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New Principles of Gardening. 
The firft Kind is called in Latin Hyffopus Arabum, Ly ffop 
with blue Flowers; the fecond Hy/fopus Arabum flore rubro, 
Hyffop with reddith Flowers; the third Ely ffopus albis floribus , 
and laftly, Hy//opus tenutfolia, thin leafed Fy ffop. 
3. Ihe Temperature and Medicinal Virtues. 
A Decodion of Hyffop made with Figs, and the Mouth 
and Throat gargled therewith, ripens and breaks the ‘Tumors 
and Impofthumes of the Mouth and Throat, and heals the 
Parts, fo as to {wallow with eafe. 
A Decottion of Hy/Jop made with Figs, Water, Honey, and 
Rhue, being drank helps the Inflammation of the Lungs, an 
old Cough, fhortnefs of Breath, and the Obftructions of the 
Breaft. S75 : 
The Syrup or Juice of Hyffop, taken with the Syrup of Vi- 
negar, purgeth by Stool tough and clammy Phlegm, and ex- 
pels Worms being eaten with Figs. 
The diftill’d Water is alfo very good for the aforefaid Dit 
eafes, but not with that Speed and Strength. 
— 4. Its Cultivation. > PE Sie 
The blew flower’d Hy/fop, being the bet for our Purpofe, 
may be raifed from Seed fown in March or April, or propa- 
gated from Slips, planted any time in the Spring, and delights 
in a frefh mellow Soil. 
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Of Lavender. Spike, fweet. or Clothes Lavender, aud 
Lavender Cott0tte0 9% exc, 7 
1. Their Names. 
f; AVENDER SPIKE is called in Latin> Lavandula 
and Spica, in Spanifh Spigo and Languda, of which there 
arc two Kinds, the one called in Latin Lavandula flore cas 
ruleo, common Lavender Spike, and the other Lavandula flore 
alto, white flower'd Lavender Spike ;. the firft being the Male, 
and the fecond the Female. 
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