New Principles of Gardening. 
into feveral Branches towards their Tops, whereon they pro- 
duce little round Heads of fmall brown purpled colour’d Flowers 
which are fucceeded by Seed, clofely placed together. The 
Root is, in make, not much unlike that of a {mall Parfnip, and 
fells fomething like a Melon. | 
The wild Burnet is much larger in all its Parts, but has not 
that pleafant {mell as the other. 
3. The Temperature. 
Garden Burnet is temperately cold. 
4. The Medicinal Virtues. 
The tender Leaves being eaten in a Sallet, with other Herbs, 
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make the Heart merry and glad, as alfo being put into Wine, - 
to which it yicldeth a pleafant Tafte in Drinking. - 
5. Ihe Parts for Ufe. 
The young Sprigs or Shoots in Wine, the tender Leaves in 
Sallets. 
6. The Quantity is at Pleafure, as of Balm, Borage, and 
Buglofs, 
7. The Cultivation. | 
Burnet produces its Biofloms from Fune te the end of. 4a- 
guft, at whichtime, or very foon after, the Seed is ripe, which 
may be fown in the Spring, and the young Plants, when large 
enough, tranfplanted out in Borders at fix or eight Inches di- 
ftant from one another, 
thineetinsiiea 
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Of Chervil, Creffes, Corn-Sallet, white Muftard, Ra- 
difo, Spimage and Turnip. 
HERVIL being an excellent Sallet Herb, is ftill to be 
cultivated, but need not be fown upon old decayed hot 
Beds under Glafles, Ge. as before. The Scafon being now 
Bins Warm 
