•SECTION XVI. 



OF HERB'S, &C. 



A NGEL1CA is cultivated for the large ribs of its 

 leaves, cut in May, or June, to make a candied 

 preferve ; and it is alfo a medicinal plant, in ftalk, leaf, 

 root and feed. Sow as foon as the feed is ripe, for in 

 fpring it does not come well. Put the plants out when 

 a few inches high, at two feet afunder. It is biennial ; 

 but if feed is not wanted* cut the ftems down in May, 

 and the plant will put out fide {hoots; and by this 

 praftice every year, it may be continued long in the 

 fame place. A moift fituation fuits it beft, fo that 

 fome plant it by ditches, or ponds. 



Balm is either plain or variegated ; but the former 

 only is cultivated as a medicinal herb. It is propagated 

 by; parting the root, either in autumn, or fpring, but 

 rather the latter. Slip off ihort pieces with roots, and 

 plant them a foot, or fifteen inches afunder, giving a 

 little water. The variegated is for the flower garden. 



The balm that is gathered for drying ought to be cut 

 ju/l as it gets into flower ; as for this purpofe all herbs 

 fhould, being then in the higheft perfeftion; and it 

 fhould be done as foon as the dew is off, for if left till 

 afternoon, in a full fun, the plant is exhaulledof its 

 juices : Pick off all decayed leaves. Dry it in an airy 

 lhady place till fit to tie in /mall bundles, w T hich muft 

 be ftored by hanging up in a dry airy room, about fix 

 inches from one another, till perfectly dry, when lay 

 them in a drawer in a dry room, preffed clofe, and 

 cover with- paper. 



Balm, 



