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New Principles of Gardening. 
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Of Nettle Tops. 
1. Its Names. : 
ETTL Eis called in Greek axamy, in Latin Urtica 
urens of its burning and ftinging Quality. 
: : a. The Deferiptionn. 
- ‘This Herb being fo well known, and fo eafy to be found, 
even in the very darkeft of Nights, needs no kind of Deferip- 
tion. 
3. The Temperature. . me 
Stinging Nettles are temperately dry, and a little hot, {carce 
in the firft Degree, and of fubtile patts:  — — 
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~ Being boiled in {pring Pottage, makes the Body foluble, pro- 
vokes Urine, expells the Stone out of the Kidneys, and putt 
fies the Blood. ‘YO II xe 4 nits 
The young Tops being ftamped, and the juice {nuffed up 
the Noftrils, ftop the bleeding of the Nofe. 
5. The Parts for Ufe. 
‘The young Shoots or Tops, whemfirftiout of Ground in the 
ro} OF 
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3. The Quantity. 
When fpring Pottage, or Soup ‘is made with Nettle Tops, 
Clivers, Elder Buds, Oc. there mutt be of each an equal Quat- 
tity, in Proportion to the Quantity of Soup made. 
7. The Cultivation. f 
Nettles growing fo very common almoft under every Hedge, 
are-therefore never cultivated on purpofe in the Garden. 
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