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times thicken their Flefh Broth either with this or Hom- 

 miney, if it be for Servants*. 



Spear Mint} 

 Rew, will hardly grow. 

 Fethcrfew profpereth exceedingly. 

 Southern Wood, is no Plant for this Country. Nor, 

 Rofemary. Nor 

 Bayes? 



White Satten groweth pretty well, fo doth 

 Lavender Cotton? But 

 Lavender is not for the climate. 

 Penny Royal. 

 Smalledge. 



Ground Ivy, or Ale Hoof} 

 Gilly Flowers will continue two Years. 5 

 [90] Fennel muft be taken up, and kept in a warm 

 Cellar all Winter. 



1 Gerard, p. 680, — MentJia viridis, L. It perhaps soon became naturalized. 

 " In moist ground " (1785). — Cutler, I. c. 



- Perhaps only an inference of the author's, from the southern origin of these 

 three shrubs. Lavender also belongs naturally to a warmer climate. 



3 Gerard, p. 1109, — Santolina Chamce Cyfarissus, L. 



4 Gerard, p. 856. — Glechoma hederacea, L. ; once of great medicinal repute : 

 which accounts for our author's finding it, as it should seem, among garden- 

 herbs. It has become naturalized and very familiar in New England. Cutler 

 finds it wild in 1785. Mr. Bentham refers it to Nefeta, but substitutes a new 

 specific name for that given by Linnaeus, which is based on the ancient names, 

 and has at least the right of priority. 



5 " Gilliflowers thrive exceedingly there, and are vei»y large. The collibuy, or 

 humming-bird, is much pleased with them." — Josselyn's Voyages, p. 18S. 



