The ^raBical Kitchen Gardiner. 



fowing, various ufes, and different me- 

 thods of Goiiecting and dteffing, may 

 well be reckoned amongft the moft Cm- 

 riouSj if not the moil ufeful part of 

 kitchen gardening. 



Thofe who would criticize on the 

 word acetaridy would have it derived 

 from acceptaria ab accipiendo 5 thereby, 

 it is fuppofed, implying its readinefs,- 

 ufefulnefs and acceptablenefs to the pa- 

 late, afid as requiring little or no trou- 

 ble in colleding, dreffing or boilings 

 fomething agreeable to what * ^elacam- 

 piusy in his annotations on 7liny, fets 

 down, who fuppofes it to be acetaria 

 wl acedariay becaufe they require little 

 or no care 5 even as honey which flows 

 of its own accord, and is not procured 

 by any diligence of the owner, is called 

 acedon. 



Whatever the derivation of it be, there 

 are about thirty or forty fpecies that are 

 by fome learned naturalifts appropriated 

 to this purpofe. Of which, befides thofe 



• Acetaria vel acedaria quse exiguam vel nullam cu- 

 ram pofcerent, lie mel quod fponte fua fluxit nec cura- 

 toris diligentia exprelTum eft, acedon didtuf. Delacamp^ 

 anmt. in Plin. lib. 20. cap, 5. 



that 



