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Thefe thiftles are all rais'd by feed, 

 which is fown in Aprils and may either 

 be tranfplanted out^, or let ftand, as you 

 fliall fee fit. 



Angelica {ob angelicas & injtgnes ejusofange- 

 virtutes Jic diEia) fay the writers of bo- 

 tany> of which they have given the fi- 

 gures and defcriptions of four kinds, 

 all of them poflefs'd with the fame good 

 properties, but the garden kind the beft, 

 'viz. angelica fativa^ Ger.p, 999. Tark. 

 p. 919' garden angelica; angelica fylve f- 

 triSy 'Park. p. 9^1. wild angelica 5 arch- 

 angelica-, Ger. p. 1000. Park. p. 9^0. or 

 great wild angelica j angelica lucida 

 canadenfis cornutifoUo fplendentCy TarL 

 p'75:> and 949. fhining angelica. 



This very ufeful herb is propagated 

 by the parting the roots, which is ef- 

 feded with great eafe, in Februarjy 

 Marchy April, or any of the fpring or 

 winter months. 



Balm, the melijfa of the antients, and Of balm. 

 whofe happy cffeds has been long ago 

 celebrated by the beft pens, is another 

 very ufeful herb in the phyfick garden 

 and diftillary, (ire, it is, as Mr. Evelyn 

 obferves, hot and dry, cordial and ex- 

 hilarating, fovereign for the brain, 

 X 3 ftrength- 



