowers are white, and appeat 
in Fuly, growing in fpokic Rundles or Clufters, and the Root 
is a perfect Thrum or Bundle of Fibres. 
3. Their Temperature. 
1. Garden-creffes are hot and dry in the fecond Degree. And 
2, Water-creffes are evidently the fame. 
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4. Their 
