146 |kfo=(£nglatrt»s iEartttcs. 



Houjleek profpereth notably. 



Holly hocks. 



Enula Campana, in two Years time the Roots rot. 1 



Comferie, with white Flowers. 



Coriander, and 



Dill. and 



Annis thrive exceedingly, but Annis Seed, as alfo the 

 Seed of Fennel feldom come to maturity; the Seed of 

 Annis is commonly eaten with a fly. 



Clary never lafts but one Summer, the Roots rot with 

 the Froft. 



Sparagus thrives exceedingly, fo does 



Garden Sorrel, and 



Sweet Bryer, or Eglantine? 



Bloodwort but forrily, but 



Patience? and 



Englijh Rofes, very pleafantly. 4 



1 Elecampane (Gerard, p. 793), — Inula Helem'um, L. "Roadsides" (17S5), 

 — Cutler, I. c. ; and now extensively naturalized in New England. 



2 Gerard, p. 1272, — Rosa mbiginosa, L. ; and R. micrantha, Sm. Since 

 naturalized, especially in Eastern New England, and not uncommon on road- 

 sides and in pastures. First indicated as a member of our Flora by Bigelow in 

 1824. — Fl. Bost., in lo'c. " Eglantine, or sweet-bryer, is best sowen with juniper- 

 berries, — two or three to one eglantine-berry, put into a hole made with a stick. 

 The next year, separate and remove them to your banks. In three years' time, 

 they will make a hedge as high as a man ; which you may keep thick and hand- 

 some with cutting." — Josselyn's Voyages, p. 188. And what next goes before 

 seems to show that the author picked up this information here ; which is not 

 uninteresting. 



3 See p. S6. 



i Brier-rose, or hep-tree (Gerard, p. 1270); "also called Rosa canina, which 

 is a plant so common and well knowne, that it were to small purpose to use many 



